2024 Pro Wrestling Thread

Well then.

 

Damn! That's a twist.



But this is just laughable.

 

OK, I know this was to settle the hatred between Hangman and Swerve, but there needs to be SOME limits.

Ending the match by putting a FUCKING NEEDLE into Swerve's mouth and walloping him with a chair shot to make Sabu blush (albeit with a well placed wide shot to mask whatever Swerve -- hopefully -- did to protect himself) is too much.

And right after the world champ was asphyxiated with a plastic bag.

Save that stuff for GCW or the backyard death matchers.

 

Yeah, that finish was over the edge. Which will probably be storylined into something. They could have ended it with the cinder block spot and called it good.

 

Hey at least its long term story telling that Bryan couldnt rip the bag cuz we know he loses feeling in his fingers in big matches

 

Somewhere, Terry Funk is smiling.

 

Fox may be done with WWE, but may not be done with wrestling.

AEW Shockwave May Be Set for FOX Television Deal

 

Also, let's check in on Brawl Out 2024, which turned out to be much less of a thing than the 2022 version.

AEW Talent Said to Have Been Involved in Backstage Incident at All Out 2024

 

That 8-person brawl to open Raw was fun as hell -- and no needles to the mouth or plastic bags needed.

Nikki giving a German suplex to Gable, Rowan using a piece of the barricade as a weapon.

Lumis and Rowan were about as bland as they could be in their past runs, but it's like they've been reborn.

 

Forget saying HBK or Austin. Gunther going for the NUCLEAR heat by standing with Bret Hart in Calgary and saying his favorite is Goldberg.

And nice touch for Sami to be wearing a Gaudreau jersey.

Then dedicating a small segment to the Gaudreaus with Jackie Redmond, a former NHL reporter (whose voice was clearly trembling): three cheers to WWE for that.

 

The E actually let the hometown hero win the match.

How nice to actually give the fans what they want rather than cater to the bizarre whims of a group of old men.

 

Missed this earlier. I suppose this is a response to WWE basically borrowing time on USA between the initial end of their contract and the start on Netflix.



And I definitely approve that Punk/Drew Cell match -- especially since I'll be there for Bad Blood.