2024 Pro Wrestling Thread

So for those keeping score right now, we have a Twitter, er X discussion/feud involving Tony Khan, Jinder Mahal, Eric Bischoff, Hook, Taz, Sid Vicious, Jonathan Coachman, and Dave Meltzer.

 

Tony Khan continually exposes himself as a fanboi smark with a big checkbook.

He’s a modern day Horace “Ho Ho” Cook Jr. Mad Men fans will get that reference.

 

The account purporting to be Sid's has been debunked, but Tony still deserves to be lambasted from every which corner.

After seemingly having an edge for the first few years (while WWE lagged with Vince still in charge), Tony's struggling to be defensive, especially as he starts to be the one losing talents to WWE -- especially Cody, who was essentially the godfather of AEW.

 

Ah, I was looking through first to see if it was the real guy. Never know these days with Elon’s platform.

 

LOL. Tiffany and Fallon doing their modern-day tribute to Jimmy Garvin being slave for a day to David Von Erich.

 

Also, basically the female version of what they did with LA Knight and Cameron Grimes a few years ago, when they were working with Ted DiBiase. This time, though, it was the face getting it over on the heel.

Tiffy Time really has done great stuff with her character and in-ring work, though I'd like to see her be a little more serious sometimes.

 

I was almost thinking they were planting a face turn for her where she gets a little humbled and earns Fallon’s respect. That is, until she stepped in shit.

 

And that ends Dragon Lee's dabble back in NXT. They must think pretty highly of Oba Femi to give him the rub over Lee.

 

Was he wrong? Gotta be honest here: Jinder Mahal should be putting over rookies on house shows, not getting pushed on TV.

 

Based on the reaction in the industry Jinder seems to be one of the most genuine and well liked guys in the business. Not a guy you want to pick on.

Also did you see him in the ring with the rock? The guy belongs. He looks like a million bucks. Why not push him? We want new new new and when we get it we want him on house shows? Naw fam.

 

The problem with Jinder was how his push and title run were booked. His WWE title reign essentially came out of nowhere (RKO pun not intended). He was the third wheel jobber in 3MB, got canned, came back, won a six-pack challenge, won the title from Orton because the E was doing a product push in India, lost the title, and did barely anything since.

He wasn’t even a beloved underdog winning the title like Mikey Whipwreck or a long-time guy like the Brooklyn Brawler, who ends up earning fans’s respect due to his longevity. Had the E done a real build for him over a year or two, given him a pile of wins against better and better opponents, then his title reign would have been more credible.

That being said, TK worked himself into a shoot (Brother) by talking about won-loss records in a legitimate form when it’s a work. He also, as a billionaire’s kid, punched down on a very well-liked guy who is just doing the job that he is being paid for.

 

Well, I'm guessing the views for The Bump will be up this week.