Professional wrestling thread

Me three!

 

God I was thiking the same thing last night. Vince must have read Meltzer's comment yesterday afternoon on his website that said in so many words, enjoy it while it lasts because it looks like the bookers are into quality matches right now.

He must have jinxed it.

What a rib Vinnie Mac pulled on us last night.

I can hear him now.

"They're expecting SM vs. Cena III, eh? Ha! Give them the GREAT KHALI! That 'll show em!"

Coming soon, Shockmaster, Giant Gonzalez and Kurgan...

 

How about this trio as a faction in WWE?

Khali, Umaga and Viscera? U—G—L—Y

 

That Undertaker thing sucks. I was looking forward to seeing a lot of him in the coming weeks/months.

My guess: They give the title back to Batista in a ceremony reminiscent of when he had to give it up because of injury -- like they're making up for it or something. Then we get a Batista-Kennedy feud.

 

Anybody who's really into great matches, Ring of Honor is having a $10 DVD sale over the next week on its Web site, www.rohwrestling.com.

Just so you know.

 

I liked the ECW main event. I can do without McMahon holding the belt, and if he's wrestling on-the-way-out RVD next week for the title, I guess he'll have it for at least the next couple of weeks.

 

Well, I watched ECW tonight and ... fuck.
So much for Punk's heel turn. It's sickening what they're doing with him. It's like he's in heel/face purgatory.
Sure, his storyline the last couple weeks was the best thing on the show. But last week, they drop a bombshell and have him turn on Burke, leaving fans with all kinds of questions about why he did it.
And, what do we get this week? Not a peep from Punk. Sure, we got to see him wrestle. But, I'd much rather have HEARD from him. Why'd you do it, Punk? Were you playing the New Breed all along? Did you just get sick of Burke's shit? Are you going to join up with the Originals? What about the rest of the New Breed?

Nothing.
Why? Well, of course we had to have our Extreme Expose' segment, which is probably the biggest waste of time in the history of professional wrestling (and that's saying something folks).
And, we had to watch Bobby Lashley's promo where he said ... well ... nothing.
And, of course, we had to sit through Vince "Doo-Rag" McMahon. God I despise that man. His new "I'm so cool; I'm so extreme" gimmick is really lame. And, the sad thing is, I think that's how he really thinks he should act to be cool. He's nothing more than an old man who's going through an extended mid-life crisis because his daddy never allowed him to be a wrestler when he was younger.
Get off my screen, Vince and get your old, wrinkled, bald ass back behind the desk and get Khali OUT of the title picture.

 

Gimpy: The CM Punk angle might yet be saved if it's made more obvious that Punk is battling Burke for the leadership of the New Breed. Problem is, they've had the interactions that indicate it while not actually saying it. Maybe if they kick out Stryker and Thorn, that would help.

Wonder if the former Monty Brown wonders what he was thinking by leaving TNA?

 

Extreme Expose is god awful. It's like the girls don't even rehearse; every choreographed dance move is always off, especially Kelly Kelly's. If WWE wants to do this, bring back the Nitro Girls...atleast they could dance a little.

The main event was pretty good. RVD vrs. McMahon next week. I would have rather had Shane win the title, he could probably put on a decent match against Van Dam.

 

Kelly sucks, which is probably also why she has a job, if you smell what the Rock is cooking (PROTIP: oral sex).

I think once they ended the Knox-Punk-Kelly love triangle, they had no idea where to go with it. She's wicked hot, but basically worthless as a character (can't dance, can't talk, can't do squat).

The biggest problem ECW has (or at least most underrated problem) is there's no sense of rising stars, outside Punk. They've completely botched Marquis Cor Von. Thorn and Stryker suck. Mike Knox disappeared to Deep South, which is shutting down so he might be back. But the beauty of ECW is it created stars out of nowhere (Sandman, Dreamer) while opening the door to styles that had little-to-zero presence in mainstream American wrestling circles (luchadors, Japanese wrestlers that weren't traditional heavyweights). No such innovation exists in WWECW, which isn't a shock, but is a deeper problem than McMahon giving himself the belt, which at least in theory should result in a satisfying asswhipping of him at some point.

Old-school ECW would take the best of ROH, CZW, FIP, IWA-MS and other indy feds, give Mistico the monster push and make gravy. New ECW might have a spot for Colt Cabana, but he already knows how to wrestle a WWE-friendly style.

The most infuriating thing about new ECW is that even in its most lame incarnation, the potential for something great is still there. Having Heyman come out and lay into WWE. Having the Originals really rip into McMahon for watering down the product to the point where it's almost a parody of a parody (and not the lukewarm-by-ECW-standards video interviews from this week). Some big-time non-WWE star coming in and leading a revolution. It always seems possible. It never happens, but there's always an easy path to get there, which makes it all the more frustrating when they invariably pass on it. Because you'll still see it the next week and wonder what if.

 

Dude on his right is a riot.

If you're ever in Walls, Mississippi, he's in the book. Mr. Bruno Lauer (not sure on the spelling of last name). He lives in a
trailer park.

I attended a show with him there once. We were on a stage and he reached into his dirty dufflebag and pulled out an oversized can of cling peaches.

He grinned wide as an upside down rainbow.

He said, "Hey, Kanaka (his term of effection), find me a can opener, will ya?"