Professional wrestling thread

You got that right.

There are, amazingly, lots of old farts still kicking: Terry Funk, Dory Funk Jr., Ivan Koloff, Greg Valentine, Tully Blanchard, Paul Orndorff, Bob Orton Jr. -- and these are just my favorites.

 

What, not the Baron?

 

Perhaps Koloff, but did anyone ever look the part of the hated foreign heel better than The Baron?

 

Exactly. Out of the ring he is a very nice guy, too. You should check out his web site. Great old photos of him and so many other top names in the biz.

 

Meltzer's coverage of the Unforgiven PPV ends with him saying "it might be the worst PPV of the year." Unfortunately, it's only September is my response. Once again, thankfully I don't ever buy PPVs.

In case anyone cares, one of the singles titles changed hands tonight.

 

Reading Meltzer's coverage of the PPVs makes me glad I don't buy the PPVs. WWE has a real disconnect with its fanbase. It's just too bad that there's not a viable competitor/alternative.

 

Horrible year for WWE PPV's, it seems.

I mean, Undertaker-Mark Henry as the main event?? Give me a break...

Let Cena-Orton tear it up for 25 minutes like they did at SummerSlam.

Oh well, atleast Khali lost the title..

 

Absolutely incredible how Triple H just buried Kendrick and London.

Hope he tears the other quad.

 

They've both been torn now. Doesn't seem to teach him how to give anything to up-and-coming wrestlers. Jeez, was that even necessary? Would it really kill HHH to team with Kenrick and London in a six-man against Cade/Murdoch/Carlito (which will probably be a forced tag team match by Coach next week)? I've tried to defend him in the past, but this is getting out of hand.

Between that and the uncomfortably bad and overlong McMahon/Hornswaggle/oh look HHH again sketch, this divas tag team match and the promise of another sucky diva to come, this is one turrible show.

Though I do have to whizgiggle at "Mr. Cena". Like they don't know his first name? Maybe they could look up John Cena's personal records at HR and see who his emergency contact is? Maybe he can enter the ring and announce himself as MISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER CEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENA ... ... ... CENA.

 

Awful show. This whole Hornswaggle thing is retarded, full of horrid HHH puns that are just not funny. And to bury a rising, up-and-coming tag team like London/Kendrick who are beginning to build a name for themselves on Raw...it's a joke, really. Hardy-Shelton had a very solid match, but everything else including that weird Pole match, has failed miserably.

 

And now a clumsy Dusty Finish to Cena-Marella to clear the way for Cena's dad-Orton. Why not make it a no-DQ match, have Orton attack Cena as he's about to hit the FU, handcuff him to the ring ropes and get a countout that way? Seems a lot more logical then "oh by the way you had to win by pinfall or submission, I forgot to mention that."

Between a string of shit shows from WWE and TNA's continued descent into deathbed WCW, I don't see a lot of future for wrestling and me. Though I might get the ROH PPV, based on the taping results this weekend.

 

I haven't watched Smackdown in weeks, and I never watch ECW or any of the other brands. And I fast-forwarded (thank you TIVO) through most of RAW tonight, including at least a part of every match/skit/promo/whatever. I really think I may be close to dropping this show from must-watch status. It's just not fun.