Professional wrestling thread

He can work a crowd.

He's over.

Thus, he's on Raw. Didn't say I liked him either, but he gets a good sized reaction.

 

Until the bell rings.

 

It looks like WWE is pushing Jeff Hardy closer and closer towards main event status. It wouldn't be a bad thing to see Jeff Hardy-Orton headline a PPV, maybe a ladder match at Armageddon (HBK should win the Cyber Sunday poll and I'd continue that feud through Survivor Series). Orton would certainly win, but Hardy could get a good rub and the company could see if he can work a 20+ minute main event caliber match. He's certainly over enough and his in-ring work has improved considerably since he returned to the company, but we'll see what he makes out of this opportunity.

Good to see HBK back in the ring tonight. Him and Orton will tear the roof off in the near future. I expect a great match from those two.

In today's wrestling gossip tidbit, Maria has confirmed that her and CM Punk ended their relationship...four months ago. I thought they were still together, but I suppose not.

Harry Smith is expected to debut on SD! tomorrow. We'll see if that happens. Perfect timing, since they are in England.

 

He beat Carlito in a dark match tonight. Not sure if this means the end of the New Hart Foundation angle with Teddy Hart's firing or what.

 

I'm sure Harry's there to get a pop as he did the running powerslam a la his father, the late Davey Boy Smith, to finish off Carlito.

Please, though, don't call it the "New Hart Foundation" that's a recipe for fail.

 

Especially since there wouldn't even be a Hart in the stable.

 

So you're telling me there's a chance?

 

With Punk? Sure.

 

Surprised it took this long to happen.... ECW and Smackdown wrestlers can now compete on both shows.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/articles/5617438/partnershipforming

 

Might as well stick a fork in ECW.

Put OVW in that timeslot and it'd still probably beat TNA's ratings.

 

Makes sense, since we've all given up on ECW as being "ECW". And they have no roster on ECW to speak of. I'm guessing eventually they'll phase out the ECW name and rebrand the show with some sort of Smackdown moniker (or maybe they'll ditch Smackdown as a name and call the whole thing ECW, since I believe that was the plan when they announced their world expansion plans, that Raw and ECW would be their two touring U.S. groups).

What would have been cool (if certainly unlikely): Raw and Smackdown feuds that need to be settled or continued in extreme fashion, like lights out matches or weapons matches, drop in on ECW for the week along with the small cadre of regulars. So maybe Triple H and Umaga do something edgier to advance their angle on ECW, or something like that. Oh well.

 

Hard to call it a feud when HHH wins every match with the pedigree.