2022 Pro Wrestling Thread

[nietsroob17]

Is is more strange that Austin won't make an arena appearance before Mania or Cody?

I find very very strange the answer appears to be neither

Austin doesn't really have anything to accomplish by appearing before Mania, because he's not having a true match with Owens to set up. He did his verbal rebuttal already, and giving Owens a stunner would defeat the purpose of the Mania confrontation.

With holding off Cody, WWE has seen the anticipation the fans have had for his arrival, so they want to milk it as long as they can.

My guess next week is Seth holds Raw hostage, Pearce gives him his match, but tells him he'll learn his opponent on Saturday/Sunday.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

If it was me and I wanted to build some buzz I'd have Stone Cold on Raw a couple times, cutting a promo, raising some heck. 1) it pops a rating 2) it gets mainstream attention, and if the mainstream news/recap shows are gonna talk Austin I'd love some fresh footage as the B-roll instead of something from 20 years ago.

Owens has been doing a great job with his promos and carrying this by himself because he's incredible but it feels lacking.

Also 3) sell some tickets, get people to think you might see anything at Raw again and 4) its too similar to the Seth/Cody thing, WWE's usually better at the quality control of not having two things the same. One story with one side unseen might be novel, two just draws attention to it in a negative way

 

[nietsroob17]

Damn.

 

[nietsroob17]

Robert Roode is wrestling Bron Breakker nearly 13 years after he first wrestled Uncle Scott.

 

[nietsroob17]

The ultimate showdown of the Four Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom.

Kevin Sullivan and JJ Dillon Appear On Judge Steve Harvey Over Boat Money | 411MANIA

 

[nietsroob17]

I can only imagine the shirt that's going to be attempted when we eventually get to Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

One, I can't believe the crowd started chanting "Jesus" at MJF. But his response was perfect.

 

[nietsroob17]

MJF says he's going to strap Wardlow to a cross like Jesus? Holy shirt man.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Damn.

I hope I'm wrong, and I'm no doctor, but I wonder if that's it for his in-ring career. That just sounds like a horrible risk if it happens again.

 

[nietsroob17]

Started watching the new WWE Evil series on Peacock, beginning with the first one on Hogan.

I'm still trying to envision how everything would've changed if they ended up going with Sting as the "third guy" in the NWO.

 

[Gutter]

Started watching the new WWE Evil series on Peacock, beginning with the first one on Hogan.

I'm still trying to envision how everything would've changed if they ended up going with Sting as the "third guy" in the NWO.

Hogan obviously wouldn't have had the late career surge. Probably would've made more straight to syndication shows and straight to DVD movies.

Sting … man, that would've been bad. And made little sense storyline wise.

 

[Batman]

Was the plan always for them to do what they ended up doing with Sting, or did they stumble into that angle as well?