Twilight Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 If you'd told me five years or so ago that in 2019 I'd have dumped ROH for bad booking, while enthusiastically watching the former TNA I'd have said you were crazy, but that's precisely what's happened. ROH has hired the Beautiful People and are pushing them over all the talented folks in their women's division while their heavyweight title is currently around the waist of the man who makes Randy Orton look charismatic, Matt Taven. Combine that with the constant focus on Bully Ray and the Briscoes and I can't bear to sit through an episode of ROH TV to see the wrestlers I actually do like. Meanwhile over on Impact they have the World Title on the awesome Brian Cage who has an actual interesting storyline going with Michael Elgin and Johnny Impact, LAX is having awesome title defenses against pretty much whomever they face, the Deaners have started a fun looking feud against the Desi Hit Squad and the roster is pretty much choc a bloc with wrestlers I like. I'm hoping ROH can turn things around like Impact Wrestling has, because I really want to be a fan of both. Trencher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 The last couple of Firefly Fun House segments on WWE Raw have had a devil puppet which is a normal man with horns. Except it looks a lot like Vince McMahon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Brock Lesner is Universal Champion again after the Extreme Rules pay per view Dr. MID-Nite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 5 hours ago, death tribble said: Brock Lesner is Universal Champion again after the Extreme Rules pay per view [deadpan] Yay. [/deadpan] Time for the Big Red Belt to disappear for three months at a time 'til one of the Big Four PPVs rolls around. Most of the reviews of Extreme Rules called it one of the best WWE PPVs in recent years, and an overall fantastic show ... until the very end. Maybe the Rollins storyline wasn't that hot (honestly, some of the stuff with Becky was kinda cringy), but it was still better, to me, than putting it on Lesnar. On the upside, I had written the Undertaker off, declared him an empty husk who had no hope of ever putting on a decent match again ... from the looks of things, I'm pleasantly wrong. It just took putting him in a tag match with someone who *can* go a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Well with the big read belt gone, at least the company can focus on the belt that's actually important to the company: The World Title that Kofi Kingston is holding. After all it's only the belt that's been the top prize in the company since the 1960's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Harley Race has passed away at the age of 76 due to complications from liver cancer https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-hall-of-famer-harley-race-passes-away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo_bones Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 semi WWE related- How did Cody Rhodes go from midcard guy with a not so great Stardust gimmick to starting a company in less than 3 years? Did anyone see that coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 He went to New Japan and Ring of Honor and was allowed to do more with a group and within a group of talented wrestlers The Bullet Club (especially Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks). The matches that they had got more traction and notice and this helped him flourish as well. As to setting up the company I have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 Well credit where it's due, WWE booking actually did the smart thing and gave the Universal Title to Seth Rollins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 That was a pleasant surprise. Management seem to be keeping faith with Bayley. Becky and Kofi as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 12 hours ago, death tribble said: That was a pleasant surprise. Management seem to be keeping faith with Bayley. Becky and Kofi as well. True, though from all accounts the booking of the Kofi/Orton match was beyond stupid. Orton really ought to have jobbed clean to Kofi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Chris Jericho beat Hangman Paige to hold the AEW World Championship. Jon Moxley was due to face Kenny Omega but had to pull out due to an elbow injury. PAC (aka Neville) faced Omega instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 AEW appears to be drawing talent from all over and hand picking people. Lucha Brothers from Lucha Underground (though weren't a team there). People from NJPW and Ring of Honor. Also, with Young Bucks involved, they seem to be trying to actually feature the tag teams. They start on TNT in October, so may give them a chance as part of the talent running the show, they actually are trying to be better to the wrestlers and with Khan's money behind them, seem to be doing well so far. I have been watching NJPW and Lucha Libre started recently (couldn't be more opposite - NJPW is all about the in ring stuff, Lucha Libre on El REy network does a LOT of "Aztec" mysticism. but in both cases the matches tend to be pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 5:18 PM, death tribble said: The last couple of Firefly Fun House segments on WWE Raw have had a devil puppet which is a normal man with horns. Except it looks a lot like Vince McMahon. This was on again last night with the devil puppet being fed money by Bray Wyatt. This is sailing close to the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 I am beyond surprised McMahon, who we all know takes himself WAY too seriously, is permitting this to air. On the other hand, it reinforces his bad guy 'Mr. McMahon' character that went out of vogue 20 years ago, so it is in keeping with Vince's living-in-the-past philosophy. If the XFL actually succeeds, anybody taking bets on if he tries to revive the World Bodybuilding Federation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 So this actually happened -- it's not a work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 I don't know, it comes off as a work to me, but maybe it is true. IF it is true, they need to not turn it into a work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 12 hours ago, slikmar said: I don't know, it comes off as a work to me, but maybe it is true. IF it is true, they need to not turn it into a work. From what my (admittedly little) research indicates, there's an official police report filed, complete with a suspect sketch. You can't work that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Heard they got the title back. Wouldn't be surprised if it turns into a storyline though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 6:23 PM, Twilight said: Heard they got the title back. Wouldn't be surprised if it turns into a storyline though. Oh, if they don't make a worked shoot out of this, they are missing a golden (no pun intended) opportunity, no doubt. They should just go "Okay, Jericho, this is your bit now. Have fun with it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 Brock Lesnar has taken the Heavyweight title from Kofi Kingston. So WWE then pull something unexpected by having Cain Velasquez turn up and beat up Lesnar. The claim is that Velasquez beat Lesnar in UFC in 1 round. Gargano Ciampa and Balor are all back in NXT which apparently is up against AEW. Talking of which Riho is the inaugural women's champion. They have Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Hell in a Cell gave us two title changes. Charlotte Flair beat Bayley and the Kabuki Warriors beat Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross to win the women's tag team titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 7 hours ago, death tribble said: Hell in a Cell gave us two title changes. Charlotte Flair beat Bayley and the Kabuki Warriors beat Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross to win the women's tag team titles. And there was a disqualification in a friggin' Hell in a Cell match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted October 9, 2019 Report Share Posted October 9, 2019 You never realize how dim some WWE fans are, until you hear one declaring with complete sincerity that Vince's inability to effectively book talent coming out of NXT is the fault of NXT. 😑 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 29, 2019 Report Share Posted October 29, 2019 Several WWE NXT Stars Are Seeking Their Release Due To Low Pay And ‘Broken Promises’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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