Professional Wrestling Thread

[jj03]

i've been on a break from wwe for around ten years...watched it all the way through mid 80's through the 90's upto 2002...remember when the tag team division was really rocking (demolition, hart foundation, high energy, ahem, natural diasasters, legion of doom, who were fuckin sensational even before they entered the wwe) and who can forget the flood of singles talent...jake the snake roberts, dusty rhodes, a fresh and incredibly brilliant character in mark calloway as the undertaker, vader, etc. that was when i truly loved the wwe.

The dude abides....

[XMW]

Wikipedia and NoDQ.com (absolute shit site), are both reporting:

"WWE have completed the signing of independent wrestler Brodie Lee (Jon Huber) to a developmental contract. Lee, who is a near-seven-foot-tall big man, is the latest wrestler who has worked for Dragon Gate USA to be signed by WWE. "

I have been saying for a while WWE was going to sign him soon, he fits in WWE perfectly. He's tall and unlike Khali and Big Show he can actually move in the ring. Plus he has a great look, like a crazy lumberjack or something lol.
I hope the next signings from DGUSA are Sami Callihan, Uhaa Nation and AR Fox.

[claud3]

I hope the WWE can do some Independence of their own, like make a we side company for up and coming independence wrestlers. I know they have the exchange and hire thing with the local small wrestling firms and thats excellent.

But a small firm of their own, would be great or am i just speaking about something that they already have

[The Cage]

So the question is... Would the Undertaker retire on April 21st? even if he win at WM?

[XMW]

I hope the WWE can do some Independence of their own, like make a we side company for up and coming independence wrestlers. I know they have the exchange and hire thing with the local small wrestling firms and thats excellent.

But a small firm of their own, would be great or am i just speaking about something that they already have

Well, WWE has FCW which is their official training "camp" which I suppose is similair to what you're describing.. And they have a very close working relationship with Boston Wrestling/Millenium Wrestling Federation (John Cena's dad is some sort of owner there)..

So the question is... Would the Undertaker retire on April 21st? even if he win at WM?

Or... maybe WWE is trolling everyone and Undertaker is right, WM isn't April 1st - that's just a big joke for the 70.000 people who show up to an empty stadium - in reality WM is April 21st like the Deadman said.

[Molo316]

Or... maybe WWE is trolling everyone and Undertaker is right, WM isn't April 1st - that's just a big joke for the 70.000 people who show up to an empty stadium - in reality WM is April 21st like the Deadman said.

!!!

That is hilarious!

[The Cage]

Well, WWE has FCW which is their official training "camp" which I suppose is similair to what you're describing.. And they have a very close working relationship with Boston Wrestling/Millenium Wrestling Federation (John Cena's dad is some sort of owner there)..



Or... maybe WWE is trolling everyone and Undertaker is right, WM isn't April 1st - that's just a big joke for the 70.000 people who show up to an empty stadium - in reality WM is April 21st like the Deadman said.

But i think he was hinting that he will retire, as he said the era will end even if he win or lose
and april 21st is the date (could be)

[claud3]

If the april 21st date is the retirement for the undertaker, then i see it as a nice way to go and its early to... So he does not have this hanging over him throughout the entire year

[XMW]

I'm still not 100% convinced Undertaker is going to retire this year. And I still stand by prediction that HHH will lose at WM28.
With the schedule Undertaker is having these days, having 1 match per year for maybe 5 more years shouldn't be that big of a problem I'd think. Nobody is expecting him to take huge bumps at WM either anyway, so even the matches he does have will be easier on his body.
Idk.. maybe that's just wishfull thinking but I can't see Undertaker going with retirement before facing Cena at WM which is a huge money match.

[The Cage]

I dunno, he was hinting something and he kept saying that the era will end either way if he win or lose

i don't really want him to retire but if that's his choice no one can change his mind

[jj03]

undertaker needs to retire...his body has taken a right royal kickin over the years so his health should come first...besides,the preservation of his character is also important, especially at wrestlemania.

The dude abides....

[Molo316]

April 21st is a Saturday. I couldn't see Undertaker having his last match at a house show/live event.

And check this out:

[claud3]

WRESTLEMANIA 28 UPDATEReview, Posted by Anan on March 15th, Filed in Undertaker News

WrestleMania 28 may just end up being a 7 match card as officials want to leave enough time for the main events as well as backstage vignettes and promos for The Rock. Word is that The Rock will be given as much time as he wants for his promos and segments building to the main event.
Officials have announced few matches for the card with just two weeks to go because they wanted to make sure they have enough time cleared for the top matches. Triple H vs. Undertaker, CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho and The Rock vs. John Cena all have 25-30 minutes set aside.
There is talk that Hell in a Cell will be in the middle of the event with The Rock vs. John Cena going on last and possibly Punk vs. Jericho opening the show.

Source: PWInsider

Link; http://www.phenomforever.com/?p=9369

This i do not know about... So that would make wrestlemnia 28 the shortest set of matches ever and they will have to be nearly twice as long to fill up the rest of the show... We are talking 4 to 5 hours of show here in total and they want just 7 matches to fill this cap, plus the backstage stuff as well.. Going to be some job in my opinion

[XMW]

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Link; http://www.phenomforever.com/?p=9369

This i do not know about... So that would make wrestlemnia 28 the shortest set of matches ever and they will have to be nearly twice as long to fill up the rest of the show... We are talking 4 to 5 hours of show here in total and they want just 7 matches to fill this cap, plus the backstage stuff as well.. Going to be some job in my opinion

Sounds amazing. I'm sick and tired of 30 seconds matches on freaking WrestleMania (last years 8-man tag, Chavo vs Kane @ WM24, tag team opener @ WM26 - yeah 30 seconds is an exaggeration, but you get my point).

7 matches spread over 4 hours with backstage segments sounds nearly ideal actually. This way we are more then likely bound to have a couple great matches, as Bryan vs Sheamus and Punk vs Jericho can be great if given enough time..

[Molo316]

I just can't understand why they put top title matches at the start or in the middle at a bloody WrestleMania.
Last year, as Edge announced his retirement it dawned on me that maybe they put his match with Del Rio at the start just in case something went wrong with him [Edge] and they didn't want things to go pear shaped right at the climax of the show. But to have Punk and Jericho open the show this year is terrible; especially if they're going to get more personal with the revelation of Punk's father being an alcoholic.

[yourmumsface17]

Sounds amazing. I'm sick and tired of 30 seconds matches on freaking WrestleMania (last years 8-man tag, Chavo vs Kane @ WM24, tag team opener @ WM26 - yeah 30 seconds is an exaggeration, but you get my point).

7 matches spread over 4 hours with backstage segments sounds nearly ideal actually. This way we are more then likely bound to have a couple great matches, as Bryan vs Sheamus and Punk vs Jericho can be great if given enough time..

Completely agree, like JBL v Rey WM 25 too, I hate those short ass matches.

7 matches is perfect, and anymore and it would be overkill as WWE will easily... I mean EASILY fill the time with promos and video packages. Look at the Rumble, they managed to kill so much time so easily.

Perfect sized card.

[The Cage]

April 21st is a Saturday. I couldn't see Undertaker having his last match at a house show/live event.

And check this out:

I don't see why not.

[Molo316]

I don't see why not.

Surely they'd want to televise some as legendary as the Undertaker's last match.

[XMW]

"The main event was supposed to be CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Title. Punk got the biggest pop of the night. Before the match started, the ring crew was cleaning up from the broken tables and Ziggler had a “match” with a broomstick where he fell on his back with the broomstick on top. The ref counted the pin as the broomstick won. The reason he did it is because they used to say Ric Flair could carry a broomstick to a great match. It’s praise for a great in-ring performer. I found it hilarious that Ziggler actually did it.


Ziggler moments before his epic five star "match" versus the broomstick."

Haha, that's awesome..

[Molo316]

Awesome!

Now all he needs to do is come out dressed like Mr. Ass, and protest that he is not ripping off Mr. Ass.

[robvandam111]

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[$Greatness$]

lol, Cleveland... what a bitter sad place to live.

Oh, great news people! I got The Rock's 'Boots 2 Asses' tee! lol, what a beast!

[robvandam111]

lol, Cleveland... what a bitter sad place to live.

Oh, great news people! I got The Rock's 'Boots 2 Asses' tee! lol, what a beast!

Makes me want to see the Miami Heat DESTOY the NBA even more lol...


The Heat play against the Celtics on WrestleMania night. What a coincidence, Cena is from Mass.

I'm going to WrestleMania 28!!! can't wait.

[XMW]

Makes me want to see the Miami Heat DESTOY the NBA even more lol...


The Heat play against the Celtics on WrestleMania night. What a coincidence, Cena is from Mass.

I'm going to WrestleMania 28!!! can't wait.

And Rock is from Miami lol.. So we're getting 2 Florida vs Mass match ups hehe.. Both Cena vs Rock and Heat vs Celtics should be fun to watch. ^_^

[Tven]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the return of Mickie James' red skirt number.......my day = made