Wrestling thread

[Bruce Spanner]

34 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

He challenged Roman but it was done in a metaphorical way. They could have done something like make him the referee, as you said. His involvement really could have been anything. It didn't need to be a match this year. The match with Roman could have ultimately been next year. They are both part timers anyway.

 

The booking around Wrestlemania is always subject to change and this just screams decision made on the fly because of a bunch of recent happenings. And it's not a big deal to them anyway because the Rock is the biggest star in the industry but it doesn't make it the logical decision based on storylines.

 

My take is that Rhodes will have a pep talk with someone, most likley CM Punk.

 

He'll then refuse to give away his shot.

 

Rhodes Vs Dwayne at the Aussie thing coming up for the right to fight at WM, which is dumb in itsefl, but hey-ho.

 

Rhodes wins and goes to WM where he wins clean, they'll be loads of nonsene before hand from all involved to try and cheat.

 

WhIlst Rhodes is celebrating he gets a proper beat down and is saved by Dwayne.

 

Dwayne cleans house and pummles Reigns which sets up Backlash...

 

 

 

 

[Gooch]

Completely buried the world championship which will headline day 1 and destroyed any credibility of your top babyface that you spent two years building in the space of one segment, impressive. Not sure how they could have made Cody look worse other than him dropping to his knees and kissing the Rocks boots before he left.

Assuming this isn't some type of attempt at a swerve, which it doesn't look like.

[3 Stacks]

10 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

My take is that Rhodes will have a pep talk with someone, most likley CM Punk.

 

He'll then refuse to give away his shot.

 

Rhodes Vs Dwayne at the Aussie thing coming up for the right to fight at WM, which is dumb in itsefl, but hey-ho.

 

Rhodes wins and goes to WM where he wins clean, they'll be loads of nonsene before hand from all involved to try and cheat.

 

WhIlst Rhodes is celebrating he gets a proper beat down and is saved by Dwayne.

 

Dwayne cleans house and pummles Reigns which sets up Backlash...

 

 

 

 

The dirtsheets are saying Rock is doing a lot of politicking backstage. The most we can expect I think is a triple threat.

[Bruce Spanner]

2 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

The dirtsheets are saying Rock is doing a lot of politicking backstage. The most we can expect I think is a triple threat.

 

Possibly, but this all has the feels of a work in itself.

 

I think there's much more behind it than a big(ger) payday.

 

Dwayne can't win in a triple threat, doesn't make sense that way.

[3 Stacks]

2 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

Possibly, but this all has the feels of a work in itself.

 

I think there's much more behind it than a big(ger) payday.

 

Dwayne can't win in a triple threat, doesn't make sense that way.

He couldn't carry a singles match that is more than like 5 minutes, either, though. 

 

It's attractive to think a lot of stupid decisions in pro wrestling are works but usually they are just that; stupid decisions.

 

If it's a work, they have to salvage a lot of things.

[Bruce Spanner]

3 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

He couldn't carry a singles match that is more than like 5 minutes, either, though. 

 

It's attractive to think a lot of stupid decisions in pro wrestling are works but usually they are just that; stupid decisions.

 

If it's a work, they have to salvage a lot of things.

 

This one just seems a little too stupid though.

 

You bury your cash cow and his successor to give an old guy an ego massage?

 

Vince was a dum dum, but there's a whole professional set up calling the shots now who aren't as pure carny as Vince.

[3 Stacks]

48 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

This one just seems a little too stupid though.

 

You bury your cash cow and his successor to give an old guy an ego massage?

 

Vince was a dum dum, but there's a whole professional set up calling the shots now who aren't as pure carny as Vince.

You can always count on the wwe to justify these things, though.

 

The Rock may get booed, he may not. Either way, the tickets are already sold and they will make a lot of money. 

 

And then from a story standpoint, they could keep the title on Roman and push him as the greatest modern champion. His reign if it goes past September, will be longer than Hogan. Despite the fact no one cares about this. 

 

 

[Lee909]

I think they are quite determined for Roman to break Hogan's record and make him the longest reigning in modern history. Only behind Backland amd Samartino

 

That would mean he holds till Sep 11th. 

 

The bloodline thing and Romams constant push as longest champion  has been boring nearly a year. He's part time and you know what's going to happen with the only time you think he might lose bring wrestlemania. Anyone that believe Sami or LA Knight would be him were kidding themselves

[Dicko]

The most entertaining thing about wrestling today is Jim Cornette shitting all over it.

[an tha]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

The dirtsheets are saying Rock is doing a lot of politicking backstage. The most we can expect I think is a triple threat.

On the board of the owners now isn't he....

[Kevin D]

 

[an tha]

The video of the segment where Rhodes steps aside for Dwayne has garnered more than 500,000 dislikes on Youtube in less than 24 hours, becoming the company’s most disliked video ever on Youtube.

 

 

[Kevin D]

 

[an tha]

19 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

 

Quite refreshing to see them leaning into using real injuries to further angles.

 

Seems to be a move towards that sort of stuff and recognising online opinion/reaction etc post Vince.

 

 

[Chris]

On 03/02/2024 at 17:14, Lee909 said:

I think they are quite determined for Roman to break Hogan's record and make him the longest reigning in modern history. Only behind Backland amd Samartino

 

That would mean he holds till Sep 11th. 

 

The bloodline thing and Romams constant push as longest champion  has been boring nearly a year. He's part time and you know what's going to happen with the only time you think he might lose bring wrestlemania. Anyone that believe Sami or LA Knight would be him were kidding themselves

 

I don't understand this fascination with Hogan's reign. It's only the third longest. Bruno and Backlund were both way longer.

[Kevin D]

[3 Stacks]

There is a chance they have saved it here. 

[Kevin D]

That was great. Much better than any show they’ve done in years:

 

 

[an tha]

8 hours ago, Kevin D said:

That was great. Much better than any show they’ve done in years:

 

 

They absolutely nailed it.

 

The stuff after it with HHH as well.

 

The way it is going to be booked and play out in my view is Dwayne is going to interfere and help Rhodes win the match. Reigns is falling into a trap.

 

[Scott_M]

I reckon Reigns v The Rock on the Saturday, winner v Rhodes on the Sunday.

 

I’d assume the Saturday will finish in a DQ or a way Reigns retains cheaply, Rock interferes (taking out Solo & Jimmy Uso) and Rhodes wins on the Sunday.

[an tha]

On 09/02/2024 at 17:59, Scott_M said:

I reckon Reigns v The Rock on the Saturday, winner v Rhodes on the Sunday.

 

 

No chance IMO

 

[Kevin D]

Corporate Rock is back.

 

This bloodline thing might yet have more juice.

 

Rock Vs Cody is a gigantic match, if we can get there.

[an tha]

It is dead obvious to me that Dwayne is going to turn on Reigns at WM and cost him the belt.

[3 Stacks]

2 hours ago, an tha said:

It is dead obvious to me that Dwayne is going to turn on Reigns at WM and cost him the belt.

Why would they turn Rock heel for only 2 months? That would be a ridiculously short amount of time.

 

Eventually he will go back to being an uber face, but not that quickly.

[an tha]

1 minute ago, 3 Stacks said:

Why would they turn Rock heel for only 2 months? That would be a ridiculously short amount of time.

 

Eventually he will go back to being an uber face, but not that quickly.

He is a part timer - well not even that, he is a special attraction who has been brought in because his schedule allows for once and he can bring the whole bloodline story to a new place.

 

Turning on Reigns is by far the most likely outcome of all of this IMO....the booking is he will have sucked Reigns in and then "put him in his place".....A Reigns/Dwayne match down the road regardless of it being for the strap then becomes a massive one.

 

Meanwhile the strap can go back to having a proper full time working champion (Reigns obviously has not been and won't be) in Rhodes who can enter into feuds with likes of Punk and others and see more regular defences of it and it being more of a feature on the programming.