Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 947000 times)

bork · « **Reply #6720 on:** July 23, 2019, 09:47:19 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 23, 2019, 09:43:11 PM

I think I read Finn’s time off starts after SummerSlam.

You're right, that's what it is. So I guess job to Bray, then leave for two months.

bork · « **Reply #6721 on:** July 24, 2019, 08:19:05 AM »

He wasn't even supposed to be there- they wanted to have Ricochet in that match/segment, but he got hurt. Makes that funnier somehow.

bork · « **Reply #6722 on:** July 24, 2019, 08:35:43 AM »

Some dirt sheets are saying that the "big announcement" Daniel Bryan has been advertised to be making (and then not mentioned on TV for two weeks now despite this) is that he's going to be moving to 205 Live.

...Wow. Just wow if true.

bork · « **Reply #6723 on:** July 24, 2019, 08:50:02 AM »

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/ch0alh/the_street_profits_sing_the_undisputed_era_theme/

nachobro · « **Reply #6724 on:** July 24, 2019, 12:20:00 PM »

Every time I watch 205 Live I'm glad I did, but I don't watch it very often. Last night's was good though.

Also iirc it's no longer "live" since they film it before Smackdown but it leads to much better crowd reactions to everything.

nachobro · « **Reply #6725 on:** July 24, 2019, 12:29:42 PM »

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/aew-tnt-premiere-date-1203277974/

AEW TNT show will be Wednesday 8-10pm EST LIVE weekly.

October 2nd debut in Washington DC, Capital One Arena (20,000 seats). Ticket information will be available on Monday, July 29th

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6726 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:02:46 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 23, 2019, 08:16:37 PM

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omg I want to see Scott Steiner and Orange Cassidy go at it. At a Rancid themed event. In an American Legion hall.

Joey Ryan & Orange Cassidy dream team.

nachobro · « **Reply #6727 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:03:06 PM »

people online saying its 12-15k when set up for wrestling but that's still a good number

bork · « **Reply #6728 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:12:11 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 24, 2019, 03:03:06 PM

people online saying its 12-15k when set up for wrestling but that's still a good number

If they use WWE attendance logic, that's a good 40,000 seats all sold out!

nachobro · « **Reply #6729 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:17:21 PM »

bork · « **Reply #6730 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:02:34 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 24, 2019, 07:25:03 PM

Luckily for AEW the bar is so low that just not being awful is a victory. It's really up to them to fuck this up for themselves and the rest of the industry as a whole.

Can't wait to see how they do that!

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Tripon · « **Reply #6731 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:16:35 PM »

Quote from: bork on July 24, 2019, 09:02:34 PM

Quote from: Stro on July 24, 2019, 07:25:03 PM
Luckily for AEW the bar is so low that just not being awful is a victory. It's really up to them to fuck this up for themselves and the rest of the industry as a whole.

Can't wait to see how they do that!

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If you listen to Jim Cornette, just let Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks headline every broadcast.

nachobro · « **Reply #6732 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:20:15 PM »

according to wikipedia, 205 went back to after SD in January. seems like a bad idea

bork · « **Reply #6733 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:32:55 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 24, 2019, 09:11:04 PM

Aiden English's obsession with Humberto Carrillo's face is the weirdest thing It's on the same tier as Graves' obsession with Mandy Rose that clearly goes into entirely inappropriate for work and would be sexual harassment if he actually ever spoke to her.

Also at already having a masked team of lucha dudes and instead getting two unaffiliated unmasked guys to do a bunch of Lucha Bros spots.

at how empty that arena was. It was basically just the floor seats. I don't think I've ever seen the opposite hard cam side that empty ever. They're filming before SD now? Like...how many hours before SD? Shane Strickland is legit, happy to see they are immediately giving him shit to do instead of have him sit around for months and months and months at the PC and tiny Florida cites.

This had to be the best 205 since they lost Ali, Buddy Murphy, and Cedric within a few weeks of each other.

I never watch 205 Live- do they not still have those guys on the show with the wildcard rule and all? Or does that go ignored on there? It's still weird to me too how Drake Maverick is the GM on there when they got rid of GMs on the other shows. No one cares I guess.

nachobro · « **Reply #6734 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:45:20 PM »

They are kinda tying the story of Raw/SD to 205 because Mike Kanellis has been shitting on Maverick for being too busy with the 24/7 title to concentrate on 205. As far as wildcard, they do have NXT guys on there but that's about it. Kinda weird that the 205 guys don't at least show up on Smackdown.

For just good wrasslin, I recommend this week's 205. Only an hour long and there's a couple real great matches.

nachobro · « **Reply #6735 on:** July 25, 2019, 08:37:09 AM »

https://twitter.com/megsokay/status/1154092965645565952

Meanwhile from Dave:

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The goal right now is to run 100 to 120 live events per year, probably four PPVs, 51 television shows and many Saturday night house shows and on occasion more than one house show a week, but with the idea that in spreading the talent out, the top talent does maybe 75 matches, a number hopeful to keep their ability to work great matches high, since that’s probably more of a key goal is high match quality on top as compared with any other promotion

So the execs will do one-ish show a week, everyone else get to busting your ass

bork · « **Reply #6736 on:** July 25, 2019, 01:18:07 PM »

Possible R.I.P. 205 Live?

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There’s been some talk of NXT going live on FS1 opposite AEW’s TNT show. This could also involve integrating the brand with 205 Live.

Rumor is also that the AEW show will be called "Wednesday Night Dynamite."

bork · « **Reply #6737 on:** July 25, 2019, 01:33:09 PM »

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/7/24/20726739/wild-alundra-blaze-madusa-lacey-evans-twitter-feud-raw-reunion

Yeah...sorry Alundra, but I have a hard time believing that Lacey's husband was checking you out.

I like Lacey felt the need to reply with "As far as my family goes hubby gets it every night" lmao.

Keeping it CLASSY. "Act like a lady."

bork · « **Reply #6738 on:** July 25, 2019, 01:34:53 PM »

Another one- Baron Corbin Twitter-feuding with...SoCal Val WTF?

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/7/20/20701920/baron-corbin-socal-val-twitter-feud

https://twitter.com/SoCalValerie/status/1151043351577341952

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #6739 on:** July 25, 2019, 02:27:28 PM »

Make your "contractors" drive late at night to get from show to show like you're not a billion dollar multinational corporation, brehs

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2847035-wwe-superstar-jimmy-uso-reportedly-arrested-for-alleged-dui-in-florida

(right after Cena clowned on them for getting arrested on... *checks watch* Monday)

nachobro · « **Reply #6740 on:** July 25, 2019, 02:29:12 PM »

two drunken police encounters in under half a year is probably a good sign of a problem. hopefully he gets assistance with it.

nachobro · « **Reply #6741 on:** July 25, 2019, 03:26:27 PM »

sadly it's just normal corporate life. execs taking their bonuses at the end of the year for a job poorly done.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6742 on:** July 25, 2019, 10:52:32 PM »

Vince is just getting more money to throw on the XFL dumpster fire. HHH is..uh..reading the current situation and responding correctly?

bork · « **Reply #6743 on:** July 26, 2019, 10:54:02 AM »

Quote from: Stro on July 26, 2019, 10:31:59 AM

Whether he'll actually step back remains to be seen, considering just this week he popped into Smackdown that he wasn't scheduled to be at and rewrote the entire show 4 hours before air time

Saw this mentioned on a site that then praised the show and said something along the lines of "see?? Vince has still got it!"

bork · « **Reply #6744 on:** July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM »

Quote from: Dantizzinel on July 26, 2019, 11:28:08 AM

Quote from: bork on July 26, 2019, 10:54:02 AM
"see?? Vince has still got it!"

Alzheimers?

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That's a new money-making gimmick!!

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TVC15 · « **Reply #6745 on:** July 26, 2019, 09:04:57 PM »

The call happened.

Variety: Fixing WWE Means Vince McMahon Must Get Out Of His Own Way
https://variety.com/2019/tv/opinion/vince-mcmahon-wwe-creative-fix-1203281147/

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With another lackluster quarterly earnings report on the books, WWE attempted to mask its poor performance during its Q2 earnings call by focusing on the new overseers, Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff, of his primetime series on USA and eventually Fox.

The decision to create two new executive positions is just what McMahon needs to position himself to take a more strategic view of the WWE product, allowing the wrestling company to refresh their output, or as McMahon put it, “relaunch in terms of our content.”

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The company put the best possible face on the numbers by noting the declines were shrinking, pointing out that lower ratings at the end of the quarter were not as steep as the ones that began it.

Lol.

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In another creative refresh, McMahon stated on the call that WWE would be increasing the edginess of the storylines, but staying within the parameters of a PG rating. This is a smart move to attempt to lure back lapsed fans who may be bored with the current product’s tame/non-existent stories, and lured to new wrestling company AEW, which carries a TV-14 rating.

Lol

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On that note, the WWE head also decried AEW’s recent focus on what he dubbed “blood and guts” and stated that the WWE “is just not going back to that gory crap that we graduated from.”

Lol

Lots of other good stuff in there

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6746 on:** July 28, 2019, 12:34:43 AM »

A friend can't make it to Beyond's Americanrana so I get to go instead.

dkdk · « **Reply #6747 on:** July 28, 2019, 01:02:33 PM »

"In another creative refresh, McMahon stated on the call that WWE would be increasing the edginess of the storylines, but staying within the parameters of a PG rating. This is a smart move to attempt to lure back lapsed fans who may be bored with the current product’s tame/non-existent stories, and lured to new wrestling company AEW, which carries a TV-14 rating."

i'll believe this when i see Renee Michelle in a bra and panties match

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6748 on:** July 29, 2019, 01:11:03 AM »

So show was fantastic aside from officially starting at 4 and running until like 9:20. Too fucking long.
https://twitter.com/MrLARIATO/status/1155604760499806214
https://twitter.com/KVR216/status/1155604497177223170

TVC15 · « **Reply #6749 on:** July 29, 2019, 10:29:35 AM »

Happy birthday to the GOAT.

bork · « **Reply #6750 on:** July 29, 2019, 01:26:55 PM »

nachobro · « **Reply #6751 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:05:18 PM »

Opening Raw with Renee Michelle

nachobro · « **Reply #6752 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:12:11 PM »

"If you don't open the door right now I'm going to break it down and kick you in your vagina"

Maria pls

TVC15 · « **Reply #6753 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:16:50 PM »

omg plz add to smilies

Lol

TVC15 · « **Reply #6754 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:19:20 PM »

Btw, when I first played one of those, an Applebee’s ad played. YouTube is shooting on Shoney’s.

bork · « **Reply #6755 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:43:04 PM »

Turned it on just in time for NUGENIX TOTAL-T!!!!

bork · « **Reply #6756 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:44:23 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 29, 2019, 08:16:50 PM

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omg plz add to smilies

Tripon · « **Reply #6757 on:** July 29, 2019, 09:52:40 PM »

This is so bad.

bork · « **Reply #6758 on:** July 30, 2019, 01:00:53 PM »

https://twitter.com/MariaLKanellis/status/1156010460002394113

nachobro · « **Reply #6759 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:02:46 PM »

Shane not on Smackdown....still opens the show

dkdk · « **Reply #6760 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:02:40 PM »

joe cutting promos in his opponent face mid match

and they continue to script these folks after how we see them act outside the ring smh

nachobro · « **Reply #6761 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM »

that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #6762 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:33:27 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM

that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

That looked like something from a circa 2003 PS2 Smackdown game

dkdk · « **Reply #6763 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:39:03 PM »

that was so bad it was good

TVC15 · « **Reply #6764 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:46:35 PM »

What a great tease. It’s gotten people talking and to see what’s next, they’ll have to tune in next week! And to both shows since Roman is always on both!

nachobro · « **Reply #6765 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:49:01 PM »

also they teased dbryan's announcement at the start of the show and then didn't bring it up for two hours and nothing happened.

nachobro · « **Reply #6766 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:51:19 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 30, 2019, 10:19:37 PM

Wtf

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according to meltz vince called for a rewrite of smackdown at the last minute again this week

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Tripon · « **Reply #6767 on:** July 30, 2019, 11:09:22 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:51:19 PM

Quote from: Stro on July 30, 2019, 10:19:37 PM
Wtf

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according to meltz vince called for a rewrite of smackdown at the last minute again this week
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Rewriting at the start of the show is crazy. No other show would do that regularly.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #6768 on:** July 31, 2019, 02:31:53 AM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on July 30, 2019, 10:33:27 PM

Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM
that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

That looked like something from a circa 2003 PS2 Smackdown game

nachobro · « **Reply #6769 on:** July 31, 2019, 08:58:44 AM »

also lol mike kanellis lost his match against drake maverick for the title opportunity. this new character of being turned into a giant dad at every opportunity remains hilarious. good match tho, worth checking out 205 Live again this week. i forgot how great maverick is in the ring.

bork · « **Reply #6770 on:** July 31, 2019, 10:27:04 AM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM

that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

Apparently the last match of the night went too long and they ran out of time to do the segment properly.

bork · « **Reply #6771 on:** July 31, 2019, 10:32:05 AM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on July 30, 2019, 10:33:27 PM

Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM
that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

That looked like something from a circa 2003 PS2 Smackdown game

https://twitter.com/TheNewMiguelFz/status/1156421200043741185

nachobro · « **Reply #6772 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:29:06 PM »

more offensive than that ending is dragging out trish stratus' desiccated husk to have a subpar match at summerslam

also internet saying buddy murphy can be seen running away from the scene of the crime in the roman segment?

i didn't notice that if so. what a match for the Big Dog!

bork · « **Reply #6773 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:31:00 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 31, 2019, 12:07:56 PM

Quote from: bork on July 31, 2019, 10:27:04 AM
Quote from: nachobro on July 30, 2019, 10:08:03 PM
that ending was weird

edit: https://streamable.com/cm3h2

Apparently the last match of the night went too long and they ran out of time to do the segment properly.

that obviously wasn't a live segment, they could have done that any time during the day

Right...they had to edit it (badly) I would assume.

Tripon · « **Reply #6774 on:** August 01, 2019, 01:03:58 AM »

This is so weird at promoting a match. 5 minutes of contract signings.

nachobro · « **Reply #6775 on:** August 01, 2019, 08:40:01 AM »

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On today's Observer Radio, Dave reported that five new matches will be added to the card for SummerSlam.

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Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldberg

Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan

Iconics vs. Mandy and Sonya vs. Bliss and Cross vs. Kabuki Warriors for the Women's Tag Titles

Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan for the Cruiserweight Title

Drew McIntyre vs. Cedric Alexander
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Human Snorenado · « **Reply #6776 on:** August 01, 2019, 10:23:29 AM »

I'm here for that Roman match. It's bizarre but Roman has suddenly become the last likable Shield member left in WWE. They need to turn Seth heel after Summerslam, the Becky Lynch's boyfriend angle ruined him (and diminished her)

bork · « **Reply #6777 on:** August 01, 2019, 01:12:28 PM »

WTF at those rumored matches. They're building up Ziggler/Miz right now- saw rumblings it was some kind of swerve. LMAO.

Also the reason that the Daniel Bryan "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT" keeps on never happening is due to the Smackdown creative chaos going on- Vince did rewrites again this past week at the last minute.

Quote from: Human Snorenado on August 01, 2019, 10:23:29 AM

I'm here for that Roman match. It's bizarre but Roman has suddenly become the last likable Shield member left in WWE. They need to turn Seth heel after Summerslam, the Becky Lynch's boyfriend angle ruined him (and diminished her)

Yeah. I'd already lost interest in Seth but Becky as of late, too.

nachobro · « **Reply #6778 on:** August 01, 2019, 01:23:31 PM »

don't forget that meltz could also just be full of shit

bork · « **Reply #6779 on:** August 01, 2019, 02:02:46 PM »

And what about MOA JOE??
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Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 947000 times)