Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw

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Braun being out 6 months is the worst thing for WWE since they rehired Festus

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Hmmm...

-- According to f4wonline.com, while Braun Strowman did undergo elbow surgery, WWE's claim that he will be out "up to six months" is a work.

-- With that said, it's likely that Strowman's elbow also isn't "shattered" as WWE claims and with the wording that he would be out "up to" six months, the original timetable of 1-2 months is probably still accurate. Either way, he is out for "Extreme Rules" in June and very likely, "Great Balls of Fire" in July.

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Tanahashi also got hurt at a shitty ROH taping. Arm injury. If it's a slight tear he'll work Dominion and the US G1 shows. If it's bad, he'll miss Dominion and the G1. Way to go, ROH.

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So did anything good happen on Raw?  I start watching but shut it off after Angle set up the five-way at the next PPV.

[nachobro]

I flipped it on for a quick minute and saw Goldust beating up R Truth while the crowd chanted "Thank you Goldust" and then turned it off. Supposedly Roman pinned Balor too? I dunno. Happy to be sticking with SD 

[bork]

I flipped it on for a quick minute and saw Goldust beating up R Truth while the crowd chanted "Thank you Goldust"

[fistfulofmetal]

i only tune in to see alexa tbh

[bork]

i only tune in to see alexa tbh

[seagrams hotsauce]

This all sounds awful. I kinda dropped out after mania and I can't say anything posted here is encouraging me to tune back in :/

EDIT: Posted this before I saw those Alexa gifs 

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EDIT: Posted this before I saw those Alexa gifs 

 

[archie4208]

AJ carried Jinder to a fairly decent match.

Truly the GOAT. 

[bork]

Fell asleep and missed it. 

[FunSlower]

AJ can have a match with a broom. He took Shane McMahon into a great match, nobody can do that. Not even Kurt Angle.

[nachobro]

I'm not usually a fan of the big women's clusterfuck matches but I like these Smackdown ladies. Becky/Charlotte/Naomi are a solid team. It's unfortunate that the Welcoming Committee has to have Carmella on it, but it's a small roster so what can you do?

Looking forward to Backlash!

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I'm looking forward to NXT Takeover this weekend...and then maybe Backlash for Nakamura, at least.

It's unfortunate that the Welcoming Committee has to have Carmella on it, but it's a small roster so what can you do?

Replace her with Lana?

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I don't know why I don't have faith in DIY vs AOP in a ladder match after all the great matches DIY have been in and the tremendous triple threat tag at the last Takeover, but I don't. Also no faith in Itami/Roode as it's the same terrible clash of styles that Nak/Roode had, and the lack of ideas of what to do with Asuka is pretty crazy. Those limey UK fucks will for sure steal the show.

I'm certainly looking forward more to Backlash than Takeover. I want to see Jinder go unhindered. I want to see Breezango get a win. I want to see if AJ can break up the months of bad KO matches. I want to see Ziggler get hit with a knee and see how much he can oversell it.

[FunSlower]

Backlash is looking pretty hot, no lie. Takeover isn't really looking hot to me, but I have some more faith with DIY vs AOP. DIY needs to get thrown on the main roster, and fast. Their bump cards are almost up.

[FunSlower]

Why is post Mania time always the weakest?

Load is blown. Gotta recuperate. Summerslam usually gets hot.

[Stro]

I feel like there is more stuff going on now than during WM season, which was pretty terrible television overall. Like, probably the weakest lead up to a WM in years. I guess that's bound to happen when your two main matches are with guys who only show up on TV every few weeks.

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I feel like there is more stuff going on now than during WM season, which was pretty terrible television overall. Like, probably the weakest lead up to a WM in years. I guess that's bound to happen when your two main matches are with guys who only show up on TV every few weeks.

Yeah, that was one of the more disappointing "roads to WM" in a while.

[FunSlower]

We do get Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne. I'm excited for THAT on Takeover.

ZEEEEERO interest in Asuka's match. Bafflin'.

[Stro]

There's no one even close to Asuka in NXT, so it's just a holding pattern until the tournament when all the joshi broads get raided and brought over. Which might be another 4-5 months. Ember Moon is the closest thing to competition to Asuka and it was clear she wasn't on Asuka's level during their match.

[FunSlower]

Kills me that we're missing out on some prime Asuka the Destroyer years as she's kept down in NXT. :~(

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For those of you that read the Observer recaps, this is the Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine super show featuring 13 different promotions that sold out the Tokyo Dome in 1995. It's kind of hard to find online, and for a long time it was only out there in handheld form so people kind of gave up on it years ago. But I found a torrent with one seeder from a few years back, joined the 6 files into one big, 6 hour event, and now y'all can watch it and feast upon glorious Nippon's biggest show.




It has something for EVERYONE. Shoots, shoot style, shoot style with comedy, actual comedy, giant bump death match, gore death match, AJPW twerkrate, NJPW strong style. A truly insane amount of talent on one show.

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Look at this scrub calling himself "The Master Of Pain."  Wonder what ever happened to him?

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Asuka pins both her opponents at the same time. 

Does she have the longest winning streak in 'modern' WWE history?  Holy shit.

[Stro]

I think she has the longest winning streak since Hogan sometime in the 80s.

UK match completely stole the show, as expected. Women's match was better than expected. 20 minutes of Eric Young and Roderick Strong is fucking death. Itami/Roode was the same awkward styles clash that Roode/Nak was. Ladder match was good enough, I guess. Some really crazy spots. The decapitation thing is one of the most violent things I've ever seen in a WWE ring. Overall a better show than expected for sure.


EDIT: Dat swerve 

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I skipped the first match...guess that was a good thing.  Also skipped forward through most of Roode/Itami and even a little of the main event.  Dat Ciampa turn.

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Bate/Dunn was fucking AWESOME.

Probably the second best WWE match of the year behind AJ/Cena at the RR.

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Tyler Breeze super-over now because of the mop. 

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the crowd losing their shit over Jinder winning. 

Best match on the show?  Breezango Vs. Usos.  Tyler saved this show.

[fistfulofmetal]

they didnt hinder jinder, respect

[bork]

Jinder won? Sweet.

With interference from the Singh Brothers, yeah.  So I guess Orton still looks 'strong' because of that. 

[Human Snorenado]

Meanwhile the best wrestler in the company lost due to count out because he got caught in an announce table. 

[fistfulofmetal]

It was a good finish because The Singh bros didn't really directly interfere. They just pulled Jinder out to prevent Orton from pinning. Who's to say Jinder wouldn't have kicked out? Then Orton decided to attack them on his own, they didn't provoke him at all. Then Jinder recouped and managed to capitalize on a distracted Orton.

I thought it allowed both of them to look strong in the end.

[FunSlower]

Meanwhile the best wrestler in the company lost due to count out because he got caught in an announce table. 

Brass Body Dave Batista lost due to duct tape. Anything is possible.

[Human Snorenado]

I mean, don't get me wrong- I guess it was time the announce table finally got over on someone.

[Stro]

Meanwhile the best wrestler in the company lost due to count out because he got caught in an announce table. 

Brass Body Dave Batista lost due to duct tape. Anything is possible.

R u srs?

[FunSlower]

I still wish Dave was able to come back as Brass Body Bateaster. God that was a good look.

[Momo]

[nachobro]

Meltzer is real mad about Asuka beating Goldberg's record.

[Stro]

I still wish Dave was able to come back as Brass Body Bateaster. God that was a good look.
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Boy, I tried to watch that movie and didn't even get to Bateaster. Absolutely, shockingly atrocious movie. In the extremely bad way.

On the bright side, Dave was wonderful in GOTG2, which overall was a much better film than the original, and Batista was even better in it than the first one.

[El Babua]

Meltzer is real mad about Asuka beating Goldberg's record.

Davey Boy's a big of a mark as the rest of us.

[Momo]

Meltzer is real mad about Asuka beating Goldberg's record.

Check this salt

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/6d9hna/asuka_didnt_really_break_goldbergs_record/

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Meltzer is real mad about Asuka beating Goldberg's record.

...Why?

Also, didn't Asuka actually get a real streak, whereas Goldberg's was kind of made-up and he didn't actually have that many wins?

Also #2, WHO GIVES A FUCK IT'S PRE-DETERMINED

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He got real upset at me on twitter for pointing that out

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/868137952815136769

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followed back

[Stro]

The shit that Double Talk Dave decides to dig his feet into will never be able to be understood by mere mortals.

EDIT: Holy shit he's really responding to HHH and Stephanie on Twitter to tell them they're wrong about the record?

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I watched the first 15 minutes of Raw and decided to play some Vanquish.

Just from looking at the results, I made the right call.

[FunSlower]

Raw was some BAD SHIT

[fistfulofmetal]

I finished the second season of Twin Peaks instead of watching Raw.

[Stro]

What's funny now is that the bizarre abstract shit in OG Twin Peaks now seems very straightforward and clear, if a bit drawn out.

[FunSlower]

Gotta dim the lights for oldsters

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I got as far as the horrendous "This is your life" segment with Bliss/Bayley, and that was more than enough to cut it off.

And this was the go-home show for the PPV.   

[FunSlower]

I got as far as the horrendous "This is your life" segment with Bliss/Bayley, and that was more than enough to cut it off.

And this was the go-home show for the PPV.   

Oh you didn't finish it? You don't know how far down it can go! It was pretty bad.

Naturally a lot of people got upset they insulted wrasslin' fans. "Why would you insult your viewers?" easy answer, because they keep fucking coming back, again and again, and again, and again

[archie4208]

I got as far as the horrendous "This is your life" segment with Bliss/Bayley, and that was more than enough to cut it off.

And this was the go-home show for the PPV.   

Oh you didn't finish it? You don't know how far down it can go! It was pretty bad.

Naturally a lot of people got upset they insulted wrasslin' fans. "Why would you insult your viewers?" easy answer, because they keep fucking coming back, again and again, and again, and again

(source: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/6e32am/following_up_on_the_won_notes_about_wwe_ratings/)

I wouldn't be so sure of that any more.

[FunSlower]

I believe that drop is the level-headed normal folks who dip out, not the hatewatchers that infest forums. Because yknow, actually just stopping is pretty easy to do, but a lot of people just like to hate it.

[bork]

I got as far as the horrendous "This is your life" segment with Bliss/Bayley, and that was more than enough to cut it off.

And this was the go-home show for the PPV.   

Oh you didn't finish it? You don't know how far down it can go! It was pretty bad.

Oh no, I watched that segment...and it was a trainwreck...and that was enough. 

[Stro]

I believe that drop is the level-headed normal folks who dip out, not the hatewatchers that infest forums. Because yknow, actually just stopping is pretty easy to do, but a lot of people just like to hate it.

But if I don't watch 7 hours of WWE TV weekly, how will I be able to enjoy the 16 hours of weekly podcasts talking about how much the shows sucked? 

[FunSlower]

I did pick Raw back up and watched Reigns/Rollins, really enjoyed it.

I stopped watching Wrestling a while ago mostly because there's way too much wrestling going on. For me to keep up is to sacrifice a bunch of my other interests.

Yeah. I cannot keep up. I can't watch most of the stuff I -want- to watch. No way I sit through a normal broadcast of Raw. I can watch Hulu sans commercials in certain situations, which is nice, but I can't dig into NJPW like I used to.