"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Jordan]

Davey boy would be a great challenge for Tana or Okada if they push him hard.

[Savio]

Christy Hemme Gives Birth to Quadruplets

[Sixx]

Christy Hemme Gives Birth to Quadruplets

Damn, that must've been some hardcore fucking.

[Sixx]

Hemme Lee Patterson, Jagger James Patterson, Quinn Eugene Patterson, and Sunni Sue Patterson

Holy fuck at those names.

[XL]

Took me ages to work out why they had the Patterson surname when Mike’s surname is Bennett.

Then I realised that Christy Hemme is not Maria.

[Cool King]

Hemme Lee Patterson, Jagger James Patterson, Quinn Eugene Patterson, and Sunni Sue Patterson

Holy fuck at those names.

Damn, there should be some kind of law for naming kids because those names are just cruel.

[Sixx]

That's basically child abuse.

[Sixx]

Now that I think about this, we do have a law about names in Poland.

Sadly they keep adding new ones, mostly bastardized versions of English names

So it's just English names spelled phonetically, like Brajan, Dżesika, etc.

[Black Widow]

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Show me anyone outside of the internet that cares about Japan?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Show me anyone outside of the internet that cares about Japan?

I mean, the majority of developed nations now have internet access so I don't understand this post. And how could we show you outside of the internet?

There's 2 people at work who watch NJPW, but I think they have internet connections. Sorry :(

[Savio]

Hemme Lee Patterson, Jagger James Patterson, Quinn Eugene Patterson, and Sunni Sue Patterson

Holy fuck at those names.

I hope Jagger pronounces his name like Jagermeister

[Sixx]

I hope Jagger pronounces his name like Jagermeister

I'd argue she named that kid Jagger because her mother was a groupie for The Rolling Stones.

[Black Widow]

I mean, the majority of developed nations now have internet access so I don't understand this post. And how could we show you outside of the internet?

There's 2 people at work who watch NJPW, but I think they have internet connections. Sorry :(If the internet fan base was actually as big as you claim then Ziggler,Ryder,Gallows/Anderson would get huge reactions every week.

[Bad News Gertner]

Black Widow is right on the money. Nobody cares about Shrimp Fried Rice Pro Wrestling.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If the internet fan base was actually as big as you claim then Ziggler,Ryder,Gallows/Anderson would get huge reactions every week.

Woah woah woah, no one said anything about an internet fanbase. Just the internet earlier.

I don't think Ziggler would get a reaction at his own birthday to be honest.

[Fignuts]

Black Widow is right on the money. Nobody cares about Shrimp Fried Rice Pro Wrestling.

Hey hey hey, no one cares about old guys with beer guts in the 70's putting on headlocks for 10 minutes, but we don't rag on you for enjoying it.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Black Widow is right on the money. Nobody cares about Shrimp Fried Rice Pro Wrestling.

:lol:

[Fignuts]

For the record, I love shrimp fried rice.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Black Widow is also the trolliest of trolls.

[Fignuts]

And a member of the KKK.

[Sixx]

Black Widow is also the trolliest of trolls.

Yeah, she's also probably a middle-aged balding guy sitting in a grease-stained wifebeater and long-johns.

[Sixx]

And a member of the KKK.

They won't accept you into the KKK if you can't prove your ancestry and she was probably left on church steps.

[Mr. Nerfect]

A lot more people care about WWE than New Japan. A lot more. I hope that changes though, because New Japan is better.

[Sixx]

A lot more people care about WWE than New Japan. A lot more. I hope that changes though, because New Japan is better.

True. I, myself, only care about New Japan when Jericho's around. :)

[Mr. Nerfect]

Naming your child your maiden name is always a bad idea, by the way. I know someone who did that, got divorced, and their child's name reverted back to Jackson Jackson. Don't do it. Don't.

[Sixx]

Especially with the mustache.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm glad, but I hope you find something worth sticking around for beyond that. I'm going to try and keep up with it because of Suzuki's evil and Hiroshi Tanahashi actually being a good babyface in professional wrestling in 2018.

[Sixx]

I'm glad, but I hope you find something worth sticking around for beyond that. I'm going to try and keep up with it because of Suzuki's evil and Hiroshi Tanahashi actually being a good babyface in professional wrestling in 2018.

Omega vs Okada was pretty great, I'll give you that.

[Lock Jaw]

True. I, myself, only care about New Japan when Jericho's around. :)

Same..... watched Jericho's match, but don't have a desire to watch any more..... (unless it involves Jericho)

[Mr. Nerfect]

If you have New Japan World to watch Jericho, I suggest going back and watching Suzuki vs. Styles from the G1 in 2014. I'm sure everyone has a favorite match to recommend. I like this one. It's more "quaint" than Okada/Omega, but overall, I just feel it tells a cooler story, personality-wise.

[#1-norm-fan]

Show me anyone outside of the internet that cares about Japan?

If the IWC didn't exist WWE would suffer way, way, WAY worse than New Japan would.

[Bad News Gertner]

Hey hey hey, no one cares about old guys with beer guts in the 70's putting on headlocks for 10 minutes, but we don't rag on you for enjoying it.

Lol I still got it

[Mr. Nerfect]

If the IWC didn't exist WWE would suffer way, way, WAY worse than New Japan would.

Definitely.

[rez]

feels like there should be a PPV tonight

[Droford]

If you have New Japan World to watch Jericho, I suggest going back and watching Suzuki vs. Styles from the G1 in 2014. I'm sure everyone has a favorite match to recommend. I like this one. It's more "quaint" than Okada/Omega, but overall, I just feel it tells a cooler story, personality-wise.
Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I ever watched and I was fascinated by the Togi Makabe vs Tomohiro Ishii match for the Never belt. Those two guys just beat the shit out of each other for like 15 minutes. The never title matches are always that way it seems and I like it oddly ..

[Mr. Nerfect]

Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I ever watched and I was fascinated by the Togi Makabe vs Tomohiro Ishii match for the Never belt. Those two guys just beat the shit out of each other for like 15 minutes. The never title matches are always that way it seems and I like it oddly ..

I think the NEVER Title was originally supposed to be like the NXT Title, just without a developmental territory, but then they decided to put it onto the harder-hitting guys to develop one of those King's Road style (not sure if that's the correct term) brawls. Bad-asses like Ishii and Makabe often get the belt, and they've used it to get Goto over. Kind of like the belt being like that. Without officially announcing it, it'd be like if the IC or US Title became something of a "Hardcore Title" without the WWE officially declaring it as such, and you'd matches like HHH/Cactus Jack for it, and if Orton was struggling to find his feet for it, he'd go after it and win it after a hard-fought match. I dunno if that's making any sense at all.

I really like the championship scheme in New Japan. When it comes to the "Big Four" anyway. The Heavyweight Title is for the standard-bearer. The IC Title is for the legend that they want to promote and occasionally headline shows, but they're moving away from. The US Title is sort of the "hottest" act that they kind of want to get over with certain segments of their audience, bring in different sort of fans, etc, and the NEVER Title is what we were just talking about.

In WWE, the Heavyweight Champ would be Roman Reigns, the IC Champ would be Cena, the US Champ would be AJ Styles and, I suppose lifting the NXT Title to this level, would probably be someone like Braun Strowman. That would be kind of cool.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to NJPW's owner, current plans are to grow interest and revenues within the next couple of years so they can open more of the Tokyo Dome for ticket sales and sign more international stars who worked in the WWE. Also currently targeting signing more domestic younger stars to help with the growth needed.

In regards to international signings, they want to get a working relation with the WWE established as their main goal.

NJPW Owner, Takaaki Kidani, spoke to Tokyo Sports about some future goals he has with NJPW. @STRIGGA of Purolove.com provided the translations. Kidani hopes to continue filling out the Tokyo Dome, eventually filling the seats in the outfield, but to do that he'll need more young Japanese stars, and a heavyweight star in his twenties. Between a rising fan base and sales in 2018, Kidani continued that NJPW will have more money to pay wrestlers and are looking to continue to bring in wrestlers who had a relationship with WWE until "the other side" says "let's get along." Clearly, bringing in Chris Jericho had a positive impact on the company's bottom line and overseas exposure as NJPW has already lined him up to face Tetsuya Naito.
Link with the translated tweets: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0107/635643/njpw-owner-wants-to-work-with-wwe/

[Fignuts]

Well, they have their 205 Live star.

You ever hear him speak?

There was a reason he was a mute on lucha underground.

[Fignuts]

Lol I still got it

JOKES ON YOU, I ACTUALLY LOVE OLD GUYS WITH BEER GUTS IN THE 70S PUTTING ON HEADLOCKS FOR 10 MINUTES.

[Mr. Nerfect]

According to NJPW's owner, current plans are to grow interest and revenues within the next couple of years so they can open more of the Tokyo Dome for ticket sales and sign more international stars who worked in the WWE. Also currently targeting signing more domestic younger stars to help with the growth needed.

In regards to international signings, they want to get a working relation with the WWE established as their main goal.


Link with the translated tweets: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0107/635643/njpw-owner-wants-to-work-with-wwe/

Working with the WWE is smart. I think Triple H would be up for it (Jushin Liger/Tyler Breeze). It could freshen up some talent too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

You ever hear him speak?

There was a reason he was a mute on lucha underground.

Lol, no one's going to be a star in 205 Live anyway.

[Emperor Smeat]

Working with the WWE is smart. I think Triple H would be up for it (Jushin Liger/Tyler Breeze). It could freshen up some talent too.

Yeah and he also wants to make it an equal partnership and not something where WWE benefits the most or gets to dictate the terms like they do with EVOLVE and others. If they can get WWE to be very open to talks, NJPW gains a lot of leverage for a potential deal.

Triple H has been public before on WWE only does working relations if it benefits them the most and they get full control. Getting Liger for a Takeover was really easy since Liger is mostly a free lancer and didn't need NJPW's permission to use him.

[rez]

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i'd go to this

[Sixx]

Oh fuck, Sting is still wrestling?

[rez]

Oh fuck, Sting is still wrestling?

no..probably some GM of the night thing or something

[rez]

mean gene, tho. one of the best

[Fignuts]

lol luchasaurus

[DaveWadding]

You ever hear him speak?

There was a reason he was a mute on lucha underground.

WWE is just gonna bring him in as Rick O'Shea, the Jaguar King

[Fignuts]

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[Danny Electric]

That was awesome .

[#BROKEN Hasney]

This is oddly beautiful:

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[Sepholio]

Jesus. Warrior did all the cocaine.

[XL]

“Killing the business”

[Sixx]

By the way, Warrior had one of the if not THE lamest finisher ever.

[Sixx]

This is oddly beautiful:

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Pretty sure if WWE did the first one, it wouldn't be an urn but a fresh corpse.

[Sepholio]

The better question is which superstar would be having relations with said corpse?

[Sixx]

The better question is which superstar would be having relations with said corpse?

Gotta keep the BEST IDEAS for the family of course!

[Danny Electric]

In preparation for my favourite event I am going through the Royal Rumble matches and just finishing 1991. Been a while since I've watched the early ones and got to admit the standards are shocking. Never seen so many axe smashes, chops and banging two guys heads together.
Oh and also guaranteed Jake Roberts to talk his chances up before the match and get eliminated early.

[Evil Vito]

Very exciting, unique, and rare match booked for Raw tonight....Seth Rollins vs Sheamus!

[Danny Electric]

Very exciting, unique, and rare match booked for Raw tonight....Seth Rollins vs Sheamus!

Hopefully it's a leprechaun on a pole match.

[Danny Electric]

Owen Hart was awesome , just watched his tag match at Royal Rumble 92.

[GD]

I am going to revisit his Wrestlemania match with Bret soon.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Don't make me kick your leg out of your leg

[Evil Vito]

The Bret/Owen story arc at WM10 really was done beautifully. Owen beats Bret and finally is able to successfully one-up his brother only to end the night staring in disbelief as Bret is being hoisted onto peoples' shoulders and hailed as the hero.

[Danny Electric]

I loved that whole feud, staying up into the early hours to watch it on the tv. The matches between Bret and Backlund, the pleading from Owen to get his dad to help Bret. The emotion that Owen was showing , which instantly made you think that Owen didn't want to see his brother hurt then...BOOM, the change in his face when Backlund ended up winning. Man that got me as a kid.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[screech]

So I've been watching RAW and SD on hulu for a few months now, and it's pretty great (both are condensed to 90 minutes).

I'm wondering, though: How do they decide what gets cut? Who do you think makes those calls?

[Emperor Smeat]

The abridged version is usually just the stuff they actually cared about the most plus anything else that was notable to fill out whatever time is left for Hulu. So basically the lower card and anything thrown away on tv to eat time is the easiest to cut out.

Probably Vince and Creative since they were the ones who booked the original episode.

[screech]

It's basically the main event and whatever champions are doing things. Barely any cruiser stuff. Apparently the revival came back? Didn't make the cut. Also the first 4 Matt Hardy things made it.

I think it's a good sign that Elias has been on for the last few months.

[XL]

In preparation for my favourite event I am going through the Royal Rumble matches and just finishing 1991. Been a while since I've watched the early ones and got to admit the standards are shocking. Never seen so many axe smashes, chops and banging two guys heads together.
Oh and also guaranteed Jake Roberts to talk his chances up before the match and get eliminated early.
I’ve been doing the same.

Watching the ‘93 Rumble Match right now. Strange how they face Flair so much focus/such a good showing knowing he was out of the door.

[Danny Electric]

I’ve been doing the same.

Watching the ‘93 Rumble Match right now. Strange how they face Flair so much focus/such a good showing knowing he was out of the door.

Carrying on with Flair , the end of the 92 Rumble where they don't even give him the belt in the ring but in a backstage interview so the focus is on Hogan.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Danny Electric]

Gorilla Monsoon describing Carlos Colon as a youngster at 44 and 43 year old Backlund as old :)

[#1-norm-fan]

lol Titus O'Neal seems to be a pretty amazing manager.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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A Bitterer End.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Careful now everyone. The Beck is back and blazing trails (in an environmentally friendly way of course) . <a href="https://t.co/xaJPzsdZIM">pic.twitter.com/xaJPzsdZIM</a></p>&mdash; Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/950470156794376192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I still can't help but love Becky. Her main roster matches are always just there, but she's still adorable. I hope that if they pull the trigger on Charlotte vs. Ronda at Mania, Becky and Shayna get to have a Kickoff match as the seconds.

[Evil Vito]

Can we talk about how terrible Michael Cole is? I know he has the ability to be a good announcer when he doesn't have people screaming in his ear (see: the Japan shows) but feigned enthusiasm, corporate brand shill Cole is just the dirt worst.

He could commentate on the birth of my first child and he'd make me not interested in seeing the kid.

[Lock Jaw]

I wish Becky still wore gear like that and showed off her abs

[Evil Vito]

Ya, that they force her to cover up is nothing short of idiotic. I'd pay to eat dinner off of her abs if given the opportunity.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I wish Becky still wore gear like that and showed off her abs

It's a bit bone-headed, since she's in such great shape and it would help her get even more over. I'm convinced it's a little bit of sabotage. Not that they hate her, but they don't want her to get as over as she can be. She has a place and she better stick to it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Can we talk about how terrible Michael Cole is? I know he has the ability to be a good announcer when he doesn't have people screaming in his ear (see: the Japan shows) but feigned enthusiasm, corporate brand shill Cole is just the dirt worst.

He could commentate on the birth of my first child and he'd make me not interested in seeing the kid.

"For the love of Mankind!"

Announcers are supposed to a trusted and knowledgeable conduit to the product. Michael Cole knows more than he's allowed to show, but he's not trusted. They should have made him a manager when he turned in 2010. Or gotten him into the production truck to work on other things.

[screech]

I cringe every time I hear Cole say: "THE BIG DOG" and "IT'S BOSS TIME."

Fucking brutal. Can totally tell he's being fed those and phoning them in every time.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I often wonder to myself how much commentary is hurting the business. Can't we have a guy that is like a warm hug? Why so sterile?

[Mr. Nerfect]

JR used to make me care about Billy Gunn. Michael Cole can't even make me care about Brock Lesnar.

[screech]

Or gotten him into the production truck to work on other things.

Doesn't his son work for WWE in production? He could totally help with that instead of forcing himself to yell nicknames haha

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Can we talk about how terrible Michael Cole is? I know he has the ability to be a good announcer when he doesn't have people screaming in his ear (see: the Japan shows) but feigned enthusiasm, corporate brand shill Cole is just the dirt worst.

He could commentate on the birth of my first child and he'd make me not interested in seeing the kid.

I blame Vince. Beast in the East & the UK tournament (especially the latter) he was great on.

Hell, even referenced an old UK commentator.

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[Savio]

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[Danny Electric]

I'm surprised that they haven't had Becky Lynch coming out in a velour tracksuit , coming to the ring in a caravan and asking us if we like 'dags' because remember we can't understand a thing she says.

[Emperor Smeat]

It's a bit bone-headed, since she's in such great shape and it would help her get even more over. I'm convinced it's a little bit of sabotage. Not that they hate her, but they don't want her to get as over as she can be. She has a place and she better stick to it.

Supposedly Kevin Dunn hates her accent and has tried for the past couple years to get her tv time cut whenever possible.

[Cool King]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

Via Triple H getting his My Time music in my dumb WWE 2k18 universe series I've been doing, I only just realised there's a line in there that says "Yo keep your finger off the switch Dunn"

[GD]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Evil Vito]

Actually looked up why Becky covers up her abs and she had mentioned in an interview with Lilian that it's actually her call because she's insecure about body image. And by her own admission when she shows off her abs in a pic it's because she thinks the lighting is perfect.

Basically no matter how great we think she looks, she perceives flaws in her body. A shame really but I'm glad it's not WWE forcing her to cover up.

[Lock Jaw]

Picture of Vince during WWE Creative Meeting:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTHqm15W0AABIB8.jpg

[Mr. Nerfect]

Doesn't his son work for WWE in production? He could totally help with that instead of forcing himself to yell nicknames haha

I have no clue about that. I haven't read anything, but it's quite possible. I think Cole himself, at least through the grapevine (as much as you can trust that), wants to move away from commentary (at least slowly), and start doing production stuff. You're not going to oust Kevin Dunn, but maybe have Dunn run Raw and Cole run SmackDown, and give them completely different aesthetics.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Supposedly Kevin Dunn hates her accent and has tried for the past couple years to get her tv time cut whenever possible.

It doesn't surprise me, but some people like a husky voice. She's not great on promos as far as eloquence, cadence and articulation and all that goes, but she manages to drum out genuine emotion at times. Sometimes just being likable is enough to get yourself over.

And if you don't want her to talk, don't have her talk as much. Just have her show off those damn abs and showcase how ripped your ladies are.

[screech]

I have no clue about that. I haven't read anything, but it's quite possible. I think Cole himself, at least through the grapevine (as much as you can trust that), wants to move away from commentary (at least slowly), and start doing production stuff. You're not going to oust Kevin Dunn, but maybe have Dunn run Raw and Cole run SmackDown, and give them completely different aesthetics.

I remember reading maybe a year or two ago that his son was getting into or just got hired by the production team. Pretty sure it was a front page thing on here though, so it could've been speculation.

I'd like Cole (or pretty much anyone really) to at least be able to get in Dunn's ear a bit just to say: "hey man, how about we try this." From all I've read about Dunn though, that's not really possible. It'd be nice to have a chance to get a...I guess more "stable" presentation.

[screech]

If Cole does move away from the desk, who would you want to replace him?

Damn, this could be a thread. Gonna do that.

[Bad News Gertner]

Actually looked up why Becky covers up her abs and she had mentioned in an interview with Lilian that it's actually her call because she's insecure about body image. And by her own admission when she shows off her abs in a pic it's because she thinks the lighting is perfect.

Basically no matter how great we think she looks, she perceives flaws in her body. A shame really but I'm glad it's not WWE forcing her to cover up.

She's pretty ugly so it's understandable.

[GD]

Ahahahahaa...

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[GD]

Remember when Neville got injured on RAW and Jericho got himself disqualified?

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[Jordan]

The best thing about New Japan is that they don't ask you to give them almost 10 hours a week to be apart of the experience.

I'm just so uninterested in WWE right now, and it's the Road to Wrestlemania, the one time when it's supposed to be fun again. I just can't devote 5 hours to Raw and Smackdown, it's disgusting to spend time doing that and also the show's are just stretched so thin and full of such horrible content. The only interest is in "I wonder who Vince will push this year"....

WWE sucks. I haven't made it through a full episode of Raw in over a year, I can't even remember the last time. Smackdown has a better viewing rate than Raw but even still, a lot of meaningless garbage that means nothing in the grand scheme. Really nothing means anything in the grand scheme because the focus is on authority figures instead of THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Hail NJPW for making championships sell the show.

[Jordan]

Jericho is gonna go down as one of the greats for sure.

[Jordan]

He's just old school crazy enough, still parties, still beats people up who fuck with him, still a rock star. Love Jericho right now.

[Evil Vito]

Apparently there's gonna be a 2 hour pre-show before Raw 25th anniversary.

Fuck it, from now on Raw should just be a 24 hour live stream.

[screech]

A two hour pre-show for TV? That sounds terrible.

Which means they'll find a way to do it annually.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I found secret plans on how WWE plans to use Asuka based on Raw. 41 minutes 4 seconds.

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[Lock Jaw]

Forgot how utterly annoying I found those dudes......

[#BROKEN Hasney]

TNA may have found a way to survive

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[Cool King]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Danny Electric]

So Gable and Benjamin are heels now?

[XL]

They’ve been “not babyfaces” for a while.

[Danny Electric]

I'm so lost , when did this happen.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The jiggle of Fandangos big juicy package is unreal in that one

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, WWE currently considering using around 7-8 women from NXT and 3-4 legends/celebrities to fill out the rest of the Women's Rumble. Main roster is currently at 19 women not counting champs and anyone inactive.

[Big Vic]

Really hope Titus O'Neal identifies as a woman soon so he can win the womens Royal Rumble.

[Danny Electric]

Hope one of them is Harvey Wippleman

[XL]

Jacqueline will be one of them. That’s who Kurt was talking to on Monday. Then she’ll be revealed as Jason Jordan’s mother.

[Danny Electric]

They should get Jerry Lawler on commentary just to shout 'puppies' every ten seconds.

[Fignuts]

Watched that dana brooke thing like 30 times over

[Danny Electric]

Watched that dana brooke thing like 30 times over

"Puppies!!!"

[Mr. Nerfect]

The best thing about New Japan is that they don't ask you to give them almost 10 hours a week to be apart of the experience.

I'm just so uninterested in WWE right now, and it's the Road to Wrestlemania, the one time when it's supposed to be fun again. I just can't devote 5 hours to Raw and Smackdown, it's disgusting to spend time doing that and also the show's are just stretched so thin and full of such horrible content. The only interest is in "I wonder who Vince will push this year"....

WWE sucks. I haven't made it through a full episode of Raw in over a year, I can't even remember the last time. Smackdown has a better viewing rate than Raw but even still, a lot of meaningless garbage that means nothing in the grand scheme. Really nothing means anything in the grand scheme because the focus is on authority figures instead of THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Hail NJPW for making championships sell the show.

I'm right there with ya, buddy. It's the same problem with independent wrestling, to be honest, which I would ideally be able to escape to. If the match isn't happening for a reason, then why would I waste my time watching this crap? New Japan makes stuff matter.

[Bad News Gertner]

I found this show on Viceland called "The Wrestlers. It's an hour long show focusing on wrestling subcultures. First episode was on a wrestling fed who travels the First Nations reservations in Northern Canada. The episode I'm watching now is on Bolivian Women's Wrestling and Shimmer. Mostly focusing on women to fled domestic abuse and got into wrestling. Just finished a segment with Mia Yim. Definitely check this show out. The host is Damian Abraham from the band Holy Fuck. He's an awesome dude. Great fucking show.

[Emperor Smeat]

Haven't seen the episode but think I've read about Bolivian women wrestlers before on Viceland's website.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to PWInsider, Paige won't be medically cleared in time to wrestle in the Women's Rumble. Right now her injury is a lot worse than was originally expected.

In brighter news, Candice LaRae officially signed a deal with the WWE and is expected to start training at the Performance Center within the next few weeks. Observer reported last week a deal was very close to being done and this week website Squared Circle Sirens was able to confirm it was done.

[slik]

According to the latest Wrestling Observer the top 2 matches planned for WrestleMania 34 are:



Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns

The Undertaker vs John Cena




The headliner for the HOF is



Goldberg




and FOX has shown interest in buying WWE.

[Heisenberg]

Bram v.s. Crimson

[Jordan]

I'd like to see Braun Strowman crush Triple H at WM.

[Cool King]

According to the Observer, WWE currently considering using around 7-8 women from NXT and 3-4 legends/celebrities to fill out the rest of the Women's Rumble. Main roster is currently at 19 women not counting champs and anyone inactive.

When it comes to female celebrities who are WWE fans or have had previous involvement with the company, the list is very very small.

Ronda Rousey and Maria Menounos are the only names that sounds possible.

There is also Snooki, but she's a long shot.

[Cool King]

I'd freak out though if Erica Wiebe was a surprise entrant.

[Big Vic]

Stacey Keibler

[Evil Vito]

I really hope they don't have Rousey in the match.

Ronda can debut by being a highlighted ringside guest, who ends up jumping the barricade to get in a heel's face. She can debut by interrupting an "I've beaten everyone" heel promo. She can debut by Asuka beating everybody else, and Stephanie McMahon saying that she's had to go out and find the one person who Asuka might not be able to beat. She can debut by interrupting a promo in which Charlotte, Becky, Sasha or Bayley refer to the "Four Horsewomen" of WWE.

There are countless ways to debut Ronda Rousey - doing it in a Royal Rumble doesn't work at all for me. If she's in the Rumble, she either has to win it - which is at the expense of the rest of the female roster, means she's getting a Women's Title shot, which telegraphs the result of her WrestleMania match as she's very unlikely to be sticking around to defend the title and t throws out the prospect of using the Rumble to set up the story for another women's match for WrestleMania, which a Ronda Rousey match doesn't need.

Or else she loses, which means that in her very first WWE appearance, Ronda Rousey shows up and gets either beaten fairly and squarely, or made to look a fool, neither is a good first impression, particularly when they're going to have to focus on protecting her aura of being unbeatable now that we know she is, in fact, very much beatable.

More than that, debuting her as a surprise in the Royal Rumble means that we see Ronda Rousey wrestling in a WWE ring before WrestleMania - where the draw for her match would be "see Ronda Rousey compete in a WWE ring".

[Savio]

Kathy Lee and Hoda (https://www.hulu.com/watch/695797)

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GCW presents &quot;Joey Janela's Spring Break 2!&quot; live from the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, LA on Friday, April 6th at 11:55pm! <br><br>Stay tuned for match and talent announcements! <br><br>Tix available now:<a href="https://t.co/wo4c89DoJj">https://t.co/wo4c89DoJj</a> <a href="https://t.co/8IKrLXIIvT">pic.twitter.com/8IKrLXIIvT</a></p>&mdash; GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) <a href="https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/951301219586334720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

According to the latest Wrestling Observer the top 2 matches planned for WrestleMania 34 are:



Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns

The Undertaker vs John Cena



The 2nd match is really dumb when you consider last year's Mania.

Both the story told with Reigns and Taker's farewell moment gets undone making last year's match a bigger waste of time.

Also means Reigns' real coronation moment is just going to be overshadowed by Cena (or Taker if he wins) when that shouldn't be the case.

[mike adamle]

I really hope they do Cena-Taker. I'm gonna be there live and Taker at Mania is something I wanna see. Especially if it's against Cena. No one can elicit a response from the crowd like him.

[GD]

Their singles match from Vengeance 2003 was a lot of fun.

[mike adamle]

And if anyone can drag a great match outta Taker it's gonna be Cena. I'm pumped if that's what I'm gonna get to see.

[GD]

Last year's match seemed like Taker was going to die in the ring :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Spring Break 2 > A Wrestlemania with Reigns/Lesnar and Cena/Taker. Even if they book Marty Jannetty again.

[Fignuts]

What if taker dies before the match and they pull a weekend at bernies and make it look like his corpse is wrestling.

Dunno if Cena could pull it off. Might have to put Styles in there instead. He could get a 5 star match out of a dead guy.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If Marty Jannetty dies, I could actually see Spring Break 2 doing that.

I mean, they booked Dink and Glacier.

[#1-norm-fan]

As much as I wanted Cena vs Taker at WrestleMania for years, if they just have Taker come back and have another match as if the end of last year's WrestleMania didn't happen... lolWWE.

[Emperor Smeat]

What if taker dies before the match and they pull a weekend at bernies and make it look like his corpse is wrestling.

Dunno if Cena could pull it off. Might have to put Styles in there instead. He could get a 5 star match out of a dead guy.

Or they could have Cena wrestle an invisible man and put a CGI Taker into those spots like what was done with Tupac a few years ago for a concert.

WWE has had 30 years worth of time and experience with having a deadman wrestle for them. All the need to do is update Taker's CGI graphics to the 2018 edition for this match. :shifty:

[Evil Vito]

Cena/Taker at this point would be terrible. Would've been money in 2014 when Taker was still having good Mania matches and before the Streak ended.

The only interesting development I can see is that if Cena is tied up with Taker, it has me questioning the WWE Title match. Nakamura winning the Rumble and facing AJ is ideal but I could see WWE finding a way to fuck it up and doing AJ/Jinder again or something.

[Fignuts]

Just watched the Ruby Riot vs Sonya Deville match from a while back.

Really like Deville's moveset. Wish she would have been given more time in NXT. Feel like she could have had a bunch of "cool matches". Now she's probably just going to get lost in the shuffle until it's "her turn" with the belt.

[Emperor Smeat]

Feel the shelf life for her was going to be very short in NXT once they signed Shayna Baszler. Both have similar MMA-based gimmicks but WWE cares a lot more about Baszler due to the 4 Horsewomen connection and her rep as a MMA fighter.

Putting Deville on the main roster now at least buys her more potential time until either WWE gets bored or Baszler shows up there as well.

[GD]

This show was shot beautifully and had a gorgeous set.

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[Fignuts]

Miss MSG PPV's with the entrance facing the hard cam.

[Simple Fan]

Don't get the Cena/Taker match at all or why people want to see it. Would be a horrible match and just be thrown together last minute. Would rather see Cena/Styles again.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i38.tinypic.com/260peyq.jpg

For some reference, he's currently Lars Sullivan in NXT.

[GD]

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[Anybody Thrilla]

http://i38.tinypic.com/260peyq.jpg

For some reference, he's currently Lars Sullivan in NXT.

If I didn't already love Lars Sullivan, I definitely do now.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Dakota Kai is absolutely adorable.

Also, Shayna Baszler is something special.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Whoa, Raul Mendoza has a dope theme song.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Also, Kassius Ohno is growing on me, despite his silly ring gear.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Zelena Vega is very, very good at what she does. She is also very, very nice to look at.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Lars Sullivan now has a very cool entrance. Dude's a star.

[Evil Vito]

http://i38.tinypic.com/260peyq.jpg

For some reference, he's currently Lars Sullivan in NXT.

That is fucking excellent.

[Evil Vito]

Wait, Lars Sullivan is only 29? Dude looks like a grizzled vet.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Sullivan v. Dane feud upcoming? YES PLEASE.

NXT is excellent again.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Nikki Cross is very entertaining.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I've marked out like six times watching NXT this week.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Roderick Strong is dynamite in the ring. Too bad he can't talk for shit.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I really miss Neville.

[GD]

Roderick Strong is dynamite in the ring. Too bad he can't talk for shit.

Managers...

[Fignuts]

Give him Paige. She ain't doing anything.

[Fignuts]

Roderick Strong is dynamite in the ring. Too bad he can't talk for shit.

Honestly, he's really good, but there are lots of really good in ring performers in NXT, so he doesn't even stand out to me in that regard.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Give him Paige. She ain't doing anything.

Yeah OK Brad Maddox

[Mr. Nerfect]

I can always see the strings with Roderick Strong. You can always see him *trying* to have a really good match. His matches are like Dolph Ziggler's interviews.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Chris Masters has left TNA. I'd like to see him back in the WWE.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Nick Jackson is again taking shots as Josh Barnett because apparently he buries him by not making them sound serious enough, despite them being The Young Bucks.

[Mr. Nerfect]

WWE have signed Rinku "Million Dollar Arm" Singh. The only question is whether or not he is Indian expansion experiment #3 or #4.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Joey Ryan thinks he is promoting gender equality by getting women to touch his dick and bump for him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Gabe Sapolsky has signed with the WWE. I don't know what that means.

[#1-norm-fan]

Nick Jackson is again taking shots as Josh Barnett because apparently he buries him by not making them sound serious enough, despite them being The Young Bucks.

The Young Bucks are upset about someone not taking them seriously?

Cornette is gonna have a fucking field day with this.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Young Bucks are upset about someone not taking them seriously?

Cornette is gonna have a fucking field day with this.

I think they get upset because JR can't keep up with their shit too, and are then miffed that somehow the greatest commentator of several generations can't get them over.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Dave Meltzer called Liam's book the best biography of a wrestler he's ever read. Not sure if he gave it six stars or not.

[Vastardikai]

I think they get upset because JR can't keep up with their shit too, and are then miffed that somehow the greatest commentator of several generations can't get them over.

They do so much horse shit in between their brief flashes of greatness, it's hard to keep up with it.

Also, I think there's a certain, I guess orthodoxy is the right word, among smart marks. As in, saying that Kenny Omega is anything less than the Best Wrestler Ever means you are a Roman Reigns fanboy.

[Vastardikai]

Nick Jackson is again taking shots as Josh Barnett because apparently he buries him by not making them sound serious enough, despite them being The Young Bucks.

and Vastardikai calling them the Dumb Fucks.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Terry Funk doing crotch chops <a href="https://t.co/s7oxpmw3PU">pic.twitter.com/s7oxpmw3PU</a></p>&mdash; Dean Coles (@DeanRasslin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeanRasslin/status/951935721346076678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Mr. Nerfect]

They do so much horse shit in between their brief flashes of greatness, it's hard to keep up with it.

Also, I think there's a certain, I guess orthodoxy is the right word, among smart marks. As in, saying that Kenny Omega is anything less than the Best Wrestler Ever means you are a Roman Reigns fanboy.

It is becoming a bit too much like church.

[slik]

Hi Seth


https://i.imgur.com/PjR4AFS.jpg

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hello, Seth. How are you?

[GD]

Hot. But his ding dong isn't as prominent as Balor's.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Not unless he's texting it to you.

[Lock Jaw]

https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/5049ee7e94bcbfeddc7c303405ef5582/5AE951BC/t51.2885-15/e35/26071630_541387466212738_1366613938812223488_n.jpg

HAPPY RUSEV DAY

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rusev is the best babyface in the company.

[GD]

Not unless he's texting it to you.

Those weren't meant to be seen by us, ya scoundrel :mad:

[Mr. Nerfect]

Wait, that was Tom Phillips who told me he has intentions to fuck my face. Got confused. Sorry, Seth.

[Jordan]

Chris Masters has left TNA. I'd like to see him back in the WWE.

I agree. I don't watch TNA but I can't really imagine why you'd let this guy go. He has one of the best looks out there, and is very seasoned. Maybe he's an asshole or something, I don't get why he's never had a top run somewhere. His heyday for me was his awesome team with Carlito, that would be cool if they came back.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Viscera's pants fall down <a href="https://t.co/iZ6b97LDo4">pic.twitter.com/iZ6b97LDo4</a></p>&mdash; Dean Coles (@DeanRasslin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeanRasslin/status/952254524894433280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

Lol jesus, he planted Test with that one

[Emperor Smeat]

I agree. I don't watch TNA but I can't really imagine why you'd let this guy go. He has one of the best looks out there, and is very seasoned. Maybe he's an asshole or something, I don't get why he's never had a top run somewhere. His heyday for me was his awesome team with Carlito, that would be cool if they came back.
Probably just a lack of him not standing out enough with his abilities to get a big run outside of a small indie company.

WWE pretty much lost interest in him twice when they had him. First when his "Master Lock" aura was broken and the other time when he lost muscle mass because he wasn't on roids anymore.

[GD]

Reminds me of this

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[Mr. Nerfect]

I agree. I don't watch TNA but I can't really imagine why you'd let this guy go. He has one of the best looks out there, and is very seasoned. Maybe he's an asshole or something, I don't get why he's never had a top run somewhere. His heyday for me was his awesome team with Carlito, that would be cool if they came back.

By all accounts he's a really chill guy. He also saved his mother from a burning house by ripping a tree out of the ground. He did violate Wellness a couple of times. Have no clue why they haven't brought him back yet.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

By all accounts he's a really chill guy. He also saved his mother from a burning house by ripping a tree out of the ground. He did violate Wellness a couple of times. Have no clue why they haven't brought him back yet.

He's probably back on the gas looking at his TNA look. When he returned to WWE the first time, he looked like he was a deflated balloon.

Well, comparatively at least.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, and Triple H felt the need to point it out, because he was allowed to do his growth stuff.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEWichitaFalls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEWichitaFalls</a> ��♪�� <a href="https://t.co/BtTkzAKa0F">pic.twitter.com/BtTkzAKa0F</a></p>&mdash; ASUKA / 明日華 (@WWEAsuka) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/952279823560466434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Unlike with Elias, WWE universe would politely listen to an entire song played by Asuka out of fear of erasure if she gets interrupted.

[Lock Jaw]

WHO WANTS TO WALK WITH ASUKA?!

[Bad News Gertner]

Reminds me of this

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That guy Ryder fought was on MTV'S " I want to be a pro wrestler". His name on the show was Rapid Delivery Rory Fox

[Evil Vito]

Had a thought of Samoa Joe winning the Rumble but then pulling a Benoit by switching shows, goes to SmackDown and has a banger with AJ at Mania.

Can't decide if him leaving Raw to avoid Brock/get off the same show as Roman makes him look smart or makes him look like a bitch.

[DaveWadding]

Had a thought of Samoa Joe winning the Rumble but then pulling a Benoit by switching shows, goes to SmackDown and has a banger with AJ at Mania.

Can't decide if him leaving Raw to avoid Brock/get off the same show as Roman makes him look smart or makes him look like a bitch.

Smart. Even Joe knows that Lesnar/Joe II with Joe winning the title is unlikely as fuck.

[XL]

Will he be cleared in time for the Rumble?

[Cool King]

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[Savio]

Lol, Mr. Matthews wins Tough Enough and is released before ever debuting on the main roster

[#1-norm-fan]

Forgot there was even another Tough Enough after the one "Big Andy" won. Show probably should have died after the MTV days.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Tough Enough was always an awful concept. Sorry to go all Cornette on y'all, but it exposes the business. Also, when you get a rookie and give them a contest win, it's still going to be a few years before you see a return on that investment. Tough Enough should have been a tournament featuring OVW guys or a show more like The Ultimate Fighter, where Al Snow and Tazz choose teams, then those guys eliminate each other until one has a contract and a European Title shot or something. Whatever.

[Savio]

Oh Sara Lee who also won that season was released in 2016.

[Lock Jaw]

Emma :'( :'( :'(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I liked the first Tough Enough, but they should have given Maven more time developing. Dude had charisma and was a great athlete, but he was wrestling, what, 2 months after winning so they could cash in?

[Mr. Nerfect]

I marked out for the Taker elimination as much as the next kid, but it didn't amount to anything until about 2005, when he turned heel, was surprisingly refreshing, but that's just because he was shit instead of shitty white meat.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Jason Jordan is apparently hurt now. They're not sure how serious it is, but he had to miss some Raw house shows.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Other places are exploding with "Vince needs to stop getting these guys to work so much," whereas I think it is probably closer to "these guys need to learn how to work more wisely."

[Danny Electric]

Anyone know why the Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania in '96 aren't on the Network.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Other places are exploding with "Vince needs to stop getting these guys to work so much," whereas I think it is probably closer to "these guys need to learn how to work more wisely."

Or just don't work with Seth. Even when it's not his fault, he's just cursed to be around.

[Simple Fan]

Anyone know why the Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania in '96 aren't on the Network.

They are both on the Network. Just pulled them in up on my phone.

[Emperor Smeat]

Tough Enough as an idea was pretty good but like a lot of things, WWE handled its execution poorly. They treated it similar to the Divas Search where they just signed a bunch of people per season making the contest part a bit moot and never bothered to really develop the winners into future stars.

Them refusing to learn from their mistakes was a big reason why USA Network got pissed off with the revival.

[Danny Electric]

They are both on the Network. Just pulled them in up on my phone.

That's weird , I'm on there , click on WWE PPV's in 1996 and their both not there , weird.

[Simple Fan]

That's weird , I'm on there , click on WWE PPV's in 1996 and their both not there , weird.

I just used the search and typed on Royal Rumble 1996 and Wrestle Mania 12 1996. They're both there though.

[#1-norm-fan]

I just went the long way and did WWE PPVs in 1996 and I'm seeing them both.

[Danny Electric]

Must of been a fault.
Very much enjoyed Royal Rumble 95, the time where it seemed like every new wrestler also had a job. Be it a Binman, Clown , Baseball player etc

[Mr. Nerfect]

JR and King confirmed to be calling Raw 25. I hope JR doesn't give a fuck and just drills logic holes through everything.

[Lock Jaw]

Can't wait to hear JR yell "STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!"

[#1-norm-fan]

That guy Ryder fought was on MTV'S " I want to be a pro wrestler". His name on the show was Rapid Delivery Rory Fox

lol I remember that. Same show that featured Tony Atlas making potato salad in his shitty apartment.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Holy shit, this story from Cornette's Drive-Thru is fucking amazing:

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[Savio]

With Santino winning Miss WrestleMania and Ellworth winning the first Money in the bank I hope Titus wins the Womens Royal Rumble.

[Vastardikai]

Holy shit, this story from Cornette's Drive-Thru is fucking amazing:

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It almost could have worked with both people ducking. If he had any awareness, upon missing the clothesline, he should have had the momentum cause him to fall out of the ring. His partner checks on him, and the babyface could roll him up for a three count.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The problem is that they clearly didn't have awareness. :lol:

[Evil Vito]

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Holy shit, I knew I'd seen these for a few years now but I didn't realize this guys' series goes back a fucking decade. Time flies.

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[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm listening to the Wrestlenomics podcast right now. It's long, but I'm finding the discussion very interesting. My key take away is that digital expansion is not going as well for the WWE as much as they seem to be focusing on it. Their biggest revenue increases are in television rights (which is widely reported), but also from WWE Shop. It's possibly because the WWE have opened up a whole new bunch of international channels, partnerships, etc.

[slik]

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[slik]

I'm listening to the Wrestlenomics podcast right now. It's long, but I'm finding the discussion very interesting. My key take away is that digital expansion is not going as well for the WWE as much as they seem to be focusing on it. Their biggest revenue increases are in television rights (which is widely reported), but also from WWE Shop. It's possibly because the WWE have opened up a whole new bunch of international channels, partnerships, etc.

I've never listened to the podcast but I follow the guy who hosts it on Twitter and he always seems to have great info/insight like this. If Mixed Match Challenge is a hit it could increase Facebook potentially offering the E a deal for RAW/SD rights as well.

[Sixx]

Is Jason Jordan black? I can't tell.

[Danny Electric]

Just done a bit of research and he's mixed race , his dad is black and his mom is white.

[Sixx]

Hm, well, that's what I thought, although he seems pretty pale for a mixed race even.

[Danny Electric]

It all depends on genetics I guess, for example I am mixed race english white / Iranian and I I have friends who are as well and are considerably lighter skinned than me. One of my sons is a quarter Iranian, rest English and he's darker skinned than me.

[Big Vic]

Just done a bit of research and he's mixed race , his dad is black and his mom is white.

Duhh, Kurt is his father.

[Danny Electric]

Duhh, Kurt is his father.

It will all come out that his dad is the Junkyard Dog.

[Big Vic]

And his mom was Sensational Sherri

[Danny Electric]

And his mom was Sensational Sherri

That would be a massive shock moment.

I think that in about 10 years time the should give a wrestler the backstory that he was the hand that Mae Young gave birth too. Shame it's a bit too early for Jordon cos Marc Henry would be his dad.

[Tonya Harding]

Kurt Angle is my American hero!

[Sixx]

Damn, I didn't know Lashley did good in MMA. Watched some highlights and he even powerbombed a dude, which was awesome.

[Tonya Harding]

Lashley should try boxing.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Cool King]

Holy shit, I knew I'd seen these for a few years now but I didn't realize this guys' series goes back a fucking decade. Time flies.

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Sure does.

His yearly "Future Endeavors" videos are just one of the things I look forward to every new year.

[Cool King]

Is Jason Jordan black? I can't tell.

When I went to SmackDown in Glasgow in November 2016, I invited my best friend to come with me and when he saw Jason Jordan, he thought he was a really tanned white guy.

I had to tell him that it wasn't a tan and that Jason Jordan was black.