Richard

Speaking of the gym. Brock's slimmed down a bit. 

My first thought seeing WALTER was how distinctively clean-cut he is. Wrestling needs less beards. It's become an epidemic at this point. A beard must be earned. 

I'd argue Bate, Dunne & Seven are ''stars''. From their exposure on NXT TV's to blowing away the competition on Takeovers. If they weren't on the show, I wouldn't have bought a ticket.

There's something about the Empress ballroom. It's the same venue NXT ran on their first UK tour, such event had fans serenading American Alpha with 20 solid minutes worth of chanting, to the point where they had to stop the match and digest exactly what was going on.  And as noted, the UK tournament was universally praised. It's no surprise they're going back there. Seeing the likes of Shawn, Hunter and Balor popping over for it has injected some buzz into it, and with the rumors Walter will be debuting on the show, I expect it to be cracking. 

First of the year.

Outside of the paper pealing some of the batter off the fish it was perfect. Blackpool does a great haddock. 

I lurk mainly but Keith's posts make me warm and fuzzy. 

8 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

Who have they given him as a mouthpiece? It's great that they're paying recognition to such a British legend, but that role isn't for him. That role is a part, for a character- otherwise it's essentially pointless in this day and age.

Sid Scala was appointed as his ''assistant'' on the most recent round of episodes, taking on most of the verbage including the matchmaking while Saint shadowed him.  

They've given Johnny Saint a mouthpiece the poor old fucker. Didn't realize he was 77. In hindsight probably a bit daft giving him such a prominent role at his age. He always looks like someones Great-Grandad whenever he's got involved in the scuffles. That's because he probably is. 

Devlin is good isn't he? 

Yeah I got a third row floor seat after giving it another go around. Will have to get rid of this other one (give me a PM and you can have it for retail) or I'll see if one of my mates fancies watching the gay wrestling. 

Snagged a floor seat on the east side. About 10 or so rows back. Not a bad view in the house honestly.

Where can we get the tickets? I was in attendance for the first two UK shows they did there. Amazing atmosphere, one of the best events I'd been to. The NXT house show they did a year earlier was great too. Jordan and Gable were over like the prime Road Warriors. Beautiful building too. 

edit: nevermind. 

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/search?q=WWE+NXT+BLACKPOOL

 re: Velveteen/Ciampa. They fucking HAD me, dead to rights in thinking Velveteen was going over. The DDT to the floor, followed by the top rope elbow drop had me completely lost in suspense. It was like ''they're not going to... holy shit.. they're really doing this..'' and Ciampa fucking kicks out. It's moments like that that keep me watching. Getting lost in the trance of pro-wrestling is so rare nowadays. It reminded me of Taker's streak nearly ending following Taker eating both HHH and HBK's finishers that one year. Good stuff. 

Christ. Wrestler gets binned from his dream job, shortly after splitting with his long-term girlfriend. Probably eat's a shit load of carbs and showers himself in booze every night as a coping mechanism. Then gets fat-shamed for returning to work. He doesn't look THAT bad to me all things considered. Some of you cunts must look like 80's Schwarzenegger. 

ROH are paying for their talent on board and the likes of Rey/Omega/Bucks are working for mates rates as it's a good opportunity for them to have a family holiday. Heyman would be proud of that con job. 

He needs a good 6 months off, to be honest. Not only has he got a little stale, but he seems to be getting injured every other month. 

On 10/1/2018 at 12:57 PM, returner82 said:

You can count how many titles he's had, but you can't count how many kisses he's given:

hope they're doing well

Trips assembling one hell of a talent pool in Orlando. He just needs his Neymar signing in Kenny Omega to really complete the project. 

that or Jericho. The Saudi brass seem to have a fetish for anything attitudinal.

Given how much Jericho wanked himself off after he made the commute from All In to his Fozzy gig in one night, the idea of working the Saudi show as a surprise the night before defending his IC title in Osaka would be right up his street. 

As for Raw, as Rick alluded to, it appears they're ready to strap the rocket to Drew. A rumble win has to be on the cards surely. 

One eye going to the shop and the other coming back with the change. 

I expect the green glow sticks will be back within the next couple of weeks. WWE is coming for the bag with this one. 

Keith Lee's promo voice sounds like he should be doing voice overs for a 90's cartoon network show. 

In other sexy news

40 minutes ago, Brewster McCloud said:

State of him? He looks bloody good for a 53 year old considering his job and past habits, despite bizarre head coverage. People tend to have rather lofty expectations of how wrestlers should look after long careers doing what they do. 

I dunno. Steve Austin still looks the business. Hogan still looks like Hogan. Shawn has aged terribly, ironically since he packed in all the gear. He looks like Joe Pesci in Home Alone nowadays. 

3 minutes ago, Uncle Zeb said:

State of who? I could hazard a guess, but a telltale feature's partially obscured.

Lashley. 

State of him. He looks like he's off to cash his pension. You would think after going all Jason Statham he would at least try and embrace the cueball look, instead he's got a fanny pack on his head.

It's a chip butty vs. it's a chip barm type arguments. Different regions use different words for things, get over it. 

That hair transplant has done wonders for him.