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There were at least two lasses on the Mae Young classic who could do what Nia Jax does, but better.

It really would be the dumbest thing possible if she's trying to throw her weight around just months after WWE showed how many options they have going forward. 

They've just announced a 1700 capacity show in Manchester for next year! Victoria Warehouse. 

No doubt it won't suit some people but fuck it, I might actually be able to make a show next year!

There's a good chance that with Joey Janella involved there was some form of ridiculous shenanigans leading up to it. I'm not saying it justifies that spot but my first response watching that was 'Well of course Janella was the other guy!'

Was trying to recall where I heard that, and I remembered it was from a Madden column in the Torch, so was probably just Madden being an uppity prick. The story was that Jacobs was there to convince guys that NXT was the land of milk and honey and that WWE were serious about changing up. 

Also Jimmy's only 33 so if he can get back in ring shape, he'd be a great hand with a few years left in him.

I'm all for a return of The Barbaric Berzerker, I'd fell out with wrestling by the time he was doing the weird Emo thing, but tiny Jimmy thinking he was Bruiser Brody was one of my favourite parts of early ROH.

Wasn't the rumour abound that he was only hired because Trips wanted to poach a bunch of ROH guys, specifically Lethal and the Briscoes? If that was the case he did alright to keep a job as long as he did.

54 minutes ago, honor87 said:

Because heaven forbid, anyone have a difference of opinion or political standing in the modern world

 

 

It's ok to have a difference of opinion. It's also ok to decide that you don't want to support a company that funds or benefits from something you don't agree with.

People buy ethically sourced clothing and food. If they feel strongly enough about it, why wouldn't they do the same with wrestling?

4 minutes ago, HeavyT said:

Imagine cacancelling the network as a protest over trumps involvment with the company ???? that'll show em

If enough people did it would.

Surprised to see no mention of the injury to Takayama recently. Paralysed from the neck down due to a sunset flip of all things. Bad times.

He's doing a lot of live shows, under his real name, Marcel Barthel.

Suggests he's waiting on his new name before moving up to TV. Fabian Aichner is also doing the live show circuit.

I don't mind Nigel as part of a 2 man booth. Thought he was good with both JR and Cole when actually calling the matches. He needs to stop telling me how all the Brummie lads had rough childhoods and that Wolfgang works in a pub though. Percy Watson seems to solely exist to make David Otunga sound like Bobby Heenan by comparison.

Super happy to have Mauro back, ditch Watson and we'll be golden.

I've seen Ohno in the flesh, of which there is, admittedly, quite a lot and trust me, you wouldn't feel quite so brave in person. He looks like a fucking Viking and puts his stuff in VERY convincingly. Although he's obviously not in the same shape as McIntyre, he's in there with him as one of the 3 most physically intimidating wrestlers I've seen at shows.

Injustice 2 is rammed with single player content if you can get away with the game engine. Although the arcade mode is hidden away, it is there.

A very rare full price purchase for me and well worth it.

I think they're gonna give Jinder Zayn after this. It was Sami he screwed out of the title shot and they seem to be sowing the seeds of the perennial underdog story. Sami gets the Mysterio run with the title before dropping it to Corbin or something equally ridiculous.

1. Ditch the purple ropes.

2. Have some crossing over, even if it's in vignettes. They've referenced Tozawa and Crews being best friends before. Use that. Shit, put them in a damn tag team. 

3. Let them work their style. There's the constant rumour of Ricochet coming in. He'd be a star, if they let him be Ricochet. If not he's just some guy not working New Japan anymore which is a waste for everyone involved.

And now there's a bunch of people kicking off because now that Progress have got a bigger, nicer hall to run their big show out of, it's still not good enough/ too expensive/ seats aren't wholly allocated.

Blimey, it'd be nice to get to a Progress show about now. Manchester seems to sell out before it goes on sale. If I could get to one show this year it'd be worth paying a bit more to get there.

The GLOW documentary is up on Netflix now. Pretty emotional stuff if that's your cup of tea.

So if I'm not mistaken it looks like Alison Brie is playing an analogue of Lisa Moretti/ Ivory, right?

This doesn't qualify as cool, but I had vague fever dream memories of this. As someone whose childhood was built on early 90's WWF and the original Transformers movie, this may qualify as one of the worst things I've ever seen. Skip to about 40 seconds in.

2 hours ago, IANdrewDiceClay said:

Jack Evans has no bones, though, so I'm sure he was fine.

I'd got to thinking that way over the years a little bit!

That's one of the reasons this weekend was so shocking to be honest. If this was a work, it's in shocking taste, especially since it's not a kick in the arse away from the Mysterio/ Perro incident.

Remember watching Jack take a powerbomb from inside the ring straight to the floor in ROH well over 10 years ago. One of the gnarliest things I've ever seen. If he has taken a bad one, it's awful, but I'm surprised it didn't happen years ago.

I haven't seen the twitter stuff with Drake. I've just taken him as the perfect heel for Progress mostly because of the complete antipathy he has for the crowd.

In a company where the fans see themselves as a huge part of the show I can't think of a better villain than someone who just refuses to engage them at all.

From listening to Smallman's podcast he's doing exactly what they want and getting the response they want as well.

I think Orton is a good comparison, really methodical, eminently dislikeable and crisp as anything. Orton's problem is that they've tried to pass him off as a face over the years which has never worked.

I can't see Progress doing that with Drake. In all honesty I think they're building him for Haskins. When someone eventually fires up and gets some back and forth out of him I think the crowd will pop huge and Haskins to me is Progress' quintessential fiery babyface.

4 hours ago, sj5522 said:

Does Kevin Dunn direct footy coverage now? 

You'll know when it cuts to a crowd reaction shot just as someone unleashes a 35 yard screamer into the top corner.

The James Drake hate amuses me. The Progress Fan Facebook page is full of, 'I don't get James Drake, he doesn't do high spots and he doesn't jaw at the crowd!'

He's getting his heat, you're not supposed to think he's a cool guy, he's there to stop your favourites popping you. He's doing a bloody good job as well.

The funniest thing to me, is that a lot of the people who 'don't get' Drake lose their shit over Haskins who is basically Generic Grunge Babyface whilst Drake is Generic Grunge Heel. I'm a fan of both guys but the disparity amongst the fans is hilarious.

I suppose a big problem is that no one in Progress has really had proper heel heat in the last year. Marty did as much to pop the crowd as a babyface would and even Gibson who gets the shit booed out of him, gets it in a tongue in cheek, 'We're booing the panto villain' way.

His match with Scurll in Progress last year was an absolute belter. Actually all his work in Progress last year was stellar.

I'm not sure he's a 3 minute TV match worker, but he's genuinely one of the most versatile and believable wrestlers I've seen, live or otherwise.

But yeah,tuck out the jersey.

Any danger of any new faces? Or even the good guys they've got being used well?