Snitsky's back acne

Sherri's episode was really good but sad. I think it's a shame that she doesn't get mentioned as much as she should for how good she actually was. Sherri was main event talent. Flair, Hogan, Savage... You don't work with them unless you are top tier, and she was. 

It's sad to see her son so ill and the sacrifices she made to 'make it' are a really eye-opener.

I never knew her and Jake had been in a relationship either.

Madusa raised a good point though - Sherri was fired for her drug problems when a lot of the men were not. Standard pro wrestling. 

3 hours ago, air_raid said:

It wasn't that she wouldn't lose clean, she just wasn't keen on tapping out. Which I (and their agent, and Becky) understood.

She loved Liv, mind. That "extreme rules" match where she beat her, she wanted them to be rolling round in thumb tacks when Liv passed out rather than tap, so Morgan looked hard as nails for not submitting to the pain even in dropping the belt back to Ronda.

She didn't lose clean to Becky though, she pulled her shoulder up on the pin. 

I've always found it crazy that Ronda wouldn't do a clean job for Becky Lynch but put Liv Morgan over more than once.

Very strange.

9 minutes ago, TAFKA Jonny Vegas said:

I don't know if its the general consensus or just an apparent majority on twitter this morning but either way it was a nice to see a lot of people sharing my opinion of being totally uninterested in Becky Lynch.

I think a lot of people, most notably herself had forgotten that what actually got her over to the next level was an accidental bloody nose during a pre Survivor Series brawl. Not anything she had specifically done, just pure happenstance.

I saw someone on twitter refer to her as Becky Hogan and I couldn't have agreed more.

By far the worst of the four horsewomen across the board apart from in her own mind. 

The women's roster at the moment has so many fresh and exciting newer talents on it. A baffling decision backwards in my opinion.

I took it more as a 'Your contract's up soon so we are keeping you sweet' kinda decision. 

I would imagine most did/do smoke weed. It relaxes you and eases aches and pains.

Plus, with however many states in America legalising it it's no longer as 'taboo' as it used to be. 

3 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said:

Never knew she was married to that nutter Billy Jack Haynes.  

I think it was more so she could stay in the USA than anything else. She was never legally married to Chris Adams from what I recall. 

17 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said:

Isn't she how he got the "Stone Cold" nickname? She told him to drink his tea before it goes....Stone Cold. 

Indeed she is. 

2 hours ago, boshealecta said:

Enjoyed the , Harley Race, Chris Colt and Chris Adams ones. I’ve started fast forwarding past the intros (as it gives away the whole story) and it’s much more enjoyable and surprising. 
 

Also never realised Stone Cold was married to a Brit and had kids with her.  

Yup. Lady Blossom/Jeanie Clarke. An Essex girl. Very good heel in World Class. 

One from the very early days of ECW - Super Destroyer v Jimmy Snuka at an outdoor club venue with a pool.
They brawl all over the venue and Jimmy ends up taking a fall from  the balcony and into the pool.
 

9 minutes ago, air_raid said:

The best thing they could do now is get blacklisted by OK state, then throw a show called "I'd Sooner Be In Texas" or similar crap pun, in Dallas/Houston/wherever. Nothing beats a cheap pop.

They wouldn't be petty enough to do that.... 

A very young Stevie Richards in a training school match.
 

Atsushi Onita was in the US over Wrestlemania weekend and took time to visit Amarillo Texas and Terry Funk's grave before returning home.

On 4/11/2024 at 8:37 AM, FLips said:

I've heard the phrase 'serving cunt' quite a bit lately and have no idea what it means.

3 hours ago, RedRooster said:

I don’t buy into that logic. If you don’t want to watch someone it’s not an example of a ‘great heel’ - you should want to see them get their arses kicked; but you can be entertained by them along the way. Look at other strong heels in modern wrestling - Christian Cage, Roman Reigns, Swerve Strickland and Dominic Mysterio - entertaining for sure, but you absolutely want to see them get their arses kicked. 

Same goes for villains outside of wrestling - if you don’t want to watch them, that’s not an example of a great character. You can hate them, but feel compelled to watch. I don’t feel that way about Stratton. 

Again though, I’m not in the majority here - most people seem massively entertained by her, so she’s clearly working. Not in everything in wrestling needs to appeal to everyone. She’s clearly going to be an enormous star, my opinion is irrelevant- if I was Triple H, I’d be giving her an enormous push too in spite of how I feel about the character.

I don't necessarily disagree - and the examples you gave did make me rethink the point about still disliking someone who is entertaining.
I completely agree that making you not want to watch someone at all is the worst thing any performer can do. I guess it's a fine line.
As an example, I cant stand James Corden. Nothing entertaining about him as far as I'm concerned. Hugely annoying, completely smug, unfunny, untalented prick BUT I would watch anything he was on if there was the chance I got to see someone hit him with a chair. 

 

36 minutes ago, RedRooster said:

Well yes, but a character like that should still be entertaining. I find her character work grating to the point I don’t want to watch it. Judging by the reaction she gets though, I can totally accept that I’m not only in a minority in feeling this way, but an extreme minority. 

It's the point of a heel though, surely? If she was annoying to the point of being entertaining then you would like her because she was entertaining - therefore she would no longer be a heel. 

1 hour ago, Supremo said:

I know there’s a difference between real age and WWE TV age, but it’s still funny Tama Tonga is considered the younger generation when he’s three years older than Roman Reigns. Also, I don’t really want to spoil anything for anyone, but Tama Tonga is rubbish. Do not get your hopes up.

Plus, no video package for him, so obviously the worst thing ever. How are we supposed to know who he is?!

I honestly don't know much about Tama Tonga (other than what Michael Cole said). I never knew he was older than Roman? Wow.

Okay, well maybe not younger but the ''new generation" then (Oh God, Mabel and Nikolai Volkoff flashbacks).

I'm more interested in Jacob Fatu showing up (if he is). Mean looking guy, seems crazy agile. Reminds me of Umaga from the little I've seen of him.

I like the Solo/Tama development, personally. It makes sense (the younger generation trying to usurp their elders) and at least means WWE is intent on building new people.

I'm interested to see where they go with it. 

28 minutes ago, air_raid said:

TIL I learned Will is no longer with Bea/Blair. This is where you tell me it’s been years, right?

He's with wrestler Alex Windsor, who had a child with Ryan Smile.

6 hours ago, Daaaaaad! said:

. One of the things I really appreciated about the fallout from “brawl out” and beyond was that no matter how petty and insecure Punk came off, the Elite lot generally remained in a dignified silence from then onwards. 

Apart from when they made fun of it on TV during a match....
or when they brought Colt Cabana back for one match and then never used him again.... or when they passive aggressively made fun of the whole thing on BTE....
 

The Elite are not beyond being petty, childish and insecure either, in fairness. Same with Tony Khan. As evidenced by this week's promo, neither is Will Ospreay.
It's not a one sided thing.
 

Perry Saturn as a long haired cowboy in 1991.

Apparently they are not showing what had Tony 'fearing for his life' though.

How odd. 

4 hours ago, air_raid said:

There is a difference between pulling in and pulling off.

Or pulling out.

Underwhelmed by the thought of Jey Uso (who autocorrect changed to Jet Using) Vs Damian Priest but at least they are focusing on newer guys for main event slots.

Has to be a Gable heel turn next week, surely? 

I wonder when Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu will show up. 

1 hour ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

It can’t be, no one’s called it Cinema on here yet

I'm withholding my opinion until Meltzer's star rating is released.

2 hours ago, Chili said:

Apparently a good show but it was full of people who paraded about who protected and voted a known sexual offender to the board of directors so yeah probably a no.