Snitsky's back acne

10 hours ago, Matthew said:

Is this the longest we’ve gone without a post in this thread?

Booker mentioned in his latest podcast, that he and Punk “nearly got into it” at NXT this week, while reports earlier in the day said that Punk was there and nobody knew he was there until pictures came out of him backstage.

So which is true? Is Booker going to be the catalyst for Punk starting to kick off in WWE?

'I'll mention on air that something happened. I won't say what but I will say off air'.

I guess someone's needing the likes and subscriptions.

44 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Has he though?

Yes.

2 hours ago, air_raid said:

Without being unnecessarily harsh I couldn’t disagree more with some of what I’ve read about Zayn and his route to this opportunity at Mania. I like Gable as a wrestler but have no huge issue with him as collateral damage here. Unless Chad Gable is genuinely your favourite wrestler, I’m dismayed that anyone would begrudge Sami getting this shot. After months and months of “Sami deserves better” - here it is, THIS is better. “Oh, we didn’t mean this” - fuck that, they can’t please some people whatever they do.

Gable is not my favourite wrestler, however Sami has had his time. He doesn't 'deserve better', he has already massively overachieved. As has been said, he has only recently been inserted into the story. Yes, they haven't referenced it since but Gable made the vow to beat Gunther. His kids were crying for God's sake. 

Gable has been criminally misused and overlooked for years. He is the one who deserves better. He had a built in underdog story and having him beat Gunther could have created a new popular babyface.

As long as Sami loses at Mania I can live with him being in the match, however. I just have this horrible feeling he'll win though....*SHUDDER* 

If history has taught us anything it's that Mercedes Mone's debut will be the peak and then it will be all downhill from here. 

I hope I'm wrong. 

4 hours ago, air_raid said:

 

It's a tongue in cheek equivalence to "Boss" isn't it? I hate it.

It is, but it also wouldn't surprise me if he actually made her a CEO for the women's division or whatever.

4 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

Where did you hear that?

I'm sure it was on a podcast. More than likely bollocks.

Did I hear that him and Colette are divorced now?

Big question though is, unless I missed it, has Tony actually made Mercedes a CEO? 

7 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said:

You're telling us something, we don't already know.

Sean O Haire's debuting?! 

2 hours ago, air_raid said:

We said that last year too.

If he does win then it might finally put the 'He should have won at Mania 39' talk to bed. 

13 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

Well, here we go. 

Nick Khan and COO Brad Blum revealed as key figures (Corporate Officers 1 and 2) in the lawsuit. 

Article.

Have they been named as culpable in any of the abuse? My understanding was that they were just named as being aware of Vince and Janel Grant being in a relationship. 

Okay, there is no way Cody is losing after last night...is there? I mean, they wouldn't would they?...Oh God, they would! Of course they would! It's totally what they would do!...but maybe that's what they want us to think and Cody will win!! 

They've done it, the bastards! I'm actually emotionally invested! I'm a jaded, cynical old fuck who has watched more wrestling in my life than it's probably healthy to watch yet they've hooked me into caring and I both hate and love them for it.

When wrestling's done well there's no other form of entertainment that's better. 

17 hours ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

KSI doing the neck brace gimmick on social is perfection.

 

I love that a non-wrestling person takes the business seriously and keeps kayfabe better than almost every wrestler these days.

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

I love the fact that some of her moves actually look good when I usually hate them for lacking in impact. Like the handspring or the moonsault. She's hit them pretty damn perfectly.

She is definitely proof that 'the system' can work. 

First Mania - 8. Bret / Piper was (and is) great. I marked for Liz slapping Flair, was a massive Undertaker fan so loved him tombstoning Jake all the way to WCW. Plus 'Its the Ultimate Warrior!!!!'...'Is it?! Who the hell's that guy?' and then the talk of the playground over the next few days was that the real Warrior had died and this was an imposter. 

My first VHS that my dad bought me at a local shop was 'Best of Wrestlemania' that must have been released in 89 as it had one match from the first 4 Manias - the main event tag at 1, the battle royal at 2, the 6 man tag at 3 and Beefcake v Honky at 4. Still have it gathering dust somewhere. 

Fave Mania? I'm going to say 1998. It just hit at the right time. I was 16 and massively in to ECW so WWF getting edgier got big points from me. I remember thinking Sable was the best wrestlers in the world (credit to Luna Vachon for that one) and thought that crazy bump off the ladder into the dumpster was the coolest thing I'd ever seen (next to some softcore porn on the German sports channel DSF after WCW Nitro had finished). 

49 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

I bet you he does.

I win, you have to stop watching AEW. You win, I'll give up the Cody bedspread.

Whoa!!!! Shit just got REALLY interesting!!

Just now, air_raid said:

It's undoubtedly cobblers. 

You'd have to be out of your fucking mind, there's no ROI there.

We're talking about Tony Khan, mate. You think he WOULDN'T chuck that much at Okada? 

As you said, WCW gave £3 million a year at Bret Hart - that's the equivalent of £5.8 million now according to a quick Google check.
Okada is not Bret Hart but to Tony, he is. He's the guy that sold out the Tokyo Dome with Kenny Omega and had all those 7* classics.

Even if it's $1 million a year there's no ROI. You know Jericho's on way more than that and there's no ROI with him either.
Tony's not concerned about ROI. He's the son of a billionaire. The money he's giving Okada and (reportedly) Mercedes Mone is peanuts to him.

No wonder everyone in AEW publicly kisses his arse. I would too. Fuck, I'd rim Tony Khan in the middle of the ring (pardon the pun) if he was giving me that kind of money.

2 hours ago, air_raid said:

Take that with a pinch of salt. Tokyo Sports kayfabes a lot. It’s a bit like a Japanese Apter mag. 

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if it's true though, either. 

So we're no-selling tacks now too? 

7 hours ago, Loki said:

I wonder what he’ll spend the money on. 

I would imagine he needs a sizeable chunk of it for his defence lawyers. 

Hopefully Madusa inducts her. 

Long overdue and much deserved for Bull Nakano.
A very influential talent decades ahead of her time.

4 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said:

Nah, Sami needs it. 

The fuck he does. He's set. People like him. He's had his flowers.
Gable's had Shorty G, 'Shoooooosh!!!' and all other kinds of garbage thrown at him over the years.

He needs it. 

After that promo it has to be Gable beating Gunther at Mania doesn't it? Sami's had his day. Let him fart about with Bronson Reed or whatever. Give Gable his time to shine. 

I think the lifestyle of a wrestler was a lot tougher in previous generations than it is now.

I always use two people as examples. At Survivor Series 1987 when she was part of the Glamour Girls, Judy Martin was just 32 years old. Similarly, during his tenure in the Midnight Express, Dennis Condrey was in his early to mid 30s. 

Yes, some wrestlers always looked a lot older than they were (see: Earthquake) but I would imagine over a decade of working and travelling in the pro wrestling business in the 70s and 80s would age anyone beyond their years.