# Any Pro Wrestling Fans in the Audience? (Multiple promotions) (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [May 13, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374 "2022-05-13T17:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/481 "2022-09-12T00:30:59Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Just how the hell long is Reigns going to _hold_ the title, anyway? At this point, Roman is the longest-reigning champ since the days of Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales and Hulk Hogan’s first run. When he loses the championship it needs to be an absolutely **huge** moment, in front of the biggest audience possible, to someone who’s perfectly positioned to be the Next Big Thing. My prediction is Bron Breakker takes it off him at Wrestlemania 40. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/482 "2022-09-14T19:20:59Z")
**AEW Dark Taz/Excalibur moment of the day** Short episode, and a Moxley promo took up the last 5 minutes. - Kip Sabian wears the box ringside for Penelope’s match, but Taz declines to speculate on their marriage issues. - Taz endorses mockery during beatdowns. - Taz claims to be able to see inside Sabian’s box, and Ex calls him “X-Ray Vision Jones.” - Taz tried to break into Ryan Nemeth’s bag, but couldn’t overcome the lock combination. - Taz’s lawsuit against Dante Martin is still pending over the $280 Taz spent for Dante’s orange trunks. - Where does Danhausen live? The Dan House! - Taz calls Matt Hardy “Delete Jones.” **Danhausen vs. The Wingmen’s “Pretty” Peter Avalon** _Avalon is introduced._ Taz: He had his pinky out, Avalon. He had the pinky out. Ex: Peter’s pinky was proffered. Taz: Pinky Pretty Peter Avalon. He should change the last name to “Peterson.” Pretty Pinky Peter Peterson. Audio guys loved the pocket piece. Ex: Is Pinky his middle name? Taz: I dunno. Maybe it’s Pretty Pinky. And he brought the saxophonist with him. Ex: Yeah, he’s playing right behind us. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/483 "2022-09-15T08:53:51Z")
Tonight’s episode of Dynamite featured a brief cameo from an indie wrestler named Luigi Primo, who recently went viral on Twitter as a result of a short video of one of his matches. He’s exactly the kind of wrestler Jim Cornette loathes - he portrays himself as a stereotypical Italian-American pizzaiolo (“Ayyyyy! I make-a for you the pizza pie! Try-a the deluxe! It comes-a-wit six kind of things!” etc.) who prepares pizza doughs while wrestling and often uses them as a weapon. > I hope we get to see more of him - I’m not a huge fan of comedy wrestling, but Orange Cassidy has proven that Tony Khan knows how to use it properly. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/484 "2022-09-15T16:09:11Z")
I saw that video! I _thought_ that was him! He’s a hoot. And if it pisses off Jim Cornette, that much the better. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/485 "2022-09-15T17:55:35Z")
this a good idea or no? > **[Ricky Steamboat Making Return to the Ring](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/ricky-steamboat-making-return-to-the-ring/ar-AA11SqyH?ocid=MSNHP_U646&pc=U646&cvid=4f8969804e9e411b88e01b74ca1771b8)** > > “The Dragon” will step into the ring for the first time in over 10 years on Nov. 27 in Raleigh, North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/486 "2022-09-16T13:45:51Z")
Dorton Arena is where I saw NWA Mid-Atlantic matches many moon ago. The Koloffs, Rock & Roll Express, Corny and the Midnight Express, Bubba Rogers, Road Warriors, Powers of Pain, Jimmy Valiant, Paul Jones, Pez Whatley, Baron Von Raschke, Kamala, Playboy Gary Hart, Jimmy Garvin and Precious, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes… don’t think I ever got to see Ricky Steamboat live. I think he was in WWF during that time period. I’m sure wrestlers based in the area will be backstage at least, like the Hardys, Hurricane Helms, Cameron Grimes, & whoever’s still in GOUGE wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/487 "2022-09-16T23:37:12Z")
Looks like Randy Orton will be out for a while longer. I think this is the beginning of the end for his career. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/488 "2022-09-16T23:41:18Z")
Riman Reigns vs. Logan Paul is going to be the main event of the next Saudi show in November, so I guess we’re finally going to have a reason to cheer for Roman. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/489 "2022-09-17T00:06:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Dorton Arena is where I saw NWA Mid-Atlantic matches many moon ago. The Koloffs, Rock & Roll Express, Corny and the Midnight Express, Bubba Rogers, Road Warriors, Powers of Pain, Jimmy Valiant, Paul Jones, Pez Whatley, Baron Von Raschke, Kamala, Playboy Gary Hart, Jimmy Garvin and Precious, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes… don’t think I ever got to see Ricky Steamboat live. I think he was in WWF during that time period. that would of been nice … ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/490 "2022-09-17T04:11:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > so I guess we’re finally going to have a reason to cheer for Roman. @Smapti . ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. Seth Rollins must be tearing his hair out, wondering just what the hell he has to do to get a WWE Title shot, when some kid who’s 2-0 in his WWE career (and granted, wrestles a far sight better than Dominik Mysterio) gets to main-event one of the Saudi shows against The Tribal Chief. Part-timers getting these opportunities really pisses me off. Especially when said part-timer is such a shit person as Logan Paul. If Triple H actually puts the _title_ on this dipshit, I think I’ll step away for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/491 "2022-09-17T04:28:42Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > If Triple H actually puts the _title_ on this dipshit, I think I’ll step away for a little while. That’d be a Vince move, but it’s not Hunter’s style. NXT has just dumped the “2.0” and the “hey '90s kids does this make us look cool and hip” rainbow logo for a new black-and-gold style, so I get the impression we’re going to see him recruiting actual wrestlers to wrestle instead of the cavalcade of bikini models and NFL washouts that the old man was obsessed with. (Granted, Roman himself was an NFL washout, but for every one of him there’s ten Baron Corbins and a hundred Demetrius Bronsons.) I’m actually surprised Paul is considered to be a draw in Saudi Arabia - Youtube is heavily censored there and I didn’t think he’d make the cut. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/492 "2022-09-17T04:40:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > If Triple H actually puts the _title_ on this dipshit, I think I’ll step away for a little while. > > That’d be a Vince move, but it’s not Hunter’s style. I hope you’re right. I’ll watch the match with bated breath and I’ll be as relieved when Roman beats the shmuck as I was when McIntyre retained the title against Goldberg. …Shit, I just realized I’m not part of the solution; I’m part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/493 "2022-09-17T04:47:32Z")
Rollins has a \< 2 y.o. at home. If I were him, and I had the choice of not wasting all that time for a single show, I’d stay home. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/494 "2022-09-17T06:05:18Z")
I just found out that AEW is finally running an episode of Dynamite in Seattle this January, so I’ll finally get a chance to see them live. I’m surprised it took them this long, especially after they signed Danielson - I was at the Seattle Raw in 2013 where he hijacked the main event promo from Cena and Orton, which was held in the same arena as this show will be, and I don’t think I’ve been in a more electric crowd before or since. They haven’t let him work DEFY shows even though Moxley and the Young Bucks and others have done so, I guess because they were saving him for this show. Tix go on sale next week, and I’ll definitely be logged into Ticketmaster and waiting for them to unlock. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/495 "2022-09-17T23:36:03Z")
Get the presale code otherwise nothing decent will be left. Scalpers have all kinds of bots and apps that let them get in and get the primo positions before average joes get an opportunity, and TM doesn’t care because they get their fees either way. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/496 "2022-09-18T13:26:11Z")
I got a floor seat when they came to Raleigh, and I wish I had actually settled for somewhere in the stands. I couldn’t see much when the action spilled outside the ring, and the entrance ramp was on the other side of the ring from me. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/497 "2022-09-18T15:45:08Z")
I’ve driven down to the Dallas shows. Had lower bowl for Archer v Mox. Floor for Danielson v Hangman. Lower bowl was better. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/498 "2022-09-18T18:23:21Z")
Floor seats suck for wrestling events, especially when you’re several rows back and you risk being behind someone holding up a sign or carrying their kid on their shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/499 "2022-09-19T01:00:22Z")
In my experience, floor seats are only worth it if you’re in the front row or right along the entry ramp so you can get a chance to high-five the babyfaces on their way to the ring and/or taunt the heels. There was a Smackdown in 2013 where I was seated in the second row right where the Shield made their entrance through the crowd. I patted Seth Rollins on the back as he passed, then gave Roman a pat on the bicep - and he was slathered in so much baby oil that my hand was dripping wet with it when I pulled away and had to use my other hand to give Moxley a pat. Another great front-row experience was at an indie show in Seattle, where the heel in the match was from Tacoma. I yelled “Go back to Tacoma!” at him and he stared right at me and yelled “SHUT THE HELL UP!” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/500 "2022-09-19T01:20:39Z")
At an indy show (Wild Championship Wrestling Outlaws) in Indianapolis, one time a heel came out and I said, “You suck!” and he turned to me and said, “_YOU_ suck!” I ate that up with a spoon. One time, when I was in the stands for the WCW Monday Nitro in which Scott Hall won the U.S. Title in a four-way ladder match against Bret Hart, Sid Vicious, and Goldberg, I threw up the Wolfpac hand signal, and Scott saw me. He shrugged, and I shrugged back. Loved it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374.md?page=26)