# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 305
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6083 "2017-06-22T16:52:36Z")
I thought it was a perfectly fine episode of Lucha, but nothing super spectacular. They can’t all be winners, but it’s not as bad as certain shows on Monday and Tuesday nights… Although I do have to say…Melissa Santos’s voice is the wooooooorrrrrssssstttt. I hate how she announces everyone’s name. Friggin nails on a chalkboard to me. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6084 "2017-06-22T18:59:09Z")
Quit dissing my muchacha Melissa, you racist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6085 "2017-06-22T20:35:55Z")
[Momma Mia I’m Back!](http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/mauro-ranallo-nxt-announcer?sf91219717=1) > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Quit dissing my muchacha Melissa, you racist. 🙂 Ms. Cups’ immediate family is a mix of full-blood Cuban and Puerto Rican. Trust me, I’ve got all the hispanic I can handle… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6086 "2017-06-22T20:45:15Z")
And I immediately looked to see if that was The Onion. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6087 "2017-06-22T21:16:11Z")
Just goes to show WWE bridges never stay burned. Any day now, CM Punk, Hulk Hogan, and Alberto Del Rio will be welcome back with open arms. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6088 "2017-06-22T21:27:59Z")
I’m betting that was all Trips and that the problem on Smackdown wasn’t just JBL, but more accurately, VINCE screaming in his ear and encouraging JBL’s behavior. There’s no Vince or JBL on NXT. I don’t want to wish harm on Vince, but goddamn, I want that man out of there. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6089 "2017-06-23T08:21:50Z")
[Vince Russo has filed a restraining order against Jim Cornette, alleging that Corny is stalking him.](https://twitter.com/TheJimCornette/status/877703669893955584) Who’s the mark _now_, Vinny? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6090 "2017-06-23T12:21:52Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Is Christopher Daniels the old dude who’s had the title for a while? I remember he won it shortly before 'Mania, which means he’s had the belt for a while now That’d be him, yes. He’s 47, has been in the business since 1993, and is one of the few wrestlers still active today who can boast that he wrestled in WCW, and he’s wrestled pretty much everywhere that’s anywhere in the meantime. He won the ROH title at this year’s Anniversary Show, marking the first time he’s ever won the top title of a major promotion. He and Cody ought to be able to put on one hell of a match. In other news, DEFY (which is quickly shaping up to be the dominant wrestling enterprise in the Pacific Northwest) put four more shows on sale this week, along with the announcement that they’ll be doing their first-ever somewhere-outside-the-Seattle-Tacoma-area show sometime in September, details TBD. So, as of now, these are the wrestling shows I’ve got tickets for and/or will likely be attending in the near future; - June 29: DEFY 4 - Gigantic Night One - June 30: DEFY 5 - Gigantic Night Two - July 14: NXT Live - August 3: DEFY Presents The CRASH Lucha Libre - September 10: DEFY 6 - Defy & Destroy - September 29: DEFY 8 - Kings Among Men - October 16: Monday Night Raw (probably) - October 17: Smackdown Live (probably) - November 10: DEFY 9: Yo! DEFY Graps ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6091 "2017-06-23T13:48:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That’d be him, yes. He’s 47, has been in the business since 1993, and is one of the few wrestlers still active today who can boast that he wrestled in WCW, and he’s wrestled pretty much everywhere that’s anywhere in the meantime. He won the ROH title at this year’s Anniversary Show, marking the first time he’s ever won the top title of a major promotion. He and Cody ought to be able to put on one hell of a match. > > In other news, DEFY (which is quickly shaping up to be the dominant wrestling enterprise in the Pacific Northwest) put four more shows on sale this week, along with the announcement that they’ll be doing their first-ever somewhere-outside-the-Seattle-Tacoma-area show sometime in September, details TBD. > > So, as of now, these are the wrestling shows I’ve got tickets for and/or will likely be attending in the near future; > > - June 29: DEFY 4 - Gigantic Night One > - June 30: DEFY 5 - Gigantic Night Two > - July 14: NXT Live > - August 3: DEFY Presents The CRASH Lucha Libre > - September 10: DEFY 6 - Defy & Destroy > - September 29: DEFY 8 - Kings Among Men > - October 16: Monday Night Raw (probably) > - October 17: Smackdown Live (probably) > - November 10: DEFY 9: Yo! DEFY Graps You’re much smarter than me at these things, but I thought the big deal of him winning the championship was because he was their first-ever champion or something. And him winning it again after so many years is what made it such a big deal. Or was it that he wrestled at the first PPV they had? There was something sentimental about it. You’re getting a Raw and a Smackdown? Together? Is there a PPV that weekend? or are you roadtripping ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6092 "2017-06-23T15:28:07Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > You’re much smarter than me at these things, but I thought the big deal of him winning the championship was because he was their first-ever champion or something. And him winning it again after so many years is what made it such a big deal. Or was it that he wrestled at the first PPV they had? There was something sentimental about it. It was more of a “best to never win the title” situation with Daniels. They had a tournament of people who had been around in ROH at the beginning with the winner getting a title shot, he won the tournament (turning going from heel to face in the process of the tournament) then won the title. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6093 "2017-06-23T22:42:18Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > You’re getting a Raw and a Smackdown? Together? Is there a PPV that weekend? or are you roadtripping That’s how it usually goes when they do TV up here - they’ll do Raw in Portland and Smackdown in Seattle, or vice versa. Since I live about halfway between the two of them, it’s not too difficult to make it to both. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6094 "2017-06-24T03:11:59Z")
Dalton Castle and the Boys are your **new** ROH World Six-Man-Tag Champions! Looks like he’s getting a push now that he’s decided to stay with ROH. It’s about time - he’s a great wrestler and his persona and charisma are just intoxicating. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6095 "2017-06-24T03:55:26Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > It was more of a “best to never win the title” situation with Daniels. They had a tournament of people who had been around in ROH at the beginning with the winner getting a title shot, he won the tournament (turning going from heel to face in the process of the tournament) then won the title. If I’m not too much mistaken, the ROH World Championship is the first major world heavyweight championship of Daniels’ career. He wrestled in TNA for a long time without ever capturing their top prize. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6096 "2017-06-24T04:01:45Z")
And Cody Rhodes is your **new** ROH World Heavyweight Champion! Hell of a match, Cody and Daniels both put everything out there, good to see Cody finally grab the brass ring Vince wouldn’t let him anywhere near. I’ll have to congratulate him when he comes to Tacoma next weekend. 🙂 (Also, the Boys retweeted the congrats I sent them, so that was cool.) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6097 "2017-06-24T04:30:24Z")
In other news, there was a pretty big debut at tonight’s NXT tapings; Bobby Fish, former ROH TV/Tag Champion and one-half of reDRagon, debuted as a heel in a match against Alistair Black. I wonder if this means Kyle O’Reilly is WWE-bound as well? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6098 "2017-06-25T19:45:41Z")
Alberto Del Rio Patron has kicked [Paige to the curb](http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0625/627444/alberto-del-rio-breaks-up-with-paige/). Guess she can’t mooch off the owl’s VIP buffet no more. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6099 "2017-06-25T20:53:03Z")
Haven’t they broken up and gotten back together several times now? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6100 "2017-06-25T23:52:36Z")
Oooh, maybe she’ll do a psycho stalker ex angle. AJ Lee and Alexa Bliss could pull that off too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6101 "2017-06-26T18:39:25Z")
News just broke that Drago is going to make his Impact Wrestling Debut at Slammiversary this coming Sunday. Drago, a returning Scott Steiner, Alberto “I’m single now ladies…” El Patron, Deangelo Williams…Dare I say this card is actually pretty stacked! I wasn’t really planning on going before, but now I think I can’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/6102 "2017-06-26T18:54:36Z")
If only to watch Steiner make a completely incoherent promo and then blow up in the ring? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=306)