So reports came out that WWE has signed Jeremy Borash, the guy who has perpetually been the anchor in the ever-changing storms of TNA (and also the guy who owned/operated the Vanguard 1 drone and supposedly came up with a lot of the “Broken” Hardy stuff).
Big loss for TNA, arguably a bigger loss than any of the recent wrestlers.
You gotta remember, Cena has no problem putting over younger talent these days, but the fact is he’s a more recognizable name than Finn. WWE will capitalize on that as much as possible because Cena has mainstream appeal. It sucks to us so-called purists, but that’s why God gave us fast-forwarding.
Somehow Miz’s plethora of straight-to-DVD movies makes money, and he manages to form his scraps of mainstream fame into a successful angle. RoH prides itself on being pure wrestling, but nobody’s becoming millionaires. As it ever has been and ever shall be, amen.
Hey, I got nothing against Phoenix (aka Nattie 1.0), I’m just mad at her for not being Asuka.
I gotta disagree with you on this, because putting Finn over now doesn’t do anything for him because he has no where to go right now. He’s not going to win the IC from Miz (they’re keeping that on him ALAP) and he’s not going to challenge Brock for the title (I would fear for his life), so why have him win?
The right call is to push him when the Universal Title is back on the show on a regular basis in the hands of Reigns, turn Finn heel with the BC, and have him slowly churn towards Reigns.
So, the new GM of 205 Live is Rockstar Spud.
Who is now called “Drake Maverick”.
Which is a less embarrassing name than “Rockstar Spud”, but still sounds like an '80s porn star name.
On the plus side - new cruiserweight tournament!
Woot! Spud is my favorite fall guy. He even put a one-year old over. I welcome our 205 Live Overlord.
Yes, I watched SD instead of SotU. I prefer my fakery staged.
Nakamura is slowly inching his way back to his NXT personality. Acts genial on the surface, but loves to poke the bear and get inside his opponent’s head. Gallows and Anderson love to piss off AJ and get him all bowed up and redneck ranty. Nakamura does the same in repeating “I gonna beat you at Wressermania” every time AJ tries to talk strategy with him.
I’m hoping Finn, Gallows and Anderson get traded to SD for Harper and Rowan so that A) Finn can swerve and compete with AJ or Naka for the SD Title and B) the Wyatts can be reunited and take on the Broken Hardyz. Bray. Needs. Followers. This laughing-at-each-other angle is going nowhere, but with Borash incoming, maybe this can finally elevate to an epic War of the Weird.
ETA: Besides, Bludgeons’ and Corbin’s entrance music themes sound too much alike. They need to be on separate shows.
Ha. I totally forgot that was a thing! Cool for Spud but that’s a Godawful name
205 Live is already more watchable without that human penis hogging all the air time.
I find it interesting that Roderick Strong is scheduled to wrestle next week on it. IS this his callup? or is this a one-shot? I’m fine either way because Roddy is a white bread boring as they come, but it leads me to an interesting thought. What if the WWE promoted practically every NXT guy, right now, to 205 Live? All of the Undesputed Era, Roddy, Eric Young, Ciampa, Garbonzo, Black and Almas could all go there right now. It would be a hilarious way of WWE saying “You want these NXT guys? Well eff you you’re going to watch 205 Live to get em!”
Just a (evil) thought.
Team Bliss Monster is going all the way in this. 
I just had an unsettling thought. Enzo’s going to go into p0rn.
So, according to Meltzer, these are the matches currently planed for 'Mania:
Sigh… HHH and Stephanie inject themselves into a WM match yet again. Not interested.
Cena vs UT would have been better 5 years ago, but sure, I’ll watch it.
Charlotte vs Asuka: interested.
Styles vs Nakamura: interested, but hope they don’t make one of them heel.
Seth vs Jason Jordan, nah. It’s hard to take JJ seriously because he looks like he’s made of balloons.
Brock vs Roman, ok fine. This is Vince’s wet dream, so might as well get it over with. I’d rather it’d be Brock vs Brawn, since Brawn’s the only one who makes Brock look vulnerable.
Brawn vs Miz: Miz will no doubt do a lot of begging for his life and cheat as much as possible, and Brawn will throw the Miztourage off the Titantron or something. It’ll be like King Kong trying to stomp that last pesky villager who taunts him and makes him madder. This could actually steal the show, even though there will be little actual wrestling.
Nia vs Bliss: Might be the female version of the above match, but I’m not crazy about it. Nia vs Beth Phoenix would be cool, if Beth decides to unretire.
CW championship: If Hideo Itami wins, we can have the Japanese trifecta. NJPW will take that as a challenge and step up their American presence, meaning more competition for WWE. Just don’t make this a preshow match and deny the contestants their royalties, mmmK?
Wow. What a fucking uninteresting card. There’s only two matches I’d be interested in watching.
Guess I made the right decision to stop watching the main roster shows. May even skip watching Wrestlemania and just catch those two matches the next day.
Can I hope smarter heads prevail over the next few weeks? No one really wants to see “Kami” (what an awful nickname) versus Orton +1 again, and that’s one of the leftover matches for sure. Roode/US Champion on the pre-show again, simply because the people paid to write stories can’t, so punish the wrestlers. Cena/Undertaker - what was the fucking use of leaving his shit in the ring after Reigns? Retire with dignity UT. Stephanie should be nowhere near the ring (in any capacity but hey, nepotism, amiright?). If anything, Rousey should be her enforcer, not her opponent.
Sounds like more of an “on in the background” show rather than a “sit down and watch” show. Once again, the show to watch will be Saturday night.
Today someone mentioned that Eddie Guerrero beat Brock in 2004. A 26 year old Brock in his prime.
Just kinda pissed me off even more with WWE. Eddie was 5’8". But they won’t put guys like Finn Balor (5’11") in against Brock 14 years later because “it wouldn’t be believable”.
Yeah, fuck you even more, Vince.
Highlights of the DEFY 1st anniversary show tonight;
*MVP and Austin Aries were announced for the next show, in April.
I got to have a picture taken with Matt Sydal (Evan Bourne) in which he let me hold the Impact X-Division belt. I also picked up signed 8x10s of Sydal, Brody King, and Holly Hey, and got Shane Strickland to sign a flyer for the next show, which I can hopefully get Aries and MVP to sign at that show since they’re the two other guys on it.
Randy Myers blew me a kiss after I blew him one.
*Artemis Spencer, a long-running star of ECCW, won the first-ever “DEFY To Survive” match. It starts as a 5-on-5 elimination match a la Survivor Series, with the added twist that once one team has been completely eliminated, the survivors must wrestle amongst themselves until there is one man left standing. Interesting twist on an old gimmick and I hope to see more of them at future shows.
The only low point of the show was that it started about half an hour late, because they only had two people at will call (which almost all of the tickets were) and it was taking them forever to check people into the building. As such, the show didn’t end until midnight. Also, the caterers didn’t have any burgers without cheese on them, so I had to go hungry until I could hit Dick’s after the show.
Fun show, great promotion, and they’ve recently hired Rich Brennan to do commentary on their streaming releases. They’re a few months behind on those releases because they do a lot of post-production, but they’re worth watching on the Global Wrestling Network.
No picture with Pentagon? He’s practically your messiah!
Depends on when in April, but AA will definitely still be the title holder. The last round of Impact tapings took us to mid-April when their next PPV is, and the final match on the go-home show was AA defending his title. Given that AA is the champion of, like, 6 other promotions, I’m sure he’ll win ya’lls belt too.
Angle? Not Travis Browne? Tthey could probably tease Angle, or even The Rock, only for there to be “an injury” (or The Rock having a “scheduling change” he can’t get out of), and make a late change.
Are they that afraid that Rousey can’t wrestle? She is an Olympic Judo medalist, after all, and keep in mind that, in judo, you have to have all of your matches in one day. Besides, if worse comes to worse, Vince could always hire Ricky Morton to teach her how to sell a lengthy rest hold…