With John Cena failing to become a 17-time world champion in what has to be his last WWE appearance for some time, do you think he’ll ever break the record? Do you think anyone will?
Randy Orton is next-closest, with 14 title reigns, and not slowing down at age 41. Do you think WWE will have him do it?
Actually, I’d put my money on Charlotte breaking the record. She’ll still be wrestling 50 years from now.
Charlotte has won the women’s championship two PPVs in a row now. I keep expecting them to hot-potato it off of her on Raw so she can win it again at Extreme Rules.
AEW Dark Taz/Excalibur moment of the day
2point0 vs Travis Titan and Jason Hotch
Taz: I’m rapidly starting to enjoy these two athletes. I’m a fan of 2point0, yeah baby! I love these guys!
Ex: You a fan of “The Show,” available every Saturday morning on YouTube?
Taz: I haven’t seen their show yet, because I know you like to put me on the spot and embarrass me in front of all my people!
Ex: I’m sorry. I bet if you ask them, they can get you a “The Show” coffee mug.
Taz: I’ll ask them. They love me. The talent loves me. They hate you, don’t you understand that?
The news today is that Vince and Bruce Prichard are now producing NXT themselves going forward, so if you enjoyed watching NXT for wrestling, you can forget about it.
Now it’s time for 20-minute talky segments, meatheads reading a script that was written half an hour ago, micromanaged commentary, “comedy” gimmicks written for an audience of one, 50/50 booking, every other match ending in a DQ, and heel authority figures out the wazoo.
RIP NXT, 2012-2021.
I guess this effectively rules out HHH as Vince’s successor.
Former WCW Cruiserweight Champion Daffney, real name Shannon Spruill, has passed away at the age of 46. Yesterday, she posted an Instagram Live video in which she held a pistol, threatened suicide, and expressed her desire to have her brain sent for CTE testing.
No word yet on a cause of death.
damn if i remeber right she was part of david flairs crew originally ?
Yes; with David Flair and Crowbar. I believe she was Flair’s kayfabe girlfriend.
you know we should change the title of the thread to “omnibus pro wrestling thread” or something like that lol
Just found this earlier … anyone see her wrestle?
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So, here’s the card for All Out;
Looks like a hell of a show, and there’s currently about 30 other people with tickets to see it in the theater I’m going to. (It’s one of the new-fangled theaters with leather recliners and ALL of the legroom, so that’s well over 50% capacity.) I finally have an excuse to wear the CM Punk “Second City Saint” shirt I found at the bottom of a Walmart bargain bin for $5 in summer 2014, after Punk had left WWE, which still has an “AUTHENTIC WWE MERCHANDISE” sticker on it, and which has been hanging in my closet unworn for the past 7 years.
In another 450 posts Discourse is gonna auto-lock this thread - I suppose we can pick a new name at that time.
wow… i didnt know it did that …
We’re nearing the 10K mark already? Where does the time go?
Sheezus, that was one brutal cage match betwixt The Lucha Brothers and the Bucks that are Young. The Jackson brothers really have a talent for playing asshole heels. The Lucha Brothers had a touching moment with their families with their bloody torn masks kissing their faces after winning the titles.
Funny moment was with Don Callis joining commentary and proclaiming the Jackson were the best tag team brothers in wrestling history, eclipsing the Briscoes, the Steiners, etc. Jim Ross asked “How about the McReary brothers? (the world’s heaviest twins at 770 lbs each)” Callis responded, “Why not bring up the Mulkies while you’re at it?” (The Mulkies were a jobber tag team in the 80s who consistently got the shit beat out of them)
I’m not used to JR making mistakes as often as he has tonight. He called Ruby Soho “Ruby Riott” and Paul Wight “Big Show.” He’s supposedly switching to part-time. He’s due for it.
Ha-HAAAAH! Now that’s how you end a PPV!
AEW styled a nice swerve after Omega’s victory, with the announcers speculating who can step up to his level. Then, the lights went out, leaving the audience to think DBD was about to emerge, but it was Adam Cole, Bay Bay! He teased a confrontation with Kenny, then superkicked Jungle Boy, cementing his place back into The Elite like he never left!
The Omega got on the mic, announced the event was over and he bid the audience a Sweet Fondue, when Ride of the Valkyries blared out and here comes DBD! He aids Jurassik Express and Christian Cage and turns the tide against The Elite, got off his signature Yes kicks, and then gave Nick Jackson a resounding thump to the side of his head with a solid knee cap. There wasn’t no thigh slap.
What a masterful PPV. Every match on the card rocked. Nobody phoned it in.
I don’t think I’d be understanding it to say that All Out was easily the best PPV of the year, and maybe one of the best of all time. I can’t remember a show where every single match was excellent and had a satisfying conclusion, let alone so many surprise debuts. Even Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall was one of the better squash matches I’ve ever seen.
I was a little surprised Bryan didn’t come out to “The Final Countdown” like he did in his ROH days, but I’m happy to see him all the same.
I’ve never seen a wrestling show in a movie theater before, but it was a fun experience seeing it on a huge screen with 30 strangers. We had a good bit of fun chanting along with the crowd and and heckling the heels, and the roof just about came off the place when Bryan showed up. I hope my local theater keeps showing AEW shows because I’d love to do it again.
D’oh! I obviously meant to say “overstating it”. AEW delivered a nearly 5-hour show that never felt like it was stretched out or overstaying its welcome, and we didn’t get any filler matches, bad comedy sketches written for an audience of one, or constant advertisements for junk food, budget cell phones, and high-interest credit cards.
I have to add the CM Punk vs Darby Allin was a delight to watch. Darby used some dark place psychology to show Punk he was respectfully not impressed with him. He filmed himself jumping off a helicopter, and spent the beginning of the match sitting in the corner and glaring at Punk. Punk then sat down in his infamous pipe bomb crouch and glared back.
They took their time during the match, playing hold/counter hold, and doing more mat wrestling with little in the way of high spots. What I like about Darby is that he doesn’t do any arm bracing whenever he’s thrown across the mat or out the ring. That’s why his topes suicida look so good. Punk didn’t do anything amazing, but he didn’t need to. He was the epitome of cool.