CM Punk; WWE Has Me Hooked Again (2012 Official Pro Wrestling Thread)

[PrinceEatMeat]

And this crap angle from the WWE confirms it.

 

“WWE medical personnel have confirmed that Randy Orton suffered a concussion on Raw SuperShow when World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan smashed Orton over the head with his title.

“Randy sustained head trauma following his match with Big Show, in which Daniel Bryan interfered, and he was evaluated in the training room immediately afterward,” WWE physician Dr. Michael Sampson told WWE.com. “Due to his symptoms as well as his neurological evaluation, he was diagnosed with a concussion. We will be doing more testing to see how he’s going to do as far as short term vs. long term.”

Orton will not be cleared to compete in the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match this Sunday.”

[PrinceEatMeat]

I'd much rather see Christian make a surprise return and take Orton's spot in the match. Henry coming back injured and randomly from suspension would be stupid. This also pretty much confirms that Bryan will win now.

[MillerParkSouth]

weird that R-Truth can come back in a week and Orton can't when Truth's injury looked much worse. Apparently Joey Styles and Mick Foley were talking about Zack Ryder's bump off the ramp last night too. It looked pretty nasty and i'm not sure how you can really fake that, Cena threw up the X too but I haven't seen anything legit about the injury. Pretty terrible of Cena to throw up the X as part of an angle when the guy from TNA legit hurt his neck last week.

[radman12484]

For some reason after this, I still see Barrett walking about with the belt at EC. Probably turning the World Title Match at WM28 a Triple Threat Wade Barret © vs. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan. I don't think Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan for the belt is a good enough draw for a Wrestlemania. If they add another guy to the match who can benefit from getting some light shined on him, it would be worth it.

[PrinceEatMeat]

MPS, I don't think Orton's actual injury was a concussion, they are just using that as an angle. He probably has some other injury. I could see Barrett winning, but I would've rather seen Orton win. I'm curious if that was actually the plan, and now they are scrambling. Who knows what they'll do, but I'm with you radman that Sheamus vs. Bryan just isn't a great draw. I don't see that match happening.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Nevermind, now I'm reading that Orton did suffer a concussion at some point, but it definitely wasn't when Bryan hit him with the belt. That part is the angle. And also, SPOILER ALERT, but I'm reading live smackdown spoilers and Barrett just jobbed to Khali in a tag match. Really? Don't see that Barrett win happening now.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Also, I was just thinking. What if Christian makes a surprise return? He takes the spot, wins the title, and faces Sheamus at Mania to pick up their feud where it left off. Could be a possibility. Although, now I just saw that there will be a battle royal in the Smackdown main event to determine who gets the spot. I guess Christian would have to return for that. My guess is Henry wins it, which is lame. However, all superstars from both brands are eligible which opens up possibilities.

[PrinceEatMeat]

SPOILER ALERT

 

 

Santino won the battle royal, you gotta be kidding me. What a joke. The Smackdown Chamber really sucks now.

[MillerParkSouth]

Barrett jobbing to Khali, Ziggler jobbing to Truth and they wonder why there are no over heels in the company!

[brettac1]

Wow...

[jerichoholicninja]

SPOILER ALERT

 

 

Santino won the battle royal, you gotta be kidding me. What a joke. The Smackdown Chamber really sucks now.

 

Does this mean Santino is in the Chamber? If so, awesome. I mean really what else could they do? No one really cares about Henry anymore so you might as well put a guy who is somewhat over in the match. Christian would be good but maybe he's not healed up yet. Just be glad it wasn't Hornswaggle.

[PrinceEatMeat]

It's not awesome, it's just another guy who has absolutely no shot to win being added to the match. Henry is at least a legit threat. He had the title a few months ago. I still think Henry may come out and beat up Santino and take his spot in the match.

[PrinceEatMeat]

On an off note, I just read that Vince is putting the Funkasauras gimmick on hold, because he's not happy with Brodus Clay's in-ring work. Well, I guess he's gone again now.

[radman12484]

On an off note, I just read that Vince is putting the Funkasauras gimmick on hold, because he's not happy with Brodus Clay's in-ring work. Well, I guess he's gone again now.

 

 

He's not happy with his in ring work? He has 4 moves, and you give the guy 10 minutes on each Smackdown and RAW and 7 minutes of that is wasted on dancing.

[PrinceEatMeat]

On an off note, I just read that Vince is putting the Funkasauras gimmick on hold, because he's not happy with Brodus Clay's in-ring work. Well, I guess he's gone again now.

 

 

He's not happy with his in ring work? He has 4 moves, and you give the guy 10 minutes on each Smackdown and RAW and 7 minutes of that is wasted on dancing.

 

Yeah, I have no idea. It's Vince, so who knows? Not like Clay should be expected to be an in-ring technician anyway.

[patrickgpe]

http://www.pwmania.com/artman/possible-big-changes-for-elimination-chamber-due-to-injury

 

According to this Orton got hurt in his match with Show and might be replaced by an also injured Henry in the Chamber due to lack of better options. Lame. This would sucks badly. Especially if they booked it with Henry coming out and attacking Orton, Edge style, and just taking his spot in the Chamber match.

 

spoiler alert but they taped smackdown yesterday and its Santino subbing for orton.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Yeah, I just posted that last night.

[brettac1]

I would say that people definitely care about Henry. He was pretty much the MVP of the second half of last year, especially on Smackdown.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Yep, I agree. He is and was very relevant. Santino is not. I was pissed that Henry was hurt and couldn't compete to begin with and was replaced by the boring Khali.

[radman12484]

I think Santino got added to get knocked out of the match during the ppv or when he comes do the ring. Otherwise it makes no sense for him to be in the match. He's not feuding with anyone and hes no threat to win any major title ever again. I'd expect Christian to attack him or if the WWE were to pull a fast one over on us and have the WWE Championship match lead off the Chamber and have Ziggler or Miz enter the World Title Match too after losing the WWE Championship match.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I sure hope you're right, because I have no interest in watching Santino in the Chamber match. I do find him entertaining in his own right, but he has no business in this match. Then again, neither does Khali. But still, I'd like to see Christian or Mark Henry take his spot. Someone from Raw entering after losing, a la Edge, would be interesting, but the Raw Chamber will likely be the main event.

[brettac1]

Ziggler should enter the match as a shoot.

[PrinceEatMeat]

We've seen Ziggler pull double duty on PPV's before, no reason he can't do it again.

[MillerParkSouth]

with how things have been going for him he'll probably end up getting pinned by Khali and Kofi.

[PrinceEatMeat]

That's a good point as well. Barrett even jobbed to Khali on Smackdown, which is a joke. I'm sure Khali will eliminate Cody or Barrett, or both, in the Chamber too. I just don't understand it.