2015–16 Official Pro Wrestling Thread (WWE, TNA, etc).

[patrickgpe]

The New Day is hilarious, but I think Big E is being royally misused.

 

Raw was very good last night; while it leaked that Sting was going to be on RAW, noone had the return of the Dudley Boys. Looking forward to them fighting the New Day at Night of Champions.

 

Pretty interesting that they bought out that Braun guy without even being on NXT at all, will be interesting to see who teams up with Rollins and Ambrose now for the 6 man tag at Night of Champions that I am sure is coming.

[brwrsfan]

The New Day is hilarious, but I think Big E is being royally misused.

 

Raw was very good last night; while it leaked that Sting was going to be on RAW, noone had the return of the Dudley Boys. Looking forward to them fighting the New Day at Night of Champions.

 

Pretty interesting that they bought out that Braun guy without even being on NXT at all, will be interesting to see who teams up with Rollins and Ambrose now for the 6 man tag at Night of Champions that I am sure is coming.

 

This was key. I try to avoid the wrestling rumors, but they show up on Yahoo half the time and it's inevitable. The fact that the Dudleys came back and virtually everyone was surprised was awesome. Just doesn't happen these days.

 

And I love the New Day stuff. They needed someone good to go against (after Kidd went down), the Dudleys should do that for them hopefully.

[patrickgpe]

should be an interesting RAW, i am sure we will find out who the 3rd member of the Reigns / Ambrose team will be.

 

predicting that Charlotte wins the belt tonight but only seconds after Nikki Bella becomes the longest diva title holder in history, rolling her up as she celebrates her record title reign.

[paul253]

I am really starting to like the Wyatt Family. I'm glad that they were reformed. Wrestling is always better with a couple of stables. Hopefully both Harper and Rowan are in it. It's been awhile since WWE has had a decent four man stable. All four of those dudes are beasts. Especially Strowman.

[patrickgpe]

Seth Rollins is out for 6-9 months and a new champ will be crowned at Survivor Series. I'll predict that this means that Reigns will get the belt. There aren't many wrestlers worthy of a title run right now on the active main roster.

[patrickgpe]

any chance that Reigns vs Ambrose doesn't happen at Survivor Series

 

http://www.sescoops.com/wwe-championship-tournament-brackets-revealed/

[molitor fan]

Reports are coming in on twitter that wrestling announcer/legend Jim Ross has passed away...

[Mass Haas]

Reports are coming in on twitter that wrestling announcer/legend Jim Ross has passed away...

 

Several hours later, it seems it's quite possibly a really bad hoax...

[Bnowell4evr]

The WWE Network has really gotten a boost with the new territories added to the vault. I can't get enough of Mid South Wrestling.

[patrickgpe]

really feel that they are mailing it in after Night of champions until the rumble. hopefully raw picks up after TLC.

 

Didn't know about the Vault of AWA and Mid south wrestling that was added to the network until your post. pretty cooll.

[BradWI]

NXT running Turner Hall on January 14th

[TracyThom]

I was really close to canceling my subscription to the network until they added all of the older territories. I'm hoping they add some older AWA stuff soon.

 

As far as the NXT show goes, I'm a little surprised they didn't run a bigger venue like Panther Arena. Ring of Honor regularly fills Turner Hall, and its capacity is probably only 800-900 people. (Including SRO)

[BrewCrewForever]

NXT running Turner Hall on January 14th

 

Whoa! Awesome news. I will be there.

[patrickgpe]

seems like thats a small venue for NXT, will be a tough ticket to get. Not sure where they would go in Milwaukee, Panther arena seems like a better choice.

[LouisEly]

Quite the ending to RAW. Don't think I've seen that much blood on RAW since the Attitude era. What I also don't see is how that doesn't kill any heat for Reigns. The crowd was pretty clearly behind HHH.

 

And were the fans chanting "Gilberg" when Ryback was in the ring? Wonder if that is going to catch on and complete the heel turn for Ryback. Wonder if the walk-off was planned, or if that was an audible called by the back when they heard the "Gilberg" chant.

[patrickgpe]

i saw a report last night that the WWE is going to get more edgy through wrestlemania which is why there was color at the end of the match and Vince let out a curse word during the first segment. The Shane McMahon vs Taker fight already makes wrestlemania a must see, and could begin a huge shakeup in WWE which is exciting.

[jerichoholicninja]

Quite the ending to RAW. Don't think I've seen that much blood on RAW since the Attitude era. What I also don't see is how that doesn't kill any heat for Reigns. The crowd was pretty clearly behind HHH.

 

And were the fans chanting "Gilberg" when Ryback was in the ring? Wonder if that is going to catch on and complete the heel turn for Ryback. Wonder if the walk-off was planned, or if that was an audible called by the back when they heard the "Gilberg" chant.

 

Haven't watched WWE in a few years but had to watch Shane's return. So is this basically a rehash of the storyline that ended with the Fatal Four Way at Wrestlemanaia 10 or so years ago? And why is Undertaker involved other than he needs something for Wrestlemania? Is there supposed to be heat between the two.

 

Also, I gotta say I love the LED boards on the side of the ring but what's up with the ring posts being an extra foot taller?

[superfly]

Shane shed a few tears there. I don't really get the matchup but there's no doubt that it'll be the best match of the night. There must be somebody(s) that are going to screw Shane out of a victory, but the question will be who? Sting?

[jerichoholicninja]

I started watching old episodes of Nitro starting in the middle of 1996 and I'm in the spring of 1997 now. Gosh that stuff was so good. Even the worst wrestlers were still better in the ring than the majority of WWE guys now. And Hugh Morris, he certainly tuned out to be a dick of a person, but he was so good for a guy his size. He should have been a bigger star than he was.

[TracyThom]

2 weeks away and I don't think I've ever been less pumped for a Wrestlemania. I'm not a Roman Reigns hater. He is more than capable of putting on a good performance. I really liked his match last year with Lesnar. Why Vince continues to try to make him the new face of the company is beyond me. There is no chance he is going to get over as a babyface. He should go heel and eventually make the babyface turn.

 

Don't get me started on Shane vs Taker...

[Vgmastr]

Yeah, it's amazing how badly booked this Wrestlemania is. Obviously, injuries hurt with Rollins, Cena and Orton all out. Even though, just take the top three matches and reshuffle the lineup and see how much better it looks on paper:

 

After Seth's injury, turn Roman heel, have him become the new Corporate Champ, screwing Ambrose in the finals of the tournament for the vacant title at last year's Survivor Series. This leads to Ambrose winning the Rumble and getting this rematch against his former friend.

 

Instead of running Taker vs. Lesnar III at last year's Hell in a Cell, save it for Mania.

 

Have Shane face Triple H for control of the company, the guy that actually took his spot as heir to the throne. Doing Shane vs. Taker makes zero sense whatsoever.

 

While we're at it, make the giant mess of a ladder match the US Title match, since I don't know a single person who cares at all about Kalisto vs. Ryback. Then give Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn a one-on-one match for the IC Title, since that match has been built up for over a year now in NXT.

 

This lineup, along with the Divas triple threat, which is the only match they've booked right, is a Wrestlemania I'd be excited to see.

[AKCheesehead]

Last night I was up, sick, flipping channels when I happened across the 2015 championship match from New Japan's Best Of Super Juniors , Kyle O'Reilly vs Kushida. I don't know anything about those guys, or New Japan, but I can tell you this, it was one heck of an amazing performance.

[superfly]

Bray and Ziggler are criminally underused...Dolph would make a great heel in particular.

[TracyThom]

Last night I was up, sick, flipping channels when I happened across the 2015 championship match from New Japan's Best Of Super Juniors , Kyle O'Reilly vs Kushida. I don't know anything about those guys, or New Japan, but I can tell you this, it was one heck of an amazing performance.

 

New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV is on my weekly DVR list. Almost always great stuff. I saw the Kushida/O'Reilly match as well. Super snug match with both guys laying their strikes in. You could tell that Jim Ross really liked the match during his commentary. I think he mentioned it was one of the best matches he has called over the past few years. Josh Barnett was perfect on color commentary with his knowledge of submission and MMA holds.

[patrickgpe]

wrestlemania predictions:

 

1) Kalisto beats Ryback

2) Total Divas beats BAAD and Blonde

3) Dudleys beat the USOs

4) Reigns beans Triple H

5) Ambrose beats Lesnar

6) Shane McMahon beats the Undertaker

7) Sasha banks beats Charlotte, Becky

8) Sami Zayn wins IC title

9) Styles beats Y2K in the match of the night

10) Mark Henry wins the battle royal

11) New Day beats League of Nations