The WWE/Pro Wrestling Thread

Here are some highlights from Japan's G-1 Climax. These videos might be taken down. I recommend watching it ASAP.

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Judging from a Paul Heyman interview I just read, seems like Punk is 100% dedicated too MMA.

Lesnar should get a super long run so plan C-M-Punk can take effect even though he'll probably drop it too Reigns or Bryan

 

I don't have the WWE Network so I can't follow what's going on in NXT but I'm hearing that Eva Marie had a bad performance in her NXT match. The fans were crapping on her. I think it's better for her to not wrestle and just be a manager/valet just like what Lana is doing.

The same can be said for Alberto Del Rio. He can return to fighting in mixed martial arts. His win-loss record is not bad, 9 wins and 5 defeats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio#Mixed_martial_arts

Del Rio has a good ground game, more of a grappler/submission fighter. He just needs to work on his striking.

 

He had done MMA fights in the past while wearing his luchadore mask.

 

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Had no idea they are celebrating Hulk Hogan's birthday today.

 

That crowd popped when Dean Ambrose got out of the big present/gift box.

Just realized it's in Portland. :/

 

What was this about?

 

Everything Steph does is gold lately. She knows how to get heat

This is great

 

I can't believe Jack Swagger is getting the push and Cesaro is not. Smh.

 

They messed up trying to turn Cesaro heel when he was getting baby face type pops.

And I'm not sure anyone expected Swagger to get the pop for beefing with Rusev. It was genius to put those two together tho. Rusev still needs to win the US Belt to make this feud even more legit tho

 

Red and Yellow (throwback Rockets colors) >>>>> Black and White

 

Dammit. I wanted Sting to show up.

 

Hey yo! :grin:

 

Did Heyman call himself Brock's "advocating Jew" or did I hear that one wrong?

 

He said that. He was trying to stylize it like a John Cena rap.

 

Paul Heyman can sell just about anything.

Lesnar/Cena is going to be hard to watch.

 

They could be 137 years old and I'll mark out every time. My favorite stable ever.

 

My opinion of Hogan has been steadily going down over the last decade. You have to acknowledge everything he did for the industry, and his name is synonymous with wrestling, but I don't remember him doing anything that I was genuinely interested in since he put over Goldberg. If he had gone away for a while and then came back it would be an event, but he always seems to be around.

Frankly most of his segments are hard too watch. Same with Nash, and don't get me started on druggie.

 

This term applies to like 95% of all wrestlers from that time period, hall has come a long way it seems.

I also think you are off base on Hogan, I mean i was born in 95 so my only memories of him live are from his 2002-2003 run but from what i remember he was always getting a reaction and i was always entertained.