Wrestling Thread May 5-18 | 5/16 Black Friday for WWE - Stock Price Crashes

[af1 1982]

 
Just like Sheamus popcorn muscles getting worked over by little dudes.

Just like Sheamus pipe being slurped on 13 year olds kids on the internet because he looks bad ***

 

[Case]

This one's tough for me. Rick Rude is without a doubt up there. I've always been a fan of Ziggler's as well. Dude worked that upper chest and shoulders to give the illusion that he was bigger than he really is. 

It's hard to argue against Ricky though..Dude was ripped enough for people to believe he could go against the over-sized guys of the 80's, but yet not so big that he couldn't perform lightning quick or high flying moves..Pretty much the perfect combination if you ask me..

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[Case]

I think a guy that never gets mentioned for pure strength, and should, is Ron Simmons..Back in his WCW days the man was one of the, if not the strongest, guys on the roster..I remember he used to throw Vader around like it was nothing..And that's saying something..

 

[Peep Game]

He definitely was slinging Vader around like Brock slinging Big Show .

 

[had pants]

Anyone looking forward to Raw tonight?

 

[4wrestling]

No new thread this week.  I don't have the interest after last week's awful Raw.  Plus I want to go back through some of the past pages.

There will be a new thread next week.

For tonight's Raw (via Dave Meltzer):

--On Raw tonight, they will be pushing the 6/1 Payback PPV top matches.  As of this morning, there was a John Cena & Usos vs. Wyatt Family match scheduled.  Internally, a lot of eyes are on Adam Rose, since his debut was viewed as a failure and we're told that's a bigger story that people are letting on, although I don't know why.  However, we just heard that everything major was changing today, but all we heard is the changes have to do with Daniel Bryan.  

--The WWE's European tour starts Wednesday in Glasgow.  Everyone will be at Raw today, but half the crew is leaving tonight for Glasgow and the other half will work Greensboro tomorrow night.  That crew flies out after TV to Rome, Italy to start on Thursday.  It's a two week tour that will continue with another show on Thursday in Newcastle, England; Friday in Leeds, England and Turin, Italy; Saturday in Nottingham, England and Innsbruck, Austria; Sunday in Birmingham, England and Cardiff Wales.  Raw will be a taped show on Monday from the O2 Arena in London, and Smackdown will also be taped on Tuesday at the O2 Arena.

 

[af1 1982]

Yall hear about D-Bry getting hurt?

 

[af1 1982]

- We noted before that plans for WWE Payback had been changing at RAW this afternoon. Word now is that WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan is taking a few weeks off due to a neck injury and could be missing Payback. The injury is expected to be announced on RAW tonight. 

Bryan will most likely need a minimally-invasive neck "procedure" to fix the injury. If all goes well, he could be back in time for Payback. A source at RAW notes that Bryan has been quiet backstage all day. 

 

[Meangene45]

Damn man Dbry been having it bad lately.

 

[4wrestling]

All @CmPunk  posts will be removed going forward until he is officially banned.

 

[af1 1982]

 
All @CmPunk  posts will be removed going forward until he is officially banned.

Thought scuba steve already banned him

 

[had pants]

All the best to D Bry's recovery.

 

[4wrestling]

 

You guys think Goldust is a future Hall of Famer?

I think he absolutely is.

Agree. His mania feud with Piper was dope

We're talking about the WWE Hall of Fame which really means nothing.  He'll go in for sure.

 

[4wrestling]

 

 
All @CmPunk  posts will be removed going forward until he is officially banned.

Thought scuba steve already banned him

Ah, I wasn't sure.  Good, makes my job easier.

 

[had pants]

Wondering if Adam Rose can bounce back after last week's travesty.

 

[4wrestling]

Has this ever been mentioned here? It was in my recommended list on Neflix.

Not sure if it's the same documentary, but Review-A-Wai reviewed "The Backyard"

Nov 21 - The Backyard
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[4wrestling]

 

Goldust is def a hall of famer I think.

Good to see that clown gone.

If Mitch Richmond can make the Pro BBall HOF, GOldust can make this HOF.

Yall have to remember, this dude is a CHARACTER that has spanned a long time period. Name recognition might get him in there alone. So I say yes

Please don't ever compare the WWE HoF to a real HoF.

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

I never understood why people make such a big deal out of Punk's or Bryan's "skinny fat" physique but nothing was ever mentioned of Ric Flair's.

Well, I've never heard anything mentioned anyways...

Flair use to be fat before he wrestled though, I'm talking dusty huge according to him on the scsa podcast.

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Where dat new thread at b

 

[DCAllAfrican]

But yall dudes were all on Leon Rose's nuts before he debuted. I told yall that damn gimmick was a failure to begin with.

 

[4wrestling]

DC or anyone else, can y'all put me onto a good WCW PPV? Never really watched much of that stuff growing up.

Everyone talks about Great American Bash 1989 as the best NWA/WCW PPV.  Seems like a pretty unanimous opinion. 

 

[af1 1982]

Adam Rose just a weird dude man. Pointy ears, googly eyes, vampire teeth. Dudes just a weird weird man.

 

[Meangene45]

His entrance works on a small show like NXT but its just not going to work on RAW.

 

[af1 1982]

To me his gimmick is to troll and dance around the ring, then get his *** beat. He should be jobber status in no time.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Well at least Flair had definition in his shoulders/traps and upper chest. Punk never had that.

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