WCW was good for older veterans, but for new starting guys it was hard to get over I remember reading Eddie Guerrero's book how he really started hating going to work (WCW) he did not want to wrestle anymore the company just drained all the love out of something he really loved doing.
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Sad CM Punk will be in another Money in the Bank (3 in a row he will be awesome but I wanted him in a singles match.) About the Tag titles I see them becoming unified as well I hope that will bring back a good Tag Team Division.
Am I the only PWG fan here?
Last Saturday's show was awesome. Generico vs Kenny Omega, Paul London stoned out of his mind and Colt Cabana out of nowhere.
One of the best shows ever.
Last Saturday's show was awesome. Generico vs Kenny Omega, Paul London stoned out of his mind and Colt Cabana out of nowhere.
One of the best shows ever.
How is PWG? I only usually keep up with the main stream (WWE) and ROH and NOAH.
Yeh, I'd actually never heard of PWG until this thread.. So I'd like a bit more information on it. (Or was it that federation trying to be the 'new ECW' a while ago that never got fully started, with X-Pac in it).
I only really watch WWE, TNA rarely when I catch it on Bravo.
I only really watch WWE, TNA rarely when I catch it on Bravo.
I'm a bit of a WWE fan personally.
At this point, I only watch the RAW and Smackdown shows though. ECW is just....aaaah. It was cool for awhile back when they actually had decent people wrestling, but now it's mostly new folks I could honestly care less about. Also lol Jack Swagger. By the way, whatever happened to Big Daddy V?
TNA I'm not such a fan of either. I only watched a couple episodes of it and it did not make me want to continue.
But yeah, good to see other fans of wrestling around. :)
At this point, I only watch the RAW and Smackdown shows though. ECW is just....aaaah. It was cool for awhile back when they actually had decent people wrestling, but now it's mostly new folks I could honestly care less about. Also lol Jack Swagger. By the way, whatever happened to Big Daddy V?
TNA I'm not such a fan of either. I only watched a couple episodes of it and it did not make me want to continue.
But yeah, good to see other fans of wrestling around. :)
Jack Swagger is actually good and ECW is the brand to build up their young stars. Big Daddy V got released last year he was sent by WWE to lose weight for them and his own health, he couldn't get it done he caught pnemounia and got released. Right now Big Daddy V is doing NWA shows as King V and is rumored to be working with TNA (again) on a later date.
Eh, I'm just not a Swagger fan, something about his blank stare and smile has always bothered me, lol.
Well I guess they did need a show to build up the newbies on, but it's just not even interesting enough to merit watching anymore, in my opinion.
Also, I've never heard of ROH and the like till this thread. O_o
Well I guess they did need a show to build up the newbies on, but it's just not even interesting enough to merit watching anymore, in my opinion.
Also, I've never heard of ROH and the like till this thread. O_o
Jack Swagger's smile reminds me of Freaky Fred from Courage The Cowardly Dog. Also if you want more info on Ring of Honor here is their official website www.rohwrestling.com they are more based on the actual wrestling than storylines.
Freakie Fred
Haha, it kinda does now that you mention it.
I used to kinda like the storylines in wrestling. Rathr than watch them unfold as a fan, I tried to watch them from the companies point of view, if that makes sense.
Essentially I see what the are trying to accomplish by inciting certain feelings in the viewers and garnering support for or against a character and how they can capitalize on it. (IE, creating a heel and having him start a rivalry with a well established wrestler already) This kind of thinking doesn't do much in the long run for me as it tends to make itself real repetitive and expected. You kinda already know what the final end result will be. :/
As a whole, no franchise seems to be on the ball with their storylines at all lately. Shows have been getting boring and just tedious to watch.
I used to kinda like the storylines in wrestling. Rathr than watch them unfold as a fan, I tried to watch them from the companies point of view, if that makes sense.
Essentially I see what the are trying to accomplish by inciting certain feelings in the viewers and garnering support for or against a character and how they can capitalize on it. (IE, creating a heel and having him start a rivalry with a well established wrestler already) This kind of thinking doesn't do much in the long run for me as it tends to make itself real repetitive and expected. You kinda already know what the final end result will be. :/
As a whole, no franchise seems to be on the ball with their storylines at all lately. Shows have been getting boring and just tedious to watch.
I marked out for the Adamle botches and Vintage Cole quotes. Michael Cole Bingo would be fun to play, for some reason I can't hotlink it but here is the url.
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Yes Ricky Steamboat is going into the Hall of Fame.
Yep..
Shame though, looks like Randy Savage is the only one of the top guys from that era who isn't going in ;/
I like your avatar man it is awesome, shame Savage will likely never get into the Hall of Fame.
I love Santino also! I don't remember the last time he won a match though. Thank god he shaved his head because that mullet/mohawk/w/e he had was ugly lol. I'm glad Maryse returned on Smackdown..she reminds of a female randy orton..snobby,cocky,arrogant..yeah :p.
Does anyone invest in the WWE DVDs (other than the pay-per-views)? I rarely have time to watch them weekly but I do like to buy these from time to time.
On the subject of Savage, there is apparently a DVD of his coming out in June...ish? Silvervision released a match listing and it was like 7 Wrestlemania matches and 3 Summerslam matches, among others, which is lame. I hate when they put already-available stuff on DVDs like that.
I picked up The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect and the documentary was really, really, really, really, really good. I loved all of his vignettes they included on there too, like the perfect passer and the perfect bowler. He played that character so well. The match selection is pretty terrible though - the Summerslam 91 match against Bret Hart is great, but it's been done before. I have it on Bret Hart's DVD actually. Plus, there's only 10 matches, and he loses over half of them. There was an IC title match between he and the Texas Tornado on there (TT was champion) that was just awful. It wasn't even the match where he regaind the title and it was a DQ ending.
The next one I want to pick up is the Saturday Night's Main Event one, and maybe the History of the IC Title. As for the ones I have that I definitely recommend... Flair's sets, Hart's set, The Ladder Match DVD, and the History of the WWE Championship. Good stuff.
On the subject of Savage, there is apparently a DVD of his coming out in June...ish? Silvervision released a match listing and it was like 7 Wrestlemania matches and 3 Summerslam matches, among others, which is lame. I hate when they put already-available stuff on DVDs like that.
I picked up The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect and the documentary was really, really, really, really, really good. I loved all of his vignettes they included on there too, like the perfect passer and the perfect bowler. He played that character so well. The match selection is pretty terrible though - the Summerslam 91 match against Bret Hart is great, but it's been done before. I have it on Bret Hart's DVD actually. Plus, there's only 10 matches, and he loses over half of them. There was an IC title match between he and the Texas Tornado on there (TT was champion) that was just awful. It wasn't even the match where he regaind the title and it was a DQ ending.
The next one I want to pick up is the Saturday Night's Main Event one, and maybe the History of the IC Title. As for the ones I have that I definitely recommend... Flair's sets, Hart's set, The Ladder Match DVD, and the History of the WWE Championship. Good stuff.
did anyone see the swagger v christian match? I thought it was amazing lol
I thought the same thing. The way Christian sold the arm injury was a perfect rub for Swagger to play up his amateur wrestling background. It gave him credibility as a viable champ to watch him pick that arm apart.
Christian is crazy underrated in some of the hidden parts of pro wrestling like selling moves and psychology of the match and last night was a perfect example of both.
Does anyone else think Matt Striker is the best color commentator?