Wrestling Discussion Thread

Love these things, so, how many double champions can you name in 7 minutes? http://m.sporcle.com/games/Zohar/doublechamp

My score: 12/28 (I missed some real obvious ones)

I managed 22/28, due to not watching between 2003-recently, there were a few names there that I didn't get through guessing.

This one is tough. I managed 12.

Kenta Kobashi retired yesterday. Legend. Before injuries left him with a repertoire as predictable as Ric Flair's, I'd have said he was perhaps the greatest heavyweight wrestler of my lifetime.

I could link you to dozens of classic matches from Japan, but here's his match with Samoa Joe in 2005 - his last visit west. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KYsHPDmzU

EDIT: I just tried Jay's unsuccessful challengers quiz. Bit too easy for me seeing as it gives you a list of the events that those matches took place, but I still only got 30/39. The later Elimination Chamber matches humped me (though I'm disappointed that I forgot the Royal Rumble 2007 answer, seeing as that's one of my favourite title matches)

Thanks for that - brilliant match with a great crowd. I've never watched any of Kobashi's stuff before.

26/28 on Jaster's

18/39 on Jay's.

Hall of Famers? Give it a whirl, I got 51/92 http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/wwehofinductees

Jesus, 29.

Did a bit better on this one, 43/60.

In actual wrestling news, what do you guys think about Ziggler's concussion? Reckon he'll make Extreme Rules?

Also, on another hilarious note, JTG has been employed for six years now. Boggles the mind.

58/60 for me there, only

Spoiler:

stumped me.

I don't get the flack that JTG comes in for. He's got a cliched character, but he's an okayish performer, rather see him compete than say... Zack Ryder *raises shield*

Put Seth Rollins down Dusty, I agree. Ryder is a moany wank with an awful gimmick.

Raw was pretty bad last night. A kayfabe injured Cena almost beating The Shield single-handedly clean was stupid. At least they're going to come out of Extreme Rules with plenty of titles.

It could've been worse though, only one was pinned cleanly & the others DQ'd and as soon as I seen their ppv title matches confirmed I knew they'd "lose" because of the whole opposite momentum thing.

Hopefully WWE will be giving things a bit of a shake tonight, we've been suffering really badly from a WrestleMania hangover. I'm thinking it will be a night for the heels, wins for The Shield, Brock Lesnar and (in particular) Ryback all have to come later. Ryback will be a lame duck if he doesn't win the WWE Championship, there is nowhere else to go with him if he doesn't win the belt tonight.

Yep - all those heels you mentioned will look bad if beaten. The Shield with belts ascend to a new level, Brock needs a win if he is indeed staying on and Ryback needs a win for the reasons you mentioned.

However, I can see some faces coming out on top too, namely Sheamus, Orton and Jericho. Plus, if Ryback does win, I can't seem holding the belt for longer than a month. Cena and Punk will be feuding soon, or perhaps Cena and Lesnar.

Thoughts on Extreme Rules chaps?

I thought The Shield's ascent to title glory was cracking. Jericho/Fandango was pretty average. Sheamus/Henry was alright. Orton/Show was better than it had any right to be. Del Rio/Swagger has killed heel wrestling if WWE sticks to this instant replay idea. The two main events, pretty good. PPV would get a solid 7.5/10 from me.

Aye it was alright, the pacing was just all wrong for me & ending with brock/HHH was odd, but that was due to the no contest between cena & ryback and also no Ziggler.

....but aye enjoyable ppv even more so with a few beers.

Good article on a proposed card for Payback in June.

They're coming...

I don't think I've ever caught more than ten minutes of NXT, but I'm assuming something drastic must have changed for people to get such a rager at the prospect of TAFKA Husky Harris? When he was on RAW in his last run, I couldn't help but think that there was no chance in hell that he'd have a job in WWE if it weren't for his Dad.

p.s. A quick search on Wikipedia to check my facts has shown me that Bo Dallas is Bray Wyatt's brother and, more importantly, I.R.S.'s son. Dallas might be the blandest wrestler I've ever seen on WWE television. Yeah, same situation, nepotism prevails.

So you don't find his new character intriguing or captivating at all? I think he has that X factor like no one else has had in wwe for years, I think he can be really big if they handle it right but maybe it's just the fact (like I said before) you missed his initial NXT reveal?

Anyhow, with that said I actually wouldn't mind if they run these kind of promos for a few more weeks to build up more interest much like they did on NXT.

The guy's great on the mic and has a real energy in ring. I think he'll do great, and with a stable to back him he'll really make waves on the main roster.

But yeah, Bo Dallas... bland as hell. Glad the better Rotunda is hitting the main roster this time.

Thought this before, but I want a DNA test done in the Rotunda family, there is no way that IRS, Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas are all related - three completely different looking people with no family resemblance whatsoever!

I can see it between Wyatt and Dallas. Wyatt just looks like Dallas if you stretched him out, removed the rattiness and added a bit of beef to him.

The_Jaster wrote:

So you don't find his new character intriguing or captivating at all? I think he has that X factor like no one else has had in wwe for years, I think he can be really big if they handle it right but maybe it's just the fact (like I said before) you missed his initial NXT reveal?

Beyond that RAW promo and some random NXT match he had with Bo Dallas a few months ago, I've seen nothing of the Bray Wyatt character. I was basing my opinion of him on his first RAW run with the Nexus. I thought he had a crap look, worse tattoos and was rubbish to watch in the ring.

I know a lot of folk are raving about him, but I didn't see any promise in either his RAW run as Husky Harris or that really poor NXT match with Bo Dallas.

JayMoyles wrote:

I can see it between Wyatt and Dallas. Wyatt just looks like Dallas if you stretched him out, removed the rattiness and added a bit of beef to him.

Wyatt looks more like his Granddad BlackJack Mulligan



& I can see the similarity between Bo & IRS


@Phillips
To be fair that secondary nexus run was all poor along with the likes of Mcgillicutty (Axel) & Mason "vote for me" Ryan.

So Daniel Bryan is in shit-hot form then.

He feels like the top guy at the moment, even though in WWE's eyes he's not. The reaction he gets week in and week out dwarfs anything Cena's received in ages.

Hope they can work in a good singles feud for him.

Actual spoilers below.

Spoiler:

I think they'll innevitably start him off with one vs Kane & given how they worked together as a team I think it'll be cracking.