Wrestling Discussion Thread

That Paul Heyman segment at the end of RAW last night was stellar. Although the less said about this monstrosity, the better.

Just watched the main event for the RR. What an ending! It was actually pretty electrifying when McMahon came out and it was a belter when The Rock landed the People's Elbow.

so chamber seems like a pointless ppv now to me, well the match at least. great match on raw though one of the best ive seen on tv for a while

Which match? Punk and Jericho? Because that was so good, saved a pretty lacklustre RAW for me.

yeah y2j v punk

Punk and Jericho are probably my two favourites right now, along with D-Bry, they all consistently perform well.

JayMoyles wrote:

Punk and Jericho are probably my two favourites right now, along with D-Bry, they all consistently perform well.

Yup they really are great, though I liked that Raw overall as there really wasn't any messing about or wasted time. Surprisingly I'd say Ryback (who I find really boring) had his best match yet, despite a dodgy leg drop.....what I'm not suprised about is that Cesaro was involved.

Cesaro does so much considering how little he is given, they really need to give him decent feud/opponent now. (no not the miz)


@dusty picture fail

Really? It's showing up for me. Hope this isn't going to become the new 'pony wearing a cowboy hat'...

no pic dusty, isnt cesaro suppose to be having a feud with christian when he returns

JayMoyles wrote:

Which match? Punk and Jericho? Because that was so good, saved a pretty lacklustre RAW for me.

There was some satisfaction in seeing Lesnar F5 The Miz too I must say.

treesmurf11 wrote:

JayMoyles wrote:

Which match? Punk and Jericho? Because that was so good, saved a pretty lacklustre RAW for me.

There was some satisfaction in seeing Lesnar F5 The Miz too I must say.

Definitely, just to end that terrible Vicky and The Miz segment.

also a good match this week, between y2j and d-bryan. still calling that ziggy cashs in at chamber, y2j wins chamber, ziggy v y2j world tilte at wm29. and i guess im the only one to watch TNA but A double and R double are the tag champs yes.

I could happily watch that all day

Good RAW this week. Y2J once again in an amazing match, Mark Henry acting like a tank, good Heyman promos, I enjoyed it!

Apologies for the double post, but I was wondering what you guys are feeling in regards to the Elimination Chamber. I'm surprisingly hyped for it. I'll go through each match and predict the outcome.

Preshow - Tensai and Brodus Clay Vs. Team Rhodes Scholars

Tensai and Brodus should walk this. There's no real tag-team to challenge Team Hell No at this stage, I can see WWE building up some momentum for Brodus and Tensai to take the titles soon.

Antonio Cesaro vs The Miz for the US Championship

Cesaro should take this. I can't see him dropping the US Championship quite just yet. I'm fairly certain the WWE will have Jack Shwagger pushing for the US Championship soon, what with his "Real American" gimmick and everything.

Kaitlyn vs Tamina Snuka for the Divas Championship

I wasn't aware this was a feud before Smackdown last Friday. I don't really care who wins, it'll probably be Kaitlyn.

Elimination Chamber Match for WHC #1 Contender, Mark Henry vs Daniel Bryan vs Kane vs Jack Swagger vs Chris Jericho vs Randy Orton

With Jericho booked to go on tour after Wrestlemania, I can't see him winning, although I'd like him to. No - with the push Mark Henry's received lately, this will be his match. Looking forward to this match!

Alberto Del Rio vs The Big Show for World Heavyweight Championship

This'll be Del Rio's. The feud with Big Show needs to be wrapped up, and it won't end if Del Rio drops the title to Show. However, I smell a Ziggler MITB cash-in, if it doesn't happen here, it'll definitely happen at Wrestlemania.

The Shield vs Team Superfaces

The Superfaces will probably take this, but in a way which still makes The Shield look strong. Not particularly invested in this if I'm honest.

The Rock vs CM Punk for WWE Championship

This'll be Rocky's. They're obviously touting for Rock vs Cena II at Wrestlemania, although I'd like to see that be Rock vs Cena vs Punk.

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I can see WWE building up some momentum for Brodus and Tensai to take the titles soon.

Thanks for the laugh there

Anyway I'd say they'll build to a Rhodes Scholars vs Team hell no match again as that's what they were initially doing until they split up Rhodes & Sandow..........then they put em back together as they realised (again!) they have nothing planned for them solo.

If the normal two chamber matches were happening as usual then these guys would surely be in it.

I also think a Cesaro vs Swagger in the near future could be great given their current gimmicks & ability, but the hang up is that they're both heels, but yeah I'm looking forward to the free PPV got my pizza & drinks all set.

I'd say Swagger-Del Rio is more likely to happen than Swagger-Cesaro.

I think Elimination Chamber will go pretty much as you'd expect, the Elimination Chamber and six man tag team matches are the only ones that are tough to call.

Dusty Knackers wrote:

I'd say Swagger-Del Rio

They should do this, purely just to re-use the "show me your papers" line.

The_Jaster wrote:

Anyway I'd say they'll build to a Rhodes Scholars vs Team hell no match again

But from what I've heard Rhodes Scholars are dark match exclusives. I mean I'd love to see them with the titles... but with an obvious Hell No breakup imminent, who else is poised to take the titles? 3MB? The Shield? Brodus and Tensei are depressingly best poised for the titles, a la a Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty.

The tag team division has been in right old state for years, too much focus is put on the main event matches but I guess that's where the money is or the creative team is spread too thin & they just seem to love mashing two solo wrestlers together for some reason.

The biggest travisty in WWE is how they currently use the likes of The Uso's, Primo & epico who were simply born to wrestle.

watched the chamber yesterday was pretty rubbish, a few botched moves and cant believe that there doing the ADR v Swagger its going to go along the lines of your mexican im american i should have the world title not you blahh blahh cena v rock is now confirmed not that bothered about that either. At the moment not really bothered about mania, be intrested over these next 47 days how they use Y2J, orton etc at mania that were money in the bank should be so these other stars can get a match, i suppose they could do wade v orton for the IC at mania, The tag diversion has been rubbish in wwe for years and thats were in till recently TNA was better. But doesnt HHH want to almost scrap the DIVAS and focus more on tag teams they just to find some teams though. also what about Kane V Bryan at Maina for the tag titles (its been done before)

I think the opposite is true about the Divas division, Triple H wants it to be better. This is why they hired Sara Del Rey, she's in charge of training the women in NXT, they want to recapture the standard of womens wrestling they had in 2002/2003 when Finlay was in charge of training.

On the tag team situation, WWE have always had this thinking that a 'wacky' makeshift team is better than an established team. So any hope you have of The Usos or Primo and Epico being Tag Team Champions can go out the window if teams like Brodus Clay and Tensai, and Great Khali and Hornswoggle exist.

New WWE Championship belt? At least it's not as garish and ugly as the Spinner belt. No idea why it has to have big shiny jewels on it though.

Not watched RAW yet, but I caught up on the Chamber last night. Cannot believe Swagger won the Chamber, I'm fully expecting a Ziggler cash-in at Mania. I can easily see a Ziggler vs Jericho match at Mania, then Ziggler cashing in before his match with Jericho making the Jericho/Ziggler match a WHC match.

Chamber altogether was okay. Really disappointed with the Del Rio match, botches everywhere. The Shield match was surprisingly good, and I was happy to see them win cleanly. As for Rock/Punk II, eh. Just eh. Really hope we get a Rock/Cena/Punk triple threat at Mania, because right now, I have no idea what they're going to be doing with Punk at Wrestlemania.