The Wrestling Thread

[chadrtc]

I went to WCPW: True Destiny last night... it wasn't terribly good!

[chadrtc]

Lucky you. Should be a cracking show

Yeah, its my birthday as well. Going to book a hotel and eat and drink all weekend... cant wait!

[MrShawnMichaels]

I managed to get tickets for the Progress Super Strong Style 16 last night, I can't believe how quickly the tickets went. All snapped up as full weekend tickets in a matter of seconds!

Lucky you. Should be a cracking show

[Gingawaria]

So it looks like a mixed tag: Cena/Nikki v Miz/Maryse

That's a dumb move - wasting Cena and Miz to further a bloody Total Divas storyline?

Just have Nikki v Maryse and leave Cena and Miz to have their own matches on the card.

[chadrtc]

I managed to get tickets for the Progress Super Strong Style 16 last night, I can't believe how quickly the tickets went. All snapped up as full weekend tickets in a matter of seconds!

[MrShawnMichaels]

So it looks like a mixed tag: Cena/Nikki v Miz/Maryse

[Alex]

Maybe they do. But the quality of matches on some other shows over the year makes up for it not all being on one night now IMO. Wrestling is as good now as its ever been (In ring quality wise)
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[MrShawnMichaels]

Wrestlemania hasnt been about good matches for a while now. Its about the spectacle and what big match ups they can squeeze in.

I love it, but I know its not for everyone.

Missed out on tickets for Progress 44 yesterday as their ticket system **** itself. But ill try again next time.

I think they miss a trick. I get why they want to make it all about the pomp and whatever but the undercard should have something to appease the hardcores.

[Jayesh87]

Seth Rollins is injured

[Alex]

Wrestlemania hasnt been about good matches for a while now. Its about the spectacle and what big match ups they can squeeze in.

I love it, but I know its not for everyone.

Missed out on tickets for Progress 44 yesterday as their ticket system **** itself. But ill try again next time.

[MrShawnMichaels]

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Not even close. The only match on this card that has any chance of approaching the quality of the vast majority of matches on the Wrestle kingdom card is Owens v Jericho... if it wasnt for the fact theyll only get 15 minutes.

They should get 20/30 mins based on their history and their work rate. But we'll need our customary concert in the show which kills 20 mins itself. Maybe The Rock can come and scratch his arse and milk it for 30 mins and beat up any number of jobbers

[MrShawnMichaels]

Not to make anyone jealous but I've got tickets to the Rev Pro show in April which includes KUSHIDA, Kamaitachi, Goto and best of all, ELITE

They run great shows every three months at York Hall. Sabre v Scurll was an awesome 40 min match recently and Shibata v Matt Riddle (#bro) match. In November, I managed to see this brilliant Chris Hero v Ishii match which was stiff af.

[chadrtc]

The Rumble event was good bar the Rumble itself. Numbers 1-20 were filled with cannon fodder largely. They built the narrative of it being a monster Rumble but there were few demonstrations of that. Orton winning felt incredibly flat.

Mania card as it stands is:
Goldberg/Lesnar
Orton/Wyatt
Cena/someone average apparently so I'm guessing Corbin
Taker/Reigns
Shaq/Show
Owens/Jericho
Styles/Shane
Rollins/HHH (unless thats been changed to Joe)
Charlotte/Banks/Bayley/Jax
Bliss/Nikki
Some IC ladder match
Tag matches for the titles

Not sure those matches are of the quality we saw in WrestleKingdom.

Not even close. The only match on this card that has any chance of approaching the quality of the vast majority of matches on the Wrestle kingdom card is Owens v Jericho... if it wasnt for the fact theyll only get 15 minutes.

[MrShawnMichaels]

The Rumble event was good bar the Rumble itself. Numbers 1-20 were filled with cannon fodder largely. They built the narrative of it being a monster Rumble but there were few demonstrations of that. Orton winning felt incredibly flat.

Mania card as it stands is:
Goldberg/Lesnar
Orton/Wyatt
Cena/someone average apparently so I'm guessing Corbin
Taker/Reigns
Shaq/Show
Owens/Jericho
Styles/Shane
Rollins/HHH (unless thats been changed to Joe)
Charlotte/Banks/Bayley/Jax
Bliss/Nikki
Some IC ladder match
Tag matches for the titles

Not sure those matches are of the quality we saw in WrestleKingdom.

[chadrtc]

This program they've been doing with Goldberg & Lesner would've been amazing if it was Joe instead of Goldberg. I've got no interest in seeing a rematch of the worst Wrestlemania match of all time. Goldberg looks like hes going to tear a quad every time he moves.

Undertaker looks completely finished to me, the hip operation has done for him. It was sad seeing him like that at the Rumble, hobbling around, out of shape. He'll be doing a short job for Reigns I would think... I've no interest in seeing that.

I just hope they pull their fingers out and add something interesting, because the big sweaty part timers are of no interest to me.