The Wrestling Thread

[Jayesh87]

Tover's fave team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzI3idDYLPg&feature=related

[Joe King]

W-O-R-M and the Hip Hop Drop

[Imy]

Wrestlemania XXV


April 5, 2009 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas

Card:

WWE Championship Match
Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton

World Heavyweight Championship
Triple Threat match
Edge (c) vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena

Streak vs Streak
The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels

Money in the Bank ladder match
CM Punk, Kane, Mark Henry, Montel Vontavious Porter, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston, Christian, Finlay

Extreme Rules match
Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy

Legends Match
Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Snuka (with Ric Flair)

Tag team Lumberjack match to unify the WWE Tag Team Championship and World Tag Team Championship
The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) vs. John Morrison and The Miz

WWE Intercontinental Championship
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

25-Diva battle royal
Winner will be crowned "Miss WrestleMania"

[Imy]

My predictions:

HHH to win
Cena win
Taker Win
MVP to win MITB
Matt Hardy to beat his brother
Legends to win via help of Micky Rourke
Miz and Morrison to become the unified champions
JBL to retain the IC championship
Trish Stratuss to become Miss Wrestlemania

Got to say the build up this year has been really poor, if it wan't Wrestlemania i wouldn't even bother watching it.

[Tee]

They seem to be showing a lot of Stone Cold Steve Austin on Sky.

And The Rock...

[Joe King]

Oh God, the most awfully assembled Wrestlemania card since 1997. Look it up. The whole feeling is that of a normal PPV which obviously shouldn't be the case heading into the biggest wrestling PPV in the calender year. I certainly watch wrestling a lot more intensively from the Rumble onwards and it started quite optimistically with few feuds being teased however as the weeks went on, there was a feeling especially after No Way Out that maybe the storyline was done arse backwards. Doesn't help when you have Vince McMahon as chairman who depending on what side of the bed he woke up, decides what the storyline will be for the next couple of weeks. Its that constant change in storyline is why WWE is heading into a slippery slope and has stagnated with the development of wrestling talent coupled with the piss poor delivery of angles and bookings.

My predictions:
Triple H - big McMahon celebration at the end. Big whoop. I'm sick of this nepotism.
Cena - Edge will always be regarded as a transitional champion at this rate
Taker - no doubt
MVP - seriously, Fattest Man? Mark Henry? Father to a hand?
Legends - boo!
Miz and Morrison - with the help of one of the twins. I don't know which one is which and I don't care.
JBL - and then he can finally retire.
Diva battle royal is as enjoyable as watching Khali wrestling Heidenreich.

[Joe King]

They seem to be showing a lot of Stone Cold Steve Austin on Sky.

And The Rock...

Austin is being inducted in the Hall of Fame this year along with Ricky Steamboat, Funk Brothers, Von Erich Family, Bill Watts, Howard Finkel and Koko B. Ware.

Meh line up.

[Jayesh87]

HHH to win
Cena win
Taker Win
Christian to win MITB
Matt Hardy to beat his brother
Legends to win
Miz and Morrison to become the unified champions
JBL to retain
Kelly Kelly to become Miss Wrestlemania

[MrMichael]

My predictions

Meh
Meh
Taker
Fatest man, epic lolz
Jeff
Mega Meh
Meh
Meh
lol

Meanwhile, nobody cares about that anyway, its all about Sting v Foley in a cage. THAT'S SARCASM BTW!!!!!

[Joe King]

Seriously - Foley vs Sting? How long was that build up

[denny ammo]

I went last year and it was ace. I've never been so drunk at a 'sporting' event. This year looks half-arsed, and I won't be as drunk.

[spud_gun]

[The Erectile Banana]

That Brock Lesnar has really let himself go.

[Leyton388]

Just got TNA on now and in a few years i can see this taking over WWE just because WWE is its own worse enemy at the minute. The story lines for WWE are predictable and get very repetitive as has been said in the thread by Joe. There isn't a big big star in WWE in the way it had the likes of Stone cold and the rock! I know the undertaker is still going but the whole WWE thing is **** at the minute.

TNA has

Foley
Jarrett
Sting
and most of the big stars that were with WWE/WWF

Plus pay per view to watch Wrestlemainia?? WFT it is bad enough they do the boxing as ppv but WWE!!! Wrong on all accounts.

[Joe King]

Mr Michael - might as well merge this thread LOL

In regards to TNA, yes they have some very big names, recognisable to the casual wrestling fan i.e. Sting, Foley, Nash, Angle however besides AJ Styles, TNA haven't really produced talent and developed them to become top card wrestlers. Storylines wise - TNA is pants. Ask Mr Michael, booking definitely could improve however the matches provide much more intriguing viewing especially the X Division whilst some of the heavyweight title fights like in WWE are a snoozefest.

Please don't include Jarrett as a top wrestler