Wrestling thread

[Acey Trixx]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

Backlash tomorrow has one of the worst card's I've ever seen. There's a bunch of boring Wrestlemania rematches, a 12 way diva match and a Batista v Shawn Michaels match that precisely 0 people are interested in, oh and Khali vs Big Show! Possibly lining up to tbe the worst match on PPV ever. Mind you I'll still watch it.

Looks like Regal is coming back to full time wrestling - see his interview on the Sun website today.

Rumour is that Mick Foley will be taking over from Coach on commentary on Smackdown, I really hope it's true, Coach is a horrible commentator, and he had big shoes to fill after JBL who was brilliant. I remember Foley from the first One Night Stand he was pretty darn good on that.

yeah im gonna watch it as well but right now the only match im really interested in is Matt Hardy vs MVP. Im hopeing they do something with regal now hes King and not just waste it but remembering what they did with King Booker dosent exactly fill me with hope. Getting rid of coach for foley would be a massive improvement but Cole is still terrible

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

I actually like the new ECW. Ok it's about as far removed from old ECW as it's possible to get, but with Raw and SD being packed with all the big musclebound lummoxes like Batista, Undertaker, HHH, Umaga, they put all the smaller more agile guys on ECW and the wrestling on it is always top notch. It's really the closest thing WWE have to an X-Division, with guys like Kofi Kingston, CM Punk, Chavito, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, it's a nice change from watching huge guys punch and clothesline each other. I've got high hopes for Kingston like, I've bee really impressed with him.

Yeah i know what ya mean i guess its just because its called ECW when its not really irritates me. It surely cant be long till they move CM Punk out of ECW and the Money In The Bank could be the way to do it although by doing that they do remove ECW's only big Babyface (kingston will get there in time but just not yet but im really enjoying his matches so far)

Also whos all got tickets for Raw in november?

[Lucky Rathen]

Well Backlash mostly sucked but hey.

Here's some pictures of Hulk Hogan rubbing baby oil into his daughters vagina to make up for it.

HOT NEW COUPLE ALERT - UPDATE - What Would Tyler Durden Do

[Mindcancer]

Has Hulk split with Linda?

[Lucky Rathen]

yeah they divorced becuase he got caught cheating on her with his daughters stylist, who was more than half his age.

[Mindcancer]

Seriously? When did that happen?! Anyone get tickets for Survivor Series at the AECC in November?

[Lucky Rathen]

Tail end of last year I think, initially it was just reported that they had irreconcilible differences, the girl came forward later.
Tidbits: Hulk Hogan cheated with Brooke?s BFF - Tabloid Tidbits - MSNBC.com

Didn't get tix unfortunately.

[Lucky Rathen]

Heres my thoughts on Backlash since I have nothing better to do just now.

Matt Hardy vs MVP
A good opening match, pretty fast paced and entertaining. I am always impressed with MVP, I think he's got a great future ahead of him, he's got the ring skills and a good gimmick. Good to see Matt get a title but really he lives in Jeff's shadow these days and rightly so - Jeff offers something not many other WWE guys have, Matt doesn't have anything special. And please, somebody teach him how to cut a promo, his one after his match was garbage!

Kane v Chavo
This was a total mismatch from the start but they gave it their all, pretty poor way for kane to start his title reign though, he always looks better against the bigger guys.

Big Show vs Great Khali
Maybe the worst match ever to feature on a WWE pay per view.

Shawn Michaels v Batista
It was a good match, I can't stand HBK but give him his dues, he really gets the crowd whipped into a frenzy with all the near falls and taking a total beating and still going. the ending was good but a little strange, I did believe he was genuinely injured. There was absolutely no point in Jericho being invlolved as referee as he did nothing except officiate, it didn't put him over, or plant seeds of a heel turn, though after seeing Raw on Monday it looks like he might turn heel and start a program with HBK. Which is good for Jerichoholics, his and Shawn's styles will work well together and he'll get the chance to shine, whereas his feuds with Orton and JBL didn't exactly set the world on fire.

The 12 diva tag match was really just there for titliation. I watched it but I felt dirty afterwards.

Undertaker v Edge
Brilliant match. These two really get the best out of each other and this rivarly still clearly has legs. Edge may be the best heel in the company at the moment. They've really built up Taker's lethal choke hold and Edge sold it like he'd had his throat crushed. Can't wait for the rematch, hopefully edge will win his title back!

Cena v Hunter v orton v JBL
Predictable but enjoyable. I figured straight away that JBL would be first eliminated since they didn't even bother showing him on screen before the match. he was really just there to make up the numbers. Though I was surprised to see Cena get eliminated so quickly. Orton and Trips really raised the game once there was just those two left, though it was just brawling, no pretty stuff. saw the ending coming a mile off though since it was exactly the same as the previous two matches!

Other thoughts.
All the matches finished with a clean pin or tap out, which was a nice change. I hate DQs and countouts and shite like that.
Foley was pretty good on colour commentary, he did have a tendency to go on a bit too much and talk during important parts of the match while Cole was trying to do play by play. But the difference between him and Coach was glaringly obvious. What Foley does so well is he talks up every move as though it's complete agony, describing how it hurts and why it hurts, suddenly you look at headlocks and armbars in a whole new light. Once he learns when to shut up I think he'll be awesome.



PPS just watching smackdown now, taker has been stripped of the title! Fuckin 'ell!

[drahcirv1]

YouTube - Wadabotch MIKE ADAMLE Edition.

Is this guy just a big joke by the WWE.
Like maybe its just a very late April fools gag?

Saying that he's still better than when Larry Zybysko did the commentary on WCW.

He's even worse than Mike Tenay and Don West on TNA and thats something i never thought possible.

[Acey Trixx]

Originally Posted by Mindcancer

Seriously? When did that happen?! Anyone get tickets for Survivor Series at the AECC in November?

yeah i managed to get tickets like

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

Heres my thoughts on Backlash since I have nothing better to do just now.

Big Show vs Great Khali
Maybe the worst match ever to feature on a WWE pay per view.

surely kahli vs kane at mania was worse..thats from memory so i could be wrong..

[Acey Trixx]

also as another comment whats the opinion on regals current push? i personally can wait to see him back doing some proper full length matches looking like him vs kennedy which could be good with kennedy turning face. Also does anyone have any ideas what the angle is with the end of ECW with tazz and adamle walking off?

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Acey Trixx

also as another comment whats the opinion on regals current push? i personally can wait to see him back doing some proper full length matches looking like him vs kennedy which could be good with kennedy turning face. Also does anyone have any ideas what the angle is with the end of ECW with tazz and adamle walking off?

It looks like they are giving Regal a serious push instead of just being a comedy character who can pull funny faces, which is a good thing cos Regal is a really good wrestler. It started in the London edition of Raw a few months ago when he had a title match against orton and gave him a right good fight. In fact he was kicking fuck out of him until Orton pulled an RKO out of nowhere. If they weren't planning doing anything with him they would have had his get squashed, by giving Orton a run for his moniey they made him look like a serious contender. I don't think for a second he'll get a title run though, HHH, Cena, Orton, JBL Jericho, Umaga, Ken Kennedy are all ahead of him in the pecking order. Maybe a run with the I/C title. Hopefully they do something better with the King of the Ring thing than they did with Booker T, watching him wear a crown and call everyone his subjects got boring really fucking quickly.