General Wrestling Discussion

[ElHijodeDeficienciaCogni]

literal anime character Sgt Keroro had a run in there

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight title belt was the Ironman Heavymetalweight champ once. It was the Hiromu Takahashi vs Kazuki Hirata match at Ultimate Party 2023. Honestly a very good comedy match with Hiromu completely subverting your expectations the entire match. Ultimate Party 2023 is asolid show outside of the Mid Cardona match which completely killed the audience heat, and the Jeribloat vs Takeshita match where tubby submitted Take A Shit in the middle of the ring clean at his home promotion during their second biggest show of the year. The Saki Akai retirement match and ceremony were great.

 

[crunchy bits are the best]

One of the better ones.

E: And I gotta wonder how much of the crap re: Baker is overblown/made up. She split from her concentration camp boyfriend (who I believe is tight with the Bucks, no?) and I can't imagine that there isn't some sour grapes over that.

I don't think she's some great worker or anything, but it just seems weird that this high school drama bullshit is creeping out.

I'm more excited to see this WWE-TNA working relationship than AEW's backstage drama, which has been more interesting than their wrestling shows as of late.

 

[Neighborhood Janny]

Looks like no more Britt in AEW. It's time for Dr. Isabelle Yankem to show up on NXT.

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Oh no, Tony found new toys to play with? Color me shocked. Baker has too much talent to be held back by AEW.

I really do not like Becky Lynch. Never have. And anytime I try to see what I'm missing, I just dislike her even more. It makes me feel like I'm fucking crazy for not seeing why she was so dick-smashingly popular.

Someone posted earlier that it was very much an organic situation of getting over with the crowd through hard work and persistence instead of being liked by Vince. I liked Becky because she was spunky and fun to watch. But her appeal has worn away over time. Her character hasn't changed, there's been no real angle for her to be involved in the women's division, and she's just boring. The feud she had with Rhea Ripley in 2024 leading to Mania was actually giving me some hope for Becky. She seemed reinvigorated and was putting in some good promos. Hell, the match with Rhea was the best match at Mania following Roman vs. Cody on night 2.

Becky has some genuine go-away heat with me. If I never saw her on TV again, I wouldn't think it to be odd at all.

It is the year 2025, and TNA is hotter than AEW. WTF is this timeline?

Nic Nemeth and Joe Hendry had one of the best TNA matches of all time last night at Genesis. Absolute DIMES.

 

[Judas Connor Moon]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about Brit's possible departure? Brit had the luxury of being the only woman who could talk on AEW TV early on than covid happened and she got over exposed. Toni Storm carried the woman's division however this memory loss thing is just stupid. Good way to kill you momentum.

TNA is a easier sit with a shittier production than AEW is with a good production. TNA also has the built some stars so that helps too.

 

[trent]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about Brit's possible departure?

I'd still consider myself an OG AEW fan and i don't care if i never see Britt again even though she was a huge part of their womens division in the early days.

She was a good promo but she was getting carried hard by better workers for most of her title run because she's only an OK wrestler and then she pitched a bitch-fit once she realised she wasn't going to be top dog any more because a few girls who could do it all showed up in AEW.

I just don't see her ending up in WWE once her AEW deal runs out. She isn't good enough to run the risk of her poisoning the locker room even if you get the initial bump of people marking out for the former big star from the other place defecting to NXT.

I see her future as bouncing around the indies and making an absolute tit of herself with diva behavior because she thinks they need her more than she needs then when it is in fact the other way around.

 

[Shoresy]

haha Michael Cole said bitch (during Penta v Peter Doone)

 

[A.P. Hill]

Catches her foot on the rope which fucks up her angle, then the way she gets caught fucks her even more, and all her weight comes down on her ankle. Plus they had basically zero room between the ring and rail to actually fall. So stupid.

The fat bitch pulled a Sid?

 

[ElHijodeDeficienciaCogni]

Would it kill Netflix to do picture-in-picture?

 

[Shoresy]

Would it kill Netflix to do picture-in-picture?

Are you getting commercial breaks with actual commercials on Netflix? I just get brief flicks to black when there's "commercial time", but the action keeps going.

 

[ElHijodeDeficienciaCogni]

Are you getting commercial breaks with actual commercials on Netflix? I just get brief flicks to black when there's "commercial time", but the action keeps going.

We get commercial breaks where they run promo videos. The Logan Paul one they are running right now is actually pretty based ngl.

 

[Shoresy]

We get commercial breaks where they run promo videos. The Logan Paul one they are running right now is actually pretty based ngl.

Ohhh, those things. Yeah, the first one when Rey came out was awkwardly placed tbh. Otherwise, I don't mind them. It's a nice little breaktime to go smoke a joint. At least during matches, when they do the black flicker, I can see the guys doing their rest spots which is fun.

 

[The Nothingness]

What was up with going to commercial when Pete Dunne was in the middle of promo?

 

[Figantic Gaggot]

What was up with going to commercial when Pete Dunne was in the middle of promo?

its the world's most miserable man. wouldnt you wanna cut to commercial too instead of hearing him sulk?

 

[CyrusHowler]

Lmao Phil got mad about Today and had to make fun of Hulkster to get a cheap pop.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

I really do not like Becky Lynch. Never have. And anytime I try to see what I'm missing, I just dislike her even more. It makes me feel like I'm fucking crazy for not seeing why she was so dick-smashingly popular.

Because they want to have sex with her

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[cypocryphy]

To be fair, Russo was pretty good in 97 and 98. He was the one who put the New Age Outlaws together I think.? They were one of the most over teams ever.

 

[Caddo Cobgang]

seems like Sami vs KO is going to be a match heading into Mania, makes sense with KO turning heel and probably attacking Sami after he loses to Cody at the Rumble

 

[Never Scored]

To be fair, Russo was pretty good in 97 and 98. He was the one who put the New Age Outlaws together I think.? They were one of the most over teams ever.

I think some of Russo's work in TNA is a bit underrated too. A lot of it was stupid and trashy, but it was entertaining.

I feel like his best stuff is this Jerry Springeresque trashy stuff that's just a little retarded. When he's left to his own devices like in WCW, it goes beyond a little retarded and gets hard to watch.

 

[Rick The Stick]

The fat bitch pulled a Sid?

The execution, and meme potential, left much to be desired but the results were indeed the same.