The Mystery Limo Wrestling Thread

What a mystery limo might look like:

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Myke, that's just Jakks - they haven't made a new body part for their figures besides heads since like 2006.

They also did fun things like releasing Matt Hardy figures where the pants were camoflauge on the front but not on the back.
 
More than once I've wanted to start collecting wrestling figures but every time I've really started looking at them in stores, I've been disappointed. Only a few of the bigger, "deluxe", diorama-style figures have ever really struck me as dramatic or even accurate.


...I'm probably expecting too much of children's toys.
 
[quote name='Chase']Kamala and Kane look quite nice.

Mattel is doing great work with the WWE license.[/QUOTE]

Is it me, or does the Shawn Michaels look nothing like Shawn Michaels? I had to check the file name to even figure out who it was supposed to be.
 
What was up with the limo anyway? Did they show anybody coming out of it? It was the last thing I saw before I started recording Raw on my VCR, and I fast forward through commercials and stuff. I usually don't miss big stuff like that, but I could have.
 
[quote name='lmz00']I just assumed it was for the NXT rookies.[/QUOTE]

so did i, but then when they never showed them i second guessed it.

edit: does anyone else also HATE the new lop layout?
 
Can't stand it, cdubb. I used to love their simple, mobile friendly layout and now it just looks even more like a cheap pagebuilder than it did before.

Do not want more HBK figures with that same damn outfit. Would it kill Shawn to get some new gear one of these days?
 
least its not just me.

apparently im going to smackdown in louisville the day after i go to raw in lexington. my friend won 2 ringside seats. im rather excited, never seen mysterio or punk wrestle. and ringside seats should be fun.

ill make a "im matt youngin it" sign so i can be noticed easily
 
[quote name='Halo05']More than once I've wanted to start collecting wrestling figures but every time I've really started looking at them in stores, I've been disappointed. Only a few of the bigger, "deluxe", diorama-style figures have ever really struck me as dramatic or even accurate.


...I'm probably expecting too much of children's toys.[/QUOTE]

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  • Metal ringposts
  • Real canvas
  • Fabric ring skirt
  • Metal turnbuckles
  • Foam turnbuckle covers
  • Gnarly old blue cage
  • Awesome
Reading the Smackdown spoilers,
Drew McIntyre got a "you can't wrestle" chant.
I'm repulsed by Manchester, NH.
 
Tickets go on sale Saturday for a Raw double shot the night after SummerSlam, also at Staples Center. 2 weeks of Raw and possibly a Superstars match or two for $20-75 (the price range listed on WWE.com)? Awesome deal. If I'm as lucky as I was with the SS tickets these past 2 years, I'll have a great seat like I did for both of those shows and only be spending $150 total for the PPV and 2 Raws. JJ, you should consider going.

Some stream of consciousness thoughts on Raw and NXT:

RAW

I wasn't sure what to think of Bret Hart being fired as GM. That caught me completely off guard. But I read that he's getting married (again), so maybe that's the deal. Still, I'm not sure what other role he could play if he ends up back on TV. He has a beef with the NXT guys, but he can't really wrestle, ya know?

I wish he and Vince both never came back to TV after WrestleMania, or at least the night after with Bret. While Bret's my all time favorite and Vince is just great, that Mania match was the perfect sendoff for both. And while I marked out for Bret's US title win, saying your last match was against The Miz on Raw doesn't really have the same luster as saying you beat the **** out of your enemy of 12 and a half years at WrestleMania and got him to tap out.

I'm wondering, like everyone else, about the new GM. Daniel Bryan would make the most sense. I could almost see Bret Hart turning heel and being the mystery man, having fooled Vince into giving him "absolute power" with the idea that he'd **** the NXT guys, only for it to turn out that the limo thing was a ruse all along (again!) and that Bret's using NXT as a means of getting back at Vince along with more job security. Michael Cole did use the adjective "ultimate" in some statement about the GM last night, but... nah, it couldn't be. Could it?

The whole NXT angle has played out perfectly. I never wanted to see guys like Darren Young, Michael Tarver, or Skip Sheffield on my screen again, but WWE has even made them interesting. I'll be Ryan Reeves/Skip Sheffield never thought, while he was on Tough Enough, that he'd be clotheslining Vince McMahon in the main event angle on Raw one day. And Darren Young- who looks much less goofy and more badass with the stubble- acknowledging the "black John Cena" comparisons was great. However, still don't think that Michael Tarver repeatedly mentioning the fact that he's a philanderer who has 5 kids by 5 different women is a good idea. Using an insulting black stereotype as part of his character... way to go, WWE!

It sucks that, when Natalya finally got a chance to wrestle a singles match, she really didn't get to wrestle that match. The only logic I see in doing that part of the NXT deal then (other than most people not caring about women's wrestling in WWE) is if The Hart Dynasty will be a part of some anti-NXT army, which would also consist of John Cena and Randy Orton, of course.

Oh, and the exchange between DiBiase and Virgil? Golden. Maryse and DiBiase are a great pair.

NXT

Why do they need 2 different women to handle the announcing on a 1 hour show? The new woman is, as they said, Ashley Valence. The blonde goes by "Aksana" in FCW. Maybe Ashley got her period mid-show and they needed a replacement. We all know blood isn't allowed on WWE TV these days.

I liked tonight's show a lot. Pretty good matches all around, save for the main event. Terrible names aside, I definitely like the season 2 rookies a lot more than the season 1 guys as far as their work on NXT goes. The NXT 7 have been really good in their angle on Raw, no doubt.

Percy Watson is just remarkably charismatic, and it's hard not to smile when he comes out. He's like a modern, better (as far as character, at least) version of Norman Smiley. They need to tweak his gimmick a bit so that, once someone riles him up, he goes from happy go lucky to ****ing DESTROYSMASHKILL.

Are they giving Kaval the Daniel Bryan treatment? He's a 10 year indie vet who's not a big man, who keeps losing, and has a mentor (well, mentors) who he completely clashes with, yet he can't even get revenge in a match down the line. I mean, LayCool is pretty entertaining and the segments the group has together on NXT are funny, but I don't know where they're going with this. Also, having Kaval come out to the tune of, "You're not enough for me; just another man in love with me" is just... wrong.

NXT has a lot of faces. Do you think they'll eventually do season 1 (heels) vs. season 2 (faces) on Raw or Smackdown, or as an inter-brand thing?

Like I said- good show overall. Michael McGillicutty and Kaval stand out most on the wrestling side, and Percy Watson and Alex Riley play their characters very well. There's no one on the show who I actively dislike, which is definitely a departure from season 1.
 
Aww, as much as I love mystery limo, mystery Hummer from the 90's is wayyyy better.

That Kane figure with the chains/towel is SO awesome. I'm surprised they went with that as the look on his face, but that makes it even better. I haven't bought an "action figure" in well over a decade but I may have to get that one. A little biased since prior to Shane McMahon cutting the balls off it, that was easily one of my favorite monster heel runs of all time - but it looks great regardless.

This makes me want to go check out what I do have - during the aforementioned period about 12-13 years ago, I bought a ton of WWF & Marvel figures and never opened them. They probably aren't worth shit but I guess I should look into it.
 
I think it was when he was wearing the dumb towel like Tazz. I kinda remember chains, that he would have removed before his match would start.

I could be wrong though.
 
[quote name='cdubb1605']ill make a "im matt youngin it" sign so i can be noticed easily[/QUOTE]

For the love of all that's holy, man, try to retain some dignity.
 
[quote name='masked lemon']I think it was when he was wearing the dumb towel like Tazz. I kinda remember chains, that he would have removed before his match would start.

I could be wrong though.[/QUOTE]

You're right. It was right after he unmasked.
 
That was one of the best ring entrances I've ever seen: Kane came out flanked by police escorts all chained up and they'd have to uncuff him and stand outside the ring during the match.
 
The chains were right after he unmasked - he was flipping out and killing random people left and right, including the tombstone on Linda thing. I remember some backstage segment where they found Dreamer unconscious and covered in blood - one of the Random Guys Standing Around even said something like "he's not breathing!" which seemed pretty out there for WWE.

They'd bring him out of a police wagon before his matches - kind of like the long Goldberg entrance but far better.

Other than Lesnar, there was no better presentation of a monster heel in the past decade. Not sure if it was better than his introductory run in '97, but it's neck and neck for sure.
 
[quote name='Masked Lemon']Danielson because I don't believe he is fired from the company, or if he is, he will be revealed when his 90 days or whatever is over.

Shane is plausible, HBK, HHH, and Nipple H don't make any sense either.

The GM has something to do with NXT, or else he wouldn't have hired the NXT wrestlers. He also wouldn't have any reason to put Vince in as the Special Ref.

That being said, all signs point to Daniel Bryan or Michael Cole. [/quote]
The anonymous GM angle seems to have been a last minute thing. I can guarantee you that Bryan Danielson is NOT the GM. Danielson was fired and is not currently even on the roster, hence why he is taking indy bookings right now. I'm sure Danielson will be brought back into the company, but it won't happen anytime soon.

Michael Cole is more of a possibility, but he doesn't make sense as a GM especially since he was reading the emails! I'd hate to think he was actually writing the emails and Jerry Lawler just didn't happen to catch Cole doing this.
 
Lawler can't even figure out how to vote for shit on wwe.com. You think he'd figure out that Cole was emailing himself?
 
[quote name='masked lemon']Lawler can't even figure out how to vote for shit on wwe.com. You think he'd figure out that Cole was emailing himself?[/QUOTE]
I'd hope so, he sits directly next to Cole. I'd like to think Jerry at least has some common sense.
 
I actually am going to agree with the new GM being Daniel Bryan. They'll keep him anonymous until Bryan is signed with the company again, and then reveal him. I think the story they'll use is something like "Vince was so impressed with Bryan's meanstreak, but then he was even more impressed with him backing off after the attack. Vince sees a little of himself in the way Bryan can cause chaos so he gave him the GM job."
 
Check it, an interview with Chris Jericho: http://www.fanhouse.com/2010/06/22/chris-jericho-moving-up-as-host-of-downfall/

An excerpt about building new stars...
And my style of wrestling is not going to be here forever. I mean, the guys that came in the way I did, the hybrid Japanese-Calgary-Mexican guys are pretty much gone. There's a few of us left but not many. I wish to God there would have been a guy like that to work with me in WCW. Someone who wanted to make some stars. I could lose 100 nights in a row, I could lose to you, and it wouldn't make a frickin' difference. I could win the world title the next night and everyone would buy into it because I'm at that level where I'm bulletproof. We have to take advantage of that and use it for the good of the company and the good of some of these guys that are coming up that I feel have some of that mojo that can really do something in the business.
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And his take on the Daniel Bryan situation...
I think he got caught in a crossfire. I think he was the scapegoat for somebody getting angry at the choke thing. Obviously, that's been a hot button topic for years. I don't think he did it maliciously. I don't think Vince (McMahon) fired him maliciously. I think it was one of those things where hands were tied and somebody got angry from somewhere and they had to make a knee jerk decision to do that. I think it hurts the NXT group because it's great right now when you have seven animals ganging up on one guy. That's a great visual but when it comes down, at some point they're going to have to wrestle. At some point, somebody's going to have to wrestle. And Wade Barrett is good but Danielson was the gem and could go out there and have five star matches with anybody. And they don't have that right now. That's the one thing I think is a little bit of a weak link in the NXT chain is the fact that they don't have that. So losing Bryan is going to be, it's going to be a blow. Hopefully, they'll bring him back at some point because he's a great guy and a great talent. I worked with him for about six minutes on the first NXT but it was a great match and I would love to work with him more and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.
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[quote name='neocisco']For the love of all that's holy, man, try to retain some dignity.[/QUOTE]

Aw neo, you're always hating.

I guess that was from the last thread and I missed it.
 
[quote name='neocisco']For the love of all that's holy, man, try to retain some dignity.[/QUOTE]

such hatred
 
[quote name='Sigma']The anonymous GM angle seems to have been a last minute thing. I can guarantee you that Bryan Danielson is NOT the GM. Danielson was fired and is not currently even on the roster, hence why he is taking indy bookings right now. [/QUOTE]

I'm not saying you are wrong but remember the Matt Hardy angle where he actually did a Ring Of Honor show and plugged it on Raw during a run-in? I don't think the fact Danielson is taking indy bookings is proof that he is really gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7K0oNE8zfo
 
[quote name='Sporadic']I'm not saying you are wrong but remember the Matt Hardy angle where he actually did a Ring Of Honor show and plugged it on Raw during a run-in? I don't think the fact Danielson is taking indy bookings is proof that he is really gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7K0oNE8zfo[/QUOTE]

That was great. Am I in the minority wishing that Matt had at least received a shot at one of the major championships at some point?

I'm still waiting for that Edge & Christian feud culminating with a TLC match for the title...
 
Just found this out, sorry if its old but apparently the NXT group is calling themselves Nexus. Not bad, better than the NXT Seven.
 
Neither Hardy nor Danielson's firing were "angles." They may turn Danielson's situation INTO an angle like they did with Matt, but there's nothing fake about Danielson no longer on the WWE payroll.
 
- While the tie incident with Justin Roberts is said to be the reason Vince McMahon gave to Bryan Danielson for his WWE release, some in the company believe that Danielson spitting on John Cena may have been the real reason. Vince hates spitting and has banned it in WWE’s rings for a long time. Vince has a hatred for people spitting, smoking and sneezing. At the same time, it’s pretty much guaranteed that Danielson didn’t spit on Cena without clearing the move with Cena himself ahead of time.
Top WWE Star Given Time Off, News on the World Heavyweight Title and More…
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter




....So umm....WON thinks he was fired for SPITTING???


How the hell did Carlito get his gimmick approved equipped with a IC title at one point then?!?!?


Now, if you kindly remember though, two scenes were not shown on WWE's youtube clip - him spitting, and the tie incident. So that can make you think and ponder...but then again this whole situation can do that.

I think one day Vince or ol buddy will be interviewed and one of them will honestly give the reason and we'll all either go "....that makes sense..." or "lawd that was garbage!"
 
I think it's pretty telling that the only time Fatt Hardy is slightly interesting is when he is fired or suspended...


And until I am shown otherwise, I firmly believe Bryan Danielson is the new Raw GM.
 
Danielson is legit fired. To confirm, the reason for Danielson's firing is the spitting, not the choking. The Observer got it right about Vince's dislike about spitting. Don't be surprised if he's eventually hired back at some point, just not anytime soon.
 
[quote name='neocisco']Danielson is legit fired. To confirm, the reason for Danielson's firing is the spitting, not the choking. The Observer got it right about Vince's dislike about spitting. Don't be surprised if he's eventually hired back at some point, just not anytime soon.[/QUOTE]

I doubt that is the case. Didn't Vince personally call Danielson to tell him he was fired? Why would he do that if it was Danielson's spitting that got him fired?
 
Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but I honestly don't think that Vince is quite *that* ridiculous. Even if he dislikes spitting, he fired the most over guy in a very over program. I can buy the political pressure angle, but firing Danielson over spitting just makes too little sense.

Plus, again, I stress that if he was let go because of Vince's whim, they would've buried him... but they didn't. All signs point to Vince making a decision that he didn't entirely want to make.

There are a lot of explanations I'd buy for this incident, but this just isn't one of them.
 
Vince allegedly doesn't like spitting but the decision wasn't made on his own. Supposedly a sponsor didn't like it at all.

Choking is alright but spitting is a no-no? Das not cool.
 
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