The "Alberto Del Rio" Wrestling Thread

[quote name='neocisco']Nexus B-team?[/QUOTE]

Precisely what I was thinking.

Is Primo's rookie "AJ"? I think she uses/used the name Miss April in the indies and is dating Jay Lethal.

Speaking of which, what's he doing in TNA currently? Off the air or in the once-every-three-weeks 3-minute nowhere match as a way of using the boost he got from working with Flair?
 
Yeah, that's her Myke.

Pretty much on the money with the once-every-three-weeks thing. Though I can't remember if he was on again after jobbing clean to Jeff Hardy 3 days after beating Flair.
 
[quote name='diddy310']What isn't clear about "This is the moment, the moment is now, my moment, moment moment, of the moment of the genesis of mcgillicutty....moment...moment..."[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that was pretty hilarious. He must have repeated that like three or four times. His earlier promo was bad too.
 
kaval wins, he'll be a good addition to the SD roster (hopefully) i dont think putting him on RAW would be a good call.
 
oh yea....who called next thread since this stuff is all secretive???
 
[quote name='strongpimphand']oh yea....who called next thread since this stuff is all secretive???[/QUOTE]
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that guy did exercise that hand correctly....so I guess I get the next one...
 
That beatdown at the end of NXT was completely reasonable, logic-wise, but did nothing for me storyline-wise.

To explain... okay, so these season 2 guys have seen that BEATING THE SHIT out of people gets you to main event SummerSlam, so having them realize that it's not an awful idea was a nice move. The problem is, it didn't really 'fit' with anything they were doing. I'm sorry, Lucky Cannon is a heel now? I admit, though... I hate the guy, but he showed more charisma in that heel promo than he did all season. So, now what? They can't interfere with season 3, because beating up women is a PG no-no (though, I guarantee that the 'THAT'S A HUGE BITCH' woman will be put in a match with a guy at some point). So, what, they become the new Nexus? They join Nexus? I heard someone mention a B-team, but let's be fair here... with the exception of Barrett, season one is very much the lesser of the two groups now. What I don't want is for this to become some nWo/Wolfpac shit, which seems unlikely anyway, given that both groups are heel. My dream direction here? Barrett kicks out the other four, recruits Husky, Hennig, O'Neil, and Riley. That's a Nexus I'd watch.

Sidenote: the fact that a lot of them had trouble hitting their finisher on KAVAL was fucking hilarious. Oh, and too many NXT guys have the 'Barrett' set-up to get to a finisher.

Sidenote #2: have they not yet realized that having two guys promo each other at the end of the season doesn't work, especially when one of them is just *painful* on the mic compared to the other? That was Otunga/Barrett all over again.
 
[quote name='Blackout']Yeah, that was pretty hilarious. He must have repeated that like three or four times. His earlier promo was bad too.[/QUOTE]

Yeah it was terrible. he soundedlike he was about to fall asleep standing up towards the end.

And yeah what was up with the ending? It looked like the NXT guys started beating each other up, but then kept going after Low-Ki without even realizing it. Also, I couldn't help but notice that Husky had him up for a slam, and MVP was standing directly in front them while this was going on and did nothing.

That was a classic clusterfuck.
 
Vickie Guerrero's Twitter Account(ExcuseMeWWE) said:
I am loving my job...I have acquired a female giant as my rookie...life will be interesting in the next 12 weeks!
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12 weeks? Does that mean those hoping for a shorter NXT season are about to be brutally disappointed?
 
They need to rename NXT Season 3 to Wrestlicious Takedown. I will take Goldust over Jimmy Hart any day though.
 
[quote name='BlueSwim']12 weeks? Does that mean those hoping for a shorter NXT season are about to be brutally disappointed?[/QUOTE]
Yea....i'm not watching the next NXT....
 
[quote name='cdubb1605']kaval wins, he'll be a good addition to the SD roster (hopefully) i dont think putting him on RAW would be a good call.[/QUOTE]

I dunno... Lets face it, the writers know about Kaval. They know about Danielson. And they know about Bourne. I'm sure that if he ends up on Raw, they'll stick all 3 into some angle and the internet will cream itself even more than last time.
 
I didn't watch Raw on Monday, but I know how WWE likes to promote itself so awkwardly (i.e., that it tries to convince the viewers they have the same sense of brand pride that WWE does about itself). With that in mind, I thought this blog was an excellent deconstruction about how that worked to the detriment of the actual flow, writing, and enjoyment of the program on Monday: http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/caldwellstake/article_43467.shtml

EDIT: A two-fer, this one an analysis by Lance Storm of Dixie Carter defending Vince Russo in a shoot interview (really?) she did:
Is saying we have far shittier writers than Vince Russo working for us, a reason to employ the man?

...

So if those are the reasons behind her continued employment of Vince Russo, perhaps the new signing to TNA she is teasing on Twitter is OJ Simpson or Rush Limbaugh. They are both polarizing characters that a lot of people hate, and I’m pretty sure they didn’t write those really shitty “Fire Russo” segments either.
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http://www.stormwrestling.com/083110.html

heh.
 
I've been reading the Rise and Fall of WCW....and I hate doing it. Really do.

...Because I know the book is going to end in about 30 pages.

Just reading about Russo and Bischoff from a book written in 2004 I believe...and comparing it to 2010....HILARITY, MADNESS, AND SAD FRUSTRATIONS.

To think that Russo was booking to try and fool the 'smark' back then....shake...my...head!
 
Thing is, Russo hasn't even come close to fooling the smarks.

But he has fooled the important people - the ones who signed his paychecks at WCW and the ones who currently sign his paychecks in TNA.
 
So I'm watching Lucha Libre's last episode, and i'm wondering if this was a shot at TNA. RJ brewer's girl is Brooke Carter, and she's the daughter of a rich Texas oil guy.... Sounds slightly familiar.
 
[quote name='niceguyshawne']I would have liked to watch Raw last night but I couldn't take all of the "Friends only had 200 episodes" bullshit.[/QUOTE]

What I think is funny is how the WWE completely ignores the fact that any daytime soap that's been on for five years has beaten RAW's episode count. Which means nearly every daytime soap on right now in fact has had more episodes than RAW.
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']What I think is funny is how the WWE completely ignores the fact that any daytime soap that's been on for five years has beaten RAW's episode count. Which means nearly every daytime soap on right now in fact has had more episodes than RAW.[/QUOTE]

I think they were mostly comparing themselves to prime time episodic shows though.
 
Joey Mercury is out for up to six months after tearing a pectoral muscle, thus explaining his sling he's been wearing. Also, the third season of NXT (the Divas season) will begin next Tuesday with the finale on October 1st prior to Smackdown's debut on SyFy.
 
[quote name='Brak']Foreign? Check.

Brown? Check.

Foreign speaking mouth piece to infuriate and confuse the big, dumb galoot audience? Check.

Wealthy? Check.

Drives vehicle to the ring? Check.

Groundbreaking, original WWE heel.[/QUOTE]

My first thoughts on ABR? Hispanic JBL.

Even his theme sounds like a hispanic version of JBL's

Makes me think, that they'll go this route, put the HVWT belt on him, have him turn Face and basically be the next Eddie Guerraro.
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-']My first thoughts on ABR? Hispanic JBL.

Even his theme sounds like a hispanic version of JBL's

Makes me think, that they'll go this route, put the HVWT belt on him, have him turn Face and basically be the next Eddie Guerraro.[/QUOTE]

Wait until you hear what Christian calls him on Smackdown this week.

Juan Bradshaw Layfield
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']What I think is funny is how the WWE completely ignores the fact that any daytime soap that's been on for five years has beaten RAW's episode count. Which means nearly every daytime soap on right now in fact has had more episodes than RAW.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking a newsmagazine show like 60 Minutes or 20/20 would have more episodes, but they weren't counting those.

BTW, did you know that Raw has more episodes than The Apprentice, Big Brother, and Survivor COMBINED?
 
Real quick: thanks to whoever posted that link to Lance Storm's site yesterday... I literally killed like half my work day on there.

The guy seems to really have a handle on the business (though, I disagreed with how to run the ECW/TNA Invasion, as I don't think it'll play out quite how he thinks), and seems shockingly not overly bitter about his treatment.
 
Did anybody else check out the WWE.com piece on "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman? It was one of the few times anything written on WWE.com has compelled me enough to actually read it instead of just skimming it.
 
[quote name='TooMuchCoolness']Goldust is gonna ruin the next NXT season, why the hell is he still employed?[/QUOTE]

Yeah. THAT'S what'll ruin it. Sure.

And you're wrong anyway, Goldust is awesome. Aside from the novelty of seeing the 6'9 chick with Vickie, he's the only worthwhile personality on the entire fucking show.

Naomi Knight (Pro: Kelly Kelly)
Maxine (Pro: Alicia Fox)
AJ Lee (Pro: Primo)
Aksana (Pro: Goldust)
Jamie Keyes (Pros: The Bella Twins)
Aloisia (Pros: Vickie Guerrero)
 
The Bella Twins can teach Jamie Keyes valuable wrestling skills, like dropkicks to the kneecaps and acting like you want to screw whichever minor celebrity is hosting Raw this week.
 
[quote name='BlueSwim']Did anybody else check out the WWE.com piece on "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman? It was one of the few times anything written on WWE.com has compelled me enough to actually read it instead of just skimming it.[/QUOTE]

It was interesting, I certainly didn't know he had a shot in the WWF in 1989 that he missed out on due to being on his deathbed in south africa.

THAT IS THE KIND OF SHIT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. Come on WWE, I fuckin' HATED Steve Blackman because his martial arts shit was hokey and the dude was eleven kinds of bland. But if I knew he "fought off death" to be in the WWF, perhaps I would have been more interested in a guy whose entire WWF persona can be described as "martial arts training."

Gawd, I can hear michael cole saying that now.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']It was interesting, I certainly didn't know he had a shot in the WWF in 1989 that he missed out on due to being on his deathbed in south africa.

THAT IS THE KIND OF SHIT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. Come on WWE, I fuckin' HATED Steve Blackman because his martial arts shit was hokey and the dude was eleven kinds of bland. But if I knew he "fought off death" to be in the WWF, perhaps I would have been more interested in a guy whose entire WWF persona can be described as "martial arts training."

Gawd, I can hear michael cole saying that now.[/QUOTE]

VINTAGE death fighter!
 
[quote name='TooMuchCoolness']Primo is gonna ruin the next NXT season, why the hell is he still employed?[/QUOTE]

Fixed.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']It was interesting, I certainly didn't know he had a shot in the WWF in 1989 that he missed out on due to being on his deathbed in south africa.

THAT IS THE KIND OF SHIT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. Come on WWE, I fuckin' HATED Steve Blackman because his martial arts shit was hokey and the dude was eleven kinds of bland. But if I knew he "fought off death" to be in the WWF, perhaps I would have been more interested in a guy whose entire WWF persona can be described as "martial arts training."

Gawd, I can hear michael cole saying that now.[/QUOTE]

But what about Head-Cheese?!?
 
[quote name='Brak']^ WWE comedy sucks the fattest dick.[/QUOTE]

Justin Long agrees with you:
While promoting the movie, you and co-stars Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day appeared on WWE’s Monday Night Raw, right?
[Laughs] Yeah. In no way am I being self-deprecating when I say that was a disaster. It was just not the audience to be promoting a movie like that to. We were so out of place. It was just awkward. They’re all fired up to see guys pummeling each other, not to see three nerdy comedy guys do some bits. They played the trailer for this crowd and it just silenced them — and not in a good way.

So what do you do in a situation like that?
You just commit to it as best you can. We were in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, and the only time we really had the audience on our side was when we were praising the Lakers. And before that I think the majority of them were contemplating throwing things at us. There were a few homophobic remarks. I don’t want to generalize it, I know some wrestling fans. But it’s just not the audience.
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I really don't see what all the fuss about either Alberto Del Rio or The Miz is about. Both guys seem like they're trying WAYYYY too hard to be interesting and relevant. I don't like that... I prefer a more natural approach to character acting. A lot of wrestlers always say their character is just their actual personality amplified x 10 or whatever. That's how it should be.. it should be a natural fit. I just don't see it with guys like Alberto Del Rio and The Miz. I get more out of Laycool or Alex Riley than I do those two. Really boring...

[quote name='neocisco']"You guys" meaning 1 or 2 people? The TNA reference was a work, plain and simple.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't really say "freaking out" either.. more like "questioning the purpose of".
 
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See, it feels like Riley is just doing Miz's schtick with a layer of jock attached.

Miz is simply a cocky, arrogant, whiny little shit who you can't help but want to see get his teeth kicked in. His look is great for his character, and he's gotten really good at being a heel lately.
 
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