The "WrestleMania Stinks" Wrestling Thread

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Dunno what WWE will do with them, but I'm glad to see these guys get WWE paydays.

My guesses:

Davey Richards becomes "Richard West"

Sami Callihan becomes "John Samson"

Trying to think of more generic names within the realm of possibility, but I can't. I mean "Adrian Neville." How does that even happen?
 
WWE may just keep their names. It really doesnt get much more generic than Davey Richards and Sami Callihan... I know WWE gets shat upon a lot for their random names, but very few indie names are any better.
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']Rumors have it that Davey Richards has signed with the WWE.[/QUOTE]

His gimmick is being the living embodiment of the IWC. He'll come out week after week and cut promos about how he never gets a push, uses insider terminology, and casually namedrops Japanese wrestlers and promotions. Every episode of RAW he jobs to Cena, Sheamus, or Orton.

His ringname will be Mark Dir'Sheét (the T is silent).
 
[quote name='mitch079']Too PG-13, Richard Davidson sounds more appropriate.[/QUOTE]

Or Richie Davidson. They can bring back Deuce or Domino to be his tag partner, all just to use the one trick pony joke of "Ayyyyy, Richie".
 
Just waiting for him to flick the toothpick at someone for fun. On the more serious note, nice to hear Scott Hall sounding happy to be alive and sober.
 
From the spoilers on tonight's Raw from London, it sounds like the crowd was pretty lively. At one point, it says there was a
"We want pie charts"
chant. :lol:

It actually doesn't sound like too bad of a show.
 
It feels like they'll be giving the Zig-Zag crew all the titles. AJ with the Divas belt and Big E. will end up beating Kofi for his. If they pull it off, it'll be a big rub for those guys.
 
Loved Heyman, Taker, Shield, Jericho, Regal, FANDANGO, AJ, the Hogan and Sandow fans,and Big E's giant cocaine intro.

The Shield's SINISTER PLOT against Taker results in a match tonight. And good lord is Cena's stilted dialogue a killer to hype up these opening vids. JESUS CHRIST is a close-up on Heyman's a face a terrifying way to start Raw. Heyman hyped up the footage of the 3MB's destruction as excellent, and oh my yes it was. Best squash match in ages. Then he hyped up HHH as a first-ballot HOFer. Tremendous. Heyman having no idea how he's considered a liar was glorious. HHH isn't being a star by pedigreeing a middle-aged non-wrestler. This was an outstanding use of 10 minutes. Dolph faces Jericho in their latest...should be good, but probably won't be great match.

THE WWE APP HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED OVER FIVE MILLION TIMES! It's free, so what? Truth's out and they've got the WE'RE IN ENGLAND, SEE phone booth and old tyme car. Truth's rapping again. What's Up is over instantly. JBL rolling his eyes at Cole rapping was appropriate. He should've done that for Cesaro's yodeling - maybe they'd nix it then. Big E is tweeting about a new intro that MAY include a horse-drawn carriage and/or sparklers. Truth won a nothing match in a few minutes. Holy crap. Truth also has a giant cross as a back tat now.

The show might be peaking with THE SHIELD ARRIVING VIA HELICOPTER and leaving that via Range Rover. Tons of Funk are out since Brodus is facing Cody. There's a Sandow cosplayer in the crowd being bowed to - tremendous. The crowd is Fandangoing and is cheering JBL. Sandow did the worst Savage necksnap ever. Won with a cradle thanks to the tights though. Generic Velocity heel #3395 win. He's now THE COUNT OF CLASS as well. They recapped the world title win from Dolph. Dolph admired the belt, and AJ called him Zigglypuff and Dolph knocked E for creeping during AJ-Dolph time.

WWE IS AN AMAZING COMPANY, AND JOHN CENA LOVES MAKE A WISH KIDS. GO TO WWE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT HOW AMAZING WWE IS! Cole recapped the Punk deal while two fans, dressed as Hogan from different eras were behind the announce team. The Shield cut an awesome promo on Taker, with Ambrose being amazing and both Reigns and Rollins continuing to improve to be somewhat close to him. Ambrose has a career far beyond in-ring in WWE - he'll be the next big manager they have if they ever get big into them again. Jericho's out to face Zigglypuff next. Jericho was shown making Dolph tap to hype this match up. How nice of them to remind everyone of him being a loser. Cole reminded everyone that Jericho's CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED THANKS TO DOLPH and that took him out for a few months. Another fine reminder of wackiness that probably wasn't needed. I loved Jericho doing wacky foot movements to escape a headscissor by Dolph. They brought up Jericho losing to Fandango at 'Mania while saying he's got a shot here at being in the world title match...shouldn't Fandango want a part of that action, too?

Crowd Fandangoed again after the break. They went for...something in the corner that wound up getting fucked up. Dolph did a sleeper and they showed a hickey on his thigh. Then after the jumping DDT, they showed Jericho's evolving bald spot. Loved the crowd doing a wave and Jericho joining in. Not so much digging the WE ARE AWESOME chant. Fandango's theme hit during the walls and gave Dolph the win - I'm fine with that. Odd to not have Fandango there though. They showed Ryback leaving Cena last week, and announced Cena-Ryback for the title...a shot that Ryback earned via losing to Henry on the biggest show of the year. Josh asked Mick about how this era is different from the Attitude era, and Mick instead talked about Ryback-Cena. Okay then. The I'd FAQ Me Norelco ad aired.

Cody's out to face Sweet T, who I'm guessing will win to ensure proper 50/50 booking for the mid-card, unless you're Cesaro, in which case, you can never win. I'm astonished Cole didn't make up a story about Cody giving facial hair tips to the royal family. Love the delayed butterfly suplex from T. JBL talked about Cody being SWASHBUCKLING! Loved Sandow demanding that the ref learn to count, please. Cody's got a giant red welt on his thigh. TENSAI HIT A MONKEY FLIP! Holy shit. JBL compared Tensai's rolling senton to Otto Wanz, which bewildered Cole. Shovelin' Senton got the win for Tensai. Dug this match - probably his best one since returning that didn't involve Sheamus. Kane and Bryan did a hilarious, wacky skit involving Taker, cell phones, diagrams, and hugging before the Shield attacked them.

They replayed this then had Cole spew bullshit over SD's tag match main event SETTING THE WORLD ABUZZ. Great highlight reel for it, but nothing about it seemed like it would be worthy of SETTING THE WORLD ABUZZ. Maybe it was the Big Show's chokeslam...that he does in every match. Josh asked Ryback to "explain his actions", which for some reason didn't result in Ryback massacring him. He also wants Foley in the ring tonight. RYBACK RULES. Okay then. Big E's got a new theme that lacks any of the flow of his last one, but has added weightlifting chalk to his entrance. WWE.COM COUNTS DOWN THE 50 GREATEST WWE TITLE MATCHES IN HISTORY because the title turns 50. Ryder might last 50 seconds in there with Big E. Love the use of the triple backbreaker spot - shame they took that out of the WWE games. Nice backflip bump from E off the missile dropkick from Ryder. Big E's theme says 3 ain't enough, he needs 5...which isn't his gimmick now. Shield 6-man is apparently next.

Show came back to a recap of the Shield-Taker deal from two weeks ago. Taker's intro looked even cooler with the Union Jacks to the side of the set. Taker was 1-on-3 for a few seconds, but Team Hell No saved him. Great little brawl before the break. Nice Kaientai-esque spot from Bryan and Kane with the basement dropkick-surfboard spot. Taker came in shockingly early and did some jabs and fell during a short-arm clothesline. Surreal to see Jon Moxley in the ring with the Undertaker in a match. Audio muted for a second which was a bit odd. JBL put the Shield over as possibly the best faction in WWE history, and Cole backed it up by saying they've never lost, including at WM. Rollins took an amazing VINTAGE JANNETTY flip bump for the flying clothesline. Ambrose is trending worldwide and Rollins took a tremendous back bump off the suicide dive - kinda like what Roode took off a whip into the buckle against Sting a few months back. Rollins is determined to make himself a star in this match.

Cole plugging THE WWE APP will not age well when this match hits a Taker set at some point. Taker came in and ruled things - nearly hitting a double chokeslam before a Reigns spear saved them for a 2. Taker was so great here - showing great speed and even hitting a legdrop. Bryan got in, missed the flying headbutt AND THE SHIELD WON, technically beating the Undertaker in his first match on Raw in three years. Holy crap. The main event will be Foley and Ryback saying things...yeah this should've closed the show.

They showed the Rock's tweet about having his intestines shoved back into his stomach. Cena told Mick that NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THE WWE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO QUESTION THE TOUGHNESS OF THE HARDCORE LEGEND, MICK FOLEY. What a bizarre statement. Crowd Fandangoed after Cena gave Foley a chair. YAY, FANDANGO! JBL wants to Fandango Summer Rae. Regal came out and got a huge crowd, then he danced a bit. They showed a Dollph tweet where he literally told the marks to stick it, brother! Loved the dipping spinning Flatliner, and Jericho dancing with Summer Rae after he attacked Fandango. Loved King calling Regal Steve, JBL saying it was WCW and Cole bringing up THE REAL MAN'S MAN!

Alberto Del Rio faces Swagger in a no DQ match on SD, so I guess Swagger wins that. Divas battle royal is up next. Digging Layla's union jack gear, not so much Tamina's giant arm bruise. AJ won after stuff and a TON of awkward commentary. Loved her playing dead and then winning at the end. Also showing her ass off nicely while leaving. Foley's coming out to say stuff. But first, WWE PROGRAMMING IS SOCIALLY ACTIVE! Mick came out with his chair and dressed shockingly nicely given his usual flannel. They showed some short clips of his speech and plugged his comedy shows. They're trying to get Ryback merch over, but it seems odd for his theme to still be chantable and for him to not change anything about his intro.

Foley admitting that he's broken down is quite sad. There's a way to get over "Ryback is more dangerous than anyone or anything Foley's faced" rather than saying it's only due to Foley being broken down. Foley said that he was champion through heart, while Ryback can be champ through force, and then Ryback told him to SHUT. UP. in the most stilted manner possible. Ryback then just spouted the script aimlessly for a while and refused to put any kind of a break between sentences, let alone words. Cena came out to save Foley, who as noted is old and too broken down to do anything, and exited through the second and bottom ropes. Shield came down and King took ages to realize that Cena leaving the ring was a sign of him returning the favor to Ryback, again showing a major face lowering himself to the level of the heel - like Sheamus with Henry. In a nice twist, Cena actually showed more character than Sheamus by HELPING HIS ENEMY with a chair and forcing the gang to leave. Cena then gave Ryback an AA out of nowhere...well they sure couldn't have made Ryback look much worse tonight.
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When the SHIELD was on the apron about to attack Ryback I kept thinking how awesome it would be if they walk in and it's revealed Ryback has joined the SHIELD then they go on to attack Cena, instead we get the typical Super Cena ending. Sometimes I wonder why I even tune in anymore
 
Watched Fandango-Regal, Divas battle royal, and the last Cena-Shield-Ryback clip WWE posted to their YouTube channel.

The UK crowd seemed hot during Regal-Fandango. I dislike that wind-up flatliner, but it works with Fandango's gimmick. Slow as fuck, tho. JBL adds a lot to commentary. WWE seems to have eased up with their commentary guidelines. Heard Cole mention WCW when Lawler referred to Regal's WCW moniker. And a giant yawn to the Cena segment. Same old shit. Waste of three minutes of my time.

I intend to split up PWG Threemendous 3 over the next few days. Young Bucks might be my favorite tag team in today's wrasslin world. How the shit did TNA fuck up using them?
 
Matt did an Observer show fairly recently and had no idea on that one, but was glad to be back for some of the One Night Only shows, and is hopeful to do more with the company. It'd be pretty awesome to see Gen Me against either Bad influence, Chavo and Hernandez, or Aries and Roode. Heck, even just doing them get thrown around by Knux and Doc would be great fun.
 
I think one of the Bucks recently got married and was sort of sour on traveling to Florida every other week to be used for ten minutes. Maybe with them on the road it'd be reason for them to return - they've got a lot of friends in the company and Bischoff is pretty high on their work.
 
So, how long before Cesaro ends up in TNA? He's gone from being an absolute powerhouse to a yodeling jobber. His match with R-Truth last night was painful to watch. Cesaro seemed just absolutely bored in his entrance.
 
Is he jobbing, or is it WWE hazing/holding pattern? Kofi was doing *nothing* for ages until he suddenly beat Cesaro out of the blue to win the US title.

I don't really know which it is with Cesaro, thought I'm prone to saying it's just their hazing pattern. I'm not interested in seeing it play out either way, so I'll come back more when the show improves. Didn't record or watch a second of it last night. Felt good.
 
Hopefully this is just the "King Sheamus" portion of Cesaro's WWE career (not sure if someone brought that comparison up here..but it seemed to fit)
 
I REALLY REALLY hate saying this:

I sense a Cesaro face turn involving some goofy character like Santino, similar to how they turned Kozlov. Santino and Cesaro will have some European Connection moniker and Yodel/Trumpet on the way to the ring and act like a couple of goons and be handed the tag titles eventually.
 
[quote name='Dr. Venkman']I REALLY REALLY hate saying this:

I sense a Cesaro face turn involving some goofy character like Santino, similar to how they turned Kozlov. Santino and Cesaro will have some European Connection moniker and Yodel/Trumpet on the way to the ring and act like a couple of goons and be handed the tag titles eventually.[/QUOTE]


The only appropriate response to this happening comes from and old friend....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1QCBF3h_tM
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Is he jobbing, or is it WWE hazing/holding pattern? Kofi was doing *nothing* for ages until he suddenly beat Cesaro out of the blue to win the US title.

I don't really know which it is with Cesaro, thought I'm prone to saying it's just their hazing pattern. I'm not interested in seeing it play out either way, so I'll come back more when the show improves. Didn't record or watch a second of it last night. Felt good.[/QUOTE]

THIS.

Remember the sheer jobbing Punk did during his first two title reigns? How about Daniel Bryan? Or Ziggler? Or Swagger? The company half-builds guys up to make them semi-legitimate before pulling the wind out from under them. They don't want another Bobby Lashley / Jeff Hardy on their hands. Once they've lost enough, they get built up again. But this time the audience has become familiar enough with the character, they can rally behind them one way or the other.

As for Kofi, I pretty much predict he'll be dropping the belt to Big E. Langston.

Ziggler = WHC. AJ = Divas Champ. Big E. = U.S. Champion.

Alternatively, what the hell happened to Bo Dallas? Also waiting to see on WWE TV: Bray Wyatt, Kassius Ohno, and Luke Harper.
 
Well, that didn't take long...Fandango shirt.

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Wait, did WWE seriously start putting sport jersey patches on their shirts? That shit looks dumb even on sports jersey.
 
I hate the jersey patches on the shirts. But yeah, the shirt isn't horrible, though I don't know if I'd wear it in public.

Anyway, I feel like Ziggler is getting a legit push, he's been getting a lot of screentime and I feel like he'll hold until SummerSlam. Not sure who he'll drop to...maybe Orton?

As for his "stable" getting all of the titles, I can't really see it happening. I see Fandango taking the US sooner than Big E, and I just can't see AJ with the title. It would be pretty crazy though to see it go through.

As for Cesaro, yeah- I wouldn't be surprised to see a Face turn.

But who do I really want to see turn face? Cody Rhodes. I hate that they abandoned that possible angle with Kaitlyn.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']That's not the worst shirt they've released.[/QUOTE]

Well, it doesn't have a giant cock on it, so I'd call it progress.
 
[quote name='HydroX']Pretty sure they put patches on them to deter knockoffs.[/QUOTE]

I think thats pointless. I mean if i can get a knockoff without the patch... I'm going for the knockoff.
 
The kids at elementary school will mock you for buying a bootleg instead of the legitimate article.

The rest of the world will mock you for wearing a pro wrestling shirt in public.
 
I just bought WWE 13 with the DLC recently. How this series never grew beyond its arcade nature in some 13 years is beyond me, but I have to say I'm liking this version so far.
 
[quote name='Sonne']I hate the jersey patches on the shirts. But yeah, the shirt isn't horrible, though I don't know if I'd wear it in public.

Anyway, I feel like Ziggler is getting a legit push, he's been getting a lot of screentime and I feel like he'll hold until SummerSlam. Not sure who he'll drop to...maybe Orton?

As for his "stable" getting all of the titles, I can't really see it happening. I see Fandango taking the US sooner than Big E, and I just can't see AJ with the title. It would be pretty crazy though to see it go through.

As for Cesaro, yeah- I wouldn't be surprised to see a Face turn.

But who do I really want to see turn face? Cody Rhodes. I hate that they abandoned that possible angle with Kaitlyn.[/QUOTE]

I agree it would be a stretch since it's been a while since they've done that with a stable. Evolution would have been the last group to hold the titles, (World: HHH, Intercontinental: Orton, Tag: Flair and Batista) and it's over 10 years since then.

At the very minimum, I believe AJ is now in line for a Divas title shot after winning the Battle Royale last Raw. The only other reason I suspect she'll get the belt is because she hasn't actually won the belt yet and that it would mean a lot more on her with Ziggler than it currently does on Kaitlyn.

The big question is whether Kofi will drop the belt to Langston. I believe that has to be the reason they hot-shotted the belt to Kingston from Cesaro. There has been rumblings of a Langston push in the works and dropping Kofi would be the perfect way to legitimize Langston in the mid-card.
 
Interesting info about the Bucks, JJSP and Jay. Hopefully they get their big pay days. I think this may end up like Davey Richards, Claudio, and Hero. Obviously, it would be great if TNA signed and made us of them on a national stage, but WWE will probably snatch them up. Worst case scenario: They stay in development hell for years then get cut. I would even support WWE signing Steen because dude deserves more money. He kills it in the ring, on commentary, and as a person.

[quote name='mykevermin']The kids at elementary school will mock you for buying a bootleg instead of the legitimate article.

The rest of the world will mock you for wearing a pro wrestling shirt in public.[/QUOTE]


Indeed.


Sports jerseys ≥ Hipster glasses > Socks with sandals > Jorts > T-Shirt Hell tees > Panhandling > WWE apparel
 
I didn't read over it too much, but there were some threads on the GameFAQs PS2 version board about using saves. From what I read, it appears that it's possible, but it requires some workaround. Like I said, I just skimmed it, so I'm not sure how difficult it would be to do.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']I didn't read over it too much, but there were some threads on the GameFAQs PS2 version board about using saves. From what I read, it appears that it's possible, but it requires some workaround. Like I said, I just skimmed it, so I'm not sure how difficult it would be to do.[/QUOTE]


Well that's a drag, I didn't think it would be a problem to download saves. Looks like a lot of work to even get close. I'm bummed out now, I don't have the time to edit and create all that stuff. Download is taking forever too, Sonys servers suck ass.
 
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