Random Wrasslin' thoughts.....

PopePalpatine

Do a bit of DDP Yoga, be grand like. :pac:

WinnyThePoo

I'd like to see him come back for a short run. Solid hand in the ring.

Riddle101

Watching a lot of shoot interviews by Kevin Nash recently. I know he gets a bad reputation but I still love watching his interviews. He talked about Scott Hall and how he had a great mind for the business. Makes me think WWE could use a guy like that down at NXT's performance center. He could work with the talents and pass on his wrestling knowledge to the younger guys. Dare I say Hall could probably be a nice replacement for Dusty Rhodes.

Another thing I was thinking about is how WWE could benefit having other great wrestling minds in the company. Jake Roberts, Bret Hart, Raven. They also could have had added Dutch Mantel to their creative divison when he was still with the company, even as an advisory role. But I do think it's good to have old veterans in key positions within the company. These are the guys who know the business inside out, and could teach the younger generation more about the business, while also keeping the business true to what it is.

leggo

Hall isn't completely clean, don't mind the DDP propaganda. It's a work brother.

Ben Gadot

I don't think Hall or Roberts would want to be on the road. Both would have a lot to give but for the sake or their health they're better off out of it.

briany

I don't think Kurt Angle looks that healthy, still. On the table for 3 with Edge and Christian, he looked beet-red in the face compared to the other two, and compared to himself in old clips. Here's hoping that's only a bad sun tan.

ERG89

briany wrote:

I don't think Kurt Angle looks that healthy, still. On the table for 3 with Edge and Christian, he looked beet-red in the face compared to the other two, and compared to himself in old clips. Here's hoping that's only a bad sun tan.

He sweats a lot too. Goldberg level of sweat & through a suit. I hope he's alright tho & it's nothing health related.

gerrybbadd

I despise the name "The artist known as" Shinsuke Nakamura. What stupid idiot came up with that shyte?

Loughc

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I despise the name "The artist known as" Shinsuke Nakamura. What stupid idiot came up with that shyte?

Prince.

jaykhunter

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I despise the name "The artist known as" Shinsuke Nakamura. What stupid idiot came up with that shyte?

almost 20 years ahead of his time

gerrybbadd

jaykhunter wrote: »

almost 20 years ahead of his time

What the? Goldust looks like a cross between Vader and the Blue Meanie here

jaykhunter

gerrybbadd wrote: »

What the? Goldust looks like a cross between Vader and the Blue Meanie here

Goldust's attitude era gimmick (after splitting with Marlena and joining Luna) was coming out in a crazy different getup each week; sometimes related to do with his opponent (eg Headbangers - Marilyn Manson-dust, Flash Funk - Shaft-dust)

MASSIVE bang of 90s Russo bollocks off it. You've been warned!

VampiricPadraig

Shinsuke is the 'King of Strong Style', not the 'Artist'...I swear Vince wants us to hate him *Pays the renewal for WWE Network*

briany

There shouldn't be two world champions in WWE. I like the brand split, but the there should be one champion who goes back and forth between both shows.

SureYWouldntYa

If they do want 2 champions I think whoever is the champion on their respective brand coming out of the Royal Rumble event should be the champion at Mania, no title matches until Mania

And then at the February PPV the 2 champions should face off to decide who gets the Mania main event slot

Sirsok

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I despise the name "The artist known as" Shinsuke Nakamura. What stupid idiot came up with that shyte?

When I was training I wanted to be calked "Tge Artist" Aerthyn Woulfe. Could go made with the whole ring being a canvas and how you woyld create masterpieces on it. Also like the moniker The Da Vinci of Violence.

Thats when I went back training two years ago, gave it up as other commitments got in the way!

Better then my IWW moniker Shane The Bruiser!

Itssoeasy

Sirsok wrote: »

When I was training I wanted to be calked "Tge Artist" Aerthyn Woulfe. Could go made with the whole ring being a canvas and how you woyld create masterpieces on it. Also like the moniker The Da Vinci of Violence.

Thats when I went back training two years ago, gave it up as other commitments got in the way!

Better then my IWW moniker Shane The Bruiser!

I've a question about the training. I've read that the action of willingly throwing yourself onto a hard surface like a ring floor is very hard to do initially with it not being a natural action. Is that true ?

oneilla

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I've a question about the training. I've read that the action of willingly throwing yourself onto a hard surface like a ring floor is very hard to do initially with it not being a natural action. Is that true ?

Most indie rings tend to have a lot more bounce to them than for eg. WWF rings before 1998/9. I've never been a wrestler but I've fallen backwards on trampolines and it is a weird sensation - falling, whether backwards or forwards or sideways isnt natural regardless where you fall. I definitely wouldn't do it on a surface any harder than that.

PTH2009

oneilla wrote: »

Most indie rings tend to have a lot more bounce to them than for eg. WWF rings before 1998/9. I've never been a wrestler but I've fallen backwards on trampolines and it is a weird sensation - falling, whether backwards or forwards or sideways isnt natural regardless where you fall. I definitely wouldn't do it on a surface any harder than that.

Wrestling is deff not as easy as it looks

A Rogue Hobo

briany wrote:

There shouldn't be two world champions in WWE. I like the brand split, but the there should be one champion who goes back and forth between both shows.

It'd be a great idea but the new problem it causes especially with lazy WWE booking it would just result in the champion spending one month on Raw and not on Smackdown and then the following month on Smackdown and not on Raw.

briany

A Rogue Hobo wrote: »

It'd be a great idea but the new problem it causes especially with lazy WWE booking it would just result in the champion spending one month on Raw and not on Smackdown and then the following month on Smackdown and not on Raw.

That's basically the situation we have now because Brock is RAW champ. When Brock was undisputed champ, he wasn't on either show for weeks at a time. It didn't really hurt anything because it gave a sense of prestige to the title, and allowed WWE to develop the secondary belts, too. A 'floating' champ would necessarily have to be on each show each week.

CastorTroy

I was thinking he could take part on raw in run up to Raw PPV, SD for SD PPV and triple threat for cross brand. But that would get messy as well due to probable interference and working rematches into it.

A Rogue Hobo

briany wrote:

That's basically the situation we have now because Brock is RAW champ. When Brock was undisputed champ, he wasn't on either show for weeks at a time. It didn't really hurt anything because it gave a sense of prestige to the title, and allowed WWE to develop the secondary belts, too. A 'floating' champ would necessarily have to be on each show each week.

Completely agree, but I would argue Brock is the exception rather than the rule but I do.agree a floating champ wouldn't have to be on every show. But I just reckon wwe would just do it in a month on month off system respective to each brand. It's what they did in the original draft and they decided pretty quickly it wasn't gonna work.

leggo

Yeah I love the idea in theory but it was messy and confusing when they tried it in 2002.

Ridley

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

If they do want 2 champions I think whoever is the champion on their respective brand coming out of the Royal Rumble event should be the champion at Mania, no title matches until Mania

And then at the February PPV the 2 champions should face off to decide who gets the Mania main event slot

I disagree, I think the Rumble winner should the only guy guaranteed a place at WM with the champion defending the belt in the Elimination Chamber or what have you.

Not that I want a bazillion PPVs a year anyway but I'm wondering if maybe the draft should be an annual cross brand PPV. Course the problem with that is this year when They clearly didn't want to make big changes.

Itssoeasy

15 years ago today WWF changed its name to WWE.

Agent Coulson

I still call it WWF.

Itssoeasy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I still call it WWF.

I call it WWE but unlike WWE calling Bruno sammartino a former WWE champion, I will refer to him and stuff that happened pre 2002 name change by the relevant compacy name at the time the thing happened. I can't stand WWE acting like the company has always been WWE.

Also I'll say world wrestling entertainment at times as that's the legal name of the company despite the company wanting to just use WWE.

Angron

I don't think they are acting like it was always called WWE, they are using that because of the court case with World Wildlife Fund. Hell, I'm pretty sure they had to get permission to be allowed to use the term WWF on the Network.

leggo

I'm weird, I guess, I try to call it WWE at all times for my OCD, but when I'm talking about stuff pre-2002 I'll naturally slip back into calling it WWF unless I catch myself. Just because that's how I saw it then.