Some Wrestling News & Rumours 2019 Thread ***NO CHAT***

Agent Coulson

Jericho is mor than likely drunk.

He also isn't in training for a UFC come back.

I guess Brock is trying to get UFC ready without the roids this time and can't lose the belly without them.

HandsomeBob

I actually thought Brock looked slimmer than usual last night. Jericho looked like he needed to go up a pants size at WK.

Kerplunk124

J. Marston wrote: »

I usually think there is no such thing as bad publicity but that is cringey. Feels like he was a drink or two away from calling out Levesque at The Alamo.

Hahah, Michael Hickenbottom!

brianregan09

There all deleted now what did they say

Monokne

That Lesnar has a gut, and that AEW has no interest in Ryder, Breeze or all but 6 - 8 Impact/WWE guys.

savemejebus

sky88 wrote: »

Wow Ambrose leaving according to the torch

If he takes Renee with him when he goes then I can get on board with that.

Agent Coulson

Double J signs a contract to be an agent and on air talent with the WWE.

gerrybbadd

Wwe have confirmed Ambrose is not renewing his contract in April.

When have you ever seen someone Future future endeavoured? Somethings strange about this

https://www.wwe.com/article/dean-ambrose-not-renewing-wwe-contract

Whoops - just seen there's a thread!

Lord TSC

Hideo Itami/KENTA has requested and been granted his release.

Clegg

KENTA was completely detailed by injuries. I think the original plan was for him to be one of the top guys on NXT. But he missed over a year of action. He was also just misused. If you let him do his thing he's one of the best wrestlers in the world. His match at the Marufuji anniversary show confirmed that. But he barely got to show that in WWE. He'll have offers from Japan and ROH and maybe AEW. He won't go a long time without work.

It's great that these guys will still be in demand. WWE isn't the only game in town now.

sky88

Lord TSC wrote: »

Hideo Itami/KENTA has requested and been granted his release.

Crazy to think of that finns nxt title win was supposed to be him and how different everything could have been if he didnt have that horrible injury/bad recovery from it

Monokne

sky88 wrote: »

Crazy to think of that finns nxt title win was supposed to be him and how different everything could have been if he didnt have that horrible injury/bad recovery from it

Never heard this.

That spell of injuries really did him in. He has not been the same performer and he's never had the same confidence or conviction. Hopefully he will thrive and find something he's lost on the outside.

gerrybbadd

Lord TSC wrote: »

Hideo Itami/KENTA has requested and been granted his release.

Seen that. AEW could have some roster yet...

He's better off out of WWE frankly. He never had a chance there

RollieFingers

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Seen that. AEW could have some roster yet...

He's better off out of WWE frankly. He never had a chance there

Going back to Japan apparently, his wife was unhappy in the US.

Monokne

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Seen that. AEW could have some roster yet...

He's better off out of WWE frankly. He never had a chance there

I don't think that's fair, if the inference is that they never gave him a chance. They really tried with him in NXT. First, the injuries curtailed him when he was neck and neck with Balor - they teamed up at points. Then, on his return he quickly got reinjured. Even still, they persisted with him in a Takeover main event against Roode. The harsh reality is that he never got *that* over with the NXT crowd. Whereas the likes of Roode, Zayn, Balor, Nakamura at least had that going for them when they were brought up, he didn't. I think all involved recognised that the injuries had lessened him and his lack of confidence had made him worse still. To be honest, I think they should have cut him rather than brought him to 205 Live. There just wasn't much there. Suspect they only brought him up as they felt they owed him given he put 3 years in NXT.

He may have a renaissance on the independent scene, but this is one where circumstances and the performer are more culpable than the company - and I say that as someone who thinks 95% of NXT call ups who fail on the main roster are based on the company.

If you just meant he had no chance of getting over with his size, work, look and promos as they were, well yeah, I'd largely agree.

CastorTroy

he was only really developing a character now, which was the same as the one he started developing at the end of his NXT appearances.
Out of the male Japanese wrestlers, I find the most enjoyable to be Akira Tozawa. He also has better English than the others.

Agent Coulson

KENTA was always going to struggle when he wasn't allowed to use his own move set because Punk and Bryan had taken them for themselves before he joined the WWE.


Hopefully he made some money out of his stay with the WWE that it was worth it to him.

Monokne

He used the GTS, until he splattered Kendrick's nose all over his face.


I hate to state the obvious but having the running knee in his arsenal would not have had an appreciable impact on his career trajectory.

ricero

All the Asian wrestlers in the wwe have been massive failures except perhaps Aska. Lack of English is the major problem, they just can't connect with the general audience.

Lord TSC

ricero wrote: »

All the Asian wrestlers in the wwe have been massive failures except perhaps Aska. Lack of English is the major problem, they just can't connect with the general audience.

Nah, it’s not an “Asian” problem. You can count on one hand the wrestlers who genuinely connect. The English doesn’t help, but it’s not the massive problem. The problem is WWEs ****ty writing.

HandsomeBob

ricero wrote: »

All the Asian wrestlers in the wwe have been massive failures except perhaps Aska. Lack of English is the major problem, they just can't connect with the general audience.

I'd argue Naka's heel turn would have been perfect had they ran with it but instead they persisted with keeping the title on AJ. The crowd was really into Naka's heel work but they killed him by having him repeatedly lose.

Sirsok

HandsomeBob wrote: »

I'd argue Naka's heel turn would have been perfect had they ran with it but instead they persisted with keeping the title on AJ. The crowd was really into Naka's heel work but they killed him by having him repeatedly lose.

Tajiri was the man!!!!

RollieFingers

ricero wrote: »

All the Asian wrestlers in the wwe have been massive failures except perhaps Aska. Lack of English is the major problem, they just can't connect with the general audience.

Watching the Io/Kairi tag team match from Takeover here, they are certainly having no problems connecting with the audience.

TimesArrow

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/02/nia-jax-and-r-truth-reportedly-have-legitimate-heat-after-650479/

reports coming out today of real heat on Nia after she apparenty injured truth at the rumble. she's a total pothole isn't she?

Itssoeasy

TimesArrow wrote: »

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/02/nia-jax-and-r-truth-reportedly-have-legitimate-heat-after-650479/

reports coming out today of real heat on Nia after she apparenty injured truth at the rumble. she's a total pothole isn't she?

I saw that. I'm sure she's a nice person outside the ring but doing the spot she was asked to do should be easy, and she appears to have messed it up.

J. Marston

I don't believe that for a second. Just Lawler trolling the internet, I think.

The spot looked totally normal and harmless.

beakerjoe

J. Marston wrote: »

I don't believe that for a second. Just Lawler trolling the internet, I think.

The spot looked totally normal and harmless.

Sure Truth looked fine days later.

Cant imagine many men on the roster who would own up to be hurt from a woman.

Necro

I will say, for those brief moments in the Rumble - I was more interested in Orton than I have been in years.

RollieFingers

Looks like AEW might have secured the Lucha Bros? Great get if they have, really looking forward to their match against the Hart Foundation tonight.

ERG89

RollieFingers wrote:

Looks like AEW might have secured the Lucha Bros? Great get if they have, really looking forward to their match against the Hart Foundation tonight.

It's startling how bare the US independent scene would be right now if companies stop working with each other. The likes of PWG which used to be the hotbed for unsigned talent probably couldn't run a show.

RollieFingers

ERG89 wrote: »

It's startling how bare the US independent scene would be right now if companies stop working with each other. The likes of PWG which used to be the hotbed for unsigned talent probably couldn't run a show.

Yeh hopefully they continue to work together for the most part, makes for some great shows! Tonight should be good, wonder who Pillman and Dreamer's mystery partners will be?

Itssoeasy

https://twitter.com/matthardybrand/status/1089650261226704896?s=21

Time away from the ring certainly agrees with Matt hardy. He looks like he's gone back to before his fat hardy era.

Lord TSC

Seth Rollins has picked up an injury and is expected to be sidelined for a month. He won’t be on TV this week, but will after that through his injury.

Per John Pollock or PostWrestling.

beakerjoe

Lord TSC wrote: »

Seth Rollins has picked up an injury and is expected to be sidelined for a month. He won’t be on TV this week, but will after that through his injury.

Per John Pollock or PostWrestling.

My guess is that its a work to sell his injuries.

NITRO95

Lord TSC wrote: »

Seth Rollins has picked up an injury and is expected to be sidelined for a month. He won’t be on TV this week, but will after that through his injury.

Per John Pollock or PostWrestling.

I'd say it's more of a minor injury and a chance for him to rest up ahead of what should be his crowning moment at WrestleMania. Perfect opportunity for WWE to have him do pre-tapes and video packages and build up Rollins heading into WM.

Lord TSC

A commercial aired during tonight's RAW in Canada for the upcoming RAW taping in Montreal on April 15th. The promo said that "the first international Superstar Shakeup" will occur at the show.

The Shakeup will continue the following night on SmackDown, which will also take place in Montreal.

Monokne

Meltzer confirmed the Rollins injury on WOR. It's a back problem that just needs resting so will be on Raws over next month but not wrestling, and will likely sit out house shows.

AJ is dealing with a hernia - he's dealt with this several times so don't know the severity.

Also mentioned the main event of Wrestlemania is still scheduled to be a 3 way and the original plan was for Becky to go over (think we all know that *could* change)

sky88

Fox head of tv I think saying there could be other wwe programming I wonder if it’s a round up kinda shows or nxt

https://twitter.com/chrishayner/status/1093232278191259648?s=21

sky88

Fox head of tv I think saying there could be other wwe programming I wonder if it’s a round up kinda shows or nxt

https://twitter.com/chrishayner/status/1093232278191259648?s=21

johnnyryan89

Could NXT become the third brand with a Tuesday showing around the same time as AEW. With the money WWE have they could afford to pay the likes of the six lads that did Half-time Heat extra money to remain on NXT as star names for a little longer.

CastorTroy

I'd say if NXT made it to Fox, Vince would get involved

sky88

CastorTroy wrote: »

I'd say if NXT made it to Fox, Vince would get involved

With the xfl surely even Vince couldn’t do or even try to have involvement in everything

Loughc

sky88 wrote: »

With the xfl surely even Vince couldn’t do or even try to have involvement in everything

Why not the man doesn’t sleep anyway!

Monokne

The word that's been rumoured for AAAGES is that NXT will be on FS1, there will still be a secondary NXT show on the network filmed at Full Sail with more emphasis on developing performers, and that all the top NXT talent that keeps getting overlooked for callups like Gargano, Ciampa, TUE, Ohno, etc are going to be used to anchor the brand once it's on TV. Which all makes sense.

PTH2009

Would NXT sell out or half sell out arenas on its own each week if they want it to go live on Tuesdays each week ???. Raw live Mondays, NXT live Tuesdays and SD Friday nights

The UK tapings could be all over the place when this new deal starts

Monokne

I suspect they would run small arenas or still do tapings. Smackdown struggles to do 4000+ at the gate as it is.

sky88

Thats priceless

https://twitter.com/JessDDennis/status/1093682210916483072

CastorTroy

The big red lips just make her look more like a clown in that reaction

Agent Coulson

I see Meltzer is reporting that The Undertaker is on charging $25k for a public appearance.



He must have lost his shirt in the stock market or something for a lad who kept out of the public light until about a year ago he really now seems to be doing anything for money.

J. Marston

He might miss out on a Mania payday this year (please Christ...) so he's looking for other ways to cash in.