Random Wrestling Thoughts (Part 2)

Itssoeasy

gerrybbadd wrote: »

One of them is Dio Madden for sure. Wouldn't be surprised to see Roman being unveiled as one of them either

Who’s the female member then ?

Pentecost

hynesie08 wrote: »

It's the 3rd week......

Really? Genuinely feels like longer to me. Maybe because they're popping up on Raw and Smackdown.

gerrybbadd

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Who’s the female member then ?

Meant to be Mia Yim

PTH2009

dominik dijakovic is supposed to be one of them too

Agent Coulson

WWE invasions on itself always work out well in the end and make new huge stars.

PTH2009

Agent Coulson wrote: »

WWE invasions on itself always work out well in the end and make new huge stars.

Shield 2012 did

Nexes (2009/10 was it ??) Not so much but Daniel Bryan broke away from it. They tried way to hard remember when they put Vince in a coma and attacked Bret Hart

Invasion angle of 2001 ??? Suppose Booker T did well from that and a few others

The White Wolf

PTH2009 wrote: »

dominik dijakovic is supposed to be one of them too

I noticed there was one or two more big lads in the lineup in the last week.

briany

Most of the intrinsic value placed on female wrestlers will always reside in their attractive looks whereas with the men you can be pretty hideous or out of shape and still get to the top of the game through charisma and being able to portray good fights. So, underpinning the women's revolution has still been a constant undercurrent of, "There's the girls, now. Aren't they lovely?"

CastorTroy

Not to get into specific women's looks as eye of the beholder and all that, but while I'm sure it helps, we've also seen ones a lot wouldn't consider attractive in the traditional sense.

beakerjoe

PTH2009 wrote: »

Shield 2012 did

Nexes (2009/10 was it ??) Not so much but Daniel Bryan broke away from it. They tried way to hard remember when they put Vince in a coma and attacked Bret Hart

Invasion angle of 2001 ??? Suppose Booker T did well from that and a few others

The Shield wasnt an invasion was it?

Daniel Bryan made it despite the awful Nexus debacle.

The Invasion was a disaster. WWE against WCW b team.

Judging by WWEs Summerslam..... they haven't high hopes for them......

The White Wolf

The Radicalz had potential as a brilliant invasion angle. If Retribution followed that blueprint of having two potential stars, a Wiley enforcer ala Malenko and a few lower card lads capable of taking a pin while the others remained strong, they'd be doing well.

beakerjoe

The White Wolf wrote: »

The Radicalz had potential as a brilliant invasion angle. If Retribution followed that blueprint of having two potential stars, a Wiley enforcer ala Malenko and a few lower card lads capable of taking a pin while the others remained strong, they'd be doing well.

But their invasion lasted 2 episodes at best before they 'signed.'

ShagNastii

The Shield definitely had an Invasiony feel to it and I'd easily argue it was one of the most perfectly booked storylines from start to finish in modern day WWE.

Agent Coulson

You learn something new every day Ronda Rousey's mother was a world Judo champion.

Ronda was only a silver medalists

B.A._Baracus

A random thought...
It's crazy to think how big certain wrestlers are in real life but, while they look good in a WWE ring, their size never truly comes across.

Point in case take John Cena. Looking at him in a WWE ring you can see the boy works out. No question. But see him in other things such as the new suicide Squad trailer and you truly see how huge the dude is. He is a walking action figure.

PTH2009

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

A random thought...
It's crazy to think how big certain wrestlers are in real life but, while they look good in a WWE ring, their size never truly comes across.

Point in case take John Cena. Looking at him in a WWE ring you can see the boy works out. No question. But see him in other things such as the new suicide Squad trailer and you truly see how huge the dude is. He is a walking action figure.

Then all the travel they do and the still look like that is even more amazing

Per night only in the ring for max 15 mins but its as physically demanding as it gets. Doing the moves safely is another job in itself, then Gym work and in ring practice

Cena is in great condition always has tbh, from live events i've seen in the past Randy Orton is huge (doesnt look it from the TV)

riffmongous

I thought that about Carlito when he appeared in GLOW, in fact I was only about 50% sure it was him because of how big he looked compared to the normal people

sky88

i remember seeing cody in arrow who ive always considered small enough being so much bigger than the cast he was in with

PTH2009

then you have guys like Mick Foley, Jerry the king Lawler, Dusty Rhodes to name a few who look out of shape and prob never visited the gym much if at all

montyrebel

i met a few wrestlers years ago, sheer size of them is impressive but what stood out for me was Ezekiel Jackson stopping to sign autographs, he had a bunch of bananas in his hand easily 6/7 on the bunch, he put them in his armpit while he took pictures and signed.

and there is no way you could tell they were there, his arms were just that big he made them disappear

The White Wolf

I remember seeing a photo of Taker and Ricky Hatton and it shocked me. I took for granted just how big these fcukers are. Considering how agile Taker was it was amazing.

Agent Coulson

What’s nearly more surprising to me is how tiny the women are in real life.

Agent Coulson

montyrebel wrote: »

i met a few wrestlers years ago, sheer size of them is impressive but what stood out for me was Ezekiel Jackson stopping to sign autographs, he had a bunch of bananas in his hand easily 6/7 on the bunch, he put them in his armpit while he took pictures and signed.

and there is no way you could tell they were there, his arms were just that big he made them disappear

Started re watching LU and Ezekiel was great in it he had something about him he was on big man.

Itssoeasy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

What’s nearly more surprising to me is how tiny the women are in real life.

The majority of women in wwe for example aren’t Sasha and AJ size but yeah it does seem that watching them on TV isn’t a good representation of any wrestlers size.

Anyway I was rewatching one of my favourite WMs ever in 19 last night and I know I’m watching this nearly 2 decades after the fact but if the match with the rock hadn’t been Austin’s last match the tank was running low so he wasn’t long for in ring action.

Also, im even more impressed at Brock as a rookie and how well he protected angle given his neck was in shocking condition. And poor Brock hasn’t an clue where he is after the shooting star press.

B.A._Baracus

Randomly thought about that Reddit user dolphins1925 who used to spoil WWE ppvs from years ago :pac: It's gas looking back. He was just looking at the money going on with the betting odds. I reckon wrestlers and production staff still be placing bets

Kind of mental to take bets on a predetermined sport.

J. Marston

Ruby with a "normal" makeover...



Suits her! Don't think it's permanent though.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Randomly thought about that Reddit user dolphins1925 who used to spoil WWE ppvs from years ago :pac: It's gas looking back. He was just looking at the money going on with the betting odds. I reckon wrestlers and production staff still be placing bets

Kind of mental to take bets on a predetermined sport.

It's fun to do for the Rumble. Really gets you invested in someone winning it.

CastorTroy

Trying to think who she resembles. Definitely wouldn't be long term considering the amount of tattoo covering involved.

Speaking of makeup, was just looking her up with no makeup based on that first photo and saw this

https://wwe-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WWENM.jpg

Gallery here. Maybe no makeup but they do look photoshopped or it's the lighting

https://www.wwe.com/gallery/raw-beauty-wwe-superstar-no-makeup-photos#fid-40470274

PTH2009

Still a while to go but think Big E for the rumble win

Omackeral

CastorTroy wrote: »

Trying to think who she resembles.

CastorTroy

After being made over I mean. Without the makeover she always reminds me of Richard Harmon. After the makeover she actually looks a bit like Erica Cerra.

TimesArrow

With the regular cringet Fury/ McIntyre banter on twitter, are they building towards some sort of Saudi match?

beakerjoe

TimesArrow wrote: »

With the regular cringet Fury/ McIntyre banter on twitter, are they building towards some sort of Saudi match?

Fury v McIntyre has potential. Fury can be a great celeb wrestler if hes allowed to by his people. Lots of charidma and can actually talk. I wont hold his feud with Braun against him, but Id say Drew could make a good feud with him.

They should hold off until fams come back for that one and keep it off the Saudi show..... but using the Saudis may be the only way they can afford him and profit.

CastorTroy

beakerjoe wrote: »

They should hold off until fams come back for that one and keep it off the Saudi show..... but using the Saudis may be the only way they can afford him and profit.

One of the words in that line means more to WWE than the other. Can you guess what it is? Hint: It's not "fans"

Agent Coulson

I wonder is that mass murdering Irishman getting involved in someway as Fury's promoter since he has dropped back behind the scenes in the boxing.

hynesie08

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I wonder is that mass murdering Irishman getting involved in someway as Fury's promoter since he has dropped back behind the scenes in the boxing.

Before the Katie taylor fight, they announced the sponsors... One of them was a scaffold company from Ireland who seemingly don't exist...... Assumed that was him sneaking in the back door.

beakerjoe

hynesie08 wrote: »

Before the Katie taylor fight, they announced the sponsors... One of them was a scaffold company from Ireland who seemingly don't exist...... Assumed that was him sneaking in the back door.

Youd imagine they wouldnt want to promote a fake company no?

Agent Coulson

beakerjoe wrote: »

Youd imagine they wouldnt want to promote a fake company no?

I’m sure they would happily take the money from a fake company.

PTH2009

Bobby Roode as a member of Retribution ??

The man suddenly disappeared, him and the hacker gone back to their home planets

sky88

PTH2009 wrote: »

Bobby Roode as a member of Retribution ??

The man suddenly disappeared, him and the hacker gone back to their home planets

I think he lives in Canada and can’t get into America or he at least couldn’t for a while

beakerjoe

PTH2009 wrote: »

Bobby Roode as a member of Retribution ??

The man suddenly disappeared, him and the hacker gone back to their home planets

Hopefully he stays missing.

PTH2009

beakerjoe wrote: »

Hopefully he stays missing.

He's not the worst

Deff one of those whose NXT run was much better than his main roster career. The Glourious entrance was great

ThePott

If it wasn't for his theme music he wouldn't have a character on the main roster.

Also since his theme is CFO$ maybe it's gonna be changed too.

beakerjoe

Hes very wooden, both in character and in the ring. He was an over entrance theme.... and thats stake now.

sky88

He’s a great tag team wrestler for me and got lucky enough the theme song catching on

TimesArrow

I know it’s early days, but I’m starting to think Riddle isn’t going to be a main event star like many ( including myself) Thought he would be.. he seems to have it all ( looks, physique and can go in the ring) but whether it’s bad booking or not, it seems wwe don’t know what to do with him or are losing faith in him. Also, the bro schtick is already very stale and has become worse since he moved to Smackdown. I don’t think he has the ability ( right now anyway) to cut great promos to really push him on to the next level. And of course, there are the Speaking Out allegations.

Sirsok

Sid Justice was great. Should have gone over Hogan at Mania 8

Sirsok

Just came across an Irish youtuber called eyepatch wolf.

He has some great content but his 3 videos in wrestling are just fantastic.

My non wrestling friends couldnt believe the amount of nuances and subtleties of pro wrestling.

Well worth a watch, about half an hour each

LibSuperstar

TimesArrow wrote:

I know it’s early days, but I’m starting to think Riddle isn’t going to be a main event star like many ( including myself) Thought he would be.. he seems to have it all ( looks, physique and can go in the ring) but whether it’s bad booking or not, it seems wwe don’t know what to do with him or are losing faith in him. Also, the bro schtick is already very stale and has become worse since he moved to Smackdown. I don’t think he has the ability ( right now anyway) to cut great promos to really push him on to the next level. And of course, there are the Speaking Out allegations.

Corbin even alluded to it at Payback.

Sirsok wrote:

Sid Justice was great. Should have gone over Hogan at Mania 8

Feel like somebody (maybe Prichard) has explained why before.

beakerjoe

TimesArrow wrote: »

I know it’s early days, but I’m starting to think Riddle isn’t going to be a main event star like many ( including myself) Thought he would be.. he seems to have it all ( looks, physique and can go in the ring) but whether it’s bad booking or not, it seems wwe don’t know what to do with him or are losing faith in him. Also, the bro schtick is already very stale and has become worse since he moved to Smackdown. I don’t think he has the ability ( right now anyway) to cut great promos to really push him on to the next level. And of course, there are the Speaking Out allegations.

People saw how quickly he adapted to pro wrestling from an in ring stamdpoint and saw similarities between him and Angle. He is quick smooth in terms of his ability.

But Angle, as a personality is head and shoulders above him. Riddle has a long way to go.

He is hindered by this bro bollox to be fair.

CastorTroy

So is the Mysterio family WWE's answer to the Nightmare Family? Since they always come out together now.
And were they trying to awkwardly tease something with Aalyah and Murphy?