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

ThePott

Pfft Zombie 1 is an unsafe worker. Doesn't belong in a WWE ring. They should send him back to the performance centre or NXT, sooner or later he's going to kill someone. He's absolutely braindead in the ring.

CastorTroy

Yeah the zombies clearly tore the ACL. He got off light. As long as he didn't get infected when it was torn.
Is this his first big injury, since we all know that was one of his points on that Talking Smack segment

CastorTroy

ThePott wrote: »

Pfft Zombie 1 is an unsafe worker. Doesn't belong in a WWE ring. They should send him back to the performance centre or NXT, sooner or later he's going to kill someone. He's absolutely braindead in the ring.

I forgot he was in NXT since hadn't seen him since the Grimes/Loomis fight.

Loughc

On the WWE Smackdown “throwback” show a couple of weeks ago, a Pat McAfee segment was taped where he impersonated young Vince McMahon, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Ultimately, this segment was cut from the show due to a decision by Vince himself who felt that McAfee neither looked nor sounded like himself when he was younger. Vince also felt that the segment looked stupid and was comical “in the wrong way” and concluded that it rather than a parody of himself, it came across like a “parody of a parody.”

Considering all the poor parodies Vince has green lighted over the years (JR springs to mind) it seems Vince can’t laugh at himself.

J. Marston

Ah he can, in fairness. This is the man who has pissed himself, had his head shaved, had his head shoved up Rikishi AND Big Show's arses and had "shìt" dropped on him. Plus DX did the Vince and Shane parody.

Maybe McAfee just wasn't funny.

beakerjoe

J. Marston wrote: »

Ah he can, in fairness. This is the man who has pissed himself, had his head shaved, had his head shoved up Rikishi AND Big Show's arses and had "shìt" dropped on him. Plus DX did the Vince and Shane parody.

Maybe McAfee just wasn't funny.

Plus one. He is one of the boys and takes as much as he gives.

ThePott

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1395079320289357824

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaG2Acg8n60

beakerjoe

Surprised it took this long.

PTH2009

Great to see

https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-returns-to-live-events-with-25-city-tour-beginning-july-16

Agent Coulson

WWE in talks with Speedball and are trying to sort out his visa issues.

beakerjoe

Agent Coulson wrote: »

WWE in talks with Speedball and are trying to sort out his visa issues.

Always thought he was more of an AEW signing.

Agent Coulson

I hoped and still hope he will be an AEW signing, I can just see the WWE slowing him down and Speedball becomes Slowball and turns into a midcard jobber or even worse thrown onto 205Live.

CastorTroy

It is strange that 205 Live has been debuting guys that don't even appear n NXT.

Agent Coulson

WWE's Live Event Waiver for fans in case they catch Covid at an event.

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CastorTroy

If that's the full text then I found at least one loophole.

Do all live events have similar waivers? I would assume AEW would have one

Headshot

Imagine Sunday was 22nd anniversary of the passing of Owen Hart.

It still hurts that one of best ever died like that.

One of my favorites along with Bret, these guys got me into wrestling.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1396493401659514885

Agent Coulson

Stories out there that Will Ospreay is headed to NXT UK.

2ndcoming

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Stories out there that Will Ospreay is headed to NXT UK.

Seems a bit beneath him if you ask me.

Xenji

Going by the scan Ospreay put up on Twitter it looks like he is suffering from spinal cord compression among other potential spinal issues, I am no expert but have had my fair share of scans taken over the years.

Lithium93_

John Cena while promoting F9 calls Taiwan a country, issues apology video to China for his mistake.

https://twitter.com/wrestlenomics/status/1397223450322866189

Headshot

My god.........

**** sake

Maybe grow a pair john ffs

beakerjoe

Headshot wrote: »

My god.........

**** sake

Maybe grow a pair john ffs

You'd do the same, his bank balance and future depend son it. Gotta keep that China market happy.

Its not right, but its the way it is.

Headshot

beakerjoe wrote: »

You'd do the same, his bank balance and future depend son it. Gotta keep that China market happy.

Its not right, but its the way it is.

He's already a multi millionaire, he doesnt need the money.

Maybe i'm being naïve but something things are bigger tbh. China likes to bully everyone and black list anyone who says goes against them.

The world be alot better if we stood up to China

beakerjoe

Headshot wrote: »

He's already a multi millionaire, he doesnt need the money.

Maybe i'm being naïve but something things are bigger tbh. China likes to bully everyone and black list anyone who says goes against them.

The world be alot better if we stood up to China

He wants to continue his career and fame though.

People are selfish.

Agent Coulson

The pressure on Cena would come from the production companies that want the Chinese money.

Mark Ruffalo had to make a public apology yesterday after he said Israel was committing genocide on the palestinians.

Disney I'd say were in his ear saying do you want to keep the MCU money roiling in or do we replace you as the Hulk.

The White Wolf

beakerjoe wrote: »

You'd do the same, his bank balance and future depend son it. Gotta keep that China market happy.

Its not right, but its the way it is.

Yeah plus people have to get this wasn't just John backpedaling on his own. You can guarantee all sides, from the producers of Fast to his own reps, were onto him demanding he apologized.

It's the system that sickens me not Cena.

RollieFingers

There's a new interview out with Ospreay were he discusses the long term contract he signed and re-affirms his commitment to New Japan, which should put an end to the strange rumour of him heading to NXT UK. Thankfully, like the Jay White rumblings earlier in the year I wouldn't like to see either as sports entertainers in WWE.

ThePott

The Fast movies are massive in China, I'd be shocked if Universal didn't tell him to apologise or he'd be out on his ear.
Explains his apology but doesn't excuse it.

TimesArrow

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/05/adnan-virk-and-wwe-part-ways/

Adnan Virk gone from wwe already. Was he there even a month?

TimesArrow

Lithium93_ wrote: »

John Cena while promoting F9 calls Taiwan a country, issues apology video to China for his mistake.

https://twitter.com/wrestlenomics/status/1397223450322866189

Nothing to do with this, but I have always found him to be an insincere, disengenuous, phoney twat

( not that I know him personally or anything