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Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:02 pm
by SerialCeler
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:45 pm
by captain red dog
Unless WWE/Vince are now confident of mentioning TNA on air or something now the brand is dead? I know he has never been keen on mentioning the competition, no matter how weak.
He is also obsessed with totally burying the opposition in victory, he probably sees this GFW rebranding as the final victory given TNA/GFW is probably below ROH in the pecking order.
I just think WWE and Vince are missing the fact that the overwhelming majority of fans never saw TNA as a serious prospect, so if this storyline is true then it will be largely irrelevant.
Interestingly though, WWE has pretty much asset stripped TNA without taking their video library. And being honest, there isn't much of their library worth owning. I do wonder though if we will get a swerve which leads to WWE rerunning their own version of Kurt vs Joe.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:55 pm
by KK
TNA was mentioned on the Kurt Angle 24 Special on Monday, and she was also interviewed...possibly a bit of foreshadowing.
WWE did have John Cena alude to Hulk Hogan and TNA when he was with the promotion but I think this is the first time they've actually name checked the company on WWE TV.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:22 am
by Slimgrady
No I think they mentioned TNA on WWEs Jeff Hardy DVD they made after his return after his first run in TNA, 2010ish? TNA was also forcibly mentioned a few times on Byte this a few times back in the day. There was a nod to TNA during the first One Night Stand when Kid Kash came out and Joey Styles called him "Mr. TNA"..."Total Nonstop Attitude!", so close! So just off the top of my head TNA has been mentioned a few times on WWE programming, but not on "canon" programming like Raw or Smackdown.
Strange that Vince doesn't see ROH as competition worth avoiding, it seems they mention them freely when relevant and have even used ROH footage on DVDs, which is odd because ROH has arguably passed TNA/GFW as Americas #2 promotion.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:50 am
by Skippy
So much for it being Dixie then
Set phasers to "plans change"!
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:24 am
by Floex
You almost wish it was Dixie from what happened last night
Again, why would anyone think this is a good idea? Is Vince Russo back...
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:07 am
by captain red dog
So they are kind of aping Ethan Carter III I guess. Hopefully this will end up more like Team Angle...
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:47 am
by Mafro
So
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:37 am
by Return_of_the_STAR
Mafro wrote:So
I read a joke post about them using one of American alpha as kurts son yesterday. The thing is these angles never work, they always faid away and go wrong. It will either end up being forgotten, turn out that he's tricked kurt or WWE spend the next 20 years having to occasionally and awkwardly acknowledge that Jordan is kurts son when everyone knows that he's not.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE programming moving to Sky Sports Arena and Action 18th July
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:37 am
by KK
Looking at the build to this, it feels like they've thrown this one together about 10 minutes before RAW started. Worst thing is, this is all much ado about absolutely nothing. Man has son from 28 years ago, that inexplicably could cost him everything. WHAT?! 1 week removed from the WWE 24 documentary that they plugged ON RAW where he admits to his life falling apart from drugs, his Dad was an alcoholic, suffered family bereavements, and already has children by different mothers.
Apart from Kane and the Undertaker, and Edge and Christian (which they then just dropped a few years ago 'oh we're just friends'), when have these fakes relative storylines ever worked? Let alone in 2017. It always somehow crosses that line where you can't suspend your disbelief, everyone knows it's all bullshit (yes, more so than normal), and therefore it's DOA. There's this massive disconnect fans just can't get behind.
"The illegitimate son gimmick"; presumably the Claire Lynch aspect will be the mother turning up and it being revealed that Gabel isn't actually his son, obviously, and everyone looking like a bloody idiot.
This is going to require some stellar acting/comedic bants for this to work. There's something about Jason Jordan though that makes me think Vince could easily turn him into 'the dozy son', like a Beaver Cleavage. Then there was Hornswoggle, Eugene...WWE's track record here isn't great. Even Big Show groans whenever he's reminded of being Andre's son in WCW for about a year.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: Kurt Angle's surprise was...
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:55 pm
by Skippy
Comment I've seen...
Remember the three I’s
Intensity
Integrity
Interracial
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: Kurt Angle's surprise was...
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:17 pm
by KK
The script and verbiage for Samson with his guitar really does feel like it's been lifted directly from Hollywood Rock.
When he says "Hold your applause" you can't help but imagine The Rock saying it.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: Kurt Angle's surprise was...
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:24 pm
by KK
I noticed on this week's RAW that they've dropped the purple ring ropes and writing on the canvas for the Cruiserweights.
This division is on borrowed time, isn't it.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:25 am
by Floex
The Observer also says Jordan was chosen over his tag partner Chad Gable at least in part as a rib on Angle for his history of dating black women.
What even is this company?
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:04 am
by KK
I dread to think who the mother is going to turn out to be.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:26 pm
by Mafro
Jaqueline.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:42 pm
by Slimgrady
KK wrote:I dread to think who the mother is going to turn out to be.
Shelton Benjamin.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:56 am
by SerialCeler
Slimgrady wrote:KK wrote:I dread to think who the mother is going to turn out to be.
Shelton Benjamin.
Perhaps it's Momma Benjamin.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:36 pm
by KK
It's PPV Sunday!
I know we're all looking forward to that wooden monstrosity descending from the ceiling again.
Re: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE SmackDown presents Battleground - Sunday, WWE Network
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:11 am
by KK
God, Cena sounds and looks absolutely terrible. Guy must have a cold.