The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania XL - 6/7 April 2024

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Prototype » Mon May 17, 2021 8:42 am

You get what you pay for! :lol:

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Mon May 17, 2021 9:33 am

It was worth the 99p just for my bewilderment at 1am watching the zombie match and questioning my existence.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by tomvek » Mon May 17, 2021 11:58 am

The end of the woman's match....

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Mon May 17, 2021 1:34 pm

I thought they botched the ending, particularly as they didn't show a replay. The hair gimmick I feel may wear out quite quickly.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Mafro » Mon May 17, 2021 1:58 pm

what's all this zombie gooseberry fool???

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Mon May 17, 2021 2:04 pm

Mafro wrote:what's all this zombie gooseberry fool???

Zombies lumberjackef the Miz/Priest match and ate Morrison and Miz. I'm not joking. They were both "devoured"

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Return_of_the_STAR » Mon May 17, 2021 3:08 pm

captain red dog wrote:
Mafro wrote:what's all this zombie gooseberry fool???

Zombies lumberjackef the Miz/Priest match and ate Morrison and Miz. I'm not joking. They were both "devoured"


I'm going to be very disappointed if Miz and Morrison don't turn up on raw as zombies.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by KK » Mon May 17, 2021 7:39 pm

The PPV was sponsored by Army of the Dead on Netflix, which resulted in trailers and product placement segments throughout the entire night. Batista narrated the intro package to Backlash, while clips of the film were shoehorned in throughout. What was supposed to be a legit lumberjack match, and was built as such on RAW, was then turned into a 10 minute joke bout instead. Earlier Morrison had entered a locker room backstage with “lumberjacks” written on the door. Upon opening the door, it turned out it was full of zombies. This led to the zombies shuffling around backstage in a later segment.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Tue May 18, 2021 12:22 pm

I couldn't sleep again so watched Raw. Was actually surprising pleased with it. Some really good matches, Seamus/Ricochet, Lashley/Kofi (even if the ending sucked). Asuka and Charlotte had a decent match although it fell apart some what at the end. I could only really moan about the Alexa Bliss bits, but that wasn't too intrusive.

Easily the best Raw in some time from a wrestling perspective. Even the Morrison/Priest lumberjack match was enjoyable, although it had an easy job after the disaster the night before.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by KK » Wed May 19, 2021 8:39 pm

AEW Dynamite is moving to TBS (former home of WCW Thunder and Saturday Night) in 2022. New 1 hour show AEW Rampage to debut on TNT this August following SmackDown, before then also moving to TBS. TNT will instead air 4 specials a year (think how TBS used to show Clash of the Champions).

NHL has taken the Wednesday slot on TNT.

Say what you will about Eric Bischoff but literally nobody listened to him when he said more WCW programming was a bad idea. Philosophy now is MORE MORE MORE.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Wed May 19, 2021 9:28 pm

Just heard that news. Bad news for the TNT title, renaming it the TBS title sounds gooseberry fool. Guess they will need to rename it the TV title or something similar.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Prototype » Wed May 19, 2021 10:30 pm

captain red dog wrote:Just heard that news. Bad news for the TNT title, renaming it the TBS title sounds gooseberry fool. Guess they will need to rename it the TV title or something similar.


Or keep it on the TNT show?

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Thu May 20, 2021 11:58 am

Prototype wrote:
captain red dog wrote:Just heard that news. Bad news for the TNT title, renaming it the TBS title sounds gooseberry fool. Guess they will need to rename it the TV title or something similar.


Or keep it on the TNT show?

Won't both Dynamite and the new Rampage show be on TBS in 2022. I thought Rampage was starting on TNT and then moving over.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Prototype » Thu May 20, 2021 3:40 pm

captain red dog wrote:
Prototype wrote:
captain red dog wrote:Just heard that news. Bad news for the TNT title, renaming it the TBS title sounds gooseberry fool. Guess they will need to rename it the TV title or something similar.


Or keep it on the TNT show?

Won't both Dynamite and the new Rampage show be on TBS in 2022. I thought Rampage was starting on TNT and then moving over.


Yeah, you're right and I'm wrong.

They'll have to rename it I guess. :slol:

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by Slimgrady » Thu May 20, 2021 7:00 pm

Ospreay, injured. Relinquishing. Omega, raises eyebrows.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by sawyerpip » Thu May 20, 2021 11:19 pm

Prototype wrote:
captain red dog wrote:
Prototype wrote:
captain red dog wrote:Just heard that news. Bad news for the TNT title, renaming it the TBS title sounds gooseberry fool. Guess they will need to rename it the TV title or something similar.


Or keep it on the TNT show?

Won't both Dynamite and the new Rampage show be on TBS in 2022. I thought Rampage was starting on TNT and then moving over.


Yeah, you're right and I'm wrong.

They'll have to rename it I guess. :slol:


It fits with the Dynamite name of the show so they won't necessarily have to rename it if they don't want to. It just won't be immediately obvious it's a 'TV' title.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: WWE WrestleMania Backlash - Sunday, WWE Network
by captain red dog » Fri May 21, 2021 6:59 pm

I guess that's the danger of naming a title after a TV channel. Bit of a shame as the TNT title has had some great matches, many better than the World Title since it was created.

They should have called it the National Championship like in NWA.

Speaking of NWA, they have such a tiny roster, but do the best job of any company of making their titles feel special. You definitely get a great bang for your buck with them.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: AEW Double Or Nothing - Sunday, Fite.TV
by KK » Tue May 25, 2021 1:58 pm



A fascinating watch. Just been uploaded, but apparently it was filmed over a decade ago.

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: AEW Double Or Nothing - Sunday, Fite.TV
by Rawrgna » Tue May 25, 2021 9:18 pm

https://www.wwe.com/article/adnan-virk-wwe-part-ways im Sure They're pleased they got rid of Joe on Raw commentary for this guy

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PostRe: The Wrestling Thread III: AEW Double Or Nothing - Sunday, Fite.TV
by captain red dog » Tue May 25, 2021 9:40 pm

Rawrgna wrote:https://www.wwe.com/article/adnan-virk-wwe-part-ways im Sure They're pleased they got rid of Joe on Raw commentary for this guy

Damn, just came into the thread to post this!

Another guy that didn't measure up to.... *checks notes*..... Michael Cole. :lol:


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