The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Corazon de Leon]

Hopefully I'm having a Royal Rumble get together. We'll probably do a sweepstakes on the winner as well. £3 gets you three random draws.

So you won't be on msn. FFS DP FFS.

I'll be on MSN, don't be so strawberry floating stupid.

[Skippy]

"The proof is in the doll/pudding."

[Zellery]

R-Truth beat Chris Jericho..

Jesus strawberry floating Christ.

[gaminglegend]

WWE's booking of late is very simliar to TNA in gimmick finishes

[gaminglegend]

R-Truth beat Chris Jericho..

Jesus ******* Christ.

Don't see what the problem is, losing doesn't effect as much as you'd think, especially if you can lose well, not only will this match no doubt have proved Jericho still as a great wrestler and a threat, but also elevated R-Truth to a better level. People complain about no-one being pushed from the midcard and when things like this happen we all go wtf.

[Skippy]

R-Truth beat Chris Jericho..

Jesus ******* Christ.

Don't see what the problem is, losing doesn't effect as much as you'd think, especially if you can lose well, not only will this match no doubt have proved Jericho still as a great wrestler and a threat, but also elevated R-Truth to a better level. People complain about no-one being pushed from the midcard and when things like this happen we all go wtf.

Amen! Jericho has lost nothing from this and I still think he's going to win the title at No Way Out. It's going to be either him or Batista.

[KK]

I don't think they really know what to do with Chris Jericho at the moment. They're probably waiting for Edge to return.

[Skippy]

I don't think they really know what to do with Chris Jericho at the moment. They're probably waiting for Edge to return.

Exactly and I'm glad to see they aren't wasting that time, by giving R-Truth a small push.

[KK]

Spike TV has reportedly scheduled a second Monday night TNA Impact episode on March 1 from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST to go head-to-head with WWE Raw. [Thanks to Devin Cutting.]

Spike and TNA have not made an official announcement yet. There is also no confirmation on whether it will be a live or taped TV episode.

In December, TNA canceled their Australian tour scheduled for February and early March due to the reported reason of "changes in the U.S. TV production schedule."

There is a possibility TNA will move up the scheduled March 8 and 9 TV tapings to have a live episode on March 1. TNA's current taping schedule from Orlando is:

-- Feb. 14: Against All Odds PPV
-- Feb. 15: Impact TV taping (for Feb. 18 episode)
-- Feb. 16: Impact TV taping (for Feb. 25 episode)

-- The 2/15 & 2/16 TV taping could be used to tape the March 1 episode or TNA could adjust the taping schedule for a live episode before taping the final two weeks of TV leading to the Destination X PPV.

-- Mar. 8: Impact TV taping (for Mar. 11 episode)
-- Mar. 9: Impact TV taping (for Mar. 18 episode)
-- Mar. 21: Destination X PPV

Raw btw did another 3.6 rating.

[Cardinal Chunder]

I was watching the 2000 Royal Rumble last night and during the HHH/Cactus Jack match JR came out with one of his finest lines ever. Trips got busted wide open and JR goes, "He's bleeding like a horse."

I lol'd quite hard.

[Pontius Pilate]

I don't know if this is real, or shopped. Spoiler warning - low.

[gaminglegend]

I don't know if this is real, or shopped. Spoiler warning - low.

That's the rumour flying around that he's going to do, however it looks like a shot from last weeks show so could be shopped. I have a problem in the fact that Ric Flair is a womanising twat, Styles clearly is not.

[Skippy]

I don't know if this is real, or shopped. Spoiler warning - low.

[Pontius Pilate]

It must be fake, I don't think they've had any tapings for a while.

[KK]

Joey Styles being surprisingly honest on his Twitter page...

Is anybody else besides me sick of DX?

Maryse would be a gorgeous mute.

It looks like Vince's closet threw up on him.

[Cardinal Chunder]

Maryse would be much sexier if she just spoke in French and didn't do that stupid throwing back her hair/head when she enters the ring. It makes her look like a retard.

[Prototype]

Maryse would be much sexier if she just spoke in French and didn't do that stupid throwing back her hair/head when she enters the ring. It makes her look like a retard.

Are you gay?

[Chocolate Jim]

Maryse would be much sexier if she just spoke in French and didn't do that stupid throwing back her hair/head when she enters the ring. It makes her look like a retard.

Are you gay?

Obviously not.

... just watched RAW.

I thought the following worked well

* Cena/VKM segment ... we need more badass Cena - fuk it go back to the rapper gimmick!
* The Miz ... this guy is the most entertaining in WWE right now.
* DX actually didn't suck for once and it was good to see them minus the dwarf and getting 'Serious'.
* They made the Royal Rumble actually seem worthwhile. I genuinely am going to watch it.

Notable facepalm-worthy moments ....

* MVP getting buried in a minute ... I don't like him but way to destroy your N#1 contender.
* Guest host ... we aren't used to such blatant product placement here in the UK, its comes off as ultra cringeworthy.
* Sheamus ... sorry chap I just don't want to see you wrestle
* Cody Rhodes / Teddy D ... sorry guys you are both boring.
* Swagger ... yes I finally admit this guy is a bit of a douche. He has lost all momentum since leaving ECW aswell as his credibility. The crowd reaction to him annihilating Santino was frankly one of the most embarrassing things I have seen for a long time.

[Rog]

The Royal Rumble is this Sunday so it's time for the GRAPL predictions. But first a recap of the rules. I suggest some of you read this as every question I was asked during the bonus round was already addressed in here. Never be afraid to ask a question but don't be a lazy sod either.

GRAPL is simple to play. The Friday before every WWE PPV this year I'll post up a prediction sheet. You enter your predictions and post the sheet. For every one you get right you earn points and points are tallied up on the leaderboard. If you are top of the leaderboard after Wrestlemania next year then you win!

Same as last year you can change your predictions as many times as you like up till the 11pm Sunday deadline. Anyone found to be editing posts after that will be disqualified from that PPV. Any changes to the PPV after I've posted the prediction form will be ignored and the predictions for that match will be null and void. You can enter as little PPV's as you like.

GRAPL LEADERBOARD
Zellery - 107
Return of the star - 105
Deadpool - 104
Mockmaster - 103
Balloon Sod - 102
Hank Scorpio - 100
sw26 - 96
Chocolate Jim - 92
Sykes - 91
El Luchadore Trufaxes - 89
AJ STYLES - 88
E-man - 88
Born Skippy - 88
KKLEIN - 87
Lonestar - 86
Teh Bork - 83
Lucien - 83
Irene Demova - 80
BOhero - 79
Gaminglegend - 76
Adam Pollard - 67
Ginga - 65
Drumstick- 56
Prototype - 56
Dark Dragon 64 - 54
Cropolite - 51
Ironmaiden - 46
Baronzemo - 43
Vesp - 18
Phatman - 12
The Floex - 11
Jam-master Jay - 8

WWE Royal Rumble
ECW Championship - Christian (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson (worth double)
Winner:
World Heavyweight Championship - The Undertaker (c) vs. Rey Mysterio (worth double)
Winner:
WWE Championship - Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton (worth double)
Winner:
WWE Women's Championship - Michelle McCool (c) vs. Mickie James
Winner:
Brand of Rumble Winner - Raw, Smackdown or ECW
Brand:
Who will last longest in the Rumble?
Prediction:
Who will last the least amount of time?
Prediction:
Who will get the most eliminations?
Prediction:
30-Man Royal Rumble Match - WORTH 5 POINTS!
Winner:

[gaminglegend]

WWE Royal Rumble
ECW Championship - Christian (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson (worth double)
Winner: Christian
World Heavyweight Championship - The Undertaker (c) vs. Rey Mysterio (worth double)
Winner: Rey Mysterio
WWE Championship - Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton (worth double)
Winner: Sheamus
WWE Women's Championship - Michelle McCool (c) vs. Mickie James
Winner: Mickie James
Brand of Rumble Winner - Raw, Smackdown or ECW
Brand: Smackdown
Who will last longest in the Rumble?
Prediction: Shawn Michaels
Who will last the least amount of time?
Prediction: Zack Ryder
Who will get the most eliminations?
Prediction: Batista
30-Man Royal Rumble Match - WORTH 5 POINTS!
Winner: Chris Jericho hmmm