The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Something Fishy]

There's the thing, they gave Danielson a good push and he got the title off Miz but now we're in a situation where he's one of the few punks Miz can beat intheir world. I think it's a poor use of a good talent.

[Zellery]

Just seen Mondays Raw.

Sad to see Danielson jobbing out to old fishface Miz. Can't see how such a limited talent can be allowed to beat a wrestler like that. Does piss me off to see him put across as somehow better and more experienced.

Vinnie proving an ability to gooseberry fool on real talent as always.

Wut?

Miz is an absolute talent and Bryan didn't come out of the match looking bad at all. The match was awesome and Miz is the Champion Fishy, you don't 'job' when losing to the World Champion.

[captain red dog]

Anyway the more i watch it, I assume that we now won't see the Rock again until WM unless he makes one more appearance just to further push an angle with Cena & Miz. But going on his promise to never leave, i expect him to stick around after WM, appearing on every RAW (including the London one that i have tickets for), wrestle at every ppv, flirt with Eve and Kelly Kelly, have several funny backstage moments with Santino and ask who in the blue hell Zack Ryder is!!

It is interesting because he made it quite clear he was back for good as far as I understood it. Or at least back in a much bigger capacity than he has been for the last 7 years.

Reading on Wiki his next film starts shooting in the autumn, so maybe he has agreed to appear between movies. Personally if I was him I would find it too hard to resist coming back properly after that sort of a reception. I'd imagine that is far more rewarding than his movie work.

The only problem is, the general product is so terrible he is basically going to fall straight into carrying the entire show if he takes a bigger role. The reception of the fans spoke volumes. It was almost like they were just totally overwhelmed at watching something decent, like Rock was going to lift WWE out of the mire and reward the fans that stuck around.

I have only had a passing interest over the last few years, just to keep a track of who is who and where the belts sit. If Rock is back full time I can see myself sticking with it. A Rock/HHH WM main event would be more appealing to me than anything else on the roster which says a lot about the current stars.

[Zellery]

If The Rock told Vince he wanted to come back full time tomorrow he'd be pushed back to number one face in a heartbeat with Cena making room. Jus sayin'.

[Zellery]

If The Rock told Vince he wanted to come back full time tomorrow he'd be pushed back to number one face in a heartbeat with Cena making room. Jus sayin'.

Ooooo, controversial. I disagree but we'll never know.

Without a doubt.

He won't be back full time however, so we'll never know.

[KK]

If Cena & Rock do a McMahon/Bischoff & hug I'm turning off the TV.

[Cuban Pete]

Just watched The Rock's return wow that felt weird! He's amazing

[KK]

For those that want the new theme, cleaned up & without crowd noise, here it is:

[Mockmaster]

With added Titantron:

[Drumstick]

The new Jericho book arrived in time for the weekend.

[YouSmellOfWee]

That new theme sounds hideous.

[Cosmo]

I like it.

I'm about 100 pages into Undisputed now. It's one of those books that I can't put down.

Jericho

[Slimgrady]

I like it.

Me 2

[A J Styles]

I like it.

I'm about 100 pages into Undisputed now. It's one of those books that I can't put down.

Jericho

Same, it's wonderful!

[Balloon Sod]

Austin - bald
Rock - bald
Hogan - bald
Angle - bald

All the big guys are bald... Notice how nowadays in WWE no top man is bald... And it sucks.

Science!

John Cena - a smidgen off bald
Randy Orton - chemo patient
Batista - bald

The best haircut in the WWE has to go to Dolph Ziggler, though. I've said it before and I'll say it again, he's managed to find a haircut so extreme it can only exist in wrestling in 2011. When you consider the wealth of gooseberry fool haircuts that some people have, it's amazing that he's found it.

As a friend said, he's the result of a three-way between troll face, Sid and a Pot Noodle.

[Cosmo]

I like it.

I'm about 100 pages into Undisputed now. It's one of those books that I can't put down.

Jericho

Same, it's wonderful!

The exchange between Jericho and Shawn Michaels over whether Jericho was the new Doink had me laughing for ages.

[Poncho]

Austin - bald
Rock - bald
Hogan - bald
Angle - bald

All the big guys are bald... Notice how nowadays in WWE no top man is bald... And it sucks.

Science!

John Cena - a smidgen off bald
Randy Orton - chemo patient
Batista - bald

None of them are bald, they've a full head of hair but shave it. Bald wannabes because they've worked out the secret formula for headline mega success.

The Rock can grow hair...

[LightSamus]

How can you mention big bald wrestlers without:



*badum tish*

...I'll get my coat.

[Skippy]

With added Titantron:

Interesting. If he wasn't going to show up until Mania then why bother making him new music and a video? There has to be some sort of angle for all this other than simply the host.

[Rog]

Elimination Chamber is this Sunday. With an epic four matches announced!


The GRAPL Leaderboard
Pell 117
Skippy 106
Jam Master Jay 104
Balloon Sod 101
Goose 100
ROTS 97
Lucien 97
Jim 94
Hank Scorpio 91
Adam Pollard 90
E-Man 89
Iron Maiden 89
Sw26 88
Sykes 88
KKLEIN 88
Mockmaster 87
Lonestar 82
Vishvanath 79
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Tomvek 78
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Gaminglegend 76
Drumstick 74
Baron Zemo 74
Cattanomics 73
AJ Styles 68
Prototype 62
Irene Demova 61
Barley 58
Deadpool 54
Zellery 44
Cuttooth 35
Phatman 32
Dante 27
Fishy 14
Ryan0rz 14
BOHero 14
ThenatureBoy 10
CuriousOyster 10
J.Vengeance 8
DamageInc 8
Mafro 8
Dark Ritual 5
Miguel007 5
Jay Mysterio 5
Cropolite 2

Wrestlemania 27 will follow past trend and have 27 points up for grabs. Pell is already 11 ahead so even though there is ample opportunity to catch him up he could make Wrestlemania pretty much redundant if he puts in a good round here.

WWE Elimination Chamber
Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner (worth 3):
The Miz (c) vs. Jerry Lawler for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4):
Edge (c) vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett vs. TBA for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 4):
First eliminated:
Last eliminated:
John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth for a shot at Jerry Lawler
Winner (worth 4):
First eliminated:
Last eliminated: