The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Mafro]

I see William Regal has a few pet lizards http://www.tout.com/u/realkingregal

[Dark Ritual]

Don't normally watch TNA, but I'll give Bound for Glory a whirl.

[Dark Ritual]

Isn't this supposed to be the big feud of the year? And it's going on 3rd?

[Dark Ritual]

Joey Ryan comes out, Tazz's first comment is "I didn't think that this guy has it, so I didn't vote him in."

[Dark Ritual]

Now into talking to myself territory.

"This is awkward" chant was hilarious. Also funny is Meltzer calling the match Bully/Sting vs. Aces & 0.8s.

[Dig Dug]

As soon as one shows up can someone PM me a link to Bound For Glory please.

[captain red dog]

My thoughts on BFG results:

Actually don't mind Devon being one of the Aces and Eights. Nobody predicted that, TNA did a reasonably good job of making it look like he was gone and it will be interesting to see how he does in the heel role and how Bubba presumably does as a face. Just a shame Aces and Eights hasn't really worked in general.

Not sure about Hardy being champion. He is only half the finished article. He is ok to good technically but is beyond useless on the mic. I think they need to get the belt back on Roode though and build his credibility back up because he was at his best during his title run and nobody could touch him in terms of the heel character.

Oh and big mistake putting the titles on Chavo and Hernandez.

[Drumstick]

Hardy won?

[KK]

I was just looking at some photographs. I see they went with the old WCW/ECW ramp connected to the ring set-up. The set looks like the previous WWE HD one...except shrunk.

[Dark Ritual]

Overall non-spoiler thoughts: Apart from "This is Awkward" chant, the TNA crowd comes off as such desperate marks. Chanting "This is Awesome" and "Holy gooseberry fool" at almost anything. Matches were okay, but I'd only really go out of my way for the Triple Tag Match and Roode/Storm, unless I'm forgetting something. For their biggest show, everything felt pretty flat. Didn't convince me to come back and keep watching Impact.

[Dark Ritual]

I think this stems from Jim's "I promise to leave the thread if Lesnar beats Trips" bet?

[Mockmaster]

Choc Jim's retirement about as convincing as a Kevin Nash one.

[KK]

I went to Samurai Comics in Phoenix for the "advertised" appearance of Kaz and Daniels. I brought my kids thinking there might be at least a small line of people - but there was basically no one there. Kaz/Daniels were sitting at a table with their personal WTTCOTW shirts and the Impact Wrestling issued autograph photos. We asked for a photo with my kids and that was $5. Then they were pushing their shirts for $25 each and the autographed photos were $10 a piece. I also went to the RVD signing back in July and they weren't charging for anything then. I guess today wasn't a "sanctioned" TNA event/appearance. We stayed for about an hour just hanging out in the comic store and in that time they may have seen 5 guests/their families. Overall disappointed. Looking forward to tomorrow's Fan Interaction.

Could have been worse...



#LonelyVirgil

[Banjo]

Ted DiBaise.

[Rog]

TNA Bonus Round
Caped Chameleon 17
Hank Scorpio 16
Reavus 16
Balloon Sod 15
A J Styles 14
Homeless Jim 14
1337grind 14
Mockmaster 13
Dig Dug 13
Cosmo 13
SimonM_89 13
Slimgrady 12
Dante 12
Pontius Pilate 10
Zellery 9
JMJ 9
Dark Ritual 9
Jeffery 9
Teh Bork 9
KKLEIN 9
Damage Inc 9
Drumstick 8
IronMaiden 8
ROTS 8
Prototype 8
J.Vengeance 8
Braith Gwirod 8
Sykes 8
Dangerblade 8
GM 8
Captain Red Dog 8
Lucien 6
Banjo 5
E-man 3

Plenty of eights and one ace. Caped Chameleon gets a perfect score! Surprised that we got such a turnout. Was expecting a lot to skip this round.

GRAPL Leaderboard
Caped Chameleon 114
Drumstick 101
IronMaiden 99
Slimgrady 98
ROTS 98
Prototype 97
Zellery 94
Balloon Sod 91
JMJ 91
Banjo 91
Dark Ritual 90
Dante 89
A J Styles 88
Jeffery 88
J.Vengeance 88
Braith Gwirod 88
Mockmaster 87
Sykes 87
Teh Bork 86
E-man 86
Hank Scorpio 85
Dig Dug 85
KKLEIN 85
Dangerblade 85
Reavus 84
GM 83
Cosmo 79
Damage Inc 78
Homeless Jim 74
Pontius Pilate 72
Lucien 71
Codename47 70
1337grind 69
Tomvek 67
Kanbei 64
SimonM_89 56
JChalmers 56
Miguel007 54
Captain Red Dog 47
Cattanomics 46
Barley 38
Corazon 38
CaptCalcium 34
Adam Pollard 27
Mafro 27
1cmanny1 20
Jay Mysterio 13
Sandycoin 12
Gaminglegend 9
Skippy 8
Lonestar 5

Caped takes a very commanding lead after his success this round. GRAPL will be back again on Thursday.

[Pontius Pilate]

My hope to be anywhere near the top is dying a little each round.

[Mafro]

Rog please move me from the list I am retired.

[Caped Chameleon]

Very surprised with the result for this round. Was a complete shot in the dark as I haven't a clue about TNA these days.

[Drumstick]

I had a good run at the top but several poor scores have finally caught up with me.

[Ginga]

Ted DiBaise.

Virgil's so lonely, he can't even hang out with the correct spelling