THE WRESTLING THREAD: HHH KEEPS DOING HHH THINGS.....

[RiverCity]

As a six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.

Booker T: From Prison to Promise details Huffman's struggles from his youngest years. Losing his father at only ten months and his mother at only thirteen years old, Booker was forced along with his seven siblings to navigate life alone. Wrestling with hunger, poverty, and criminal influences, he struggled to survive in urban Houston and soon spiraled out of control, gravitating toward gang life and ultimately landing in prison.

Finally confronting himself while incarcerated, Booker made a promise to rise above crime and hopelessness to accomplish greater things and become an agent of change in his community. From anonymity to stardom, from rags to riches, Booker T takes us on his journey From Prison to Promise…Now can you dig that, SUCKA?

http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=772197

 

[tajshan]

As a six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.

Booker T: From Prison to Promise details Huffman's struggles from his youngest years. Losing his father at only ten months and his mother at only thirteen years old, Booker was forced along with his seven siblings to navigate life alone. Wrestling with hunger, poverty, and criminal influences, he struggled to survive in urban Houston and soon spiraled out of control, gravitating toward gang life and ultimately landing in prison.

Finally confronting himself while incarcerated, Booker made a promise to rise above crime and hopelessness to accomplish greater things and become an agent of change in his community. From anonymity to stardom, from rags to riches, Booker T takes us on his journey From Prison to Promise…Now can you dig that, SUCKA?

http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=772197

I can dig it

 

[c_commander]

Also if you want to see ROH's Final Battle

 

[dirtyd]

Hall of Famer Edge joined Chris Jericho for round two of "Talk is Jericho" this week, and an interesting discussion broke out about John Cena putting himself over Wade Barrett at a past SummerSlam pay-per-view.

Chris Jericho: "It was Team WWE vs. Team Nexus, and the finish boiled down to [Edge] and [Jericho] in there, but it was Cena against a couple of them. John wanted to do things a certain way and we told him 'you're wrong'. He did it anyways, and it sucked. And then after he came over to us and said 'I should have listened to you, but I wasn't seeing it that way.'"

Edge: "I remember. I was like, fine I'm out of the match by that point."

Chris Jericho: "He wanted to get DDT'd on the floor by Barrett, then kick out and beat them both. And you and I were like, that's the dumbest thing. That's just throwing it away for no reason."

Edge: "They should have gone over because they were so hot."

Chris Jericho: "We were fighting for Barrett to go over. And where's Wade Barrett now?"

I've been trying to tell people that Cena has way more power than people think, SCSA Rock & HHH all had the power to change the booking but HHH was/is the only person to abuse it. Cena should've lost but he didn't want to Nexus over and that chair burial at TLC was 1 of the stupidest endings i've ever seen, Big E is only getting a push because he's Cena's boy but how long will that last.

 

[Nochturnal]

I've been trying to tell people that Cena has way more power than people think, SCSA Rock & HHH all had the power to change the booking but HHH was/is the only person to abuse it. Cena should've lost but he didn't want to Nexus over and that chair burial at TLC was 1 of the stupidest endings i've ever seen, Big E is only getting a push because he's Cena's boy but how long will that last.

And this is one of my reasons for disliking this cat. To see confirmation from Jericho and Edge, fuck this dude.

 

[Simply Sickenin']

There is truly no end to how sexy AJ Lee is. ​

 

[dirtyd]

She's starting to get that old lady Puerto Rican face and i've never found AJ to be that sexy but to each is own, the chick with a small frame who i think owns AJ is Rosita formerly of TNA.

 

[c_commander]

She's starting to get that old lady Puerto Rican face and i've never found AJ to be that sexy but to each is own, the chick with a small frame who i think owns AJ is Rosita formerly of TNA.

I like both of them. Rosita looks damn good on her instagram with her short ass.

 

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[chrislee]

Dawn Marie has a nice ass. Wish she had wen't commando.

 

[dtownsfinest]

Oh man I thought she was naked. They talking about tanned thong. Damn...WWE and its good ol' days. I love that I grew up in the Attitude era though this wasn't the Attitude era.

 

[dirtyd]

That's the very underrated Ruthless Aggression Era which was better than the Attitude Era from a pure wrestling standpoint, but the AE was better when it came to storylines and feuds.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Vince Says No More Heels and Faces
Posted by Steve Carrier on 12/26/2013 at 05:37 PM



- For what it's worth, Vince McMahon said there are no more babyfaces and heels at a recent creative meeting.
http://nodq.com/wwe/390104163.shtml

I've seen this and I just don't believe it.
The booking doesn't seem to follow. The only person who seems to be floating back and forth (and getting no heat) is the Miz. Everyone else is either a heel or a face.

As a six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.

Booker T: From Prison to Promise details Huffman's struggles from his youngest years. Losing his father at only ten months and his mother at only thirteen years old, Booker was forced along with his seven siblings to navigate life alone. Wrestling with hunger, poverty, and criminal influences, he struggled to survive in urban Houston and soon spiraled out of control, gravitating toward gang life and ultimately landing in prison.

Finally confronting himself while incarcerated, Booker made a promise to rise above crime and hopelessness to accomplish greater things and become an agent of change in his community. From anonymity to stardom, from rags to riches, Booker T takes us on his journey From Prison to Promise…Now can you dig that, SUCKA?

http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=772197

Good book.
Not really written in Booker's voice but still a great read. I do wish he had spent more time talking about him and his brother's time in Global.

She's starting to get that old lady Puerto Rican face and i've never found AJ to be that sexy but to each is own, the chick with a small frame who i think owns AJ is Rosita formerly of TNA.

That's the very underrated Ruthless Aggression Era which was better than the Attitude Era from a pure wrestling standpoint, but the AE was better when it came to storylines and feuds.

I always thought RA was better than AE in every way. There just seemed to be too much of a lot of silly shit during the AE and Russo's throw-shit-at-the-wall booking.


Really good Raw from a wrestling standpoint and I liked the Bryan turn at the end.
The ending makes me think Michaels isn't coming back for a match with Bryan and if he does, it will make zero sense at this point. But I do hate how they used DB to get some juice on the Orton-Cena feud and then pulled him out of it and sent him back to the Wyatts but at least they won't be having Orton-Cena at Mania.

 

[Simply Sickenin']

Really good Raw from a wrestling standpoint and I liked the Bryan turn at the end.
The ending makes me think Michaels isn't coming back for a match with Bryan and if he does, it will make zero sense at this point. But I do hate how they used DB to get some juice on the Orton-Cena feud and then pulled him out of it and sent him back to the Wyatts but at least they won't be having Orton-Cena at Mania.

I'm hoping that the fans respond to the DB turn by continuing to chant like crazy for him. Even when his doing 'villainous' things, they should just keep chanting. Force the higher-ups to recognize that we want DB as champion and we'll keep chanting for it no matter what.

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[Simply Sickenin']

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Can't believe she ever got into porn. She would have done well in that arena.


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[MolE DeezY]

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Can't believe she ever got into porn. She would have done well in that arena.


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I agree she seem like she would fit right in

 

[Upgrade Dave]

I'm hoping that the fans respond to the DB turn by continuing to chant like crazy for him. Even when his doing 'villainous' things, they should just keep chanting. Force the higher-ups to recognize that we want DB as champion and we'll keep chanting for it no matter what.

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That's exactly what will happen and probably what they want. If this holds up to Elimination Chamber, I'd be surprised.

If WWE fans really want Bryan (or Punk) to be legit, Cena level main eventers, they need to buy ppvs and merchandise. Chanting only goes so far.

Impact evened out from that slow show they had last week. Bully Ray went a little Bubba Ray Dudley and they've set up AJ and Magnus' match.

 

[chemist]

I agree she seem like she would fit right in

Dawn Marie was always sexy to me. She had a hard ass face but her body was crazy. Nice ass unlike the other flat ass fake tit divas.

 

[XXXplosive]

Dawn Marie was always sexy to me. She had a hard ass face but her body was crazy. Nice ass unlike the other flat ass fake tit divas.

Man, you just spoke exactly what was on my mind
Dawn Marie was a bad bitch

 

[Simply Sickenin']

That's exactly what will happen and probably what they want. If this holds up to Elimination Chamber, I'd be surprised.

If WWE fans really want Bryan (or Punk) to be legit, Cena level main eventers, they need to buy ppvs and merchandise. Chanting only goes so far.

I think buying PPVs is going to be the hardest part of getting DB over in the eyes on the higher-ups. Correct me if I'm wrong, but outside of the 'super' faces like Cena, Hogan, Rock, etc., faces don't generally sell PPVs. Having great heels and a underdog face going up to topple the giant is what sell PPVs.



I love posting that. Those WrestleMania goes Hollywood series of commercials are still my favorite Wrestling commercials. And JBL spoke directly on the point I was making. People buy PPVs to see the bad guys they hate get beat. As much as people love DB, they don't have ANY heels on a JBL level right now. The only main event heels they have right now are Orton and Del Rio and we don't hate them because they're awesome heels. We hate them because they're boring as hell.


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[ThaBurgerPimp]

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Can't believe she ever got into porn. She would have done well in that arena.


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always did remind me a little of Francesca Le

 

[chemist]

And that damn Aksana
She ain't got the cutest face, but that body

Somebody must have complained because that suit Aksana had on tonight on Smackdown had 0 crack potential.

This match tonight was horrible. No wrestling skills from either one of them.

 

[dirtyd]

I've seen this and I just don't believe it.
The booking doesn't seem to follow. The only person who seems to be floating back and forth (and getting no heat) is the Miz. Everyone else is either a heel or a face.



Good book.
Not really written in Booker's voice but still a great read. I do wish he had spent more time talking about him and his brother's time in Global.







I always thought RA was better than AE in every way. There just seemed to be too much of a lot of silly shit during the AE and Russo's throw-shit-at-the-wall booking.


Really good Raw from a wrestling standpoint and I liked the Bryan turn at the end.
The ending makes me think Michaels isn't coming back for a match with Bryan and if he does, it will make zero sense at this point. But I do hate how they used DB to get some juice on the Orton-Cena feud and then pulled him out of it and sent him back to the Wyatts but at least they won't be having Orton-Cena at Mania.

Heyman took SD to another level when he was in charge and they were kicking Raws ass damn near every week, the thing that hurt Raw during that time was Triple H killing the show with 20min opening promos and squash like main events. Even the theme songs were better back then because "Across The Nation" & "I Want It All" had that hype feel to them, now they use generic pop songs that have no business in wrestling.

 

[Nochturnal]

Daniel Wyatt

 

[c_commander]

Roderick Strong almost getting his neck broken during a Styles Clash

http://instagram.com/p/ixoHt2nkf0

 

[c_commander]

Roderick Strong almost getting his neck broken during a Styles Clash

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[RealHipHop]

Daniel Wyatt

interesting

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[Upgrade Dave]

Roderick Strong almost getting his neck broken during a Styles Clash

http://instagram.com/p/ixoHt2nkf0

It's crazy how really safe the Styles Clash is but if you tuck your head, it becomes very dangerous. This happened to Kaz last year and he must have taken it a bunch of times.

Random shit all reported on PWInsider.com

The Blossom Twins announced today that they are taking time off from the business and have departed both TNA and OVW. They hadn't really been used by TNA since the British Bootcamp reality series and a few appearances.

AJ Styles vs. Matt Hardy is set for the 3/28 Northeast Wrestling event in Waterbury, CT.

Too bad for TNA and the Blossoms. TNA needs the young new KO talent and the Blossoms have real potential.
AJ is on a tear on the indies. He's scheduled to face AR Fox, Cedric Alexander, the Young Bucks, Chris Hero, Eddie Edwards among others. That's the beauty of the indies: you can get some great dream matches that you ordinarily wouldn't see. Now with Jeff Jarrett taking dates, that's another name.
Somebody needs to get their money up and get him and Davey Richards in the ring ASAP.

The Dolph Ziggler concussion last night was due to a stiff clothesline from Ryback during a match that will air on this week's Superstars. There's a lot of heat on Ryback as there's been continued complaints about being reckless in the ring, one of the reasons his pushes have been curtailed over the last year. The early reports we are getting is that Ziggler's concussion is not a mild one.

Damn Dolph and it happens now, with the push to Mania underway.
Ryback needs to learn the lessons of Ahmed Johnson.

 

[dirtyd]

It's crazy how really safe the Styles Clash is but if you tuck your head, it becomes very dangerous. This happened to Kaz last year and he must have taken it a bunch of times.

Random shit all reported on PWInsider.com

The Blossom Twins announced today that they are taking time off from the business and have departed both TNA and OVW. They hadn't really been used by TNA since the British Bootcamp reality series and a few appearances.

AJ Styles vs. Matt Hardy is set for the 3/28 Northeast Wrestling event in Waterbury, CT.

Too bad for TNA and the Blossoms. TNA needs the young new KO talent and the Blossoms have real potential.
AJ is on a tear on the indies. He's scheduled to face AR Fox, Cedric Alexander, the Young Bucks, Chris Hero, Eddie Edwards among others. That's the beauty of the indies: you can get some great dream matches that you ordinarily wouldn't see. Now with Jeff Jarrett taking dates, that's another name.
Somebody needs to get their money up and get him and Davey Richards in the ring ASAP.

The Dolph Ziggler concussion last night was due to a stiff clothesline from Ryback during a match that will air on this week's Superstars. There's a lot of heat on Ryback as there's been continued complaints about being reckless in the ring, one of the reasons his pushes have been curtailed over the last year. The early reports we are getting is that Ziggler's concussion is not a mild one.

Damn Dolph and it happens now, with the push to Mania underway.
Ryback needs to learn the lessons of Ahmed Johnson.

Anyone with brains will tell you that it's more important to become famous in the indies instead of focusing on making it to the wwe, because when you become famous in the indies you can name your price. DB & Punk were living pretty nice during their indie days and i'm sure they miss the simplicity of it at times. Honestly outside of the chance of being a multi millionaire it's better to be independent instead of being a wwe star.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Anyone with brains will tell you that it's more important to become famous in the indies instead of focusing on making it to the wwe, because when you become famous in the indies you can name your price. DB & Punk were living pretty nice during their indie days and i'm sure they miss the simplicity of it at times. Honestly outside of the chance of being a multi millionaire it's better to be independent instead of being a wwe star.

That always depends on how the indies are at any given time. Some years they're strong and some guys can make a good living but in those down years, it's probably a nightmare.
The only upside I can see to being independent and not a WWE contracted star is the brutal politics that go on there.
The closest ideal is the situation talent can get from TNA or ROH where you have a contract for so many dates for a set amount of money, some merchandising, get to work tv and still book outside indy dates.
Adam Pearce said just being on GutCheck had his phone ringing off the hook and he raised his price and he was talking about retiring a few years ago.

Here's some surprising news

WWE DIVA GONE FROM COMPANY
by Mike Johnson @ 10:55 AM on 1/8/2014

WWE announced that Kaitlyn has been released from the company.
In their official announcement, the company wrote:

" The former Divas Champion has chosen to pursue other endeavors outside the sports-entertainment world. WWE wishes Kaitlyn the best in all her future endeavors."

On her Twitter, Kaitlyn wrote that she requested to leave the company "on my own terms". Her fiance wrote that she left to "focus on an AWESOME new product."

Kaitlyn's final match with the company will air tonight on WWE Main Event, facing AJ Lee.

She was never very good but she was improving.
Now we can see if WWE has burned any love of the business out of her because she could make good money doing appearances and not even wrestle (like Maryse).

 

[Upgrade Dave]

TNA TV DEAL UPDATES
by Mike Johnson @ 9:45 AM on 1/8/2014

TNA President Dixie Carter just wrote on Twitter that the company has come to terms with Challenge TV in Great Britain on a new multi-year deal to "keep all of our programming free in the UK and Ireland."
The next big deal TNA will have to get locked in will be with Spike in the United States. The company's current deal will be expiring in October 2014, so negotiations to lock a new deal in should be starting sometime in the first quarter of the year.

As I noted in my PWInsider Elite audio a few days ago, there are some in the company worried about the potential of WWE moving to Spike and other Viacom-run networks if they don't lock in a new deal with Comcast, so the sooner TNA locks a new contract in, the better.

As I also noted in my audio, the other concern regarding Spike may be that when the last deal was signed, the goal between the two parties was to grow the weekly audience to two million viewers a week. Obviously, that did not happen as TNA's viewership is down in comparison to when they locked in their last deal

This is why TNA isn't going out of business. They still make a killing on their tv deals. If they lock up Spike, they're set for at least a few more years.

 

[NightMare Paint]

All the chicks who actually look strong enough to wrestle never stick around, meanwhile tall, slim Alicia Fox is about to start her 8th year with WWE

 

[dirtyd]

That always depends on how the indies are at any given time. Some years they're strong and some guys can make a good living but in those down years, it's probably a nightmare.
The only upside I can see to being independent and not a WWE contracted star is the brutal politics that go on there.
The closest ideal is the situation talent can get from TNA or ROH where you have a contract for so many dates for a set amount of money, some merchandising, get to work tv and still book outside indy dates.
Adam Pearce said just being on GutCheck had his phone ringing off the hook and he raised his price and he was talking about retiring a few years ago.

It's a nightmare during the down years but how many times have you heard of a wrestler wanting out of the business because of a down year? The wwe does a very good job of killing the love a lot of these people have for the business, but when they pop back up on the indie scene it reignites that fire in them.

Here's some surprising news

WWE DIVA GONE FROM COMPANY
by Mike Johnson @ 10:55 AM on 1/8/2014

WWE announced that Kaitlyn has been released from the company.
In their official announcement, the company wrote:

" The former Divas Champion has chosen to pursue other endeavors outside the sports-entertainment world. WWE wishes Kaitlyn the best in all her future endeavors."

On her Twitter, Kaitlyn wrote that she requested to leave the company "on my own terms". Her fiance wrote that she left to "focus on an AWESOME new product."

Kaitlyn's final match with the company will air tonight on WWE Main Event, facing AJ Lee.

She was never very good but she was improving.
Now we can see if WWE has burned any love of the business out of her because she could make good money doing appearances and not even wrestle (like Maryse).

Not shocked, they had no idea what to do with her after the AJ Lee program and she completely fell off the radar and looked to have gain weight. It's funny that every time they come out with the new wwe game people get released and all i can think about is how they're now taking up a spot that could've gone to someone else

Former TNA and WWE star Matt Morgan announced in an exclusive interview with Prowrestling.net that he is leaving the pro wrestling business to be a father to his new child and to work as a regional manager for a “big-time medical device company.”
Morgan said not returning to WWE or TNA was an easy decision to make. He said the money he will be making from this medical company blew away anything WWE or TNA could offer. Morgan said he was in talks with both companies but couldn’t turn down this new job. However, Morgan doesn’t consider himself retired because he still thinks he’s in his prime. He’s not ruling out the occasional indie appearance.

Morgan tweeted the following on Tuesday:

“By the grace of God, we welcomed our first born Jackson Morgan into the world earlier today!!! Thx for all ur prayers guys! #GodIsGreat”

I understand leaving to take care of your newborn child but saying the medical field offered him more than what the wwe could afford is laughable, i think he meant to say they offered him more than what the wwe wanted to give him.

 

[dtownsfinest]

Yea i'm shocked WWE didn't bring back Matt Morgan. Who knows what his asking price was but I was for sure he'd get another run. He's developed into the type of guy they've been TRYING to develop for the past few years. Its just the stiffs they do it with aren't as athletic as Matt Morgan.

 

[NightMare Paint]