THE WRESTLING THREAD: HHH KEEPS DOING HHH THINGS.....
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I can’t believe in 2022 we just seen Austin main event Mania and the shit was good…just wow…..
They make money regardless of drawing power. WWE is the draw, not their talent.
Becky and Bianca have some of the biggest merch sales.
I know that check my previous post lol. But you still have to have some viewers.
I agree. To me WWE showed they were still the place to be. Out of all the shit Cody has done….tonight came across as Cody’s biggest moment of his career….I could be wrong but that’s how it came across to me.
I think it’s a bad look for AEW because it’s basically making them look like the place to get your value back up and it establishes WWE as still the lone major wrestling promotion.
Damn that’s the truest shit said….WWE is the draw….
I'm sure that's true but how is the viewership? They still have to have some viewers obviously watching habits have changed and streaming is part of the reason why but I think wrestling could be in trouble long term just my opinion.
Shocked Austin actually had a match with Owens. I thought it would just be a stunner, drink beer and leave.
Vince must have backed up the Brinks truck and made Austin an offer he couldn't refuse. LOL
Overall, decent night. Sold my tickets for Night 1 because of the UNC-Dook game, but I'll be there tomorrow for Night 2.
Vince must have backed up the Brinks truck and made Austin an offer he couldn't refuse. LOL
Overall, decent night. Sold my tickets for Night 1 because of the UNC-Dook game, but I'll be there tomorrow for Night 2.
JDfromNY has great / hilarious reviews.
I'm interested to hear his take on tonight.
I'm interested to hear his take on tonight.
Yep….went to thee CFL to get back to the NFL.When Seth said “Welcome back to the big leagues, bitch”….
Btw, props to the evolution of female wrestling…use to hate watching them wrestle….now I find myself watching and looking forward to their matches…..
Now AEW ain't shit. Look Wrestlemania is their big deal so it should be worth watching. But everything they've down up until this has been 2nd to AEW. Raw be extra trash, Smackdown be trash most of the PPV be trash. I do look forward to Wrestlemania, I always hope some new wild shit happens. But right now I'm more entertained by AEW. Watching Austin was nostalgic as hell though.
I still don't get the push they keep giving Charlotte.
They desperately want to make her the "Female Flair" with all these accomplishments and titles. I'll take Sasha and Bianca over her all the time. Even Becky.
She's a damn good wrestler and she's one of the few heels that people actually hate
Cody is a WWE guy. I'm not surprised he went back and I don't know why most people are. He was at a point there where he was stagnant and frustrated and just needed to go out and do and prove his own thing. A lot of those guys will make their way back to WWE, especially the ones who spent most of their careers there, like Jericho or Bryan Danielson.
She is good. But there are others there who are just as good and they're not given half the chances she gets.
She’s the best heel they have. She’s as advertised…..they’ve been trying to make female heels but just can’t do it.
I honestly be bored by all of it. From WWE or AEW…..but WWE showed they were top Dog….AEW is getting tired.
Lolz Kevin Owens resigned with WWE a few months ago…. I’m pretty sure he feels great about that decision. Especially knowing he main evented Wrestlemania with one of his childhood favorites.
Somewhere, CM Punk is still pissed about not main eventing Wrestlemania….
Somewhere, CM Punk is still pissed about not main eventing Wrestlemania….
Thoughts on ROH SuperCard Of Honor ....
PRESHOW
Colt Cabana/Blake Christian: This was fun. Colt did a lot of comedy spots in this but the match had a nice flow to it. I haven't seen too much of Christian but man he's a phenomenal athlete. Would love to see him go against Dante Martin in the future. Cobana gets the win here.
Miranda Alize/A.Q.A: I enjoyed this. Solid work from both women. A.Q.A does a excellent shooting star press. I like what I saw out of Alize. When TK officially relaunches ROH both these women need to be serious players in the women's division.
Cheeseburger & Eli Isom/Kaun & Toa Liona (Gates Of Agony): Basically a squash match for Gates Of Agony. They look very impressive. Apparently they're apart of Tully Blanchard's new faction.
Joe Henry/Dalton Castle: Good match. I'm not the biggest Castle fan but he did some good work here.
MAIN SHOW
Zayne/Swerve: Excellent spotfest match. The highlighted spot was the reverse Rana by Zayne taking Swerve off the ring apron. Finishing sequence was pretty good. I wouldn't eliminated a few of the near falls as this was the first match on the main card. Good match nonetheless.
Ninja Mack/Brian Cage: So Cage is now apart of Tully Blanchard's new faction. It was the right decision to move him to ROH as he wasn't going to get much traction in AEW. This was a nice squash match to re-establish his dominance. If booked properly he should be a main player in the ROH main event scene. Tully Blanchard has assembled a good looking beast faction. Excited to see what TK does with them.
Lee Moriarty/Jay Lethal: This was good. Started off a tad slow but picked up midway through. The last few minutes were pretty good with counters and constant roll-ups. The highlight was Lethal low blowing Moriarty and officially turning heel. In my opinion Lethal works better as a heel so I'm interested to see where this goes.
Willow/Mercedes Martinez: Meh match. Slow, sloppy and boring. Willow is just not a good worker. She hesitates way too much when executing certain moves and a lot of what she does doesn't look convincing. She legit hurt Mercedes on a moonsault that didn't land properly. Mercedes wins and is crowned the new interim ROH Women's World champion. She'll face Deonna Purrazzo at some point in the future to unify the titles.
Briscoes/FTR: Absolute classic and MOTY candidate. They've been building this match up for months on Twitter and it finally happened and it lived up to the hype. The energy and brutality in this match was so damn good. Would love to see this match again down the road. FTR are the new ROH World Tag Team champions. Young Bucks came out post match and set up FTR/Young Bucks II for next Wednesday's Dynamite.
Minoru Suzuki/Rhett Titus: This was okay. It was the right call to put the title on Suzuki. He can add some prestigiousness to it by defending it in New Japan while TK works on the ROH relaunch.
Wheeler Yuta/Josh Woods: This match would've worked better if it was placed earlier in the card. Since it's technically based it requires more attention to the details. Since it was placed later in a card the crowd wasn't as invested as they should've been. I'm okay with Yuta winning as he can defend the belt in AEW while TK works on the ROH relaunch.
Jonathan Gresham/Bandido: A lot of fun once it got going. There was a delayed suplex spot that Bandido did on Gresham that was very unique and got the crowd fired up. Finishing stretch was really good. Gresham wins and unifies both ROH World championships. Post match Jay Lethal comes out and beats down Gresham then Samoa Joe comes out to a huge pop. It will be interesting to see how Joe is utilized in both ROH and AEW.
Overall excellent show. I enjoyed it. Excited to see what TK does with ROH going forward. Obviously the first order of business is to get a TV deal then once they have that established they can go from there. It's been a good weekend of wrestling thus far. Now it's time for me to watch WrestleMania night 1 an offer my thoughts on that.
PRESHOW
Colt Cabana/Blake Christian: This was fun. Colt did a lot of comedy spots in this but the match had a nice flow to it. I haven't seen too much of Christian but man he's a phenomenal athlete. Would love to see him go against Dante Martin in the future. Cobana gets the win here.
Miranda Alize/A.Q.A: I enjoyed this. Solid work from both women. A.Q.A does a excellent shooting star press. I like what I saw out of Alize. When TK officially relaunches ROH both these women need to be serious players in the women's division.
Cheeseburger & Eli Isom/Kaun & Toa Liona (Gates Of Agony): Basically a squash match for Gates Of Agony. They look very impressive. Apparently they're apart of Tully Blanchard's new faction.
Joe Henry/Dalton Castle: Good match. I'm not the biggest Castle fan but he did some good work here.
MAIN SHOW
Zayne/Swerve: Excellent spotfest match. The highlighted spot was the reverse Rana by Zayne taking Swerve off the ring apron. Finishing sequence was pretty good. I wouldn't eliminated a few of the near falls as this was the first match on the main card. Good match nonetheless.
Ninja Mack/Brian Cage: So Cage is now apart of Tully Blanchard's new faction. It was the right decision to move him to ROH as he wasn't going to get much traction in AEW. This was a nice squash match to re-establish his dominance. If booked properly he should be a main player in the ROH main event scene. Tully Blanchard has assembled a good looking beast faction. Excited to see what TK does with them.
Lee Moriarty/Jay Lethal: This was good. Started off a tad slow but picked up midway through. The last few minutes were pretty good with counters and constant roll-ups. The highlight was Lethal low blowing Moriarty and officially turning heel. In my opinion Lethal works better as a heel so I'm interested to see where this goes.
Willow/Mercedes Martinez: Meh match. Slow, sloppy and boring. Willow is just not a good worker. She hesitates way too much when executing certain moves and a lot of what she does doesn't look convincing. She legit hurt Mercedes on a moonsault that didn't land properly. Mercedes wins and is crowned the new interim ROH Women's World champion. She'll face Deonna Purrazzo at some point in the future to unify the titles.
Briscoes/FTR: Absolute classic and MOTY candidate. They've been building this match up for months on Twitter and it finally happened and it lived up to the hype. The energy and brutality in this match was so damn good. Would love to see this match again down the road. FTR are the new ROH World Tag Team champions. Young Bucks came out post match and set up FTR/Young Bucks II for next Wednesday's Dynamite.
Minoru Suzuki/Rhett Titus: This was okay. It was the right call to put the title on Suzuki. He can add some prestigiousness to it by defending it in New Japan while TK works on the ROH relaunch.
Wheeler Yuta/Josh Woods: This match would've worked better if it was placed earlier in the card. Since it's technically based it requires more attention to the details. Since it was placed later in a card the crowd wasn't as invested as they should've been. I'm okay with Yuta winning as he can defend the belt in AEW while TK works on the ROH relaunch.
Jonathan Gresham/Bandido: A lot of fun once it got going. There was a delayed suplex spot that Bandido did on Gresham that was very unique and got the crowd fired up. Finishing stretch was really good. Gresham wins and unifies both ROH World championships. Post match Jay Lethal comes out and beats down Gresham then Samoa Joe comes out to a huge pop. It will be interesting to see how Joe is utilized in both ROH and AEW.
Overall excellent show. I enjoyed it. Excited to see what TK does with ROH going forward. Obviously the first order of business is to get a TV deal then once they have that established they can go from there. It's been a good weekend of wrestling thus far. Now it's time for me to watch WrestleMania night 1 an offer my thoughts on that.
