Does Anyone Watch Wrestling? (WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, etc)

[BKGlover]

Wait...the hell is AJ doing on a RAW PPV?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Wait...the hell is AJ doing on a RAW PPV?

It was because bray is sick.

 

[Northstar]

Wait...the hell is AJ doing on a RAW PPV?

Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns are sick (heard both meningitis and mumps, not sure what one it is) so they had to make a couple last minute substitutions.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Why do I have the feeling that Raw is gonna do this on smack down ?

 

[Northstar]

Am I the only that couldn't care less about the Raw vs. Smackdown gimmick? It just seems even lazier than usual, which is saying something.

At least I know I can miss Raw or Smackdown for a month and not miss anything.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Great ending to Raw. 👍

 

[Stephan]

Seeing Kurt and Shane face to face makes me hope they have a rematch of their last match back in 2001 King Of The Ring.

 

[BKGlover]

Seeing Kurt and Shane face to face makes me hope they have a rematch of their last match back in 2001 King Of The Ring.

As long as Shane isn't severely injured this time.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

So everyone expected Raw to invade Smackdown after Smackdown fired the first shot on Monday, and it didn't happen, it was teased a few times though.

Shane was back last night, and Sami came out and danced to his theme song right in front of him (heel Sami is pretty great!) and offered his and KO's services for Survivor Series, Smackdown are having qualifying matches for the men's team but the Women's done and there was a fatal 5-way for the captaincy last night.

Owens was back last night but he didn't have a match, still not known what the problems were last week but his wife released a statement on Twitter basically saying he is the greatest husband and father ever for flying all the way to be with them 'at a difficult time', His wife is really hot!

A lot of credit should go to AJ Styles, he wrestled in Argentina and Chile, flew all the way back to the US to face Balor with little notice, which is an 18-hour flight, Balor and Styles had barely any time to put they're match together and pretty much everything we saw from them on Sunday wasn't planned (including the 'too sweet' thing after), he also wrestled on Raw and last night, he must be beyond exhausted. WORKHORSE!

 

[Northstar]

Even though I'm not a fan of the whole Survivor Series gimmick, I must admit the idea of Alicia Fox being in charge of the Raw team intrigues me.

I'm still not sold on her craziness only being a bit though as she is far too convincing for it to be an act.

 

[BKGlover]

Back when there were enough factions and baby face/super heel rivalries it could work. It's almost an everyone-for-themselves environment anymore so the team's just seem thrown together for a cash in.

 

[Northstar]

Emma has been released by the WWE.

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2017/10/29/16567022/wwe-emma-released

 

[MUSC4EVER]

So has Summer Rae and Darren Young.

No surprise about those two really as Summer hasn't been seen on TV since 2016 and Darren has been on the B shows since returning from injury, but Emma is a big surprise for me as she has been featuring more prominently on TV recently due to her Asuka match at TLC, plus she is a very under-rated talent IMO.

 

[Northstar]

I wonder how many more people will leave WWE before the year is out? Dolph seems to be a given, but I can see a few more leaving as well. Nia seemed like a possibility but that now seems like it was blown out of proportion or they convinced her to stay.

but Emma is a big surprise for me as she has been featuring more prominently on TV recently due to her Asuka match at TLC, plus she is a very under-rated talent IMO.

Im guessing it was a case of "too little too late". She really should have been used better considering the size of the Women's roster. Hopefully she can find somewhere than can utilize her better.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

There will definitely be more talent releases before the year is out, interestingly the WWE has just posted record profits in this financial quarter recently, but they do make roster cuts every once in a while.

 

[Northstar]

WWE isn't taking the day off it seems.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Fairly big news regarding tonight's Raw regarding the Wrestlers who have been missing lately due to illness or other reasons, Nia Jax is expected to be back tonight, Samoa Joe will be backstage plus we might see the return of Bo Dallas and Roman Reigns, the WWE are assessing them both before the show.

 

[Northstar]

Raw has been rather good so far.

Kurt is the Raw captain.
Nia is back and crazy Alicia is still awesome.
Samoa Joe is back as well.

And Daniel Bryan got choke slammed by Kane. Although it was in the dark so it may have just been camera work.

 

[Eva]

Raw has been rather good so far.

Kurt is the Raw captain.
Nia is back and crazy Alicia is still awesome.
Samoa Joe is back as well.

And Daniel Bryan got choke slammed by Kane. Although it was in the dark so it may have just been camera work.

A rumor beginning to spread around is that this is the angle to get Bryan into the ring again. Take with a pinch of salt, but they brought Kurt back for more than one match, so it's not impossible.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Raw was eventful at least, hated the third hour though....that weird Halloween match, Gulak v Kalisto and an average Women's title match with a crap finish, Strowman's return was good though and there are now rumours that Axel is next in line for the boot after being nearly killed by Braun.

The one thing I liked about Raw was it felt like it was back to normal after a messy few weeks, Joe's back, Nia's back, Braun's back, the regular ring announcers back, and the Komen Cancer thing is done for another year so the Red ring ropes are back, only Bray and Roman are still missing.

 

[Northstar]

Smackdown has been rather boring tonight.

hated the third hour though....that weird Halloween match, Gulak v Kalisto and an average Women's title match with a crap finish, Strowman's return was good though

I'm not sure what happened in the third hour, it's like they drove right off a clip. The fact Strowman was teased was the only reason I stuck around for it. Gulak's promo was great as well.

and there are now rumours that Axel is next in line for the boot after being nearly killed by Braun.

Miz and Bo walking away probably feed those rumors as well.

The one thing I liked about Raw was it felt like it was back to normal after a messy few weeks, Joe's back, Nia's back, Braun's back, the regular ring announcers back, and the Komen Cancer thing is done for another year so the Red ring ropes are back, only Bray and Roman are still missing.

I just hope they continue having 2 storylines going on in the Women's division. Even if one of them is just Alexa Bliss making bad jokes about Mickie James.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

The only notable thing about Smackdown last night is that their Survivor Series men's team is nearly complete. Shane as captain, Orton, Roode and Nakamura with AJ Styles v Rusev next week for the final slot, should clearly go to Styles.

 

[Northstar]

One thing I did notice, they didn't tease a new episode of Fashion Files. I wonder if we will finally see the payoff?

I just hope they haven't built Breezango up just to have them get destroyed by Harper and Rowan.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

WWE are on their excursions in the UK, Both Raw and Samckdown next week will be from Manchester. 👍

Triple H will take part in some shows here over the weekend.

 

[Darla Starch]

Speaking of Triple H....



Love these harmless one-offs.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Triple H to be a guest on Good Morning Britain from 6am this morning.

 

[Northstar]

Apparently Styles will face Mahal for the title next Smackdown.

This makes no sense as Styles was already booked to face Rusev for a spot on the Smackdown team.

 

[DK]

I guess sales for WWE's Indian tour must be doing pretty poorly.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Chris Jericho v Kenny Omega just been made for Wrestle-Kingdom in January, they have had quite the Twitter spat in the last month or so.

 

[Darla Starch]

Came in here to post that

So, Power Struggle.

Spoiler

Turns out the Switchblade videos were for Jay White, returning from his young lion learning expedition, attacked Tanahashi after his IWGP IC Title defense against Kota Ibushi, challenged him for WK 12.