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

[Stephan]

I know this may be very late but I noticed that Raw theme "The Night" reminds me of Fort Minor's "Remember the Name" song a lot.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

I reckon there will be a few more call ups from NXT when the split happens, Balor and Bayley will be there for sure, maybe American Alpha too....

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I reckon there will be a few more call ups from NXT when the split happens, Balor and Bayley will be there for sure, maybe American Alpha too....

Surprised Joe or Aries hasn't been called up yet for Styles.

 

[20832]

I reckon there will be a few more call ups from NXT when the split happens, Balor and Bayley will be there for sure, maybe American Alpha too....

Yeah, unfortunately I think Nakamura will still be on the NXT roster for a while, considering he's the No.1 contender for the title. However, he already has the popularity to be on the main roster. Let's hope he'll be there 'til next year!

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Don't want to get anyone's hopes up here but Finn Balor will be backstage at Raw tonight....

 

[NW48]

Well Roman just got buried. Heel turn seems likely. The writers were definitely getting Rollins to channel his inner CM Punk.

Miz returns, will defend his title against a surprise competitor... hmm... Balor? How's Orton going with injury? Is Cesaro doing anything? Looking forward to it.


"Seth got his foot on the balor rope!" - Michael Cole, 2016

Spoiler: IC Title Match

Meh. Incredibly boring. And that wasn't the Demon we were looking for.

Spoiler: Main Event

That was BS as hell. But to be expected after Rollins beat Cena. Looks like Reigns will still be there come Battleground. And probably will still have his push.

 

[Stephan]

Brock Lesnar will be in the cover of WWE 2K17. Looks like I'm smelling something here.

Goldberg as a pre order bonus and Lesnar as the cover of WWE 2K17. Possible WM20 rematch? Also could it be that we're getting a 2K showcase mode for Lesnar?


The last time Lesnar was in a WWE video game cover was Here Comes The Pain. One of IMO the best WWE game. Here's to hoping 2K17 being a good WWE 2K game.

 

[NW48]

So during Monday Night Raw you would have heard a lot of wrestlers and commentators mentioning anniversaries, one anniversary they didn't mention for obvious reasons was the ninth anniversary of the tragic Chris Benoit double murder suicide saga, which unfolded from the 22nd of June to the 25th of June 2007. To mark this occasion, Chris Jericho sat down with Sandra Toffoloni (Nancy Benoit's sister) and discussed the memories she had with Chris, Nancy and their son, Daniel, as well as discuss what happened on that fateful weekend...


It's a pretty heavy interview, and debunks a lot pf the theories that go around on the Internet. And they also discuss briefly some new information as well as Benoit in the Hall of Fame one day.

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In unrelated news, it's being reported that Roman Reigns has been forced to apologize to the whole locker room, and it's received mixed reactions from talent within. He's also not being paid over the suspension, aside from money that comes in via merchandise sales, etc.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Brock Lesnar will be in the cover of WWE 2K17. Looks like I'm smelling something here.

Goldberg as a pre order bonus and Lesnar as the cover of WWE 2K17. Possible WM20 rematch? Also could it be that we're getting a 2K showcase mode for Lesnar?
[Media]

The last time Lesnar was in a WWE video game cover was Here Comes The Pain. One of IMO the best WWE game. Here's to hoping 2K17 being a good WWE 2K game.

Read this. Heyman revealed a lot of details about the game.

 

[NW48]

Well, WWE have teased a returning GM and the rumour is that it's:

Spoiler

Vickie Guerrero. Imagine the pop she'd get if she came out to Eddie's music. But knowing how they've been treating the past GM's, she'll pop up somewhere, get the excuse me line out, then be made to look like a total idiot.

With this obviously becoming a thing, what other GM's do you want to see return? I want to see Eric Bischoff personally. He's worked with WWE on his documentary recently so it's always a possibility.

 

[Sanji Himura]

With this obviously becoming a thing, what other GM's do you want to see return? I want to see Eric Bischoff personally. He's worked with WWE on his documentary recently so it's always a possibility.

In this order:

As a GM of RAW:

1. Eric Bischoff
2. Daniel Bryan (he is still involved with the WWE to the best of my knowledge)
3. Paul Heyman
4. Michael Cole (as an actual GM and not hiding behind anonymity)
5. Stone Cold Steve Austin

As a GM of Smackdown:
1. Theodore Long
2. Kurt Angle
3. Booker T
4. John Laurinaitis
5. William Regal

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Raw last night, Vicki was there but not for long, a few matches made for Battleground, the 16 man tag team elimination match beat the USA and multi nations was pretty good, also Cena got himself some backup in the his fight with The Club, overall not too bad show...

 

[Eva]

Match apparently made for Summerslam...Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton

 

[Stephan]

Match apparently made for Summerslam...Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton

Hopefully it will turn out great. The last time both Orton and Lesnar faced off each other was back in September 2002 of Smackdown.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Lesnar won his fight against Mark Hunt at UFC 200 last night by a unanimous judges decision...

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Vince McMahon to be on Raw tonight....

 

[Stephan]

Karl Anderson really killed that promo though during last weeks Raw. He's gonna wrap some presents with his kids and his hot Asian wife and beat up John Cena.

AJ Styles on the other hand......


This is trending though. I know this is late but I really want to post this.

 

[girabyt3]

TBH, with Shane on the seat for Smackdown live, Smackdown will own RAW if Steph will continue making crap most of the times on MNRAW...

 

[MUSC4EVER]

I thought Shane and Steph were going to be the GM's but there are commissioners, so what are they going to do when the GM's are running things??

 

[Stephan]

I thought Shane and Steph were going to be the GM's but there are commissioners, so what are they going to do when the GM's are running things??

I'm guessing they're going to oversee on what the GM is doing. GMs may have the power to create matches (kayfabe) but those matches will need to go through the commissioner first before allowing it. For example if Smackdown GM creates a match, he/she will need to go to Shane McMahon to see if it is good enough to be a match.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Also anyone notice that the WWE WHC title is now back to the WWE Championship? They'll bring the Gold belt back I bet...

 

[GTFan24]

Well um.... WWE just accidentally leaked the Smackdown GM....

Spoiler

 

[Stephan]

Also anyone notice that the WWE WHC title is now back to the WWE Championship? They'll bring the Gold belt back I bet...

I hope so. The commentators including wrestlers have been calling the WWE WHC as the WWE Championship recently. Looks like a little redesign is needed for the current WWE WHC belt.

Well um.... WWE just accidentally leaked the Smackdown GM....

Spoiler

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So looks like the authority figures of Smackdown are faces while Raw will have heel authority figures. So who can fit to the heel GM role of Raw? It can't be Eric Bischoff since, to put it in storyline (if they still ever mention it), Stephanie hated Bischoff.

 

[Stephan]

WWE 2K17 NXT Edition video:

So the NXT version has:
- 3 NXT wrestlers (Apollo Crews, Nia Jax, and Shinsuke Nakamura)
- A Finn Balor figure
- WWE cards
- Exclusive portrait of Shinsuke Nakamura.

Is it worth preordering or not?

 

[Eva]

WWE 2K17 NXT Edition video:

So the NXT version has:
- 3 NXT wrestlers (Apollo Crews, Nia Jax, and Shinsuke Nakamura)
- A Finn Balor figure
- WWE cards
- Exclusive portrait of Shinsuke Nakamura.

Is it worth preordering or not?

It has Nakamura, so YES!

 

[NinjaEvo]

WWE 2K17 NXT Edition video:

So the NXT version has:
- 3 NXT wrestlers (Apollo Crews, Nia Jax, and Shinsuke Nakamura)
- A Finn Balor figure
- WWE cards
- Exclusive portrait of Shinsuke Nakamura.

Is it worth preordering or not?

If you want the Balor figure then yeah, otherwise it depends on your love for Shinsuke Nakamura and if you think it's worth the extra money. I don't see why Apollo Crews is there since he's on the main roster, and Nia Jax is dead. Seriously, the match with Bayley at Takeover: London buried her so deep and whoever was the agent for that match needs shooting. Now, if it was Samoa Joe and Asuka then yeah, throw money at it.

 

[Darla Starch]

WWE 2K17 NXT Edition video:

So the NXT version has:
- 3 NXT wrestlers (Apollo Crews, Nia Jax, and Shinsuke Nakamura)
- A Finn Balor figure
- WWE cards
- Exclusive portrait of Shinsuke Nakamura.

Is it worth preordering or not?

Just for Naka right out of the gate, it's worth it.

 

[NW48]

Big news coming out of the UFC regarding Brock Lesnar, USADA has flagged him for a potential doping violation.

How is this going to affect Lesnar's return to WWE?

 

[Eva]

Big news coming out of the UFC regarding Brock Lesnar, USADA has flagged him for a potential doping violation.

How is this going to affect Lesnar's return to WWE?

Possibly 30 day suspension. I don't see WWE following USADA like UFC and other sports.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Anyone think big show and shaq are gonna fight at Wrestlemania?