Wrestling - Road to Wrestlemania 29

[Dimitrius]

From what I've read, everything's pointing to being Jericho.

Wouldn't mind seeing him back and thrust into a feud with Punk.

[axeman90210]

Yeah, word on the street is Jericho (though he's vehemently denying it on Twitter, which I guess one would expect him to do). A Jericho Punk feud culminating at 'Mania would be epic. Can't think of two guys in the company today who are as complete a package as far as in-ring and mic skills go

[Dimitrius]

There's a picture running around today of Jericho in the Memphis airport... where Raw is going to be from tonight.

As Bart Scott would say, CAN'T WAIT!

[John94]

Jericho had the crowd in the palm of his hands. He is a modern day Piper to me. Absolutely gold.

[Dimitrius]

Yeah, I thought it was genius what he did! He came back, got the big babyface pop and turned heel WITHOUT SAYING A WORD!!!

[toro]

Exactly at first  I was like , but then  ...

...I love that man.

[toro]

[Dimitrius]

Where did you find this?!

[toro]

THAT SITE THAT MUST NOT BE NAMED.

edit: also is from a video on WWE.COM they asked him about the Rumble... and that was his answer 

[Dimitrius]

Got it.

[Phoenix87x]

Anybody familiar with Ring of Honor at all. There's a show coming to near my city and I'm considering going.

[antigoon]

Jericho came back? Love that guy.

[hefdaddy42]

Anybody familiar with Ring of Honor at all. There's a show coming to near my city and I'm considering going.

Apparently it used to be the shit, but I've caught some of their recent TV broadcasts and I wasn't impressed.

[toro]

Anybody familiar with Ring of Honor at all. There's a show coming to near my city and I'm considering going.

ROH was the best from on wrestling around for a while they had: CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Cristopher Daniels, Bryan Danielson(AKA Daniel Bryan), Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, KENTA and many others. It was just wrestling with awesome spots and what not.

Now the world champion and the challenger are horrible, both of them are generic and try to emulate a little to much the Japanese Style of wrestling, and they suck major cock at it. but other than that they still have a pretty awesome roster and matches so if its not that expensive I'd say go for it you may have a blast, especially if this man is on the card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmK1i2JCIGI

[axeman90210]

Brodus Clay ftw

[wkiml]

Brodus Clay ftw

Absolutely lost it  when he came out...its an updated version of the Godfather

[Dimitrius]

But with less rhythm and more awkward dancing.

[wkiml]

But with less rhythm and more awkward dancing.

I wasn't watching him I was watching the girls 

[Phoenix87x]

So I just finished watching the Greatest Rivalries (Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels) DVD and I have to say, it was pretty sweet.

My only complaint is that they kind of danced around some of the more heated portions of their past conflicts. I was hoping to hear some really juicy details, but regardless I still enjoyed it very much. 

Definitely two of my favorite wrestlers growing up.

[black_biff_stadler]

So can someone tell me why it's called Summer of Punk? It's been years since I've watched and it just sounds like a funny name.

[Dimitrius]

So can someone tell me why it's called Summer of Punk? It's been years since I've watched and it just sounds like a funny name.

Because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g

[Phoenix87x]

So can someone tell me why it's called Summer of Punk? It's been years since I've watched and it just sounds like a funny name.

Because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g

Was that a worked shoot, or was that legitimate?

[black_biff_stadler]

So can someone tell me why it's called Summer of Punk? It's been years since I've watched and it just sounds like a funny name.

Because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g

That was pretty funny.

[Dimitrius]

So can someone tell me why it's called Summer of Punk? It's been years since I've watched and it just sounds like a funny name.

Because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS9wZGb_3g

Was that a worked shoot, or was that legitimate?

It was worked, but it was so beautifully done!

[John94]

Royal Rumble tonight! Favourite wrestling event of the year and my 12th anniversary of wrestling!

Who do you have? I have Orton down as the winner and a few surprises from Road Dogg and I think Undertaker will return but eliminated by Jericho leading to WM28 - Taker/Jericho. I think the Rocks music may hit and distract Cena at some point.

Cena v Ziggler for the belt? Hmmm, I think Johnny Ace will screw Punk, Triple H will evaluate Johnnys performance and say its great, thus turning heel and facing Punk and Mania.

I also expect the Funkasaurus to dominate and dance at the Rumble!

[toro]

Jericho or HHH(GOD I HOPE NOT) are gonna win.
But anyways I love me some ROYAL RUMBLE 

[DebraKadabra]

I think Orton will take the Rumble match.  As for Punk's match, he's definitely gonna get screwed by Laryngitis.  As for Taker, he NEEDS to come back tonight to try and build something to Wrestlemania.  I really can't see Taker/Jericho, but it's a great idea.

My thought is that "she" is Stephanie & that Jericho will eventually rat her out as being behind all of the texts involving Laryngitis.  I also have a feeling he's gonna get fired (I hope from everything) on Monday--the brass can't stand him, but he was Vince's "Yes" man for so long it's going to be hard to get rid of him entirely.  I hope they do though--Johnny Ace is a supreme douchebag.

Ugh, "Funkasaurus"...    We waited HOW long for that shit?  Brodus should go back to being a heel.

Oh, and speaking of heels--they should really do something more with Wade Barrett.  Like put a belt on him, at least.

[Dimitrius]

Royal Rumble (the match) was pretty meh. My favorite surprise was Road Dogg, I nostalgia'd all over the place. And I really thought Jericho was gonna win to start the Punk feud, but we still got the start of it on Raw.

Dolph Ziggler continues to proves that no one can make a bump look better than him, he's become one of my favorite wrestlers to watch.

'Taker returning was predictable, but still nice.

If by the end of this year, Wade Barrett and Dolph haven't gotten a WWE/World Heavyweight run, they should quit the company.

[John94]

Disappointed to see that it looks like WWE are going down the Taker/HHH route. Been there done that X2.

I would've made Taker return as a surprise Rumble entrant. Would add so much more to the PPV and him being eliminated by a young star would've give them such a launch.

I love Takers wig by the way.

[KevShmev]

Ziggler has gotten good, but he needs to ditch Vickie to be taken seriously as a main event heel, IMO.  For one, she draws more heat than him, which is not the way it should be, and for two, he doesn't need anyone to ride his coattails.

HHH forcing himself into another big WM match.  Shocking.  The way he buried Punk last fall just shows what an ego the guy has and what an asshole he really is.  "Yes, Punk, you are the hottest thing going right now, but I am gonna horn in on the feud with Kevin Nash, bury you in a match, and then I'll finish off Nash."  Notice that Punk never got to get any revenge on Nash for costing him the title at the end of SummerSlam.  And Nash is one of HHH's best buddies.  Par for the course.

Also, does anyone even care about Cena/Rock anymore?

[jingle.boy]

Also, does anyone even care about Cena/Rock anymore?

No shit... how do you hype a match for an entire year.  Most confusing thing I ever saw the WWE do.  I hardly follow it anymore, but when I saw this I was like

Love The Rock, but there's just no story anymore for them - the heat they had between them 12 months ago is long gone.

[abydos]

What, Kevin Nash is back in action? What else did I miss, Steve Austin and Scot Hall too? xD Man, wrestling was so much fun in the mid 90s-early 00s.
I do catch it from time to time on tv and none of the new guys do anything for me.

[Phoenix87x]

What, Kevin Nash is back in action? What else did I miss, Steve Austin and Scot Hall too? xD Man, wrestling was so much fun in the mid 90s-early 00s.
I do catch it from time to time on tv and none of the new guys do anything for me.

Its so true. I miss being obsessed with Wrestling.

[jingle.boy]

Yeah, the attitude and toothless aggression era's were top notch.  I chalk it up to competition.  Vince had to strive to continuously improve the product to go against Nitro.  Once they bought WCW, the effort went to shit.  They had a glut of talent, and no viable reason to strive for excellence.  It was ok for a couple of years after the "merger", but has honestly sucked since about 03/04.  Around the same time that some key marquee talent started to bolt - namely The Rock and Austin.

[KevShmev]

The problem is that their best two guys right now are Orton and Punk, both of whom are much better as heels, but are both so popular that they had no choice but to turn them both full-fledged face.  I miss the days when a top heel was someone who could also win matches against top faces without necessarily cheating every time, like Flair in his heyday or Vader in the early 90s.  The last time Orton and Punk were heels, while both had world title runs, they both looked really weak most of the time - Punk lost like every feud he had following the Jeff Hardy thing till he turned last summer, and Orton was constantly looking bad against everyone from HHH to Batista to even Flair (whom he got his ass kicked by in a non-sanctioned right until DiBiase and Rhodes made the save).  That is not the way to build up a top heel.