Author Topic: Wrestling - Road to Wrestlemania 29 (Read 213136 times)

KevShmev · « **Reply #770 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:03:00 PM »

Steve Austin has revealed that he had knee surgery three weeks ago and is still on crutches, and that is why he didn't appear on RAW last night. He said he wasn't about to show up on the 1,000th RAW as Stone Cold Steve Austin in character and on crutches. Totally understandable.

Also, tell me The Rock didn't sell this like a champ:

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #771 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:05:39 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 24, 2012, 12:03:00 PM

Also, tell me The Rock didn't sell this like a champ:

He did.

Quote from: Zook on July 24, 2012, 12:01:50 PM

Raw 1000 was a great nostalgia show if nothing more. We probably wont see any of the old wrestlers wrestling, and I think it's unfair that The Rock gets an automatic title shot at the rumble. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the next time we see him too.

Oh, he'll make a big show of it in between now and then that he's so there for everyone and blah blah blah but you're right.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #772 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:09:48 PM »

Say what you want, but WWE just got 100,000 more buys for that PPV just because of that announcement.

Rock also sold the GTS very well!

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #773 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:12:17 PM »

Quote from: Dimitrius on July 24, 2012, 12:09:48 PM

Say what you want, but WWE just got 100,000 more buys for that PPV just because of that announcement.

And that's what it's about, ladies and gents.

KevShmev · « **Reply #774 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:12:33 PM »

Also, it is still very sad what an attention whore HHH is. He stole Punk's thunder last fall following the explosion of the Summer of Punk, and now he has not only throw himself into the middle of a feud with Brock Lesnar, whose return was a very big thing, but he kicks his ass in a one-on-one fight last night? Yeah, Cena got absolutely dominated by Lesnar, but HHH has no problem getting the best of him in under two minutes. Pathetic.

wkiml · « **Reply #775 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:18:40 PM »

i always loved the Rock's promos and he didn't disappoint last night...Calling Bryan a troll from the Lord of the Rings before telling him he looks like the child of a homeless lumberjack and an Ompah Loompah

KevShmev · « **Reply #776 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:19:59 PM »

It sure didn't help Bryan's cause in that segment that he was still in that white tux.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #777 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:46:08 PM »

Quote from: Zook on July 24, 2012, 12:01:50 PM

Also, I must have skipped over Trish's segment, but last time I saw her, she looked anorexic.

Showing HHH how to stretch and do yoga.

I can't wait for Punk to take a shot at the Rock about how test audiences shat all over GI Joe, and it had to be pushed back to next March. Makes me wonder how he's gonna promote that if he's in the WWE title picture.

Beautiful Agony · « **Reply #778 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:40:25 PM »

I was there last night and I must say how disappointed I am at my city, they should of had it in Chicago or New York.

Bad St.Louis!

Dimitrius · « **Reply #779 on:** July 24, 2012, 02:04:57 PM »

The payoff to the whole AJ/Daniel Bryan wedding was, well dumb. Why go through that to make her the GM?

More importantly, why am I trying to make sense out of wrestling?!

jjrock88 · « **Reply #780 on:** July 24, 2012, 03:01:07 PM »

What does everyone expect to come out of the Daniel Bryan - Charlie Sheen situation. I can't see them actually having a match.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #781 on:** July 24, 2012, 09:51:53 PM »

Quote from: Dimitrius on July 24, 2012, 12:09:48 PM

Say what you want, but WWE just got 100,000 more buys for that PPV just because of that announcement.

I don't know about that, his return didn't give Survivor Series many more buys than the previous year.

KevShmev · « **Reply #782 on:** July 24, 2012, 10:16:04 PM »

Quote from: Beautiful Agony on July 24, 2012, 01:40:25 PM

I was there last night and I must say how disappointed I am at my city, they should of had it in Chicago or New York.

Nah, Punk's heel turn wouldn't have gone over in Chicago, as his hometown always cheers for him no matter what. But really, he didn't get booed that much last night. Most of the booing seemed piped in, and even a fairly loud "CM PUNK!" chant right after he did the GTS on the Rock seemed to vanish out of nowhere, so the WWE probably did some audio trickery to make it seem like the crowd was booing him more than they really were to make his heel turn seem more legit. And assuming Punk does become a full-fledged heel again, I suspect he will still be a heel that gets cheered quite a bit, although they'll probably give him some upcoming promos where he rips the crowd to draw more heel heat.

KevShmev · « **Reply #783 on:** August 18, 2012, 09:12:59 PM »

Witness the awesomeness that was Mr. Perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfnRxbb-tN8&feature=player_detailpage#t=7926s

R.I.P. Curt Hennig, one of my favorites from back in the day.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #784 on:** August 18, 2012, 10:29:43 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on August 18, 2012, 09:12:59 PM

Witness the awesomeness that was Mr. Perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfnRxbb-tN8&feature=player_detailpage#t=7926s

R.I.P. Curt Hennig, one of my favorites from back in the day.

Also, hearing Gorilla Monsoon and The Body on commentary makes me weep for what we have to put up with today.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #785 on:** August 19, 2012, 04:32:13 AM »

Gorilla Monsoon!

John94 · « **Reply #786 on:** August 19, 2012, 04:43:38 AM »

Summerslam tonight, I probably won't watch it though. Speaking of which, Time for a thread name change!

KevShmev · « **Reply #787 on:** August 19, 2012, 07:52:35 AM »

Yeah, the announcing tandems were awesome back then:

Monsoon and Heenan
Monsoon and Ventura
McMahon and Ventura

That was before McMahon was too overbearing, and he and Ventura had an amazing chemistry. Best exchange ever:

As a referee was being wheeled away from the ring on a stretcher....

Vince: "That looks like you after your matches back in the day, Jesse."

Jesse: "Don't you tell me that, McMahon! That looks like you after one of your St. Paddy's day binges!"

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #788 on:** August 19, 2012, 01:21:48 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 19, 2012, 04:32:13 AM

Gorilla Monsoon!

hell yes.

God do I miss him.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #789 on:** August 19, 2012, 01:58:02 PM »

Kev you should get the mr perfect DVD; very cool. My favorite combo was monsoon and heenan; comedy and entertainment at its best. It's pandamonium brain!

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #790 on:** August 19, 2012, 03:04:38 PM »

Quote from: John94 on August 19, 2012, 04:43:38 AM

Time for a thread name change!

Got it.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #791 on:** August 19, 2012, 03:39:22 PM »

I'll try to watch Summerslam because I'm intrigued if the WWE will let Cena win the title, then loses it to Rock at the Rumble to face CM Punk at WM29 or will they let CM Punk long reign continue.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #792 on:** August 19, 2012, 04:31:03 PM »

While I am interested in how the Punk/Cena/Show match turns out, I really couldn't care less about anything else.

KevShmev · « **Reply #793 on:** August 19, 2012, 04:42:48 PM »

Quote from: jjrock88 on August 19, 2012, 01:58:02 PM

Kev you should get the mr perfect DVD; very cool. My favorite combo was monsoon and heenan; comedy and entertainment at its best. It's pandamonium brain!

I've seen it; good stuff.

Quote from: Dimitrius on August 19, 2012, 03:39:22 PM

I'll try to watch Summerslam because I'm intrigued if the WWE will let Cena win the title, then loses it to Rock at the Rumble to face CM Punk at WM29 or will they let CM Punk long reign continue.

Well, there is still about five months in between tonight and the Rumble, so I wouldn't assume that whomever comes out of tonight with the belt is a lock to still have it then, especially since the WWE runs PPVs every three weeks nowadays.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #794 on:** August 19, 2012, 07:21:24 PM »

When I was a kid we randomly had a blank VHS tape in the house with all of Wrestlemania 4 on it. Even as a kid I loved listening to Monsoon and Ventura go back and forth for a couple hours.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #795 on:** August 19, 2012, 07:55:44 PM »

Yeah, I missed out on listening to Ventura/Monsoon

The Brain was always awesome, even in WCW, loved watching the barber shop vignette where The Rockers split because of Hennan's line!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zbQj9fZLtI#t=0m42s

KevShmev · « **Reply #796 on:** August 23, 2012, 12:28:41 PM »

The Lesnar/HHH match:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opBAWliG4B8

Good to see HHH get his ass kicked, even in kayfabe.

And

at the "You tapped out" chants at HHH after the match.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #797 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:05:16 PM »

They made the match too even! It should've been a much more futile attempt by Triple H, he should've never even landed one Pedigree. It would've made the eventual rematch much more better dramatically.

KevShmev · « **Reply #798 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:24:25 PM »

I don't think it really was that even. Granted, HHH garnered more offense than Cena did when he fought Lesnar back in April (which was a mistake back then, I thought), but there is no way HHH would book himself to get dominated AND lose the match. No way, no how.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #799 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:25:58 PM »

But it would've made for a much better story. Even some blood, like with Cena, it would've worked much better. As it was, it was kinda slow, uninteresting match IMO.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #800 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:27:09 PM »

Word on the street is that Vince was pissed that Triple H lost - he wanted H to win, but H wanted to lose so it could build further to Survivor Series.

Either way, about the only thing I'm interested in these days is Punk's heel turn. Everything else IMO is

Zook · « **Reply #801 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:31:41 PM »

No fashah wants their kid to lose.

I thought it was lame how Jerry Lawler was knocked out with one kick from scrawny CM Punk. The dude used to be a wrestler. He shouldn't job like a ref.

KevShmev · « **Reply #802 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:38:13 PM »

Lawler is terrible as a face anyway; he should always be a heel announcer and a heel in the ring on the rare occasions where they include him in in-ring activity. But the WWE likes their legends cheered, so they can't have that. $:\$

wkiml · « **Reply #803 on:** August 23, 2012, 02:04:47 PM »

are they going to continue the Brock/HHH feud?

I thought it was over when Brock quit again on Monday Night Raw

https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2012-08-20/brock-lesnar-leaves-wwe-26046827

Zook · « **Reply #804 on:** August 23, 2012, 02:06:35 PM »

If that was real, couldn't he be sued for breach of contract? Not that I think it's real.

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Author Topic: Wrestling - Road to Wrestlemania 29 (Read 213136 times)