Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) NO CHAT

Lithium93_ · 28-01-2015 6:15pm

Hulk Hogan should NEVER EVEEEEEER return to in ring action, an accident waiting to happen.

Loughc · 28-01-2015 6:18pm

The only way I'd look forward to a hogan in ring return was if it was against Lesnar.

Whosthis · 28-01-2015 6:21pm

Loughc wrote: »

The only way I'd look forward to a hogan in ring return was if it was against Lesnar.

You can't hate Hogan that much, can you?

A Brad Maddox Guy · 28-01-2015 7:08pm

I actually wouldn't mind seeing Hogan win the Andre the Giant Battle Royal. I doubt he'd ever be fit enough to have an actual match but he could probably get through that without much bother; he could rest in the corner and never take a bump on the mat. And considering it did nothing for Cesaro last year I wouldn't even begrudge him winning instead of an active roster member (as long as his eliminations didn't mirror Big Show & Kane by making everybody else look a complete joke of course).

EDIT: Apart from Slater. Slater's feud with the legends at RAW 1000 was enjoyable. Thinking about it more I'd actually love to see Slater punch Hogan, who falls to his knees, Slater brags to the crowd not realising Hogan is Hulking up behind him.

Jerichoholic · 28-01-2015 7:15pm

Is this the worst roster in history?

Mokuba · 28-01-2015 7:23pm

In terms of talent probably one of the best they've ever had. Maybe even the best.

In terms of stars probably one of the worst they've ever had. Maybe even the worst.

Says a lot about the booking.

Ageyev · 28-01-2015 7:23pm

Whosthis wrote: »

Was listening to 2fm earlier and there was a piece on the entertainment news saying Hogan is training for an in-ring return. Has Lottie Ryan somehow managed to get one over Meltzer?

Hogan wouldn't pass the medical test.

Omackeral wrote: »

From F4W.

(Wrestlemania numbers)

Jesus

I listened to the show that this came up on and it was only a tiny piece, Meltzer's comment was kind of flippant and off cuff, sounded like he was making an educated guess.

Besides, there have been previous Mania graphics without numbers:

Also, Mania 16 just had the '2000' gimmick and a load of them didn't have the roman numerals.

Moneymaker · 28-01-2015 7:26pm

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Is this the worst roster in history?

Talent wise the roster is amazing.

Creatively, the product is at 1994-1995 levels of horrendous.

Omackeral · 28-01-2015 7:36pm

Ageyev wrote: »

Also, Mania 16 just had the '2000' gimmick and a load of them didn't have the roman numerals.

Won't have roman numerals but the next few will have Roman something else!

Loughc · 28-01-2015 7:47pm

Whosthis wrote: »

You can't hate Hogan that much, can you?

I actually don't but he's in no physical condition to step inside a ring again. He shouldn't go near a ring no matter how much of a short stint it is.

ricero · 28-01-2015 7:49pm

Loughc wrote: »

I actually don't but he's in no physical condition to step inside a ring again. He shouldn't go near a ring no matter how much of a short stint it is.

Hogan needs to whip out the 24 inch pythons and drop the leg one more time brother !

Whosthis · 28-01-2015 7:59pm

Loughc wrote: »

I actually don't but he's in no physical condition to step inside a ring again. He shouldn't go near a ring no matter how much of a short stint it is.

I've no interest in seeing him return either. It's when he pops up every now and then for a promo but the last thing he should be doing is wrestling. Only really posted that earlier because I thought it was a strange thing for 2fm to be reporting.

BMMachine · 28-01-2015 8:06pm

Hogan cant wrestle at all with the back surgery he had. Its a specialist surgery and doing something like wrestling just can't be done after it. Hes blowing smoke because Hulk Hogan likes attention, just in case people hadn't noticed

A Primal Nut · 28-01-2015 8:36pm

More info here...good to see a young up-and-comer with big ambitions!

http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/5289529-hulk-hogan-training-for-wwe-ring-return/

Discussing a potential bout at WWE's showpiece event, he said: "If it happened I would want it to be the greatest match of all time, of course ... If it's the end of my career and a huge emotional send-off that would be great, or if it's the beginning of another huge run for Hulkamania and me chasing the dream of winning the WWE title, that would be brilliant. I'm thinking very positively about getting back in the ring."

Machismo Fan · 28-01-2015 10:14pm

https://twitter.com/impactwrestling/status/560543369860894720

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 29-01-2015 12:53am

I haven't watched TNA in 12 months but boarash has aged something unreal in such a short space of time!!

rovert · 29-01-2015 1:02am

WRESTLEMANIA PLANS

NMB · 29-01-2015 1:04am

long live...

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 29-01-2015 1:05am

NMB wrote: »

long live...

King nidge????

WinnyThePoo · 29-01-2015 1:07am

Whilst I can't say no to a Ziggler v Bryan match at any ppv. So sad. They did have a great opener in bragging rights ppv a few years ago if i'm not mistaken.

Your most popular babyface so far down the card.

gnfnrhead · 29-01-2015 1:11am

Bryan vs Ziggler would easily be the MOTN. Nothing else looks like it could even come close. Orton vs Rollins maybe but that's it. I'll be surprised if it happens considering they are both very popular and established babyfaces.

Scavenger XIII · 29-01-2015 1:14am

You could book it as a collaborative "let's prove we're the best performers and steal the show so they can't keep overlooking us".

But then that would make some sort of sense. :pac:

Agent Coulson · 29-01-2015 1:16am

Ziggler v Bryan steal the WM card and then get puinshed for the rest of the year by Vince to prove a point.

Ageyev · 29-01-2015 1:20am

Bryan v Ziggler should be good 4 minute match. If they got on the main show at all. Unless Triple H cuts his silly entrance time

billion dollar baby · 29-01-2015 1:40am

According to Rajah:

"WWE have made a new rule that talent and office people and talent and production people are not allowed to date each other. They do not want talent and staff interaction past a professional level.

Well there's Rosa screwed. Poor Micheal Hayes.

On a serious note tho. Is this even legal? Surely this can't be true

rovert · 29-01-2015 1:43am

billion dollar baby wrote: »

According to Rajah:

"WWE have made a new rule that talent and office people and talent and production people are not allowed to date each other. They do not want talent and staff interaction past a professional level.

Well there's Rosa screwed. Poor Micheal Hayes.

On a serious note tho. Is this even legal? Surely this can't be true

A lot of companies have that rule.

Rose is with Epico or Primo these days.

Agent Coulson · 29-01-2015 1:45am

billion dollar baby wrote: »

According to Rajah:

"WWE have made a new rule that talent and office people and talent and production people are not allowed to date each other. They do not want talent and staff interaction past a professional level.

Well there's Rosa screwed. Poor Micheal Hayes.

On a serious note tho. Is this even legal? Surely this can't be true

From Wikipedia.

Court decisions in some U.S. states have allowed employers a limited legal right to enforce non-fraternization policies among employees (i.e., policies forbidding employees to maintain certain kinds of relationships with each other). Since the 1990s, such corporate policies have been increasingly adopted in the United States in the pursuit of objectives such as protecting professionalism and workplace productivity, promoting gender equality and women's rights, or avoiding and mitigating the impact of sexual harassment lawsuits. These decisions and the policies they protect have, however, been criticized on various grounds: as illegitimate constraints on individual freedom of association, as tools for companies to punish participation in labor unions, and as expressions of overzealous political correctness.

Professional and college-level sports teams in the U.S. have enacted anti-fraternization policies between athletes and cheerleaders. Very few American Football teams [3] allow casual contacts between players and cheerleaders. Reasons for this policy include interference with concentration, potential fallout for the images of teams, and the possibility of sex crimes or sexual harassment, and attendant legal liability.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternization#In_the_workplace

billion dollar baby · 29-01-2015 2:05am

I am so ignorant to these types of laws. I just assumed that something like that would be laughed at.

Ageyev · 29-01-2015 2:12am

The Strawman Argument · 29-01-2015 5:17pm

Ageyev wrote: »

Bryan v Ziggler should be good 4 minute match. If they got on the main show at all. Unless Triple H cuts his silly entrance time

Absolutely agree with your skepticism.

A singles match outside of the top few is guaranteed to be cut to oblivion on the day, even if the majority of those matches really SHOULD be as short as possible (Sting, Taker, and the combo of Reigns and Brock really aren't up to having long matches).

ERG89 · 29-01-2015 5:30pm

The Strawman Argument wrote: »

Absolutely agree with you.

A singles match outside of the top few is guaranteed to be cut to oblivion on the day, even if the majority of those matches really SHOULD be as short as possible (Sting, Taker, and the combo of Reigns and Brock really aren't up to having long matches).

The extreme rules ppv is in for a treat so.
Similar to Bryan vs. Sheamus a few years ago

Riddle101 · 29-01-2015 6:24pm

ERG89 wrote: »

The extreme rules ppv is in for a treat so.
Similar to Bryan vs. Sheamus a few years ago

Dolph Ziggler to be beaten in 15 seconds.

ERG89 · 29-01-2015 6:27pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

Dolph Ziggler to be beaten in 15 seconds.

No a great match on a B PPV that should have taken place at Mania.
WWE will probably be frustrated when they realise one of them has to go over at the end of the day though.

Bounty Hunter · 29-01-2015 6:35pm

ERG89 wrote: »

No a great match on a B PPV that should have taken place at Mania.
WWE will probably be frustrated when they realise one of them has to go over at the end of the day though.

Obviously the logical way to end the match would be for the Authorithy to send Kane out to cause a no contest. /WWE Booking

Mr. Guappa · 29-01-2015 8:05pm

billion dollar baby wrote: »

According to Rajah:

"WWE have made a new rule that talent and office people and talent and production people are not allowed to date each other. They do not want talent and staff interaction past a professional level.

Well there's Rosa screwed. Poor Micheal Hayes.

On a serious note tho. Is this even legal? Surely this can't be true

So Triple H and Stephanie are at least partly responsible for this rule? The hypocrisy is ridiculous.

Given the "independent contractor" status of in-ring talent I can't imagine WWE being on rock solid ground with this rule, but any punishment for talent would likely be in the usual form of a fall down the card for "creative reasons" rather than being linked directly to an unapproved liason.

mrkiscool2 · 29-01-2015 8:09pm

Absolutely ridiculous about the no dating other talent or staff rule! Not only is it highly hypocritical but it is also going to make it a lot tougher for talent to find meaningful relationships. They are on the road 5 days a week in different places so how the hell are they supposed to meet someone outside of WWE like that? Insane!

BohsJohnny · 29-01-2015 8:16pm

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Absolutely ridiculous about the no dating other talent or staff rule! Not only is it highly hypocritical but it is also going to make it a lot tougher for talent to find meaningful relationships. They are on the road 5 days a week in different places so how the hell are they supposed to meet someone outside of WWE like that? Insane!

Pretty sure it's only production,creative and executives,they can still date other wrestlers if they want too.

Pentecost · 29-01-2015 8:18pm

Is it not that talent and staff are not allowed to date each other? But talent can still date talent and staff can date staff?

mrkiscool2 · 29-01-2015 8:32pm

BohsJohnny wrote: »

Pretty sure it's only production,creative and executives,they can still date other wrestlers if they want too.

Pentecost wrote: »

Is it not that talent and staff are not allowed to date each other? But talent can still date talent and staff can date staff?

Yup I read it wrong! My bad!

SureYWouldntYa · 29-01-2015 9:03pm

Lucky for HHH that rule wasn't around in 1999

Scavenger XIII · 29-01-2015 9:12pm

Considering the amount of talent already married to each other they'd have had an awkward time with that.

Pentecost · 29-01-2015 10:16pm

That seals it then. Never taking a job with WWE unless it's as an onscreen talent. Imagine having to turn down those Divas all the time?

leggo · 30-01-2015 12:23am

Pentecost wrote: »

That seals it then. Never taking a job with WWE unless it's as an onscreen talent. Imagine having to turn down those Divas all the time?

Yeah I'd say the lads working on WWE.com are constantly having to turn down the advances from Divas. :pac:

gerrybbadd · 30-01-2015 8:39am

Drew McIntyre has debuted for TNA

Loughc · 30-01-2015 9:21am

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Drew McIntyre has debuted for TNA

Drew McIntyre has just turned face and then heel in TNA.

Bluftoni · 30-01-2015 10:07am

rovert wrote: »

WWE is pushing this hard:

What will TripleH say on RAW that will "shake WWE to the core?"

They're turning Goldberg heel.

Gerry Rio · 30-01-2015 9:14pm

Oh please just fúck off Hogan. Please. For the love of God!

Hulk Hogan recently spoke about the possibility of one last match with WWE. Here are the highlights…

On his Current Health:

“My back is straightened out after nine back surgeries, everything seems to be on track and working really well.”

On A Final WWE Match Happening:

“I got some advice from a wise man, his name is Vince McMahon and he said, ‘Never, say never.’ I’m back home in the WWE, this is where I started, I’m home and to end the legacy and put the period on the end of the sentence I am training right now like I’m getting ready for the WWE Championship. You just never know when Hulk Hogan is going to tear the house down. It could be any time, it could be anywhere. I am training and getting ready for my last match, my last run or my retirement match. It’s not over until the fat lady sings and I haven’t put the period at the end of the sentence yet.”

On a Possible Match at WrestleMania 31:

“If it happened I would want it to be the greatest match of all time, of course … If it’s the end of my career and a huge emotional send-off that would be great, or if it’s the beginning of another huge run for Hulkamania and me chasing the dream of winning the WWE title, that would be brilliant. I’m thinking very positively about getting back in the ring.”

Credit: contactmusic.com

NyOmnishambles · 30-01-2015 9:32pm

so Rob Van Dam got himself a real job (ignore the headline and look at the picture)

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/suspect-in-killing-of-irish-soldiers-in-lebanon-deported-by-us-1.2085948?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Gerry Rio · 31-01-2015 12:37am

3 stories

PW.net reports that former head writer Brian Gewirtz is still contributing to WWE. Gewirtz, who was taking out of the writing spot in 2012, was backstage at the Rumble and continues to work as a consultant for the company, sending feedback on WWE TV to the company.

Gewirtz reportedly spends roughly one day a month working in-person for WWE and continues to write The Rock’s promos whenever he appears for the company. Gewirtz worked closely with Rock over the years and contributed to a lot of his promos.

Randy Orton is advertised for Monday’s episode of Raw, but according to the Wrestling Observer his status for the show is still uncertain. WWE has been pulling him from several advertised shows in order to delay his start for reasons.

– Jerry Lawler is stepping into the ring for a match tomorrow night in Memphis, Tennessee. Lance Russell and Dave Brown are reuniting as announcers for the match, which will take place during the halftime of the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game as part of “Memphis Wrestling Night.”

How the hell is Lawlor still cleared by any promoter at his age?

mrkiscool2 · 31-01-2015 12:41am

Gerry Rio wrote: »

How the hell is Lawlor still cleared by any promoter at his age?

He was against Steen in his final ever match before heading to WWE and he looked decent in it. I have no clue though

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Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) NO CHAT