Wrestling News & Rumours Thread ***NO CHAT***

GCW getting some main stream Hollywood stars involved now

WWE 911 Documentary

Foley is spot on in what he says. There’s a lack of interest from fans due to their on air product baring a few exceptions, being awful to watch, and yes why would any wrestler, male or female trust that WWE will help you. I mean just look at NXT compared to raw and smackdown ? how many times have over and popular talent from NXT gone to the main roster and by and large been treated like jobbers ? Why would we the fans care about a wrestler when the company present that character as an afterthought. Vince McMahon is noted as saying “perception is reality”, which is true, but the problem that WWE is perceived as bad.

The fact most people appeared to enjoy Gage v Jericho for the spectacle that it was shows there is a place for it.

Every now and then is fine by me. I dont wanna see Gage every week but I and others certainly enjoyed it for what it was.

Also when see complaints from me fans that AEWs roster is to bloated its great that when they aren’t being used on AEW shows they can go and work for GCW, PWG and other smaller promotions not just the big ones like Impact, NWA, NJPW & AAA.

Those wrestlers get to sell their merch at these smaller promotions that might not get sold at the bigger ones because bigger names are there.

PWI

Here is the Top 10 for 2021:

1. Kenny Omega

2. Roman Reigns

3. Bobby Lashley

4. Drew McIntyre

5. Kota Ibushi

6. Jon Moxley

7. Will Ospreay

8. Finn Balor

9. Shingo Takagi

10. Rich Swann

Keith Lee is 24th. What has he even done this year?

Let's hope he makes a fast and full recovery

The Real Genetic Freak will have a big smile on his face

To be fair, a cardiac event is usually a modern term to describe a heart attack.

Its reported by WWE triple h had a genetic heart issue - which if I am not mistaken is what Arnold Schwarzenegger said he had years ago when he had his heart surgery. Which was really a result of years of steroid use.

Triple H was on steroids for many years and even at one point could give Arnold a run for his money. So I don't think it's a stretch to say this is probably down to steroid use over the years.

In any case hope the chap gets better.

HHH was clearly on steroids (likely dianabol, deca and those types) but more importantly growth hormone for years. It makes a mess of your arteries.

Jesus. Shouldn’t a former president be somewhere else on this particular weekend given the significant anniversary of 9/11 ?

I would say it was a fall from grace to go from President to boxing commentator in a few months but he never had any grace anyway. Better off that he's back to that showbiz rubbish, he'll do far less damage there.

Reports saying wwe are looking to sell in the next 18 to 24 months and while nbc and fox are in the running to purchase, latest news is Disney is the mix too.

I said several months ago on here that wwe would likely be bought by Disney. Just a strong feeling I have. Now of course, if I could predict next weeks lotto numbers I would be more happy lol.

The source reporting that WWE for sale story isn't anyway reputable apparently, so I'd take that story with a large pinch of salt.

I doubt it will be sold but if it is I'd say it won't be until Vince has passed on.

Yeah, height shouldn't be an issue these days. We all know the story - wwe, even back in 1980s wwf was the land of the giants. Under 6ft and you were considered a midget lol. Sure over the last decade they've relaxed compared to what they've used to be but it's stupid.

Wrestling is all about making money. So does it matter if someone is 5ft6? I mean if someone is akin to a money printing press with how much they could make wwe, height shouldn't matter.

Could The Rock afford to buy, he is minted from films and producing

The Rock would be mad to buy it. Whoever buys it inherits a buttload of upcoming trouble. Unionisation grumbles, independent contractor status, ongoing CTE problems. Whenever it's sold all this stuff will crop up because whoever buys won't have the experience/be as crooked/carny as WWE currently are to make all these things go away.