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

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  • #2302
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    beakerjoe wrote: »
    Hes there to get people over, I see no problem with him. He can speak natutally better than most.

    Who’s he getting over? Shelton Benjamin?

    Bobby Bland Lashley?

    Two of the blandest wrestlers in WWE. Never of them can be taken seriously now after years and years of awful booking

    What I will say is MVP is definitely good on the mic. And he is perfect as a mouth piece/manager. But he needs to stay away from the ring and they need to pair him up with better talent.


  • #2303
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Loughc wrote: »
    Who’s he getting over? Shelton Benjamin?

    Bobby Bland Lashley?

    Two of the blandest wrestlers in WWE. Never of them can be taken seriously now after years and years of awful booking n

    Oh I forgot he’s getting Apollo “ The more I smile the more people will like me right” Crews over too.


  • #2304
    jface187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭jface187


    MVP & Bobby were a main event act in Impact. If they are not getting over in WWE it says more about there booking then there talent.


  • #2305
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    jface187 wrote: »
    MVP & Bobby were a main event act in Impact. If they are not getting over in WWE it says more about there booking then there talent.

    Main event act in impact is like saying this guy was a manager in a lemonade stand.

    I do agree with the booking for Bobby bland. They let him in midcard for too long to be taken seriously.

    I think MVP would work well with a new star. Like the lad in underground who was 7ft. Pair him with MVP he can be a monster and MVP can be the mouth piece.


  • #2306
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    The chap came in as a one off rumble surprise, and through the no crowd era, has grabbed every opportunity that's been given and has been really entertaining. He should absolutely be rewarded just for making shelton Benjamin relative again. He's basically taz in AEW just with the ability to have matches. If he's getting paid for the work he put in during coronavirus, fair play to him.


  • #2307
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,887 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Tyson Kid running the ropes with Natalya and looking in great shape after everything he went through it great to see him so healthy.

    I hope he isn't thinking of returning to the ring.

    https://twitter.com/MahaIicia/status/1291463756774404096?s=20


  • #2308
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,892 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Tyson Kid running the ropes with Natalya and looking in great shape after everything he went through it great to see him so healthy.

    I hope he isn't thinking of returning to the ring.

    https://twitter.com/MahaIicia/status/1291463756774404096?s=20

    Leader of retribution ?


  • #2309
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Loughc wrote: »
    Who’s he getting over? Shelton Benjamin?

    Bobby Bland Lashley?

    Hes the best things to happen to the very likeable and very talented Apollo Crews.


  • #2310
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Loughc wrote: »
    Main event act in impact is like saying this guy was a manager in a lemonade stand.

    I do agree with the booking for Bobby bland. They let him in midcard for too long to be taken seriously.

    I think MVP would work well with a new star. Like the lad in underground who was 7ft. Pair him with MVP he can be a monster and MVP can be the mouth piece.

    While Impact is a lot lower on the top promition scale, it doesnt mean its a place of lower end talent.

    McIntrye is a star and they gave him a platform to redeem himself.

    Anyway, do I want to see MVP wrestle each week? No. But hes very capable of getting younger talent over, providing advice and being a watchable of air talent from a promo POV.


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  • #2311
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Tyson Kid running the ropes with Natalya and looking in great shape after everything he went through it great to see him so healthy.

    I hope he isn't thinking of returning to the ring.

    https://twitter.com/MahaIicia/status/1291463756774404096?s=20

    If Edge and Daniel Bryan can, why cant he?

    That said Vince wont be arsed about him wrestling now, sure he never was when he was young and healthy. Not worth the risk for Vince.


  • #2312
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,221 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Jericho playing gigs at some biker rally that has brought 100,000 bikers from all over America to a town that has a population of 7000...

    https://twitter.com/christinejuma05/status/1292291353553051650

    AEW will probably be riddled with Covid soon.


  • #2313
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    For such a smart man, this is a moronic idea in this panedmic. Stupid idiot indeed.


  • #2314
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,350 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Ffs Jericho what are you doing ? At times people are too clever for their own good. To people of that town didn't want the bikers there.


  • #2315
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    beakerjoe wrote: »
    For such a smart man, this is a moronic idea in this panedmic. Stupid idiot indeed.

    Jericho unfortunately is one of those people who believes the coronavirus is a hoax.


  • #2316
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    I did enjoy someone replying to that tweet calling him the Ayatollah of Rock and 'Rona.


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  • #2317
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,518 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Kamala has died
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #2318
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Mostly before my time so I don't have many memories of him, but RIP.


  • #2319
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,892 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Rip kamala

    Only watched a video on YouTube and he featured in it as an opponent (vs umaga in a top 10 most weak finishers)


  • #2320
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,602 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Kamala has died

    Jason King: "Spoke w/ Kamala’s wife. He tested positive Wednesday for COVID which he likely contracted from one of his numerous weekly visits to the dialysis center. Was hospitalized Wednesday night & seemed fine & in good spirits this morning. Went into cardiac arrest & passed this afternoon"


  • #2321
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Fozzy's tour is ironically enough called the Save The World Tour. Which before Covid-19 absolutely upended everything was an okay name for a tour, now however it's a bad name.

    I hope Tony Khan tells him to stay the hell away from AEW for 2 weeks. Just push the Jericho/Orange Cassidy match back 2/3 weeks.


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  • #2322
    ThePott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,192 ✭✭✭ThePott


    Yeah not a great name when you're playing mass gatherings during a pandemic.
    Reminds me of George Carlin recording for a special called 'I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die' just before 9/11 and having to shelve it.
    Apparently they shelved a Star Trek film that had a plot dealing with a virus wiping out parts of the universe too.
    The title of the Jericho cruise this year was also the Second Wave but I digress.


  • #2323
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,221 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Fozzy's tour is ironically enough called the Save The World Tour. Which before Covid-19 absolutely upended everything was an okay name for a tour, now however it's a bad name.

    I hope Tony Khan tells him to stay the hell away from AEW for 2 weeks. Just push the Jericho/Orange Cassidy match back 2/3 weeks.

    Tony Khan disciplining Chris Jericho? That isn't happening.


  • #2324
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Tony Khan disciplining Chris Jericho? That isn't happening.

    Well for the sake of company talent, he's got to put the foot down.

    Jericho's probably getting a nice chunk of change from the Khan's that he can sit out 2 weeks.

    Then again, this all could've been avoided had Fozzy not gone out on tour.


  • #2325
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Sad to hear about Kamala. Memphis Wrestling did a memorable vignette for him (shot in Jerry Jarrett's back yard).

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


  • #2326
    The White Feather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭The White Feather


    I remember watching Superstars as a kid and I remember wondering how on earth did they get a native from Uganda on a plane to america! Then I was afraid of him as Kim Chee tried to control him. I thought he was a real cannibal!

    Ahh the days of Kayfabe....Great memories as a kid.....

    RIP Kamala


  • #2327
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,887 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Say what you want about Jericho when it comes conspiracy theories etc however he again shows his generosity by donating $5k to cover the cost of Kamala's funeral expenses.


  • #2328
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Say what you want about Jericho when it comes conspiracy theories etc however he again shows his generosity by donating $5k to cover the cost of Kamala's funeral expenses.

    Hes a good guy mostly. Hes entitled to his opinion on Covid- but sure no one is perfect.

    Hes a good lad in my book overall.


  • #2329
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1294014532432670720?s=20


  • #2330
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,221 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    It's WWE so I doubt it would've been handled with subtlety or nuance but this sounds like a fascinating idea...

    https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1294020847242362880?s=19

    Instead we got a fake spider.


  • #2331
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,892 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    J. Marston wrote: »
    It's WWE so I doubt it would've been handled with subtlety or nuance but this sounds like a fascinating idea...

    https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1294020847242362880?s=19

    Instead we got a fake spider.

    In which the wwe writers got lost in the middle of it and abandoned it.

    One of the many stories swept under the carpet and never spoken of again


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  • #2332
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Yeah, I'm sure that would be a perfectly acceptable thing to do and wouldn't have anyone complaining.
    I'm assuming that pitch came before he started carrying the cage or they were letting on a tiny woman would be scaring people and biting them.


  • #2333
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,602 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    sky88 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1294014532432670720?s=20

    https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1294296269901443072?s=19

    Apparently Fox have been trialing "virtual fans" during baseball and basketball games, and WWE are looking into it as well.


  • #2334
    jaykhunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Apparently Fox have been trialing "virtual fans" during baseball and basketball games, and WWE are looking into it as well.

    i don't get what ya mean, could u explain this more?


  • #2335
    The White Feather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭The White Feather


    jaykhunter wrote: »
    i don't get what ya mean, could u explain this more?

    Its like this video



  • #2336
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Fake fans wont solve the problem. Its a fine idea but I cant see it being much of an improvement. Nothing like the real fans calling Vince an asshole.


  • #2337
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Well WWE are used to piping in their own reactions, so "virtual fans" isn't too much of a stretch for them.


  • #2338
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,221 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Legitimate point or bitter and deluded? The latter for me...

    https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA/status/1294820597181165569

    https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA/status/1294832249289035776?s=20

    https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA/status/1294833587930505216?s=20

    Will never understand the hype around those two.


  • #2339
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 5,254 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    I'm liking their stuff so far on Impact. They've been given prominence but of course one can just say big fish, small pond.

    In regards the Balor Club, it wasn't even a half hearted effort by Vince so we'll never know what they could of achieved.

    For what's it worth I was a 90s kid but when I see the klique being wheeled out, well.....in the words of Max Schrek I cringe Mr Mayor. So IMO Anderson isn't wrong on that count either.


  • #2340
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    They have some valid points but the 4 of them are very delusional and we’re they fit in the wrestling world good wrestlers but that’s it there not the draws they think they are


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  • #2341
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,887 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    They seem to do a very good job at drawing the attention of those fans who like to tell them they aren't a draw and then those fans find the need to post on the internet tell the world about how much a draw they aren't.


  • #2342
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    They seem to do a very good job at drawing the attention of those fans who like to tell them they aren't a draw and then those fans find the need to post on the internet tell the world about how much a draw they aren't.

    Do you think there draws??


  • #2343
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,350 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020/08/16/obsessed-with-lutz-homeowner-south-carolina-man-came-to-kidnap-him-sheriff-says/

    So a fan broke into Sonya devilles house to try and kidnap her.


  • #2344
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020/08/16/obsessed-with-lutz-homeowner-south-carolina-man-came-to-kidnap-him-sheriff-says/

    So a fan broke into Sonya devilles house to try and kidnap her.

    What, and I cannot stress this enough, the absolute ****. Lock the ****er up and throw the key into the ocean.


  • #2345
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I didn't realise Sonya is still so young


  • #2346
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,602 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Thomas cut a hole in the patio screen and remained on the patio three to four hours while watching and listening through the windows. At 2:43 a.m., after the homeowner had gone to bed, Thomas entered the home through a sliding glass door, activating the alarm.

    Bloody hell.


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  • #2347
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Good thing the alarm was armed, because reading the article linked by Itssoeasy, it could've ended worse.


  • #2348
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    There are some lunatics in the wrestling fan world.


  • #2349
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 15,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    I didn't realise Sonya is still so young

    Same, i thought she was about 30


  • #2350
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    What in the world that’s insane


  • #2351
    jaykhunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    The White Feather wrote: »
    Its like this [FOX SPORTS]video

    WOW this is desperate. It's embarrassing. Not at all would be preferable. Or you could have crowds watching from cinemas/theatres which are properly outfitted/where the pandemic isn't smashing you out of it? All in a day's work for an "essential" company!


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