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July Wrasslin |OT| Summer of Injuries, Arrests and Allegations
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I know people shit on Luger as a wrestler but he was perfectly decent, sometimes even good in WCW.
I don't know how none of that translated in his WWF run.
I don't know how none of that translated in his WWF run.
Initials VKM
Vince booked Lex Luger as a super hero built to defeat Yokozuna at Summerslam, he was massively over, he drew a massive crowd who paid to see Lex Luger win the match, and then he got a count out victory that made him look like such a geek celebrating a meaningless victory.
You put in the effort, you brought in a main event level talent, the gimmick is over, the wrestler is over, the storyline was perfect, just put the belt on him. Vince Mcmahon pissed away an entire summer of storylines including an event built around Luger body slamming Yokozuna on an aircraft carrier.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po-zaYF7F5Y
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1dzx3kZV4
If it happens it'll be a good match, Danielson can get a good match out of anybody
Hager is a waste of time as a person and especially as a performer.
I think you have to transition NXT to legit developmental at this point, as opposed to a secret super indie
because now the main roster gets to be a super indie :)
I have to imagine nxt 2.0 is out the fucking window now that HHH is back in charge. Let someone else book the show, give it a completely different feel.
Didn't Kingston or Claudio take him to a good match in the past year?
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He's Coming!!!!
View: https://twitter.com/TBARRetribution/status/1552669285423742976
They got Lash Legend coaching
Good God
View: https://twitter.com/DrainBamager/status/1552751866509152256
View: https://twitter.com/TBARRetribution/status/1552669285423742976
They got Lash Legend coaching
Good God
View: https://twitter.com/DrainBamager/status/1552751866509152256
Next week's NXT UK might be worth checking out. Or at least I will. Meiko Satomura vs Sarray for the NXT UK Women's Championship is next week and that is gonna be real good.
I assume this just means she's doing drills
You can train people from scratch but you need to have significant one on one time, and WWE fired a ton of coaches, just when they went with the train people from scratch so they learn "WWE Style".
Which is a meaningless term because your style of pro wrestling should be built around the individual strength of the wrestlers.
I mean she shouldn't even be doing drills. She doesn't even have the very basics down at all herself.
Jim Johnston was still around at that point, so they damn sure did.
Whoever approved Lash Legend being a coach should be fired immediately, and I'm 1000% not kidding
They had Lacey Evans as an assistant coach talking shit to Sammy Guevara at his NXT try out...5 years ago when she could barely work.
View: https://youtu.be/weLK5kEODW4
WWE as a company has brain worms. Going to take a lot of work to fix it.
Wait...Riddle is off SummerSlam even though he's not injured and he's being replaced by...Dolph Ziggler?
I'm sure there's way too much housekeeping for NXT to suddenly become good again but they seriously just need to scrap everything about 2.0 because it truly embodies the worst of WWE corporate. I'm at least gonna assume they'll no longer be firing women the instant they turn 30.
I mean they are desperate to keep Io around and she's 32. Although her situation is a bit more complex in that she apparently isn't signing a new contract unless its for the main roster. I don't think she has any desire to coach a bunch of women who are borderline unteachable, like Lash or Nikkita.
Also they just need to do some stuff like getting the title off of Mandy, because she has go away levels of heat, Toxic Attraction has been an abject failure as a group, and she's going over women who have way higher ceilings than her on a regular basis.
Cross-posting from the AEW thread.
View: https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1552687966836797441?s=20&t=wxnOsccgZmJSEDGlGYDtSw
"For a while there, it was hands off and I could write the SmackDown I wanted to write, with help, of course. Then, it got back to the old corporate ways. I would love to go back to NXT. I don't think I want to go to the main roster. I would love to go somewhere where I have something to offer. What I have to offer is making the television show sweet. I got a couple of ideas about wrestling. I feel like WWE has that. They have everything I have to offer. I don't know if they'd hire me back. Of course, I'd love to go back to NXT. It's really cool down there. Shawn (Michaels) and a couple of writers I worked with on SmackDown, got a great rapport with those guys. I don't know if I'm ready to do the ol' Windsor nod and fit back into the suits I bought."
"I'm not retired, I'm unemployed. I see things on Tony Khan's TV show that appall me. I could help with that. I have been begging him for a job on every platform I can and I want to know the reason why he won't hire me."
View: https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1552687966836797441?s=20&t=wxnOsccgZmJSEDGlGYDtSw
"For a while there, it was hands off and I could write the SmackDown I wanted to write, with help, of course. Then, it got back to the old corporate ways. I would love to go back to NXT. I don't think I want to go to the main roster. I would love to go somewhere where I have something to offer. What I have to offer is making the television show sweet. I got a couple of ideas about wrestling. I feel like WWE has that. They have everything I have to offer. I don't know if they'd hire me back. Of course, I'd love to go back to NXT. It's really cool down there. Shawn (Michaels) and a couple of writers I worked with on SmackDown, got a great rapport with those guys. I don't know if I'm ready to do the ol' Windsor nod and fit back into the suits I bought."
"I'm not retired, I'm unemployed. I see things on Tony Khan's TV show that appall me. I could help with that. I have been begging him for a job on every platform I can and I want to know the reason why he won't hire me."
Road Dogg Says He's Been 'Begging' Tony Khan For A Job, Would Go Back To NXT | Fightful News
Road Dogg is't retired, just unemployed.
www.fightful.com
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I actually don't mind the concept of 2.0. Pushing tons of young talent is something I wish more wrestling shows would do. This is why the main roster got so stale because people stopped getting moved up to the main roster. It used to feel like a big deal when someone got called up from NXT. Even with Mandy as champion they've done a far better job showcasing the female talent. The main roster is a complete joke next to NXT (well any other wrestling show.) I could do without the over sexualization and juvenile humor though.
HOLY SHIT
View: https://twitter.com/cozysuperkick/status/1552795480777576448
Yea. Regardless of what the output has actually been in the past year or so, I think they made the right move within the context of being under Vince to focus on finding potential talent from elsewhere than competing with AEW for indy talent that would in the sheer majority of cases inevitably fail (though not their own fault) when they hit the main roster. That said, the actual execution of said idea has been pretty much dogshit as the focus is IMO not on the things.
Indeed. Damn I wish Nakajima wasn't wasting his talent in NOAH.
WOL today. It's the current plan at least. I guess until they can get someone else to agree to come in.
Ace Austin shouldn't be jobbing to Eddie Edwards at this point in both of their careers. Let's see where this Bullet Club-Honor No More stuff leads, but I'm not happy at that result. Emergence looks great at least.
I was a fucking luger mark that summer. I was 7 and I wanted him to win so fucking bad
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Impact Wrestling casually dropping a Johnny Gargano clip on their show talking about Alex Shelley's title match
View: https://twitter.com/RoyaltyCanadian/status/1552822509841436672
View: https://twitter.com/RoyaltyCanadian/status/1552822509841436672
Impact Wrestling casually dropping a Johnny Gargano clip on their show talking about Alex Shelley's title match
Josh is my favorite wrestler from Impact, but I want Shelley to win the belt. Even if he just loses it right back at the following event or Bound for Glory if they want to give him a couple of months as champion.
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I really need Shelley to win. It's actually shocking this is his first world title defense.
The people Impact has had but refused to push to the top has been the most baffling thing about their entire existence.
Killer Kelly is so badass
View: https://twitter.com/Kelly_WP/status/1552820653736206337
As much as I've enjoyed TNA/Impact on and off for the last 20 years you're not wrong.
Looks like they're setting up Killer Kelly vs Tasha Steelz. Should be a good match.
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That should be a good feud
Looks like they are getting ready to disband Honor No More. With Ring of Honor coming back it makes sense. I think they are far more valuable not as a group.
I thought they were going to be the ones to get the belts off of the Good Brothers. I wonder if they signed an extension. I hope not 😆
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I really need OGK to win the belts. I don't mind the Good Brothers but they are stifling the division.
Either OGK should be champs or Chris Bey and Ace Austin should win.
Kushida looked good tonight. Wouldn't mind him vs Speedball for the X-Division title down the line.
Good straight forward promo. Made me buy 46 year old Larry as a threat, honestly.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3BK9A_gdk
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3BK9A_gdk
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I remember playing the old WCW Nitro game on PS1 with my dad as a kid. I would always pick Scott Hall and he would pick Ric Flair. He was merciless.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO1qYK01Q28