100p this. I only have to read his dumb shit when it's quoted.

Just click on his name, hit the user lists drop downand the mute option is there

Let me see if I got this correctly...

So Noid said something 6 months ago that butthurt a bunch of people here so much so that you all bring it up every week, and somehow I am responsible for it????

That's some AEW Booking mind flips going on.

Bumping posts and then bragging about post counts translates to nothing. I mean what are we talking about? Volare bragged about post counts in threads he bumped with zero context, evidently solely so he could brag about post counts?!?!?

" WWE GETS LESS REPLIES HAHA FUCK YOU! "

Literally has nothing to do with anything, especially when your sample size is like 20 people.

I don’t believe anyone was butthurt by Noid’s comment. Just amused by how out of touch he was.

This trend is also quite common on /r/SquaredCircle which has a much larger sample size. I don’t believe there’s a need to pick sides. Just enjoy whatever floats your boat I guess...

^

He had a match with "The Model" where Martel didn't want to lock up with him because of his smell. It ended with him hosing Booger down with Arrogance.

Big Vic, who has not posted in this specific thread, so maybe he didn't see our posts about it, just brought it up yesterday again.


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Yeah, clearly it didn't bother anybody to STILL be bringing it up months later :rofl:

That’s just having a little fun at Noid’s expense. It’s harmless and doesn’t mean anything.

I kinda don't. Only because it kinda makes it look like they're trying to imitate how entrances look in a 2k game. It is this weird "uncanny valley" thing to me. Instead of trying to make the models in the game look and move more realistically, we're pivoting to making the real entrances look like a game. I can't unsee that, and it bugs me.

i can't unsee uce's teef

I know what you mean...the depth of field and tracking portion does make it look unnatural.

Yeah I get that too. I did think “is this from the game?”. I’m just desperate for them to do something to make the shows look different from one another.

Priscilla Kelly is NXT.

That guys head isn't real though is it?
It's like a horse kicked his head in and they stuck a medical balloon in there to stretch the skin out a bit and left it in too long.

So long as she doesn't do her shitty L7 impression, I don't care.

Also, so is Anthony Henry. He is one of the better guys to come from Augusta, GA.

Timothy Thatcher is the Undertaker at Wrestlemania in Fight Pit matches!

Amazing show by WWE Developmental tonight


That's how it's done Jacksonville Dixie

Damnit, I forgot about Jacksonville Dixie! Love Orton lol

Undertaker is on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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I thought Joe Rogan hated pro wrestling? Maybe it was just CM Punk he hated?

Joe Rogan is fickle. He shat on Kanye for years and sang his praises when he was on his podcast.

Yeah but it's the Undertaker

He respects the grind that the wrestlers endure but doesn't care for the theatrics or in-ring combat.

That's fair, imo

Read the results for "WWE Superstar Spectacle". Sounds super cringe.

I forgot about that, is that the one in India where all the WWE guys are fighting random locals?

Here are the taping results:

Patrick Clark will wake up in the morning to watch it, and Hulk Hogan will like him for it :rofl:

Feels so contrived...

Oh no. First Drew gets COVID, now he’s got some Indus Sher on him.

Scotland contributing to India's Covid cases :n:

She looked pretty good on 205. Both the Dusty Cup matches on 205 were good. Still trying to figure out who "Curt Stallion" and "Tyler Rust" are.

I dunno Curt Stallion but Tyler Rust worked in the indies for years as Rust Taylor

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lol this company is so dumb

even the Rumble's gonna be phoned in at this point

what

That's fuckin dumb

It's not new, they always randomly have somebody announced for number 1, or have somebody win number 30.

Lesnar was announced number 1 just last year.

I wish one year they would do a different number...oh here comes number 19, that means R-Truth is gonna be on his way in 10, 9...

Lesnar had an angle behind it. Really any time they announce a spot early there's an angle...someone wins a match to get #30, someone is punished to get #1, etc.

They're just announcing spots for no apparent reason this time.

Edge announced for the Royal Rumble

Yeah they do usually use 30 as a carrot for somebody, like mixed match challenge winners getting 30.

I agree it's lazy, but it's not shocking lol

Does the Thunderdome have a spot for a WM sign for people to point at?

And the #30 entrant.... THE MODERN DAY MAHARAJA..... JINDER MAHAL!!!!

Did the back quoting for a reason...

Probably going to do that stupid CGI shit they did for Asuka and Roman Reigns' entrances at WrestleMania to just insert a shitty, cartoony looking, poorly rendered sign hovering in the air in roughly the direction the wrestler points in. Won't be actual fans there to ask "WTF are they pointing at?" because everyone will be looking at a screen because Thunderdome.

Not that #30 necessarily has to be a surprise or whatever, but it's better for me to not know who is coming out when (unless there's a story for it). Plus you know commentary will mention it during the show so not watching Backstage won't even help.

And I was thinking Bayley and Bianca could've challenged each other like "I'll outlast you, I'm entering first." "FU I'm entering second." (I think Jericho did this or something similar with HBK in 2002.)

This is just so lazy.

Rumors of a "controversial finish" being planned for one of the Rumbles.

One thought - the pre-announced #30 is a schmuck everybody knows won't win, Brock or somebody takes him out as an actual surprise.

Other possibility - only 2 people left in the ring before #30 enters, they take each other out Bret/Luger style and #30 wins without doing anything

What if Goldberg beats Drew and also wins the Rumble to challenge Roman to a title vs. title match...

Then I thank them for giving me a reason to skip WrestleMania again :y:

Bad ass baby face Brock going against bad ass heel Roman, who I don't think has ever beaten Lesnar at Mania, with Heyman caught in the middle, would be fun. And it's a "big level" match, which I think Roman needs/deserves. Plus he can finally go over Brock at Mania.

For the women, push Rhea. Let her win the Rumble. Let her beat Charlotte for the women's title. And push her.

I would love of Becky and Ronda to come out at 29 and 30, rekindle that feud and set up a grudge match at Mania.

This is all nonsense fantasy dream booking that'll never happen but I'd be ecstatic to watch it.

I would also be happy with Cena coming back and challenging Reigns. I think Reigns needs a big name match and Lesnar or Cena putting him over at Mania are the biggest I can think of. Not at all interested in a Goldberg match.

I can't picture Cena wrestling an actual match like he used to. His last two matches were getting squashed by Taker in 2 minutes and not having to wrestle in the Firefly Funhouse. I think whatever he does this year would have to be similar to those, maybe just hitting his signature moves.

cinematic matches are dumb

I really enjoyed the Boneyard Match between Taker/AJ, Stadium Stampede and the Best Friends/Proud & Powerful Street Fight (not sure if Street Fight counts as cinematic).

Damn shame if true. I'd hope not. It doesn't need to blood and guts and Cena is typically very safe in how he bumps. But, given he's made himself smh asset in film I can see why he prob won't wrestle. At least not with huge advance notice.

Brock is a different story. He's worth the paycheck this yr, imo. It's a big match, him and Reigns mesh well, the dynamic this time around is completely different, and Reigns can cement himself as the new beast incarnate or whatever.

There's nobody I'm seeing on the SmackDown roster that'd interest me. I guess a Daniel Bryan match would be fun but the story isn't there.

I seem to be in the minority but I didn't like the Stadium stampede match. Santana and Ortiz v Best Friends was stellar and outside of some small goofy shit, the Boneyard match was really fun.

I've always wondered how it would get over if they just had some lower card guy win the Royal Rumble. Someone like Drake Maverick or back in the day: Heath Slater

Do a Rocky vs Apollo Creed from Rocky 1 storyline.

Like a wet fart in church lol.

But honestly, if someone loveable like Truth won it, I think he'd catch some steam.

The 2011 one with 40 people where Santino almost won.... people would have been into him winning

I think I can get this over

Someone give me Vince McMahon's phone number.

Watching NXT right now. Bronson Reed vs Swerve Scott. This should be a good one.

Swerve's neck on the apron. Yikes.

The problem is in the probabilities.

What I mean is, WWE is likely to try to push someone who has absolutely nothing going for them (think Virgil's big face turn and push), and then if it kinda looks like whoever wins maybe might build steam, Vince gets bored with the idea in about 30 days and it gets shitcanned and never talked about again until some future xxxth episode of RAW where the push is treated like an inside joke.

Cena confirms he is out for WrestleMania this year

He's shooting a TV show in Vancouver until July, and it's not like he can just take a weekend to make a Mania appearance and come back. Canada's COVID protocols would necessitate a two week quarantine upon him getting back into the country, essentially shutting down the entire production.

Tampa mayor coming under fire for allowing 25,000 fans at the Super Bowl. Lots of videos going around of nearby bars and clubs packed to the gills with maskless partiers. If there’s a big spike tied to the Super Bowl, I wonder if there will be pressure to stop fans from coming to Mania again.

If that happens, I imagine that like last year they won’t be holding Mania in a giant football stadium with no fans. The Tampa Bay Rays don’t play their first home game until April 9th so the Thunderdome should still be available. Otherwise, the Capitol Wrestling Center for Performance Center Mania II.

For real? Tampa is letting 25,000 fans attend? In what world does that seem like a good idea? Or are the arenas that huge that they can social distance that?

It’s a big football stadium that has a normal gameday capacity of 65,000. Its relatively to space people out into clusters in the seating area. The bigger problem is the concession areas or moreso the surrounding businesses that have a flood of people due to thousands of out of towners being in for the game.

Maybe if it was any other state but WWE already has shown via Linda McMahon's group that all it takes is one sweet bag of money to get Florida to do something very dumb during this pandemic.

Only difference here is than Jane Castor is a Democrat and more likely to cave if pressure comes down from Biden’s COVID team.

Guess we’ll see how big of a super spreader Sunday is.

Extra huge money bag then to solve that problem or the governor tries to override things like last time.

NFL shouldn't have been allowed to have that many people to begin with since they've been just as irresponsible with some of their handling during this pandemic.

Halftime show will take place from the stands this year. Makes sense they wouldn't want to set up a stage mid-field during Covid when they couldn't spray after disassembling.

I wonder if The Weeknd will use the Pirate Ship in his halftime show and if so, will WWE be able to top how he uses it for WM.

From a drone flyover on YT -- stage setup next to pirate ship so it is likely being used in the halftime show


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Johnny Ace is back as head of Talent Relations! Wonder what this will affect!?

Meltzer

What does it affect? Seriously????

Who had this job most recently, Curano?

Vince getting the boys back together

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I loved him as an on screen character.

Time for more People Power!

Molly Holly is the first inductee of the 2021 HOF

That guy is such a tool, but Johnny is a solid upgrade!

That is wonderful. Love Molly Holly. Also love that The Hurricane got to break the news to her:

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The Hurt Business is one of the best things in wrestling right now. Each member is missing something, but putting them together and adding such great presentation makes the faction as a whole look like stars.

Anyone know how many tickets WWE is putting on sale for Mania?

Also Nikki Bella said she's been enjoying missionary position lately because she's been tired after binge watching tv shows.

This is awesome. And well deserved for Molly.

Mantaur and Bastion Booger gonna be the highlights this year for the HOF.






















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Still rumored to be up to 30,000 tickets for each night.

That's good enough for the current situation I would think. I'm sure they can make the visual work and the sound should be good.

Yeah that number would be fine for the crowd visual aspect since that's a little under half capacity of what Raymand James Stadium can hold and more than what the NFL had for last month's Super Bowl.

WWE wanted a bigger number than the NFL solely for some shameless bragging rights during a pandemic.

NXT's weekly programming deserves more eyeballs. Glad they're moving to another night.

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I haven't watched any NXT since going to USA but it does have a very cool look right now.

Seeing things about Asuka having a concussion?

Shayna kicked her teeth out, literally flew right out of her mouth. That surely would be likely to cause a concussion as well.

WWE Network had a section up featuring Daniel Bryan matches labeling him as a 2021 Hall of Fame inductee, and it's since been removed.

I mean he's openly said he's in the midst of his final run as a full-time competitor and has teased that this year could be his last WrestleMania. But he's never indicated retirement was on his mind, and has said he'd prefer to keep wrestling now and then.

Hall of Fame is usually something they reserve for people that are fully done or as close to it as you can be in wrestling. Even the part-timers they usually hold off on induction until they're near certain they won't be wrestling again, which is why someone like The Rock hasn't gone in yet or why Undertaker hasn't gone in all these years (almost certainly headlining Texas' class next year tho)

He's going to AEW as soon as his contract is up.