Usually not as slow or as clean of a shot of the face as Moxley did to Pentagon.

They do go overboard with the actual ripping of the masks that you might as well not even be wearing one. Like El Hijo de Fantasma's face was pretty much exposed during last year's TripleMania main event match due to how badly LA Park ripped his mask prior to having to be officially unmasked.

I switched from Direc TV Now to Sling and I can see ROH plays on The Stadium Network, watching it. It's an 8 man from The Hammerstein Show. Crowd is shot very well and the show and workers are great.

There is a rumor that WWE is going to split their Performance Center again to create a new developmental system.

Right now, WWE's developmental system is pretty much 3 divisions:
* PC - all the raw and new talent
* NXT (non-TV) - everyone who does NXT house show tours but are not tv ready or rarely appear on NXT TV
* NXT (proper) - television ready talent.

Non-TV NXT would become the new official developmental system instead of simply being the hidden part of NXT.

That is what I figure I'm just seeing so much Evolve crossover I feel they will start to identify as a development, and I think it would be good considering they have an audience already. WWE can just start sending those who they'd send to NXT TV to Evolve, and when they are ready at Evolve they get the call up to Raw, NXT or Smackdown.

Is anyone watching ROH right now?

This 8-Man was great!

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I'm watching this Summer Slam spectacular special RAW from like 1993. I miss this. Hot crowd for a Steiners/Money Inc cage match, Gorilla and JR on commentary. Mad nostalgia.

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Two recent rumors going around the net regarding backstage stuff in WWE.

The first being that CFO$ might have recently left the company. Basis for the rumor is the lack of their music appearing in recent WWE releases on iTunes and elsewhere. Also a lot of people in NXT UK are still using stock music for themes.

The second being more rumblings of 205 Live ending this year and very likely in October when the new tv contracts take effect. Might be the reason behind both Kalisto and Gran Metalik's recent tweets of them leaving the company once their current contracts expire since they know their tv time is going to get cut back by a lot.

Wasn’t Gran Metalik a legend in Mexico? Lol.

Lance Archer was just featured in a major way even took a stunner on the latest episode of Straight Up Steve Austin. He came off like a star. Feeling like his days in Japan are numbered.

Nope! I don't waste my time with the other 20 companies like super NERDS do.

You have almost 2500 posts on a wrestling message board

Yeah but wrestling shows are 2 to 3hrs and it takes less than a minute to type 95% of my posts.

That's really not that many in the 6/7yrs I been on here.

you fucking knob.

Aww!

Y'all get so trigger by insults but it's what y'all do frequently on here when y'all nerds don't like a wrestler.

It still shows commitment, plus you are spending time reading posts. Not that my 45,000 is anything to brag about. So much time wasted. So much time.

I don't see how me calling you a knob (which is stating the obvious, really) is getting triggered. But sure.

I read Dales last post as REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Apparently Stephanie McMahon had another tone deaf moment on Twitter recently involving her trying to bring awareness to the lack of women representation in sports media.

Predictably it caused a bunch of complaints revolving around her hypocrisy of demanding others improve the status of women in their field of employment while ignoring WWE's own poor treatment of their women's division, especially in terms of quality screen time.

Fightful did some math (not the Steiner type) to find out if the complaints were justified and only dating back to the Evolution PPV (October). Turns out WWE's women's division lost over 2 hours of total screen time since Ronda left and Smackdown being the worst brand for women in terms of screen time percentage.

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/e...y-less-airtime

Ronda Rousey injured on the set of 9-1-1. Damn near severed a finger apparently but played it off and finished the scene without breaking character.

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Freak accident, first take of the day a boat door fell on my hand, I thought I just jammed my fingers so I finished the take before looking (I know it sounds crazy, but I’m used to live audiences and never showing pain unless I’m supposed to) after a break in the action I told our director the situation and was rushed via ambulance to the hospital where they promptly reattached my bone and tendon with a plate and screws. I returned to filming the next day and finished my scenes before returning home to recover. Modern medicine amazes me, I already had 50% range of motion back in 3 days. There’s so much more than I can write here, stayed tuned via @rondarouseydotcom for the full story. 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Wonder how long till Vince and the XFL get hit with copyright and/or trademark disputes since a couple of the team logos for XFL 2.0 are very similar to logos owned by others.

Like the Houston Roughnecks logo is similar to the old Houston Oilers logo and almost a blatant copy of an existing soccer team in Tulsa.

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I know they're trying to keep new xfl and WWE separate but St Louis should have been called the Vipers for Orton

If CFO$ is out for making entrance themes I feel like they're going to go back to that weird period around 2000 where they were using real music or getting real bands do music for themes. On one hand most of CFO$'s themes were great, on the other hand they suck to listen to since they all loop after a short period of time

Don't know anything about the group's work pre-WWE but their problems in WWE were pretty much twofold.

The first issue being WWE putting a bigger priority on themes fitting great as ringtones around the same time mobile phones started to become a mainstream craze. Shorter themes is also why WWE eventually scaled down the size of the ramp and time for entrances.

The other issue being WWE's constant splurging of signings meant CFO$ had to crank out themes at a faster pace than Jim Johnston ever had to worry about which meant less time spent working per theme and the hit on quality as a result.

Lol so true about the Mountie. Go watch any 1992 Superstars on the Network. He LOVES being the Mountie. Probably because Jacques Rougeau is obnoxious in real life, so this way he gets to be obnoxious and make money off it. So great.

Here's the match

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happiest day of my life. For the rest of my life. ❤️��❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wwerollins</a> <a href="https://t.co/pfMEyEltGS">pic.twitter.com/pfMEyEltGS</a></p>&mdash; The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1164684584870563840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol engaged after 6 months of dating. That’ll end well.

The wedding will be at WrestleMania.

There's no predetermined amount of time needed to decide if who you're with is who you want to be with.

That said, I don't give it long.

Esp since Seth is a gaping douchebag of a man lol

Don't give WWE any ideas...

This far more concerning than how long they've been together

Oh I know. Just seems like celebs always get married hella fast and they’ve got an even worse divorce rate than normal people as a result lol.

In fairness though I’d have popped the question to Becky Lunch in like 3 weeks

3 weeks? Amateur. 2nd date I'd have cashed out my 401k to buy her a ring the size of the big gold belt.

The Mounties "SHOCK STICK" was always amusing, had a different dubbed in sound effect every other week. His original one just seemed to be a tube with a switch wrapped in red and yellow tape, the upgraded one seemed to actually function as you could see the electric bouncing between the prongs when he would use it in promos. Can see the electric briefly when he gets the stick in this match as well.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Told my wife <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWERollins</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeckyLynchWWE</a> got engaged today.<br><br>She said if they need any tips on a healthy relationship not to bother asking us.<br><br>STILL yet to consummate my marriage.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maverick247?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maverick247</a></p>&mdash; Drake Maverick (@WWEMaverick) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEMaverick/status/1164732170952306688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Some people just click and know. They've also been around each other for years and years. That being said, Seth is a giant tossbag.

Lynch already sounds like a man in interviews, hate to think what she sounds like when she's getting pumped.

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Probably a good approximation.

Seth and Becky’s marriage will be fine unless one of them gets tired of freaky CrossFit sex.

WOD:

3x 20 missionary penetration thrusts x 40 burpees x 60-second 69ers x 10 power cleans x 2 minute blowjob x 10 muscleups x 2 minute cunnilinguis

Holy shit, I doubt even small children would think this is funny.

So what would Styles' gimmick be if he changed the A for a B?

I am sure they do it in Amazon position.

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Savio Vega being the guy who handed both The Rock and Austin their first losses is the biggest surprise in the entire list considering how his WWF career played out.

it's weird. He isn't necessarily beloved by the IWC but a lot of the wrestlers seem to respect him.

Yeah. Had to look up what he actually achieved in WWF since it felt like he had a successful career there but he really didn't.

He was a decent and reliable midcard type guy but doesn't come close to being a Roberts/DiBiase in terms of star and legend status for notable guys who never won gold in WWF/WWE.

Apparently Alberto Del Rio's big plans to run his own wrestling promotion, Nacion Lucha Libre, have become a huge failure barely 2 tapings into its existence.

Already dealing with serious money issues resulting in talent and others not being paid. Also had their announcer quit after the 2nd tapings.

Pro baseball player

Well --played.

EL PATRON

Just scared thinking about where the money is coming from for this.

Is this why he's fighting Tito Ortiz?

He's Mexican Royalty, remember? When he farts a few grand comes out of his ass.

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So good

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ROH thriving


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In January 2018, ROH drew one of, if not their largest crowd in Nashville, easily exceeding 1,000. 17 months later, this is what’s left. Setup is for no more than 400 people and GA are being upgraded to reserved seating. <a href="https://t.co/3uurIlEVnk">pic.twitter.com/3uurIlEVnk</a></p>&mdash; Ben Turpen (@BenTurpen) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenTurpen/status/1165749978347855872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wonder what is ROH's breaking point with Delirious and Bully Ray running Creative. They need major changes done behind the scenes to fix things but the company doesn't seem to care.

Even before the Elite left, there were growing issues and cracks showing with Delirious' management of Creative. Bringing in Bully Ray for a lead role in Creative just made things worse in the end.

That tweet says 6:17. I don't think the show started until 8:00 p.m. I don't imagine most arenas fill up two hours before show time...

It filled in a lot better during the show itself based on some gifs and photos but I'd guess somewhere around 300 for the crowd size tonight.

Everyone works the ROH style now, so what’s the point of it?

They have Cobb, RUSH, and Scurll that can easily be in that role if they had bothered to seriously invest in them. Instead they don't because morons run the book and decided to put all their eggs in Matt Taven being that guy.

Even newer stuff like their women's division has suffered from how badly its been mismanaged and half-assed right from the start. Not even WWE was as inept as ROH was when it came to holding a women's tournament.

I'll agree with you on RUSH, but Cobb and Scurll wouldn't get anymore eyeballs on their product than they already have. They are not big time players.

I've never seen a worse Kazuchika Okada match than the one he had with Marty Scurll at All In. Marty just isn't a main eventer. He's a good junior heavyweight/tag team hand. But he isn't Will Ospreay or Zack Sabre Jr.

Jeff Cobb can be a good attraction style wrestler similar to Big Show, Kane, and Undertaker types. He's a different style match than you normally get in ROH. He's not year long world champion material. Maybe a short run here or there to keep him believably in the mix but other than that he isn't a top hand.

Right now the only guys that can really be top guys in ROH are Jay Lethal, RUSH, and PCO. Maybe if they invested in him and protected his weaknesses you could add Bandido to that list but he still has a ways to go.

Man this hurts. Honestly feeling pretty bad for PCO, he was so pumped a year ago, ontop of the world. Got a few offers and took the best one ROH. Now look at him. Killing himself before a couple dozen fans.

This is sad. I've not had access to ROH TV (on TV, not the web) since the HDnet days. I just got access to it and have it on my DVR to record new episodes because the one I caught last week was really fantastic. Everything about it was really top notch. I don't think there is a savior for ROH at this point. The loss of The Elite is why this is happening.

Anyone watch enough Japan to know if Cody Hall is worth going to WWE?

The problem with Delirious is that he is one of the boys first and booker second. He often lets whoever the top guy is do whatever they want, good ideas be damned.

He was the drizzling shits in New Japan and apparently made absolutely zero improvement during his time in NOAH.

He's also a giant pain in the ass from what I've heard.

Lol Cody Rhodes cutting him down on Twitter was just fucking savage.

He's also been doing it with ROH for so long that maybe he's just spent. That's a long friggen time to be booking.

need further deets

For your viewing pleasure. :lol:


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Never mind, it wasn't Cody Rhodes. It was Hurricane. Phil Baroni was Cody Rhodes.

Yeah I remember Hurricane owning him.

Im sorry in advance

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Due to my constant pursuit of the 24/7 Championship &amp; failed attempt yesterday at <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXSports</a> <br>I forgot it was my wife’s birthday today.<br><br>...And you all thought I was in the doghouse before ��<br><br>STILL yet to consummate my marriage<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maverick247?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maverick247</a></p>&mdash; Drake Maverick (@WWEMaverick) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEMaverick/status/1165599702739574784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Never apologize.

RE: ROH

On top of the fact that they put most of their eggs in the The Elite basket and then everyone but Marty left, they just have a major issue with talent. They hadn't been a destination company for hot young talent for years, and by the last couple years there's nothing they offer that another company doesn't do better. For a while one of the things propping them up was semi-regular appearances from top-tier NJPW talent, so you could go to their TV tapings and have good odds of seeing multiple matches featuring Okada, Tanahashi, and Naito, but now NJPW just runs their own shows in the US. They had a wave of pretty interesting signings at the end of last year but I don't get the impression that any of them except for Brody King and PCO have really been major focuses.

But honestly I think the biggest killer was that Madison Square Garden show. That was their chance to reignite fan interest and they failed at nearly every turn, and failed in a way that I think basically shut the door on what their reputation used to be and instead screamed of the type of desperation that people used to drag TNA for all the time. "You know what NJPW fans are going to love? 30 minutes of Bully Ray! Hey, Tenille Dashwood's on the way out, but guess who's replacing her? 2008's hottest women's heel act still doing that act to diminishing returns, that's who! Enjoy that tag match? Cool, prepare to completely forget about how good that match was because here's a worked shoot angle with fucking Enzo and Cass for some reason! And stay tuned for our main event featuring a lifer whose act has gotten stale, a guy who we can't give the belt to because he's counting the days until he can bail and join his friends in AEW, and Matt Taven of all people!" The story about Bully Ray pulling that fan aside during a Pacific Northwest tour and chiding him for heckling Velvet Sky didn't help but pretty much every wrestling company has embarrassing stories like that.

They just... don't have anything beyond access to NJPW and CMLL guys. There's no buzz about anything going on there.

ROH seems like dead meat, but if I had to suggest someone for champion, it would probably be PCO. People seem to enjoy his comeback story. Work out who you are going to bank around next — maybe someone on loan from New Japan — then have them kill PCO and run with the belt while you build a babyface. I dunno.

They have Dalton Castle and have yet to capitalize off it. Feel like Billy Corgan or Anthem should buy them up while business is bad for them. Eventually they'll figure it out though.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Total Bellas: 1,055 days <br><br>WCW Thunder: 1,168 days<br><br>It's been renewed for another season, so it will pass it</p>&mdash; Rose Lavelle Stan Account (@jake_nazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/jake_nazar/status/1166128971508940800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Those 2 posts hurt my brain....

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That was amusing :lol:

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Boys, Ken fucking Shamrock is gonna rassle in the Impact Zone again. I am so pumped.

WWE have reached out to Enzo and Cass about returning to NXT

Ew

:rofl:

I needed that at work just now.

LOL PLEASE let this happen!

That has got to be fake news.

The Big Tuna (Meltz) says it is.

Sean Ross Sapp reported it too and he's pretty reliable so idk.

True or not, makes zero sense to bring those two back considering the stories of how much they were despised backstage.

Then again WWE has made some really boneheaded decisions within the past 1-2 years so I wouldn't be surprised if they actually do it at some point.

From what I've read, Cass has made a lot of progress in recent times. Not against the WWE giving them a second chance.