oh you were, huh? interesting.

Looks like I’ve got a new #fan

Cm punk should take that buyout then go to WWE who actually forces him to suck that blood covered Saudi dick.

While I do not think that the PPV is in trouble of being cancelled, I wonder what the backup plan is. There is no way HHH doesn't have a PPV this weekend

That's like saying we're about due for a tuesday.

Yeah. Someone said it seems to happen every time the WWE is about to go over. It’s just that some wrestling fans notice it when WWE goes over. It’s all the time.

i was just thinking about that

Very soon Tony Khan is going to be forced to take public blood money to stay in business.

you know what i was just thinking about that

This is v clever guys.

Bravo

, Dino

Kills me every single time

Nobody bought him a house named Haystacks

Sierra, Hotel, Indigo, Echo, Lima, Bravo.

Shielb.

Speaking of The Shielb, Roman has said the dream match he wants to do is a triple threat at WM between him, Rollins and Moxley. It's not gonna happen any time soon if ever but I would definitely be down with that.

Tony Atlas press slamming the future King Kon Bundy on 1981 WWF Championship Wrestling

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I forget who asked me for this clip many months ago (sorry) but here’s Tony Atlas press slamming Chris Canyon (the future King Kong Bundy) on WWF TV in 1981 <a href="https://t.co/M0fsRRtYhc">pic.twitter.com/M0fsRRtYhc</a></p>&mdash; Richard Land (@maskedwrestlers) <a href="https://twitter.com/maskedwrestlers/status/1587941699447300097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tony Atlas is better than Canyon.

How dare you?

Moxley’s washed. Reigns vs. Rollins could work though.

Jake Paul will be in Logans corner at Blood Money 6 (or 7 or whatever, I dunno)

I posted this a while back, but I love this video lol. Probably the only time I've found anything Rotunda entertaining post US Express

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s a squash that didn’t go well.<br><br>Death Row was huge and green. Mike Rotunda tried to get a match out of him, but the dude just wasn’t going with it. <br><br>Rotunda had to take the dude to the ground and stretch the hell out of him multiple times before legitimately pinning Row. <a href="https://t.co/voksBKkgpY">pic.twitter.com/voksBKkgpY</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1588313516632440832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kinda wish the had continued. After that really nasty hammer lock is let go Row elbows Rotunda hard in the jaw. Immediately Rotunda pops him in the mouth and before Row concedes to the pin there's a split second where you think this might get real fun.

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Mike Rotunda puts Death Row in a front facing spinal lock for a second or five at around 1min 17seconds of that video. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that before. Looks like a twister you rarely see in MMA only done from a mounted position.

It’s like he’s mad but not trying to kill him yet.

All through that match you can hear Rotunda giving the guy options. He’s not even being a dick.

He literally asks him ”How about it?” while he’s stretching him in a hammerlock lol.

Rotunda knows the price.

Also lol @ neck hair.

That’s the Hogan hair but only on the neck.

Severe Hogan.

Rotunda wasnt even being mean. He couldve ripped his rotator cuff clean off in the hammer lock. Alls he has to do is drop his weight from that angle. He didnt. He wasnt trying to hurt the guy.

the 1st time was to cover a botch, thats the stf after the waist lock. He gives him enough to get his attention then transitions into talking the arm, getting the match to their feet, and straight into the corner to let Row get his shit in

Only to immediately regret his choice

Class act from where im sitting

That STF was a legit taste of a spinal lock for a second though. Even the smoke from a dragon’s flame will suck the air out of your lungs.

Also I busted my rotator cuff years ago and it ruined my arm for most of a decade.

Its a terrible injury. Lotta guys never recover

Can confirm, fucked mine up as a teenager and it still hurts if I use that arm much. Few throwing motions and it's painful af.

R-Truths injury is believed to be a torn quad. At his age thats going to be especially brutal. Gonna be a long time before we see him, if ever. Hope he can at least heal up enough to get a retirement feud/match because he deserves to go out better than this.

They’ll look after him. He’ll be used somewhere and get to contribute.

funnily enough that's the only interesting Rotunda match I've seen outside of his tagwork with Windham.

He's so bland. Like Bret Hart bland.

IRS was great.

Also, Death Row tried to sandbag the Steiners. They threw him around anyway because they are the Steiners and they don't give a fuck.

Is anyone still impressed by spears through the barricade anymore? Can we give this a break for a bit?

Yeah that spot could use a break.

It should have been put on the shelf after that Lesnar-Goldberg WrestleMania match.

Do all the cool shit when everyone’s expecting a stinker and then reel it back.

We don’t talk enough about how good that match was, by the way.

How else are you supposed to hurt "big man" type rasslers?

Wrestling moves?

do you mean clotheslines?

Punk doing the Buckshot Lariat is stupid. It’s a terrible move anyway. But that could have been the spot where Logan ripped up his leg. Logan Paul is bigger box office than anyone in AEW though.

Logan Paul is a bigger attraction that anyone in the wwe. Which was why he was in the main event in his third match.

Ohhhh so that's the Buckshot Lariat.

It's EZ Money's Money Clip from ECW

Crossrine

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Vader and the Steiner wailing on each other. Good grief.

He’s definitely up there. You could have the conversation about Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar though.

Braun Strowman said something stupid on Twitter. Mustafa Ali said something stupid back. Ricochet threw in his two cents.

That’s AEW level shit. I think you have to get rid of Braun and Ali.

Serpentico is attacking Braun for his drawing ability. What universe am I living in?

Ospreay the only rational person in that convo. Which is surpring given how bad some of his twitter takes were in the past.

Really dumb thing to say from braun though. Yeah, lets just publically bury the guys you work with, because some internet marks said you cant wrestle and you cant handle it.

if you didn't realize it was a joke when he said "47 stars" then you seriously need help.

meltzer sheep

Gonna be hilarious watching the Braun/Ali match they will definitely book now.

And look at Noid here

CM Punk buries coworkers and he's the good guy in the situation.
Braun makes a joke about Meltzer and everyone that constantly gives him shit for not being a good wrester compared to all the spot monkeys of the world and he's the bad guy and has to be fired.

objectivity baby

And Braun didn't name drop anyone either, so who exactly was he burying?

That said, all the wrestlers getting on his ass (Ali, Serpentico, Richochet, Ospreay, etc) are all definitely better wrestlers than him. But that's never been or ever will be Brauns appeal. Being a jacked up genetic freak is. There's a million of those little guys who can work circles around him but they'll never be the spectacle he is. All of them should know their roles and shut their mouths.

WWE gonna run an angle about Strowman and Ali needing to do some therapy, and by therapy I mean make them a random tag team, playa. Then they can learn to respect each other as they smash their way through the tag team division.

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Beginning with hyperbole does not automatically give a person carpe diem to just say whatever they want with no consequence, under the guise of "just joking".

He can say whatever whacky thing he wants to at the start, but end of the day, he's still burying a whole group of people.

Braun works with all these guys so Im sure he didn't actually mean it and was just working, but a general rule in wrestling has been to not bury people because not only is just bad form and lazy, but if you end up being booked to lose against that person, then you look pretty stupid too. And with the amount of flippy floppy guys in the company hes bound to lose to one of them at some point.

And for the record I agree with Braun. Cool to see two big beefy man mountains, slap meat. But let the work speak for itself.

Holy shit I do not remember Brian Cage looking like that. He definitely hit the roids.

I really miss Percy Pringle :(

Braun Strowman is such an interesting dude. One of the most perfect genetic specimens to ever walk the Earth, who became the hottest thing in his profession after only a couple of years and won the world title at Wrestlemania, who has made millions of dollars and met his wife doing what he loves, and is willing to throw that all away multiple times because some nerds he doesn’t know said mean things about him on the internet.

It really is a silly argument b/c different wrestlers work differently and it works for them. Of course the bigger guys aren't going to work the same as smaller guys. Also, fans like different things so no one approach is superior. But the one common thread I find in wrestlers are over regardless of size or in ring style is charisma/personality. If you can excite the crowd they'll be into you.

You’re missing the point.

Agreed. I’m not defending the spot monkey style. I think Ali and Ricochet should be pulled up too. But why draw attention to the Meltzer bullshit? It’s like Hogan burning the Observer in WCW. Just go out there, impress people, and if you’re going to say something say it within the realm of kayfabe. “Omos was a big challenge — one of the biggest I will face — but I proved I don’t need to be the biggest monster to be the baddest monster.”

It just goes to show he doesn’t “get it.” We get it, there are a lot of bad habits in wrestling. Braun’s got some of his own. But being so petty is just counterproductive. And Ali’s just reeks of smugness. I cannot believe these companies don’t have social media policies yet.

Braun, Will, Ricochet, Ali, Serpentico, EC3, Meltzer, and any other wrestler that wants to get in on this discussion, just remember, they could all beat CM Phil in a shoot fight :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Went from wrestlers on Twitter to Fan in Shambles JUST....LIKE....THAT....

I loved Lesnar v Goldberg 3. Perfectly booked slug fest between two monsters.

Nick Aldis put up an IG video yesterday saying that he was leaving the NWA when his deal was up in January due to creative differences with Billy Corgan, and he said he felt the promotion was getting too embarrassing to be a part of any more. He then deleted the video.

Today it was announced the NWA has suspended him and pulled him from all events, presumably until his contract is up.

Basically treating a perfect throwback wrestler in Aldis the way they have whilst also pretending to be a "throwback" wrestling promotion really puts into focus how hypocritical they are as an organization.

Unfortunately I can't see a real perfect home for Aldis anywhere else. Guy is good but so are a lot of other people who have central roles in promotions.

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First English WWE Champ!

Despite all his rage, he is still just a rat in a cage? :eek:

Not so fast! If anything I see Impact since his wife is already there.

Yeah I see him going over to Impact, especially since they've had a bit of people leave lately for AEW and apparently WWE as well. There is more room now, he will immediately be high on the card, and his wife is there. All signs point to TNA.

Is that Daivari he’s dropkicking

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The wrestling newsletters never “got” Sid, but make no mistake, his unhinged message of brutality was heard by fans from the 90’s generation with perfect clarity. Absolute monster. ☠️��☠️ <a href="https://t.co/SkwvZFT6Wv">pic.twitter.com/SkwvZFT6Wv</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1589798593409736704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<iframe width="1130" height="636" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pTTiQ6K_kbE" title="Sycho Sid vs. Heath Slater: Raw, June 25, 2012" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Sid is such an oddity because you could make an argument that he was either underachieving or overachieving in his career.

With his size and look, he should have been one of the top stars ever, but he never seemed fully committed.

Despite never being fully committed and a bad promo guy, the dude was a 4 time World Champion and main evented Wrestlemania, TWICE!

I understand why he is not in the Hall of Fame, but I am also baffled that he is not in the Hall of Fame.

Classic Sid just being Sid.

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Roided out Sid is fucking terrifying

A few thoughts.

1. Chris Candido was way better than anyone gave him credit for. But he had the same problem that Mike Bennett has now: his valet was a bigger deal than he was, by a large margin. At least during his WWF run, there wasn't 5 guys who looked just like Candido.

2. I hear a lot of people compare Omos to Great Khali negatively. I still stand by this: If Omos accomplishes half of what Khali did, his career will be viewed as a success. And none of that has anything to do with in ring ability or lack thereof. Also, Omos is already better than El Gigante ever was.

What a stupid, stupid waste of MITB on RAW

Austin Theory cashes in on Seth for the US Title and then loses

you think america is stupid?


Commie :nono:

Theory got straight buried there. Feels like he's going back to NXT again lol

That gash on Lashleys chest was pretty gnarly too.

possibly, not a lot of cast listed on imdb yet so could be

how did he get that btw, I missed that

I missed it too. Didn't notice it until he came back at the end.

Yeah that must have happened off camera, I saw nothing where Lashley could have got that.

Makes zero sense that Theory would cash in for a secondary title, even if he would have won. I don't know if anybody else on the whole roster has suffered more with Vince gone than Theory.

It reminds me of Charlotte using her Royal Rumble win to challenge for the NXT title (except Charlotte has significantly better booking than Theory and most people in general)

MITB just doesn't work anymore and hasn't for a long time.

It, like the rumbles title match, becomes a shackle at some point. Rarity is what it needs

The difference being the Rumble winner has a chance at main eventing Mania.

That sounds fucking horrible. I guess the idea is to portray Theory as a straight-up idiot? The dude is talented as hell, so maybe he fucked up big backstage?

You could have had him cash in on Bron Breakker under Paul Heyman’s advice. You don’t want the ire of the Tribal Chief. MITB is a done concept. It has sucked for a long, long time. But if you’re going to do it, I think it would work better if the title shot didn’t expire. Then there wouldn’t be pressure to just do anything with it. Theory could hold it for ages.

A US title run would have been great for theory. As it was happening I was like wow, this is a great idea.

Then he lost.