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Speaking about the latest 2k disasterpiece...where is GWF?
Anyone else think that if a champion is injured, there should be an interim champion (like in UFC)? That way you can still have people fighting over that title and just have an undisputed title match at the next PPV when the original champion comes back.
Obviously this isn't for guys like Bryan or if they're gonna be out for 6 months or something like that where you would just vacate it, but if the champ is out for 2-4 weeks, it seems like a nice idea IMO.
Obviously this isn't for guys like Bryan or if they're gonna be out for 6 months or something like that where you would just vacate it, but if the champ is out for 2-4 weeks, it seems like a nice idea IMO.
pantsattack
Member
Is Virgil's gimmick sexually harassing people? How gross.
Throwing one dollar bills and listening to Sam Smith. Living the good life man.
Well Sunny already hates Kevin and I already hate Finn.
British Monsoon
Member
I don't hate Balor, but I don't think talent is a guarantee of quality when it comes to the WWE and haven't cared for much of what he's done. That goes for a lot of the guys I'm fans of from their time in wrestling prior to joining WWE. It's not a knock on them, that's just how it is.
After having a binge of NJPW matches...it's safe to say that Balor is better when he's not limited to a set move set. Dude is puro to the wrestling shoes and they have him doing typical WWE "oh wow" moves, instead of letting him give out the whole package. I know it's for health reasons and etc...but I'm simply not impressed with his ring work in NXT, yet his entrance is still the best I've seen in a while.
British Monsoon
Member
Watched this show from a new NWA promotion in the UK, pretty average for the most part, but I got to see Doug Williams & Johnny Storm being awesome, plus a great main event between Marty Scurll & Will Ospreay. Both guys are going to have a great time at BOLA, I'm sure, but while Ospreay's the immediately exciting of the two, I think Scurll's going to make a lot of fans in PWG. Everything's clicking for him these days, he's got presence, he's super smooth in the ring, he's clearly thought about his move-set and cut out the superfluous shit and concentrated it all around setting up his finisher. He's just as brutal as his tag partner, Zack Sabre Jr, when it comes to manipulating limbs and digits and can be as equally technically minded, he just lacks the exposure Zack's had and BOLA should do wonders for him in that regard. Can't wait to see how all the European guys do, there's going to be SO many style clashes in this tournament, I love it maggle.
Jimmy King
Member
I've checked out some of Balor's stuff in NXT and I don't find it to be bad but nothing about him draws me in. The stuff I saw of Owens (vs Cena) is at least indy spot fest shit you can enjoy initially before realizing it was just that.
British Monsoon
Member
I think Bailey could have a hell of a match with Galloway. Also, Ospreay vs Evans - great generational high-flyers match-up right there.
dream
Member
I vehemently disagree with your assessment of Fin, whom I believe is the future of this wretched company. But I do so in a respectful way because we are friends, we are adults, and I do not feel the need to come up with a term like, say, "gimmick poster" to refer to those who do not like the same things I like.
British Monsoon
Member
Tommy End'll have great matches with any of the heavy-hitters or more technical wrestlers, Mark Andrews & Ospreay will be good against high-flyers and big guys (especially Ospreay, who's great at working from under an opponent) and Marty Scurll can probably have a good match with just about anyone else in the tournament.
I've enjoyed a lot of Galloway's stuff in EVOLVE, with the right match-up he'll wow a lot of people at BOLA, I think.
dream
Member
Isn't that just Rumina Sato's flying armbar?
Jimmy King
Member
that's called a corkscrew armbar
British Monsoon
Member
Flying cross-armbreaker/juji gatame
I mean even when he was allowed to do 'what he wanted' in NJPW, I never thought he was one of their top tier performers. I'd put him slightly above like Yujiro but below Suzuki, Styles, Tanahashi, Nakamura, Ibushi, Naito, Shibata, Jojima or Nagata. To be fair, I thought the same of KENTA, but he had the luck of being on NOAH which has a fucking terrible roster so it's easy to look like the best.
His strongest attribute was that he had a really good look. Which can be a goldmine for the WWE. But I never thought he was a best of the best. We joke about B+, but I'd definitely call him B+. I'd put him below the other main eventers NXT has/had. Though I still think they could make it work.
Unlike Tyler Breeze who is Enhancement Talent 4 lyfe
His strongest attribute was that he had a really good look. Which can be a goldmine for the WWE. But I never thought he was a best of the best. We joke about B+, but I'd definitely call him B+. I'd put him below the other main eventers NXT has/had. Though I still think they could make it work.
Unlike Tyler Breeze who is Enhancement Talent 4 lyfe
Jimmy King
Member
Tyler Breeze beat out a number of sports entertainment superstars, including Tully Blanchard, in the annual WrassleGAF Rumble. That's more than most people ever accomplish in This Business.
Frecklestein
Banned
still remember my boy Shane Douglas eliminating Nakamura
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
There is a heavy ache in my heart when I see this shit about Virgil. I am not like a huge fan or something but I dunno. Just profound sadness
Wouldn't this match basically be that one match he had vs Arez?
Are you saying you don't want to see Mike Bailey get hit with a broken beer bottle?
Bailey's already trying to cripple himself with dumbass spots. Let Pentagon help him along.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Thought: If Bryan REALYY wants to come back, they need to stick him in a tag team with an up and coming guy. Allow Bryan to be protected in tag matches, gets another guy over, and gets people to care about the tag team division.
Frecklestein
Banned
and actually change his damn moveset and not put him in eight man ladder matches.
Officerrob
Banned
He should probably also stay away from Ryback and Sheamus
Jimmy King
Member
Yo, this Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii match is trill mode. What move did I just witness??!?!
SO fucking smooth
God damn I need to re-up my NJPW sub
Carnby
Member
I bought a Carpenter Brut album and there's a song called "Meet Matt Stryker". Brut can't possibly be referencing the wrestler, right?
serenewarfare
Banned
Well ROH, you had a good run.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Nah it's not. But it IS an incredible album
Other way around, friend. They're bringing in Razor Ramon and Big Daddy Cool, Diesel. The Wednesday Night War is kicking off any time, chico.
Frecklestein
Banned
WWE is buying ROH
Carnby
Member
Vince, I didn't know you liked Carpenter Brut! You should visit the 80's Synth community thread sometime.
ROH was never part of the Wednesday Night War going on right now, brother.
I mean, sure, they're repeats, but this time on Cable.
serenewarfare
Banned
Making a Kevin Steen action figure was a terrible, terrible mistake. That and the Destination America deal. But moreso the action figure thing.