The Wrestling Thread

[Reprise]

I can't bring myself to watch it. I haven't watched any wrestling in the last week to be honest.

I can kind of see your point. Essentially, the fans have demonstrated what enormous power they have in order to force WWE to change direction and their creative plans, but ultimately it was for something entirely inconsequential. I like R-Truth, but he isn't the future of the company, he isn't going to be part of longterm major storylines.

It amazes me how well WWE has moved away from having fans hijack shows. They have walked the tightrope incredibly well. Or maybe fans are just more docile and easier to please these days.

I dislike how fickle the fans are. In the last week I have seen so much negativity surrounding WWE. It is the most negativity there has been in probably 5 or 6 years. The R-Truth situation turned into fans suddenly decrying TKO's handling of WWE, Triple H's booking, creative and all sorts. WWE bring him back and now all I am seeing is how WWE is the greatest thing again and how this was all a masterful and genius work (lol no it wasn't. They panicked and changed their minds).

Imagine what substantial things fans could change if they actually cared enough to and wouldn't constantly roll over and forgive WWE the second they do something like this.

[Raging Justice]

[Reprise]

Surprising win. The Jey Uso experiment is over.

[Raging Justice]

The hate that CM Punk is getting right now

[Reprise]

Who's the green face paint dude everyone is going on about?

That's what I get for not watching World's Collide or whatever NXT WWE crossover thing I missed.

[Raging Justice]

World's Collide was actually free on youtube. I didn't watch all of it. So I think I missed that guy. Chad Gable and Vikingo had a pretty cool match. I thought Chad took some crazy bumps in it.

[Raging Justice]

What a surprise, All Sleep Inducing Wrestling (ASW) uses Mercedes to bury yet another wrestling promotion's women's division

I don't know which pattern to put this one into. Mercedes burying everyone or AEW's knack for never giving other wrestling promotions anything of value for their partnerships.

[Raging Justice]

The only thing newsworthy from Smackdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47otpATArSM

[RCBH928]

haven't watched wrestling lately but quick look seems like WWE still hanging at 2.7 rating which is high or similar to their historical ratings. AEW is becoming a joke at 0.5 which i think is less than TNA in 2009.

AEW still didn't fix themselves?

-I saw quick footage from WWE Speed , which is a 3-min limit matches show exclusive to X platform. Couldn't be any more boring. Might as well be a school gym show where only their relatives and friends show up.

The only thing newsworthy from Smackdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47otpATArSM

By this time I might consider John Cena as the face of Pro-Wrestling. He has been the the star for like 23 years now. I think he definitely beat Hogan's record. More funny, he is older than Hogan (or similar aged) in 2000. While Hogan at the time was seen as a relic of pro-wrestling that people got tired of, Cena seems still relevant.

[Markies]

I wouldn't worry about AEW. They are not going away anytime soon.

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