The Wrestling Thread

[BurningDoom]

^ I like following the Ring of Honor stuff. Mainly find myself watching old DVDs (the In Your House Blu-ray collection they just put out is great)

I would like to watch ROH. But for some reason, it doesn't air in California.

[retrosportsgamer]

You can catch it directly at rohwrestling.com . It's free - but delayed a couple days. If you sign up as a ringside member you have access a bit faster. But, it is there for free, which is cool. I order DVD sets from them anytime they run a sale. They put out the best comps.

[BurningDoom]

You can catch it directly at rohwrestling.com . It's free - but delayed a couple days. If you sign up as a ringside member you have access a bit faster. But, it is there for free, which is cool. I order DVD sets from them anytime they run a sale. They put out the best comps.

Do they keep the it up, or is just a live feed?

[retrosportsgamer]

So this is a pretty cool idea that we're starting to unearth over at PTBN. What do you guys think?

http://placetobenation.com/the-scouting ... 1987-1988/

[the King]

So this is a pretty cool idea that we're starting to unearth over at PTBN. What do you guys think?

http://placetobenation.com/the-scouting ... 1987-1988/

It's an interesting idea and I've had fun going back and looking at some of the Baseball HOF's scouting records. I guess my only complaint is that he graded one of the greatest of all-time at the height of his career. Wouldn't it make more sense to "scout" at the beginning of someone's career and see if you can pick up on what would make them great or not? Like even maybe go back to the early 90's and watch some of Shawn Michaels first single matches vs. some of Marty Jannety's or Tatanka's, etc. Of course you have hindsight, but you pick up on it over other guys getting the same or more of a push? Or say the late 90's and some of Edge's first matches vs Christian's work or the Hardy's. Could you "scout" which one of those 4 would be the bigger star? These are just examples just because I don't know if some of Randy Savages early matches are easy to view, but the whole point of scouting is finding the talent in someone who's raw vs a polished product which the Macho Man was when he graded him. It be very interesting if we would be able to review some of the notes say Jim Ross took when he actually was scouting Edge, etc.

[TheRev]

Anyone know what's up with Chikara?

[RCBH928]

I want to say that I really find it hard now to watch wrestling. The amount of fake action , fake storylines , and bad acting is just too much . No talent today are as good as the Hogan days with Flair, Sting , Taker , Macho and the rest.

Back then wrestling was sold as real. Today they tell you its fake in your face and the amount of cheese is too much. the fact that promotions are bringing old talents like The Rock prove that the new generation is too weak to pick up pace.

With a bazillion channels on TV, 10-years long shows pirated on torrent, youtube, digital content, social media, and high quality shows like Breaking Bad and Game Of Thrones , there is simply not enough interest in following wrestling. It only means a lot to children who still think its real and is a new experience to them as the they probably still have not seen enough back-stabbing angles, chair shots, Heel turn Face , Face turn Heel... etc , all the old tricks.

I am a huge wrestling fan and I had big hopes for when Hogan joined TNA to see something different. But all there seems to be is that TNA has no idea where its going with stale talent and WWE RAW became a big joke party with highlights like Brodus Clay dancing and AJ Lee kissing a once high feared wrestler , Kane. You just dont see high class feuds like Hogan vs Andre or Bret vs Austin any more.

I find it hard any adults still gets entertained by todays wrestling.

[Luke]

I find it hard any adults still gets entertained by todays wrestling.

I took mt wife to a WWE show, four rows back from the ring, and it was a blast. I believe we were there for around three hours, and we never yawned. Totally quality and fun entertainment. Plenty of crowd participation, and I had Cody Rhodes himself tell me to shut up.

It's fun. It's not intelligent fun, but it isn't supposed to be. You root for the good guy and boo and hiss at the bad guy.

[retrosportsgamer]

So this is a pretty cool idea that we're starting to unearth over at PTBN. What do you guys think?

http://placetobenation.com/the-scouting ... 1987-1988/

It's an interesting idea and I've had fun going back and looking at some of the Baseball HOF's scouting records. I guess my only complaint is that he graded one of the greatest of all-time at the height of his career. Wouldn't it make more sense to "scout" at the beginning of someone's career and see if you can pick up on what would make them great or not? Like even maybe go back to the early 90's and watch some of Shawn Michaels first single matches vs. some of Marty Jannety's or Tatanka's, etc. Of course you have hindsight, but you pick up on it over other guys getting the same or more of a push? Or say the late 90's and some of Edge's first matches vs Christian's work or the Hardy's. Could you "scout" which one of those 4 would be the bigger star? These are just examples just because I don't know if some of Randy Savages early matches are easy to view, but the whole point of scouting is finding the talent in someone who's raw vs a polished product which the Macho Man was when he graded him. It be very interesting if we would be able to review some of the notes say Jim Ross took when he actually was scouting Edge, etc.

I definitely think that's a cool angle and wonder if those type of examples will be explored down the line. i'll send him your feedback. Thanks King!

[meat]

PWG or ROH for me.