Since we lost the first pro wrestling thread with the death of the other cd, and I was flipping through channels and came across TNA Impact.
Opening discussion topic:When did Booker T start speaking with a horribly off African accent?
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Since we lost the first pro wrestling thread with the death of the other cd, and I was flipping through channels and came across TNA Impact.
Opening discussion topic:When did Booker T start speaking with a horribly off African accent?
Well, he figured out that normal Booker T won't go over any more, so he went back to terrible accent Booker T.
I also didn't know that Jeff Jarrett actually started TNA....I guess you do learn something new every day.
Well, he and his father Jerry. Of course, Jerry Jarrett eventually abandoned TNA and took their best unknown prospect at the time over to Vince McMahon to have. That man is Vladamir Kozlov.
Until last night I almost forgot that Double J existed. It's also good to see that it looks like Mick Foley is going to stick around for another short while.
Meh....I think this WWE/WCW vs. TNA angle that they're pulling is a big mistake. They are blatantly using the fame of their primary competition as a way to try and gain ratings, but ratings have been declining since the angle began. I mean, they are openly referring to people in the WWE. TNA is starting to smell like WCW, except a less successful WCW.
Well it's only a matter of time before TNA is done away with and any talent they have is going to migrate to WWE.
It's a shame because I liked TNA until their storylines started to reek of desperation. They took something good and ruined it trying to get a ratings bump.
I'mwith you 100%. About Lockdown last year they were freaking great, but now they're on the way out it seems.
TNA does have more attractive women than WWE though. Just my opinion.
eh, it's pretty close. Mickie James is like ultimate hotness in my opinion. TNA definitely has more talented ladies than the WWE though.
How's that Chris Beniot guy doing these days?
His existence is still being denied by the WWE.
I've got $20 that says Hart takes it.
nah, booking will never give Owen a world title
Well would you care to take that bet then? Of course I won't be able to pay you until the afterlife if I'm wrong, because we'll have to wait until then to see the results unless you know someone who can communicate with the dead....
I mean where is John Edwards or whatever his name is when you need him?
Good question.
In other news, why is the WWE pretending that Edge is dead? He just freaking vanished off of the face of the earth.
I couldn't tell you, I didn't watch it for about a month or so to be honest about it.
I can't see why they would do that unless he's taking an Undertaker style vacation to spend time with his family or something.
Must be. I didn't know he was important enough to take an Undertaker style vacation.
Well, honestly, he isn't. It wouldn't hurt my feelings too much if he stayed gone. Edge always annoyed me for some reason, and I don't even think it's because he's Canadian.
I always used to change the channel when he came on. He's annoying to look at.
Well Biff, in 5-8 years I'll be the one you'll be watching, so just be patient.
And what, prey tell, is going to be your wrasslin' persona?
You should totally go with the black klan member gimmick.
Well, in the Indies I was in before I had to stop due to relocation and school, I was 'Primetime' Kevin Cline. I was extremely cocky and said my name a lot.
Oh wait Im sorry, I thought I was in the sports forum.
I've played football, soccer, done MMA, and done pro wrestling
Pro wrestling is the 2nd most difficult of those four behind MMA
So suck it nony
I don't watch RAW anymore...with football and Heroes on Monday Nights....I should tape it...
In the Southern states in general there are a ton of orgs. I can find one less than 45 miles away in any direction(Other than West.). They have events pretty much everywhere though.
I like TNA for the most part and a lot of it has to do with the old guys being under one roof that isn't run by Vince McMahon. Vince is in the business of Killing his wrestlers or driving them to do it themselves.. Owen Hart gone.. Eddie Guerro gone.. Chris Benoit gone.. British Bulldog gone.. Kerry Von Erich gone.. Chris Adams you guessed it GONE!!! I like to see a company where the wrestlers are comrads in the business as well- Booker T's accent does suck tho..
Lol wrestling is for faggots. You guys keep telling yourselves that it isn't gay (and fake for that matter).
Well, that depends on your definition of "fake". It's scripted, sure, but even if it's performed correctly, catching a powerbomb fucking hurts.
Hey gismo, jump off a 20 foot ladder, land on your back, and let me know how it feels ok?
Is it scripted? Yes. Are the moves real? No. Does it hurt? Yes. It's a mix between sport and soap opera, but it takes someone very capable and well trained to do it. Calling wrestling fake is like calling stunt men fakes.
Kelly Kelly and Candice Michelle sure do make for an attractive opening match. I hardly even noticed how poorly they executed their moves and such.
Kelly Kelly is actually pretty decent considering how little training she's had.
There is no excuse for Candice Michelle
I'm still going to say that Jericho is a little bit better than spectacular.
Why are there females doing that wrasslin' on my TV. They are not cute. They are not sexy.
Ick. That's all I have to say.
In all fairness, WWE only has like three or four attractive woman wrestlers.
The ones that aren't attractive.....ugh.
Meh, I think most of them are pretty attractive. But anyway...
Santino Marella is the best comedic heel and the best true heel the business has seen in 5 years easy, maybe even 10.
So Mr. E, would you like to make an avatar bet on Jericho/Batista?
I'll even volunteer to let you have Batista.
lol, no way. Chris Jericho has it locked up. No way they'll put Batista over him. Bad for ratings, bad for Jericho, good for Batista, but nobody cares about Batista.
I was going to pick an Obama 08 avatar for you if you took it. :(
I got to thinking about it though and I wouldn't really do that to anyone.
I vote Kurt Angle to be the next wrestler to go nuts and hang himself on workout equipment.
We can only hope.
Well, it wouldn't surprise me. Chris Benoit surprised me.
Thoughts on the Foley/TNA situation?
If they can run with it there might still be hope for TNA.
Thousands of people have done that type of stunt in the past and since (not necessarily in wrestling). It was just a freak accident, it could happen in a circus or anywhere. There are lots of people who would not have died if they were somewhere else or doing something else at the time, think about all the car accidents.
I think Foley stickn around is going to be a good thing. Like I said I like TNA cause the old heros are there kinda mentoring the younger ones. @least that's the case with Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe. I wish Scott Hall would come back and stay for awhile though.. I'm definately saying GOOD MOVE to the Foley situation!
Batista has been champion WAY to many times
So true.
In other news, CM Punk and Kofi just won the tag team championship. I like to see Kofi with a belt because it's obvious that he works extremely hard to be as good as he is.
In B4 MEM announces fifth member. Predicts-
1)Foley
2)Samoa Joe
3)A.J.
4)Double J
5)Scott Hall
Prince Iaukea
Big Poppa Pump?
I thought for sure that he'd have died from some kind of roid related incident by now.
He is a freak, like for real. His heart should have exploded years ago.
I met Jeff Jarrett and Albert Haynesworth at a club in Nashville this weekend. It was awesome.
I'd like to meet Jeff Jarrett. He seems like a really cool guy.
The coolest wrestler I've met so far is either AJ Styles or Road Dog Jesse James(Who I'm pretty sure was very heavily self medicated aka high as a rain cloud).
So I have a question and a comment.
Comment-If DX was still active, I would watch much more wrestling. I'm thinking that their shenanigans would still be wildly entertaining, especially given that wrestling is pretty crap these days.
Question-They were showing clips from past raw events, and they showed that clown that wrestled. Wtf was his name?
It's going to bother me if I can't get it figured out.
Doink the Clown
And DX's segment was really entertaining tonight, but they don't hold up for long runs anymore. Triple H and Shawn Michaels are both well-known married people, as well as Shawn's faith making him morally object to most of the fun stuff
In other news, Steph is looking fine tonight
I concur. It just made me realize that the original dx era was pretty much the glory days of wrestling. They don't make it as awesome as they used to.
The glory days will return. The Hulk Hogan 80's faded into a ho-hum period until the Attitude Era. Now the Attitude Era has faded, and we just have to wait for the next great wrestling revival and things will be awesome again.
Well when that day comes, we can safely bet that The Undertaker will probably still be headlining events.
Whoa, title change on TV not necessitated by injury? Didn't see that coming.
Chris Jericho FTW!!!!
I'm not sure if I've pointed it out yet, but I'm a pretty big fan of Jericho. Therefore, I approve of this title change.
Yeah, but Cena and Jericho headlining freaking Survivor Series, one of the big four? Boo.
Haha, yeah. His chest is err....
I mean it looks like he tore a pec and didn't let it heal, or got shot with a cannonball or something.
By the way, how long is Vicky Guererro going to play the whole neck injury gimmick? Hasn't it been almost a year now?
For a while she wasn't 'injured', but any point that is within 3 months of any wrestler touching her she is sporting the neck brace and/or wheelchair.
It's just something to make the fans hate her more.
It's just irritating, that's all. It doesn't make me hate her, it just makes me think that they're not working very hard on a new gimmick to keep her from being "assaulted" by wrestlers.
I bet all my esspees that John Cena wins the WHC at survivor series
If I had any I'd bet against you.
You think after hyping Cena for like 20 minutes on every single episode of all 3 brands for the past 2 months that he's going to come in and job to Jericho? They don't have that much faith in Jericho.
Also, if Jeff Hardy makes it the survivor series WWE title match a triple threat then there is no way Triple H is going to make it out alive.....I mean out with his title.
Hardy and Jericho will both leave with the titles. Go ahead and mark my words sir.
You could be 50% right. This is the only way Hardy could possibly get the title, but this is also a good way to put the title on Kozlov without making Trips look bad. I've heard that Vince has been grooming Kozlov for a title run, it could be coming now, plus Hardy always messes up when things get good.
Jericho will not win. Jericho may retain via DQ or Orton might interfere or something, but he will not win.
I personally don't think he'll win either, but I do believe that he'll hold on to the title. Something like a DQ could set up a great new set of rivalries.
Also, do you get the feeling that The Brian Kendrick is as big of a douche in real life as he is in the ring?
I must admit then, it is one hell of an act.
That's not that surprising. Big Show is a nice guy, but I think the fact that he's a nice guy is pretty obvious. Most of the famous guys I've met are nice (Bob Backlund has probably been my favorite so far). Now, the indy guys I've known and worked with, they don't have quite as good of a percentage.
I just remembered why The Undertaker shouldn't talk much.
Also, A.J. Styles is probably one of the nicest guys I've ever met, as is Road Dogg Jesse James. Although I think Road Dogg was just friendly because he was all kinds of high as a kite.
lol, that probably had something to do with it. When I met Road Dogg he was kind of a jerk.
And the Undertaker used to be great on the mic. He has just deteriorated due to years of lack of practice. For some reason they stopped letting him talk, but back when the Ministry was alive and well he was great on the mic. He was good as the American Bad Ass too, but he was pretty much just playing himself.
True, I remember him being good, but he was pretty awful tonight.
The whole lights out thing is still awesome every time though.
I don't really watch WWE like I use to way back when. (I have McMahon issues) But I am watching TNA more. Most of it's pretty dumb but I do like the Main Event Mafia minus Booker and Angle. Kevin Sting and Steiner work well together and I like it.
I actually like Angle, he plays his part very well imo.
Booker and Samoa Joe are the only people in that org that really irritate me. Watching AJ has always been a treat though, maybe because I have a strong appreciation for incredible work ethic.
I met Rick Flair in a gas station parking lot in Kansas City about 10 years ago. Does that make me cool? Well actually I just saw him leave and get into his car. But still.
Here you go.
http://z3.invisionfree.com/TN_Indy_Zone/index.php?
I think they were created sometime last year.
I never post on it anymore, as I don't go to shows right now.