The Wrestling Thread Vol. 3

[Big Blue Lantern]

Originally Posted by Iggy

GO AWAY CENA!!!!

FIFY.

But I have no reservations about saying Cena is far superior to Ryback, who I feel is far too generic for the main event.

[Big Blue Lantern]

Originally Posted by chosenone85

I have found Punk's reign as boring as Cena's and HHH's year long runs.

He is absolute magic on the mic.

Originally Posted by Iggy

GO AWAY CENA!!!!

FIFY.

["Chosen"]

Originally Posted by Big Blue Lantern

He is absolute hot garbage on the mic.

FIFY

[The Hutch]

Stoked to see some quality talent get bumped up to the main roster. Dean Ambrose is money.

[d3v1lb0y]

Originally Posted by Robinson

I think they are only doing one survivor match.

they did 2 matches but didn't went with my idea!!

[W.West]

Punk and Heyman make me laugh. I'm definitely a Paul Heyman guy.

[Blue Lantern]

I haven't watched wrestling since The Rock left the ring.

[Robinson]

Originally Posted by d3v1lb0y

they did 2 matches but didn't went with my idea!!

Well they didn't add the second one til the last minute.

[Sylent_Asassin]

Punk doesn't need Heyman as a mouthpiece, but he supplies a little extra heat, I suppose.

This Cena/AJ angle is stupid, although since AJ is hot, more of her is a good thing.

Sad to see Beth go. I hope they do something with Tamina. Her face is a bit manly, but I love the gams on that woman!

Who are these scrubs that keep attacking Goldbe... err, Ryback? Spirit Squad 2.0? Nexus 3.0?

[d3v1lb0y]

Seth Rollins (Tyler Black), Dean Ambrose(Jon Moxley) & Roman Reings(Joe Anoa'i) are The Shield ..they are the ones who are trashing RyBerg!

[Godmera]

The first Survivor Series took place on Thanksgiving Night 1987 in Richfield.
So for a little fun can you name those in the pic?

[Marvelous Iggy]

Originally Posted by Godmera

The first Survivor Series took place on Thanksgiving Night 1987 in Richfield.
So for a little fun can you name those in the pic?

Hulk Hogan
Mr.Wonderful Paul Orndorf.
One Man Gang
Bam Bam Bigelow (RIP)
King Kong Bundy
Andre The Giant
Don Marco
Ravishing Rick Rude

and I can't remember the black guy with the blonde hair.

[Jeffi.Kaiser]

Butch Reed

[Jeffi.Kaiser]

Love that they are giving Dolph more time on the mic and allowing him to truly shine in a bigger spotlight. Just goes to show that cream rises to the top, even if it does take a little while.

[Robinson]

Slick is in the pic..

[Jeffi.Kaiser]

Didnt even see Slick till you pointed that out haha. Dont forget Bobby Heenan.

[The Hutch]

Originally Posted by Iggy

Hulk Hogan
Mr.Wonderful Paul Orndorf.
One Man Gang
Bam Bam Bigelow (RIP)
King Kong Bundy
Andre The Giant
Don Marco
Ravishing Rick Rude

and I can't remember the black guy with the blonde hair.

Don Muraco...

And also RIP for Andre and Rick.

[The Hutch]

Originally Posted by Jeffi.Kaiser

Didnt even see Slick till you pointed that out haha. Dont forget Bobby Heenan.

And Oliver Humperdink's jacket!

[Big Blue Lantern]

Originally Posted by Godmera

The first Survivor Series took place on Thanksgiving Night 1987 in Richfield.
So for a little fun can you name those in the pic?

Left to right:

One Man Gang, prior to his transformation to Akeem where he joined the Big Boss Man in feuding with the Mega-Powers, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan.

Sir Oliver Humperdink, who later went by the name "Big Daddy Dink" in WCW.

Paul Orndorff, who was one of Hogan's opponents at WM 1, then frequent tag partner. He later turned on Hogan during a tag match with King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd, which culminated in a steel cage match on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Bam Bam Bigelow, who was initially responsible for getting Paul Heyman to try his hand as an on-air personality. He died from an overdose of medications after suffering through years of depression and blood pressure problems when he was burned saving a kid in a fire.

Ken Patera- one of Hogan's opponents in Hulk's initial WWF title run. He went to prison after throwing a huge rock through a McDonald's window when they refused him service.

Rick Rude- legally changed his name to RAVISHING RICK RUDE at one point. Got his trunks pulled down to his knees by Jake Roberts during their feud. Appeared on RAW and Nitro in the same night because RAW was taped in it's early years.

Don Muraco- Before Dwayne Johnson, he was known as "The Rock". He had a very long feud with Jimmy Snuka and was managed by "Superstar" Billy Graham as a babyface.

Butch Reed- later teamed with Ron Simmons as the team "Doom" in WCW, led by Woman, Chris Benoit's eventual wife. During a feud in the 70s, Ric Flair actually called him "monkey" on live TV.

Hulk Hogan- these were the twilight months of his first reign. He would lose the belt to Andre in Feb of '88. He didn't wrestle many house shows in '88 because he was shooting No Holds Barred.

King Kong Bundy- this was the year after he main-evented WM2 with Hogan and the year that he elbowed his little-person partner at WM3, causing a DQ. Bundy appeared on the show Married with Children and became a comedian.

Andre the Giant- he won the title briefly on Saturday Night's Main Event before surrendering it to Ted Dibiase. He later won the tag belts with Haku as part of the Colossal Connection. He died of a massive heart attack in early '93at his dad's funeral.

Outside the ring:

Slick- once went on Arsenio Hall and claimed that Akeem was from "deepest, darkest Africa" and said that he would have used a gun on Hulk Hogan had he been able to find one in Bossman's match against Hogan. He later became an ordained minister.

Bobby Heenan- one of the most prolific managers/personalities in the biz. Managed countless Hogan opponents (Studd, Bundy, Andre, Haku, Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Paul Orndorff to name a few) and hosted Prime Time wrestling with Gorilla Monsoon. Once screamed the F-bomb on the air when Brian Pillman grabbed him from behind. Had his lower jaw removed a few years ago due to cancer.



That's all I can produce from memory. If anyone does a web search and finds an error, please feel free to correct me.

[W.West]

Man, I forgot Bam Bam died. His match with RVD is one of my favorites.

and yeah, I'm glad Ziggler is getting some more spotlight but what fucking sense does it make to involve him in that Cena storyline? The more time he spends with Vickie the more harm it does to his career. After Survivor Series, you would think he'd move into the main event category but now he's beating up Cena? For what? There's no reason to even look in Cena's direction when you still have that damn briefcase.

I just want him to throw himself into that horribly boring world title situation going on at Smackdown. I'm glad Show is champ over Sheamus but their feud is boring and needs some spice. Give Ziggler the belt now, set Sheamus and Orton up for long stays during the Rumble and have Orton turn there. Sheamus vs a heel Orton can last till WrestleMania and by March you can introduce the champion Ziggler into their feud. That's what I want.

[Sylent_Asassin]

Originally Posted by Big Blue Lantern

Left to right:

One Man Gang, prior to his transformation to Akeem where he joined the Big Boss Man in feuding with the Mega-Powers, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan.

Sir Oliver Humperdink, who later went by the name "Big Daddy Dink" in WCW.

Paul Orndorff, who was one of Hogan's opponents at WM 1, then frequent tag partner. He later turned on Hogan during a tag match with King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd, which culminated in a steel cage match on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Bam Bam Bigelow, who was initially responsible for getting Paul Heyman to try his hand as an on-air personality. He died from an overdose of medications after suffering through years of depression and blood pressure problems when he was burned saving a kid in a fire.

Ken Patera- one of Hogan's opponents in Hulk's initial WWF title run. He went to prison after throwing a huge rock through a McDonald's window when they refused him service.

Rick Rude- legally changed his name to RAVISHING RICK RUDE at one point. Got his trunks pulled down to his knees by Jake Roberts during their feud. Appeared on RAW and Nitro in the same night because RAW was taped in it's early years.

Don Muraco- Before Dwayne Johnson, he was known as "The Rock". He had a very long feud with Jimmy Snuka and was managed by "Superstar" Billy Graham as a babyface.

Butch Reed- later teamed with Ron Simmons as the team "Doom" in WCW, led by Woman, Chris Benoit's eventual wife. During a feud in the 70s, Ric Flair actually called him "monkey" on live TV.

Hulk Hogan- these were the twilight months of his first reign. He would lose the belt to Andre in Feb of '88. He didn't wrestle many house shows in '88 because he was shooting No Holds Barred.

King Kong Bundy- this was the year after he main-evented WM2 with Hogan and the year that he elbowed his little-person partner at WM3, causing a DQ. Bundy appeared on the show Married with Children and became a comedian.

Andre the Giant- he won the title briefly on Saturday Night's Main Event before surrendering it to Ted Dibiase. He later won the tag belts with Haku as part of the Colossal Connection. He died of a massive heart attack in early '93at his dad's funeral.

Outside the ring:

Slick- once went on Arsenio Hall and claimed that Akeem was from "deepest, darkest Africa" and said that he would have used a gun on Hulk Hogan had he been able to find one in Bossman's match against Hogan. He later became an ordained minister.

Bobby Heenan- one of the most prolific managers/personalities in the biz. Managed countless Hogan opponents (Studd, Bundy, Andre, Haku, Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Paul Orndorff to name a few) and hosted Prime Time wrestling with Gorilla Monsoon. Once screamed the F-bomb on the air when Brian Pillman grabbed him from behind. Had his lower jaw removed a few years ago due to cancer.

That's all I can produce from memory. If anyone does a web search and finds an error, please feel free to correct me.

That's damn good wrestling knowledge... Now can you name that referee?

...and it's "The Natural" Butch Reed, known most notably in WWF for his feud with Superstar Billy Graham and Koko B. Ware.

"The Olympian" Ken Patera sucked. I don't think he ever won a big match. All his wins were against nobodies and jobbers on Superstars.

I remember that Arsenio Hall show. Arsenio asked Slick, "What were you and he thinking when Hulk Hogan... was whipping his ass?" Arsenio runs away and OMG flips over the couch. LOL! Good times.

[Jeffi.Kaiser]

Originally Posted by W.West

and yeah, I'm glad Ziggler is getting some more spotlight but what fucking sense does it make to involve him in that Cena storyline? The more time he spends with Vickie the more harm it does to his career. After Survivor Series, you would think he'd move into the main event category but now he's beating up Cena? For what? There's no reason to even look in Cena's direction when you still have that damn briefcase.

I just want him to throw himself into that horribly boring world title situation going on at Smackdown. I'm glad Show is champ over Sheamus but their feud is boring and needs some spice. Give Ziggler the belt now, set Sheamus and Orton up for long stays during the Rumble and have Orton turn there. Sheamus vs a heel Orton can last till WrestleMania and by March you can introduce the champion Ziggler into their feud. That's what I want.

I will gladly take Ziggler being in a fued with the company's top guy. He's come out strong on two occasions with Cena so far. I didnt catch Smackdown, but I heard Cena got a bit of payback. The fact that they are letting Ziggler go back and forth with Cena is a great sign that the powers at be are letting Ziggler become the next big heel for the company.

I fully expect Ziggler to cash in at TLC after the Big Show/Sheamus match. I see the match being a chairs match with how chairs are being utilized with their fued. What I could see happening is that Big Show retains the title, but Sheamus ends up going berserk and laying waste to Show with a chair, only to have Ziggler come out and cash in. Sure its almost the exact same as how Daniel won last year, but I wouldn't put it past WWE to try and duplicate it to give some statistics for cashing in the briefcase.

[Robinson]

It was announced as a chairs match on SD.

[Sylent_Asassin]

Last night was the perfect opportunity to put Ziggler over, and yet again, they had Cena come out with the win. They're never going to put him over.

These NXT Shield guys don't do anything for me, although Reins (sp) is the only one of the bunch that looks like anything.

[W.West]

Originally Posted by sylent_asassin

Last night was the perfect opportunity to put Ziggler over, and yet again, they had Cena come out with the win. They're never going to put him over.

These NXT Shield guys don't do anything for me, although Reins (sp) is the only one of the bunch that looks like anything.

Agreed, Ziggler vs Cena was a good much with a horrible finish.

As far as The Shield goes, I actually thought Ambrose did a good job during the interview. Though I might just be blinded by the name dropping of NWO. With TLC being no DQ, how does anyone think Ryback is going to win that match? Especially with The Rock hyping up a match with Punk for the Royal Rumble. lol