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Fury v strowman
Lesnar v Velasquez
Just been announced for crown jewel on the 31/10
See he signed a multi-year deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Never realised that. Have you caught any AEW yet? If so what's your thoughts on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Watched their first show mate and only seen a few clips since then. Looks good. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Tyson Fury getting a reported 12 MILLION GBP for the upcoming appearance in Saudi Arabia :eek::eek:
If you’re a fan of 70s/80s wrestling check out NWA powerrr. 1hr each week free to watch on YouTube, presented like old southern wrestling with cheesy adverts and graphics included 👍🏻
Ooft. Decent money. How much is AJ making for his fight? Probably not that much more!Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Is that the promotion that Master P just bought?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrSpaceMonkey
I see Nicki Cross and Alexa Bliss have gone to smackdown. I hope they get a bit more air time as obviously Nicki is Scottish and Alexa, well :cb:cb
NWA is owned by Billy Corgan from the smashing pumpkins 😄
Cain valesquez taps out to the kimora lock. Brock lesnar wouldnt realese rey jumps in with a chair quickly dealt with by lesnar. Lesnar then attacks valesquez with the chair including a F5 onto the chair. Mysterio then attacks Brock with another chair. I can see this fued lasting for a while
They've really ****ed up with the Fiend with these matches vs Rollins.
Edit: Above was written before him winning the title :greengrin
Yeah that should be interesting going forward as both titles are now on smackdownQuote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
The fiend shouldn't be brand specific.Quote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
Brock lesnar now going to raw. Of all the matches I would like to have seen it would have been brock v the fiend.
Hopefully survivor series we see brock v the fiend v Adam Cole baby.
Bayley v the man v shayna baszler.
Punk appeared on the backstage show last night. :hyper
Surprised about that. I would have thought that AEW was a good fit for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Hopefully just a matter of time he’s back in the ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by nellio
His contract is with Fox, can see him using this as his way to have a laugh to be honestQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
I actually think him signing up to something like that is a good as indication that we're going to get that he's not returning to the ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Well Bt sports now have WWE and I have to say the coverage so far has been pretty decent they are making a big deal out of it with NXT UK and WWE 24 already having airtime. Interesting to note on smackdown that the Usos returned and made the save for roman could we maybe see a faction happening there
Loving the BT coverage myself so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by pontius pilate
I do see Roman or KO winning the men's rumble.
Don't have BT Sport, so having to switch to AEW.
Big fan of Orange Cassidy tbh.
Then you have great taste, Orange Cassidy is by far my favourite these days :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Both rumbles this year seem quite hard to predict.
I see a shock winner in the men's rumble on Sunday.
Kevin Owens to win the mens IMO, Shayna Baszler for the womens.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Velasquez will eliminate Brock and they'll have a match at the next PPV which gives Owens opportunity to be a special guest ref or do a run in and cost Brock the match, allowing Velasquez to get his Crown Jewel loss back.
Shayna Baszler vs Becky Lynch for WM too.
Drew McIntyre and Liv Morgan to be the iron man and iron woman in the matches.
Can't see Vince passing up the opportunity for Roman to win again.
Reigns v The Fiend and Brock v Drew somehow.
As for the women's I'm going for Sasha, otherwise its pretty open Baszler or Charlotte or even a returning Ronda Rousey wouldn't be surprising.
Or what if Asuka beats Becky then Becky wins the Rumble then beats Asuka at Wrestlemania to win back the title,they have been playing up the fact Becky can't beat Asuka.
So in summary I have no idea.
Surely whoever dumps Brock fights Brock?
Then winner of the rumble goes against the fiend. (assuming d bry doesn't win).
I'm gonna say Drew for the win and Roman can win the chamber next month.
Would be a decent outcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Apparently Sting is going to be at the Rumble.
Suppose he needs the money after The Police split.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs#1
Very good :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Put a tenner on Keith Lee and Rhea Ripley most eliminations at 40/1
Good luck bud. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibeesmad
Have won bets on the last 2 rumbles myself. :aok:
As you were.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
That was a really good PPV. Wrong person won the women’s rumble but can’t fault the rest of the card. Great to see Bianca Belair get a strong showing and the return of Edge was a proper moment.
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
They made Drew into a star last night in the rumble.
I look forward to Brock retaining in a fifteen second squash on the WM pre show.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
So, how would you book the main section of your WM card (not paying attention to the inevitable Humberto Carrilo vs No Way Jose toilet break matches and the ****ing irritating dance break with R-Truth and a returning Essa Rios?)
Main Event - Drew McIntyre vs Brock Lesnar
They've made Drew look like a proper star and they need to continue down that path. They need to follow this after Brock's pre WM programme (as below) but Drew did an amazing promo in WCPW against Joseph Connors where he talked about the sacrifices he's made when his mother was battling cancer and following his advice, he stayed in the US to continue his wrestling career, and ended it with "At (whatever PPV it is), Joseph Connors, you are ****ed!" and it was the most passionate, incredible promo. They need to get Paul Heyman to go out and do the "My client Brock Lesnar blah blah blah squashed Kofi and Goldberg blah blah Drew McIntyre no different" and have Drew do a similar promo which will get people on side. It has to go on last because it'll be the most feel good moment when he soaks up suplex after suplex and F5 after F5 to hit a massive Claymore and get the cover.
The Fiend vs Daniel Bryan (Title vs Career match)
I want the two of them to not wrestle against each other until WM. I want Bryan to be out for a month and for the Fiend to not do much. I want Bryan to be the one to break the Fiend and win the title. The Fiend doesn't need the title. It may be tasteless but WWE could easily keep Bryan off the TV after sustaining "an injury" and people will fill in the blanks themselves. It'd be quite believeable that Bryan may be retiring (or even using this as an excuse to go to a reduced schedule) so it'd keep people guessing. They'd need to keep the Fiend looking silly strong during it but I want him to go back to being an unhinged dude who wants to hurt people rather than competing for the belt which he doesn't need. Bryan finally gets the better of the Fiend. Perhaps involving some sort of shenanigans with Finn Balor assisting to set up a fresh continuation of their feud.
Edge vs Baron Corbin
I'd have Edge come out on Smackdown this week and challenge the Fiend for the title because he wants to make up for lost time and he felt such an energy from the fans at his Rumble return that he wants to give something back and win the title for them. Sets up the match at the PPV and in a great match that can be more story based in order to protect Edge a little he hits two spears in a row, has the cover until Corbin runs in and pulls Edge off the Fiend, beats the **** out of him and causes the DQ. Ludicrous levels of heat for him. He explains it the following week that he won KOTR, he retired Kurt Angle, he was Mr. Money in the Bank until he was screwed out of it and he's sick of being overlooked and he deserved that title shot. Sets up a feud that will have Edge at ludicrous levels of being over, nuclear heat on Corbin and it writes itself.
Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT Womens Championship)
Charlotte chooses to go for the NXT Womens Championship because **** it, out of her facing Bailey, Lynch or Ripley this is a properly fresh feud that would be interesting. I'd even have Ripley go over to put over the NXT brand.
Becky Lynch vs Shayna Baszler
Because that'd be ****ing marvellous
Roman Reigns vs John Cena
Remember their promo that had Cena say that he could do this part time better than Reigns could ever do this full time? There's mileage left in that.
Don't know about the rest of it so far, but fantasy book to your hearts content.
Was listening to a wrestling podcast which said the initial plan up to last week was for Reigns to win the Rumble, I can't imagine the reaction he would have got and would be getting each week if he eliminated Edge and then won it.
They just ruined Bray Wyatt once again.
Shocking decision. Loved Goldberg back in the day but no need for this now.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
That jackhammer :faf:
That is absolutely baffling.
If it is indeed Wyatt vs Cena at WM, then it would make more sense to still have the strap on Wyatt. Can Cena equal Flair's record or will the Fiend retain?
Roman vs Goldberg has such an obvious story, spear vs spear, the legend vs the big dog. Doesn't need the belt at all.
Terrible.
I would rather see Wyatt-Cena with Cena chasing his 17th title and Roman v Goldberg as a singles match.
But once again WWE go with their old stars over upcoming talent.
I really hope AEW sees it's ratings rise to a level their output deserves.
They are doing a great job in getting a lot of the younger / newer stars over, the likes of Allin and Guevara are all impressing week in week out.
You can see what individuals having creative control over their character is doing for them vs the WWE that Vince has under his control.
To add to the above, I don't watch NXT myself, but from what I read the output is a cut above of what Raw and SmackDown produce, what I'd give to have another WCW for a Monday night war to give Vince a boot up the arse..
NXT is vastly superior to the other WWE brands, it's not even closeQuote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Agree about AEW too, seeing people being able to express themselves and not have scripts is so much better, mon the Orange Cassidy
I can only assume they want the belt on Reigns but don't want him having to deal with the heat that comes with beating The Fiend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Also agree with other comments re: NXT. It's the only show I watch regularly now. I wasn't impressed with early AEW, but might go back and give it another shot.
After a dodgy period towards the end of the year they've been hitting it out the park in the past couple of months, definitely worth another try :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
Think i watched their first show and have just kept up with highlights ever since.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
His match v pac at revolution was brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Sure was, the guy has lots of talent and charisma in buckets, the Bucks V Kenny/Hangman was as good as a match you will ever see tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Going to watch that the night 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Jake Roberts popping up on Dynamite.
Wrestlemania will likely be off. Can't see it going ahead.
If drew doesn't win the title because of corona virus 😠😠
Wrestlemania to be at the performance centre behind closed doors.
Bold decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Can still see it being cancelled.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs#1
Really? can't see it. In saying that, they'll make a fortune of the pay preview so who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Yeh, WWE have confirmed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Don't know how much they'll make on Pay Per View. It'll be live on the Network and I'd imagine there'll be quite a few new subscribers!
They will make a fortune. World shut down and hardly any sports on the go. I've already told the kids if it's on we will buy it and that we can all stay up and watch it if we are all having to stay at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Well don't buy it on it's own PPV, just buy the network for a month at $9.99 or whatever it is and save yourself a fortune!Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Can you get WWE network on PlayStation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
You can do on the PS4 anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
On your homescreen, there's the TV/Video option.
If you go in there, Netflix / amazon TV etc... are all there. You can get the network in there somewhere. I can't remember the exact details as it was Wrestlemania last year I signed up for, so it's not exactly fresh I'm afraid.
Yes you can mate, in the App section of the Store.
Wrestlemania over 2 nights now.
Matt Hardy and Brodie Lee (Luke Harper for you WWE losers :greengrin) made their AEW debuts tonight.
Must admit, I expected Hardy to join dark order rather than the elite. Looking forward to seeing what he can do with presumably more creative freedom.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Not too bothered about brodie Lee as don't know him aside from luke harper and he never got going in wwe.
From what I read about Brodie Lee we can hopefully expect a lot more from him outside of WWE, Arn Anderson apparently thinks very very highly of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Roman out of wrestlemania.
Are they still going ahead with this? Mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
From what I heard listening to Dave Meltzer, Reigns and The Usos were not happy at all at The Miz being at the WrestleMania tapings as he was ill, and given that Reigns has suffered from cancer previously and has a weakened immune system he is in the "at high risk" group of people.
Been watching Smackdown and Raw. It just doesn't work without the crowd.
Raw on Monday was pretty good. Taker's promo was really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Raw recorded it's lowest rating ever on Monday at 1.9 million average.
Talk of WWE taking a break after wrestlemania.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
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Originally Posted by SteveHFC
AEW and NXT well done also this week (685k vs 590k), think they might need to take a break too.
Why don't they just dub audience noise like they usually do?Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Is Wrestlemania over two days this year? Haven't really watched it in a few years.
Yeah it's going to be over two days, filmed at their performance centre, I think it would've been best to postpone it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
I listen to Jim Cornette's podcast and he had a good idea that Summerslam should just be this year's Wrestlemania, but given how the situation is going in the US having crowds at Summerslam could be in doubt also.
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Originally Posted by CloudSquall
is this just American numbers?
wouldn't have thought shifting from sky sports to bt sport in the uk will have done their viewing figures here any good
Yeah I believe it's just US figures, Fox have thrown their weight behind it since it moved to them over in the US but it doesn't seem to have any effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
I don't think we'll see any improvements until Vince let's go of control and Triple H takes over creatively.
The amount of stars being created in NXT and then buried within weeks of arriving at Raw or SmackDown is beyond a joke now
WWE can take a lot from this. Keeping promos nice and simple, less of the crappy nursery level humour and build reasons for feuds like with Edge and Orton.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Anyone staying up for the first part of wrestlemania tonight.
Mrs Hibby6270 will be.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
I honestly can’t believe it’s still being allowed to go ahead, regardless of what restrictions the WWE put in place.
Social distancing will no doubt be non existent.:rolleyes:
No spectators:rolleyes:
No atmosphere:rolleyes:
Gonna be a right hoot!!
We've got the preview on. Will see how it goes but raw and Smackdown have been crap recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Know what else confuses me. How can they take bets on events that are scripted and have already been decided?
Talk is Becky Lynch is leaving so take it she is losing tonight then.
This is why you shouldn't bet folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Unbelievable Jeff.
Best taker match in years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
It was very entertaining but with every love in the world, it wasn't a match. Shot in a way that they could do multiple takes if they needed, no real wrestling as such in it and if you were to ask Taker to do a match in front of a live crowd it'd be every bit as bad as he's been in recent times.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Good to see, very entertaining but in no way a sign that he should be on the card when it goes back to being in front of a live crowd.
Wonder if they could Taker-Sting in that type of match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
As a one off match, I think last night worked. If they keep doing that with Taker it'll become very stale, very quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
In fact I think tonights Cena/Wyatt match may suffer from it.
Taker v styles was very good and what it needed to be. Borrowed heavily from the broken universe in the way it was shot. Was it a proper match? No, did I enjoy it? Yes.
Charlotte new nxt champ in a great match.
Black beats lashley in a meh match
Otis beats ziggler and gets the girl.
Edge-Orton should be good here.
Edge is one of my all time favourites. Horrible there us no crowd for his entrance. Ref forgot to count there lol.
It's really dragging.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Went on far too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
This is never finishing at 3.
This should be a good one.
The Gronk!!