Author Topic: Pro Wrestling Nostalgia Thread (2015) (Read 27626 times)

Vega · « **Reply #100:** February 09, 2015, 10:23:48 PM »

So RAW got overshadowed tonight. Somebody hacked Seth Rollins' Twitter account and posted a nude photo of a new NXT Diva that Rollins apparently had, so then Rollins' fiancee retaliated by posting nudes of him. Bad night to be Seth.

*EDIT* Looks like Rollins' fiancee found out about his affair and leaked the photos.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #101:** February 09, 2015, 11:36:29 PM »

Ha I just read about that.

imref · « **Reply #102:** February 10, 2015, 05:09:44 AM »

Minty Fresh · « **Reply #103:** February 10, 2015, 10:53:18 AM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 09, 2015, 12:12:20 PM

Maybe next year they'll just actually add Bryan to the main event from the start.

Having said that... I hope Brock sticks around, keeps the title at WM and doesn't lose it for another year... and they just continue to build him as the ultimate machine. Lots of quick main event squashes like he had against Cena. That way, when someone finally does beat him, they're made.

imref · « **Reply #104:** February 10, 2015, 02:50:38 PM »

Bellator is reportedly offering him a pile of cash to join them.

Vega · « **Reply #105:** February 10, 2015, 07:23:18 PM »

Deadspin sending mixed signals. The Gawker network never posted any Fappening photos and they have posted several articles condemning revenge pictures... and yet they posted the nudes of Rollins and Schreiber today. Gawker really is a pretty crappy company.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #106:** February 10, 2015, 07:57:15 PM »

Love Deadspin but they can be terrible at times.

Vega · « **Reply #107:** February 10, 2015, 08:12:57 PM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 10, 2015, 07:57:15 PM

Love Deadspin but they can be terrible at times.

For every article they post that is legit interesting and subversive, they post twenty articles about dick jokes and useless snark.

imref · « **Reply #108:** February 10, 2015, 09:35:29 PM »

Raw ratings were the worst against non-football competition in years, despite teasing Sting. The Reigns thing isn't doing them any favors. They've had a typical pattern of ratings falling from start to finish, with the 2nd hour worse than the 3rd and the 3rd worse than the 2nd.

Vega · « **Reply #109:** February 10, 2015, 10:01:06 PM »

Quote from: imref on February 10, 2015, 09:35:29 PM

Raw ratings were the worst against non-football competition in years, despite teasing Sting. The Reigns thing isn't doing them any favors. They've had a typical pattern of ratings falling from start to finish, with the 2nd hour worse than the 3rd and the 3rd worse than the 2nd.

Better Call Saul. 'Nuff said.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #110:** February 10, 2015, 10:25:20 PM »

Yeah BCS is scoring the highest cable ratings in history... and it's right in the demographic WWE covets.

Vega · « **Reply #111:** February 10, 2015, 11:22:22 PM »

Is Bray Wyatt's spider walk supposed to be scary/creepy? Because it's not. It looks silly, although that amount of flexibility from such a big dude is impressive.

imref · « **Reply #112:** February 10, 2015, 11:25:22 PM »

Quote from: Vega on February 10, 2015, 10:01:06 PM

Better Call Saul. 'Nuff said.

that only competed with the 3rd hour of Raw, and the third hour wasn't down as much as it has been in the last few weeks.

Vega · « **Reply #113:** February 10, 2015, 11:51:09 PM »

Quote from: imref on February 10, 2015, 11:25:22 PM

that only competed with the 3rd hour of Raw, and the third hour wasn't down as much as it has been in the last few weeks.

I think the pilot re-aired prior to the new episode.

imref · « **Reply #114:** February 11, 2015, 12:57:59 PM »

Last night New Japan held its first PPV since the big January dome event in front of 45k people, AJ Styles defeated Hiroshi Takahashi to win the IWGP title (their world title) in the main event. Takahashi's style is similar to that of Shawn Michaels in his prime.

I'm really thinking about getting New Japan World, their version of the WWE Network. It runs about $8.60 a month but the web site is difficult to navigate (Japanese badly translated to English) and I fear that if I succeed in subscribing I'll never figure out how to unsubscribe. The PPV will be on the network later today. NJW is only through the Web, no Roku or other device support yet.

This Friday on AXS at 9 PM is Okada versus Prince Devitt (now Finn Baylor). If you liked Ric Flair in the 80's and 90's, you'll like Okada. He exudes arrogance, but is one of the best workers on the planet.

If you've got some time to kill, here's a great compilation of Okada matches - http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2coa49/the_essential_rainmaker_kazuchika_okada/

Start with the King of Pro Wrestling bout vs Takahashi in 2013.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #115:** February 11, 2015, 02:37:13 PM »

Anyone else pumped about NXT tonight?

Balor/Neville and Zayn/Ownes should he awesome.

imref · « **Reply #116:** February 11, 2015, 03:23:25 PM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 11, 2015, 02:37:13 PM

Anyone else pumped about NXT tonight?

Balor/Neville and Zayn/Ownes should he awesome.

i really need a roku.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #117:** February 12, 2015, 09:31:05 AM »

imref I know you're all about NJPW but NXT has to be close to it.

Loved the ending to the main event, very unique.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #118:** February 12, 2015, 11:13:00 AM »

Quote from: imref on February 11, 2015, 12:57:59 PM

Last night New Japan held its first PPV since the big January dome event in front of 45k people, AJ Styles defeated Hiroshi Takahashi to win the IWGP title (their world title) in the main event. Takahashi's style is similar to that of Shawn Michaels in his prime.

I'm really thinking about getting New Japan World, their version of the WWE Network. It runs about $8.60 a month but the web site is difficult to navigate (Japanese badly translated to English) and I fear that if I succeed in subscribing I'll never figure out how to unsubscribe. The PPV will be on the network later today. NJW is only through the Web, no Roku or other device support yet.

This Friday on AXS at 9 PM is Okada versus Prince Devitt (now Finn Baylor). If you liked Ric Flair in the 80's and 90's, you'll like Okada. He exudes arrogance, but is one of the best workers on the planet.

If you've got some time to kill, here's a great compilation of Okada matches - http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2coa49/the_essential_rainmaker_kazuchika_okada/

Start with the King of Pro Wrestling bout vs Takahashi in 2013.

Flair's last great match was with Vader in 1993. If he shouldn't have hung it up after that, he definitely should have after he dropped the strap to The Giant (Paul Wight) in '96, after which he became sort of a sad shell of himself.

imref · « **Reply #119:** February 12, 2015, 11:18:02 AM »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on February 12, 2015, 11:13:00 AM

Flair's last great match was with Vader in 1993. If he shouldn't have hung it up after that, he definitely should have after he dropped the strap to The Giant (Paul Wight) in '96, after which he became sort of a sad shell of himself.

Even Flair as a shell was better than 90% of the rest of the world. His match with Michaels at WM (the retirement match) was still pretty good.

imref · « **Reply #120:** February 12, 2015, 11:19:23 AM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 12, 2015, 09:31:05 AM

imref I know you're all about NJPW but NXT has to be close to it.

Loved the ending to the main event, very unique.

I've heard nothing but great things about NXT, but I still haven't bought the network. One of these days.... It looks like NXT is HHH's vision of what wrestling should be whereas Raw is Vince's, that's probably a good sign for WWE's longer term future.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #121:** February 12, 2015, 11:19:47 AM »

Shawn Michaels could get a good match out of a broomstick, which is almost what Flair was by 2008.

mitlen · « **Reply #122:** February 19, 2015, 05:18:54 PM »

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2370440-jon-stewart-calls-out-seth-rollins-after-wwe-star-rips-the-daily-show?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Vega · « **Reply #123:** February 21, 2015, 04:10:50 PM »

I think I'm gonna subscribe to the free month of the Network so I can see Fastlane and watch NXT over spring break. How far back should I go for my starting point for NXT?

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #124:** February 21, 2015, 04:15:35 PM »

If you just watched their Takeover specials you'd probably catch all you really need to see.