The Wrestling Thread

Oh god he was wasn't he

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Oh shit, I forgot about the Great Khali... oops. LOL

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*First Asian (with actual wrestling talent) WWE Champion

Exactly. The Great Khali actually botched, killing a wrestler in India.

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Since Bayley is on the main roster now, can we have the Bayley-Turns-Heel-Face-Just-By-Hugging-Them thing now

I want Owens to be a total prick backstage to Bayley and then she just hugs him and now Owens is super nice to everyone.

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I'm actually excited that Rhyno is Heath Slater's tag team partner in the tag team tournament. I'm rooting for this tag team, folks.

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Slater's shaping up to be a surprisingly good character.

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I used Miz heel promos to motivate myself. That's how I survived my first year of work where all of my direct co-workers where of a different nationality than mine. Hearing them snickering and mumbling among themselves in their local language...

So I was optimistic about Miz's face turn. Until they had the bizzare idea of Ric Flair mentoring him while Miz botches the figure four into some weird indian deathlock submission and being the host of Miz tv instead of using his heel promo skills to bring down other heels instead.

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What's everyone's thoughts on the Raw and SD Live sets they used for last week? I like them, I'm probably the first to fuss over the aesthetics like set designs, new or arranged belts (I remember somewhat forcefully marking out when I saw the white stripe IC title), ring attire (I loved Natalya's black attire with cape [people said she raided Maryse's closet], and that she wore a green/aqua version of her standard pink Bret Hart Rule 63 outfit for Royal Rumble 2012), etc.

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And finally, something really early. Bo Dallas was apparently escorted out of an airport for allegedly being drunk, and sung The Lion King's The Circle of Life while under the influence.

http://www.allwrestlingnews.com/wwe-news/bo-dallas-kicked-off-a-plane-for-being-drunk/

Somebody made this in response: http://crossfade.io/#!/t7khfupdbg

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GET THE FUCK IN THERE LADS IT'S KOMANIA

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It's funny how my favorite wrestlers grew throughout each era, since the day I started watching. It's also funny how I remember, IN ORDER, who I added in my mental list of favorite wrestlers:

Kane (1999)
Stone Cold Steve Austin (1999 too)
Triple H (2002)
Chris Jericho (2003)
JBL (2004)
CM Punk (2006)
Mark Henry (2008 or 2009, I forgot)
Sheamus (2009)
Ryback (2012)
Roman Reigns (2012, I loved him since THE SHIELD DEBUT in Survivor Series '12)
Apollo Crews (2015)

EDIT: I forgot about Ryback. XD

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PREDICTIONS FOR BACKLASH. ONLY CARD PREDICTIONS AND NO SPECIALS BECAUSE I GENUINELY DON'T GIVE A SHIT

CARD PREDICTIONS:
Usos vs. Hype Bros:
Winner of Usos/Hype Bros vs. Rhyno and Slater:
Six-pack Women's Match:
Miz vs. Ziggler:
Wyatt vs. Orton:
Ambrose vs. AJ Styles:

Yes, there are legitimately only six matches confirmed for a THREE. HOUR. SHOW. I'm not going to survive this...

CARD PREDICTIONS:
Why vs. How: Usos
Winner of When/Where vs. The Obvious Winners: SlaterGatorBaybay
Six-pack Women's Match: Nikki Bella
The Best Heel Ever vs. Retire Already: Miz
Spooky vs. Blood Fountain: Orton
Psycho Dad vs. Soccer Mom: Ambrose

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CARD PREDICTIONS:
Usos vs. Hype Bros: Usos
Winner of Usos/Hype Bros vs. Rhyno and Slater: Rhyno Slater
Six-pack Women's Match: Becly Lynch
Miz vs. Ziggler: LOLMIZWINS
Wyatt vs. Orton: Hard to pick... probably Randy Orton
Ambrose vs. AJ Styles: AJ Styles...and I can explain why. I can see Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns having the "We have a common enemy" mentality. AJ Styles and Ambrose will probably have a rematch somehow, and Styles will win again. Meanwhile, whenever the Best of Seven crap is over between Sheamus and Cesaro, I'm predicting the loser of that will go to Smackdown, and as far as my knowledge goes for the Draft System, if there's one draft to a show, the opposite show returns the favor, so that's when Ambrose comes to Raw. At that point....the Shield Reunion.

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The Shield are not reuniting, stop

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Usos vs. Hype Bros: Usos
Winner of Usos/Hype Bros vs. Rhyno and Slater: Rhyno and Slater (via SHENANIGANS)
Six-pack Women's Match: Becky Lynch
Miz vs. Ziggler: Miz
Wyatt vs. Orton: Wyatt
Ambrose vs. AJ Styles: Styles

On the assumption that there's also not going to be just 6 matches, here's an added...Random Prediction Undercard:

Corbin vs. Kalisto - Corbin
Kane vs. Fahn Dahn Ghoo - Kane

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Neon lights...
Nobel Prize...

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Smackdown's first ever exclusive PPV was 100% perfect. Smackdown SHOWS on Tuesday nights are better than RAW SHOWS on Monday nights! Then again, Charlotte, New Day, Rusev, and Brock Lesnar is on the RAW Roster. Anyways, yeah, it's time to review the PPV that is....

BACKLASH 2016!!! If Backlash returned after a 7 year absence, then they should continue a certain anime that apparently ended in 2014. Unfortunately, I forgot the anime name, because the words were Japanese words.

Match: Becky "I totally didn't think I'd win this" Lynch vs. Nikki Cena vs. DDR Naomi Mix vs. MY FAVORITE PICK ALEXA BLISS vs. Barney Hart vs. Carmella, who was a shitty face, but is now a perfect heel
Result: Becky Lynch wins. I totally was surprised.
Rating: 10/10, great match overall, no salt intended.
My comment: In the bright side, all 3 of the NXT Women that debuted 2015 summer has won the Women's Championship atleast once. Referring to Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and Becky Lynch.

Match: Zack Ryder and Meat Head vs. Evil Usos
Result: Sp00kie Usos wins.
Rating: 10/10 - IGN
My comment: I like the new heel Usos, quite honestly. Something had to change anyways, because the Usos were gaining the X-Pac Heat as faces.

Match: Zolph Diggler vs. The Miz
Result: Predicting and getting used to it, the Miz wins in the most pet-peeve cheating ways. I kinda rooted for him anyways, because I'm sick of Dolph Ziggler.
Rating: 10/10 again
My comment: If WWE wants to book the Miz smartly, they should have it so the Miz wins a Match /clean/ against Ziggler to prove he doesn't wrestle like a coward, then a double-swerve happens between those two some point afterwards.

Match: Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt
Result: Bray Wyatt wins via forefeit.
Rating: BEST MATCH OF THE NIGHT. HOLY SHIT, BRAY WYATT WON SO EASILY, HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TOUCH RANDY TO WIN. GG EZ 15/10
My comment: jk rofl; the Announcer said Bray Wyatt is, instead, in a No Holds Barred Match against a mystery opponent.

Match: Bray Wyatt vs. SHELTON BENJAMIN no jk, CM PUNK TROLOLOLOLOL, JOHN MORRISON okay I'll stop stalling, Simply Kane
Result: Bray Wyatt became a high flyer and dived on Kane, putting him through the announce table. After that, Randy Orton interfered then RKO'd Bray Wyatt, then Kane chokeslammed Bray Wyatt then won.
Rating: 10/10; Kane's still got it tbh.
My comment: If Kane's still getting a type of push, they should do the same for Big Show tbh.

Match: Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Evil Usos
Result: Heath Slater regains his career back, after winning the Match!
Rating: 10/10
My comment: Welcome back!

Match: Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles
Result: #NutBlast ftw, AJ Styles kicked Dean Ambrose's nuts then wins the WWE Championship!
Rating: 11/10 - GAME SPOT
My comment: HE DESERVES IT. IDGAF IF HE CHEATED.

Great PPV. Perfect PPV. Overall rating: 10/10

I think WWE is redeeming itself from the piss-poor show you called Summerslam 2016. #CancelWWENetwork is still gonna trend on my mind, until Brock Lesnar is out of the Roster.

P.S. @Quickman, rewinding back at Summerslam, I indeed didn't want Ziggler to win, AND I indeed PREDICTED he'd win, but that didn't mean I ROOTED for Dolph Ziggler.

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So I predicted the whole previously booked show correctly, and then also predicted that Corbin and Kane would win matches (despite getting the opponents wrong).

A PPV filled with unpredictability, this was not!

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What the fuck highflyer how did you predict Kane appearing and even an exact match that wasn't even unannounced

i'm not even mad that you won the belt

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I figured with there being so few matches that you'd have an undercard match, I presumed they'd be filled with mini rivalries. Kane chokeslammed Fandango on Smackdown, seemed like an easy in. Corbin and Kalisto was just another mini feud that seems to be on off, although I should have predicted that it'd be Apollo "Pre Show" Crews.

Didn't get either of them right, but hey.

Only have to defend it in 2 weeks *sigh* on an episode of RAW Clash of Champions

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Anyway, what do you think of the Cesaro v. Sheamus, Winner Gets To Lose To Owens On A B-Show Best Of Seven?

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