The WWE / TNA Wrestling Thread

Staying up for the 1000th episode and will be staying up for MITB. Can't wait.

 

I'll miss MITB unless I'm still up on the cruise, taking my laptop so I'll at least catch up on it and RAW probably.

 

The BFG series seems as though its going to be between James Storm and Samoa Joe, I wouldn't be shocked to see Bobby Roode costing Storm the chance to win this leading to a feud between them and then Joe goes on to face Aries at BFG.

 

TNA from 2003-2008 was brilliant in my opinion, it was new and different.

Now since Hulk Hogan has came in... it has gotten a bit sh*t in my opinion.

I like the storyline's were Jeff Jarret was the main "heel" on the roster

 

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I would agree with you about Hogan but TNA has suddenly started to get really good again in the past couple of months far outstripping WWE in terms of entertainment, storylines and quality of matches, as for Jeff Jarrett I have a feeling he will resurface very soon as its pretty certain he will be be inducted in the TNA Hall Of Fame at BFG.

 

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They even came up with their own style of match... king of the mountain.

 

Former WCW, WWE and TNA Superstar, Goldust aka Black Reign aka Dustin Rhodes joined Kayfabe Wrestling Radio Tuesday Night. In a nearly 20 minute interview, he talked about the creation of the Goldust character, his father’s wrestling and how that effected his career decision, his use of ring psychology, his time tag teaming with Booker T, his teaming with Ricky Steamboat and what he learned from it, his hopes for a heavyweight championship run, what he wants to do before he retires and a host of other topics.

Would he still have been a wrestler if his father (WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes) wasn’t part of the business
“Probably not. Just growing up, watching it all the time because dad being in the business probably was the one factor that lead me to be in the business. So, if he was not, then I have no idea what I’d be doing, probably playing football or something like that; maybe be in the NFL by now. Who knows?

The importance of ring psychology in the professional wrestling business
“Psychology is so hard to learn these days; you can’t really teach it. Psychology is storytelling; it’s knowing when to do a certain move as opposed to not doing it; how to make that first person in the front row… there’s always someone out in the arena (out around ringside) that does not want to be there, that hates pro wrestling and can’t stand it, that doesn’t believe in it, he’s only there because of their kids; they’re only there to see John Cena or someone like that. And that’s my job, that’s who I pick; there is always one and I’ll find them. I’ll look for them and I’ll work my whole match to get around this one individual, whether it be female or male. And towards the end of the match, they are on their feet and you can actually see something in their eyes change, a spark in their eyes change… at the end of the match when they are on their feet and you can actually see ‘wow, this guy made me a believer’, then my job is done right.”

The Goldust character and issues with it
“When Vince sat me down and explained the character, explained that the character was androgynous; I seriously had to go home and look up that word cause I had no idea what the * that meant. But he explained it to me; I thought ‘Ok, let’s give this a shot’, and he said ‘I’m going to be behind you no matter what, Dustin. There’s going to be a lot of people talking’. But he kept using the word androgynous; never used the word gay or anything like that, so me knowing what that means now, I’m going out there and try to dress the part but not really understanding how to act the part of the Goldust character; he had me trial and error stuff. I did a few things and they didn’t really work, so I was frustrated and finally one night I felt it clicked. I was with Savio Vega, and I owe a big deal to Savio Vega for helping me get this character over because he really kicked it into gear for me, and he said go behind me and start to rub up and down my chest. I was really against that and didn’t want to do it, but I though ‘what the *, let’s try it’. So I tried it, it worked, people became unglued, * off, angry, saying ‘what the * is wrong with you’, you know just horrible stuff but I was like ‘*, this is fun, this is awesome. I got this’. And from that point it was so easy, so easy that Vince had to tell me to tone it back a bit.”​

 

I fancy Sting vs Jarrett at BFG for hall of fame place.

 

Kharma put on twitter today
"Yes. I have been officially promoted to the alumni section of the WWE roster."

So, she has been released? Can't say I'm surprised, with Del Ray signing a contract. Shame, though.

 

The rumour at the moment is that Sting and Hogan will be tag partners at BFG against the Aces and Eights group that is coming in

 

Thats a shame we never really got her in a match! Im also disappointed that there not listing eddies daughter as a gurerro

 

Probably due to the fact that if she was listed as a Guerrero they would have to have her interact with her mother when she is called up to the main roster.

 

Apparently the Kharma thing is supposed to be Sarcasm as only the WWE twitter has changed and she is still on the superstar roster on WWE.com

 

- "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi is the latest name rumored for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame. Lombardi has worked for WWE in various roles since 1983. Regarding the location for the 2013 ceremony, Madison Square Garden in New York City is being rumored.

 

New NXT Championship:

 

Least it ain't the spinner.

 

Does anyone think the design for the NXT Championship is the design we saw doing the rounds as the possible new WWE Championship design a couple of months ago? I hope so. They kinda look similar and I was really hoping the new WWE Title wasn't going to look like that.

By the way, I'm pleased with the direction they're taking NXT in now. I wasn't really into it that much before, but they've done an amazing job with it so far this year. Moving it to a smaller venue, ensuring that it will fill up easier (think of ECW), putting the up and coming talent in the spotlight, putting JR back on commentary and even creating a new title for it. The future is bright.

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Latest episode, for anyone interested.

 

I think they've took a look at TNA and thought it could work for them tbh. Crowds didn't get into live recordings at SD.