The Official WWE/TNA thread

[dkwrtw]

lol, TNA's big plan was to bring Bischoff and the NWO back...

 

[USF Sam]

I had high hopes for TNA. Back in the days of the Monday Night Wars, wrestling was actually fun.

These days I can go thru RAW, SD and TNA combined in less than an hour on heavy fast-forward.

BUT... it's clear that it's basically Nitro with crappier writing.

I never realized how good WWE's writers were. I used to think Foley was money on the mic... but seeing him in TNA...

 

[dkwrtw]

lol at how bad the Nasty Boys looked on TNA last night, Sags barely managed that pump handle slam.

 

[Haus]

My elimination chamber predictions

Divas championship match- Gail Kim v.s. Maryse

Intercontinental Championship match- Drew mcintyre v.s. Kane

Smack down Elimination chamber match- Undertaker vs John Morrison vs Chris Jericho vs CM Punk vs R Truth vs Rey Mysterio

Raw Elimination Chamber match- Sheamus vs John Cena vs HHH vs Randy Orton vs Kofi Kingston vs Ted Dibiase Jr.

those are the only ones they have listed

but I can see...

Miz/bigshow vs MVP/ Mark Henery

 

[Peter Parka]

I'll go

Divas championship match- Gail Kim v.s. Maryse

Intercontinental Championship match- Drew mcintyre v.s. Kane

Smack down Elimination chamber match- Undertaker vs John Morrison vs Chris Jericho vs CM Punk vs R Truth vs Rey Mysterio

Raw Elimination Chamber match- Sheamus vs John Cena vs HHH vs Randy Orton vs Kofi Kingston vs Ted Dibiase Jr.

Miz/bigshow vs MVP/ Mark Henery

 

[retro]

so... setting up HBK vs. Taker v2.0 for Wrestlemania this year? If they do that, HBK has to go over this time around.

 

[itsmeJonB]

So Jeff Hardy is fired for drugs again? Is that true or did he quit.. again?

 

[Haus]

So Jeff Hardy is fired for drugs again? Is that true or did he quit.. again?

i think is contract expired. so he left and soon after that he got busted. he's awaiting court dates, if everything goes ok. he should be signing with TNA

 

[itsmeJonB]

i think is contract expired. so he left and soon after that he got busted. he's awaiting court dates, if everything goes ok. he should be signing with TNA

he used to be my favorite wrestler but following his career got way too complicated

 

[Haus]

so... setting up HBK vs. Taker v2.0 for Wrestlemania this year? If they do that, HBK has to go over this time around.

I doubt he will go over taker. but thats my opinion

now with Jericho winning i think that sets up Jericho vs Edge at mania

batista vs cena for the title with bret and vince in their corners. i can actually see bret screwing cena LOL or giving vince a sharp shooter

HHH vs Sheamus

 

[retro]

I doubt he will go over taker. but thats my opinion

now with Jericho winning i think that sets up Jericho vs Edge at mania

batista vs cena for the title with bret and vince in their corners. i can actually see bret screwing cena LOL or giving vince a sharp shooter

HHH vs Sheamus

I just don't know what the point of doing that match over again would be if you don't change the result. Honestly, HBK made that match last year, Taker worked his ass off and was better than pretty much everyone else on the PPV, but HBK was on a completely other level. On the other hand, it makes more sense for an up and comer to break Taker's Wrestlemania streak, but I don't see that happening either.

 

[Pabst]

taker over HBK. his record is perfect and i doubt that will change but maybe it will. who knows.

i suspect this might be a match where taker wins but shows the heart HBK has and gets over with the crowd as a result making him the moral winner of the match. just because you dont get the pin doesnt mean you completely lost. and undertaker is really good at letting the other guy get over without losing.

though i think this round two stuff is silly. it shouldnt happen.

 

[retro]

taker over HBK. his record is perfect and i doubt that will change but maybe it will. who knows.

i suspect this might be a match where taker wins but shows the heart HBK has and gets over with the crowd as a result making him the moral winner of the match. just because you dont get the pin doesnt mean you completely lost. and undertaker is really good at letting the other guy get over without losing.

though i think this round two stuff is silly. it shouldnt happen.

At this point in their respective careers, neither one of them needs to get over. You can make the argument that early in his career, Shawn refused to put people over, and was even childish about it at times. But since his return in 2002 he's probably put over more people than the rest of the locker room combined in that time frame. I'd have to say that out of everyone on the roster today, HBK deserves to go over Taker to break the streak... but I doubt it'd happen.

Wrestlemania is starting to shape into an interesting show... I'd have to agree with Haus' assessments of:

Cena vs. Batista, which would ordinarily probably be a pretty boring match other than wondering when Dave was going to tear another muscle, but if Vince and Bret are involved, it should be pretty good.

Edge vs. Jericho. I love the fact that it looks like they'll be coming back to a previous storyline, when Jericho ran Edge down after his injury. Too often are things like that simply thrown away, it's nice to see it being picked up and run with. I'm guessing this will turn Edge face or at least a tweener, as Jericho is solidly a heel and will probably be for the remainder of his career. Two of the best workers in the WWE facing off in the main event of Wrestlemania, should be really good.

 

[Pabst]

At this point in their respective careers, neither one of them needs to get over. You can make the argument that early in his career, Shawn refused to put people over, and was even childish about it at times. But since his return in 2002 he's probably put over more people than the rest of the locker room combined in that time frame. I'd have to say that out of everyone on the roster today, HBK deserves to go over Taker to break the streak... but I doubt it'd happen.

Wrestlemania is starting to shape into an interesting show... I'd have to agree with Haus' assessments of:

Cena vs. Batista, which would ordinarily probably be a pretty boring match other than wondering when Dave was going to tear another muscle, but if Vince and Bret are involved, it should be pretty good.

Edge vs. Jericho. I love the fact that it looks like they'll be coming back to a previous storyline, when Jericho ran Edge down after his injury. Too often are things like that simply thrown away, it's nice to see it being picked up and run with. I'm guessing this will turn Edge face or at least a tweener, as Jericho is solidly a heel and will probably be for the remainder of his career. Two of the best workers in the WWE facing off in the main event of Wrestlemania, should be really good.

you forget, veteran wrestlers can have egos so they sometimes feel they have to get over anyway. but it's also why i dont like the round two, taker doesnt need to wrestle another veteran at wrestlemania, it should be a newer guy and let him over, at some point.

 

[Haus]

so what do you all think of Taker getting engulfed in flames at EC PPV

do you think it was an accident on the pyrotechs or bad timing for Taker??

YouTube - Taker pyro mishap Elimination Chamber

 

[Peter Parka]

so what do you all think of Taker getting engulfed in flames at EC PPV

do you think it was an accident on the pyrotechs or bad timing for Taker??

YouTube - Taker pyro mishap Elimination Chamber

I'd say it was an accident, him running like hell sure didn't add to the story, kudos to him for fighting on for half an hour though!:nod:

 

[Haus]

some releases so far

Charlie Haas
Maria
shane helms (hurricane)
Paul Burchill

 

[Springsteen]

On the Taker thing, he was apparently furious backstage after the match.

On the releases, can't really say any of them really bother me. Haas was the best there, decent enough worker but to be honst he wasn't getting utilised.

 

[Peter Parka]

Kind of surprised about Maria, she's been involved in a lot of stories, not that she can wrestle for shit but then neither can most of the women.
I thought Paul Burchill had gone years ago? Last I saw of him was when they gave him that stupid pirate gimmick.

 

[dkwrtw]

burchill went to ECW and feuded with The Hurricane for a while.