Professional Wrestling (WWE, TNA, ROH, etc)

[formx]

Dammit Triple H. If he's going to bring his friends back might as well bring in X-Pac too.

Well he was in Pittsburgh apparently.

[[Q]]

man what a waste of my time. best matches were the first ones (tag match on youtube and DB match). i gotta admit, they've done a good job making tag team wresting actually somewhat significant again. and theyve successfully pushed the usos, which they couldnt do before total divas. the DB match was crazy good as expected and they chose to bury DB yet again as expected

Brock match was essentially a glorified squash match and the only redeeming quality was that he got to use chairs.

i basically skipped to the end of the Cena/Orton match to see who would win.

There were cool spots in the Rumble match, but overall was pretty lame. it lacked the usual "surprise" entrants, and essentially wasted one with JBL. i liked the Rusev addition. I hope this means he's getting bumped up and not a one-and-done like Bo Dallas last year. I'd really like to see Rusev on Raw especially since Lana, his manager, used to be one of our clients at work. i would've bumped the lame Wyatt guys and and at least thrown in Bray Wyatt & DB, but i guess keeping DB out was planned since having him not win wouldve pissed everybody off even more than they were with him not being in it. it was a bit obvious that theyve planned that batista would win (not a surprise) and theyve been teasing the shield breakup with roman reigns turning babyface so the rumble match was a waste of time

[Andrew]

Batista at least is back fulltime on what is believed to be a two year contract, so when he inevitably wins the title he'll at least be appearing on TV every week and doing house shows.

[koberulz]

When the biggest positive to come out of something is that the world champion is a contracted wre...uh, "superstar", you've fucked up.

And given that he blew up within about 30 seconds, the chances of him working a full schedule seem pretty slim regardless.

[koberulz]

WWE finally manages some mainstream media attention...a BBC article about how horribly-booked the Rumble was. Nice going, assholes.

[bowdown]

Triple H has no shame. Doesn't look like a guy to trust anyways. He's a politician.

[JaoSming]

eh, its an angle now, which doesn't make it as interesting to me anymore

[Lean]

Jake the Snake is in the Hall of Fame!

[koberulz]

Jao, how did you neglect to mention TNA signing the American Wolves? Poor job of shilling, dude.


Since when was Dolph Ziggler from Cleveland?

[shadowgrin]

Jao's busy with his new #2 pick in forming a starting 5 of future WNBA players.

[Andrew]

Since when was Dolph Ziggler from Cleveland?

Since a young age, according to Wikipedia.

[koberulz]

Nick Nemeth might be from Cleveland, but Dolph's always been from Hollywood, Florida.

[Lean]

There are reports that CM Punk quit WWE just today because of how the Royal Rumble booking turned out.

[deihatein]

The Wrestlemania plan for Punk is to face Triple H but was changed to Bryan due to the train wreck that happened in the Rumble.

TRIPLE H STRIKES AGAIN!

[Lean]

So if Punk didn't leave and they stick with Punk-HHH, does that mean that Bryan is feuding with nobody heading to WrestleMania?

[deihatein]

From what I've heard/seen they are going with Bryan-Sheamus after the Rumble but that all changed when the crowd nation attacked.

[PepsiWithCoke]

It looks like it's for real, He's been pulled from all upcoming events, This is Steve Austin in 2002 all over again.

As noted, CM Punk has been removed from WWE events going forward after reportedly informing Vince McMahon at Monday's RAW that he was going home. Punk reportedly told Vince and other WWE officials this in a meeting before the show went on the air.

While Punk vs. Triple H was planned for WrestleMania XXX, word now is that Triple H will be facing Daniel Bryan in New Orleans this April.

While Punk is under contract through July, he is no longer factored into company plans. According to one source, the original script for Monday's RAW had Punk losing to Antonio Cesaro after Kane interfered, allowing Cesaro to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. Another source denies that and says Punk was never scheduled to wrestle Monday night and was only scheduled for an in-ring promo at Kane. Punk was not backstage during RAW and was not at SmackDown last night. It's believed that the late RAW re-write at 6pm on Monday was because Punk had just informed officials he was going home and wouldn't be back.

Punk leaving is being described as a situation where he's unhappy and burnt out with the overall direction of the company. There's also a feeling among wrestlers that Punk has saved his money and just doesn't need it any more, even the big WrestleMania payday that was coming up.

Following the Royal Rumble on Sunday, Punk's mood was described as "pissy" but that's not an unusual description of Punk's demeanor backstage. One source believed that since Punk's last goal was to work a WrestleMania main event, it may be a situation where he realized it wasn't going to happen this year and with his WWE deal expiring in July, that may have weighed down upon him because he was so goal driven and this was one he couldn't accomplish because of elements that were outside of his control.

Punk wrote the following on Twitter Monday:

"Thanks for all the support. Keep being you guys, it's pretty cool."

Prowrestling.net reports that CM Punk seemed very disinterested in the current WWE product at his Wizard World Q&A session in Portland this past Friday during Royal Rumble weekend. Punk was very upset about Batista getting the WrestleMania XXX main event. He said he is friends with Batista but he wanted to be honest and it was Daniel Bryan's year.

Punk made the comment, "I show up. Someone tells me what to do and I just go out do it and leave." He also implied his recent work was not good and that he was down to using two moves a match. Punk reportedly came off despondent and unhappy with WWE.

[koberulz]

Colt Cabana Reportedly Back on WWE's Radar

"No, Punk! Please come back!"

[JaoSming]

lul wwe. smfh, etc and so forth. We'll obviously see how I feel when its time, but if Punk is leaving over this shit, I dont know if Ill want the network. He must know more than the part timer getting over the workhorses.

Jao, how did you neglect to mention TNA signing the American Wolves? Poor job of shilling, dude.


Since when was Dolph Ziggler from Cleveland?

Not a TNA shill, they still do plenty bad, I just find a majority of it entertaining. Didnt watch ROH or anything with these guys before. I know its big, but new to me.

[Lean]

So should I order all CM Punk shirts before WWE phase them out too?

[formx]

So should I order all CM Punk shirts before WWE phase them out too?

You don't have much time, so yeah I guess.

[JaoSming]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUbzFkQKb-U

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[PepsiWithCoke]

Word from people at tonight's NXT tapings is that there have been a bunch of different chants for CM Punk. Security were also confiscating CM Punk signs. At one point when fans were supposed to be chanting "NXT" for a show opener, there was a good amount of fans chanting for Punk

Well, That escalated quickly.

[JaoSming]

according to neoGAF, from a source I didnt find, E's creative is doing a complete rewrite of all the things today and tomorrow.

[Lean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUbzFkQKb-U

phpBB [video]

Fantastic job.

EDIT: Deleted tweet by AJ?