The (2024) Pro Wrestling Thread: NWA/NJPW/AEW/ROH/WWE/Impact/Indies

[SunChien]

I thought Dynamite was okay, liked Jericho winning the ROH Title and hopefully they get their own TV show as I'm tired of seeing it take up TV on AEW.

I wanted Bryan to win the title as I'm not the biggest Jon Moxley fan.  I thought MJF would cash it in and win the title as they have alluded to him cashing in his chip almost like a MITB contract but not confirmed yet.

Saraya (fka Paige) got a huge reaction on Wednesday but they haven't confirmed if she is cleared to wrestle, though Tony Khan should probably focus more on the homegrown talent instead of the new shiny toy every month that he signs from WWE.

Surprised to see Great Muta back on US TV, I read somewhere that Sting will make his return to Japan in January 2023 for Muta's last match.

I caught some of Smackdown and was entertained by the opening segment with the Bloodline and how Roman looked like he was going to beat down Sami only to get him a new T-shirt.  I still think the betrayal is coming, probably after War Games at Survivor Series.

[PandaPawPaw]

What a dull Dynamite. WTF was Saraya going on about. Yutas voice is awful.

MJF is so repetitive. He's becoming boring.

Seriously it feels like the ship is sinking slowly.

[SunChien]

-I thought Dynamite was rather weak this past Wednesday, nothing really stood out to me.  I still don't really care for the ROH Title or Moxley facing guys like Juice Robinson.   I did like that they're doing something with Wheeler Yuta outside of "he's a great technical wrestler" by having him feud with MJF even if he will get his ass kicked next week.

-I didn't care much for Saraya's appearance either as it was not made clear whether she's a wrestler, GM or manager for one of the ladies.

-Antonio Inoki passed away today at the age of 79, I saw some of his appearances in WCW years ago and saw tapes from his work in Japan and he was definitely well respected and a hall of famer for sure.

 

[PandaPawPaw]

I don't get why Garcia/Yuta are on Dynamite every week yet Hobbs and Wardlow are stuck on Rampage (if they're lucky).

The whole custody of baby Garcia between DB and Jericho is cringe too.

DB should of stayed heel because he was awesome then.

The BCC sucks and should never of happened.

Jamie Hayter is the best woman in AEW IMO but they've over done the whole will she turn on Britt that it won't mean as much when she actually does.

TK pull your finger out and sort AEW out. Booker of the year my arse! He couldn't book a taxi!

[SunChien]

-AEW Dynamite yesterday was decent, only match I really liked was Wardlow vs. Brian Cage.

-The latest backstage drama in AEW had Sammy Guevara and Andrade getting into an altercation yesterday after words were exchanged on Twitter between the two.    Andrade was sent home while Guevara worked the main event last night.   Tony needs to get his shit together.

[PandaPawPaw]

I agree the Wardlow/Cage was good and some of the Acclaimed stuff was OK but rest was shit. Please for the love of god fuck off Yuta/Garcia! UGH!

Nothing in AEW makes sense. WTF am I even watching.

[SunChien]

-WWE Raw this past Monday was a pretty good episode with the return of Brock Lesnar feuding with Bobby Lashley.  It seems like Brock is heel in this case by the way he attacked and used his kimura lock on Bobby before losing the U.S title to Seth Rollins.

-We also got the return of the Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson to help A.J Styles in his feud with the Judgment Day which got a big pop from the Barclays Center.

-The segment with Sami & The Bloodline was entertaining as there is more tension with Jey Uso and Sami Zayn.

-Bray Wyatt returned this past Saturday at Extreme Rules, as most people figured he was behind the "White Rabbit" videos.  Not sure who he would feud with but I hear he's going to be on Smackdown for now.

 

 

[DragonClaws]

 

 

[DragonClaws]

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by DragonClaws

[Drunken Monk]

Mandy Rose has been fired. Rumors are she was let go because of the sexually provocative pictures/videos she posted on her website. Of course, I simply had to research these pics/vids and to be honest, they're pretty tame compared to Chyna's Playboy shoot back in the day. It seems WWE has definitely become more uptight over the years. It used to be that sex sold. In the Divas era, the girls had their tits out most weeks.

[Drunken Monk]

5 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said:

Mandy Rose has been fired. Rumors are she was let go because of the sexually provocative pictures/videos she posted on her website. Of course, I simply had to research these pics/vids and to be honest, they're pretty tame compared to Chyna's Playboy shoot back in the day. It seems WWE has definitely become more uptight over the years. It used to be that sex sold. In the Divas era, the girls had their tits out most weeks.

Apparently Rose broke an agreement WWE have with Mattel. Long story short, wrestlers can't have an action figure and an Only Fans. It's absolutely ludicrous.

[PandaPawPaw]

Back in the day it was an achievement for one of the 'divas' to be in Playboy but I guess the 'women' of today don't do naughty things.......

Never cared for Mandy anyway so no loss.

WWE is one hypocritical company though. The whole Dubai deal is utter shit. Seeing the women covered from head to toe is so baaaaaad. The men out there act like it's disrespectful for women to show skin but they're the same guys who are looking at porn and stuff behind closed doors.

[AlbertV]

Mandy Rose was released from NXT after her loss to new women's champion Roxanne Perez. The reason was because she has been posting racy photos on FanSite and her BrandArmy account.

Minoru Suzuki announced that his NJPW faction Suzuki-gun will disband in 2023 after the team won at the NJPW World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League Finals. The faction formed in 2011. 

Sasha Banks will be heading to NJPW and make her debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17 next month confirming she is done with WWE. 

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[PandaPawPaw]

The best of 7 stuff in AEW is just the same match each time! They don't sell anything and do a 1000 moves which all mean nothing.

PAC takes forever to hit his finisher.

MJF seems to cut the same promo every time.

Nice to see Starks get some air time.

Jungle Bitch is just so dull.

The Firm running from HOOK was so bad and funny! WTF!

AEW is seriously getting more worse then good!

[PandaPawPaw]

This weeks Dyno was pretty good apart from that god awful Rick Ross shit. It just went on and on.

The best of 7 stuff still sucks.

So happy Starks is finally getting to shine.

[DragonClaws]

On 12/14/2022 at 12:29 PM, Drunken Monk said:

Mandy Rose has been fired. Rumors are she was let go because of the sexually provocative pictures/videos she posted on her website. Of course, I simply had to research these pics/vids and to be honest, they're pretty tame compared to Chyna's Playboy shoot back in the day. It seems WWE has definitely become more uptight over the years. It used to be that sex sold. In the Divas era, the girls had their tits out most weeks.

 

They cant really say much after the Atitude Era, which then led in the Diva era later on. They had a Pro Wrestler with a Porn star gimmick Val Venis, what more can you say?.

 

Recent N.W.A T.V special.

 

 

[PandaPawPaw]

Ugh the best of 7 shit is just totally dull. Move after move where nothing means anything.

Starks better beat Jericho. Funny how Jericho always seems to attached himself to whoever is getting popular.

I hope Punk comes back.

Looking forward to WK17 but I don't get why there is another one on the 21th Jan?

[PandaPawPaw]

Oh FFS Muta! Why you gotta make me dislike you!

[PandaPawPaw]

I saw the match and now know why Muta said what he said not that it justifies it. Just a shame he had to use that type of language.

It's funny how the Japanese wrestlers know most of the English swear words but can't an English promo.

[OpiumKungFuCracker]

She's not messing around. World domination here she comes! Oh and before you guys say anything about the hair, Dennis Rodman did the same thing with the bulls and the rest is history 😜

[PandaPawPaw]

WK17 was pretty meh. I haven't watched NJPW for 4 years as I just went off it but gave WK17 a watch due to Banks/Omega.

First it's too long! Nearly 6hrs!

A lot of pointless matches.

Omega/Ospreay was awesome! A real bruiser of a match.

Didn't care for White/Okada even though I like both of them.

Tana looks so washed up. He can hardly run.

Seeing Muta was cool but damn his knees are shot.

Lack of crowd attendance/sound didn't help things.

As for Mone wtf! I thought it was pretty lame. Her hair is hideous and that promo was hard to listen to.

I kind of feel NJPW has become too westernised maybe

[OpiumKungFuCracker]

24 minutes ago, PandaPawPaw said:

WK17 was pretty meh. I haven't watched NJPW for 4 years as I just went off it but gave WK17 a watch due to Banks/Omega.

First it's too long! Nearly 6hrs!

A lot of pointless matches.

Omega/Ospreay was awesome! A real bruiser of a match.

Didn't care for White/Okada even though I like both of them.

Tana looks so washed up. He can hardly run.

Seeing Muta was cool but damn his knees are shot.

Lack of crowd attendance/sound didn't help things.

As for Mone wtf! I thought it was pretty lame. Her hair is hideous and that promo was hard to listen to.

I kind of feel NJPW has become too westernised maybe

I agree. I only watch the omega and ospreay match. Didn't even watch the whole show. I'm curious to see what Mone does in New Japan. 

[PandaPawPaw]

The finisher on Kairi was botched too but it looked like an elaborate DDT.

One thing I noticed was the young boys around the ring sometime cushioning the top rope to the outside moves. Like they stand near the person who's getting hit and kind of ease them down. It looks really weird.

The Kairi/Nakano match was pretty poor. Women's wrestling in NJPW seems like an after thought. I don't see the point of it seeing as you've got Stardom for that stuff.

[PandaPawPaw]

Apparently Vince is back in the WWE.

The guy is made of Teflon. He's the Trump of wrestling.

[SunChien]

Yeah he's back alright, they said he won't interfere in the day-to-day business but it's only a matter of time until he gets back on creative.

We'll have Theory as MITB holder again and Karrion Kross wearing gladiator outfits in no time.