Fans of wrestling thread

[sj1]

Jerome Young is New Jack. He dead.
https://www.pwinsider.com/article/146844/jerome-young-new-jack-passes-away.html?p=1

Yes I saw this last night late, heard Paul Heyman gave him a nice tribute. Sorry to hear of his passing. 🙏 I sadly never saw him or any of his matches, what I read last night about this incredible guy who would go beyond the extreme for matches and unreal performances.

 

[tvstrip]

Totally agree. When you have PPVs too often they stop being special.

Last month I think we had a week were between all the feds, we had a PPV every day of the week. It's like they think we don't watch anything else.

It's also hard on the talent. I always dread the Raw after a PPV, especially if they put talent who wrestled a great match on the PPV the night before. You can't expect them to be both physically and mentally able to put on a great performance less than 24 hours after they just put on a PPV match. Even worse when it's a PPV "rematch" between the exact same people from the night before. That's the worst.

 

[tvstrip]

ZOMBIES???

 

[tvstrip]

...and still more spring cleaning. Some surprises too - Velveteen, Borne and even Duke. Fair to say most of these didn't get a Chance to prove themselves.

 

[usman19]

Wolfe was the one i was most surprised at

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

Dream isn't a surprise, is he? I mean, he is an alleged nonce.

 

[usman19]

He was clear though

 

[tvstrip]

He was clear though

Yeah, both times. If there was any substance to the allegations, WWE would have dropped him in a second, as they did with others.

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

He was clear though

By WWE. Which counts for nothing when you consider their history.

 

[usman19]

True but if the law hasn't grabbed him yet then that tells you something, even if wwe did let them go

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

True but if the law hasn't grabbed him yet then that tells you something

It could be just as much to do with cops wholly sucking as Dream not being a nonce.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

RAW play by play guy Adnan Virk is gone already. He seems like a nice guy but was a weird fit for RAW. Best luck in your future endeavors, Adnan Virk.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1397230970743496706

 

[usman19]

he just felt off doing commentary

 

[tvstrip]

Speaking of future endeavors, lots of backstage staff, especially from the media divisions were let go today.

 

[usman19]

So i hear but no one that rings a bell

 

[tvstrip]

Probably no one anyone would know by name. But they said several redundant divisions were being merged, so that's a lot of people. And just as they announced that they were going back on the road again...

 

[sj1]

Again sorry I do not follow wrestling much over the past 2 years but I see the WWE supposedly cut more wrestlers with Braun Strowman being the one I know the most about, the others were supposedly Aleister Black, Lana, Ruby Riott, Murphy and Santana Garrett. I remember Lana with Rusev. The WWE has made a mess of wrestling over the years and just seems to get worse. Good luck to those wrestlers and I hope they make WWE pay for letting them go. Thank you, just makes no sense.

 

[usman19]

Ruby Riott was so good with Liv. Now hardly any tag team women in the main roster. Was stupid

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I wasn’t a huge fan of Braun Stroman but I am shocked to hear WWE released him. I did like Aleister Black and am looking forward to seeing him perform somewhere else.

 

[tvstrip]

As surprising as Braun's release was, I'm reading that his contract was just too expensive (going to 2023) for what they were getting, so it wasn't surprising.
What I don't get is why they didn't renegotiate - I'm sure he would have taken a pay cut to keep his job.

Riott was a veteran beyond what they gave her credit for. I remember when she had to carry the botching bellas you could literally see her covering up for their mistakes. Unfortunately, Liv wasn't as experienced and even got concussed (while Ruby was never injured by them), which again shows her skill.

Lana, unlike Eva, improved a lot despite not coming from a wrestling background. And getting put through that many table by nia without being injured also says something.