CI Wrestling Thread #56

[Wesley91581]

I never understood why Brian Christopher and Jerry Lawler kept aloof about their father/son relationship, especially in the era of blending real life storylines into gimmicks. To my knowledge, they never worked a storyline together or ever acknowledged each other as father/son on air.

Taz is kinda doing that with Hook, but will at least acknowledge him as his son if it gets brought up. It’s pretty evident that he won’t be a part of a program with him, though.

I remember Vince teased him about it on commentary and Jerry would always deny it.

 

[machobland]

I think the Lawler/Christopher thing was going back to the Memphis days where Lawler didn't want the women fans to know that he had kids. And then by the WWF days I believe their relationship wasn't great so it just kind of worked out to keep the kayfabe going

 

[K-mac18]

Pat McAfee will be on College Gameday this year after saying earlier he wasn't.

The NBA just announced the new TV deals and Warner Brothers will not be a part of it after next year. ESPN/ABC/NBC and Amazon.

As you mentioned earlier Happy Blood and Guts Day

Blood and Guts Match: Team AEW - AEW Champion Swerve Strickland, ROH Champion Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin and The Acclaimed vs. The Elite - Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, Hangman Page and The Young Bucks
Chris Jericho vs. Minoru Suzuki.
Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker.
MJF to appear
Mariah May to appear

 

[GeraldV]

I know I’ve aged out of his demographic, but I hate McAfee on game day.

 

[Booker Noe]

I know I’ve aged out of his demographic, but I hate McAfee on game day.

I agree on Gameday but I actually think he and Cole do a very good job on Raw. They have great chemistry.

 

[GeraldV]

I agree on Gameday but I actually think he and Cole do a very good job on Raw. They have great chemistry.

Honestly, I don’t watch Raw very much but I’ve heard him several times and think his personality is much better on the wrestling shows than game day. He’s fine on WWE but game day is another story entirely for me.

 

[Wesley91581]

Wow they found another belt to defend on dynamite - so that makes 4 women’s belts?!?!

 

[CrittendenWildcat]

Mariah's cakes or Liv's cakes?
Regardless of your choice, you cannot lose.

 

[Nightwish84]

We're getting MJF vs Ospreay II in London in a few weeks...which could've been I with a more epic feel. Now we know Will is getting the win and tying this up 1-1. I do like MJF being bizzaro Cody with this new American title while being the villain though. For his entire career all he needs to do is channel is inner Cody and inner Punk and he's golden.

I'm begging these dopes to end this takeover storyline soon. It's been floundering since spring. AEW is in no danger of an EVP takeover and we don't know the end goal. And what is this Team AEW? The champion, Darby, The Acclaimed, and Briscoe. What a random mash-up fighting for...I dunno...the right to continue having a free and fair AEW?

Fans lie when they say AEW doesn't tell stories. They do. It's just they've got maybe 2 out of 10 stories that are decent.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

5 straight pages of nice pro wrestling discussion. Nice reprieve from the norm

Spoiler

Afraid if I'll say his name, he'll appear

 

[CrittendenWildcat]

You've got to admit, this B&G match has been wild fun

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Can we stop with fire? It worked with Jerry Lawlers fireballs but other than that it’s so dumb.

‘If you don’t quit, I will MURDER you’

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[GeraldV]

The last time I saw Joe Hendry was about four years ago in ROH as Dalton Castle’s decidedly less charismatic tag partner/foil.

But I hear his name everywhere now, so he’s clearly gotten over. I would not have guessed that back then.

 

[Strokin_Bandit]

Briscoe was the man of that match. Maybe I have a soft spot because of his brother’s tragedy, but that guy can pull off a poor man’s Cactus Jack.

Good pre-match promos, has that “crazy” look to him, known as a brawler, not scared to scrap with anyone and take punishment. He’s what fans wish Eddie Kingston was. I say keep pushing him and see what happens.

Edited to say that Okada has never looked worse. He was clearly uncomfortable and his timing was terrible.

 

[Nightwish84]

I'll watch any War Games match. The WWE version is too PG, as if the cage really isn't needed while the AEW version is too silly and backyard. That was my first time seeing Okada in a while too. I know he's uber skilled but he looked slow. There were a couple spots where he got hit and fell over like a 65 year old. You can tell his plan is to coast in AEW and just say 'bitch' occasionally.

I'll give AEW credit for the continuous Swerve/Page feud too. That's their Triple H/HBK ongoing feud that's going to last years. Those guys will end up having 8 or 10 matches together.