CI Wrestling Thread #56

[AmericanDragon]

Have Kenny and Fatu wrestled? Osprey and Fatu?

Nope definitely not.

 

[AmericanDragon]

First one I came up with that I was confident hadn’t happened yet was Hangman vs. Ospreay. They have wrestled against each other in some tag matches with New Japan but never in singles.

Another contender would be Swerve vs. Omega

And Kaito Kiyomiya (arguably the best under 30 men’s wrestler in Japan, an incredible talent in Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Omega is another contender.

With so many AEW and WWE wrestlers having done work in Japan and ROH/PWG, it makes this a bit difficult coming up with some ideas.

For the women I’d go with Sareee vs. Mercedes Mone

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[AmericanDragon]

Good and bad news here for WWE.

The bad news - the ringboys lawsuit against them is back on the table

The good news - WWE was considering joining the lawsuit to get the law overturned, which would have been a horrendous look

 

[CrittendenWildcat]

Charlotte Flair was hard to watch last night.

• Her fan interaction as she walked to the ring was pitiful, random emotionless fist bumps with kids;
• That atrocious yellow outfit with such broad shoulders that she had to bend her elbow rather than her shoulder to point up at the wrestlemania sign;
• Her obvious surprise at the negative fan reaction when she was trying to cut a babyface promo about how hard she worked to get back;
• The obvious amount of plastic surgery she has had, which apparently has made her face so tight as to be expressionless; and
• Nobody was buying that she was coming back because she loves the fans, as she tried to assert early in her promo, that just made the fans boo louder.

We know Charlotte is talented in the ring, but currently she is a charisma black hole. And it's near impossible to come up with any opponent who won't be cheered over her. They have to turn her heel.

 

[Col. Angus]

Charlotte Flair was hard to watch last night.

• Her fan interaction as she walked to the ring was pitiful, random emotionless fist bumps with kids;
• That atrocious yellow outfit with such broad shoulders that she had to bend her elbow rather than her shoulder to point up at the wrestlemania sign;
• Her obvious surprise at the negative fan reaction when she was trying to cut a babyface promo about how hard she worked to get back;
• The obvious amount of plastic surgery she has had, which apparently has made her face so tight as to be expressionless; and
• Nobody was buying that she was coming back because she loves the fans, as she tried to assert early in her promo, that just made the fans boo louder.

We know Charlotte is talented in the ring, but currently she is a charisma black hole. And it's near impossible to come up with any opponent who won't be cheered over her. They have to turn her heel.

She’s a bitch. That’s why fans don’t like her. So yea just make her a bitch fans can boo because they’re goin to anyway.

 

[GeraldV]

Charlotte Flair was hard to watch last night.

• Her fan interaction as she walked to the ring was pitiful, random emotionless fist bumps with kids;
• That atrocious yellow outfit with such broad shoulders that she had to bend her elbow rather than her shoulder to point up at the wrestlemania sign;
• Her obvious surprise at the negative fan reaction when she was trying to cut a babyface promo about how hard she worked to get back;
• The obvious amount of plastic surgery she has had, which apparently has made her face so tight as to be expressionless; and
• Nobody was buying that she was coming back because she loves the fans, as she tried to assert early in her promo, that just made the fans boo louder.

We know Charlotte is talented in the ring, but currently she is a charisma black hole. And it's near impossible to come up with any opponent who won't be cheered over her. They have to turn her heel.

And every time she comes back, she is immediately hotshotted to the title match. She's an amazing wrestler but it is like when they were forcing Cena and then Roman down the fans' throats.

 

[AmericanDragon]

Charlotte Flair was hard to watch last night.

• Her fan interaction as she walked to the ring was pitiful, random emotionless fist bumps with kids;
• That atrocious yellow outfit with such broad shoulders that she had to bend her elbow rather than her shoulder to point up at the wrestlemania sign;
• Her obvious surprise at the negative fan reaction when she was trying to cut a babyface promo about how hard she worked to get back;
• The obvious amount of plastic surgery she has had, which apparently has made her face so tight as to be expressionless; and
• Nobody was buying that she was coming back because she loves the fans, as she tried to assert early in her promo, that just made the fans boo louder.

We know Charlotte is talented in the ring, but currently she is a charisma black hole. And it's near impossible to come up with any opponent who won't be cheered over her. They have to turn her heel.

And despite all that cosmetic surgery, her ass is still flat as a pancake.

 

[Wesley91581]

Ya I heard the charlotte reaction wasn’t good but that’s what I expected when you disappeared and win the rumble and why I’m glad cena didn’t win it.

Also people said Logan Paul was getting go away heat on raw.

 

[Creed Bratton]

And every time she comes back, she is immediately hotshotted to the title match. She's an amazing wrestler but it is like when they were forcing Cena and then Roman down the fans' throats.

I agree with you. I am not a huge fan of the Rumble matches as it is a lot of nothing for an hour. Guys and gals lay around as much as they are involved in the action. Anyway I skipped to the end just to see who won and when I saw it was Charlotte my first thought was why do you catapult her straight to the Wreslemania match over people who have been holding down the fort for the last year and a half?

 

[AmericanDragon]

I am not a huge fan of the Rumble matches as it is a lot of nothing for an hour. Guys and gals lay around as much as they are involved in the action.

 

[K-mac18]

Or in Penta's case you get eliminated but they don't acknowledge it or ever show a replay then do what you all mentioned above.

Anyway the 1/27 episode of Raw did 2,900,000 viewers, only down 100,000 from the week before.

 

[Nightwish84]

Charlotte wasn't presented as a sympathetic hero upon her return from a significant injury but rather an elitist enjoying her wealth and the ruler of an entire division. Then in the Rumble she did very little and was gifted another title match. Boy, let me get in line to cheer that person on. Neither Charlotte nor Stratton are great on the mic so if that's the match, the buildup might be brutal. I can't listen to two months of "I'm the Queen!" and "It's Tiffy Time!"

Last night is why the Jey decision was the correct one. Fans have been bought in and actual emotion was shown. You only get a handful of moments like that every decade or so. Normally when we see wrestlers crying it's because of a death in the business or a forced retirement.