: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:11 pm  

Goldust ?

: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:56 pm  

ECW must be 3rd show. Smackdown 2nd. Raw 1st. So when either of the other 2 start looking like getting above their station then steps are taken to knock it back down. Be that removing bookers from behind the scenes or robbing the talent from the ring.

There's a big problem with WWE and last night's Raw highlighted it. Young guys are not allowed to get over. Well let me rephrase that. Young guys are put in a position where they're not able to get over but are at a point where they'll take the blame for not getting over.

MVP, Bourne & Swagger even Miz were all, in one way or another, jobbed out clean last night. These are guys who should be looking at headlining PPV's in a few years (yes even Miz, it's my dirty little secret that I think he's a greatly improved guy. btw why don't they release his t-shirt for sale? It'd do Stone Cold numbers Actually, that's proabably why. When it's just a few chants they can brush it off, but an arena full of shirts saying how bad cena is isn't going to be so easy to ignore)

: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:35 pm  

The new crowd favourite on RAW, Sexual Chocolate.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:00 am  

*jonny* wrote:

The new crowd favourite on RAW, Sexual Chocolate.

You gotta be kidding?! If so that's the first time the guy's being over in 13 years.

O/T Being watching the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Anthology DVD set lately, brings back a lot of awesome memories. Would love to see one more match - had a blinder against HBK 4 years ago so I reckon they could pull off a great re-match when HBK comes back (and if Hogan and Vince can sort out whatever problems stopped him working WM).

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:32 am  

ECW must feel like Wigan have with the Gleeson deal, giving a lot away and getting rubbish in return. There's no way that ECW trade would have gone through in reality.

ECW has 14 wrestlers on it's roster (1 ECW original left)

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:51 pm  

ECW has now brought up 4 wrestlers from developmental though, including Irish Sheamus O'Shaunessy. WWE have signed Jemma Palmer to developmental, who worked on UK Gladiators as Inferno. Tazz had his no compete clause expire today, it is rumoured that he will make his debut at TNA Victory Road in an advisory role for Samoa Joe. Speaking of Victory Road, here is the poster http://www.tnavictoryroad.com/walls/1/1280_1024.jpg

ECW has now brought up 4 wrestlers from developmental though, including Irish Sheamus O'Shaunessy. WWE have signed Jemma Palmer to developmental, who worked on UK Gladiators as Inferno. Tazz had his no compete clause expire today, it is rumoured that he will make his debut at TNA Victory Road in an advisory role for Samoa Joe. Speaking of Victory Road, here is the poster http://www.tnavictoryroad.com/walls/1/1280_1024.jpg

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:31 pm  

That's 2 Gladiators wrestling now, and Matt Morgan appeared in the US version of course.


Plenty Brits now going round the ECW/Smackdown shows in Sheamus, Regal, DH Smith (Technically a brit), Finlay and Layla.

Just seen Sheamus on ECW, reminds me of Test sort of, only a lot paler, less steroids and a hell of a lot more ginger.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:11 pm  

lister wrote:

WWE have signed Jemma Palmer to developmental, who worked on UK Gladiators as Inferno.

Ohh you would...you def...would.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:20 pm  

There's also Paul Burchill, Norman Smiley (trainer in FCW), Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway), and Stu Sanders both in development.

Hade Vansen was in development and was set to be called up to Smackdown! to feud with Undertaker, but got released instead in January.

In TNA there is The British Invasion - Nick Aldis, Doug Williams, and Rob Terry

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:57 pm  

Forgot about Burchill (then again, who hasnt. )
After his Pirate gimmick, it went downhill for him, that C4 was awesome, should let him use it again.

Katie Lea as well, she's as british as can be.

Burchill, Sheamus & Drew McIntyre as a british heel stable could be quite good I think.