Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:33 pm  

Gregory Helms and Chris Jericho were arrested for being extremely intoxicated in a public place on Wednesday at 5am (a petrol station, but no indication that they were driving). They were let out on a small bail and will probably receive a small fine, below are the mug shots.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:04 am  

On the Jericho-Helms pissedup incident; Jericho is sporting a black eye in a recent pic taken at a Fozzy In-Store signing, seemingly as aresult of the incident.

Matt Hardy was in the taxi with them, though whether or not he was intoxicated remains a point of debate. TMZ picked up on the story and tried to run with it, but the woman involved has said that she, too, was intoxicated and tired from a night out and, as a result, made the situation worse and it has been blown out of proportion. JR was quick to jump to their defence on t'internet; his twitter and blogs have referenced how talented they are, how much they love the business and what general good eggs they are and that this was a case of bad judgement, casued by beer - who hasn't been in such a situation?

Jericho has responded to a remark made my Bischoff on Bubba The Love Sponge's Radio Show, too. Bischoff referred to Jericho on the show by saying that he never got a push in WCW because "we didn't see him as World Champion material". Jericho posted on Twitter yesterday "Bischoff's right, I couldn't headline TNA. I'm not in my 50s".

On the TNA show on Friday, I really enjoyed the 'big time' feel about it. Even though it wasn't the whole arena, the part that was open was all-but full. Amazing for a company not yet in excistence for a full decade. I also loved how the crowd felt like a proper Wrestling crowd. I've only ever been to indie shows on the UK circuit and while there a few smarks, a lot of the times, the majority of the crowd was kids brainwashed by the WWE with parents who knew nothing of the show and cared less. I only saw one kid with a Cena shirt and Cap on; the majority of t-shirts were of the TNA variety, while some were real old school WWF/WCW shirts. There was also a fella dressed up as Sting - face paint, curly wig, nWo shirt, the lot. It was also a real hot crowd, which was pleasing.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:38 pm  

lister wrote:

Gregory Helms and Chris Jericho were arrested for being extremely intoxicated in a public place on Wednesday at 5am (a petrol station, but no indication that they were driving). They were let out on a small bail and will probably receive a small fine, below are the mug shots.

Love the way Jericho's kinda pulling a heel smirk, what a legend!

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:42 pm  

'Hitman' Norvern Soul wrote:

On the Jericho-Helms pissedup incident; Jericho is sporting a black eye in a recent pic taken at a Fozzy In-Store signing, seemingly as aresult of the incident.

Matt Hardy was in the taxi with them, though whether or not he was intoxicated remains a point of debate. TMZ picked up on the story and tried to run with it, but the woman involved has said that she, too, was intoxicated and tired from a night out and, as a result, made the situation worse and it has been blown out of proportion. JR was quick to jump to their defence on t'internet; his twitter and blogs have referenced how talented they are, how much they love the business and what general good eggs they are and that this was a case of bad judgement, casued by beer - who hasn't been in such a situation?

Jericho has responded to a remark made my Bischoff on Bubba The Love Sponge's Radio Show, too. Bischoff referred to Jericho on the show by saying that he never got a push in WCW because "we didn't see him as World Champion material". Jericho posted on Twitter yesterday "Bischoff's right, I couldn't headline TNA. I'm not in my 50s".

On the TNA show on Friday, I really enjoyed the 'big time' feel about it. Even though it wasn't the whole arena, the part that was open was all-but full. Amazing for a company not yet in excistence for a full decade. I also loved how the crowd felt like a proper Wrestling crowd. I've only ever been to indie shows on the UK circuit and while there a few smarks, a lot of the times, the majority of the crowd was kids brainwashed by the WWE with parents who knew nothing of the show and cared less. I only saw one kid with a Cena shirt and Cap on; the majority of t-shirts were of the TNA variety, while some were real old school WWF/WCW shirts. There was also a fella dressed up as Sting - face paint, curly wig, nWo shirt, the lot. It was also a real hot crowd, which was pleasing.

Agree totally mate - made for a great atmosphere with it been largely adults. Could you imagine the "Chelsea Rentboy" chant happening at a modern-day WWE house show?! (if Wolfe/McGuiness had gone to WWE that is).

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:14 pm  

Jeff the God of Biscuits wrote:

I can see a DX break up on the cards leading to a match between them at Wrestlemana. Though if you believe the 'insiders' it's going to be HBK vs Taker & Hunter vs Sheamus.

I thought they would have lost the titles on Smackdown and then one eliminated the other thus starting a feud.

Then again, the E seem to like having tag champs who hate each other.

I would mark for an Edge win at the Rumble but am tipping HHH.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:55 pm  

Well, the most up to date Rumble card is

WWE Championship
- Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
- The Undertaker (c) vs. Rey Mysterio.

ECW Championship
- Christian (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson.

WWE Women's Championship
- Michelle McCool (c) vs. Mickie James.

30 Man Royal Rumble

Note: List as of January 31

* John Cena
* Batista
* Triple H
* Chris Jericho
* Shawn Michaels
* Matt Hardy
* CM Punk
* Shelton Benjamin
* Ted DiBiase
* The Great Khali
* Cody Rhodes
* Yoshi Tatsu
* MVP
* Chris Masters
* The Miz
* William Regal
* Kofi Kingston
* Kane
* R-Truth
* Mark Henry
* Zack Ryder
* Jack Swagger
* Big Show
* Evan Bourne
* Carlito

So that's 25 guys in the Rumble. 5 spots still open. Guessing one of them will be Edge. Any guesses for the 4 other spots?

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:05 pm  

Had a great night at TNA on Friday, really enjoyable show overall. Thought the opening match was probably the best, with not having Sky I hadn't seen much of Amazing Red's work - superstar in the making right there (if used correctly obviously).
Highlights for me were:

* Desmond Wolfe - fantastic on the mike, and solid match with Angle
* The Pope - this guy's got serious potential, what the hell were WWE thinking letting him go?!
* The main event - plenty of comedy and entertainment, didn't realise how over Beer Money Inc are, superb stuff
* The atmosphere
* Dixie Carter mingling with fans all night, full credit to her (managed to get her autograph! ).

Took a few pics, not very good because was only using an 8.1 megapixel camera phone, but will post them up when get chance.

Only gripes were:

* The Ladder match - what happened?! Somehow became a kind of tag-team match between the 4, very wierd + disappointing they went against what they had advertised.
* No Tara.

Joking apart though great show, will definitely be there when they next tour. TNA! TNA!

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:07 pm  

Danny 2 wrote:

where was my invite

Only had to ask mate, you could have had a lift there.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:46 am  

just sat here watching this, can't help but think theres a face turn in the offing for randall keith orton.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:22 am  

you dont say lol