Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:58 pm  

Christian has served his apprenticeship once again. He was never going to walk back into the WWE at the top of the card and he has earnt himself the right to go and feud with the top guys now.


Roofaldo, do you not think that McIntyre could move higher up the card in the years to come? I find him a lot more appealing than Sheamus, for one. He looks like a heel in the mould of Orton and I think there could be space for him to move up to the main events as McMahon's Chosen One.


It would be a nice touch to see Matt Hardy win MITB, but let's face it, he's no main eventer. His moveset is limited, his mic skills are awful, and he'll forever lie in the shadow of his brother due to the spots Jeff can pull off.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:25 pm  

richardviking wrote:

Christian has served his apprenticeship once again. He was never going to walk back into the WWE at the top of the card and he has earnt himself the right to go and feud with the top guys now.


Roofaldo, do you not think that McIntyre could move higher up the card in the years to come? I find him a lot more appealing than Sheamus, for one. He looks like a heel in the mould of Orton and I think there could be space for him to move up to the main events as McMahon's Chosen One.


It would be a nice touch to see Matt Hardy win MITB, but let's face it, he's no main eventer. His moveset is limited, his mic skills are awful, and he'll forever lie in the shadow of his brother due to the spots Jeff can pull off.

Hmm, have to partly disagree mate - not seen anything of him lately, but he was very funny and entertaining during his Version 1 days (around 2003-04).

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:44 pm  

his mic skills ain't too bad, its just his thick carolina accent that makes him hard work.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:07 am  

Only just got round to watching the Styles v Jeff Hardy match last night, not bad by any means, but imagine would it could have been as a PPV headliner and with proper build-up.

Don't rate Abyss at all as a main eventer (wtf is that ring angle all about? ), and Flair is only going to lose more of his legendary status the longer he stays in the wrestling business (if I was Shawn Michaels I'd feel very offended and upset, as the retirement match clearly meant f**k all to Flair).

Now, with the those bad points out the way, having seen more of Styles both on TV and live over the last few months, I am certain that he is the future of TNA - the guy has everything, my only problem at the moment is him been made to act like Ric Flair. Let the guy be his own character, get Flair away from him because IMO he won't help Style's development, only take away from him for his own interests (e.g. when do you ever hear Flair big Styles up or put him over like he should be doing?).

Wolfe and Pope are another two guys who, along with Styles, should be headlining TNA over the next few years. All 3 guys have the look, the wrestling ability, the charisma, you name it.

Foley, Flair, Hogan, Nash, Hall etc need to step right back and let these kinda guys (along with the X-Division, Knockouts Division etc) lead the company. For all TNA's faults, these areas WWE cannot touch them on, so they should use them to offer fans a true alternative to WWE (which is why I still feel losing the six-sided ring was a mistake).

Oh, and fire Russo ffs!

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:50 am  

You're right - the problem is with the Flair/Styles partnership is that Flair seems to be doing all he can to hog the limelight.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:25 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

You're right - the problem is with the Flair/Styles partnership is that Flair seems to be doing all he can to hog the limelight.

And unfortunately mate I can't see that changing - in real-life Flair is on the verge of been seriously skint (how after the money and celebrity he's enjoyed I'll never know), so in his mind he probably thinks more mic/camera time in TNA = more desperately-needed cash.

People slag off The Honky Tonk Man, but everything he says about Flair is right IMO.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:37 pm  

Roofs wrote:

And unfortunately mate I can't see that changing - in real-life Flair is on the verge of been seriously skint (how after the money and celebrity he's enjoyed I'll never know), so in his mind he probably thinks more mic/camera time in TNA = more desperately-needed cash.

People slag off The Honky Tonk Man, but everything he says about Flair is right IMO.

Mainly down to a combination of him living his jet-set lifestyle gimmick and a bunch of ex-wives, I believe

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:52 pm  

TNA iMPACT! is going to start 1 hour before RAW on 5th April in the US at 8 (7 central) on that week they are doing it so they don't clash with the NCAA Basketball Final.

If I was TNA I would start 1 hour earlier every week to gain the unopposed audience for their first hour, and then their second hour including the main event would be against WWE's first hour.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:33 pm  

with Mania I can see Christian winnign the MITB match & if he doesn't cash it in v Jericho on the night then it makes a great long term angle with edge.

There's enough being said about the Taker HBK match to make me think there is enough smoke there to sya Michaels will retire on Sunday. Whether that's a proper retirement of a "Westling" one remains to be seen. A given is that Bret will win by sharpshooter. Nice they have this as no hold barred, meaning neither has to do much actual wrestling.

Mysterio v Punk should be top drawer.

Edge v Jericho can go either way & both are decent enough for it to make little dirfference who wins. Cena/batista, tag titles, womens thing, HHH/James hetfield, Orton/Dibiase/Rhodes, to be honest are fillers & I really couldn't care less.

TNA continues to be bolloxed by Hogan turning it into the WWE graveyard. Push the talent as you said you would or love straight off.

Having said that, if they went head to head this week would you rather be watching HHH & Orton v Legacy/Shamus, or watch Beer Money v RVD/The soon to be South Carolina custodial institute heavy weight champion. If TNA gets it right it could be big. Having Hogan & Bischoff continually hog the screen with their crap will kill it.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:56 am  

Just remembered, cringed big-style when Hogan (stood on the ramp) had the camera focus on a guy with a sign saying 'Vince who?' on last week's Impact! Erm, sorry Hulk, but as much as I like TNA, the company you & Flair once felt you were too big for is extremely small-time still compared to Vince McMahon & WWE (and that's coming from a TNA fan).