Re: The Wrestling Thread : Tue May 25, 2010 8:53 am  

lister wrote: TNA WRESTLING “MAXIMUM IMPACT!” UK TOUR - JANUARY 2011 Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling returns to the UK in January 2011 for “Maximum iMPACT! 2011,” TNA’s biggest and most action-packed tour ever - with tickets going on sale Friday 4th June 2010. Wrestling legend Ric Flair announced the dates while in London for “Maximum iMPACT! 2011”. "The Nature Boy" heads up the roster of stars coming to Glasgow, Manchester and London's Wembley Arena. He'll be joined by World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam and "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy. All three will be appearing for the first time in England as TNA Superstars. Also named for the tour are British stars Desmond Wolfe and Doug Williams, former TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money and TNA Knockouts The Beautiful People. TNA President Dixie Carter said: “The United Kingdom continues to be one of TNA’s hottest fan bases in the entire world. We’ve enjoyed great success bringing our live experience to the UK fans over the last three years, and now it’s become a tradition. For myself and our wrestlers on the tour, it has become one of our favorite experiences every year.” Flair added: “These are going to be nights like no other the UK has ever seen. Woooo!” Don’t miss the chance to see TNA Wrestling’s “Maximum iMPACT!” 2011 UK tour: January 2011 Thursday 27th Glasgow Braehead Arena 0844 499 9990 Friday 28th Manchester Evening News Arena 0844 847 8000 Saturday 29th London Wembley Arena 0844 815 0815 Tickets go on general sale Friday 4th June 2010 at 9am at http://www.gigsandtours.com, http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk, 24 hr cc hotlines (0871 2200 260) (0844 826 2826) and http://www.gigsinscotland.com (08444 999 990). Bell time for all shows is 7:30pm with doors opening between 6pm and 6:30pm. F'ing get in! I am so gonna be there in Manchester again, last two TNA shows I saw there were awesome. Thanks for the info Lister.

lister wrote: TNA WRESTLING “MAXIMUM IMPACT!” UK TOUR - JANUARY 2011 Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling returns to the UK in January 2011 for “Maximum iMPACT! 2011,” TNA’s biggest and most action-packed tour ever - with tickets going on sale Friday 4th June 2010. Wrestling legend Ric Flair announced the dates while in London for “Maximum iMPACT! 2011”. "The Nature Boy" heads up the roster of stars coming to Glasgow, Manchester and London's Wembley Arena. He'll be joined by World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam and "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy. All three will be appearing for the first time in England as TNA Superstars. Also named for the tour are British stars Desmond Wolfe and Doug Williams, former TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money and TNA Knockouts The Beautiful People. TNA President Dixie Carter said: “The United Kingdom continues to be one of TNA’s hottest fan bases in the entire world. We’ve enjoyed great success bringing our live experience to the UK fans over the last three years, and now it’s become a tradition. For myself and our wrestlers on the tour, it has become one of our favorite experiences every year.” Flair added: “These are going to be nights like no other the UK has ever seen. Woooo!” Don’t miss the chance to see TNA Wrestling’s “Maximum iMPACT!” 2011 UK tour: January 2011 Thursday 27th Glasgow Braehead Arena 0844 499 9990 Friday 28th Manchester Evening News Arena 0844 847 8000 Saturday 29th London Wembley Arena 0844 815 0815 Tickets go on general sale Friday 4th June 2010 at 9am at http://www.gigsandtours.com, http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk, 24 hr cc hotlines (0871 2200 260) (0844 826 2826) and http://www.gigsinscotland.com (08444 999 990). Bell time for all shows is 7:30pm with doors opening between 6pm and 6:30pm. F'ing get in! I am so gonna be there in Manchester again, last two TNA shows I saw there were awesome. Thanks for the info Lister.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Tue May 25, 2010 8:57 am  

MUTLEY CAT wrote:

this is where i stop taking this promo seriously ....Wooooooooooooooo king hell old leather skin strutting his stuff . no thanks

Like The Honky Tonk Man said - "He flips over the top, he climbs up, they slam him down...everytime...every night!"



Hey has he been hitting himself in the head lately?!

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Tue May 25, 2010 6:07 pm  

wonder if anyone at wwe is regretting the constant burial of the younger talent

the roster on raw is getting thinner by the week

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Tue May 25, 2010 9:01 pm  

Good to see the Uso brothers (and Jimmy Snuka's daughter) debut last night, now let's hope John Morrison comes back from his ankle injury quickly and push him into a feud while there are a lot of injuries at the top.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Tue May 25, 2010 10:18 pm  

Carlito's first strike on the wellness policy and release was due to him starting to develop a dependancy for painkillers.

His dad said he took them while coming back from a broken arm but then he started with back pain and has become more dependant on them since. Carlito's finishing move doesn't help with that pain.

The WWE's heavy schedule, travel and wrestlers not wanting to lose their spot lead to this drug abuse.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed May 26, 2010 9:04 am  

Watched Over The Limit last night. Have seen worse PPV's, but think there were some things happened (out of WWE's control mostly) which put real dampeners on it.

Felt sorry for Orton & Edge the way their match fell apart with Orton's injury, still don't get how he did it though - did it really just happen when he was punching the mat?! The finish was probably the best they could do at the time to be fair to both guys and the ref.

The Punk v Mysterio finish really p****d me off. Both guys are fantastic talents and have been awesome in their fued (from the bits I've seen), and the big finish should have been the sight and facial expressions of a horrified Punk as Mysterio shaving his beloved hair. But, I'm guessing, this had to be suddenly abandoned due to the fact that Punk was bleeding from a face-cut, so the now PG-WWE had to instead show the back of his head for ages, thus IMO spoiling the 'pay-off' to the fued. Then Serena ran out to what I'm think they were trying to portray as her trying to stop everyone seeing his shaved head (the white towel) but I'm sure it was actually so he could clean up the blood, so that they could get a few last minute shots of him going nuts before going to the next match.

Stuff like this is spoiling it for me at the moment. I appreciate the direction they feel they have to take, but it's just so insulting now when guys dive in with towels the moment they get cut - human beings bleed FFS, it happens! Kids will have seen blood in films, TV drams etc, so I don't see the big deal, + IMO it did a disservice to Punk & Mysterio, who like I said are fantastic hands in the company.

Apart from that though it's still a good product to watch, but I can still see more adult viewers slowly getting drawn to TNA if the child-orientated WWE keeps doing things the way they are.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed May 26, 2010 11:42 am  

fully agree with the finishing of the match mate was a total let down thank god stone cold vs the hitman at wrestlemania wasnt a pg match or it would of been stopped

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed May 26, 2010 11:46 am  

Danny 2 wrote:

fully agree with the finishing of the match mate was a total let down thank god stone cold vs the hitman at wrestlemania wasnt a pg match or it would of been stopped

Have you watched it already mate?

Definitely though, that era is a million miles away from the current product, shame because you can tell the fans (mostly) don't like it e.g. the "Boring..." chants whilst Punk was been cleaned up in the ring.

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed May 26, 2010 12:06 pm  

to right i have seen it fella

i have seen worse in the past that was nothing

Re: The Wrestling Thread : Wed May 26, 2010 1:54 pm  

Danny 2 wrote:

to right i have seen it fella

i have seen worse in the past that was nothing

No I meant Over the Limit?