WWF/WWE/ECW/WCW

DallasBlack wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

 I know TNA used to talk about how much Awesome Kong weighed but I never heard WWE do that before tonight.  270?  And Bayley probably weighs what, 130 tops?  She kills me.  Look at her physique; has she ever lifted a weight in her life?  She has arms like toothpicks.  Compare her to Charlotte or Natalya; it's not even close.  

Yeah I just hate Bayley.  She's like a 16 year old girl in there with real athletes.

I find a lot of people sharing your view on Bayley. The "gee golly gosh" type of face just doesn't cut it these days unless your under 12 years of age. Also the hugging smiley on the titantron and those annoying as buck flying tube guys look so damn stupid. Personally, as long as she delivers in the ring, I'm not going to be too harsh on her, but I also don't have any endearing feelings for the character either. Also, in what world is a belly to belly suplex a finishing move?

Magnum T.A. Used it in the '80s. I said before that I don't mind that being her move but it needs more to be believable.

The New Day is getting old. Maybe take them off tv for a while?

One more thing, Micki James is now back in Smackdown.  She has to be at least twice as old as Bayley yet she also makes Bayley look like a toothpick.

Yeah, that's definitely what bugs me the most about Bayley.  And it feeds into the believability factor too.  If she had a muscle or two maybe I'd buy the belly to belly being a finisher but from that stringbean?  No way.

akeldama wrote:

The New Day is getting old. Maybe take them off tv for a while?

Or turn them heel. I totally agree; their schtick is beyond stale at this point.

Wow. Rock N Roll Express is going to the WWE Hall Of Fame?

Were they ever even in WWE? They were great back in the day. High flyers and always good for a blade job or two.

tohostudios wrote:

akeldama wrote:

The New Day is getting old. Maybe take them off tv for a while?

Or turn them heel.  I totally agree; their schtick is beyond stale at this point.

Exactly, plus I personally think they should never have broken Demolition's record and only did so because of Vince's personal feelings toward Bill Eadie (Axe) and Barry Darso (Smash).

tohostudios wrote:

Wow.  Rock N Roll Express is going to the WWE Hall Of Fame?

Were they ever even in WWE?  They were great back in the day.  High flyers and always good for a blade job or two.

I hated the RnR Express as a kid and I still do. In the '80s one of my older brothers dressed like them ALL the time. I believe they were in the WWF and Smoky Mountain after NWA/WCW.

Lion Tamer>The Walls Of Jericho...

akeldama wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Wow.  Rock N Roll Express is going to the WWE Hall Of Fame?

Were they ever even in WWE?  They were great back in the day.  High flyers and always good for a blade job or two.

I hated the RnR Express as a kid and I still do. In the '80s one of my older brothers dressed like them ALL the time. I believe they were in the WWF and Smoky Mountain after NWA/WCW.

I liked 'em because they always bled. I have a DVD with the RnR Express against the Road Warriors in a scaffold match and the thing is a bloodbath. Even when they appeared on the local Saturday morning live wrestling show in Memphis back in the 80s they always bled. Both of them have foreheads that look like Dusty Rhodes' or Ric Flair's; so many blade jobs.

I remember the scaffold match. Wow! I forgot about that! Gonna have to youtube it!

I think that same DVD also has the "Battle of the Expresses" in another scaffold match. RnR Express vs Jim Cornette's Midnight Express. Again a bloodbath.

That's why I liked RnR Express; every match I remember them being in was bloody. That team would never fly in today's PG WWE. They had to compensate for being so small by being willing to blade all the time; the old "get beat around for awhile until you're bloody then make a comeback because you're so resilient" wrestling psychology.

Early in his NXT days Joe really lost a lot of weight and now he looks heavier than ever.

I agree. Joe is much heavier now than he was in TNA too I think. Probably 20 pounds at least.

I watch the day after on Hulu so I am a bit behind:

Roman is the baddest man to set foot in the WWE? Haku bit a man's nose off, Andre The Giant was scared of Bad News Brown, what has Roman done even remotely equivalent?

So Braun is back to jobber squashes? Also, he didn't really win that match. Two jobbers were on their backs, the third was on his belly on top and Stroman put his hands on his back. You can't pin someone unless their on their back so technically the third guy got the pin, not Braun.

See:

Yeah I was really disappointed that they have Braun back doing squashes. Whatever happened to the feud he seemed to be building to with Big Show? Instead they're going to feed Strowman to Vince's favorite musclehead Reigns at Fastlane. As much as I typically despise "big men battles" I'd actually like to see Strowman against the newly-slimmed down Big Show. Mutual bodyslams anyone? It would certainly be more interesting than Strowman/Reigns since we all already know how that one will turn out. Reigns may not win but he sure won't lose the title.

Damn!

I guess AJ Styles is already well on his way to second tier status. He was just pinned by "Mr. Personality" Baron Corbin on Smackdown Live. That's pathetic.

Uh oh. Promo for next week's RAW touting a women's championship match between Charlotte and Bayley. Please tell me it's not going to happen...

But it has all the earmarks. They haven't changed the title now in several weeks so it's long overdue by WWE standards. And Bayley just lost this past Monday. Oh man...I swear if Bayley wins the title I will stop watching RAW until Creative comes to its senses.

I'm only on the opening segment which is good so far. I've always preferred SD and nothing has changed.

tohostudios wrote:

Damn!

I guess AJ Styles is already well on his way to second tier status.  He was just pinned by "Mr. Personality" Baron Corbin on Smackdown Live.   That's pathetic.

In a 4-way? Not necessarily but not improbable. They are just trying to establish Corbin as the monster to be reckoned with at EC. Watching Talking Smack has made me start to like Corbin.

Bayley should not be champ.

Luke Harper has always deserved a bigger push.

Nattie and Nikki have always been horrible.

Mickie James' music doesn't scream "heel" and besides that it's dog awful.