The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Rog]

WWE Royal Rumble
Codename47 14
E-man 13
J.Vengeance 10
Tomvek 10
Teh Bork 10
Balloon Sod 10
KKLEIN 9
Mockmaster 9
Sw26 9
Slimgrady 9
ROTS 9
Zellery 9
Damage Inc 9
Darkritual 9
Jim 9
A J Styles 9
Cosmo 9
Drumstick 9
Custard 9
Skippy 9
JChalmers 9
Lucien 8
Prototype 8
Dante 8
JMJ 8
IronMaiden 8
Miguel007 8
Banjo 8
Reavus 7
Cattanomics 7
Mafro 5
Hank Scorpio 5
SimonM_89 5
Irene Demova 1
Drizzt DQ

Codename47 pops up for a rare appearance to snatch the points away from E-man, who could have actually done with them to propel him into the upper places.

GRAPL Leaderboard
KKLEIN 128
Mockmaster 127
Lucien 126
Sw26 125
J.Vengeance 123
Slimgrady 122
ROTS 119
Zellery 119
Tomvek 118
E-man 117
Reavus 115
Dig Dug 115
Teh Bork 113
Damage Inc 112
Prototype 112
Balloon Sod 111
Darkritual 111
Jim 110
A J Styles 110
Cosmo 108
Dante 108
Drumstick 106
JMJ 106
IronMaiden 104
Mafro 104
Miguel007 103
Drizzt 102
Cattanomics 94
Custard 91
Hank Scorpio 90
Gaminglegend 85
Adam Pollard 84
SimonM_89 82
Skippy 74
Powers 73
DarrenK 69
Poncho 61
Lonestar 59
1337grind 58
Ginga 56
Banjo 52
Codename47 49
Sandycoin 41
Irene Demova 29
HailToTheKingBaby! 19
JChalmers 9
Rapper 6

With all the scores being so close there is little to no change in the leaderboard

[Mafro]

[Bindal]

All of you are forgetting that, within the context of the show, the endings aren't pre-determined. Of course we know they are, but as far as the story is concerned, nobody knows who's going to win.

All things considered, why wouldn't it make sense for Jericho to build up to a potential victory, only for Sheamus to win? Why wouldn't it make sense for them to air Jericho promos only to have Sheamus go over in an impactful way? Jericho doesn't know for sure he's going to win. Given that Vince and the other creative directors supposedly don't know any more about what's going to happen or who's going to win than we do, it makes no sense to expect them to air promos based on the winner of the Rumble, before it's happened.

Perhaps I missed the part where Jericho's character became psychic? Because otherwise, I can see nothing wrong with him predicting big things for himself at the Rumble ("the end of the world"), only to fail at the hands of the Great White.

[Prototype]

Are you Vince Russo?

[Jeffrey]

Royal Rumble gifs:

Orton's daughter is so cute.








Ricardo






LOL at the fan.

[teh bork]

Pretty poor, booking was on an almost TNA like level.

[KK]

All of you are forgetting that, within the context of the show, the endings aren't pre-determined. Of course we know they are, but as far as the story is concerned, nobody knows who's going to win.

All things considered, why wouldn't it make sense for Jericho to build up to a potential victory, only for Sheamus to win? Why wouldn't it make sense for them to air Jericho promos only to have Sheamus go over in an impactful way? Jericho doesn't know for sure he's going to win. Given that Vince and the other creative directors supposedly don't know any more about what's going to happen or who's going to win than we do, it makes no sense to expect them to air promos based on the winner of the Rumble, before it's happened.

Perhaps I missed the part where Jericho's character became psychic? Because otherwise, I can see nothing wrong with him predicting big things for himself at the Rumble ("the end of the world"), only to fail at the hands of the Great White.

Yes, but this is professional wrestling. I was brought up with wrestling that, when you implied or promised something big was going to happen if you watched this Pay Per View, then something big was going to happen at the Pay Per View.

Jericho losing however isn't really the sole problem here - it's apart of a bigger issue that from the moment these videos aired with Chris Jericho, the whole thing's been schizophrenic. It's like the CM Punk & Triple H nonsense from last year. Nothing leads to anything, or goes anywhere. It's like watching Eastenders without any of the payoff. 'Heh, I thought Pat had dementia last week? Oh no, that angle's been dropped. She's now taken up Buddhism commencing from Tuedsay's episode.'

It's typical WWE. The questions just add up week after week & we never get any answers. Will the meaning of the videos be revealed? What does 'end of the world' mean? Why did he walk out of the tag team match? Why has he been mute for the last 3 weeks, but then suddenly spoke last Monday? Why was his character in the Rumble at odds with the past month?

Why is Drew McIntyre still here? Why is Triple H, who was removed as general manager of RAW, deciding whether his replacement is up to the job at the bequest of The Board who originally removed him for incompetence in the first place?

[Cosmo]

Kane had been in 13 straight Rumbles up until last night.

[teh bork]

All of you are forgetting that, within the context of the show, the endings aren't pre-determined. Of course we know they are, but as far as the story is concerned, nobody knows who's going to win.

All things considered, why wouldn't it make sense for Jericho to build up to a potential victory, only for Sheamus to win? Why wouldn't it make sense for them to air Jericho promos only to have Sheamus go over in an impactful way? Jericho doesn't know for sure he's going to win. Given that Vince and the other creative directors supposedly don't know any more about what's going to happen or who's going to win than we do, it makes no sense to expect them to air promos based on the winner of the Rumble, before it's happened.

Perhaps I missed the part where Jericho's character became psychic? Because otherwise, I can see nothing wrong with him predicting big things for himself at the Rumble ("the end of the world"), only to fail at the hands of the Great White.

Yes, but this is professional wrestling. I was brought up with wrestling that, when you implied or promised something big was going to happen if you watched this Pay Per View, then something big was going to happen at the Pay Per View.

Jericho losing however isn't really the sole problem here - it's apart of a bigger issue that from the moment these videos aired with Chris Jericho, the whole thing's been schizophrenic. It's like the CM Punk & Triple H nonsense from last year. Nothing leads to anything, or goes anywhere. It's like watching Eastenders without any of the payoff. 'Heh, I thought Pat had dementia last week? Oh no, that angle's been dropped. She's now taken up Buddhism commencing from Tuedsay's episode.'

It's typical WWE. The questions just add up week after week & we never get any answers. Will the meaning of the videos be revealed? What does 'end of the world' mean? Why did he walk out of the tag team match? Why has he been mute for the last 3 weeks, but then suddenly spoke last Monday? Why was his character in the Rumble at odds with the past month?

Why is Drew McIntyre still here? Why is Triple H, who was removed as general manager of RAW, deciding whether his replacement is up to the job at the bequest of The Board who originally removed him for incompetence in the first place?

I think they're suffering from Russo and Bischoff syndrome, that they need to swerve the dirt sheets and internet fans. Which is why the booking seems to change on the fly and angles, storylines, matches, etc are dropped within a week. It's ridiculous really and it's just damaging the product.

[KK]

I presume we'll be getting some announcements regarding Elimination Chamber tonight, seeing as it's only 3 weeks away. I'm hoping Kane & John Cena will be in the Chamber, as I don't fancy watching another singles match with these two.

[Bindal]

Jericho's gimmick is he's a retard since Orton punted him in the head.

[Dark Ritual]

I'd Imagine Raw's is probably not gonna feature them. Punk, Ziggler, Miz, Truth, Jericho, Swagger, I'd Imagine.

SD's is probably Bryan, Show, Rhodes, Orton, Barrett and someone useless like DiBiase.

Might get Taker tonight, as they need to start building to that soon.

[E-Man]

Pretty pleased with my GRAPL performance there, if only Cody had lasted a few more minutes.

I really enjoyed the Rumble match. Miz and Rhodes having good showings, the Socko/Cobra showdown, Ricardo being all round totally amazing, Kofi's handstand, the announcers all entering, Ziggler having a go at Kharma then getting mauled and the last two having a decent final section. Genuinely didn't know who was going to win.

[E-Man]

Also if anybody watches American Dad Hulk Hogan was in this weeks episode.

[Psychic]

I've got something to say.... #raw

[Something Fishy]

All of you are forgetting that, within the context of the show, the endings aren't pre-determined. Of course we know they are, but as far as the story is concerned, nobody knows who's going to win.

All things considered, why wouldn't it make sense for Jericho to build up to a potential victory, only for Sheamus to win? Why wouldn't it make sense for them to air Jericho promos only to have Sheamus go over in an impactful way? Jericho doesn't know for sure he's going to win. Given that Vince and the other creative directors supposedly don't know any more about what's going to happen or who's going to win than we do, it makes no sense to expect them to air promos based on the winner of the Rumble, before it's happened.

Perhaps I missed the part where Jericho's character became psychic? Because otherwise, I can see nothing wrong with him predicting big things for himself at the Rumble ("the end of the world"), only to fail at the hands of the Great White.

Yes, but this is professional wrestling. I was brought up with wrestling that, when you implied or promised something big was going to happen if you watched this Pay Per View, then something big was going to happen at the Pay Per View.

Jericho losing however isn't really the sole problem here - it's apart of a bigger issue that from the moment these videos aired with Chris Jericho, the whole thing's been schizophrenic. It's like the CM Punk & Triple H nonsense from last year. Nothing leads to anything, or goes anywhere. It's like watching Eastenders without any of the payoff. 'Heh, I thought Pat had dementia last week? Oh no, that angle's been dropped. She's now taken up Buddhism commencing from Tuedsay's episode.'

It's typical WWE. The questions just add up week after week & we never get any answers. Will the meaning of the videos be revealed? What does 'end of the world' mean? Why did he walk out of the tag team match? Why has he been mute for the last 3 weeks, but then suddenly spoke last Monday? Why was his character in the Rumble at odds with the past month?

Why is Drew McIntyre still here? Why is Triple H, who was removed as general manager of RAW, deciding whether his replacement is up to the job at the bequest of The Board who originally removed him for incompetence in the first place?

That's my problem with it too. They built one of their most potentially interesting stories in a long time with those vids and then completely forget they've done it and go nowhere with it.

They have lost the plot in recent years. Watching the excellent docs on netflix makes me realise how bad they have got. It's not just nostalgia on my part.

[Skippy]

I've got something to say.... #raw

I wonder if anybody has anything to say tonight?

[Cosmo]

I've got something to say.... #raw

I wonder if anybody has anything to say tonight?

[teh bork]

Kurt Angle is up against Mark Lawrenson in the BBC Premier League scores predictor this week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16787287.stm

[DamageInc]

Kurt Angle is up against Mark Lawrenson in the BBC Premier League scores predictor this week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16787287.stm

Kurt Angle says: "I've not heard of that many teams, but TNA's UK office always rave about Arsenal - so they must win. But why are they allowed to play an Ox?"

I'm not sure if Angle is being serious or not