The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Zellery]

Jesus Christ.

Ziggler bumps like Mr Perfect on acid. Props to the guy.

[captain red dog]

Watching Sheamus/Del Rio and I actually quite like both in the ring. It's just their characters that leave things falling flat. Sheamus is exactly like Punk and Cena as a sterile identikit face and Del Rio hasn't evolved at all in the last 2 years.

[Ginga]

There's the possibility that Brock turns up in the final segment at the 1000th Raw and tells Triple H to shove his match. The lights could go out. The bell could clang. Undertaker could appear and tell Lesnar that if he can beat Triple H next month, then he'll challenge him at next year's WrestleMania.
Unfinished business/dangling carrot for Brock. SummerSlam and Mania sorted - no more tedious "c'mon, just gies a fight" storylines at the turn of the year. It would add weight and continuation of the character and storyline.


So, they probably won't do this

[E-Man]

Thought MITB was ok overall actually. The WHC MITB match and WWE championship matches were really enjoyable (even if the former was a botch fest for the first half).

Cena winning was so predictable you can't even be disappointed by it. I couldn't really give a gooseberry fool anymore.

[Rog]

WWE Money in the Bank
Drumstick 20
E-man 20
Banjo 20
Prototype 20
Slimgrady 20
Sykes 20
Jeffery 20
Tomvek 19
A J Styles 19
JChalmers 19
Codename47 19
Kanbei 19
ROTS 18
Braith Gwirod 18
Pontius Pilate 18
Reavus 17
Dangerblade 17
Caped Chameleon 16
IronMaiden 15
JMJ 15
Dig Dug 15
Zellery 15
Teh Bork 15
GM 15
KKLEIN 14
Dark Ritual 14
Mockmaster 14
Jim 14
SimonM_89 13
Balloon Sod 12
Dante 12
Cosmo 11
Hank Scorpio 11
Lucien 11
Damage Inc 11
J.Vengeance 10
CaptCalcium 10
Barley 10
1337grind 9
Miguel007 8
Captain Red Dog 4

Sin Cara amazingly went without any botches (well none that were his fault). This miracle screwed Proto, Drumstick and his partner, Slimgrady, Sykes, Banjo and Jeffrey out of a perfect score.

GRAPL Tag Battle
Drumstick (20) & E-man (20) vs Dig Dug (15) & SimonM_89 (13)
Balloon Sod (12) & Barley (10) vs Caped Chameleon (16) & Zellery (15)
ROTS (18) & Dante (12) vs CaptCalcium (10) & Kanbei (19)
Tomvek (19) & IronMaiden (15) vs Slimgrady (20) & Cosmo (11)
Banjo (20) & Lucien (11) vs J.Vengeance (10) & JChalmers (19)
Prototype (20) & Hank Scorpio (11) vs Cattanomics (0) & Damage Inc (11)
KKLEIN (14) & Dark Ritual (14) vs Braith Gwirod (18) & Miguel007 (8)
Dangerblade (17) & Codename47 (19) vs Corazon (0) & JMJ (15)

Those in red are eliminated. Winners get two points and advance to the next round. Some close battles there. Lots of high scores being eliminated due to low performing partners too.

GRAPL Leaderboard
Drumstick 75
E-man 68
Caped Chameleon 67
Banjo 65
Prototype 65
KKLEIN 64
ROTS 63
Slimgrady 62
IronMaiden 62
Dark Ritual 62
Braith Gwirod 61
Tomvek 61
Sykes 60
Jeffery 60
JMJ 58
Balloon Sod 55
Zellery 55
Dante 55
Dig Dug 54
A J Styles 53
J.Vengeance 53
Dangerblade 53
Hank Scorpio 53
Reavus 52
Teh Bork 52
GM 51
Cosmo 51
Lucien 50
JChalmers 49
Mockmaster 49
Jim 49
Pontius Pilate 47
Damage Inc 46
Cattanomics 46
1337grind 45
Miguel007 42
Codename47 41
Corazon 38
SimonM_89 36
Kanbei 35
CaptCalcium 34
Barley 31
Mafro 27
Captain Red Dog 20
Jay Mysterio 13
Skippy 8
Adam Pollard 8
Sandycoin 7
Lonestar 5

Drumstick takes a commanding lead with his tag partner being below him. The real story here is Proto, who is now in the top 5 This is............unexpected.

[E-Man]

Good work Drummy old boy!

Sin Cara amazingly went without any botches (well none that were his fault). This miracle screwed Proto, Drumstick, Slimgrady, Sykes, Banjo and Jeffrey out of a perfect score.

And me.

[Psychic]

#ProtoPredicts is now trending worldwide

[Slimgrady]

Cosmo you strawberry floating Jannetty!

[Cosmo]

[Drumstick]

Good work Drummy old boy!

Sin Cara amazingly went without any botches (well none that were his fault). This miracle screwed Proto, Drumstick, Slimgrady, Sykes, Banjo and Jeffrey out of a perfect score.

And me.

We're The Best.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

You what really grinds my gears. WWEs constant need to announce everything and hardly ever give us surprises. For the 1000th episode they've announced The Rock, Brock Lesner and DX. Now why do that? I'm ok with Brock being announced as part of the storyline but why not have the other two as surprises. If they just advertised it as as massive guests from raw's history and then the likes of Rock turn up it would be great. I don't think announcing rock would get any extra viewers as I think the same people who would tune in to watch a rock segment would also tune in anyway for raw 1000th episode with massive returning superstars.

what I still hope will happen is that someone like Austin will turn up unannounced. I may then forgive them slightly.

[Drumstick]

Ratings.

[Ginga]

Is Austin isn't there I'll eat Mae Young's hand.

[captain red dog]

Damn the ending to MITB annoyed me more that I thought it would. Seeing the fans go crazy for that was massively depressing. Can't help but think Raw 1000 will go off air with Cena winning the title.

[Slimgrady]

8-)

[Dark Ritual]

Me and Scott Kkleiner sharing the load equally.

[Codename 47]

Damn the ending to MITB annoyed me more that I thought it would. Seeing the fans go crazy for that was massively depressing. Can't help but think Raw 1000 will go off air with Cena winning the title.

I'm actually just reading an article on someone saying the exact same thing

And yeah especially after Vince hailed Austin as the man he felt had the biggest impact during Raw's time on air/the attitude era. I hope we get some cool interactions backstage and stuff. Rock and Austin coming face to face, Brock and Rock face to face and some of the legends interacting with some of the current roster as well.

[Poncho]

Has anyone ever cashed in the MitB briefcase in a legitimate one-on-one yet? Because that's how Cena will cash in and win because he's Super Cena and doesn't need to take advantage.

[Slimgrady]

Has anyone ever cashed in the MitB briefcase in a legitimate one-on-one yet? Because that's how Cena will cash in and win because he's Super Cena and doesn't need to take advantage.

RVD has anyways.

[Rog]

Sin Cara amazingly went without any botches (well none that were his fault). This miracle screwed Proto, Drumstick, Slimgrady, Sykes, Banjo and Jeffrey out of a perfect score.

And me.

Fixed it.