The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Johnny Ryall]

Zellery hates us.

[Corazon de Leon]

It's hard to really see where all this has come from. Especially as you only need to check my post history back about 10 posts to see what I said about GRAPL.

I don't remember chucking a strop, I do however remember saying that I don't visit these boards half as much as I used to and that I would probably forget to post my predictions again for the next ppv.

I knew it. Defence five! o/

[Zellery]

Zellery hates us.

Of course I don't.

It's hard to really see where all this has come from. Especially as you only need to check my post history back about 10 posts to see what I said about GRAPL.

I don't remember chucking a strop, I do however remember saying that I don't visit these boards half as much as I used to and that I would probably forget to post my predictions again for the next ppv.

I knew it. Defence five! o/

\o

[gaminglegend]

Went to training tonight strangely enough in a six sided tna style ring

YOU RASSLE?

beginning

[Rog]

What happened to Zell?

In what way?

Supposedly you are never coming back? or playing GRAPL again?

Rumour is he threw a strop about missing a ppv and deadpool closing the gap on him. As i say it's only a rumour so hopefully he can clear it up for us?

[Ginga]

WWE: Hell in a Cell

Divas Champion Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox

Winner: Mickie

United States Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger

Winner: The Miz
Loser: Kofi Kingston

Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. Batista & Rey Mysterio

Winners: Batista and Rey Mysterio
Loser: Big Show

Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler

Winner: John Morrison

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): Randy Orton

D-Generation X vs. The Legacy (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): DX

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): Undertaker

Which Cell match is most likely to result in fighting on top of the cell?

Prediction: Undertaker vs CM Punk

Which match will last the longest? (I am desperate for question yes)

Prediction: Undertaker vs CM Punk

[KK]

When WWE maestro Vince McMahon rolls into town, he rolls like a rock star.

Our spies say the wrestling wizard’s peeps forwarded a detailed set of instructions on how to handle Vince during his stay at the Boston Park Plaza hotel.

First off, “all of Vince McMahon’s charges go to the master bill,” the info sheet states. And those charges would include “a special room-service order upon (McMahon’s) arrival between 11:45 p.m. and midnight . . . WWE will pay the chef to stay late.”

We like how you roll, Vince!

All of the WWE rooms, BTW, had to be non-smoking and “all rooms traveling with Vince McMahon should be pre-keyed.” Because, really, who wants to wait at the check-in desk???

And speaking of the ring kings, the WWE threw its “Decade of Smackdown” afterparty at The Kowloon, following the sold-out TD Garden show.

More than 70 wrestlers and their posses turned out for the time, including WWE U.S. Champ - and ex- Winchester High wrestling wonder - Kofi Kingston, who arrived with his high school wrestling coach Larry Tremblay .

Also scarfing lobsters in ginger, Kowloon steak, sushi, and pu pu platters were World Heavyweight Champ CM Punk and fellow wrestlers Chris Jericho, Batista, Randy Orton, “World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry, Matt Hardy, Hornswoggle, Cryme Tyme Shad, The Hart Dynasty, Dolph Ziggler, Santino Morella, “Asian Cowboy” Jimmy Wang Yang, R-Truth, WWE Divas Maria, Eve, Kelly Kelly, Natalya, Melina, Rosa, Katie Lea, The Bella Sisters - and many, many more.

As noted earlier, Matt Hardy posted on his Twitter account (http://twitter.com/matthardybrand) late last night that he was tired of "being punished because of someone else's sins." Hence, many speculated that his cryptic message was referring to Hardy not appearing on television sans a WWE Superstars bout since the arrest of his brother Jeff on numerous drug charges on September 11th. Hardy wrote a blog on his MySpace page today saying he was referring to leaving a tip on a large meal that was comped by a restaurant last night as he felt the current tip was not sizable enough. Hardy also said he made a bet with a few of his closest WWE friends that the wrestling media would pick up the message and run it as something completely different. Hardy wrote: "Last night, since almost every WWE personality was in Boston for The Decade Of Smackdown show, we all went out to eat after the show last night. A hug tab ended up being comped, which was very cool. Everyone was gonna leave generous tips because the meal was free obviously, and we wanted to take great care of our servers. I was one of the last ones to leave, and was figuring up the tip. The tip wasn't as good as I would have liked it to have been from a couple of the guys. So I left a large tip at the end, extremely big. I joked and said it was a sin I had to pay for other people's mistakes and cheapness. I told a couple of my closest WWE friends that if I posted a tweet rephrasing the situation as "I am exhausted from being punished because of someone else's sins", that the wrestling media would pick that comment up and run with it as something completely different. Low and behold, almost every site did. Not surprising, it's what I suspected. Just another example of how they're looking for any comment they can to translate however into hits for their site and reader views. So take it from me, don't believe everything you read-fact is rarely separated from fiction when it comes to any branch of the "media entertainment market."

[Skippy]

[quote="Ginga"]WWE: Hell in a Cell

Divas Champion Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox
Winner: Mickie

United States Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger
Winner: Jack Swagger
Loser: Kofi Kingston

Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. Batista & Rey Mysterio
Winners: Chris Jericho & Big Show
Loser: Rey Mysterio

Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner: John Morrison

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell Match)
Winner (worth double): John Cena

D-Generation X vs. The Legacy (Hell in a Cell Match)
Winner (worth double): DX

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match)
Winner (worth double): CM Punk

Which Cell match is most likely to result in fighting on top of the cell?
Prediction: Undertaker vs CM Punk

Which match will last the longest? (I am desperate for question yes)

Prediction: DX/Legacy

[KK]

Yet more bad news for Smackdown, MyNetworkTV is no longer classified as a 'Network'.

MyNetworkTV exits ratings game
Nielsen to distribute numbers in syndication report

Now that it's no longer a network, MyNetworkTV is out of the nightly ratings game.

Nielsen informed its clients Tuesday that MyNetworkTV has stopped supplying program information to its daily reporting service effective this week.

Instead, MyNetworkTV will now receive its numbers as part of the weekly syndication ratings report, which is released every Tuesday.

Move comes as MyNet officially morphed on Monday from a network into a programming service, airing off-net programming and movies as well as "WWE Smackdown" on Fridays.

Twentieth Television, which runs the programming service, will continue to sell MyNet's ad time based on those syndie numbers.

Although it will no longer receive daily national ratings, MyNet will still get some semblance of a daily report card via overnight ratings for Nielsen's 56 metered markets (although those numbers are generally ignored by network execs, who receive more accurate fast national ratings in the morning).

Twentieth execs were pleased with the early results from Monday night's back-to-back airings of NBC U's off-net "Law and Order: Criminal Intent." The two hours were up 43% in the metered markets vs. the same night a year ago, when MyNet aired the two-hour "Celebrity Expose."

MyNet's sked also includes "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" and "Deal or No Deal" on Tuesdays, back-to-back segs of "The Unit" on Wednesdays and movies on Thursday.

What this means is that, for the first time in years, WWE programming is back on Syndication. WWE would be better off pushing Superstars or start altering their internal importance for each of their shows. SD is now behind ECW & Superstars in terms of TV coverage. It's the 'D' show.

[Chocolate Jim]

WWE: Hell in a Cell

Divas Champion Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox

Winner: Mickie

United States Champion Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger

Winner: Jack Swagger
Loser: The Miz

Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. Batista & Rey Mysterio

Winners: Jerishow
Loser: Rey

Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler

Winner: John Morrison

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): John Cena

D-Generation X vs. The Legacy (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): Legacy

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match)

Winner (worth double): CM Spunk

Which Cell match is most likely to result in fighting on top of the cell?

Cena vs Spunk

Which match will last the longest? (I am desperate for question yes)

Prediction: Cena vs Spunk

[Cardinal Chunder]

Migth want to edit your last two predictions there, Jim.

[gaminglegend]

What happened with Jeff's court case then? I can't find any info

[KK]

What happened with Jeff's court case then? I can't find any info

He's in court on the 14th November.

[gaminglegend]

What happened with Jeff's court case then? I can't find any info

He's in court on the 14th November.

Why the hell did I/Where did I read something was happening this week?
In other news I am potentially meeting Rob Van Dam soon. Potentially.


And Stone Cold Steve Austin is at Forbidden Planet this month in London I believe, as well as being on Soccer AM this Saturday

[Corazon de Leon]

What? Fancy getting me RVDs autograph?

[Cardinal Chunder]

Lucky bastard, GL. I've decided that if The Rock comes to do appearances/book signings, not matter where in the country, I'll be going.

Rock (no homo)

[Corazon de Leon]

Lucky bastard, GL. I've decided that if The Rock comes to do appearances/book signings, not matter where in the country, I'll be going.

Rock (no homo)

Maivia, Jericho or RVD and I'll do likewise.

[Cardinal Chunder]

Actually, it'd be the same for RVD... maybe Jericho, but only if I can get him to his "Ayatollah of rock and rolla" bit, and let me record it.

[Mockmaster]

Can you imagine what it's going to be like when The Rock guest hosts RAW and comes face to face with John Cena?

It will be Amazing Scenes™.

[Cardinal Chunder]

Can you imagine what it's going to be like when The Rock guest hosts RAW and comes face to face with John Cena?

It will be Amazing Scenes™.

If he doesn't lay the smackdown on him I'm going to be incredibly disappointed. But, as Cena's the champ, that won't happen.