The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Dig Dug]

Big Brodus Clay has been on superstars every week squashing jobbers. Will help make a good promo video when they decide to use him on smackdown.

[Adam Pollard]

In better news, Pollard got a perfect score! Lots came close but botched it at the final question.

The most surprising thing is how despite the results being the most logical ones in months, the fact that they all went that way was staggering given the way booking plans change dozens of times for each show.

[J. Vengeance]

Second Place

Here's hoping for a top 6 finish in my full debut season of Grapl

[KK]

What? I thought the announcers were very good last night.

Honestly listen back and you will want to ram your head in an oven given the amount of times he says 'YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME'. There are signature lines that each commentator has 'mudhole' etc etc but this .... this was just so irritating.

Go back & watch WrestleMania 15 & get a shot glass ready for every time Michael Cole says "wait a minute".

I think that final segment would have benefited even more from just Jim Ross & a heel Jerry Lawler in Cole's position. But then I suppose that could be said of absolutely everything.

[Adam Pollard]

Is that people bitching about Booker's commentary again?



WRONG. YOU ARE ALL WRONG.

Booker

[KK]

Booker T is Steve McMichael for 2011. But without the dog.

[Mockmaster]

A 12 man tag-match advertised for RAW.

Here's a game. See if you can guess the names.

John Cena, C.M. Punk, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Mason Ryan vs. Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and David Otunga.

[KK]

I got three wrong. I said John Morrison, Randy Orton & Mark Henry.

[Balloon Sod]

I wonder if they will start teasing The Rock tonight?

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I got three wrong. I said John Morrison, Randy Orton & Mark Henry.

I had orton and Henry instead of mason Ryan and otunga. I was also hoping for some woo woo woo, you know it bro as well

[Jam-Master Jay]

Skipping RAW tonight as I'm so tired my eyes are strawberry floated up.

http://www.justin.tv/bigeventstv1?#/w/1855539168

Stream for when it begins.

'night gents.

[KK]

I was just thinking about what the worst thing about wrestling is in 2011. And I came to the conclusion that it's finding someone else to talk to about it that isn't on the internet, let alone watch it with. Being able to order the WWF UK events on Sky Box Office & watch it with everyone because it was at 7pm-ish on a Saturday was just great.

When Vince McMahon says their PPV buys are down because more people are watching it in groups, I can tell you right now that's bollocks.

They've actually been talking about this on Wrestling Observer Radio these past few months. What was once a whole group has now ended up as 1 or 2, & then almost begrudgingly.

[KK]

Found this on YouTube, very interesting viewing:

Off The Air - The Footage They Didn't Want You To See

[Codename 47]

Booker definitely has the love hate factor about him I can see why some dislike him...but personally i like him. He genuinely makes me chuckle a lot - something King has long forgotten how to make me do it seems. He can get easilly muddled up with his words but i do like his enthusiasm. He also seems to have a pretty good rapport with Cole as well, i like a lot of their back and forths. When Cole doesn't deviate from his role - i.e. spend more time insulting JR, i actually don't mind him as a commentator, i think he's pretty decent. Personally, i'm hoping it's the combo of Cole, Booker and JR tonight

[KK]

This Off The Air stuff is hilarious. Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler slagging off the fans & Tony Chimel on SD commentary during intermissions.

[Chocolate Jim]

My god NXT still exists

[Codename 47]

I love Booker, he's THE commentator of the day.

OHMA GEWDNESS!

I don't know if it was mentioned in this thread, but apparently CM Punk has managed to knock John Cena off the top spot in terms of merchandise sales. Pretty good achievement that because only the Rock's stuff has managed to knock Cena off top spot in recent years. Question is whether he can stay at the top or at the very least, consistently be the second best selling stuff.

[Mockmaster]

Velvet Sky is now offering customised photoshoots where you can pick her theme and outfit.

http://shop.leesouth.com/collections/fr ... photoshoot

You can even purchase the outfit she wears

[KK]

This one features Stephanie McMahon's boobs flopping out on the announce table:

[PES Fan]

Rumoured survivor series team

Wrestlezone is reporting that a 'Team WWE' team at Survivor Series will include Triple H, Rock, Cena, and possibly two from Punk, Austin and Undertaker.

Don't see how they can work that, if it is true. Because all of those guys will not get eliminated and it would be a pretty one sided match.