The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Dark Ritual]

Before the show went on the air last night, Adam Jones of rock band Tool (no, me neither) proposed to his girlfriend Korin. Video on .com:

http://www.wwe.com/videos/tools-adam-jo ... 3-26087766

You've never heard of Tool?

[KK]

No.

Turned on to Sky News about 10 minutes ago to be greeted by a commercial for the newly branded Challenge Late Zone, incorporating IMPACT WRESTLING. Sky are really pushing Challenge all of a sudden, and the big success of TNA appears to be one of the driving factors. Getting more coverage than WWE at this rate.

[Johnny Ryall]

Tool are pretty crap, shut up Ben.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

No.

Turned on to Sky News about 10 minutes ago to be greeted by a commercial for the newly branded Challenge Late Zone, incorporating IMPACT WRESTLING. Sky are really pushing Challenge all of a sudden, and the big success of TNA appears to be one of the driving factors. Getting more coverage than WWE at this rate.

I wonder if sky would consider moving wwe to challenge at any point?

[Johnny Ryall]

I do think it's ridiculous that WWE is on Sky Sports. In the US it's classed as prime time entertainment on their equivalent of Sky 1 or E4. Over here you have to pay stupid money for it. It's fine if you like football/tennis/rugby/whatever, but I'm not a sports fan. WWE is the only thing I'd watch on it and it's priced me out of the market.

[Dig Dug]

I do think it's ridiculous that WWE is on Sky Sports. In the US it's classed as prime time entertainment on their equivalent of Sky 1 or E4. Over here you have to pay stupid money for it. It's fine if you like football/tennis/rugby/whatever, but I'm not a sports fan. WWE is the only thing I'd watch on it and it's priced me out of the market.

Watch TNA.

[KK]

Hulk Hogan Tweets Photo Admiring Brooke’s Legs, Makes Our List Of Their 6 Creepiest Father-Daughter Moments



Hulk Hogan is a very proud parent…perhaps to a fault. There’s no other way to explain why he posted a photo of his daughter Brooke in a short dress for everyone to ogle on Twitter. Well OK, there is another reason to explain it, but it’s far too unsettling to comprehend. “Brooke’s legs,” he captioned the image, which is somehow more gross than his entire sex tape. Not surprisingly, the photo has already been taken down by Lockerz on the grounds of being incredibly creepy (we imagine). But it’s just the latest in a long line of uncomfortably close moments between the famous father and daughter. In fact, Brooke has had to defend her relationship with her father several times in the media over the past few years. “Im SO sick of people saying me and my dad are in some perverted relationship,” she wrote on her Twitter back in August of 2011. “Go home and do your own thing! Stop picking on me!” We’re not picking on you, Brooke. We’re just…curious. Head down to the gallery below to relive some of our favorite cringe worthy moments between the pair!

I wonder if sky would consider moving wwe to challenge at any point?

Don't know why SmackDown isn't a permanent fixture on Sky1 at some point during the week.

TNA being on what was previously a 'lowly' channel like Challenge is actually to their benefit, as the whole station is increasingly becoming built around the success of the show. Sky are even commissioning brand new shows on what was up until recently nothing more than a channel for gameshow re-runs. Stuff like IMPACT, The Blurb and the Magnus fronted Strongest Man could all do with being in HD. Perhaps that's something we'll get this year.

UK Ratings for the week ending 20th January 2013

WWE RAW Live: 201,000
IMPACT WRESTLING (Sunday): 199,000
TNA PPV: 171,000
TNA British Boot Camp: 140,000
WWE SmackDown (Friday): 94,000

WWE SmackDown Friday, which featured a CM Punk and Rock confrontation, did a 2.08 rating and 3,030,000 viewers.

[Johnny Ryall]

I do think it's ridiculous that WWE is on Sky Sports. In the US it's classed as prime time entertainment on their equivalent of Sky 1 or E4. Over here you have to pay stupid money for it. It's fine if you like football/tennis/rugby/whatever, but I'm not a sports fan. WWE is the only thing I'd watch on it and it's priced me out of the market.

Watch TNA.

I'm not that desperate.

[Jam-Master Jay]

Tool.

[KK]

Lets be honest, the only reason TNA is doing so well over here on the most part is due to situation of circumstance. There's an appetite for wrestling on TV in this country and, irrelevant of quality and thanks to the closure of Bravo, TNA have found themselves in a market not covered in any form by WWE. WCW Worldwide was total rubbish, and WWF Heat was filled with C-level talent, a bit of SmackDown and most weeks no RAW. Yet, because it was available in every home, remains the most watched US wrestling series ever in the UK.

I find it impossible to believe nobody would be interested in picking up WWE on Freeview, and either in conjunction with Sky or WWE on their own during the next contract negotiations need to do something about it. If TNA can pull in 300,000+ every week on Challenge, WWE should be able to double that either on the same station or another Sky owned channel in PickTV. You're telling me stuff like Superstars, Experience or even This Week in WWE can't be put out on free TV? May even shift a few more buys on Pay Per View, as everyone will be able to keep up with the storylines.

[Chocolate Jim]

Magnus vs Lawro

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21171673

[Cosmo]

I'm surprised Magnus is only 26. He looks a bit older than that.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Lets be honest, the only reason TNA is doing so well over here on the most part is due to situation of circumstance. There's an appetite for wrestling on TV in this country and, irrelevant of quality and thanks to the closure of Bravo, TNA have found themselves in a market not covered in any form by WWE. WCW Worldwide was total rubbish, and WWF Heat was filled with C-level talent, a bit of SmackDown and most weeks no RAW. Yet, because it was available in every home, remains the most watched US wrestling series ever in the UK.

I find it impossible to believe nobody would be interested in picking up WWE on Freeview, and either in conjunction with Sky or WWE on their own during the next contract negotiations need to do something about it. If TNA can pull in 300,000+ every week on Challenge, WWE should be able to double that either on the same station or another Sky owned channel in PickTV. You're telling me stuff like Superstars, Experience or even This Week in WWE can't be put out on free TV? May even shift a few more buys on Pay Per View, as everyone will be able to keep up with the storylines.

Indeed.

Also Magnus 26yrs old, wow. I feel old now.

[Mafro]

wtf Magnus is 9 months younger than me?! I though he was well into his 30s or something

[Cosmo]

wtf Magnus is 9 months younger than me?! I though he was well into his 30s or something

Being on Gladiators must've taken its toll.

[Poncho]

Will there be a stream for RAW posted in here? I'd like to catch the opening hour.

[Cosmo]

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/165966/3/ ... t-raw.html

[Poncho]

Cheers!

[Zellery]

Thought the Rumble was pretty meh for the most part. The Rumble match itself was okay but Punk vs Rock had loads of mistakes and sloppy gooseberry fool in it.

[Codename 47]

I wonder what the chances are of Heyman getting 'fired' because of this Shield evidence and then he comes back a few weeks later with Lesnar to cause chaos?...which will lead to HHH resurfacing as the man to stop him.

Cole did raise a good question for once, as much as i do love him, why is JBL on commentary tonight