The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

Judgement: Buried.

Is this your new kliq? The mega city mods?

I don't know whose voice is deeper these days. Steph's or Vince's?

It's a sign of steroid abuse in women isn't it? She used to be so screechy in the 00s.

Johnny Ryall wrote:It's a sign of steroid abuse in women isn't it? She used to be so screechy in the 00s.

I used to love her screechy character, these days she scares me.

Paul Heyman and Punk splitting up was like the saddest thing ever this week. :cry:

Apparently the segment on RAW in which Stephanie McMahon told Kaitlyn to never interrupt her again was inspired by a real-life incident between the two that occurred backstage recently. At a TV taping Kaitlyn allegedly approached Stephanie backstage while she was talking to someone else and it caused a scene. Stephanie was said to be upset that Kaitltyn approached her and couldn't wait until she was done talking with the other person to say what she needed to say.

Don't even know what happened and I'm siding with Kaitltyn.

Christ the worst sort of boss is the boss who isn't approachable.

They all sound terrible. I think they will run this business to the ground before the end.

PWinsider.com wrote:We've been receiving some conflicting reports on what went down between Triple H and Daniel Bryan backstage at RAW Monday night. As seen on RAW, Randy Orton defeated Daniel Bryan after the referee stopped the match as Bryan appeared to be injured. It was later revealed that he suffered a "stinger". As reported, the finish was a legit "shoot" as the original outcome had Bryan pinning Orton clean. This was being done to continue pushing Daniel Bryan as they have major plans for him being one of the headline matches for SummerSlam against John Cena.

After the match was over, Daniel Bryan was said to have been "irate" backstage and approached Triple H at the gorilla position. The two got into a heated shouting match with Bryan saying he's wrestled all over the world and knows how far he can go and how injured he really was. Triple H countered that they were protecting Bryan and didn't want anyone hurt. There were several witnesses to this with a lot of them "shocked" to see Bryan so upset. Backstage, he's known as a "soft spoken, easy going" guy who never causes any issues. WWE.com posted a video with Triple H late last night where he addressed the issue. There are some questioning whether the argument between Triple H and Daniel Bryan was a work but that now seems unlikely as the injury, which was legitimate, obviously wasn't planned beforehand and the backstage argument would have never occurred if he wasn't injured in the first place.

It's a bit gooseberry fool if it's gone from him

I hope that's bullshit, don't want his push to end before it's started.

Surprised they made it public on WWE.com.

Sure has turned out to be very eventful RAW for a whole host of reasons.

At least he shouted at Trips. He seems the type who'll be annoyed, but begrudgingly respectful about it, considering his own past.

I'd like to think that that would do Bryan some good. Showing that he'll stand up for himself to the boss.

It was stupid to end the match that way IMO, they could have done a quick roll up finish or something. I guess this does create more heat...

Disclaimer being I didn't watch Raw but for once I would probably side with Hunter on this one. If one of his talent is legitimately hurt then he has every right to order the match be ended early, for both the good of both the individual in question and the company.

Zeb Coulter's storyline is starting to pay off:

I guess we know one of the storylines to expect on RAW Monday...

More the Bryan/Triple H situation from the Wrestling Observer, corroborating PWinsider.com:

Wrestling Observer Newsletter wrote:After the match, Bryan went backstage to Triple H in the gorilla position and there was a loud screaming match between the two that nearly came to blows. Every person backstage we contacted believed it was real, and there are some very perceptive people who have seen their share of worked shoots and attempts to fool the boys with backstage angles. Upon confronting Triple H, Bryan got in his face and was screaming about how in his entire career he had never not finished a match due to injury and he should be able to decide if he could continue. Several backstage confirmed that it did appear that they were going to come to blows, and Randy Orton and Brian James jumped in to separate them. Eventually both calmed down, apologized to the other, and said there were no hard feelings and it was just emotions.

WWE RAW Ratings Breakdown 17th June 2013

Show did a 3.0 rating.

Quarter 1: Show kicked off at a 3.0 (Alberto Del Rio promo; Paul Heyman, CM Punk and Vickie interrupting)
Q2: Lost 194,000 viewers (Christian vs. Wade Barrett)
Q3: Lost 164,000 viewers (Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow)
Q4: Gained 226,000 viewers (Triple H backstage with Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox; Kane and Bryan backstage)
Q5: Gained 248,000 viewers (Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan) to do a 3.1.
Q6: Gained 168,000 viewers (AJ Lee and Stephanie McMahon in-ring confrontation; Kaitlyn and the rest of the Divas)
Q7: Lost 341,000 viewers (Dean Ambrose vs. Kane; Vince McMahon backstage with Shield and Team Brickie)
Q8: Gained 41,000 viewers (Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal)
Q9: Gained 738,000 viewers (John Cena promo; Mark Henry 'retirement') to do a 3.5.
Q10: Lost 953,000 viewers (Mark Henry interview with Renee Young; Chris Jericho vs. Heath Slater)
Q11: Gained 112,000 viewers (Curtis Axel vs. Sin Cara; McMahon family backstage with Vickie)
Q12/Over-run: Gained 636,000 viewers (CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio; Dolph Ziggler attack; Brock Lesnar F5ing Punk) to close out on a 3.4.

IMPACT WRESTLING Ratings Breakdown 13th June 2013

Show did a 1.0 rating.

Quarter 1: Show kicked off at a 1.1 (Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode and Bully Ray in-ring)
Q2: Lost 93,000 viewers (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian vs. Gunner & James Storm)
Q3: Gained 58,000 viewers (Crimson vs. Joseph Park; in-ring confrontation between Mickie James and Velvet Sky)
Q4: Lost 23,000 viewers (Matt Morgan vs. Magnus vs. Rob Terry vs. Kenny King)
Q5: Gained 35,000 viewers (Sting saying he's going to bring back the Main Event Mafia)
Q6: Lost 93,000 viewers (Eric Young vs. Austin Aries)
Q7: Lost 34,000 viewers (Aces and 0.8s Battle Royal)
Q8: - (Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles) to close on a 1.0.

The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

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