The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Poncho]

wasn't that magic johnson?

[A J Styles]

Watching Victoy Road judging by Abyss's new clothes does it mean he is homeless now?

[Pontius Pilate]

Homeless people can afford leather trousers?

I prefer his clothes now actually.

[A J Styles]

Homeless people can afford leather trousers?

I prefer his clothes now actually.

Yeah its better than white but i was on about his clothes after he made his entrance the hoodie combo.

[Pontius Pilate]

Aye I thought that's what you meant, I was only kidding.

Man Daffney is great...

[A J Styles]

Aye I thought that's what you meant, I was only kidding.

Man Daffney is great...

She is

The Tara vs Angelina match has been the best match so far.

[Pontius Pilate]

So far the whole PPV has just been so lifeless.

[Johnny Ryall]

Wrestling is gay.

[A J Styles]

British Invasion

[A J Styles]

Jenna's entrance.

[KK]

This really is one of the worst PPVs I've seen in many a year. Probably since WWE's diabolical December To Disremember. And before that, Fall Brawl '98.

[A J Styles]

This really is one of the worst PPVs I've seen in many a year. Probably since WWE's diabolical December To Disremember. And before that, Fall Brawl '98.

Thank god we never had to pay for it.

[Pontius Pilate]

I love TNA, but it's far too hit or miss.

How's WWE doing these days? I don't really get the chance to watch it.

[KK]

How's WWE doing these days? I don't really get the chance to watch it.

Well according to general internet consensus, this past Monday they put on one of the worst Raw's ever (repeated on Sky tomorrow). And the same stale guys are still main eventing the programme.

Smackdown is much better, with great matches but is dying on its arse.

And Adam Pollard is one of about 5 people worldwide watching ECW.

[Cardinal Chunder]

How have the ratings been since the brand split all those years ago?

On a side note, the one thing I'm not liking when I watch 'rasslin now is how most of the crowd is plunged in relative darkness.

[KK]

On a side note, the one thing I'm not liking when I watch 'rasslin now is how most of the crowd is plunged in relative darkness.

There's a very good reason for that - half the building is empty. So to cover it up they turn the lights off & tarpaulin the upper deck. Pay Per Views are brightly lit as they're all usually sold out.

As for the ratings, lets put it this way. Raw used to do 5,6,7 & 8's. Now it's in the mid 3's. The Celebrity guests are so far doing nothing for the ratings whatsoever.


With Jeff Jarrett gone in TNA, the Creative team of Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash, Dutch Mantel, & Matt Conway are leading the way. Week 1: Keys on a Poll match. Brilliant.

[Zellery]

ZZ Top will have cost RAW viewers I'd imagine.

[Adam Pollard]

With Jeff Jarrett gone in TNA, the Creative team of Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash, Dutch Mantel, & Matt Conway are leading the way. Week 1: Keys on a Poll match. Brilliant.

Week Two: a bullshit finish in a tag title match.

Week Three: a tag match main event with two singles titles on the line.

This company.

[KK]

Vince Russo must be the world's greatest bullshitter.

On his grave stone - Vince Russo: The man who single handedly killed the wrestling business.

[KK]

WWE's creative team is said to be trying to slowly introduce things into television that are more PG-13 than PG. The company position is that they are still PG and will remain that way for the time being.

Examples of pushing things back to the way they were include a recent bikini match and Santino Marella playing with a Trish Stratus doll pushing the face into the chest of Stratus. Believe it or not, these were things (although rather tame) they were doing as of a year ago.

It should be noted that if the company continues to the storyline of having a guest host of Raw every week that there are plans of bringing The Godfather back to be the host of the August 24 edition of Raw in Las Vegas.

Maybe they finally twigged young children aren't up till 11:15 on a school night.