The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Skippy]

Reigns vs Triple H is rumoured to be at Summerslam I imagine we'll see Daniel Bryan v Batista at some point soon too, that would be an ideal main event for that PPV.

Actually yeah, with Guardians out then that makes more sense.

Lesnar/Bryan for Summerslam probably. For me, it doesn't feel like Lesnar ending the streak added anything to him in that case. What a waste.

Eat/Sleep/Turn up once every three months/Repeat

It's not nearly early enough to tell. They've ended one long-term angle and with any sense they've started another. Lesnar absolutely cannot lose a match until Wrestlemania next year at the very least, I'd rather he went unbeaten for another two years.

[Corazon de Leon]

Is Guardians out in August? I thought it was more like November time. That's great news.

[Skippy]

Aye, August 1st. With Summerslam at the end of the month Batista will probably be champion going into it actually

[Corazon de Leon]

That's not so good, but still it means I can see it before I leave the country. I am excite.

[PCCD]

People not using adblock in this day and age

[Johnny Ryall]

I'm happy Sandow got a promo. He just needs to y'know win some.

Oh Jesus wept Cena.

[Skippy]

Unless he's full time, it can't be done. He can't win the belt for any length of time, so he can only beat random guys, or he'll get the belt and lose it soon after.

I can see him doing a solid run of shows in the run up to Mania. A few appearences to lead up to the Rumble, an Elimination Chamber match and then a full run into Mania. I reckon he'd be okay with it too so long as he only fought on PPV and they threw enough money at him. Until then he should show up at Summerslam and Survivor Series and get big wins.

[captain red dog]

Let Lesnar win the belt and have him say he will turn up to defend when he wants to. Make that Survivor Series and Rumble then lose it at Mania.

They should be able to fill the B shows in his absence really.

[Johnny Ryall]

Lesnar beat the streak. He doesn't need a title.

[Banjo]

They should really learn to draw out tournaments to crown the number one contenders for titles. What they're doing right now with the Intercontinental Belt is good, but that's the Intercontinental and that barely matters anymore. I remember post-MITB 2011 where they managed to burn through a tournament and crown a new champion before Summerslam which had the Cena/Punk rematch. That angle could have continued for so much longer.

So yeah, devote more time to crowing number one contenders. Also builds up new faces, and I'd like to see some PPV's get main evented by the Tag titles for instance (lord knows the talent they have are easily capable of putting on a main event match).

Lesnar beat the streak. He doesn't need a title.

Also a good point. It can immediately insert Lesnar into a main event slot where needed, instant answer to any champion would be "I beat the Streak. I'm out of your league".

[Mafro]

I really want to see the return of King of the Ring as a PPV.

[Kanbei]

Dat Crowd Reaction when the Evolution theme played

Oh no wait, there was none

[Skippy]

I remember post-MITB 2011 where they managed to burn through a tournament and crown a new champion before Summerslam which had the Cena/Punk rematch. That angle could have continued for so much longer.

I always thought they needed an extra PPV there, which could have had Cena/Rey for the title.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Only just watching some of raw now. Very respectful opening by wwe. Nicely done.

[Slimgrady]

Dat Crowd Reaction when the Evolution theme played

Oh no wait, there was none

I know,What a gooseberry fool head of a crowd!

[1cmanny1]

On review a raw, they said the shares plummeted after the network numbers were released. What were the numbers Kklein?

[Return_of_the_STAR]

On review a raw, they said the shares plummeted after the network numbers were released. What were the numbers Kklein?

Last week they were 667k I believe. I thought that was alright.

[Zellery]

WWE are apparently really happy with the number too.

Its a good start.

[1cmanny1]

That sounds okay to me, I don't know what they were on about. Maybe the shares just got effected after the PPV provider dropped them.

[Mafro]

Love the old episodes of Raw they are putting up. Watching the one just now where Austin is stripped of the title and he comes out in the zamboni, attacks Vince and gets arrested.

Still amazed at some of the stuff they got away with in the Attitude Era compared to now. Just saw a backstage skit where Val Venis, in no subtle way at all, is getting a blowjob from an off-screen Terri Runnels who briefly pops her head up