The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[NBK]

It's that time of year for semi-wrestling fans to start watching wrestling again.

Despite having not followwed anything WWE or TNA related for the past 10 months or so, could somoenone please add me to the list for the Rumble, No Way Out and Mania (if that sort of thing's still happening)?

Had no idea that it was Punk v Rock at the Rumble until a firendly, John Cena loving forumite let me know (thanks Proto ) and would very much like to see how it goes down. Any other potential top-tier potential Mania matches kicking around? Or will it all be decided 10 seconds before heading to the ring as seems to be the norm now.

[Corazon de Leon]

I haven't watched a ppv live since probably the gamesradar days. Way more fun than watching afterwards.

I miss the insane MSN convos we used to have during PPVs - I even remember Wuijibobo correctly calling Edge's MITB cash-in at NYR 2006, the smug bastard.

I also remember watching that till 4am on the Monday and then having to go to school at 9am.

I think we need another mass MSN convo. It'll be the last major WWE PPV MSN convo ever seeing as MSN Messenger is being officially killed off in March.

I'm up for this. I'll download MSN specially for the occasion.

[Chocolate Jim]

It's that time of year for semi-wrestling fans to start watching wrestling again.

Despite having not followwed anything WWE or TNA related for the past 10 months or so, could somoenone please add me to the list for the Rumble, No Way Out and Mania (if that sort of thing's still happening)?

Had no idea that it was Punk v Rock at the Rumble until a firendly, John Cena loving forumite let me know (thanks Proto ) and would very much like to see how it goes down. Any other potential top-tier potential Mania matches kicking around? Or will it all be decided 10 seconds before heading to the ring as seems to be the norm now.

I wouldn't bother If I were you ... ya better off out of it all.

[SandyCoin]

I'll attempt to watch this too if I can get access to a good stream. No idea why but I might like it having not watched anything wwe in a while.

[Corazon de Leon]

I'll be ordering the Rumble. Even if Cena wins it, I won't be too bothered if it's a well constructed Rumble - some of the best matches have had odd winners.

[Drumstick]

Sweepstake is done and will be up tomorrow.

[Chocolate Jim]

prediction: Jerry Lawler will enter the rumble

[Return_of_the_STAR]

prediction: Jerry Lawler will enter the rumble

I thought about that but I think it will be JBL that enters from the commentary booth instead.

[1cmanny1]

WWE Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): John Cena
Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Slater
Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Ryback
15th entrant
Prediction: JBL
30th entrant
Prediction: Brock Lesnar
The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: Orton, Sheamus, Cena, Big Show
Dolph Ziggler to finish in which place? (1st eliminated is 30th)
Prediction: 7th
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. The Miz - Singles match for the United States Championship
Winner: Antonio Cesaro
CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock -Singles match for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4): The Rock
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show - Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Alberto Del Rio
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c) vs. The Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes) - Tag Team match for the Tag Team Championship
Winning team: Rhodes Scholars
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Loser: Daniel Bryan

[Skippy]

I haven't watched a ppv live since probably the gamesradar days. Way more fun than watching afterwards.

I miss the insane MSN convos we used to have during PPVs - I even remember Wuijibobo correctly calling Edge's MITB cash-in at NYR 2006, the smug bastard.

I also remember watching that till 4am on the Monday and then having to go to school at 9am.

I think we need another mass MSN convo. It'll be the last major WWE PPV MSN convo ever seeing as MSN Messenger is being officially killed off in March.

I'm up for this. I'll download MSN specially for the occasion.

I too am up for this. Our chat made WM25 not a complete waste of time. Well, our chat and HBK/Taker

PRESS X FOR MOAR TAN

[Banjo]

I'm not in work until noon on Monday, so I may take the gamble on staying up for the Rumble.

[Jeffrey]

WWE Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): John Cena
Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Heath Slater
Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Ryback
15th entrant
Prediction: Kane
30th entrant
Prediction: CM Punk
The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Big Show
Dolph Ziggler to finish in which place? (1st eliminated is 30th)
Prediction: 5th
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. The Miz - Singles match for the United States Championship
Winner: Antonio Cesaro
CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock -Singles match for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4): The Rock
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show - Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Alberto Del Rio
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c) vs. The Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes) - Tag Team match for the Tag Team Championship
Winning team: Rhodes Scholars
Winner: Damien Sandow
Loser: Daniel Bryan

[Codename 47]

To steal one of Bryan Alvarez's sayings, the whole Punk/Rock segment on SmackDown tonight was BUYS. Reminded me of something you'd see on SD from a bygone era.

It was good to see Smackdown actually used to slightly advance a storyline from Raw - just like the old days. You had Punk calling out the Shield which was pretty intriguing and of course Rock and Punk squaring up one last time before the Rumble. I hope the Punk/Rock feud does carry on after the Rumble. It feels like they've only really feuded for the last 2 weeks or so but it's been quality stuff so far.

Yeah indeed. My only concern is that no one will have really seen it as it was on SD. I didn't read the spoilers and had no idea rock or punk would be on SD until I read something earlier. So I only watched because if that. I wonder if people won't have tuned in as they might be expecting another lacklustre SD.

Yeah me neither actually. I don't think they advertised it or anything on Raw so I was quite surprised when they both turned up on Smackdown. Hopefully it's something they do more of this year, especially with the Brand split more of less dead these days.

Still can't decide who to pick for my GRAPL choices All signs seem to point to a Cena win but part of me thinks it's 'too obvious' for Cena to win. As I said before Jericho seemed just as big a favorite as Cena to win last year and we saw what happened there.

[Johnny Ryall]

Watching Undertaker's Tombstone collection on Netflix. Hogan no selling the tombstone piledriver at SS 91, I mean literally just jumping straight up.

[GM]

WWE Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): John Cena
Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Heath Slater
Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
15th entrant
Prediction: Titus O'Neil
30th entrant
Prediction: Ryback
The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback, Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler to finish in which place? (1st eliminated is 30th)
Prediction: 3rd
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. The Miz - Singles match for the United States Championship
Winner: Antonio Cesaro
CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock -Singles match for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4): The Rock
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show - Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Alberto Del Rio
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c) vs. The Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes) - Tag Team match for the Tag Team Championship
Winning team: Team Rhodes Scholars
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Loser: Daniel Bryan

[Dark Ritual]

There will be a Fan Fest tournament of NXT wrestlers where the winner will be in the Royal Rumble. This takes the place of the original pre-show match, which was to be some sort of a multiple person match where the winner was to be a late addition to the Rumble. That match would have featured both NXT wrestlers and wrestlers on the roster. That was changed in favor of adding Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz.

I actually like this idea a lot. Give a bit of a rub to someone like Kassius Ohno or Richie Steamboat by having them win this then a decent rumble run.

[Balloon Sod]

WWE Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): John Cena
Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Jinder Mahal
Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
15th entrant
Prediction: Larry Zybsko
30th entrant
Prediction: Ryback
The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback, Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler to finish in which place? (1st eliminated is 30th)
Prediction: 2nd
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. The Miz - Singles match for the United States Championship
Winner: Antonio Cesaro
CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock -Singles match for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4): The Rock
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show - Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Alberto Del Rio
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c) vs. The Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes) - Tag Team match for the Tag Team Championship
Winning team: Team Rhodes Scholars
Winner: Damien Sandow
Loser: Daniel Bryan

[Dark Ritual]

WWE Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): John Cena
Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Dolph Ziggler
Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Jinder Mahal
Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Cena
15th entrant
Prediction: Roman Reigns
30th entrant
Prediction: Sheamus
The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: Sheamus, Cena, Ziggler, Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler to finish in which place? (1st eliminated is 30th)
Prediction: 2nd
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. The Miz - Singles match for the United States Championship
Winner: Cesaro
CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock -Singles match for the WWE Championship
Winner (worth 4): Rock
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show - Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Del Rio
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) (c) vs. The Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes) - Tag Team match for the Tag Team Championship
Winning team: Rhodes SCholars
Winner: Rhodes
Loser: BRyan

Sorry it's late I had to wait for Cora and Drumstick to pm me, those guys

[GM]

I actually like this idea a lot. Give a bit of a rub to someone like Kassius Ohno or Richie Steamboat by having them win this then a decent rumble run.

Agreed, but neither of them are in it. Decent mix of the better WWE products and indie guys in it though.

[Dark Ritual]

I actually like this idea a lot. Give a bit of a rub to someone like Kassius Ohno or Richie Steamboat by having them win this then a decent rumble run.

Agreed, but neither of them are in it. Decent mix of the better WWE products and indie guys in it though.

Where are the entrants listed?