The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Ginga]

That was an awful PPV.

[Bindal]

The only person who got over was Santino.

[Rog]

Lowest turn out of the year for this PPV. Sw26 mysteriously went AWOL, jeopardising his place in the top 5.

WWE Elimination Chamber
Drumstick 17
Mockmaster 16
Teh Bork 16
Darkritual 16
Mafro 15
Prototype 15
A J Styles 15
Dante 15
IronMaiden 15
Slimgrady 14
Damage Inc 14
JMJ 14
Drizzt 14
Gaminglegend 14
JChalmers 14
E-man 13
SimonM_89 13
KKLEIN 11
J.Vengeance 10
ROTS 10
Zellery 10
Tomvek 10
Balloon Sod 10
Jim 10
Cattanomics 10
Reavus 9
Cosmo 9
Miguel007 9
Hank Scorpio 14
Codename47 9
Lucien 8
Custard 7
Banjo 6
Skippy 4

Lots of high scores this month but one man managed to outdo the rest of the pack. Drumstick takes home the points. Luckily taking the bonus away from Mockmaster who would have surely pushed himself beyond reach with one PPV left.

GRAPL Leaderboard
Mockmaster 143
KKLEIN 139
Slimgrady 136
Lucien 134
J.Vengeance 133
E-man 130
Teh Bork 129
ROTS 129
Zellery 129
Drumstick 128
Tomvek 128
Darkritual 127
Prototype 127
Damage Inc 126
A J Styles 125
Sw26 125
Reavus 124
Dante 123
Balloon Sod 121
JMJ 120
Jim 120
IronMaiden 119
Mafro 119
Cosmo 117
Drizzt 116
Dig Dug 115
Miguel007 112
Cattanomics 104
Gaminglegend 99
Hank Scorpio 104
Custard 98
SimonM_89 95
Adam Pollard 84
Skippy 78
Powers 73
DarrenK 69
Poncho 61
Lonestar 59
Codename47 58
Banjo 58
1337grind 58
Ginga 56
Sandycoin 41
Irene Demova 29
JChalmers 23
HailToTheKingBaby! 19
Rapper 6

[Skippy]

[Codename 47]

Have to say, aside from his first appearance at the start of January, Jericho's return has been handled strawberry floating terribly.

Yeah I've been disappointed with it so far. After those creepy promos and the crying and playing the crowd..his gimmick just seems to be his old one but just without the suit and an awesome Jacket instead. With nothing else in the way between now and Wrestlemania i'm hoping we start to see more from the Punk/Jericho feud.

[Bindal]

UK Ratings for the week ending 12th February 2012...

The second of the IMPACT WRESTLING tapings from London pulled in 208,000; WWE RAW Live did 174,000; 149,000 tuned in to WWE SmackDown on Friday; WWE Late Night Superstars did 38,000 viewers on Saturday; and 26,000 watched WWE Bottom Line (RAW) in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Viewership for the first IMPACT WRESTLING from London drew in excess of 363,000 (so probably around 450,000 as an educated guess).

In other words, despite being available in every single home in the UK, Impact only got 20% more viewers than Raw, which is available in roughly 2% of homes.

[Dark Ritual]

Looks like I'll not be able to push out the Master de la Mock.

[Skippy]

New Undertaker video: http://vids.wwe.com/16117/the-undertake ... -message-t

He just says "vin-gints" whatever that means

[DamageInc]

I only watched the elimination chamber matches, but I thought they were ok, entertaining enough. I liked that D Bryan won the smackdown one because we get to see the over the top celebrations untill wrestlemania now . I thought Barret looked pretty good in it and Cody Rhodes as well. Shame Orton, Henry and Christian we're injured otherwise we could have had a really good match instead of the good in parts match we had.

On the Raw chamber, I did enjoy it thought it was the better of the two. Had a chuckle that R-truth spent about as much time in it as last year, and this time he didn't strawberry float up a load in the weeks leading up to it. Was suprised that The Miz was booked to be strong in this match considering he's not been to hot recently, but at least with Jericho not losing properly gives a reason to start the wrestlemania fued now, and a good build up between Punk ( ) and Jericho.

All in all, the two chamber matches could have been better, but were pretty enjoyable to watch in the morning. Really looking foward to Wrestlemania, if they give the right people enough time it could actually be something special (they won't though).

[Drumstick]

Looks like I'll not be able to push out the Master de la Mock.

You never know, Rog might swerve us all on the final PPV.

[Hank Scorpio]

I believe I got 14 not 9 Rog

[Rog]

You maybe definitely did.

[Mafro]

[Chocolate Jim]

Why did they blow the ADR and Christian returns on THAT?

[Ginga]

Have to say, aside from his first appearance at the start of January, Jericho's return has been handled strawberry floating terribly.

Yeah I've been disappointed with it so far. After those creepy promos and the crying and playing the crowd..his gimmick just seems to be his old one but just without the suit and an awesome Jacket instead. With nothing else in the way between now and Wrestlemania i'm hoping we start to see more from the Punk/Jericho feud.

He too often ends up becoming tedious, for me, which I know jars with the majority of opinion in here. That's been the case for the last two iterations of the character - he's smug, he's good in the ring and he doesn't get the respect he deserves. We get it. Nothing really groundbreaking there but I find his performances a bit dull too - he's "The Man of 1004 Holds" yet we rarely see him cracking beyond a dozen. This time, though, he's been erratic and I can't say I've taken any enjoyment out of his various bits and pieces. The Punk feud can't heat up quick enough.

You could hear the groans when he revealed the "world will never be the same again" was simply a hooky line and that eight weeks on, actually, things are more "samey" than ever. Cena's Superman, Punk's holding his title, Smackdown's still awful and creative are so hopelessly inept that they're turning PPVS into extended editions of Raw with a laissez-faire approach.

[IronMaiden]

Have to say, aside from his first appearance at the start of January, Jericho's return has been handled strawberry floating terribly.

Yeah I've been disappointed with it so far. After those creepy promos and the crying and playing the crowd..his gimmick just seems to be his old one but just without the suit and an awesome Jacket instead. With nothing else in the way between now and Wrestlemania i'm hoping we start to see more from the Punk/Jericho feud.

He too often ends up becoming tedious, for me, which I know jars with the majority of opinion in here. That's been the case for the last two iterations of the character - he's smug, he's good in the ring and he doesn't get the respect he deserves. We get it. Nothing really groundbreaking there but I find his performances a bit dull too - he's "The Man of 1004 Holds" yet we rarely see him cracking beyond a dozen. This time, though, he's been erratic and I can't say I've taken any enjoyment out of his various bits and pieces. The Punk feud can't heat up quick enough.

You could hear the groans when he revealed the "world will never be the same again" was simply a hooky line and that eight weeks on, actually, things are more "samey" than ever. Cena's Superman, Punk's holding his title, Smackdown's still awful and creative are so hopelessly inept that they're turning PPVS into extended editions of Raw with a laissez-faire approach.

Smackdown's been really good for a long while.

EDIT - Apparently Smackdown's live tomorrow night. Did not know that.

[E-Man]

I liked both the chamber matches. The Smackdown one was really poor up until Big Show forced his way into the pod but from then on I found it really entertaining. Giving Santino a decent run was brilliant. Fair enough he wouldn't really fit in the main event tier all the time but I don't see any harm at all in the odd push here and there, he has been one of the more consistent performers for years now. In just over a year he has been the runner up in the Royal Rumble and an Elimination Chamber.

Also #6 in GRAPL yeah. Come a long way since ending up bottom of the inaugural season and receiving my John Cena "prize" poster.

[Drumstick]

Also #6 in GRAPL yeah. Come a long way since ending up bottom of the inaugural season and receiving my John Cena "prize" poster.

Man, I'd totally forgotten about that.

[E-Man]

You kept the pictures.

I actually left it up there for a few weeks. However it scared the gooseberry fool out of me one night when I woke up and saw John Cena's face peering through the dark and promptly was removed.

[Mockmaster]

Looks like I'll not be able to push out the Master de la Mock.

You never know, Rog might swerve us all on the final PPV.

Rog will call Mania down the line. He doesn't do swerves. He knows that The Mock = Buyrates.