The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Jam-Master Jay]

Why the hell have they reduced Natalya to farting on Smackdown?

What?

No joke. She cut a promo with Teddy and Aksana, the threatened Aksana before farting and running off. Then Santino went in the room and started gagging because the fart went in his mouth!

Jesus Christ.

You know things are bad when they resort to fart jokes and toilet humour.

Natalya could fart in my mouth any day.

I thought SmackDown this week was bloody horrendous.

Not a great show, that's for sure. But then it's the first time in weeks that it's been below par.

Has anyone moaned like strawberry float about Orton burying all them geeks though? strawberry floating hate gooseberry fool like that.

And yeah. Was just strawberry floating ridiculous.

I'm sure in the days when Austin would stunner everyone in the ring they were at least distracted or putting up a fight. These gormless wankers just stood there and watched as they were taken out one after the other. I know they want to give Orton a boost now he's returned to establish him as a threat at the Rumble, but there is no need to bury everyone else.

Short-sighted booking all the time with this company.

[KK]

It was like SmackDown was booked this week with the sole intention of it sucking a big one. 8 matches & not one was any good or went more than 3 minutes. I mean what the strawberry float was that all about. One worthless bout after the next.

You had Michael Cole burying talent on commentary; you had Natayla farting backstage & losing to a non-wrestler in about 20 seconds; you've got the running joke that is Drew McIntyre; Justin Gabriel 'on the up' despite losing two straight weeks in a row; the re-airing of Zack Ryder vs. Kane from RAW, & the whole ensuing angle with John Cena. What is this, Thunder?; two promoted main events, one which never started, & included Randy Orton decimating everyone, & another that went 1 minute & concluded during a commercial break. Not their fault, but just topped off a show that was so epically gooseberry fool it boggles the mind; Big Show completely no selling multiple chair shots & Daniel Bryan's finisher, which was locked on for ages; Daniel Bryan practically no selling the effects of a chokeslam he'd just received seconds earlier...incredible how much first-run crap they managed to shoehorn into an hour.

[Cosmo]

When it said in the spoilers that Show hit the WMD ( ) I was hoping to see Bryan laid out to close the show.

[captain red dog]

It says a lot when at this point I would be genuinely shocked of Bryan didn't walk out of the Rumble as champ. I would accept him losing the title and then winning the rumble though.

[KK]

In all the results from the IMPACT WRESTLING Tapings from London...

Show 1 - airing on Thursday, 2nd February

They had a very basic stage, with no entrance videos on a tron. Building wasn't sold out, with various seats tarped. Looked about 85% full.

Bully Ray and Bobby Roode come out, followed by James Storm, and then Sting. Sting announced a Four Way between Roode, Ray, Storm and Jeff Hardy at Against All Odds. Roode vs. Storm, and Ray vs. Storm tonight.

Magnus & Samoa Joe defeated Matt Morgan & Crimson in a Buckingham Brawl match. Magnus and Joe won after Magnus hit knees off the top to Morgan.

Austin Aries beat Mark Haskins by submission. Haskins botched a shooting star press, Lesnar style. Brainbuster followed by a roll into submission was the finish. Haskins was carried out after the match.

Bobby Roode beat James Storm with a Spear after interference from Ray. Ray and Roode attacked Storm following the match, with Sting making the save.

Eric and Garrett Bischoff in ring segment. They're going to reveal who trained Garrett later in the program.

Tara beat Gail Kim with the Widow's Peak. Interference from Madison Rayne accidentally led to the finish.

James Storm pinned Bully Ray after a super kick. Storm had taped ribs. Roode and Sting came out during the match.

Hulk Hogan was revealed as Garrett Bischoff's trainer.

Show 2 - airing on Thursday, 9th February

Daniels beat AJ Styles after hitting him with brass knuckles during an attempted Styles Clash. Daniels had thrown the knux to Kazarian at ringside, who acted conflicted when it came to throwing the knux back in.

Interview segment with Ray and Roode. Sting comes out and adds himself as enforcer to the match at the PPV. He books Ray and Roode vs. Storm and Sting for later on.

Alex Shelley beat Doug Williams and Austin Aries in a 3 way, pinning Aries with the Sliced Bread after Aries had kicked Williams low following a Chaos Theory on Shelley.

Magnus and Joe promo. Huge pop for Magnus' "this is England" line. They challenge Crimson and Morgan to the titles at the PPV. Champions come out and send them packing.

Velvet Sky beat Mickie James. Crowd did not know what to make of this face vs. face match. Sky won with an inside cradle.

Then there was a segment with Garrett and Hogan. Crowd turned on Garrett after he got the Hulk Hogan seal of approval. Hogan announced Garrett vs. Gunner for ppv. Eric low- blowed Hogan and Gunner/Eric took out Garrett. Hulk then hulked up. This storyline is not going to go well...

Main event: Sting and Storm beat Roode and Ray when Sting made Roode tap to the Scorpion Deathlock. Ray teased interfering but bailed on Roode.

Slow paced match, but the crowd liked it. Everyone seemed really burned out at this point though.

Post show, Sting gave a speech... Angle ran out and joined in beat down with Ray and Roode. Hogan made the save... Hulking up and hit Ray with a big boot before hitting the same on Angle.

Good show all in. Hogan and Sting got the biggest reaction. The lack of an interval between shows killed the crowd towards the end of show 2. No Kurt Angle or Ric Flair, which was surprising. Pretty much two Impacts using what would have been the house show crew, plus a few names.

[Reavus]

WWE Royal Rumble

John Cena vs. Kane
Winner (worth 2): Kane

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler - John Laurinaitus as special referee
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show - Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3) Daniel Bryan

30 man Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): Chris Jericho

Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: The Miz

Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: David Otunga

Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Sheamus

7th entrant
Prediction: Epico

30th entrant
Prediction:Alberto Del Rio

The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: Sheamus, Randy Orton, Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho

Predict Mick Foley's entry number:
Prediction: 19

[KK]

You'll all be pleased to know Ring Ka King, which aired tonight on Colors, has been uploaded by the channel to YouTube:







Will try to watch tomorrow or Monday.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

The production value looks great, much better than TNA but i'm not learning a new language just to watch that so i'm out.

I'm actually looking forward to the Rumble now. Not sure why, i'm expecting to be disappointed though with the quality of surprise and returning entrants though.

[Cosmo]

Is that Chris Masters in that fourth vid?

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Is that Chris Masters in that fourth vid?

Yes

[Cumberdanes]

Has anyone seen OMG Top 50 Incidents in WWE? I just started watching it and while the child in me is enjoying it the adult in me finds the fact that it's all in character a little insulting. After watching Rise and Fall of WCW and Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling I think OMG could've been done a lot better sans kayfabe.

[YouSmellOfWee]

The production value looks great, much better than TNA but i'm not learning a new language just to watch that so i'm out.

I'm actually looking forward to the Rumble now. Not sure why, i'm expecting to be disappointed though with the quality of surprise and returning entrants though.

Sonjay Dutt repeating everything in Hindi. GENIUS!

[Cosmo]

Watching WM22. Vince McMahon's body terrifies me.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

If I order the rumble in hd can I watch any of the replays on the standard box office? I know the hd showing isn't repeated but I'm not sure if it allows u to watch the replay in standard def? My recordings on sky have been playing up a bit so worried it may not record.

[YouSmellOfWee]

Royal Rumble MSN convo tonight?

[Skippy]

Watching the 2001 Rumble. Ladder match is about to start

Looking forward to tonight too

[YouSmellOfWee]

You'll all be pleased to know Ring Ka King, which aired tonight on Colors, has been uploaded by the channel to YouTube:







Will try to watch tomorrow or Monday.

This is basically going full circle for me. The very first time I watched Wrestling was when I was in Pakistan as a little kid. Now I'm sat here watching an Indian wrestling show

[KK]

If I order the rumble in hd can I watch any of the replays on the standard box office? I know the hd showing isn't repeated but I'm not sure if it allows u to watch the replay in standard def? My recordings on sky have been playing up a bit so worried it may not record.

Yep, you can watch all the replays. They are occasionally edited, though (the sponsor interludes are usually taken out, along with other promotional bits & pieces. William Regal accidentally showing his knob to the world was removed once too).

[Jam-Master Jay]

WWE Royal Rumble

John Cena vs. Kane
Winner (worth 2): Kane

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler - John Laurinaitus as special referee
Winner (worth 3): CM Punk

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show - Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3): Daniel Bryan

30 man Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): Chris Jericho

Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Mark Henry

Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Santino

Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Mark Henry

7th entrant
Prediction: Hawkins

30th entrant
Prediction: Jericho

The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: Randy Orton, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry

Predict Mick Foley's entry number:
Prediction: 22

[KK]

WWE Royal Rumble

John Cena vs. Kane
Winner (worth 2): John Cena

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler - John Laurinaitus as special referee
Winner (worth 3): CM Punk

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show - Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner (worth 3) Daniel Bryan

30 man Royal Rumble
Winner (worth 5): Chris Jericho

Person to spend most time in the rumble
Prediction: Cody Rhodes

Person to spend least time in the rumble
Prediction: Drew McIntyre

Person to get most eliminations
Prediction: Sheamus

7th entrant
Prediction: Hacksaw Jim Duggan

30th entrant
Prediction: Randy Orton

The final four (name only four, one point for each correct)
Predictions: Randy Orton, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Chris Jericho

Predict Mick Foley's entry number:
Prediction: 18