The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Pontius Pilate]

TNA has released Desmond Wolfe aka former ROH champion Nigel McGuinness, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
Wolfe, who had been sidelined for some time with a health issue that prevented him from wrestling for the company, was last seen appearing as the TNA Xplosion Commissioner, setting up a tournament on that internationally syndicated series.

After a stellar run with Ring of Honor that included a ROH title run, Wolfe was slated to sign with WWE but the company opted not to sign him after he went through their screening proces. TNA immediately snapped him up and put him into an angle with Kurt Angle that led to some great matches.

Wolfe was put on the back-burner when the Bischoff-Hogan regime entered the picture and never regained his momentum in the company before injuries forced him out of the ring.

In recent months, he has been writing a sitcom and has also been doing stand-up in the Orlando area.

[A J Styles]

strawberry float OFF TNA!

He could have done well in his current role.

Wolfe

[Rog]

Capitol Punishment is this Sunday. Yay. Some bad news, Skippy has pm'ed me a crude list of his predictions. Unfortunately they won't count and it looks like he won't be around this weekend to predict so it looks like our champ is going to have a huge deficit to make up. Plus with the start of tag battle being this round it will put whoever is matched with him at a disadvantage. Someone did manage to make it all the way to the semis last year on their own so it is possible.

GRAPL Leaderboard
Reavus 29
Balloon Sod 27
DarrenK 26
Teh Bork 24
Zellery 24
Tomvek 22
Lucien 22
J.Vengeance 22
Mafro 21
Miguel007 21
KKLEIN 20
ROTS 20
Mockmaster 19
SimonM_89 19
Sw26 19
Slimgrady 19
JMJ 18
E-man 18
Dig Dug 18
Lonestar 17
Drizzt 17
Damage Inc 17
A J Styles 17
1337grind 17
Hank Scorpio 17
Powers 17
Jim 15
IronMaiden 15
Darkritual 14
Poncho 14
Cosmo 14
Drumstick 14
Dante 13
HailToTheKingBaby! 13
Gaminglegend 13
Irene Demova 12
Prototype 11
Adam Pollard 11
Skippy 9
Cattanomics 8
Rapper 6
Custard 3
Ginga 2

GRAPL TAG BATTLE
For those new to the competition the tag battle is a side game. You don't have to do anything but predict normally. The solo part is still as normal.
You will be matched with another entrant at random and your scores will be added together to form a tag score. If your tag score is higher than your opponents then you win and advance further in the tournament. First round is the qualifier. The 8 teams with the highest score will get 2 bonus points and go into the finals.
REMEMBER THE SOLO GAME IS UNCHANGED.

The Teams
Reavus and Tomvek
Balloon Sod and Mafro
DarrenK and Rapper
Teh Bork and Jim
Zellery and Powers
Lucien and A J Styles
J.Vengeance and Irene Demova
Miguel007 and Ginga
ROTS and Hank Scorpio
Mockmaster and Poncho
SimonM_89 and Custard
Sw26 and Dante
Slimgrady and Drumstick
JMJ and KKLEIN
E-man and Ironmaiden
Dig Dug and Damage Inc
Drizzt and Lonestar
1337grind and Adam Pollard
Darkritual and Prototype
Cosmo and Skippy
HailToTheKingBaby! and Cattanomics
Gaminglegend and (any new entrants or the uber mystery partner)

WWE Capitol Punishment
John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4):
Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4):
Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3):
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3):
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner:
Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner:
CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner:

Bit of a hard card to get anything out of as they are all straight one vs one at the minute. I expect some stipulations to be added on the night.

[Cosmo]

Paired with the champ

Don't strawberry float it up, PP.

[KK]

IMPACT WRESTLING from last night:



Quality is excellent.

[Dark Ritual]

Happy with Prototype.

Predictions:

WWE Capitol Punishment
John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4): John Cena
Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4): Randy Orton
Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3): Ezekiel Jackson
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner: The Miz
Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner: CM Punk

[Mafro]

Rog why isn't my name in gold?

[Rog]

Rog why isn't my name in gold?

Cutbacks.

[DamageInc]

WWE Capitol Punishment
John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4): John Cena
Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4): Christian
Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3): Ezekiel Jackson (bonus round of number of body slams Zek does?)
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner: Alex Riley
Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Big Show
CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner: Rey Mysterio

[Custard]

WWE Capitol Punishment
John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4): John Cena
Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4): Randy Orton
Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3): Ezekiel Jackson
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner: Alex Riley
Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Big Show
CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner: Rey Mysterio

[E-Man]

WWE Capitol Punishment

John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4): John Cena

Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4): Randy Orton

Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3): Ezekiel Jackson

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler

The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner: The Miz

Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Alberto Del Rio

CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner: Rey Mysterio

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Rog why isn't my name in gold?

Cutbacks.

For some reason that really made me laugh.

Anyway, Hank Scorpio? Are you serious? He's nothing but a fraud, an international criminal. He doesn't deserve to tag with the current tag team champ.

On a serious note, I really enjoy the tag battle. I think it adds some extra excitement that carries on for a few months.

I will put my predictions up later as I don't think this ppv is as obvious as some of the recent ones.

[sw26]

Rog why isn't my name in gold?

Cutbacks.

[Mockmaster]

Rog why isn't my name in gold?

Cutbacks.

Well played, sir.

[sw26]

By the way, I got an email from Silvervision this afternoon, and apparently the Nitro DVD is due in stock next week.

[Balloon Sod]

I don't understand why Gunner, of all people, was selected for this push. It seems like the most arbitrary decision.

Half decent Impact overall. I enjoyed the brawl in the car park for what it was, and Kurt using the Angle slam made me laugh

[KK]

By the way, I got an email from Silvervision this afternoon, and apparently the Nitro DVD is due in stock next week.

Yep, Friday. Which is apt.

WCW Nitro is back on Friday nights. Will turn it on at 9 for nostalgia purposes

[Return_of_the_STAR]

WWE Capitol Punishment

John Cena vs. R-Truth
Winner (worth 4): John Cena

Randy Orton vs. Christian
Winner (worth 4): Randy Orton

Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson
Winner (worth 3): Ezekiel Jackson

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner (worth 3): Dolph Ziggler

The Miz vs. Alex Riley
Winner: The Miz

Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio
Winner: Alberto Del Rio

CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
Winner: cm punk

[Mockmaster]

Noone predicting R-Truth winning the big one on Sunday then?

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Noone predicting R-Truth winning the big one on Sunday then?

I was going to but I now think cena will feud with punk after and truth will go onto morrison.