The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Mafro]

Yeah they've cut that bit off. Austin walks away followed by the camera, and you hear her in the background answering the phone like he told her.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I remember watching the angle and thinking how great it was, i was so shocked as i had no idea that Vince would have been the higher power. It was done so well. Fantastic television. The problem is i just wish that i could be genuinely shocked again. We all know that JA is involved at present and we believe that vince probably is too.

It would be awesome though if it turned out to be Shane McMahon and him leaving the company nearly two years ago was one massive swerve.

N.B. obviously not going to happen

[KK]

Watching the end of Hell in a Cell again, if it was me I would have taken the camera backstage, through the gorilla position, & shown them being put in a police car. Jim Ross was being his old self (first time in ages) but both Cole & Booker T were a doing a lousy job. They were too calm.

[Mafro]

R-Truth decking the cameraman in the cell twice

[sw26]

Has that video been cut? I'd need to watch the original again, because I swear I remember her answering the phone & doing it in the manner Austin just told her to.

Glorious.

[captain red dog]

I thought the PPV was pretty good overall, some nice spots and an awesome ending. I'm looking forward to seeing where this Truth/Miz angle goes. Surely HHH has to have some kind of repercussion from the Board given he was brought in as the board had no confidence in Vince, but HHH has had things turn chaotic on his watch?

Felt a bit sad to see Kelly Kelly finally lose as I think she has come a long way of the last few months even if she can't run the ropes.

Very surprised they had Henry beat Orton clean again. I wonder if they will go down the route where nobody wants to face him for the title or something. Looking forward to Raw tonight.

[Rog]

So Hell in a Cell was last night. Haven't watched it yet but it sounds like a dud. So yeah.

WWE Hell in a Cell
Adam Pollard 19
J.Vengeance 18
Ginga 18
Cosmo 16
Zellery 14
KKLEIN 14
Jim 14
Darkritual 14
Dig Dug 13
Drizzt 13
Tomvek 13
E-man 13
Damage Inc 13
Hank Scorpio 13
IronMaiden 13
Custard 13
Sandycoin 13
Mafro 13
Slimgrady 12
Mockmaster 10
Lucien 10
Balloon Sod 10
Miguel007 10
Prototype 10
Powers 10
Reavus 10
ROTS 10
A J Styles 10
JMJ 10
Gaminglegend 10
Banjo 9
Sw26 8
Teh Bork 8
DarrenK 8
Drumstick 8
1337grind 8
Lonestar 8
Skippy 8
Poncho 5
Dante 2

Cattanomics posted his predictions at 1:00am, one minute past the deadline. Sorry dude.

In better news, Pollard got a perfect score! Lots came close but botched it at the final question.

GRAPL Leaderboard
Mockmaster 88
J.Vengeance 86
Lucien 85
Dig Dug 83
Zellery 81
KKLEIN 78
Sw26 77
Jim 76
Balloon Sod 76
Adam Pollard 75
Darkritual 74
Drizzt 74
Miguel007 73
Prototype 73
Powers 73
Reavus 71
Teh Bork 71
ROTS 70
Tomvek 69
DarrenK 69
Slimgrady 68
A J Styles 68
Dante 68
E-man 66
Cosmo 65
Drumstick 65
Damage Inc 64
Hank Scorpio 63
JMJ 63
Mafro 63
IronMaiden 61
Poncho 61
1337grind 58
Lonestar 57
Ginga 56
Gaminglegend 56
Custard 55
SimonM_89 49
Cattanomics 44
Sandycoin 41
Skippy 41
Irene Demova 28
HailToTheKingBaby! 19
Banjo 15
Rapper 6

So the mod-cheating-spurs-whore is top still. J.Vengeance has gained a lot of ground though. Lets see if he has what it takes to go top.

I will see you October 16th

[Corazon de Leon]

Who is JA?

[Rog]

Who is JA?

Where does it say that?

Oh you're talking to ROTS miles up the page. Johnny Ace.

[KK]

Has that video been cut? I'd need to watch the original again, because I swear I remember her answering the phone & doing it in the manner Austin just told her to.

Glorious.

There you go. Could have easily got more mileage out of this storyline. Didn't last long enough leading in to King of the Ring,


MVP's new rap song...

[Banjo]

I'm beginning to really like Cody Rhodes, but his match last night had my personal favourite moment. Oh gooseberry fool, he's going to defend it tonight, who against? He could lose that beautiful belt within 15 minutes of bringing it ba- Oh, it's John Morrison. Title retained.

[Psychic]

My thoughts at the time exactly.

[Slimgrady]

MVP's new rap song...

Thats actually not too bad,plus he's wearing a united jersey in it,so it gets the much coveted Slimgradys thumbs up!

[Chocolate Jim]

The amount of times Booker rinse repeats 'You gotta be kidding me' .... eugh
Cole started out fine, JR was good, Booker was .....Booker.

It was the tedium of the Sin Cara match which set it all off. It totally went to gooseberry fool then.
It needs to go back to a 2 man-booth.

[Psychic]

What? I thought the announcers were very good last night. Cole had a couple of slips back into maniac mode but on the whole I felt they built up the wrestlers and matches as important and interesting.

[captain red dog]

Yeah Cole started off well and there was some nice banter. Cole did go a bit mental in places but nothing too bad. I don't get the Booker hate, he has some really funny back and forths with Cole.

[Corazon de Leon]

Who is JA?

Where does it say that?

Oh you're talking to ROTS miles up the page. Johnny Ace.

Cheers.

[Chocolate Jim]

What? I thought the announcers were very good last night.

Honestly listen back and you will want to ram your head in an oven given the amount of times he says 'YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME'. There are signature lines that each commentator has 'mudhole' etc etc but this .... this was just so irritating.

EDIT:

ROG - Cheers for the GRAPL update chap. I feel like I have been making good ground on the lead in the last few PPVs. I think if we did a bit of a form guide look at things I would have to be nearing the top. It's a shame you are as disfranchised with the product as I seemingly am now. If this was your last year running GRAPL then I would fear for my viewership entirely.

[Mockmaster]

Anyone think Smackdown will build to a SS with a monster team? Henry, Show, Kane, Brodus Clay... someone else.

If they did it would be a bit awkward, being that Henry put Kane and Show on the shelf. Not to say they couldn't incorporate that into the story.

Cheers for your words Rog, your heartfelt support is what keeps me going in GRAPL

[Chocolate Jim]

Anyone think Smackdown will build to a SS with a monster team? Henry, Show, Kane, Brodus Clay... someone else.

If they did it would be a bit awkward, being that Henry put Kane and Show on the shelf. Not to say they couldn't incorporate that into the story.

+ Henry will have a total match
+ Brodus hasn't been trusted with a mainstream TV match yet since his return

... apart from those three reasons we are all good to go
.... this is so happening now