The Pro Wrestling Thread

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

You owe me five dollars. I Internetted it before the revocation, just to see if the pun were sustainably pardonable.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I will more than likely use the five dollars on Hardee's.

I'm too far away to spend it on Carl's Jr.

[Adam54]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Oh. You said pics. I thought you said pecs.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

There you go. Pics.

[Adam54]

[Adam54]

You owe me five dollars. I Internetted it before the revocation, just to see if the pun were sustainably pardonable.

For Five Dollars, Ol' Beau Watkins....name this man:

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

How can you possibly expect me to identify A.J. Styles when his giant-ass AJ tattoo is covered up like that? (Does it still count if I don't call him Allen Jones?)

[Adam54]

*shakes fist* Damn you Google Image search! Damn you!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Just go on ahead and PayPal the five bucks to my smurfthumper@yahoo.com account. Thanks to Huffy Flounce, I already know you feel that "PayPal is a wonderful thing." I also know that "[your] card, PayPal, and [your] checking account are all the same thing."

[Adam54]

That doesn't sound like anything I'd say.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

To paraphrase Darth Vader:

Search our forums. You know it to be true.

[Adam54]

My card, PayPal, and my checking account are all the same thing.

You said this! You! Take that, Swollen Goiter of God. You can't fool Ol' Skoglund!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Ha ha! Made you look!

[Master Skywalker]

Didn't have time to respond earlier regarding Extreme Rules and the following night's RAW, but let me begin by saying: A-NEEEE-HAAAWWWW! SETH'S BACK, BABY!

Now let me follow that up by saying: Aw HELL NAAAW! Why are you forcing him to play a heel, Vince, you 'roided up geriatric tool?!? I mean, don't get me wrong -- Rollins is TERRIFIC as a heel, but surely it's time to respond to the *natural* reactions of the fans and turn Reigns heel while allowing Rollins to be the babyface. Unless they're building up to it. I could see them doing that. I could also see them keeping Reigns face FOREVER. Until he joins WCW: The Next Gen five years from now, grows his goatee out into a bushy-tipped mustache and goes around killing opponents with the Superman Fingerpoke of Doom.

This storyline with AJ and The Club (ugh) HAS to be leading to Balor's introduction, right? Please don't tell me he's going to pair up with some upper-midcard wrestler who isn't in a program right now. That would most definitely NOT be "phenomenal."

[Adam54]

Exactly. Exactly! There's a great, organic story to be told around Face Rollins vs. Heel Reigns, but they're just flailing around at everything they can to avoid that. It's maddening.

How're you feeling about the brand split? I can easily see Styles being the face of Smackdown, couldn't you? I'd say against a monster heel Balor, but I think Balor would be in that unique club with Rollins among active wrestlers who are going to be cheered at this point because of how much the performers are loved, not anything to do with the characters.

You know, a sort of reverse X-Pac Heat.

[Master Skywalker]

Well, we might be waiting longer to get Balor, because Styles just turned heel and attacked Cena on this week's RAW. Not sure if he, Anderson, and Gallows were just feigning animosity earlier or if he suddenly snapped, but either way, it seems they're already putting him in "above main event" programs where the lack of a championship belt doesn't matter.

[Mal Shot First]

Isn't the animosity usually feigned?

[Adam54]

*sigh* I'm about ready to cancel the Network subscription again. Why turn AJ heel?! WHY?! Are they that desperate for heels?? I thought they were desperate for faces?! But I suppose Super Cena is back now so that's all covered.

Such erratic storytelling since Mania (and before, if you count the sheer pointlessness of the Shane/Undertaker story). Just bizarre.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

<fandom mode="fair-weather>"I can't abide that thar rasslin' if'n I don't get they heel/face sitchiashun whut behooves me!"</fandom>

[Adam54]

For that post, I want my five dollars back.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

It's the only money I have!

*sniff*

[Adam54]

If you give me the $5 back, I'll tell you the exciting news about GLOW....

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Does it have anything to do with Netflix and Jenji Kohan?