Wrestling 2005

[nekkid]

Of course Hogan has wrestled more people than HBK he has been around for 350 years!!

 

[phynix]

I look forward to the days when Hogan is a distant memory however I feel that I will also be a distant memory as well. Yes Hogan will always be remembered but he only wins today because of what he did a million trillion years ago. Hogan your gone now please dont come back...oh but if you HHH in your travels could you point him towards the WWE again cause they need him bad!!

Angle is the Best!!
HBK is still the showstopper!!
Cena is a kid!
JBL is a bore!
Orton 'could' be the future!
'Taker is getting old!
Hogan is old!

 

[bobobill]

Does Ken Keneddy remind anyone else of Matt Damon from Team America? MATT DAMON! Keneddy Kennedy!

 

[Dillon]

ECW maybe coming back after WM.

 

[Cman]

isn't that kind of obvious? i figured it was after they had the PPV.

 

[Chuck67]

Re: WWE bringing back the ECW brand-

In addition to remaining unconfirmed by other sources, this
rumor comes at a very odd time. It had been recently reported
that WWE was not planning to utilize the ECW brand for anything
other than an annual PPV. While solid, the ECW PPV's buyrate was
hardly better than the average brand-only PPV, which likely came
as a disillusionment to those hoping it would do record numbers.
Both DVDs performed rather well, however.

For those who haven't heard, WWE has made it clear that the team
formerly known as The Dudley Boyz are not allowed to use the name
outside of the company. WWE executives have sent legal letters to
everyone using the “Dudley” name to advertise, telling them to stop.

Bubba and D-Von worked as Team 3D at the Wrestle Reunion 2 show.
It should be noted that when the pair left ECW for WWE six years ago,
Paul Heyman told them that he was giving the team the exclusive
rights to the “Dudley” name because of all they had done for the
company. Apparently Heyman forgot to file the paper work and
WWE ended up retaining the rights to the Dudley names preventing
the names being used outside of a WWE ring.

-C

 

[Dillon]

WWE has signed Vader to a Legend deal.Trish may be back tonight.

 

[nekkid]

As much as I would like to see ECW back. It probably won't, and if it did it would be a WWE'ized version and would never be the same.

 

[Chuck67]

Yeah, i feel the same way about it-- Vince wouldn't stand for a promotion
he didn't create being better than his own. ECW would have to be 'watered down'
to make WWE look good. i'd rather see annual PPVs like ECW's One Night Stand
instead.

BTW, During RAW, Spike TV aired a commercial promoting the start of TNA Impact
in October. There is another month to promote the show on Raw, which is an unprecedented
case of a competing national promotion being promoted during another promotion's
show by the station it's currently on.

TNA Impact on Spike TV will begin Oct. 1 at 11 p.m. saturday nights.

-C

 

[nekkid]

Yeah Chuck even Paul Heyman said that ECW was the right promotion at the right time. He compared it to Nirvana coming out at the right time as a new option to all the "hair" metal at the time. If Nirvana came out again it would have the same effect because it would be as new and exciting.

I read that WWE was not happy about the TNA commercials (although the workers were thrilled). Spike TV said that they went with the commercials because USA had been airing commercials for a new WWE show (I don't know what that is all about). Should be very interesting what WWE does. Two wrestling shows same channel?

Its great for TNA, they need all the exposure they can get, but if I was WWE I would get the hell outta there. It looks like they might be going back to USA anyway with a much worse deal than they got in the late '90's.

How about SMACKDOWN! on fridays? That is gonna blow, I think they desperately need to do something with that show. All the cool shit happens on RAW. Why dont they have a smackdown diva search? They had 2 on raw.Everytime a star like hogan or piper comes back its always on RAW...

 

[Zinista]

Ultimo Dragon's in talks with TNA.... They wanted him to go 1 on 1 with Christopher Daniels a couple of times but Ultimo's Japan schedule didn't allow it..

 

[Chuck67]

Actually nekkid WWE Raw is moving to the USA network in October.
That's the commercials that Spike TV is referring to. No 'new' as much
as a change of networks for the WWE. They are losing two hours of
weekend programming but that's not a big deal for now.

Starting October 1st, 2005, the wrestling landscape will change. WWE
is hoping for the return to great rating on USA like they had a few years
back. Reports have mentioned the USA debut may feature the return of Triple H
but I’d imagine WWE would want to take it a little further than that. Whether
it involves Mick Foley, Steve Austin, Vince McMahon, or whoever else,
i certainly expect the transition to USA to be very exciting, at least for
the short term.

The Friday night debut of Smackdown is scheduled have Batista vs. JBL
and Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio in a steel cage. Hopefully they find
a way to making Smackdown a 'can't-miss' program.

That leads directly to TNA, as taking chances is vital come October 1st. That show will
be the most important in TNA history. For TNA to attract new fans on Spike TV, they’ll
have to consistently air fantastic programming and use word of mouth to attract viewers.

Hopefully this will kick start a new wrestling rivalry like when WCW was around.

-C

 

[nekkid]

I hope you are right. I'd love monday night wars 2! Hopefully sooner than later TNA moves to monday nights instead of saturday nights. Saturday is worse than friday (smackdown). I hope TNA gets some kind of strong financial backing though otherwise WWE stars will just use them as leverage for WWE contracts.

TNA should "call out" or shoot on WWE in these commercials in my opinion just to start a buzz. Does Jeff Jarett's dad still own TNA?

 

[Chuck67]

Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) isn't owned by the Jarretts anymore.
Dixie Carter, President of TNA Entertainment, LLC, runs the promotion.

TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in
Nashville, TN. Strong financial backing isn't a problem for TNA, it's just
been getting a national tv timeslot which they now have with Spike TV.

i'm sure if TNA does good on Saturdays Spilke will consider moving the
program to Monday nights. For the sake of good competition i really hope
that happens!!!

-C

 

[Cman]

you mean for the sake of ANY competition.

 

[Chuck67]

BIG NEWS!!!!

Mick Foley, according to WWE.com, has reached an agreement to
return to WWE television. "We have an agreement," says Foley.
"The papers are just being drawn up. We should be good on it."

-C

 

[Cman]

Seriously, he should just stay home before he kills himself. I find him about as entertaining as Eugene to begin with =/

If they really want to shake things up, they should bring DX back :mrgreen:

 

[bobobill]

I say they need to put Mae Young and Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry back on TV, That was a fantastic angle. I personally like what's happening on Raw,except cena being the chump. Mick Foley will more than likely just be promoting a book, I doubt he will see too much action if any. It would be great if he replaced either Coach or Grisham on Heat.

 

[Chuck67]

Mick Foley didn't sign a contract just to promote a book before and he
isn't now. Sources say he's had the 'itch' to perform lately from all the
independent promotions he's been going to.

Comparing him to Eugene is just....wrong.

Anyways, he will be part of WWE programs for a long term period.
Doubt he'll be doing anything life-threatening but he will provide
entertaining promos for sure.

-C

 

[Da' Pimp]

You know the Rule.

40 pages = Lock Down.

*edit* Unlock Down.