Wrestling Thread Aug 11-24 | 8/18 RAW - Brock DESTROYS Cena, New WWE Title Belt (Bye Big Gold)

Franknbeans said:
smackdown officially moving to thursday nights october 2nd 
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Like back in the day?
 
PLVN said:
Really good read...thanks Peep.

Any info on the Hayes/Henry incident? Hayes always seemed like a real doucher to me and I've heard a few stories that definitely reinforce that perception.

The Masked Man's book has an entire chapter on racial stereotypes in professional wrestling. Anyone read it?
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Excerpt from this article:
http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...yes-for-getting-rosa-mendes-back-on-the-booze

Eventually his drunken escapades caught up with him, as he was suspended for 60 days from his position as head Smackdown writer in April 2008 when Mark Henry complained about Hayes telling him "I'm more of a ****** than you are!" at the official WrestleMania 24 after party. That may have taught him to knock off the racial slurs, but obviously not to lay off the alcohol.
 
@CelticsPride34 - Do you have any of those PWG matches from this list? Dragon Gate ones as well?

Updated for 7/7 (New additions in bold) - http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/...matches-of-the-year-thread/page-9#entry217038
NOW JAN 1 – DEC 31

WWE:
The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (2/23) *****
Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Batista (4/6) ****1/2
Daniel Bryan vs. HHH (4/6) ****1/2
Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt (1/26) ****1/2
Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn (2/27) ****1/2
Antonio Cesaro vs. John Cena (2/17) ****1/2
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (Last Man Standing) (6/1) ****1/2
The Shield vs. Evolution (5/4) ****1/4
The Elimination Chamber (2/23) ****1/4
The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (4/8) ****1/4
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (4/6) ****1/4
The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (3/3) ****1/4
John Cena vs. Luke Harper (3/24) ****
Real Americans vs. The Shield (3/24) ****
Antonio Cesaro vs. Randy Orton (2/17) ****
The Shield vs. Bryan/Cena/Sheamus (1/27) ****
Paige vs. Emma (2/27) ****
CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns (1/6) ****
The Shield vs. CM Punk & The Usos (1/3) ****
Rusev vs. Big E (6/29) ****
The Wyatt Family vs. The Usos (6/29) ****
The Shield vs. Evolution (Elimination) (6/1) ****

Puro:
Masato Yoshino vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (1/16) (DG) *****
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (2/11) (NJPW) ****3/4
Ricochet vs. Uhaa Nation (3/6) (DG) ****3/4
Akira Tozawa vs. T-Hawk (5/9) (DG) ****3/4
Takagi/Yoshino/Tozawa vs. Hulk/Doi/Kong vs. Kanda/Kagetora/QuuQuu vs/ Eita/T-Hawk/Flamita (4/8) (DG) ****1/2
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (4/6) (NJPW) ****1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (4/6) (NJPW) ****1/2
Takagi/Yoshino/Tozawa vs. Susumu/Kagetora/Horiguchi vs, Eita/Maria/Flamita (3/6) (DG) ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (3/6) (NJPW) ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto (2/11) (NJPW) ****1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (2/9) (NJPW) ****1/2
Okada/Nakamura/Ishii vs. Goto/Tanahashi/Naito (2/2) (NJPW) ****1/2
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi (5/25) (NJPW) ****1/2
Tozawa/Takagi vs. Mochizuki/Fujii (5/5) (DG) ****1/2
YAMATO vs. Ricochet (5/5) (DG) ****1/2
The Young Buck$ vs. The Timesplitters (6/21) (NJPW) ****1/2
Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet (6/21) (NJPW) ****1/2
Flamita vs. Jimmy Susumu (5/5) (DG) ****1/4
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (5/3) (NJPW) ****1/4
Daisuke Harada vs. Atsushi Kotoge (4/19) (NOAH) ****1/4
AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada (5/25) (NJPW) ****1/4
YAMATO vs. Uhaa Nation (4/8) (DG) ****1/4
Taiji Ishimori vs. Daisuke Harada (3/8) (NOAH) ****1/4
Akebono vs. Go Shiozaki (2/23) (AJPW) ****1/4
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (3/15) (NJPW) ****1/4
Taiji Ishimori vs. Hajime Ohara (1/19) (NOAH) ****1/4
Shibata/Goto vs. Okada/YOSHI-HASHI (2/9) (NJPW) ****1/4
Atsushi Aoki vs. Kotaro Suzuki (2/5) (AJPW) ****1/4
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/4
Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori (6/15) (AJPW) ****1/4
Goto/Shibata vs. Tanahashi/Naito (7/4) (NJPW) ****1/4
Monster Express vs.. The Millenials (7/3) (DG) ****1/4
Monster Express vs. The Jimmys (6/5) (DG) ****1/4
Mochizuki/Kid vs. T-Hawk/Eita (6/5) (DG) ****1/4
Sekimoto/Miyahara vs. Hino/Sato (6/8) (FD) ****
Goto/Shibata vs. Honma/Makabe (6/29) (NJPW) ****
Jimmy Susumu vs. T-Hawk (5/31) (DG) ****
Kenny Omega vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (5/30) (NJPW) ****
Kenny Omega vs. El Desperado (6/3) (NJPW) ****
Golden Lovers vs. Yankii Ni Cho Kenji vs. Endo/Take****a (1/26) (DDT) ****
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. T-Hawk (1/12) (DG) ****
Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!! vs. Super Shiisa (1/12) (DG) ****
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (1/4) (NJPW) ****
Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi (1/4) (NJPW) ****
KENTA vs. Takeshi Morishima (1/5) (NOAH) ****
Mascara Dorada vs. Volador Jr. (1/19) (NJPW) ****
Akebono vs. Kento Miyahara (3/18) (AJPW) ****
Masato Yoshino vs. Ricochet (3/2) (DG) ****
The Jimmys vs. CIMA/Shiisa/K-Ness (3/2) (DG) ****
Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!! vs. Yosuke SantaMaria (3/1) (DG) ****
Yuji Nagata vs. KENTA (2/22) (NOAH) ****
Nakamura/Ishii vs. Naito/Tanahashi (3/6) (NJPW) ****
Yuji Nagata vs. Mohammed Yone (5/17) (NOAH) ****
Millenials vs. Kid/K-Ness/Shiisa (5/5) (DG) ****
Escape The Cage Mascara Contra Caballera (5/5) (DG) ****
Millenials vs. Ricochet/Takagi/Yoshino (5/5) (DG) ****
HARASHIMA vs. KUDO (3/21) (DDT) ****

PWG:
African-American Wolves vs. Inner City Machine Guns vs. Unbreakable F'N Machines (3/28) ****1/4
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Johnny Gargano (3/28) ****1/4
Chris Hero vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Drake Younger vs. Kyle O’Reilly (1/31) ****1/4
Mount Rushmore vs. Gargano, Alexander, Lee (5/23) ****1/4
Rich Swann vs. AR Fox (5/23) ****
ACH vs. Ricochet (5/23) ****
Trevor Lee vs. Andrew Everett vs. Cedric Alexander (3/28) ****
Inner City Machine Guns vs. African American Wolves (1/31) ****

DGUSA/EVOLVE:
Johnny Gargano vs. Ricochet (4/4) ****1/4
Masato Tanaka vs. Chris Hero (4/4) ****1/4
AR Fox vs. Chris Hero (2/23) ****1/4
Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong (2/23) ****
Nese/Trent vs. Swann/Strickland (2/23) ****
Ricochet vs. Chris Hero (1/10) ****

ROH:
reDRagon vs. The Young Buck$ (5/17) ****1/2
AJ Styles vs. Roderick Strong (2/1) ****1/4
Chris Hero vs. Roderick Strong (3/7) ****1/4
reDRagon vs. The Young Buck$ (3/8) ****1/4
AJ Styles vs. Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada (5/17) ****
Kevin Steen vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (5/17) ****
reDRagon vs. Adrenaline RUSH (2/21) ****

wXw:
Tommy End vs. Jonathan Gresham (3/15) ****1/2
Adam Cole vs. Chris Hero (3/16) ****1/4
Johnny Gargano vs. Big Van Walter (3/15) ****1/4
Hot & Spicy vs. Inner City Machine Guns (3/14) ****1/4

Other:
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (6/15) (RevPro) ****3/4
Prince Devitt vs. Adam Cole (6/15) (RevPro) ****1/2
Virus vs. Titan (1/28) (CMLL) ****1/2
Jimmy Havoc vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (1/26) (PROGRESS) ****1/4
Swords Of Essex vs. FSU (1/26) (PROGRESS) ****1/4
Prince Devitt vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (5/18) (PROGRESS) ****1/4
Danny Cannon vs. Michael Elgin (3/9) (IWA: MS) ****1/4
2Unlimited vs. Osperay/McCluskey (6/15) (RevPro) ****
Marty Scurll vs. Kevin Steen (6/15) (RevPro) ****
Swords Of Essex vs. Project Ego vs. London Riots vs. Haskins/Samuels (5/18) (PROGRESS) ****
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Josh Alexander (6/8) (SMASH) ****
Jimmy Havoc vs. Rampage Brown vs. Marty Scurll (3/30) (PROGRESS) ****
Timothy Thatcher vs. Drew Gulak (4/4) (Wrestling Odyssey) ****
Timothy Thatcher vs. Biff Busick (4/13) (Beyond) ****
Danny Cannon vs. Buxx Belmar vs. Davey Vega vs. Matt Cage (2/16) (Beyond) ****
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Peep Game said:
Excerpt from this article:
http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...yes-for-getting-rosa-mendes-back-on-the-booze

Eventually his drunken escapades caught up with him, as he was suspended for 60 days from his position as head Smackdown writer in April 2008 when Mark Henry complained about Hayes telling him "I'm more of a ****** than you are!" at the official WrestleMania 24 after party. That may have taught him to knock off the racial slurs, but obviously not to lay off the alcohol.
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He probably turned out the Hardyz too
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Foley: "If he [CM Punk] becomes that guy collecting the part time check then he gets the last laugh but he does it at the expense of his ideals."
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Was reading an excerpt from Mick Foley's interview on Austin's podcast on Cage Side Seats and I might have to check this out.
 
UrBetterthenME said:
Sorry, but far too many rest holds.
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They pace themselves in 20 min matches. In general regardless of company. But I could see how you would possibly feel that way. One thing I've noticed watching more njpw and other Japanese wrestling matches is a gradual build with submissions at the earlier phases and more of a frenetic pace towards the close. Did you watch the D Bryan and Kenta match posted on the previous page, cause that one had even more holds by comparison...
 
Anyone have an idea of who the new NXT General Manager might be? And will they even have JBL address why he's no longer in the position? They could have parlayed that into info on why he was being so grouchy on commentary last week but that would make sense...WWE Logic :frown:
 
Franknbeans said:
1000th post

just wanna take the time to thank all of NTWT homies for getting me back into wrestling and helping me regain my passion for the biz.also for making me actually becoming active on this nt forum,ya my dudes man,regardless of who ya cheer for or how old ya are or whether you loved wcw,wwe,njpw,tna lol or whatever i love ya guys man.thanks for making my time on this forum entertaining.:pimp:

ok no more breaking kayfabe,back to the REAL HEEL 8)  
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@BigEgo24 , Remember that "rest holds" happen after action. In Japan, the matches start off slow. Lot of mat based wrestling. Lots of chain wrestling. It is not rest hold wrestling. Big difference. It seems slow a lot of times but it usually builds up gradually. That is just how they do things over there.
 
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DCAllAmerican said:
@BigEgo24 , Remember that "rest holds" happen after action. In Japan, the matches start off slow. Lot of mat based wrestling. Lots of chain wrestling. It is not rest hold wrestling. Big difference. It seems slow a lot of times but it usually builds up gradually. That is just how they do things over there.
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Don't forget to mention that in Japanese wrestling they stand in the middle of the ring and hit each other with forearms about 638 times..
 
DCAllAmerican said:
Hate it
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When did they start doing that?..In the 80's the NWA and Japanese wrestlers always did "chop exchanges" in the middle of the ring, but it only happened 1 or 2 times a match..That trend continued into the 90's pretty heavily in WCW and Benoit carried it to WWE..But all the current Japanese matches I've been watching have matches where they exchange forearms several times per match and the "trading kicks to the chest" thing too..When did this start being a normal thing?..Do you know who is the "inventor" of this?..
 
It became mainstream during the Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe match. But it has always existed.

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DCAllAmerican said:
It became mainstream during the Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe match. But it has always existed.

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That Samoa Joe Kobashi match was super over rated. Kobashi was not "Kobashi" he used to be. It was actually just a decent. We were only hyped cause Joe was THE MAN at that time and Kobashi is a legend. Its like if we got a KENTA vs Koji Kanemoto match right now. Would be cool, but Koji ain't Koji no more.
 
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