The Wrestling Thread 2017: Thanks for the great year! New Thread Open!

why does wwe make it so hard to love them. :frowning:

The biggest winner of last night? NJPW, and they didn’t even have a show!

For real, been trying to get into wrestling more and WWE is just a mess right now. It’s so weird how they keep doing these finishes that make both guys look so weak. Was KO/AJ a botch? I can’t even tell. That Cersaro/Sheamus v Hardy Boyz match a couple weeks ago where Matt lands his finisher and he gets immediately pinned. What is storytelling?

Can someone explain the workload in WWE versus NJPW or other promotions? I assume they both do around the same number of dark shows, but WWE guys gotta also do SDL and Raw week in week out in addition to ppv’s whereas new japan guys just do one ppv a month right? It feels like WWE matches consist of only 1-3 big spots with actual wrestling moves being done, the rest being strikes and kayfabe injury abuse. NJPW def does some of the same stuff, but you can walk away from a match having seen 5-6 really cool moves that make you pop. Idk, just seems like WWE wrestlers are more worn down by their schedule so they’re never really at 100%

Does NJPW have their site translated into English yet? That’s the only thing holding me back from subbing, can’t navigate through them moon runes. Ibushi and Naito had me jumping out my seat.

Also lol at AJ trying to do the burning hammer on KO but he too thiccc

https://twitter.com/RichardsWesley/status/889573195212349441
Wonder if it also has to do with him and Angelina breaking up…

I really don’t believe so I feel SDL lost quite a bit I mean you lost your top heels as compared to Raw who gave up the ā€œmidā€ card heels. Losing Bray looks to have set SDL back hard because you had continuation with Orton a potential boost to Luke and Rowan who are now sitting on the wayside. Then you had the teased Miz/Nakamura feud that could have been pretty good with The Miz carrying it promo wise instead of having start with Ziggler who has been doing jack ever since.

Where SDL has also fallen is the women’s division they have gotten really lazy as of late just booking them in tag matches and just about destroying all that work at giving them personality the only one who was suffering was Carmella. Now it

NJPW’s workload is much less (though there are plenty of guys who work NJPW along with other promotions so mileage may vary on who you are) than WWE’s. NJPW has less shows (outside of G1 time, aka now) and a majority of matches worked are tags which put less strain on the body. Not counting the Four Singles Tourneys in the year (of which talent may only work 1-2 of), even the top guys only work around…10 Singles matches a year.

NJPW World is in English, though the English is a bit shaky but you can definitely navigate it.

Lastly AJ wasn’t trying to do the Burning Hammer, that spinout bomb move is part of his natural repertoire.

Davey has a really shitty attitude to.

i enjoy hearing Jae shit on Davey. And Charlotte.

oh look davey richards leaves another promotion

Are we really shitting on him going to Medical School? I mean, there are plenty of times to shit on him, now is not one of them.

Davey can put on a damn good match when he wants to.

He’s quit promotions to pursuit his career so many times and has announced his retirement so many times it’s not even shocking or funny anymore. He comes back 3-6 months later and will stay around for about a year or so and then announce he’s retiring or leaving wrestling to pursuit his career again.

Oh right. Meh, either way, let him.

he shouldn’t had made a big deal about the trainers calling him out for his bullshit when he and edwards had their match in nxt. he’d be set.

he’s also just a shit person in general. I know a few people who went to wrestling school with him and they said he’d always been a drama queen and takes himself way too seriously. like low ki levels.

the best thing about Davey Richards was the feud with the Briscoe brothers and promos they cut about MMA and mouthpieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELOn2amIn_w

thats arguably the best promo the briscoes have ever done and that feud was really good too.

terry funk ain’t need no mouth piece!

edit: this is another really good briscoe brothers promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnzOZBtyP8Y

My favourite Briscoe related promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riHEocUuAdU

Joe is the badass wwe needed. If he gets the strap at SS it’ll be huge.

Roman with those Bars on the mic! lol