Wrestling Thread (WWE, AEW, etc)

Originally posted by evil:
Toni Storm got released.

Aint that some SHYTE

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
I heard Punk is amazing backstage. Anyone in the locker room can come up to him and pick his brain.He's easy to talk to and will take the time to help anyone out. He's really enjoying himself there.

Cody was rumored to be a hardass but Fuego Del Sol put that to rest on twitter and aired it out that Cody is great backstage.

JR is coming back soon too from his skin cancer treatments..

Great time to be a fan r n.

I hadn't heard about Punk, I can imagine though, his time off has really made him love & miss the business.

I saw JR came back tonight, new T-Shirt, "Jim F'N Ross Beat Cancer's A**"

Originally posted by dmax:

Originally posted by evil:
Toni Storm got released.

Aint that some SHYTE

She reportedly asked for her release.

FYI for anyone who watched Dynamite last night, the theme O'Reilly & Fish came out to was there theme from their days as ReDragon(which they are again) in ROH.

It's interesting to see how this plays out, the Bucks are trying to keep Cole away from ReDragon, while Cole is tight with both in real life, but Fish on camera, while he's got tension with O'Reilly, as they were a tag team(I think they were known as Future Shock in ROH), but Cole turned on O'Reilly, plus if they're considering what happened in NXT with The Undisputed Era, with those 2 having that final match before Cole debuted at ALL OUT.

My guess is Cole will go back & forth, and when Omega returns, that's when this will explode, cause we all saw how they're teasing Omega/Cole, with the Bucks being torn, but now with ReDragon in AEW, this will be a great feud with The ELITE(Kenny & The Bucks) vs whatever they're called(ReDragon's & Cole), maybe this trios match happens at REVOLUTION in March, their next PPV.

Also, next week is huge lineup, Bryan Danielson/Hangman Part 2, Lucha Bros/Jurassic Express for tag belts, Jade Cargill/Ruby Soho for TBS Women's title, then on the 8th, Battle of the Belts, Britt & Riho, I guess it's a 1 hour show, to make it special, I wonder what other title will be on the line, maybe FTW? Starks/Dante Martin?

Anyway, loving what AEW is doing, in the beginning they had to rely on having Jericho, Bucks, Omega, Cody, Mox, & others to be full time, now they've added CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Cole, O'Reilly, Fish, Black, Andrade, plus MJF, Darby, Sammy, & Jungle Boy have become stars, and even guys like Starks, Hobbs, Cassidy, and now Hook have been looking good, add in Eddie Kingston, FTR, PnP, Lucha Bros, and so much more, the roster is stacked, I'd love to see Johnny Gargano in AEW, but I wonder when enough big names is enough.

I also love what they're doing with Miro, can't wait to see what happens, and the friction between MJF & Wardlow, Wardlow has to give any belts won to MJF, lol, I'm thinking at some point MJF be-riddles Wardlow on Dynamite, Wardlow turns on MJF, Spears, & FTR, MJF fires him, cause he "kayfabe" works for MJF, then Tony Schiovane gets up and says I hate to be the one, actually I love being the one to say that TK has signed Wardlow, and now Wardlow's next match is vs MJF.

AB,

Some rumors point to Gargano possibly debuting in his hometown of Cleveland in late January.

Brody King's likely debut is probably more imminent as Malakai has teased January and King's ROH deal reportedly runs thru Dec 31st.

Also won't be surprised to see Danhausen debut as soon as his leg is healed up in a lower to mid card comedy spot. Lots of Danhausen signs and cutout faces showing up in the crowds at AEW shows and he literally interacts with half of the AEW roster on SM and thru blogs.

Hopefully we also see a Keith Lee debut when his 90 day no compete ends.

Tony has said he will have to start being picker with signings which makes sense. We also will likely see some deals for AEW talent expire and not get renewed and or pushed towards PPA (pay per appearance) deals as they have talent they can choose to move on from given the depth they have built. Only so much TV time to go around.

When is Candice due? No way Johnny starts wrestling again right before the kid is born.

Originally posted by JustinMT:
When is Candice due? No way Johnny starts wrestling again right before the kid is born.

Apparently in February.

Cleveland makes a ton of sense for the homecoming aspect, and technically he only needs to be available for Wednesday nights as they are taping Rampage on Wednesday nights after Dynamite.

Personally I would love to see him not come back until March/April/May whereever it is Allotting more time to pass allows for more fans to forget about him somewhat, which makes for a bigger and better surprise if he shows up on TV as opposed to PPV.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by JustinMT:
When is Candice due? No way Johnny starts wrestling again right before the kid is born.

Apparently in February.

Cleveland makes a ton of sense for the homecoming aspect, and technically he only needs to be available for Wednesday nights as they are taping Rampage on Wednesday nights after Dynamite.

Personally I would love to see him not come back until March/April/May whereever it is Allotting more time to pass allows for more fans to forget about him somewhat, which makes for a bigger and better surprise if he shows up on TV as opposed to PPV.

Same, and I honestly feel like he deserves a bit of a break. Dude carried NXT for so long, let him heal up and enjoy being a dad for a bit before running back into the ring. AEW is full of talent right now so its not like they're desperate to have him there.

Originally posted by JustinMT:
Same, and I honestly feel like he deserves a bit of a break. Dude carried NXT for so long, let him heal up and enjoy being a dad for a bit before running back into the ring. AEW is full of talent right now so its not like they're desperate to have him there.

Yeah time off can allow his body to heal up and feel better than it probably has in quite some time.

And agree wrt AEW, but same if he chose to go back to the WWE.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by JustinMT:
Same, and I honestly feel like he deserves a bit of a break. Dude carried NXT for so long, let him heal up and enjoy being a dad for a bit before running back into the ring. AEW is full of talent right now so its not like they're desperate to have him there.

Yeah time off can allow his body to heal up and feel better than it probably has in quite some time.

And agree wrt AEW, but same if he chose to go back to the WWE.

Oh absolutely, regardless I wouldn't be surprised if he takes off half the year just to be with his family. He seems like a really family oriented guy. lol

Anyone see the new AEW shirt for Sting, Darby, & Punk, War Paint. I love these shirts, bought Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish's shirts today, along with CM Punk's preorder Black BITW shirt. I kind of want to get the Send HOOK shirt too.

Oh, and the Jim Ross shirt I was talking about.

Originally posted by evil:

🏈Tim Tebow or 🐐@The_MJF? @CMPunk shares his true feelings with the #AEWDynamite crowd.pic.twitter.com/9gHU2bRT7i

— FITE (@FiteTV) December 30, 2021

If he has a true pair he would have said Urban Meyer.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by evil:

🏈Tim Tebow or 🐐@The_MJF? @CMPunk shares his true feelings with the #AEWDynamite crowd.pic.twitter.com/9gHU2bRT7i

— FITE (@FiteTV) December 30, 2021

If he has a true pair he would have said Urban Meyer.

Would have still loved to be a fly on the wall when Punk walked back to the backstage after that promo and passed by Tony.