The Wrestling Discussion Thread

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yeah 3 mins is crazy. They been making Randy job to everyone last 2-3 years and now they make him squash someone who defo has a future in WWE (look at the massive pop he got when he first appeared in NXT)… h is a clown.

Kross was a great choice to face Randy… that too in his home of Vegas, even if he lost, it’s his freaking home town. Better for him to not show up at all than feature handing effin brass knuckles to AJ while he wrestles a brainless YouTuber who doesn’t deserve a WM spot

But his shoot promo is gold. Reminded me of that Miz moment with Daniel Bryan.

Absolutely. The guy is incredibly popular—which is quite an achievement, considering he works for TNA, which, no offense, has a very small audience. I really don’t understand what was gained by making him look like a chump? Even a 6-7 minute match, after which Randy raised his hand and didn't hit the second RKO would have been somewhat acceptable by comparison.

I also resent the implication that he should be grateful just for getting a spotlight at WrestleMania with Randy Orton. Making someone look like a jobber in front of 60K people is hardly what I’d call doing them a favor.

 

[Suleiman]

Absolutely. The guy is incredibly popular—which is quite an achievement, considering he works for TNA, which, no offense, has a very small audience. I really don’t understand what was gained by making him look like a chump? Even a 6-7 minute match, after which Randy raised his hand and didn't hit the second RKO would have been somewhat acceptable by comparison.

I also resent the implication that he should be grateful just for getting a spotlight at WrestleMania with Randy Orton. Making someone look like a jobber in front of 60K people is hardly what I’d call doing them a favor.

He also got eliminated from the NXT battle royale or whatever it was right off the bat. He literally entered the ring and was the first one thrown out lmao.

No respect.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

You're missing the point. Everyone knows TNA is not a major promotion. But to have your World Champion squashed like a bug in 3 minutes is still a bad look and creates a very negative perception around the promotion. It could have been anyone but him.

Also, the second RKO was pretty needless. Made him look like a total geek and a fool.

But that's Randy's gimmick. He RKOs everyone. He even did it to Riddle before forming a tag team with him.
I am fine it tbh. Bryan lost to Sheamus in 18 seconds and found a way to get even more over.
Although I do agree that there were better options inside WWE than Hendry for the open challenge.

 

[shaz619]

I know that people loved the Joe Hendry segment/match but I'm in the minority who didn't like this. I mean don't get me wrong, as a moment it was pretty fun and clearly got a great reaction from the crowd too. But man, as someone who doesn't watch TNA, this match made TNA look like such a third-rate promotion. That their World Champion came in only to be jobbed out and beaten within 3 minutes.

The alternative side of this is that TNA has a very small audience and getting on WrestleMania should be considered as some sort of privilege that TNA should be grateful for but I don't agree with this at all. There were a number of people who could have been in this position and it would have worked much better; beginning with Nick Aldis.

The worst part for me was the second RKO after Orton raised Hendry's hand. That made Hendry come across as a such a jobber and a geek. Which is not something I would do to the World Champion of a partner company that I am working with.

I think you can make a case for both arguments, the reason I was cool with it was because WM desperately needed a segment like this, trad booking would obviously see it as a burial and has to see things transpire straight as a whistle, in the moment it was a lot of fun and unexpected. I thought about this because in the middle of the card on other nights there was a ladder match and a title change but this will be remembered.

Alternatively maybe Jeff Hardy could have faced Orton and they coul have had Joe Hendry interrupt Austin ? Not sure if you’d see him getting a stunner as a burial as well, I thought it was such a waste having both HBK and Austin come out to announce the attendance on both nights, the latter especially likes to do a bit more then that, maybe that’s why he was like F this and got drunk before hand, I’ve never seen him ride the quad bike so fast lol

 

[shaz619]

You're missing the point. Everyone knows TNA is not a major promotion. But to have your World Champion squashed like a bug in 3 minutes is still a bad look and creates a very negative perception around the promotion. It could have been anyone but him.

Also, the second RKO was pretty needless. Made him look like a total geek and a fool.

I know what you mean but TNA have put the belt on Hendry when you could argue he’s a mid-card act, similar to Jey Uso, I think they are seeng it more as any publicity is good publicity, in pure booking terms you can defo argue a case for it making him look weak, but I’ve seen far worse & Hendry had a decent little match, I feel like Hendry put more eyeballs on TNA with that, I took it more positively, and that’s also just the nature of his gimmick, I don’t think anyone else from TNA could have pulled it off. You have to admire what TNA are willing to do to generate more attention for their brand and that’s their immediate priority these days. For example, if this was say Moose getting done like that, I would be mad, I’d want to see a more lengthy match.

 

[shaz619]

Maven is a W@nker

 

[shaz619]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915111296388993262

 

[sweep_shot]

Maven is a W@nker

LOL.

BTW, did you see Stevie Richards's YouTube channel? It is called "The Stevie Richards Show".

The Stevie Richards Show

The Stevie Richards Show is the official home of professional wrestling legend, Stevie Richards. Join the respected veteran for a BRAND NEW EPISODE EVERY FRIDAY as he takes deep dives into his own career that spans nearly every major professional wrestling league of the past 30 years, including...

www.youtube.com

 

[shaz619]

What’s going on here:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915204715953991978

 

[shaz619]

LOL.

BTW, did you see Stevie Richards's YouTube channel? It is called "The Stevie Richards Show".

The Stevie Richards Show

The Stevie Richards Show is the official home of professional wrestling legend, Stevie Richards. Join the respected veteran for a BRAND NEW EPISODE EVERY FRIDAY as he takes deep dives into his own career that spans nearly every major professional wrestling league of the past 30 years, including...

www.youtube.com

I haven’t see it so far to be honest, the only sort of wrestling related YT content / commentary I watch / listen to is Jim Cornette’s channel and also the equivalent podcast, is Richard’s channel a rip off of what Maven does?

 

[sweep_shot]

I haven’t see it so far to be honest, the only sort of wrestling related YT content / commentary I watch / listen to is Jim Cornette’s channel and also the equivalent podcast, is Richard’s channel a rip off of what Maven does?

I see.

Yeah. It is similar to Maven's channel. Same type of content.