Official Wrestling Talk Thread

[Pugz]

- Thomas Golianopoulos of Grantland.com recently did an interesting article on actor Tommy "Tiny" Lister, better known to wrestling fans as Zeus. The article contains quotes from Hulk Hogan, who feuded with Zeus in WWE and WCW, and starred with him in No Holds Barred. Zeus noted that WWE paid him $56,000 for SummerSlam, $17,000 for Saturday Night's Main Event, $40,000 for No Holds Barred: The Match and $35,000 for Survivor Series. Zeus says he wasn't interested in wrestling at first and talked about negotiating with Vince McMahon:

"I aint really into putting my hand up in between some dudes legs. Vince McMahon was a great negotiator. He would already wire the money into my account before he even started [negotiating]. Whos going to say no? Youre going to take $56,000 out of your checking account?"

 

[Pugz]

http://www.ringsidenews.com/article/20132/tna-event-at-minor-league-baseball-stadium-draws-less-than-300-fans/

they need to quit.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

It's make or break for them when they come here to NYC. They still haven't even sold half of the tickets for the events they are running here. This is to impress Spike TV and have them re-sign with them

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 

Jason David Frank Rips Off CM Punk's Best in the World T-Shirt

Former Power Rangers star & MMA Fighter Jason David Frank put out a new t-shirt that looks very similar to CM Punk's "Best in the World" t-shirt, basically a complete rip off. You can check it out below:

After Punk left WWE, Frank challenged Punk to an MMA fight, however the former WWE Superstar has yet to answer back.

 
Lmao

 

[The Guid]

If it wasn't $30, I'd buy one lol

 

[Pugz]

to be fair, that logo is a ripoff of the old pride fighting logo

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
Next opponent for Rusev
While there are talks of shotgunning him into a big time program with John Cena, it appears that there are some backstage in WWE that are pushing upper management to ease the gas pedal a bit on the Rusev push. Rumors are floating around that the company could utilize Mark Henry as his next opponent, as his status as a former world champion could help add credibility to the Bulgarian character. A match between the two is reportedly penciled in for Money in the Bank 2014

 
Facing John Cena will lead you to Jobber level.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 
pdate On John Cena’s Condition: Did He Suffer A Concussion?, More On Eye Injury
 

As we noted earlier today, John Cena suffered an eye injury after taking a bad headbutt from Bray Wyatt at the WWE live event on Saturday night in Madison, Wisconsin. Cena’s eye is reportedly swollen completely shut and is said to look awful today.
There was some concern that Cena potentially suffered a concussion as well on Saturday night, however he is booked for tonight’s WWE live event in Rochester, Minnesota.
WWE did change his match to a six-man tag-team match, with Cena teaming with The Usos to take on all three members of The Wyatt Family, which will help limit the amount of physicality he will need to do, but does confirm that he didn’t suffer a concussion. Had he suffered a concussion, there is no way WWE would have put him back in the ring 24 hours later, especially on a non-televised event.

Waits for a fan come up to him and say You cant see me lol.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 


Exclusive: Daniel Bryan Will NOT Be Medically Cleared For Money In The Bank
 

SEScoops.com has learned that WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan will NOT be medically cleared to compete at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view, which takes place on Sunday, June 29th from the TD Garden in Boston, MA.
 
As of last week, there was still hope that Bryan would be cleared by then – however, we just heard exclusively from a source backstage at RAW from the Target Center in Minneapolis that Bryan got the news from his doctors that he definitely will NOT be able to wrestle this month.
As such, Bryan will be forced to surrender the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and a new champion will be crowned at the pay-per-view.

 

[Pugz]

F4Wonline.com has confirmed the earlier report that Daniel Bryan will not be cleared to defend his WWE World Heavyweight title at Money In the Bank.

Bryan learned this bad news from his doctors this past Thursday or Friday and WWE officials were made aware also. It's expected that Bryan will be officially stripped on RAW tonight and that the Money In the Bank Ladder Match will officially be announced for the title.

It's said that officials have already decided on who the next WWE World Heavyweight Champion will be but we don't know who that is yet.

PWInsider adds that word from RAW this afternoon is that Bryan's neck isn't doing well at all.

sounds like it'll be a good raw and mitb should be good too.

 

[Teagz]

I'll put my money on Cesaro winning the ladder match to set up him and Lesnar at SummerSlam

 

[Pugz]

as far as i know they still have plans for bryan and lesnar since it seems to be a week to week basis if bryan getting checked out.

the heyman guy feud would sell but it also buries cesaro since lesnar has it in his contract to be champion.

if he dies win, id expect another triple threat between lesnar, cesaro, and bryan. stops cesaro from getting buried and would lead to a good feud between bryan and cesaro.

 

[Pugz]

i also read that rollins will get ambrose, randy will get reigns, and they'll all feud until reigns goes over trips at SS. that'll all likely change though.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Wouldn't be surprised if Cena or Orton wins the title again

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 




June 9, 2014


 

After speaking with WWE sources, WZ can confirm Kevin Steen has signed a deal with WWE.
The former Ring of Honor World Champion has been rumored to have been on WWE's radar for quite sometime. We had previously reported that Steen was part of a try-out camp for WWE, but nothing more was known regarding the probability of him being signed.
He has now signed, and is expected to finish up his independent bookings and obligations. An exact time is unknown as to when he will report to the NXT Performance Center, but Steen is still advertised for independent shows through the month of June.

Didn't think that would happen

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Here comes the new member of the Shield or Just Cena lol.

 

[Teagz]

Steen/Zayn is gonna be fun when/if it happens.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

R.I.P. Sheamus Jaw

 

[Pugz]

Steen/Zayn is gonna be fun when/if it happens.

both could be on the main card and would be big draws. sucks they'll likely both be mid carders =\

 

[Teagz]

I hope they let Steen use his real name. I don't really like how everyone who comes in gets a WWE-ized name.