Monthly News Thread (August 2018)

[M.C.G. 31]

thermonuclear take

that mother f***er ratted out Ventura when he was trying to start a union to protect the wrestlers. f*** Terry Bollea.

 

[Cor]

Wonder if we see any callups to the main roster following Summerslam, always good to see the callups from NXT.

Prior to the injury to Black, I believed that whoever kept the title would stay in NXT until April, and the other two would be going to the main roster.

Now, I would say it's likely they all stay, with possible Rumble debuts in January.

jericho revealed he pitch to vince IWGP IC title vs WWE IC title with Rollins at Summerslam.

That sounds something the fans would want to see, so no

 

[GKJ]

I can’t imagine NJPW would be cool with that especially since Jericho would have to lose.

Hogan wasn’t concerned about the brotherhood when he tatted everyone out to Vince when they tried to unionize.

Wrestlers today have made themselves more accessible. There’s probably more of a ‘brotherhood’ today than there was then

 

[SeidoN]

I can’t imagine NJPW would be cool with that especially since Jericho would have to lose.

I read that Jericho pitched a DQ finish in Rollins favour. Rollins gets the win, but Jericho gets to be a heat magnet

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Rumor is Summerslam will be in Toronto next year. Wonder if they are gonna move it around again or Toronto will have it for multiple years?

 

[Lunatik]

Rumor is Summerslam will be in Toronto next year. Wonder if they are gonna move it around again or Toronto will have it for multiple years?

I wonder if it is something they could make an outdoor event too. BMO field would be an interesting venue, it's not WM sized, but 35-40k for Summer Slam would be great. It's also small enough they could try Takeover outdoors too, since the Summer Slam Takeover is their WM.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I wonder if it is something they could make an outdoor event too. BMO field would be an interesting venue, it's not WM sized, but 35-40k for Summer Slam would be great. It's also small enough they could try Takeover outdoors too, since the Summer Slam Takeover is their WM.

Not sure if that capacity will make it financially worth it for WWE to spend money setting the stage up outdoors. Unless I am mistaken, these logistics cost less indoors.

 

[Cor]

I imagine it will be Rogers Centre.

 

[Cor]

- Dolph Ziggler was asked about his contract status at a Be A Star event yesterday. He said we'll have to see what happens Sunday or Monday, and that he has heard that his contract is expiring soon, but he also has heard multiple times that he had signed extensions, and that he hasn't. The reporter asked Dolph if he was giving him a "No Comment" and Dolph replied with; "I’m giving you a comment. I’ve been doing some great work and looking forward to doing what I do and Sunday or Monday, we’ll see what direction we’re heading in afterwards"

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Bolea sounds demented honestly. He's losing it upstairs. Sad to see a bit. No excuse for spouting racist remarks and the mentality of "if you didn't accept my bull**** apology, you're against me". I hope he gets booed if he comes back on TV.

This is pretty much par for the course with Hogan practically has entire time since becoming the man. Everything he says is pretty much through the lens of how it affects him and that's it.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I imagine it will be Rogers Centre.

Think Toronto will pack Rogers Centre for Summerslam with shoddy product they are putting on these days?

Wrestlemania, no doubter. Not sure about Summerslam.

 

[Lunatik]

Regarding Hogan.... the more people talk about him,, the more attention he gets. This is entertainment and as long as people are still talking about him, he's still a star. The best think the anti-Hogan crowd can do, is shut up and let him fade away into obscurity.

 

[Cor]

Think Toronto will pack Rogers Centre for Summerslam with shoddy product they are putting on these days?

Wrestlemania, no doubter. Not sure about Summerslam.

A PPV in Canada will be packed.

 

[Jussi]

A PPV in Canada will be packed.

Unless it's in Ottawa.

 

[Cor]

Unless it's in Ottawa.

You know what’s funny?

When the Leafs play in Ottawa literally thousands of people drive 5 hours to watch the game, but then people who live in Ottawa complain about driving 25 minutes to the arena for any other game.

 

[Cor]

- Rey Mysterio and the WWE have seemingly finally agreed to a contract. Rey Mysterio has been pulled from the August 24th Northwest Wrestling Event. In their announcement, the company said Rey could no longer attend due to his contract situation with the WWE.

Rey has not been pulled from the All In Event, so it appears he got the WWE to allow him to work that event

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Wade Keller told a story about how after WM28 when The Miz found out the writers weren't invited to the WM28 after party, Miz and Maryse (Maryse also wasn't invited to the after party) bought all of the creative team dinner and Miz didn't attend the party either.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Regarding Hogan.... the more people talk about him,, the more attention he gets. This is entertainment and as long as people are still talking about him, he's still a star. The best think the anti-Hogan crowd can do, is shut up and let him fade away into obscurity.

I disagree. One, not talking about Hogan isn't the only way to let him fade away into obscurity. Talking about that stuff to where his brand morphs into something so toxic that no one will want to touch him is a way to make him fade away as well. Two, ignoring it only enables the concept that famous people are allowed to be racist without suffering consequences or at the very least it's cowardly not to shine a light on that kind of stuff even if you think talking about it gives him a net positive with the attention he gets. Getting attention isn't by default always good for entertainers.

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Wade Keller told a story about how after WM28 when The Miz found out the writers weren't invited to the WM28 after party, Miz and Maryse (Maryse also wasn't invited to the after party) bought all of the creative team dinner and Miz didn't attend the party either.

Everytime you hear about Miz out of character, he seems like a really awesome person. He's really matured from his early days. I think he doesn't get the credit that he deserves for his whole body of work.

 

[SeidoN]

posted in the spoiler thread, but WWE has now made it official

 

[Jussi]

posted in the spoiler thread, but WWE has now made it official

That increases the likelyhood of her not having a title at that time. Which would be nice.

 

[Del Preston]

posted in the spoiler thread, but WWE has now made it official

Sasha said in an interview yesterday that she wanted to wrestle Trish at Evolution. Lots of anger from her fans on Twitter about Alexa getting the match instead.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

that mother ****er ratted out Ventura when he was trying to start a union to protect the wrestlers. **** Terry Bollea.

Jesse is a quite a piece of s***, himself.

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Sasha said in an interview yesterday that she wanted to wrestle Trish at Evolution. Lots of anger from her fans on Twitter about Alexa getting the match instead.

Sasha hasn't been all that great for about a year though.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Jesse is a quite a piece of s***, himself.

Much less so than Hogan.