Haha, he's seriously in that?

Also, Magnus is ass.

In my humble opinion, Magnus should've gone into the upcoming British tour as a face. Also, Dixieland sounds very wrong.

Is there really an EC3 vs Sting program building in TNA right now???

Holy shit.

An NXT star working a major program with the face of WCW. That's probably way more of a big deal in my mind right now than it is in reality.

I think RybAxel has got more potential than people give it credit for. They just need to built properly. Have them enter into a feud with The Prime Time Players or something.

I'm really surprised by how well Ethan Carter III seems to be working as a character in TNA. I'm not really digging Dixie Carter's thing, but EC3 is pretty brilliant. I see his Tag Team Title shot leading to him choosing Sting as his partner, only for Sting to turn on EC3 mid-match and allowing their opponents to retain. I hope it's not The BroMans however. Maybe they should just go ahead and put the Tag Titles on Eric Young & Abyss before they move them back to Bad Influence, where they belong.

Austin Aries is the X-Division Champion and has Zema Ion coming in as an impending challenger. If TNA were smart, they'd have Ion reveal that he'd be using the title shot close to Destination X, so he can "Option C" his way into a World Title match if he chooses. Part of me really wants Christopher Daniels to be the guy who gets to Option C and get a much-deserved shot at the World Heavyweight Title though. Daniels can win the title from Aries closer to Destination X. I just hope TNA get some real tag teams signed so that Daniels and Kazarian can take a break from Bad Influence, even though they shouldn't permanently split. End it on good terms so you can go back after Daniels has had a run as World Champ.

I've got a feeling that Gunner's World Title shot is going to lead to James Storm costing him the match and Storm turning heel to feud with another ex-partner. I'd rather see Magnus defeat Gunner cleanly and the loss bury into Gunner's psyche as Storm tries to play head-cooler and career mentor. Gunner eventually snaps and turns on Storm, and adopts an "I hear the voice of God" delusional heel.

TNA should really push hard to get The American Wolves and The Briscoes for their company. Just have them wrestle each other each week and people will begin to care about the TNA tag team division again. Why not give Paul London & Brian Kendrick a call too?

I would watch it and likely enjoy it, but it wouldn't bring in any new fans, nor would many people 'care' about it.

I think it would attract more fans in the sense that quality attracts fans who are aware of a professional wrestling product but don't watch it much. I'd tune into TNA far more often, for example.

I think I already asked that question

Okay? Do I also get to think it?

They might attract a chunk of new viewers but most likely would lose them shortly afterwards based on past history. Its something TNA has always struggled with even during the periods when they were having good to great shows in a row.

I can't help but think that Jeff Hardy actually should have won the TNA World Title in the finals of that tournament and that Magnus should have been built up more. Perhaps he could have even won the World Title on the UK tour TNA has coming up? Is any of it televised?

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Jeff Hardy should fuck off, really. I hate when that guy says words.

Big Show committed to that elbow drop far more than he usually does.

Here's a wild stab in the dark prediction for the 2014 Royal Rumble card:

Royal Rumble Match
Alberto Del Rio vs. Antonio Cesaro vs. Bad News Barrett vs. Batista vs. Big Show vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel vs. Damien Sandow vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Fandango vs. The Great Khali vs. Jack Swagger vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Mark Henry vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Roman Reigns vs. Ryback vs. Santino Marella vs. Seth Rollins vs. Sheamus vs. Sin Cara vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Xavier Woods vs. Zack Ryder

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena

Intercontinental Championship/United States Championship Unification Match
Big E. Langston (c) vs. Dean Ambrose (c)

Triple Threat Match for the Divas Championship
AJ Lee (c) vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella

Tensai vs. Brodus Clay

WWE Tag Team Championship
Cody Rhodes & Goldust (c) vs. The Wyatt Family

Kickoff Tag Team Match
Los Matadores vs. The Usos

Found this on YouTube. Checking out the Chris Benoit edits.

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Zero reaction for Chris Benoit applying the crossface on Kane and Edge. Great editing work.

lol so weird to watch when Benoit is a focal point. It feels like some nameless, generic wrestler wandered in the ring and and crowd and commentators are confused.

Jack Swagger's wife is so hot.

I had no clue Camacho has an adopted brother who wrestles in Japan, essentially using Haku's gimmick.

What gimmick? Being a badass? Saying "Uuuuusssshhhh"?

I assume so.

such an awesome tribute to the Road Warriors
-great song choice of Matchstick Men by Ozzy & Type O Negative
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a look at their AWA promos
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So according to wikipedia, the World Heavyweight Championship has been retired.

When you go onto WWE.com they seem to imply that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is officially carrying forth the legacy of the WWE Championship. I hope they do keep the belt around with the current WWE Title though. They can create a new one with the new company logo and that can replace the current two-belt title representation.

WE THE PEOPLE!.....have money!

My cousin sent me the link last night. "lol" at Kurt Angel. It seems pretty recent as Gail Kim was talking about her open invitation.

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Happy XMas

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I posted that in the Santa Claus Appreciation Thread. Please keep up with the times.

i like that sign "goldberg the rams need help, interested?" didn't they win the superbowl the next year?

"AHHHH Cobras! Coooobraaaas!"

lol ya saw that like 10 times today already.

:lol: at that ending

Or Big E's ass

I want to see more things like that.

Not Big E's ass, but candid vids and such.

Big E does those once a week and uploads on his instagram account: http://instagram.com/bigelangston

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That just sent me down a spiral of no-return, watching Johnny Curtis/Maxine NXT segments

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NXT really is amazing.

Said it before and I'll say it again... Johnny Curtis and Maxine coulda been big on the main roster.

Fandango will never live up to Johnny Curtis' potential, he needs to get out of that gimmick fast... or evolve it, or devolve it....

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What value has been added to that gif by the maker changing it to be black and white?

I was expecting the impact of the knee to bring color back into the world. I'm disappointed.

Why has no one illegally scanned and uploaded the new WWE Comic Book yet? Seriously can't find it anywhere, and I want to laugh at it.

No one bought it yet?

Maybe someone in the gif is bleeding.

Jake Roberts says he has had no contact with WWE. Unless it's a ruse, it's looking less and less likely that he'll be achieving that goal he set of appearing in the Rumble. Seems like WWE would jump at the chance to simply use a Rumble spot on that kind of success story/surprise entry. Unless there's some bad blood that I'm not aware of which would also explain why he's not in the Hall of Fame.

Health issues are probably the biggest concern the WWE has. He's been slowly getting better the past year but doubt the WWE really wants to risk him getting hurt or WWE's insurance won't cover him getting in the ring.

Plus facing the facts, he just isn't that big of a deal. Most of the younger audience won't know who he is, he hasn't been presented to the younger generation as a "legendary figure". WWE would probably rather give a special guest spot to Rikishi Fatu.

Yeah, couldn't really imagine anyone caring about Jake. And to be honest, his "recovery" hasn't exactly been hugely publicized. I doubt anyone knows or cares.

Jake Roberts could be treated as a big deal, but I'm not sure how people would respond right away. Good on Jake for getting healthy though.

Maxine was so fucking hot. I'd love to see the WWE give her another shot as a manager. She'd be terrific at it.

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It wouldn't be bad, but it's not really necessary. You could use the Rumble spot to get a young guy over.

Jake is a legend, him overcoming his addiction is HUGE, and it'd be even bigger if WWE allowed him in the Rumble. I've got a feeling he's working the twitter sheep and is slated for the match already.

It's not like he needs to be in there for 20 minutes or even 10 minutes or anything. His music can hit sometime in the teens or twenty's and the place will erupt. He can hit the ring with his laundry bag, dump out the snake, and clear the ring while he catches say Curtis Axel, Fandango, Heath Slater, or a heel Miz and puts the snake on him. He can then give someone the DDT and MAYBE eliminate a person or two before getting eliminated himself. It could happen as fast as before the next person enters the match. It'd accomplish everything needed to be accomplished there, giving Jake the huge comeback and goodbye that he wanted along with showing everyone how well he's doing and how far he's come, and it gives the fans probably the biggest surprise they can give us now that Batista has been spoiled.

I'm trying to imagine what Christian will be doing at WrestleMania XXX. I can't really think of anything. :(

As I said, it wouldn't be bad. I'd enjoy it. So would the live crowd and the audience at home. But there are bigger surprises than Jake, surely.

Like who?

I don't even know what his music is. And Jake probably can't even do the DDT anymore. I was on a show that he wrestled on ten years ago and he couldn't even bump then.

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So according to the Wrestling Observer website these are the 4 big matches planned for WrestleMania at the present time:

John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt for the WWE Title in the main event
Triple H vs. CM Punk (Or Roman Reigns as a back up)
Batista vs. Randy Orton
Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar

I didn't see anything about Daniel Bryan.

That Main Event seems a little off.

Big E Langston unifies the midcard titles, a heel Christian wins it off of him at Wrestlemania.

SummerSlam 2005

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Watching TNA Impact. Dixie Carter cut off by her own music and a commercial break whilst trying to make an announcement. Not the best at being in charge of things.

What a great opening. Dixie Carter tries to make an announcement, interrupted by Jeff Hardy, then Sting, then her own music and a commercial break, then Gunner, then James Storm.

Finally Dixie decides not to make her announcement, but will make the announcement later tonight.

According to Dave Meltzer and the Wrestling Observer, the tentative plans for Mania right now are these matches:

WWE Title - Orton vs Batista OR whoever beats Orton at the Rumble vs Rumble winner
Streak match - Taker vs Lesnar
Triple H vs CM Punk OR Triple H vs Roman Reigns
Reigns vs Langston for the IC belt (if Reigns vs HHH doesn't occur)
Cena vs Bray Wyatt OR Hogan/Cena vs the Wyatts OR Sheamus vs Cena
Daniel Bryan vs HBK (assuming HBK agrees to unretire)
Cody Rhodes vs Goldust

Rest of the card probably gets decided very close to Mania itself.

:lol: Meltzer is a dumbass. He doesn't see any potential for a great Cody vs Goldy build? They have so much stuff to use with Goldust's fucked up life, Cody/Dusty never really giving Goldy is due appreciation/respect, etc. It could get very emotional and very "meaty". Tag Team wrestling is fucking dead. WWE has always been a singles star focused promotion anyway. Cody vs Goldy makes a shitload more sense and money for them and WWE than doing Rhodes Bros. vs ___________ Part XVIII at WrestleMania.

Jeff Hardy loses his smile

Cena should definitely be in THE main event. As in the final match or a match that at least makes sense as a possible final match. As much as I love Bray Wyatt, they'd have to have something monumental planned for him vs Cena in the main event to work.

I honestly think that is bullshit. WWE has plans for Bray Wyatt, but it seems like a possibility for WM31. I could see them trying to force it since WM is in New Orleans and the Wyatts are basically portrayed as some backwater swamp cult. They could get Bray Wyatt to that level, but they would have to take the whole gimmick and storyline to a much darker place (think 99 Taker without the over-the-top shenanigans) and I don't think WWE is willing to take a gimmick to that dark of a place in the PG Era.

I kind of fear that they may try to ride out the Duck Dynasty bullshit. I really hope I am wrong.

I'm still not convinced that Bray isn't misdirection and the breakout star of the group being Luke Harper.

I'd be happy with Jimmy the Snake coming in the rumble instead and just doing this.

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Mark Henry dancing to Billie Jean

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JBL and Cole show was great. Finally found something to make me laugh today. Thanks Cody Rhodes!

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