Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:35 pm  

In the words of Chris Jericho: ARMBAR

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:46 pm  

what a debut for alberto del rio

he has all the makings of a star if he gets used in the right way

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:10 pm  

V For Vendetta wrote:

Loving that Armbar.

That move is second only to Doug Willam's head bobble.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:19 am  

Danny 2 wrote:

what a debut for alberto del rio

he has all the makings of a star if he gets used in the right way

If he's worked in other promotions & countries they'll have to "teach him how to work" first thoguh won't they?!

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:16 am  

i hope to be getting the woo tour booked will be awesome to see tna live

see aj syles rvd jeff hardy beer money mcmg kurt angle the list is endless

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:29 pm  

Not a fan of these jet propelled pushes that seem to be the range in the WWE these days.

What's happened to slowly building a talent with feuds in the low to mid card to establish credibility? Booking this Del Rio to beat Mysterio in his debut will be seen as ludicrous booking by many.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:33 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Not a fan of these jet propelled pushes that seem to be the range in the WWE these days.

What's happened to slowly building a talent with feuds in the low to mid card to establish credibility? Booking this Del Rio to beat Mysterio in his debut will be seen as ludicrous booking by many.

Couldn't agree more, also same when they give a guy a belt on his debut - where does he go from there? It took Bret Hart a good 18 months before as a singles wrestler before he became WWF Champion, these days the likes of Sheamus wins it 3 or 4 months in.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:18 pm  

You can't have it both ways ... Do they let him have the ball & see what he does with it, or do they teach him how to work ?

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:08 pm  

Didn't Sheamus only win the title first time around because Cena fell off the top rope and the table broke or something? I remember someone posting that on here anyway.

Either way, Sheamus' run has not bothered me, when he first got the title the only three senior guys on Raw were Triple H, Cena and Orton, it would have been a bit of an over-kill if they went with two of them yet again.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:07 am  

Steve51 wrote:

You can't have it both ways ... Do they let him have the ball & see what he does with it, or do they teach him how to work ?

Well IMO the slow-burner approach is nearly always better. You know, the chase better then the catch. I remember when The Rock was trying to win the title from HHH around 2000 and kept getting screwed time after time (e.g. interference from the McMahons, sly sledgehammer shot by HHH when the ref was knocked out, etc). By the time he won it the crowd was desperate to see him become champ. The reaction after his victory (Backlash 2000 IIRC) was absolutely incredible and the type of noise/excitement that you won't see in the WWE for a long time unfortunately.