Official WWE/ECW/WCW/TNA talk, or whatever v2

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

What the heck is going on with Thunder Rosa? With Penelope and Megan Bayne "going into business themselves" and no selling Rosa with a chair. This isn't the first time Rosa has been a parish in that locker room. Is she the new backstage villain now that Britt Baker is no locker there.

Both have been vilified, matter of fact I don't think Baker and Rosa liked each other. Yet it really appears Tony doesn't have control over his own locker room (lack of production meetings may explain that). I know both Rosa and Baker were fans of Punk, and took advice from him. Part of me wonders if that's a major issue. Look at the talent that have either left or will likely leave AEW, so many were being mentored by Punk. Starks, Page, Rosa, Baker, and I think Pillman as well all spoke highly of Punk. I wonder if there's a negative vibe towards anyone that sought Punk's leadership? Maybe I'm reaching, but I'm certain Rosa will end up in WWE one day.

Also what happened to Kamille? I feel bad for her... For whatever reason she chose AEW over WWE, and I'm sure TK gave her a few hundred thousand reasons why... Yet she disappeared off television, and there are no signs of her returning. What a poor career choice she made. Compare that to Stephanie Vaquer who obviously made the right choice in snubbing Khan after Forbidden Door. She's been a star in NXT, and will be a future champion in WWE.

With all that being said WWE I'd having trouble selling out WrestleMania, which is probably why they brought in the Rock. They need to create hotter storylines going into Mania. Uso and Gunther just doesn't feel fresh... I love Owens and Zayn, yet we've seen that before. They need to find ways to perfect the rest of the card at Elimination Chamber. With proper booking of the rest of the card the show will sell out, but it's hard to guess what direction they're going to go in.

Stevie Richards (a must watch) podcast, ripped AEW hard for what happened with Thunder Rosa. It was really unprofessional, if this was a house show fine, act unprofessional, but on a televised show, doing someone dirty like that, that would literally either get you fired, or Rosa next time will deliver the receipt of receipts.



AEW has been delivering a bit better content lately, but things like that just make it look like a gong show.



Britt Baker it sounds like was just an evil pain in the ass to work with. Maybe no one wants to work with her anymore, maybe Tony is truly done with her. But then if she's so irredeemable why keep paying her?


On the other hand Harley Cameron knocks another promo out of the park. Its time to strap the rocket to her hard and see what she can do with it.

[CaptainCrunch]

Just watched Iron Claw, wow, it shades the Wrestler as the best wrestling movie ever made.


Sadly it didn't portray Fitz as near as evil as he was in real life.

[Strange Brew]

I’m not too familiar with the real life story other than the very broad strokes but yeah I thought Iron Claw was excellent.

[CaptainCrunch]

Fritz was pretty nasty, they softened him up in the movie a little bit. But he put those boys through hell to further himself, there was no curse, Fritz knew his kids were struggling in the business especially Kerry, and he pushed his other son into a business he had no business being in Mike and pretty much ignored him after his toxic shock syndrome. The movie didn't touch on the other son Chris who killed himself as well.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Fritz was pretty nasty, they softened him up in the movie a little bit. But he put those boys through hell to further himself, there was no curse, Fritz knew his kids were struggling in the business especially Kerry, and he pushed his other son into a business he had no business being in Mike and pretty much ignored him after his toxic shock syndrome. The movie didn't touch on the other son Chris who killed himself as well.

I think they also left out that Fritz's wife left him long before he died and they made Kevin out to be much more of a saint than he actually was.

The movie was good but I think they tried to straddle a bit too much with the actual real life events, which made it all a little bit flat, especially the ending.

[TheIronMaiden]

I am just going to say it.
Two elimination chambers in one PPV is too many.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

I am just going to say it.
Two elimination chambers in one PPV is too many.

Not as bad as two Royal Rumbles to be honest

It was probably more fun when it was random and didn't have a a whole PPV around it.

Don't think it actually helps that Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber are back to back either.

I actually feel like they should use Elimination Chamber more in advance of like SummerSlam maybe to determine challengers there.

Having one title be determned by RR and one title by Elimination Chamber is weird because it means you don't neccessarily have an organic build going into Mania.

That being said it actually works really well for the Men's event this year - especially with Jey being a bit of a surprise RR winner.

[Inferno]

lol, I'm sure The Rock will make it his priority after hearing the news.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1894818052254175642

[Mathgod]

I need a palate cleanser right now. Hopefully this EC show will be less depressing than Flames hockey or US politics...

[Inferno]

Pat McAfee is even getting roasted by Americans for his anti-Canada rant.

[trackercowe]

What a start to the show. Beatdown on Naomi by Jade.

[trackercowe]

Great match! Some vicious bumps there. Liv is going to be feeling those wounds from the hair shots.

Bianca/Rhea will be a great feud.

[SuperMatt18]

Yeah that was a good start

[CaptainCrunch]

Beatdown isn't strong enough of a word. Cargill gets a face pop for destroying Naomi

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Great match! Some vicious bumps there. Liv is going to be feeling those wounds from the hair shots.

Bianca/Rhea will be a great feud.

I've become such a fan of Liv, not just because of her character work. But because she's probably the hardest working and most dedicated of the woman, and the improvements she's made since she's been called up is awesome.

[CaptainCrunch]

You know, I was saying the other day, I haven't seen a good Russian Leg Sweep in a long time.





SIDE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!!!!!

[CaptainCrunch]

I don't get it. I should like Belair. She's as athletic as they come, she's got a ton of charisma, she's gorgeous, She's decent on the mic.


But I hate her as a performer.

[SuperMatt18]

That Rock hype video about him being the coolest person ever is so self serving but also so good for his heel corporate persona

[Paulie Walnuts]

#### who is this Jade Cargill. Wow

[SuperMatt18]

Not saving this Zayn vs Owens match for Wrestlemania might be a mistake.

I don't know how they'd top this