The Pro Wrestling Roundtable

[Dino 6 Rings]

Originally Posted by WH

I read somewhere that the Rock is supposed to be around all Summer long-

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...l-he-feud-with

Geesh, I was kidding...McMahon pulling back the Rock is a direct attempt to deflect away from the Biggest Star in the Sports history, Hulk Hogan. No Doubt About It.

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Originally Posted by Dino 6 Rings

Geesh, I was kidding...McMahon pulling back the Rock is a direct attempt to deflect away from the Biggest Star in the Sports history, Hulk Hogan. No Doubt About It.

Both have mega draws, but with Hogan as recently as last year being at WM, there's a good chance that with The Rock not being in wrestling for the last several years could prove to be a field leveler for TNA's beginning challenges against the WWE.

Eventually, McMahon will run out of things to battle TNA and he'll either have to put together a better roster or start losing his ratings.

Originally Posted by stlrtruck

Eventually, McMahon will run out of things to battle TNA and he'll either have to put together a better roster or start losing his ratings.

McMahon could crush TNA at the drop of a hat with his current roster.

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Originally Posted by WH

McMahon could crush TNA at the drop of a hat with his current roster.

And TNA could challenge WWE with their roster, but neither of them are utilizing their rosters to the full potential. There is a part of me that thinks Vince and the WWE have gotten complacent in their position of the wrestling world that they believe they are untouchable.

But let's face it, I can't think of many more story lines that can be imagined without having a hint of Been There - Done That over the past 20 years. The turns, the heels, the do-gooders, etc, doesn't matter if you've been watching wrestling long enough you've pretty much seen it all. Case in point, who here remembers when the older Rhodes son(can't remember his name) turned on his father and joined the 4 Horsemen? I mean pretty much any scenario has been done, but now the creativity comes to how do you make the old look new? I don't believe Vince has the writers or the imagination and I think TNA is still trying to solidfy it's roster before they can get to that level of imagination - let alone they need some younger talent to carry the show. The whole Wolf Pack thing gets old and is very much overplayed. And I got tired of watching Flair wrestle when he was in the WWE.

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Originally Posted by stlrtruck

And TNA could challenge WWE with their roster, but neither of them are utilizing their rosters to the full potential. There is a part of me that thinks Vince and the WWE have gotten complacent in their position of the wrestling world that they believe they are untouchable.

But let's face it, I can't think of many more story lines that can be imagined without having a hint of Been There - Done That over the past 20 years. The turns, the heels, the do-gooders, etc, doesn't matter if you've been watching wrestling long enough you've pretty much seen it all. Case in point, who here remembers when the older Rhodes son(can't remember his name) turned on his father and joined the 4 Horsemen? I mean pretty much any scenario has been done, but now the creativity comes to how do you make the old look new? I don't believe Vince has the writers or the imagination and I think TNA is still trying to solidfy it's roster before they can get to that level of imagination - let alone they need some younger talent to carry the show. The whole Wolf Pack thing gets old and is very much overplayed. And I got tired of watching Flair wrestle when he was in the WWE.

I believe it was Dustin (who also is Goldust and for a very brief period in WCW, Seven). Yeah, I remember the turn. I know what ya mean about the storylines being already done, I've watched wrestling since the late 70s. It's all so very predictable now.

Now THAT is how you do a PPV.

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Originally Posted by touchdownward

I believe it was Dustin (who also is Goldust and for a very brief period in WCW, Seven). Yeah, I remember the turn. I know what ya mean about the storylines being already done, I've watched wrestling since the late 70s. It's all so very predictable now.

Dustin was the younger of the two brothers. Doing a quick google search, it came to me Barry Windham. I thought they played him as Rhodes' son back in the day but he's not listed as such.

[Dino 6 Rings]

What they need to do, (both organizations) is more Heel vs Heel matchups and more Face vs Face matchups. The Undertaker vs Michaels match was the headliner of Wrestlemania (just read about the entire match online) anyway, apparently the crowd loved it. Why? No BS, basically to Faces going at it with everything on the line. Kind of like the Legendary Hogan vs Warrior Match. Legendary because both were Faces at the time.

Even the older Kane vs Taker matches were classic because they were both Bad Guys rocking each other for 30 mins kicking each other's arse all over the place.

They need more of that. Give me Face vs Face. Give me Heel vs Heel. Give me Road Warrios vs Demolition, or Demolition vs Powers of Pain. Give me those classic no story crap matches, just good matches.

I don't need Good Guy vs Bad Guy, or Face vs Heel, I want best vs the best. Even if its a tourney, and it ends up with Two Faces at the end or Two Heels.

I don't even know who is what anymore...but when you watch it, you can tell by the way a Heel calls the Crowd "bunch of losers" and the Face always "I love you guys" give me two "I love you guys" Wrestlers battling it out with a triple tag match of "We Hate you Losers" Guys beating the snot out of each other for the Title Belts. Heck Yeah!

It's sad, but with how the crowds are going...Cena v. Orton AGAIN is looking like a good match for the crowd. Since Orton is apparently the Stone Cold-esque face now.

June 7th. If you Smell what He's cookin'.