[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:10 am  

Cena cut a pretty good promo on the rock last night.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:15 am  

Yeah, amazing what not pulling silly faces and mugging for the camera will do to improve how a crowd react to a wrestler.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:22 pm  

Barrett dislocated his Elbow in that collision. Ouuuuch.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:25 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Cena cut a pretty good promo on the rock last night.

Awesome promo from Cena and just the sort I've been wanting to see him do for a long time...... That's a Cena I could want to win.

Thought the Elimination Chamber was a poor ppv and glad we got it for free here.
Raw was average but did a job in setting some things up for a run to wrestlemania.

Sad to see how far Ziggler seems to have fallen down the card.

Really hope that Wade Barrett isn't seriously injured.

Really, really, really hope I'm wrong with this but have a horrible feeling we are going to see John Laurinitis v Teddy Long and Wrestlemania.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:26 pm  

nah it'll be team face v team heel obo the GM's.

you've got your heel team there in henry, christian and del rio, i would imagine team face will consist of orton and others.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:54 pm  

Actually thought RAW was good this week. Cena's promo and segment with Eve were nice, and he looks to be a little bit more over than he was.

Kofi and R-Truth look like they may have a tilt at the tag titles which could be good for the division, it needs spicing back up again.

I'm hugely over on Johnny Ace at the moment, I was in stitches when he was smiling after Otunga's win (which I did not expect!), he has to be involved in WM in some way or the other.

Nice to see them use Santino in the battle royal as an actual wrestler again rather than just see him first out, the crowd clearly love him. Hoping Barrett is going to be fit for WM, really liking the guy at the moment.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:53 pm  

That battle royal last night was crazy. Ziggler, Truth, Kofi and Barrett looked to take bad falls.

Santino continued getting over as a wrestler rather than a joke.

It does look like they're building towards a GM vs GM proxy match.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:38 pm  

Agree, I thought Cena was excellent last night.

Think they've screwed themselves with Hell in a Cell though. The subsequent matches since Taker and Mankind have inevitably been disappointments as its impossible to live up to that standard. If neither guy comes flying off the top of the cell, the crowd will be disappointed. I don't see either HHH or Taker taking that bump nor should they have to.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:07 pm  

I dunno about that. There's not been the huge bump off the top of a Cell in years. Mainly because it's bloody insanity.

A HitC match doesn't need the huge bump to be a good match. Though I question the wisdom of following a PPV which is based round a gimmick cage match with another gimmick cage match on the next PPV. I don't really think that HHH and Taker need the extra gimmick to sell the match.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:23 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

I dunno about that. There's not been the huge bump off the top of a Cell in years. Mainly because it's bloody insanity.

A HitC match doesn't need the huge bump to be a good match. Though I question the wisdom of following a PPV which is based round a gimmick cage match with another gimmick cage match on the next PPV. I don't really think that HHH and Taker need the extra gimmick to sell the match.

Name one memorable PG era Hell in a Cell match, I can't think of one.

On another point, I was really irritated at the disrespect shown to Taker with those horrible 'What' chants after every sentence.