*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[Athlai]

It's so petty as a fan to feel so robbed of future entertainment, but it's so disappointing to me that we will never see Brodie in New Japan slapping meat with Goto or Ishii and terrorising the rest as a beast. He'd have given so much to us there. **** this is hitting so much harder for me than most of the passings in recent memory. Worst since Total Biscuit for me I think.

 

[sledger]

Absolutely horrid news. RIP.

 

[Spikey]

I was looking forward to the match with Colt when he finally realised he was in a cult. Reckon it would have been very fun

 

[Manee]

How terrible! Another reminder that every day is a blessing.

 

[sledger]

How terrible! Another reminder that every day is a blessing.

How are you doing, lad?

 

[Manee]

I'm doing alright - studying for an MSc in Organizational Psychology at the moment - so I left my job in Executive Search for the time being to study full-time for one year. How are you?

 

[sledger]

I'm doing alright - studying for an MSc in Organizational Psychology at the moment - so I left my job in Executive Search for the time being to study full-time for one year. How are you?

That's great, really good to hear. I'm doing alright thanks.

 

[duffer]

Watching Mania 28 on TV atm. Fmd Punk is an incredibly charismatic dude. Can't believe I missed the best part of his career. Dude is spectacular.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Watching Mania 28 on TV atm. Fmd Punk is an incredibly charismatic dude. Can't believe I missed the best part of his career. Dude is spectacular.

Bret loves him too. So obvious he's the kind of guy I'd have loved watching if I still watched wrestling. Oh and I just realised Macho man is dead wtf?

/jono

 

[duffer]

Bret loves him too. So obvious he's the kind of guy I'd have loved watching if I still watched wrestling. Oh and I just realised Macho man is dead wtf?

/jono

Seriously though, he's a spectacular talent. An absolute natural. I can't believe I wrestling snobbed my way into missing his peak at WWE. Instead I had to endure his MMA career.

 

[Niall]

Punk was a passable face, but once he turned heel with the straight edge society he was absolute money for pretty much the rest of his tenure bar the dreadful angle with Nash and HHH.

He made loads of money with the WWE which is cool, but imagine that sort of heel in the attitude era? He'd have been an even bigger star.

Less said about the 2 MMA "fights" the better.

 

[Niall]

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Punk was a passable face, but once he turned heel with the straight edge society he was absolute money for pretty much the rest of his tenure bar the dreadful angle with Nash and HHH.

Reckon he was better than just 'passable' as a face, but agreed that his heel runs were his best work and absolutely golden. So many great angles and matches and his crowd connection was special - his famous match against Cena at Money in the Bank had probably the hottest crowd I've ever heard.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Feud with jeff hardy where he first turned heel is where I first remember thinking "oh yeah this guy's actually amazing"

 

[sledger]

Reckon he was better than just 'passable' as a face, but agreed that his heel runs were his best work and absolutely golden. So many great angles and matches and his crowd connection was special - his famous match against Cena at Money in the Bank had probably the hottest crowd I've ever heard.

Punk definitely more than a passable face. He was an excellent face imo. Just so happened that he was even better as a heel.

 

[honestbharani]

I guess Niall meant passable face as in Punk's first run before the SES. He was dynamite since that time, especially once he moved to RAW with the new Nexus and then of course the MITB and the 4th wall breaking promo.

Absolute pits that WM 29 had to be twice in a lifetime. I booked a card on one of the wrestling sites I used to follow where Punk won back the title from Rock in the Feb PPV and it was actually Punk Vs Cena in the WM 29 Main Event with The Rock taking on Triple H and Lesnar facing Undertaker. How good would that have been.

 

[Niall]

Yeah as usual explained myself poorly, he had very little to work with before his initial heel turn so calling his passable in that run on reflection unfair.

Just remembering his Royal Rumble performance where he commentated while throwing out jobbers.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Absolute pits that WM 29 had to be twice in a lifetime. I booked a card on one of the wrestling sites I used to follow where Punk won back the title from Rock in the Feb PPV and it was actually Punk Vs Cena in the WM 29 Main Event with The Rock taking on Triple H and Lesnar facing Undertaker.

This makes me want to track down and rewatch the #1 contender match between Punk and Cena in the build up to that WM. From memory that was ace and way better than the eventual mania main event. (Punk/Taker turned out pretty fun at least..)

 

[Kraken]

This makes me want to track down and rewatch the #1 contender match between Punk and Cena in the build up to that WM. From memory that was ace and way better than the eventual mania main event. (Punk/Taker turned out pretty fun at least..)

yep, that’s the match where punk gives cena a piledriver, and you can hear the crowd audibly gasp

 

[Spikey]

aew show was amazing