John Cena's Elbow Injury Will Require Surgery
On his radio show this morning, Dave Meltzer stated that those in WWE are worried about his injury and are keeping the severity of the injury under wraps. Meltzer also reports that he was told Cena already has surgery scheduled.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
Shawn Michaels on the SummerSlam Pre-Game Show
He will join the panel, which also features Booker T and Natalya.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
TNA Pulls Scheduled Main Event from Hardcore Justice
The scheduled match, which was to feature a 5-on-5 match between Aces & Eights and the Main Event Mafia, wit the loser leaving TNA. The Storyline explanation for this was displayed on Twitter when Dixie Carter told us the decision was made after she met with Hulk Hogan.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
On his radio show this morning, Dave Meltzer stated that those in WWE are worried about his injury and are keeping the severity of the injury under wraps. Meltzer also reports that he was told Cena already has surgery scheduled.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
Shawn Michaels on the SummerSlam Pre-Game Show
He will join the panel, which also features Booker T and Natalya.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
TNA Pulls Scheduled Main Event from Hardcore Justice
The scheduled match, which was to feature a 5-on-5 match between Aces & Eights and the Main Event Mafia, wit the loser leaving TNA. The Storyline explanation for this was displayed on Twitter when Dixie Carter told us the decision was made after she met with Hulk Hogan.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Well that pretty much seals the Bryan win. Of course, I fully expect an Orton cash in the following night. I bet Cena is back by Survivor Series.
ReplyDeleteUgh wtf is TNA doing?
ReplyDeleteCena will work a match DURING surgery
ReplyDeleteBouncing checks? Firing talent? Making generally poor business decisions? Only one way to know for sure #AskDixie
ReplyDelete3 months ago I was really behind TNA and what they were doing with their storylines. 3 months later and now personally they can go suck a massive donkey dick for all I care. TNA really seemed to be moving away from their 'take one step forwards only to take several back' reputation they had with smart fans and now they are falling right back into it.
ReplyDeleteIs it really that hard to shoot an old Horsemen-style skit where Aces attack Angle somewhere outside a wrestling venue, ala the Horsemen breaking Dusty's leg? You just sub someone into Angle's spot.
ReplyDeleteHe will OVERCOME those odds..
ReplyDeleteSolution to TNA's ratings and money problem...GET RID OF THE ACES & EIGHTS! It's been almost two years now. They aren't getting over. They won't get over. You are losing viewers with this crappy biker gang of jobbers. Get rid of them. Get back to having a different WRESTLING product with quality matches and talent. Use the $ saved on releasing the Aces and sign the American Wolves and a couple other talent to solidify the X-Division and tag division. Put the X-Division back to singles matches allowed.
ReplyDeleteAngle is in rehab, I believe.
ReplyDeleteOkay, then find a moderately buff bald dude and shoot it so we never see his face.
ReplyDeleteAttack him AT the rehab clinic.. that has potential... Do SOMETHING different..
ReplyDeleteThis guy gets it.
ReplyDeleteDamn, how fucked up is his elbow that he has to get surgery on it again a year later?
ReplyDeleteTNA just won't let that Aces thing go. And now Bully's getting the belt back on Thursday so they can continue the storyline until OCTOBER. Like I said, I just can't watch anymore.
ReplyDeleteSUPER CENA DOESN'T SWEAT ANESTHESIA!
ReplyDeleteWhat were the Aces supposed to get if they won? Anything? And the "storyline explanation" isn't really an explanation when it's just "Cuz we say so" (unless it comes from Stone Cold). Basically, it comes off as Hogan doesn't have faith in the Mafia to get the job done, so we'll come up with something else.
ReplyDeleteThe explanation gives them time to create something due to Angle being in rehab. Either way, Aces & Eights is awful.
ReplyDeleteCould always have used his brother Eric or that MMA guy that had a few year back who looked like Angle.
ReplyDeleteHell, get rid of A&8, Hogan (both of them), Bischoff (both of them), and all the other useless crap. Focus on the talent, Daniels, AJ, Joe, Kaz, etc and go back to being a good show.
ReplyDeleteDid Bruce Pritchard put a voodoo hex on TNA? Man this is depressing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Cena actually will tap out then? And they can say that Bryan pulled the Yes Lock too hard and actually separated his elbow or some nonsense?
ReplyDeleteYou know what Cena needs to really overcome the odds? A new Doomsday Cage. Then he can plow through three stories of internet darlings (Bryan, Punk, Lesnar, Ziggler, Henry, Cesaro, Christian, Sandow, Kidd, The Shield and The Wyatt Family) en route to victory. Hell, give him Zakk Ryder as a tag team partner, then have Ryder leave a minute in due to being crushed by an ambulance or something.
ReplyDeleteThey should've had Ace vs. MEM losing group disbands and have the Mafia win at Hardcore Justice.
ReplyDeleteBully wins the belt from Sabin and Bully goes back to being his gimmick a couple years ago where he's just well...a Bully.
But how does that get HHH over?
ReplyDeleteBully doesn't need the Aces and Eights to stay over. He should dump the group.
ReplyDeleteIs there a babyface over enough to beat him for the belt in October? AJ Styles?
Cena will refuse to tap out and Triple H will stop the match and award the victory to bryan *head desk*
ReplyDeleteWell keep Bully as a singles wrestler, he is kinda awesome nowadays, the rest of the Aces can go though.
ReplyDelete1. Don't get your hopes up, whether he jobs to Bryan or not cenas not missing one episode of raw.
ReplyDelete2. I felt like TNA was about to explode when the show was centered around Austin Aries and Bobby Roode. I didn't even care that Aries did the job to Hardy because Jeff is worth pushing too. But to bury all those guys in the mid card so you can focus your show around the worst heel stable in history (sorry, at least there was no mystery to unmasking the dungeon of doom). I am convinced Austin Aries could have been a major break out star and be as big as punk or d bry but TNA completely 100% fucked it up. And then they ran this garbage ass aces n 8's story line. I watched TNA for almost 8 months in a row at that point but I don't even bother dvring the show anymore because it sucks so bad.
if cena is getting surgery, and dbry wins the title, then it raises the question of whether drby is getting the title ONLY cause cena needs time off
ReplyDeletegetting the onto orton could come at the expense of either guy, tho. so i guess we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out
and then hhh will go on a "i saved cena's career!!!' storyline
ReplyDeleteYou fired Garrett twice there... not that I am opposed to that...
ReplyDeletehe injured it rubbin' elbows with the rich and famous people he meets when he shows off his house in tampa
ReplyDeleteThat would be an interesting twist actually since he hasn't done that before...
ReplyDelete'Don't get your hopes up, whether he jobs to Bryan or not cenas not missing one episode of raw.'
ReplyDeletejust like that time he was fired during the nexus angle. he cut an impassioned farewell speech and said he was gonna be gone for a while...
and then ran in from the crowd the next week
No, he ran in later that night
ReplyDeleteyeah but he was back on the show the next week, tho, right
ReplyDeleteI don't really understand the point of them. They rarely wrestle and none of them speak — aside from Bully and Anderson. Why not just trim the fat and just have the focus on Bully.
ReplyDeleteThe company will not collapse if Cena goes off to have surgery and returns in a few months. After SS, it's pretty dead anyways. Give the guy his much deserved rest and let others shine in his absence without his shadow looming around.
ReplyDeleteThis was bound to happen with how frequently Cena did the "You can't see me" gesture. It might not have been so bad if he'd incorporated his wrist into the peek-a-boo motion rather than putting the full rotation on his elbow. The sad part is that we're going to continue to see workers hurt themselves like this until they learn to protect their joints and stop using such senselessly extreme hand signals to pop the live crowds night after night. This is the worst taunt related injury since Randy Orton dislocated his shoulder doing his snake dance.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Daffney did. Wouldn't blame her.
ReplyDeleteWhat's funny is it appears it's his left arm with the injury and if memory serves, he only does the "you can't see me" gesture with his right hand. Quick, someone ask Brie Bella for clarification.
ReplyDelete(WARNING: ANGRY SARCASM AHEAD! You have been warned.)
ReplyDeleteWhy waste all that talent... buy out TNA and have Cena and Orton destroy anyone who has ever wrestled in TNA. Finish with a flurry of AAs and RKOs to Bully, Aries, Roode, Styles, Angle, and Joe. Oh, and Sting gets Tombstoned at the entrance by UT, just because.
As long as they get rid of Anderson. He adds nothing to the show and is so boring. I hated him in WWE and he's never improved. At least Bully got better over time and is a credible star. I don't see why they need Wes, Garrett, Anderson, Devon or Knox. Fire them and rehire some knockouts and rebuild the damn division. The Knockouts used to be the best part of TNA, now they have like 4 of 5 left (Mickie, Gail, Velvet, ODB, Tessmacher). That's a far cry from back a few years ago when they had Kong, Angelina, Madison, Sarita, Rosita, Cheerleader Melissa, Rahka Khan, Sojo and Roxxi among others.
ReplyDeleteSetting up Cena-HHH at WrestleMania
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong but hasn't the only time Cena has missed any shows was when he was injured and came back as the surprise #30? I suck at remembering years.
ReplyDeleteI get that, but the BFG series stuff has been good IMO. I just FFWD through Aces and Hogan.
ReplyDeleteif she knows, that means she's cheatin' on dbry
ReplyDeletethen there was the time he 08 he was out for like a couple months and came back and beat jericho at a fall ppv
ReplyDeletepft. it was the voodoo queen roxxi laveau
ReplyDelete'What were the Aces supposed to get if they won?'
ReplyDelete4 days and 3 nights at the FABULOUS mgm studios resort, orlando, fl!
Now see! Ideas like that will get you a job with WWE.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a future in this business, kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNCLTNbotcE
ReplyDeleteChokeslam at 3:30... so beautiful it nearly brings a tear to my eye.
Well, whichever Bella Cena is bangin'...
ReplyDeleteMan, Sid could MOVE back in the day. Am I wrong or has he jumped off the top rope twice and broken his leg the same way, or was that only once?
ReplyDeleteIf he broke his leg a second time, other than Sin 2001... it's news to me.
ReplyDeleteI just puked in my mouf a little there.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I shouldn't give them any ideas.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. Start of the show I believe
ReplyDeleteMaybe if they remembered James Storm exists.
ReplyDeleteI'm at a point in my life where you could make that the prize for the Royal Rumble and I'd appreciate the value of it. Three nights in a beautiful hotel in Orlando > WWE Championship.
ReplyDeleteIf Ace's won Kurt Angle had to go to rehab.
ReplyDeleteI almost wish Russo were still around to book a "loser goes to rehab for 90 days" match.
ReplyDeleteJust blow up a car and say he was in it.
ReplyDeleteAt least they're trying to stay current by basing an angle on the trend of douchebags who watch SOA thinking they're a biker gang.
ReplyDelete*resort access limited to impact! zone
ReplyDeleteWell Devon's there to have tag matches with Bully now and then, the rest are just there so they are a faction and have enough members. Knox is the fault of the IWC, as the IWC sure was upset when WWE cut him. Wes/Garrett is a Bischoff project, but both suck on the mic and in the ring. Anderson was added to give the group some cred since TNA has positioned him as an upper-card wrestler for years now, even though he can't wrestle and his promos got repetitive and stale. Best part of Aces&Eights has been the few times it has kept Tazz from the announcers booth, having JB and Tenay a couple weeks ago was a real upgrade to my ears.
ReplyDeleteOh my god. I'm suddenly terrified of this happening.
ReplyDeleteJust in case you were hoping that the Total Divas thing would be going away any time soon...not likely happening. From the Observer site:
ReplyDelete"Total Divas, whatever you think of the show, is proving to be a very successful television vehicle with the audience growing every week.
The third show on Sunday did 1.67 million viewers, up from 1.53 million from last week."
Sorry bout your damned luck.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't booked on some last year. At least on the HitC PPV and I swear there was another...
ReplyDeleteThe Internet would explode!
ReplyDeleteIn two weeks, Total Divas has increased its fanbase more than TNA has ever done in almost eight years on Spike TV.
ReplyDeleteNo clue, but the damn thing has looked horrifying the last two weeks.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that one I could actually see. I'm torn on whether I'd prefer that to a roll up win (let's be honest, there's no way Cena is ACTUALLY tapping out..."NEVER GIVE UP!" remember?). Bryan essentially messing up Cena's arm to the point where the ref has to stop the match is more dominant than a fluke roll up win, but also, it'd undoubtedly be used to put HHH in the spotlight too, with Cena pissed that HHH stopped the match.
ReplyDeleteIdeally I'd like to see an actual tap out, but that's not happening.
Who?
ReplyDeleteAnd remember Triple H stopped a match involving Orton/Bryan just a couple weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteI think you're thinking of TLC 2011.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't off TV though. He happened to not have a match at the PPV, but I don't think he missed any TV.
I guess it'd raise the question, but I honestly think he'll win it either way. There are a ton of ways this whole thing could go, with Orton cashing in, not cashing in, HHH being involved, Vince, Orton going heel, etc etc., but pretty much all of them need Bryan to win the title. Cena winning doesn't do anything for anyone, the whole Vince/HHH storyline is about Bryan, not Cena, and Orton cashing in on a Cena who just beat Bryan is going to get him cheered by half the audience, not booed. Tons of ways to go with it, some great, some awful, but they all start with Bryan winning. if Cena retains, I honestly don't see where they go next month. Cena vs who?
ReplyDeleteOh, you're thinking of "John Cena Bella".
ReplyDeleteNo, prowrestling.net says the match is happening on the following iMPACT...meaning that the match is still happening at the taping that very night, they just aren't airing it live.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a solution to TNA's ratings and money problem, any more than the solution to putting out a house fire being throwing away the cigarette that caused it.
ReplyDeleteYou want to go back to a time when the ratings...still sucked.
I knew that Cena had to be in bad shape when he missed the house show before RAW.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we get less than five minutes out of him at Summerslam, and end up with a LONG MitB match cash in between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton when Vince forces Orton to cash in without a great advantage?
To be fair, Vince Russo has never been involved with Total Divas.
ReplyDeleteOr Tito Ortiz from behind.
ReplyDeleteI like the cut of your jib!
ReplyDeleteI know what will fix the problem: split off some of the A&8's into a splinter group to feud with.
ReplyDeleteBaccarat!
I agree, if Cena beats Bryan, then Orton cashes in, the pop will be HUMONGOUS, almost even matching the pop if Daniel Bryan wins. I know some people here don't like the sound of this, but on some nights, Randy Orton gets the biggest pop out of anyone on the roster. So if they want to turn Randy Orton a heel with any momentum, if would have to be if Bryan won...(assuming they want to turn Randy Orton...)
ReplyDeleteI think they have to. They have nothing for top heels right now. It's Del Rio and that's it (and even he is not booked like other top guys). They badly need a top heel, and since they're obviously not turning Cena, Orton fits that the best.
ReplyDeleteHe will have retroactive involvement when he books himself to be Jojo's father.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the only reason Bret Hart got the title?
ReplyDeleteIt's not the way the opportunity comes about that matter. It's what you do with it that counts.
The guy who gets pinned has to leave TNA that night and the other 9 guys get fired the next morning. It's a Yappapi Pink Slip Match, brother!!!
ReplyDeleteMeh...why would anyone want that show to go away, it's harmless. It does nothing for the product, but at the same time it does nothing to the product. If they start centering world title programs around it (which i feared with Dbry/Cena) then i would understand but as it stands its a fun little distraction for those who like that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI know he loves being the company man, but seriously the man needs a good couple of months off, not just for us but the guy is going to fall apart in a couple of years if he works that hard.
ReplyDeleteNot saying he doesn't have any down time (and with the amount of money he has, his down time must be real good) but seriously I didn't realise the guy has been working with a golfball embedded into his elbow for a while now.
too late, it's cena fighting on behalf of Vince for control of the company against HHH for the WWE title.
ReplyDeleteAt least that means Bryan & Punk will get to carry the show for a while without the John Cena Show
ReplyDeleteThey do get more time as they get an extra show to come up with an explanation.
ReplyDeleteHad they kept him face and had him do a tag team with Hogan in WM 8 to get the rub as the next big superhero....fuck he could have been a money machine.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I thought were talking about playing for time to get Angle into the match.
ReplyDeleteAssuming Punk survives his match with Lesnar
ReplyDeleteFUCK! THAT'S THE FINISH!!
ReplyDeleteYES!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my biker buddies got into the show but when his mom got him an SOA shirt for xmas he couldn't bring himself to wear it during bike season, especially since he doesn't ride with a club and he'd just look like a tool.
ReplyDeleteThumbs up to the Shimmer avatar.
ReplyDeleteI respect your friend. Not looking like a tool isn't a virtue many people around here have. I'll give some credit to the guys who decided to start referring to themselves as a club because of SOA instead of simply wearing SOA gear.
ReplyDeleteEventually they're going to have to stick Bischoff and Brisco in a crate marked "To OVW", right?
ReplyDeleteI do not remember Knox's time as an internet darling at all. Are you confusing him with Luke Gallows?
ReplyDeleteFrank Mir always did seem like an extra Kurt Angle they had lying around when he was appearing in TNA, so that's probably the best possible use of him.
ReplyDeleteNo. They killed any potential with Styles. I'm fearing its going to be Hulkamania running wild at which point I think it's time to pull the plug on the promotion.
ReplyDeleteThey have a few weeks left of the Bound for Glory tournament, they need to pick a guy they have faith in (Storm? Styles? Samoa Joe?) and just have him run through the remaining field, Golberg-Squash style, to build up enough momentum to beat Bully Ray.
ReplyDeleteAnderson is my least favorite wrestler of all time.
ReplyDeletewouldn't expect less from the Master and Ruler of the World
ReplyDeleteIs Cena really that bad, though? Yeah, he gets his one segment on just about RAW (maybe 2 if it's a promo + a match), but it's not like the heyday of the McMahons or even Triple H's reign where he's present from beginning to middle to end -- opening the show with a promo then popping up backstage a couple of times and then closing the show.
ReplyDeleteThe hell does Jim Neidhart have to do with this?
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I actually like the show -- not only is it something wrestling-related I can watch with my wife that doesn't make her leave the room, but it also shows some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff about the lives of wrestlers (even if some may be scripted). I thought it was cool seeing Bryan's home in Aberdeen and Cena's palace in Florida, and seeing how some guys are when they're not in character.
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm not saying Cena ruins the show by any means. I just think it will be interesting to see people other than Cena carrying things for a while. Cena has been omnipresent for a decade now.
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