Ric Flair Update
Flair, who will be in California for an autograph signing this Saturday, is scheduled to fly home afterwards and is not expected to be at Extreme Rules on Sunday.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Updates on International Talents
KENTA will not formally announce his future plans until he finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH on May 17th. The belief among those in Japan and the WWE is that he will in fact end up in the WWE. Prince Devitt has a "standing offer" in place to join the WWE, which has been the case since his deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling ended. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com, it is not a "dead issue" at this point but Devitt is back home in the United Kingdom and has wrestled a few independent dates.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
TNA Close to Resigning Former X Division Champion?
Low Ki is in the process of finalizing a deal with TNA to return as a wrestler and an agent for the X Division.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Flair, who will be in California for an autograph signing this Saturday, is scheduled to fly home afterwards and is not expected to be at Extreme Rules on Sunday.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Updates on International Talents
KENTA will not formally announce his future plans until he finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH on May 17th. The belief among those in Japan and the WWE is that he will in fact end up in the WWE. Prince Devitt has a "standing offer" in place to join the WWE, which has been the case since his deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling ended. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com, it is not a "dead issue" at this point but Devitt is back home in the United Kingdom and has wrestled a few independent dates.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
TNA Close to Resigning Former X Division Champion?
Low Ki is in the process of finalizing a deal with TNA to return as a wrestler and an agent for the X Division.
Credit Mike Johnson, PWInsider.com
Flair is an absolute embarrassment now.
ReplyDeleteIf I were WWE I'd withdraw the offer to Devitt. He's had long enough to make his mind up so fuck him. It's not like they're that short of talent.
Low Ki's involvement will have absolutely no effect on TNA whatsoever.
Curious...what in this thread made you write that Flairs an embarrassment?
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised someone is still willing to hire Low Ki, then again it is TNA.
ReplyDeleteShould we be getting our 'random Irish Stereotype name generator' ready for Devitt?
ReplyDelete-Paddy O'Malley
-Padraig Potatoman
-Fergus Flannerty
-Micky McFinnegan
I'd almost be interested in watching again, just for Low Ki. But his stints with TNA never end well and I'm just as surprised that they seem to keep re-hiring him.
ReplyDeleteI suspect he'd be used at Extreme Rules if he hadn't shit the bed on Raw
ReplyDeleteI always liked the guy. Unique style.
ReplyDeleteFlair seemed geared to have some involvement at the PPV, shows up on Raw in what appears to be an altered state, and now a news item has him skipping the PPV altogether. I reached the same conclusion.
ReplyDeleteLiam Costello
ReplyDeleteFair enough. I assumed his Raw appearance was a 1 off deal.
ReplyDeleteWilly Fisterbottom...oh wait, wrong name game
ReplyDeleteKaval will totally turn TNA around!!
ReplyDeleteHe is at the age of needing to wear a diaper.
ReplyDeleteWhat was so bad that he did on RAW? Legit question, I was barely paying attention.
ReplyDeleteHe basically sounds like Shannon Sharpe now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who that is
ReplyDeleteOk, guess you're not a football fan.
ReplyDeleteFlair sounds like Mushmouth now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMADJcimnds
I like your name game better
ReplyDeleteSame here, wish he stayed in WWE.
ReplyDeleteJust the usual drunk Flair.
ReplyDeleteI blame Jim Ross.
ReplyDeleteYea, the reviews made it sound like he was a complete fuck up. I barely noticed anything different about him
ReplyDeleteKevin Sullivan.
ReplyDeleteHe was shithammered. I couldn't make out a single word on the live mic.
ReplyDeleteSo much for the Flair ball shot to Reigns that I was expecting. Evolution should still go over though via some type of screw job.
ReplyDeleteBehold, the power of positive thinking everybody!
ReplyDeleteAll Goritham! His multiple attacks will add up to a negative result for you!
ReplyDeleteFlair would have to do a lot more wrong than Monday to alter plans with triple h calling the shots. I think it was a one off deal he wasn't that horrible on Monday.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerules/2014/seven-fantasy-hardcore-matches-26279072/page-7
ReplyDeleteGreatest match or greaterest match?
So if Flair replaced Shapre on MFL today, it would sound like this:
ReplyDeleteWE GOT MOOREESE JOHNS-DRU WID DA BALL EN HE GOES BIPPITY BOPPITY BOO TOUCHDOWN JAGUERS
hahahaha
ReplyDeletedamn @ Lesnar vs. Vader in a last man standing match (from the same article).
ReplyDeleteI was going to post that one too but it would be too NSFW.
ReplyDeleteYeah RIGHT. Like they'd REALLY put Cena in a match with New Jack.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that Tony Atlas/Barbarian team at the bottom of the poster is not safe for anyone.
ReplyDeleteHoly hell thats awesome
ReplyDeleteIf Tony Atlas starts dancing, pray the Barbarian doesn't see you and wants to join in.
ReplyDelete+1 Haha (can we do this here?)
ReplyDeleteDEM BENGULLS DEEFENCE SEZ YOU ISNT GETTING JIGGY WID DAT AS LEEAHN HOLL PICKS OFF DA BALL ANN ITS BAWDY BAWDY
ReplyDeleteI saw the clip from Raw with Flair, and I noticed the ref hold the ropes for him. I noticed a ref doing the same when he introduced his daughter on an episode of NXT. Have they always done that for him as a Legend of the business thing, and I've just missed it, or is it for some physical reason?
ReplyDeleteAnd pray that Tony doesn't look at Barbarian's shoes and his shoe fetish doesn't start going into effect.
ReplyDeleteWhy would TNA want Low-Ki? He didn't accomplish anything while he was in WWE, and isn't that the measuring stick they use when hiring guys?
ReplyDeleteGot to love that TNA is so desperate they'll hire guys that even All Japan won't keep.
ReplyDeleteQuestions that start with "Why would TNA..." usually aernt worth asking.
ReplyDeleteIt's simply out of respect. It's not a new thing for him by any means. Tommy Young held the ropes open for Flair as early as the mid-1980's.
ReplyDeleteWould Kenta's skillset translate to WWE? I haven't see much Japanese wrestling in years, but would there be many guys who could effectively work that style?
ReplyDeletePlus, does anyone have faith in WWE making Kenta into anything other than Evil Foreign Menace #4,576?
WWE has one style. You better learn it...or else!
ReplyDeleteId love to see Sheamus vs Vader so they could just brutalize eachother for our enjoyment. LIke the Sheamus vs Big Show fued but way better (possibly minus the giant chair which would be a bit of a shame)
ReplyDeleteBryan & Punk borrowed half his moveset and they did all right for themselves.
ReplyDeleteKenta's style is basicaly Bryan' s style with Punks' s striking based on anything I've seen
ReplyDeleteI have no faith. He'll probably debut on television as Randy Orton's new houseboy.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big Sheamus fan or anything but he's a physical wrestler who can go. Surely they can do SOMETHING with the dude.
ReplyDeleteThat actually sounds like a legit NXT name.
ReplyDeleteI hate that so many wrestlers coming up have to have actual names. What happened to cool names like Ax, Smash, Animal, Hawk, Ultimate Warrior, Warlord, Barbarian, Undertaker, Goldust etc.?
ReplyDeleteWho else thought it was kind of odd when Diesel and Razor Ramon came out as...Kevin and Scott?!
Now? Flair's been an embarrassment for YEARS!
ReplyDeleteI would wait for someone like Devitt. The past few years have shown that wrestlers with a pedigree of wrestling all over the world, like Bryan, Punk and Cesaro, can be nurtured into stars.
ReplyDeleteWhy the fuck has Sonjay Dutt NEVER gotten a chance with the X-Division belt? The guy is amazing and well-liked by most!
ReplyDeleteHall/Nash fit in with the "reality" of the angle, and their real names worked (Alvin Burke and Nick Aldis, for example, don't do much for me).
ReplyDeleteI agree. It still blew my mind that they were actually going through with Kevin and Scott, though.
ReplyDeleteMike Knox says hello.
ReplyDeleteHave him start out as plucky Irish scrapper Mick Dolan. But in an encounter with Sheamus, he's called "black Irish," which he takes to heart, embracing a bunch of black stereotypes, and changes his ring name to Dolanite.
ReplyDeleteSlow news day...
ReplyDeleteWhy withdraw the offer? Do they lose anything or spend any time/money/energy saying "okay, whatever, door's open if you're interested?" Unless you just mean stop actively pursuing him, which I dunno how active they were being.
ReplyDeleteTJ:
ReplyDeleteHarvey Whippleman's wife is wrestling Miss Jackie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjpU2kBItJI
Haha, I rolled my eyes when they started that with Tajiri/Regal, but it ended up pretty cool, especially Regal's look during Tajiri's debut. like "Damn, and this guy is on my side!!"
ReplyDeleteBecause Russo has been booking for the most part and we know how he feels about foreigners.
ReplyDeleteINDEED! I do not.
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt he can back it up in the ring. But can he...sigh...SPORTS ENTERTAIN?!
ReplyDeleteTommy also knew how loaded Ric was at any given time.
ReplyDeleteThe Barbarian should have been the one who teamed up with Too Cool, not Rikishi.
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE THE MAN
ReplyDeleteTJ2 Electric Boogaloo:
ReplyDeleteWhich is the bigger WTF footage:
1. Harley Race wins his first world title...with a vertical suplex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6r5QEXO0s
2. Dusty Rhodes gets a shot at the WWF title...in a pretty damned good match!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWTrMvJEOVE
There's a good Sterling joke in there that I'm too lazy to think of right now.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you assume that he couldn't? Because he's Japanese?
ReplyDeleteFlair-Don't care.
ReplyDeleteKenta-I f he goes to WWE he's gonna bomb
Low ki-Good,X division needs some help.WWE wasted him.
Because I am a man of my word, you get to pick the following week's shoot interview that I recap. Email me at bbayless781@gmail.com and I will send you my list
ReplyDeleteWell Japanese wrestling is pretty straight forward with the exception of DDT that parodies the WWE.
ReplyDeleteunfortunately, I guess Vader can't anymore.
ReplyDeleteI'll get cult's time machine and bring 92 Vader.
ReplyDeleteI think you guys are being optimistic about Flair being drunk, his inability to really speak properly and seemingly inability to move half his face..I think there are bigger medical problems there.
ReplyDeleteOoooooooh
ReplyDeleteLet me check in a bit
Tajiri couldn't entertain?
ReplyDeleteFunaki couldn't entertain?
Muta couldn't entertain?
Random: Undertaker anti-drug commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K6_jHDukkw
ReplyDeleteJeff Hardy doesn't approve this shit.
ReplyDeleteRandom: Checking out Armaggedon 2004 on the Network. Got a chuckle out of this event:
ReplyDelete"John Cena hits the FU on Jesus for the pin"
Tajiri? Yes
ReplyDeleteFunaki?No
Muta?Yes.
I see you're point.
I am not point!
ReplyDeleteTypo,sorry.
ReplyDeleteHow small is that goddamn NWA Ring?
ReplyDeleteForever indebted.
ReplyDeleteChrist I was hoping she was a fat pig
ReplyDeleteHahahaha
ReplyDeleteJesus turning water into wine got over too much....
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember when they had the Undertaker stump for the WWE's "Fight Against Hunger" for the Somali crisis in 1993? That was sort of misplaced IMO to have a "dead man" character cut an aid promo for starving people.
ReplyDeleteDo I look Puerto Rican to you? He didn't say "Jesus", he said "Hey Zeus", as in god of thunder, shove a lightning bolt up your motherfucking ass...
ReplyDeleteIf he doesn't approve of it it's probably a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWinners don't do drugs*. Unless they are MLB or NFL players, in which case winners do do drugs.
*Marijuana is a plant, not a drug.
Kenta-I f he goes to WWE he's never advancing past developmental, and he's an idiot.
ReplyDeleteFIFY.
To be fair, they had the luxury of Sportz Entertainer charisma and speaking english. I don't doubt Kenta could show up and work some great matches, I just wonder about the rest of the package. I think it would almost necessitate Kenta being a Heyman Guy, just so Paul can talk for him and let Kenta be the silent killer. I'm not a fan of every "foreign" wrestler automatically becoming a heel, but unless he can bring the goods on the mic somehow, I don't know how Kenta plays as a top-level babyface. Unless his ring work is just THAT good
ReplyDeleteYou said do do.
ReplyDelete"If you wanna see lucha libre, go to Japan."
ReplyDeleteNot really his ethnicity but more his wrestling culture, which treats wrestling with more respect at his level.
ReplyDeleteLike Bryan Danielson?
ReplyDeleteSure, but he caught lightning in a bottle when WWE finally allowed him to show some personality, which took years. I can't see them having the same patience with a Japanese wrestler who doesn't speak fluent English.
ReplyDeleteThat bein said, I hope Kenta is a huge success.
I also said "hard on". Not in the post you're replying to, but I'm sure I said it at one point.
ReplyDeleteThey hired Mike Knox? I didn't know that. Still, he got to kayfabe fuck kelly Kelly, so that's something.
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