Wrestling 2021: The Big Thread Machine

[BeardFaceMan]

It's self-published because every publisher he talked to thought it was too niche so its just from that site for now, better off waiting for some 2nd hand copies to turn up on ebay.

[peanutbutter]

Turns out Funk's last match is on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3lvHCI0FKA

Quite grim, he doesn't get harmed or anything that I saw but def gives off a bit of a vibe that he knows he's not up for it and just wants it over. In the next most recent clip I can find (one with Eddie Kingston), he's obviously way past it but he seems to be actively trying.

[Ja'moke]

Despite the shitty feud, Cody vs QT was the highest quarter of this week's Dynamite with almost 1 million viewers (994k to be precise). If Cody can still draw those kind of numbers and crowd reactions in a dull feud with QT, then a proper main event level rivalry with Black should do very well.

[Ja'moke]

Bayley out for 9 months with an injury. That fucking sucks. She's been one of the MVPs of the pandemic era and now she's out injured a week before live crowds return.

[MrMrs]

doing some stupid shit probably

[up_the_hampipe]

This is apparently a real picture of Brock recently:

[Deanjam]

That's Jeff Hardy on steroids.

[Deanjam]

Paul Orndorff has died.



Obviously his big run was with Hogan tht did huge business and fucked up his bicep. But I honestly best remember him from early 90s WCW. He had a killer theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK9IY8r2aF4

And of course the time he met psychic weirdo Gary Spivey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-IcTY5ks0

He also beat up Vader for reals when he was being an asshole backstage.

[Huxleys Babkins]

I saw this "tribute" on Twitter and now you all have to see it too.

[Huxleys Babkins]

In other news, Mandy Rose is now back on NXT.

Astonishing to think that a little over 12 months ago she was in a massively over angle with Otis that they just killed for no good reason.

[Deanjam]

I saw this "tribute" on Twitter and now you all have to see it too.

Why are they fighting in heaven? Is that how you get in now? Have I got to pin the spirit of Earthquake to get in?

[Enzo]

Why are they fighting in heaven? Is that how you get in now? Have I got to pin the spirit of Earthquake to get in?

nah It's a royal rumble with everyone else that died on the same day as you. Everyone counting down until the 95 year old grandma enters to Jeff Jarrett's music.

[kitsofan34]

The energy of that Dynamite crowd last night...good god almighty.

[Gurke and Hare]

The pop for

Spoiler alert

Ricky

[close]

winning was fantastic.

[Mobius]

Yeah was a fantastic episode, it just cannot be overstated how important crowds are

Seems like it was well received! https://twitter.com/PWTorch/status/1415767923059212294

[up_the_hampipe]

Dynamite with crowds again is so wonderful. Is tonight WWE's first night back with crowds too? If so, I'm tuning in live for the first time since Mania.

[Deanjam]

Yes. Smackdown has a crowd tonight.

[Spiteface]

Hoping WWE doing TV with live crowds again makes them make more of an effort, I might dip back in again there.

I was almost expecting WWE to keep the Thunderdome, surely Vince and his lackeys loved having that much control over everything.

[BeardFaceMan]

Hoping WWE doing TV with live crowds again makes them make more of an effort, I might dip back in again there.

The wrestlers will be making more of an effort with crowds there, still going to be the same shitty booking though. Unless AEWs numbers, AEW starting a new show soon and a return of the crowds spur them on to do something, but you'd have to say its gonna back to business as usual with Vince still running things.

[up_the_hampipe]

This is apparently the new Smackdown set https://twitter.com/Fiend4FolIows/status/1416030409951957006

I should say, actually, this is apparently the new Smackdown screen.

[BeardFaceMan]

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1416110444775870471

Of all the fucking chants to get the crowd to try and shout, they choose that one. I bet the wrestlers loved that tweet.

[Deanjam]

Vince giving himself that first pop like the cunt he is.

[Deanjam]

That was weird.

[up_the_hampipe]

The atmosphere is pretty amazing. Roman feels like a much much bigger star immediately.

[Deanjam]

That Edge pop almost burst my eardrums.

[up_the_hampipe]

This crowd is so hot. I hope they continue to be, because it improves everything on the show. Average storylines seem great, the wrestlers perform better. They've got to really try not to kill the energy.

[Spode]

Jay White on Impact then. Between this and Danielson not re-singing with WWE (yet) feels like an interesting few months ahead.

[Deanjam]

Jay White on Impact then

Really? Wow. That actually makes me want to watch it.

[Spode]

Really? Wow. That actually makes me want to watch it.

Showed up at the end of the PPV last night after Omega's win. Not clear what belt he's after so could go anywhere really. Exciting nonetheless

[Mobius]

Yeah that was cool actually, definitely paying more attention to Impact now