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Zayn/Nakamura was insane. Fantastic match that lived up to all the hype & expectations.

One of the things that I love the most about NXT is how in every title match on the card, I can see either the champion retaining or the title switching hands... and both would make sense. I reckon Finn will be the Demon tonight though & him losing as the Demon should probably not happen. Joe doesn't really need the win or the title but they might call-up Bàlor for when Bullet Club shows up. Not sure. The card looks really fun. Hope my internet holds up tonight! Predictions: Bàlor vs Joe Bayley vs Asuka Nakamura vs Zayn American Alpha vs The Revival Corbin vs Aries - Probably a non-finish to keep the story going. The Drifter vs Crews - Drifter is a jobber & Crews feels like his star is falling fast. He needs the win more IMO.

I'll just be watching NXT on Friday & Wrestlemania (no pre-shows) on Sunday. Don't care about the HoF speeches or all the replay stuff from the pre-shows. Not going out of my way for any non-WWE stuff this year. Just recently moved states, so still kinda busy.

WWE as a whole just feels like it's in a big rut right now. Not just because of the injuries either. Usually, in the past, even when things were down, you could count on the "Road to Wrestlemania" picking things up & making it interesting. That's just straight-up not the case anymore. It doesn't feel like Wrestlemania is even close, let alone the next PPV on the calendar. There's not any dream matches or money matches left. WWE hasn't made any real new stars. Ending The Undertaker's Streak was a big mistake. I just don't see the draw from anyone. A lot of the new Indy people that WWE is bringing in, the guys like Owens, Zayn, Neville, etc. I just don't see any of them being stars. It doesn't really have to do with their look so much to me as it does when they come on TV, I don't care if I pay attention or not. They don't demand that attention. Last time I felt like WWE had something special going was with The Wyatt Family & The Shield. The Wyatt's have no credibility now and I think splitting up The Shield hurt the show overall. I know the end goal was to make a star out of Roman & they got a decent run on top with Seth but the 3-man team running havoc on the show felt different... as soon as they split them up, it just felt like the same old thing again. Now they brought back ANOTHER McMahon and that is supposed to sell Wrestlemania? How does that help WWE or the show on the Monday after? EDIT: Daniel Bryan and his rise to ridiculous popularity was also pretty special & I forgot about that.

Toronto crowds are usually pretty fun. Remember how bananas they went for Rock/Hogan at Wrestlemania? They put that show on another level!

I really like The Miz. He's improved a lot. I don't think WWE will ever give him a shot again though, after his first WWE Title run. Shame, really, as he's a lot better now than he was then. A lot of the audience probably doesn't even remember that he was a WWE Champion & in a Wrestlemania main event. He feels like a genuine heel, which is something that is a lot more rare nowadays than it should be.

I'd rather they removed the announcing tables from ringside again, truthfully. That's a pretty contrived spot & nowadays, it's just a cliché. I also find it odd how WWE seem to be pushing the WWE Network show this Saturday so hard & damn-near ignoring Wrestlemania in the process. That's what it feels like to me. I mean, they have done some groundwork for Wrestlemania, don't get me wrong... but the push for this WWE Network show, it feels like it's more important than Wrestlemania. Maybe it's just because it is happening first, but it feels like a bigger show than the last PPV as well. Kind of odd.

Love Boss Man. Well deserved. Shame he passed away & isn't there to accept. One of my favorite "big" guys over the years. He entertained me for a lot of years. He was damn funny when he wanted to be too.

It took a lot longer than I anticipated but it was easy enough. I had to make sure that I was using all the names listed too, as there were some differences. In example, on my list I had Big Van Vader and Tajiri and they were listed as Vader and Yoshihiro Tajiri. So I had to make 'em match. Pretty sure I turned mine in the first day. I didn't do a tag, only singles. Thanks to everyone for making this happen. Special thanks to Grimmas for all the nomination threads and everything.

How do we get to see each individually submitted list? Will all of that information be posted as well? I'm not just interested in the final ProWrestlingOnly results, I'm curious about the individual lists from each poster as well.

It would be cool if they showed Garvin doing the "9-1-1" which was the Stone Cold Stunner, years before Austin was using it.

Currently: Lucha Underground - Probably won't watch again until at the end of the season now, after watching the first couple episodes of season two, so I can watch it all in one marathon session. Really enjoyed the first season. WWE - I've fallen out of favor with them. I'll always still watch the Big PPVs, at least Rumble & 'Mania. I used to always watch RAW but I've skipped a few weeks now. I never watch any of the non-RAW TV shows. NXT - I don't enjoy the weekly show as much because I was a fool & read spoilers. It's hard to avoid them when even WWE themselves spoil their owns shows. I'll still watch the Takeover events. NJPW: I'll watch Wrestle Kingdom every year but at this point, that's the only show I go out of my way to see still. "Other" - I'll occasionally catch an odd ROH PPV every now & then but that's about it.

Excited for the Freebirds. They certainly deserve it. The Hayes speech is going to be SO LONG.

Can we just talk about pro-wrestling without taking personal shots at one another (this thread) or making gay "jokes" (NXT thread)? I'm not loving the direction I'm seeing things lately. C'mon, y'all. Let's not turn this into DVDVR.

I hated the brand split & I don't want another one. I don't want to have to go out of my way to try to watch more WWE shows. The shit that matters happens on RAW, the flagship program. Nothing else matters. A brand split just means they're moving some people that I would otherwise care to watch to a show that I'm not going to watch, like Smackdown. If anything, I wish they would get rid of the non-RAW shows.

What are they going to give The New Day? They have been the most over act that WWE has had pretty much all year... I hope they don't just give them throw away fodder, but I'm sure they will.

I'm more confused of why we're supposed to act like Shane McMahon is a big star. I mean, he has big moments, like getting thrown through glass or falling off of high things... but I don't feel like he's ever accomplished a lot as an on-screen character. Maybe I am misremembering or forgetting a lot of things though. I think a lot of the pop was because it was a genuine surprise factor. I certainly didn't see Shane McMahon coming... but I also don't think that Shane McMahon is a credible opponent for almost anyone on the roster. Certainly not for The Undertaker at Wrestlemania in a Hell in a Cell match. It just seems so... random. It's really confusing to me.

On the Wrestling Observer Radio show today, Dave Meltzer insinuated that there are as many as 20,000 unsold Wrestlemania tickets. Am I misunderstanding what he's saying here? It's around the 55 minute mark of the show. "This year should be interesting. They got a lot of tickets sold but it ain't like they sold 70,000 tickets. And now we're already at the point where there's not a lot of people buying tickets anymore. It's not like they're selling 20,000 tickets between now and show time."

Today I learned that The Undertaker has a "1" in psychology. I like to picture wrestlers reading these lists... Reminds me of the C.M. Punk shoot when the one jabrone at the wrestling school said he was "like Shawn Michaels... only with more charisma." I think instead of running every guy through your wrestling number grinder, JVK, you should first definitively reassess what those criteria actually represent/mean.

He's my #30 exactly. I don't know if there's another wrestler in the world that has made me mark out as many times as The Undertaker. Not even Hulk Hogan when I was a child. Like... his entrance still gives me goosebumps and I'm in my thirties.

I can't stop shaking my head at the screen and chuckling. Totally unreal the things this company thinks are good ideas. Triple H. Vs. Roman Reigns for the top belt. The Undertaker Vs. Shane McMahon; Hell in a Cell as a draw? lol... Can we bring back Linda too!?

It's probably going to Triple H.

EDIT: Hmm, I should have read the thread as this was already asked. I apologize. Never the less, I think my list is finalized now & whenever we decide on how to submit the entries, I'm ready.

Stone Cold Podcast with The Big Show is awesome. Everyone watch it. Main event of Monday Night RAW, maybe not so much. WWE seems to always have faith in some of the wrong people & that's been a trend since I started watching them in the 80's. Fast Lane, if the above posted is the card, doesn't look even fun on paper. Wasn't it rumored that WWE really wanted Fast Lane to be a big deal this year & not just a placeholder in-between Royal Rumble & Wrestlemania? It doesn't feel like that, it feels like a throwaway PPV still. I'm starting to feel concerned for Wrestlemania.

Just a difference in philosophy, but a lot of folks on this board have a very narrow and rigid view of wrestling IMO because they place 100% importance on "being a worker" and zero importance on all of the other factors that go into creating a complete wrestler. It's a viewpoint I can't imagine anyone in the wrestling business subscribing to, because someone who is a "great worker" and has nothing else going for him will be a jobber, period. Look at Brad Armstrong (who I loved, BTW, but let's not pretend he was able to display any kind of charisma or compelling character work). The fact that people are posting about Jake ("Not a great worker but an awesome promo, good character & good look.") And I also said I consider him one of the greatest 100 Wrestlers of All-time but let's ignore that.