El-P Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 And this ended up with vacating the titles... 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 On 9/5/2024 at 5:38 PM, sek69 said: From today's WO update: "Keith Mitchell (formerly of AEW, TNA, WCW), Kevin M. Sullivan (WWE, AEW, TNA), and Timothy J. Walbert (WWE) will be part of the production team for Scott D’Amore’s new Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling promotion.' So it seems that if nothing else these shows will look really good. (attn: @The Thread Killer ) Oh man…D’Amore issued a press release today that his Maple Leaf Promotion is going to be running the old Maple Leaf Gardens in May. I would not be able to go to the show anyways because I no longer live in Toronto and can’t go to events like that for health reasons, but the prospect of seeing wrestling again at Maple Leaf Gardens…that’s my childhood right there. Some of my best memories. It would be like going back in time to when things were good. But if I order that show, then I have to see a Baron Corbin match announced by Mauro Ranallo. I’m pretty sure that’s what hell will be like. But the prospect of seeing Pro Wrestling return to Maple Leaf Gardens after all these years…that’s some serious history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav'oh Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Found on r/MapPorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 3 hours ago, Dav'oh said: Found on r/MapPorn Interesting how this map compares to historical trends. You can kinda see why wrestling never really took off in the mountain states during the territory days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Had that HBK 2005 Montreal promo pop up and lol at the heat and trolling, but also lol that in 2025 HBK in Montreal would get a hero's welcome and Hogan would get a house of boos. But also imagine a timeline where Bret actually did come out and just beat HBK's ass that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Speaking of which, I've always been puzzled by Meltzer's insistence that the buyrate for Summerslam that year was largely due to people thinking Bret was going to show up. I was pretty heavily into WWE at the time and I never even considered it as a possibility. When they played his music in Montreal and he didn't come out, I figured that was the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 On 1/30/2025 at 3:11 PM, The Thread Killer said: But if I order that show, then I have to see a Baron Corbin match announced by Mauro Ranallo. I’m pretty sure that’s what hell will be like. Sounds like Heaven to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Finally, the news from Chris Bey https://www.instagram.com/p/DGBuxK5zi-s/?igsh=MXZ2bmZ3NXdlZ3BndQ%3D%3D&img_index=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted Wednesday at 09:39 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:39 AM With distance from the pandemic and original Hardys stuff, surely we can all agree that the cinematic matches are the worst versions of entertainment from both pro wrestling and b movie shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted Wednesday at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 10:19 AM Nope. The opposite, in fact. I'm all for an all cinematic wrestling promotion, really. Make something fresh and absurd. Pro-wrestling is stale. The pandemic years were the most fascinating times for pro-wrestling. I miss stuff like TNA's Wrestlers House and the Good Brothers shows. And of course, the whole idea of Lucha Underground, which was based on regular matches, but had that whole cinematic production around it. (and yeah, this was B-movie shit and it's why it was great, as opposed to the B-movie shit happening inside the ring as regular angles/matches and lauded by ridiculous "THIS IS CINEMA" claims) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted Wednesday at 10:43 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 10:43 AM It wasn't fresh. Only in the context of pro wrestling. In all other forms of entertainment, it was not even B movie (which many of my favorite movies are B movies), but like Neil Breen tier movies. But combined it's the worst of pro wrestling corn and bad C movies into one very bad package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted Wednesday at 11:09 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:09 AM From all other form of entertainment point of view, 99% of pro-wrestling is B-movie level shit *at best*. I've seen some porn movies with better acting and more actual depth than 90% of pro-wrestling angles and acting. Pro-wrestling is inherently ridiculous. Shit, the Cena turn on Cody, in term of dramaturgy and acting, is fucking pathetic when you put it against even the most basic cheap-ass TV show. Cinematic matches brought something pretty unique, yes, *in the context of pro-wrestling*, because it worked from within and embraced the ridiculousness of it (well, for the most part). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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