Category: Wrestling Musings

All posts related to pro rasslin’ that isn’t covering specific shows or events.

TMNT WWE Figures…

On the one hand… they look stupid.

On the other hand… the old Playmates toys from a couple decades back had their share of stupid shit.

Though, I have to say I’m surprised they didn’t turn one of the Turtles into Roman Reigns, who supposed to be the chosen one and the next “big star.”

But not big enough to be turned into a Ninja Turtle.

Unless they turn him into Venus De Milo.

On second thought… let’s not. Even Venus deserves better than that.

One Week… One Bloody Week…

And what happens while I take a week off from uploading shit?

– Billy Corgan, TNA president and hopeful acquirer of said company, sues Dixie Carter and the company he’s employed with because they owe him money. Goddamn, kid.

– Paige suffers another WWE Wellness Policy violation over prescription drugs they say are “illegal” and now sources on her side claim that a second opinion doctor says she needs neck surgery. WWE doctors believe otherwise; look at all the wonders our Z-Paks have done for us over the years.

– This year’s Survivor Series PPV will comprise three traditional Survivor Series style matches (almost like the earlier editions of the PPV were just that) and headlined by the “long-awaited” rematch between Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg, which is being booked for the sole purpose of trying to sell more copies of the video game… because apparently Suplex City isn’t enough of a stupid idea to try and sell more video games.

– The rumored Women In Hell In A Cell match has been confirmed. Not only that, but the match between Seth Rollins and Champion Of The Universe Kevin Owens will also be a Cell match. WOW! THREE HELL IN A CELL MATCHES ON ONE SHOW! SMELL THE BUYRATE! Brace yourselves for mediocrity.

– They announced a Justice League/Mighty Morphin crossover comic… because I guess we really needed the stench of Zack Snyder in my MMPR comic books… oh wait, they’re talking about the comic version of JL, not the film… sorry, my bad.

– Another Rogue One trailer… Maybe you should’ve released this first before TFA if you wanted to get on everyone’s good nostalgic side or something.

Well… that’s something.

So Youtube videos will resume this week with a pick-up video and then straight reviews for the next few weeks. Nothing grandiose for this wave of reviews… I’m saving those for later.

Royal Rumble To Return To AlamoDome in 2017

How many comp tickets will they give away this year?!

Here’s the press release:

WWE announced that the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, will host Royal Rumble 2017 on Sunday, January 29, 2017. This marks the return of Royal Rumble to the Alamodome for the first time since 1997.

Maybe this year, they’ll actually sell the place out instead of giving a shitton of free tickets to try and get a full house.

Royal Rumble is one of WWE’s biggest pay-per-views of the year and officially kicks off The Road to WrestleMania. The event will be highlighted by a 30-man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match featuring WWE Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown LIVE, where the winner will receive a title opportunity to headline WrestleMania 33 in Orlando, Florida on April 2, 2017.

Tickets for Royal Rumble 2017 will be available starting Friday, October 14, at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT through all Ticketmaster outlets, http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. All tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees.

The Alamodome previously hosted the 1997 Royal Rumble, where more than 60,000 fans (only 45,000+ paid) witnessed WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin win the Royal Rumble Match and WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels win the WWE Championship

Monday Night Football Kills The Kevin Owens Show

Source: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/raw-ratings-plummet-against-first-nfl-competition-season-220781

For those lazy to click the link, Raw got its lowest audience since October 1996 during the WWF’s weak sauce years of getting its ass kicked by the nWo. I suppose someone might blame it on putting the belt on the Quebecois asti tabarnac… but really, who’s surprised by this? For a company that claims to tell stories, they haven’t told any interesting ones as of late.

Sidenote on AJ Styles

With last night’s title win, AJ Styles is often being credited as being the first guy to have held the TNA, IWGP, and WWE championships, making him something of a Triple Crown champ. Quite an impressive showing all things considered, but did you know that AJ Styles also held the NWA World title during TNA’s Asylum years?

Because TNA didn’t actually have a World title to call their own until 2007, so they just used the NWA belt and AJ’s held that a couple times. So realistically, he should be considered a Grand Slam champion before having held the NWA, TNA, IWGP, and WWE World titles.

Just a thought.

RIP Mr. Fuji

Legendary wrestling manager and WWE Hall Of Famer Harry “Mr. Fuji” Fujiwara passed away this weekend at the age of 83. The exploits of Mr. Fuji as both a tag-team wrestler (five time tag champion in WWWF) as well as the manager of countless talents such as Demolition, Don Muraco, and Yokozuna were well outside of my exposure to the wrestling product, but even when I was oblivious to the product itself, he was always one of those names that would get brought up by other folks and one of those names that just stuck in my head even if I had no clue who he was. That doesn’t diminish his accomplishments and his legacy, nor does it taint my enjoyment of the various sketches he did with Muraco.

My prayers go out to his friends and loved ones.