Category: Wrestling Musings

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

Random Thoughts On… The "New" WWE Championship

Original image can be found here
http://bluebarcage.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-wwe-championship-belt-design.html

At the moment, it looks unfinished and could very well be more like a side plate than anything… but whatever the case, anything has to look better than the Spinner belt. By default.

If the image is a preview of the main plate… I don’t think it looks bad for a belt buckle, but as a top championship title belt, it looks pretty plain and not much else. But then again, it’s not exactly final and given what we were stuck with for the past few years, plain and not much else is a nice change of pace.

We’ll see in the long run, no?

TNA sues WWE… oh boy!

Source: http://www.wrestlenewz.com/wrestling/wwe-news/tna-files-lawsuit-against-wwe-brian-wittenstein/

A frivolous lawsuit from TNA aimed at WWE? Oh boy! I wonder if Uncle Eric had a hand in that!

The first of many, I suppose… but whatever.

(2024 Update: Funny how 12 years after this frivolous lawsuit that went nowhere and was completely forgotten about, TNA would have some semblance of a working relationship with WWE. “Only in wrestling” as some would say.)

Congrats To TNA Champion Booby Roode

According to TNA, as of last night, reigning champion Bobby Roode is currently the longest-reigning TNA World Champion in the company’s history after his taped title defense against AJ Styles in what was a phenomenal match-up… of course, since the show was taped, it goes without saying that it would be a shoe-in for Roode’s reign being the longest.

I was able to nab a few moments of Impact last night, but I have to admit that the show was a hell of a lot better than the last time I saw it… and that was ages ago, seemingly. Even with Hulk Hogan’s mugging, Garret Bischoff’s suckage, and the re-debut of Sting to the surprise of fuck all, I thought it was a pretty solid showing of Impact Wrestling. Perhaps it’s due to the Open Fight Night thing they had going on last night and I do hope they stick with that for a good while, because the concept is sound and it has potential.

By far, TNA has managed a much better product than RAW did this week and had enough of a showing to live up to its “Wrestling Matters” tagline. If anything, this makes me hopeful that the live showings will turn out well.

Nice work, Dixie. You win this round… this time.

Chris Jericho Suspended For Causing International Incident (No Joke)

Woke up this morning and found this “gem” from WWE.com posted through third-parties.

Chris Jericho as been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24. WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident.

For those who are unaware, Chris Jericho apparently kicked a Brazilian flag during a match with CM Punk and thus was forced to apologize for the incident or risk going to jail… because apparently flag kicking is a crime in Brazil. You would think that Chris Jericho or even WWE would know about stuff like this before venturing into new territory. Oh well, at least Jericho got to keep his job. Committing a national crime is apparently still a lesser violation that choking a ring announcer with a tie or spitting on the franchise player.

So Bradshaw does a mock Nazi salute and goosestep… he gets a WWE Title run…

Jericho kicks a flag… he gets a suspension…

Yeah, that sounds fair.

John Cena Overcomes Another Obstacle: His (Ex-)Wife

The breaking news story here: http://www.wrestlenewz.com/wrestling/wwe-news/tmz-john-cena-files-for-divorce-from-wife/

I guess old Johnny couldn’t “rise above hate” and “gave up” on his marriage. Har, har, har.
Now people won’t have that adultery card to play on when he hooks up with Eve Torres. Har, har, har.
Me so funny… or not.
What’s not funny; kids believing that Johnny is the epitome of goodness and top of his game while this is going on. Which is not fair to the children who believe in him. I mean, come on. At least the Huckster had the decency to wait until reaching the senile point of the career to let out the dirty laundry.
At least the upcoming sex tape will be a fair more watch– fucking hell, what am I doing?

Got a Memo…

Apparently John Cena overcame the odds again… Considering it’s against Brock Lesnar, I suppose it makes sense. In terms of the storyline, Cena needed the victory to rebound from that loss to Rock at Mania 28. And we can’t make Brock seem totally indestructible. Besides, John needed to get his win back from 2003, so I’m cool with this.

Haven’t seen the show, but a friend told me it was pretty good with solid matches all around.

Steve Austin Lost His Balls

from wrestlenewz.com:

Steve Austin was asked on Twitter about his favorite WWE Diva. He replied with Kelly Kelly:

“She’s my fave Diva. Super nice young lady. Keeps improving in the ring. Very easy on the eyes.”

Everybody knows about Austin 3:16, but if you flip down a few pages, you’ll eventually come across Austin 12:45 and Austin 12:46, which states “Damn, son. I lost my damn balls! Does anybody have a WHAT?! for Steve Austin?”
I should probably read the next verse in Austin 12:47:
“And somewhere in the vastness of space, the Extreme Stunning Superstar shed manly tears.“