Doug ([info]redrock) wrote in [info]wrestletalk,

Random stuff - the return

This is an attempt to revive this once promising (or something) community.

Random wrestling topics.

What are your thoughts on...

1. Hulk Hogan's most recent comeback

2. SummerSlam as a whole

3. The whole Matt Hardy angle

4. Ric Flair being pushed as a major babyface

5. Kurt Angle gunning for a world title shot at the next PPV

Discuss.

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[info]harrybernum

August 25 2005, 18:37:19 UTC 6 years ago

1. As long as there is a reality show, Hogan will be on TV. He is a marketing genius. It works well for both sides, WWE gets random VH1 viewers, and VH1 gets classic wrestling fans. It ended up being the most watched episodic show premiere in VH1 history, and it wasn't an accident.

But, the current writing team doesn't know what to do with Hulk Hogan. He gets tiffed if he doesn't work with main eventers, and rightfully it'd have to be a pretty good storyline to explain him not working with main eventers, but there's a huge lack of main eventers on Raw. Cena, Angle, and HBK are really the only ones considered main eventers. Carlito's the IC champ, but it's been weeks since he defended it. Cena and Angle are tied up, we just did Hogan-HBK, and Triple H and Jericho are out. So what is there to do with the Hulkster? Nobody knows. I think he should win the IC championship from Carlito, because it'd be kind of absurd. Hulk Hogan the INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION! But seriously, I like the guy, but he's just kind of a creative blemish.

2. Why was there no IC title defense on SummerSlam at all? Why did not title change hands at major ppv? They don't know what they're doing. THeir booking is terrible right now. SummerSlam I'm sure was an entertaining ppv, but it gave no heat to the next night or the next ppv or the future of WWE for the year or anything, so in that sense it was dismal.

3. They are booking Hardy horribly. He shouldn't have wrestled that random match agasint Snitsky after his return, they should've saved him untill SummerSlam. Then he loses to Rob Conway on Monday night. This is good for Conway, who could be a great great thing for the future. However, I think it's quite intentional that Matt Hardy has been written an angle which involves him jobbing over and over again. He ran his mouth about WWE on his website, and then took their offer anyway, I think it's his just due.

4. Ric Flair can easily be pushed as a major babyface, and Triple H is the lamest face ever, so if they're going to have a feud between the two, this is definitley the way it should be. It's only a matter of tiem before Flair without Triple H would never be a heel. If you watched the last few of Flair's heel runs, without the aide of Triple H or anyone, when it was just Flair, he would always end up being a face by the end of it. It isn't Flair's fault, the fans just love the guy. Him being a babyface is quite natural, and quite a good thing.

5. Angle is the default opponent on Raw. Who else is there to run for the title? Hogan?? :P Besides, Hogan and Cena are faces, sort of. But anyway, there is no other person to run for that title right now, but Cena. They better push Conway HUGE right now to get something ready for after Cena. They can't give the title to Angle, there's not enough faces on Raw, unless they want Hogan to go after Angle :P. But at any rate, they should book Conway to beat Carlito for the IC title, then Carlito face-off with Cena by the time the Angle-Cena program is over. I would prefer to see it go untill Survivor Series, cause I really like seeing big things happen at one of the big 4. (ON a side note, man do I miss King of the Ring) But at any rate. Angle is a good choice and the only choice. Conway needs to be pushed against Carlito, Carlito needs to step up into the main event scene. By that time H will be back and it'll be all him again so no worries.

[info]redrock

August 25 2005, 19:49:36 UTC 6 years ago

1. Hogan's never been I-C champ. He should do it!!! The way I understand it, he's out 'til Wrestlemania now.

2. Well, Summerslam took care of a couple of things. Getting rid of Chris Jericho for a while. Making Kurt Angle look like a viable heel when he had been a joke for months leading up to it. Making Matt Hardy look like a little wuss so they can keep fake pushing Edge. And letting Rey Mysterio say GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!! Oh yeah...and proving once and for all that HULK HOGAN OWNS THE HEARTBREAK KID!!!!

3. I agree on the Snitsky thing. That match completely baffled me. I mean, you HAVE to save him for Summerslam if you're WWE. But somehow they thought differently. But Hardy has nowhere to go. He's in the same position he was in before he left. Remember how he just kept getting beat down by Kane then? Yeah, well, insert Edge in place of Kane, and there you go.

4. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

5. H will be back soon, and that is cause for enough worries the way it is. But you left out Kane and Big Show as Raw main eventers. I mean, come on, man. They've gotta count. They may not have as much personality as the other guys, but they're pretty huge with the fans - especially Kane - and if given the right opportunity, they can really mix it up. For example, Kane challenging either Cena OR Angle for the title would be pretty interesting in many fans' eyes. Big Show...eh. But he's around. And why NOT have Cena vs. Michaels at some point in the not so distant future? That would draw viewers big time, in my opinion. Whether you had one be a heel or not. Or if you stuck the belt on Angle and then had Michaels go after him? It'll never happen, because they love Cena. But Angle-Michaels III would be huge. These are all just ideas to keep H from spoiling everyone's fun. ;o)

[info]bullwinkl

August 26 2005, 19:58:22 UTC 6 years ago

1. Hulk Hogan's most recent comeback

I don't think much about it. Just wanted one more red and yellow match...instead we get loads more. It's overkill.

2. SummerSlam as a whole

It was all downhill after the MEGAPOWERS EXPLODEd... (except for the Austin/Hart I Quit match. That was summerslam I think...)

3. The whole Matt Hardy angle

Both he and the WWE are desperately struggling for air. Neither of them will get any, and he'll disappear again.

4. Ric Flair being pushed as a major babyface

Who cares what I think... I like him as an old-school heel but I'll take him babyface. I'd even actively cheer for him if he would WEAR A GODDAMN SHIRT. It's disgusting.

5. Kurt Angle gunning for a world title shot at the next PPV

Angle rules. What's left to be said?

[info]redrock

August 26 2005, 20:03:18 UTC 6 years ago

1. I'll never be satisfied until we get one more Hogan-Lawler match. And if he has to go through the rest of the roster before it's signed, so be it.

2. The MEGAPOWERS exploded at Wrestlemania V, you dolt. Summerslam died when Mable got a shot at the world title. End of story.

3. Agreed, I guess. Even though I hate to agree with you. Always.

4. Ric Flair needs one more match with Ricky Steamboat. Book it on the same card as Hogan-Lawler, and I'll be happy.

5. Again, I agree. But screw Cena. Angle should be strapped, and he should hold it until someone can actually come along and knock him off by being as popular as he is anti. Which is hard to do.

[info]bullwinkl

August 26 2005, 22:12:39 UTC 6 years ago

I was referring to the bikini incident that began the MEGAPOWERS EXPLOsion

[info]redrock

August 27 2005, 06:39:46 UTC 6 years ago

Miss Elizabeth > All other divas
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