Weekly thread to discuss professional and semi-professional wrasslin!
AEW According to reports the investigation into Brawl Out has been completed. Kenny Omega, Don Callis, and Matt and Nick Jackson were all apparently backstage at both Dynamite and Rampage last week. It seems we have seen the last of … Continue reading The Monday Wrestling Thread for October 31, 2022
AEW Waking up with a head cold at 6am on Wednesday morning, I was very confused and then worried at all the news reports detailing Adam Page’s concussion on Dynamite (as I didn’t realise the show was broadcast a day … Continue reading The Monday Wrestling Thread is Going to EARN IT!
AAA The third TripleMania was held this weekend in Mexico City, to celebrate AAA’s 30th anniversary. I maintain these events are always worth watching, even for the terrible parts, because there’s no other shows quite like them. This sounds like … Continue reading The Monday Wrestling Thread Unmasks
Hey everyone, I thought I would experiment with having the Weekly Wrestling Thread go up on a Monday instead of a Friday to allow more people to post if they want. With such a busy weekend for events, this seemed … Continue reading The Monday Wrestling Thread (October 10, 2022)
NJPW New Japan’s founder and possibly one of the most famous and important pro-wrestlers in the world, Antonio Inoki, passed away on October 1st, aged 79. Inoki co-headlined one of the largest shows in pro wrestling history in Pyongyang, North … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread gets EXTREME!!1!
AEW “I will leave you in a pool of blood on Broad Street!” MJF is great, Saraya’s promo was cringe-worthy, and Bandido is a revelation in the ring. Chris Jericho, the Ring of Dishonor champion, wants to desecrate ROH’s legacy … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for September 30, 2022
AEW At the beginning of the week, Tony Khan hit the White Claws and made some bold claims for Wednesday’s show: it was going to be his “Waynestock”, “one perfect night in New York City”. “Expect a lot and you … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for September 23, 2022
AEW It’s all been (mostly) quiet on the CM Punk front. The post-All Out backstage fracas has supplied a trillion opinions all over the web, with plenty of dinosaurs like Les Thatcher, Dutch Mantell and Jim Cornette using it to … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Kayfabes (September 16, 2022)
It was the most extraordinary press conference in the history of pro-wrestling. After winning the AEW World Championship, CM Punk didn’t want to put over his achievement or his competitor, but instead tried to find an excuse to launch into … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for September 9, 2022
WWE In deference to my goodly fellow Avocado Donalbain, Saturday’s Live Premium Event (are they stilled called that now Vince is gone?) shall henceforth be referred to as Clash in the Vicinity of a Castle; being that the Principality Stadium … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Clashes in the Vicinity of a Castle (Sept 2, 2022)
WWE There was a major return to the company this week, further solidifying HHH’s reintegration of his old NXT crew. That’s right, The Road D-O-Double G is back as an executive producer. Also this guy showed up: In terms of … Continue reading HEY! (Weekly Wrestling Thread) August 26, 2022
AEW Rumours abound via podcasts such as Voices Of Wrestling and the Observer that there is real backstage heat between Adam Page and CM Punk which has spilled over to their in-ring promos where seemingly both went off script; Page … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread (G1) Climaxes (August 19, 2022)
AEW Last Saturday was Battle of the Belts III, which didn’t fare too well in the ratings (averaging 437,000), which is on par with the poor viewership that Friday night’s Rampage has been suffering from recently. Still, I thought out … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread has got the Touch, has got the Power
It feels like it’s been a relatively quiet week in the world of pro-wrestling; although the G1 Climax and Stardom’s 5★Star Grand Prix are ongoing, I’ve not had much of a chance to see any of either. WWE SummerSlam happened; … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for August 5, 2022
WWE It’s been the most tumultuous week in the world of pro-wrestling since WCW folded two decades ago, with Vince McMahon abruptly announcing his “retirement” last Friday, surely signalling that further awful revelations about his behaviour are sure to surface … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 29, 2022
AEW Adam Cole has been talking this week about his hopes for a return soon, and according the the Wrestling Observer, both Kenny Omega and CM Punk are tentatively planning to return from their respective injuries at September’s All Out … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Fights Like an Eight Year Old Girl
WWE As usual, the most interesting things happening in WWE occurred outside the ring (how can it not be? There was something like fifteen minutes of wrestling on Smackdown last week, a two hour show). Sasha Banks still hasn’t been … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 15, 2022
NJPW Hey, some good news for us UK-based wrestling nerds, New Japan announced they will be returning to Britain at an-yet-specified date in October. Royal Quest back in 2019 was a fantastic event and I hope I can go to … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 8, 2022
AEW (& NJPW) What a week it was for All Elite Wrestling. Last Sunday was Forbidden Door, which turned out to be fantastic in terms of matches, despite the multitude of injuries which plagued the event; including at the end … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 1, 2022 is BLOODY & GUTSY
AEW Dynamite was the go-home show for Forbidden Door, the AEW x NJPW crossover on June 26. It’s such a shame that Tony Khan is having to deal with the absolute worst succession of injuries in the young company’s life. … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for June 24, 2022
