AEW / WWE thread - Real Fighting about Fake Fighting

I think he really wants to go, but they want him to stay and they're not beyond working an expiring contract into a storyline.

 

cdaysker can you confirm payment for the rumble winnings? I had a little issue with a payment to someone else and want to make sure you got the cash. Sent it via Venmo

 

Yeah I am having trouble with mine as well. I got an email saying I got a payment but there is nothing showing in the app.

 

OK check now... I think I made the same mistake with you as I did with the other money that got screwed up

 

Ok yep, everything is good now. Thanks for getting that sent again!

 

I’m kinda skeptical on this Dean thing being real. He was still in the ring after the commercial Monday night and was like “Chill out for a second, I’m trying to pour my heart out to you people”, before being interrupted. It’d be one thing if it felt like he was legitimately going off script, but his music was playing when they came back from break. This could be an elaborate work. If it is, it’s the most interesting Dean’s done since getting in Foley’s face at that hotel.

 

I'm on the "its a work bro" wagon. The promo going at HHH about do you need your father-in-laws permission to go along with him staying in ring trying to cut a promo post match. To me it feels like something John Moxley would do on the independents and is bringing to WWE. He didn't cut a corny promo before he faced Seth either. I could see this leading up to a HHH vs Dean match at Mania. This type of turn could honestly save him tbqh his recent run was so bad he needs something like this.

 

If WWE is acknowledging that a wrestler is leaving in 3 months, it's a work bro

 

Great look at the behind the scenes for the NXT stars at the Royal Rumble

 

Black has the makings of a star if WWE can embrace counter culture in a way they didn't with Punk

 

He's really a unique talent in all regards. Better athlete than Punk too.

 

doing the watch along to Souled Out 2000 with Conrad and Eric, wish me luck guys

 

hate the entire aesthetic of this WCW era so much

 

Opening match is Malenko/Kidman, where the first person to have both feet touch the floor on the outside is the loser, and Dean apparently just has a brain fart and rolls to the outside two minutes in, losing the match. He tried to just brush it off and keep going, but little Naitch enforced the rules, match over. What a hot start.

 

ahh geez, the tasteless JR parody (Ferrara I think?) is the Cruiserweight champion

 

and he's fighting Madusa

for the cruiserweight championship

Spoiler

 

Conrad while asking about Asia's start with the company: "Well I think she was originally brought in as Ric Flair's nurse when you guys put him in a mental institution."

Me :

 

ohhhh sssssssssnap, it's Ahmed Johnson, in the year 2000

 

Mauro is a national treasure

 

Kacy

 

NXT spoilers

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Dream just took the title off of Gargano. Surely this means he's getting called up ASAP right? Gargano and Black to Smackdown?

 

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I read they reshot the ending and that Gargano ended up leaving with the title. Maybe they did both to avoid spoilers or there's some treachery afoot

 

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Please don't send Johnny Takeover up to Smackdown to be forgotten and eventually moved to 205 Live.

 

AJ and Bryan are the top 2 stars there. He'd fit in perfectly.

 

Nia Jax back before she gained weight

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Thighs don't lie. It was always coming.

 

Probably a good thing she doesn't look like that anymore. She would be pushed harder and probably have botched someone to death by now.

 

Agree... Its also why I think Black goes to RAW whenever that day comes.

With that said no one is getting called up till after mania imho.

 

That’s the thing, her ring gear is made to make her look bigger compared to all the other women who are pretty tiny to begin with. In real life she stills look pretty good when she is wearing appropriate clothing for her size

 

Nia Jax's announced weight is higher than mine. As a fat guy, she's fat.

 

She is also 6 feet tall, how tall are you

 

Look, I’m not saying she is a trophy you call your buddy about the next day. I’m just saying that on wrestling they make her look much more like a manatee on purpose. In appropriate fashion, she looks a lot better. I mean she is a (plus size) model after all

 

5'11"

 

I'm 6'1" 185 lbs and solidly built. If she weighs 272 lbs then she's fucking fat.

 

I loved La Parka

 

I doubt she's 272 . Her thing is to be large, so they add to the weight the way someone is 500 pounds or 7 foot tall when they aren't.

 

Looks like AEW won the Pentagon/Fenix sweepstakes

 

I mean, there's no way to know for sure I guess, but she did an interview and claimed they use her real weight because she and Vince felt it fit the character and she thinks of it as an empowerment thing. Still could be a work, but again, as a fat guy, 272 seems close if not right.

 

Brian urlacher was 6’4 250. 275 you’re getting into NFL DB weight. They only list reigns as 6’3 265. No way she weighs more than him

 

If she was ripped, youd have a point. Fat carries a lot differently than muscle. I weigh more than plenty of NFL guys. I can guarantee you'd not dispute that I was fat. I think a lot of you are underestimating because women don't share their weight.

 

Here's a few examples. Not exact, and obviously every body is different.

 

I don't know why were having this debate, because Nia's weight has nothing to do with my own dislike for her. It's because she's terrible at the job she gained through nepotism.

 

oh dang Bate/Alexander on that World's Collide stream right meow