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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Cafc43v3r said:

    And the winner of the match and NEW...


  • Jannetty's Factbook page is nuts.  The guy is insane
  • Interesting promo video from Brian Pillman Jr.

    https://youtu.be/kr1AdSWa0V8?si=lw5EO5uimt_uHxiZ
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,975
    Officially retiring next year, he's been my fave wrestler since I was 8 years old. Gutted but then I have to remind myself he's 64! Very thankful that AEW have given him the chance to finish his career on a high note. 


  • So glad I got to see Sting at All In and that he got another run after WWE treated him so poorly at his only 'Mania appearance. Looking forward to seeing who he wrestles in his last match. 
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,975
    So glad I got to see Sting at All In and that he got another run after WWE treated him so poorly at his only 'Mania appearance. Looking forward to seeing who he wrestles in his last match. 
    Me too, never got the chance when I was a kid in the 90s as WCW didn't really tour the UK much, if at all. Got chills sitting there at Wembley and seeing him walk to the ring for real. 
  • CAFCTrev said:
    Officially retiring next year, he's been my fave wrestler since I was 8 years old. Gutted but then I have to remind myself he's 64! Very thankful that AEW have given him the chance to finish his career on a high note. 


    Like me you would watch WCW Saturday Night on ITV before Baywatch! 

    Glad he had an AEW run as you said the WWE run wasn't great, also a nod of the cap to TNA would he had great matches with past his prime. Joker Sting showed he still had a lot to offer. His angle with Hogan in 96/97 is amongst the best ever. Up there with Hogan/Macho 'Mania 5, Austin V McMahon and the Bloodline. I hope he doesn't Ric Flair it and come out of retirement as one last match with the right opponent would be the perfect ending.

    The perfect last opponent would be Warrior, Flair or The Undertaker. As we can (hopefully) write them all off it's Darby Allin. I would like to see him manage Darby post retirement, maybe hitting a Scorpion Death Drop when the referee isn't looking etc. 

    What a career and he always comes across as a decent bloke out of character. 
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,975

  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    Sting vs Darby Allin at Wembley next year please. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    cafctom said:
    Sting vs Darby Allin at Wembley next year please. 
    Retiring before then, Revolution happens in March. 
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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    sam3110 said:
    cafctom said:
    Sting vs Darby Allin at Wembley next year please. 
    Retiring before then, Revolution happens in March. 
    Ah, didn’t realise it was a Dynamite announcement. 

    It really has to be Darby, and Darby has to go over. Looking forward to seeing how this one plays out. 
  • They'll have him doing that spot with Sting in a match against the young bucks.
  • Impact wrestling has changed it's name back to TNA, which seems a backwards step to me. There are also rumours that CM Punk is going to join them and I think they've signed a new TV deal? Either way it seems they're going on an upwards projection which is interesting. They have some decent talent there with Frankie Kazarian and Eric Young.
  • Will Osprey is up there with the very best Wrestlers in the world in my opinion, but I really wish they wouldn't give him a microphone......bruv bruv bruv
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    I’m struggling to think of a more violent match on a major US promotion in recent years than Swerve vs Hangman.

    Brutal. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    Will Osprey is up there with the very best Wrestlers in the world in my opinion, but I really wish they wouldn't give him a microphone......bruv bruv bruv
    Almost as bad as ZSJ and calling people Darling
  • cafctom said:
    I’m struggling to think of a more violent match on a major US promotion in recent years than Swerve vs Hangman.

    Brutal. 
    Glad they finished the show with an actual wrestling match.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    cafctom said:
    I’m struggling to think of a more violent match on a major US promotion in recent years than Swerve vs Hangman.

    Brutal. 
    Glad they finished the show with an actual wrestling match.
    Is that what that was?
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  • Hell has frozen over 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    edited November 2023
    They really managed to keep it quiet didn't they? Every source was either in on it to say it's not happening, or WWE managed to throw them off the scent enough to actually pull it off. People talk about the monster pop he got in AEW, watch last night back, the crowd were chanting CM Punk so loud by the end of it, you can barely hear Cult Of Personality playing!
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    I’m a little less surprised by it now than had it been maybe 4-5 years ago.

    His AEW run broke the seal for him to return to the industry, so it’s a little less of a jump than it would have been before. 

    Still a welcome shock though. Wrestling is far more interesting with him involved, even with all the chaos that often comes with it.
  • sam3110 said:
    They really managed to keep it quiet didn't they? Every source was either in on it to say it's not happening, or WWE managed to throw them off the scent enough to actually pull it off. People talk about the monster pop he got in WWE, watch last night back, the crowd were chanting CM Punk so loud by the end of it, you can barely hear Cult Of Personality playing!
    His Instagram was superb. I assumed he was just winding up fans and was done with wrestling. Posting a WWE promo video that had him as the devil. 😃
  • It's even made the BBC. 😃

    https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-67536339
  • Is the reaction from Seth Rollins kayfabe or legit do we think? I can’t see Michael Cole & Graves plus some referees would have stopped him from getting to Punk? 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    Is the reaction from Seth Rollins kayfabe or legit do we think? I can’t see Michael Cole & Graves plus some referees would have stopped him from getting to Punk? 
    100% kayfabe. Rollins is one of the best workers in the business, and the wrestlers were told before what was happening regarding Punk, hence them all staying by the ring long after the bell went and the celebrations kicked off, otherwise The Judgement Day would have hightailed it out of there. 

    I'm fairly sure Rollins genuinely doesn't like Punk, but he's going to be professional enough to see it will make all of them a tonne of money in fueds. 
  • It's great pro wrestling, they're playing off a shoot comment (I make Rollins right) and did some stuff after the show knowing it will get shared everywhere. I expect Punk will cost Rollins his belt and it will lead to a feud.

  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,285
    Seth Vs Punk should be a great feud. Hopefully they don't work themselves into a shoot.