The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[teh bork]

Wasn't Batista in 2008 his last clean loss?

[Dark Ritual]

Still makes the spine shiver.



Heyman's line before the Promo is just awesome too.

[Drumstick]

The best.

[Hank Scorpio]

The best.

[Codename 47]

Still makes the spine shiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QN5_x8jmJk

Heyman's line before the Promo is just awesome too.

Absolutely brilliant that. I'm not a huge fan of there's but I love the choice of music they went for for the promo as well.

[KK]

UK Ratings for the week ending 26th February 2012...

WWE RAW Live pulled in 212,000 viewers, while 43,000 tuned in to the repeat; 93,000 watched the WWE Elimination Chamber replay; WWE Super SmackDown Live did 41,000, with the Friday repeat garnering 112,000, & a further 76,000 watching on Saturday; IMPACT WRESTLING managed 306,000 on Sunday night.

WWE RAW Ratings Breakdown 5th March 2012

Quarter 1: Show kicked off at a 3.45 (Shawn Michaels/Triple H in-ring showdown).
Q2: Lost 443,000 viewers (Jack Swagger losing the US Championship to Santino Marella)
Q3: Gained 338,000 viewers (Rock’s first pre-tape of the night; Alicia Fox vs. Eve Torres)
Q4: Lost 382,000 viewers (John Cena giving an interview at a TNA house show)
Q5: Gained 205,000 viewers (C.M. Punk & Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho & Daniel Bryan)
Q6: Lost 121,000 viewers (Rock second promo; Big Show vs. Miz)
Q7: Lost 187,000 viewers (Kane vs. R-Truth & Rock's final pre-tape)
Q8/Over-run: Gained 763,000 viewers to close on a 3.6 (The Rock confronting John Cena).

[Ginga]

That is why Cena is so unpopular with everyone bar kids. 5 years without a clean loss doing the whole Superman thing, Christ even Hogan didn't manage that!

Rock hasn't lost in longer than that.

[Cosmo]

That is why Cena is so unpopular with everyone bar kids. 5 years without a clean loss doing the whole Superman thing, Christ even Hogan didn't manage that!

Rock hasn't lost in longer than that.

Have you seen The Tooth Fairy?

[KK]

The WrestleMania Divas match which had been earmarked as the returning Kharma vs. Beth Phoenix has been scrapped. As far as what WWE knew and when is unclear, but we’d been told about a change in the planned card about a week or so back.

Big Show vs. Otunga, advertised on SmackDown for RAW, didn't happen as they changed their mind.

The multiple person match at WrestleMania this year (taking the place of Money in the Bank) will be Team Laurinaitis vs. Team Long.

The Rock has signed for another lead role in a movie called “Ciudad.” In this movie, he plays a black market mercenary hired by a Brazilian drug lord to rescue his kidnapped daughter. The movie is based on a novel of the same name. No word on when the movie will be filmed.

Following WrestleMania, he will be filming Fast Six, Pain and Gain and Hercules all in a row. There had been talk of him doing SummerSlam in Los Angeles, since Vince McMahon said several months back that he had agreed to do multiple PPV shows this year.

Wow, that's going to be a tight fit. If indeed he even does another PPV this year. Can't see it leaving much room for RAW appearances.

The WWE in their annual 10-Q documents released Triple H's Wrestling contract (not his Executive Contract, which is different). He originally signed a five-year deal on March 30, 2006 and the deal has since been renewed for a second five-year term, which now expires on March 30, 2016. Levesque works with a downside guarantee of $1 million per year (highest downside the company offers), which he is paid $19,230.70 in 52 weekly installments.

The contract calls for payment “at the promoter’s sole discretion” for house shows, PPVs and merchandise. HHH's contract also called for a maximum of 15 dates per month unless both the promoter and wrestler agree to terms of more dates than that in a given month. His contract calls for First Class air transportation in North America and International Business Class transportation outside North America.

The contract states wrestlers are not paid anything based on television revenue, internet revenue, video-on-demand revenue, magazine revenue, or from any advertising revenue.

Considering how little he wrestles these days, he's certainly on a nice old set up.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

The WrestleMania Divas match which had been earmarked as the returning Kharma vs. Beth Phoenix has been scrapped. As far as what WWE knew and when is unclear, but we’d been told about a change in the planned card about a week or so back.

Big Show vs. Otunga, advertised on SmackDown for RAW, didn't happen as they changed their mind.

The multiple person match at WrestleMania this year (taking the place of Money in the Bank) will be Team Laurinaitis vs. Team Long.

The Rock has signed for another lead role in a movie called “Ciudad.” In this movie, he plays a black market mercenary hired by a Brazilian drug lord to rescue his kidnapped daughter. The movie is based on a novel of the same name. No word on when the movie will be filmed.

Following WrestleMania, he will be filming Fast Six, Pain and Gain and Hercules all in a row. There had been talk of him doing SummerSlam in Los Angeles, since Vince McMahon said several months back that he had agreed to do multiple PPV shows this year.

Wow, that's going to be a tight fit. If indeed he even does another PPV this year. Can't see it leaving much room for RAW appearances.

The WWE in their annual 10-Q documents released Triple H's Wrestling contract (not his Executive Contract, which is different). He originally signed a five-year deal on March 30, 2006 and the deal has since been renewed for a second five-year term, which now expires on March 30, 2016. Levesque works with a downside guarantee of $1 million per year (highest downside the company offers), which he is paid $19,230.70 in 52 weekly installments.

The contract calls for payment “at the promoter’s sole discretion” for house shows, PPVs and merchandise. HHH's contract also called for a maximum of 15 dates per month unless both the promoter and wrestler agree to terms of more dates than that in a given month. His contract calls for First Class air transportation in North America and International Business Class transportation outside North America.

The contract states wrestlers are not paid anything based on television revenue, internet revenue, video-on-demand revenue, magazine revenue, or from any advertising revenue.

Considering how little he wrestles these days, he's certainly on a nice old set up.

Is there any info out there on what the rest of the roster earns? When i looked a few months ago the most recent stuff i could find was from something like 5 or 6 years ago.

[Jay Adama]

I want Cena to win at Mania.

This isn't going to surprise people... but I've got Cena's back aswell.

I don't think the Rock's a twat, I just want Cena to win.

What have you become man

[Prototype]

I want Cena to win at Mania.

This isn't going to surprise people... but I've got Cena's back aswell.

I don't think the Rock's a twat, I just want Cena to win.

What have you become man

Have you watched the promos?

[Ginga]

If The Rock isn't coming back full-time and continues to pile on movie roles, one after the other, you're basically adopting the premise that the guy who'd rather wrestle as a bit on the side is more important than the guys who do it every night. That's a bit strange.

[Jay Adama]

I want Cena to win at Mania.

This isn't going to surprise people... but I've got Cena's back aswell.

I don't think the Rock's a twat, I just want Cena to win.

What have you become man

Have you watched the promos?

Have you seen them wrestle?? Tell me who is the better wrestler?

The WrestleMania Divas match which had been earmarked as the returning Kharma vs. Beth Phoenix has been scrapped. As far as what WWE knew and when is unclear, but we’d been told about a change in the planned card about a week or so back.

Guessing that's cause of this:
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/07/kia-steve ... adid=hero1

[Jam-Master Jay]

strawberry float it.

Cena > Rock.

[Prototype]

95% of the roster wrestle better than Cena.

Ginga's point nails it.

That said... Cena's character is absolutely atrocious.

OH I DON'T KNOW.

[Jay Adama]

If The Rock isn't coming back full-time and continues to pile on movie roles, one after the other, you're basically adopting the premise that the guy who'd rather wrestle as a bit on the side is more important than the guys who do it every night. That's a bit strange.

Basically, yeah. The Rock has appeared on TV half a dozen times this year has been more entertaining and exciting than Cena ever has and his performance at Survivor Series was pixel perfect and, again, genuinely exciting. Cena hasn't excited me since he was US champ

The Rock is more important to me. I'm not saying he's more important in general... I get that Cena is a work horse etc. but I truly am sick of him and want him to change. I can't see that happening if he wins, he'll just shake Rocky's hand and Rock will be all "I was wrong about you kid, you are teh best wrassler" and it'll be back to the same gooseberry fool we've seen for the past... uh.. 40 years? That's how long Cena's been around right? I mean, it certainly feels like that.

The dude needs knocked off his Make-A-Wish-Foundation-Tribute-To-The-Troops-Babyface pedestal

[Prototype]

I think a change is more likely if he wins.

The Mania 17 turn.

[Jay Adama]

I think a chance is more likely if he wins.

The Mania 17 turn.

I could live with that I guess, I just don't want him to win clean.

[Prototype]

On second thoughts... there really will be a riot if Rock doesn't win. Rock losing clean in the main event of Wrestlemania in Miami.

I can't call this.

I can sleep easy knowing that Vince Russo isn't booking it, though.