Does Anyone Watch Wrestling? (WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, etc)

[Fezzik]

AEW's PPV this weekend has a good looking card (Ambrose Moxley vs Edge Copeland, MJF vs Page, Take****a/Omega, etc) but it's annoyingly expensive compared to WWE now included on Netflix, and I've had mixed reports about the streamer they are on in Europe.

They've now done a deal with Amazon to stream their PPVs. Still a bit expensive compared to the all-inclusive WWE/Netflix offering, but I may bite the bullet.

Watch AEW Revolution 2025 | Prime Video

For once the UK gets the good deal vs the dollar price - £20 vs the $50/£38 US cost.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Apparently the Cena heel turn has been planned for months and very few people knew about it.

 

[Com Fox]

Apparently the Cena heel turn has been planned for months and very few people knew about it.

I'm choosing not to believe that since nothing was alluded to it until the Royal Rumble. Id give it only 2 months planning at most.

Saying how it was all planned is way too easy for any writer/director to say. No, Rock in Bad Blood wasn't a "hint" that was an empty mystety box writers trick (as in make something as vague as possible that any revelation/twist/moment can fit into it one you know what it is), take that out and nothing changes.

Not that it matters, it being planned doesn't really matter in storytelling as its only ever an argument to dodge potential criticism or a fun fact and never as a response to praise because if something is good, no one really cares how much planning went into it.

 

[Darla Starch]

Joey Janela just SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
(fr tho a match where Megan Bayne is the smaller worker automatically has my interest)

 

[EngieDiesel]

Meanwhile, in the "wait, that's still a thing?" department, Natalya is going to be making an appearance in Billy Corgan's NWA.

...of course you'll have to sign up for Elon's hate network to see it because NWA doesn't even post things on their own Youtube channel anymore, and even then it'll take them about two or three months to actually post it, and it'll be chopped up into 30 minute episodes of Power(rr) instead of a proper full event... but hey, if you really want to see an example of what happens when WWE loses all interest in you, there it is.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

So more details have emerged above the Cena heel turn and why they chose to do it, this is only according to reports.

So The Rock wasn't going to wrestle at Mania 41 and I think we all knew that, but he still wanted to be a part of the Mania build. He wanted to be aligned with Cody Rhodes with Rhodes going heel. Rhodes turned down this idea, and they went to Cena as the second choice.

Apparently there are those in the company who believed the only thing that could hurt the company would've a Rhodes heel turn at this time as the feeling is that this current crowd is Cody's crowd.

But, Cena was originally planned to turn heel at Mania alongside the Rock in the main event but the brought it forward to Elimination Chamber this past Saturday, apparently that was a last minute decision made on the day of the event.

 

[Darla Starch]

😍

 

[EngieDiesel]

So more details have emerged above the Cena heel turn and why they chose to do it, this is only according to reports.

So The Rock wasn't going to wrestle at Mania 41 and I think we all knew that, but he still wanted to be a part of the Mania build. He wanted to be aligned with Cody Rhodes with Rhodes going heel. Rhodes turned down this idea, and they went to Cena as the second choice.

Apparently there are those in the company who believed the only thing that could hurt the company would've a Rhodes heel turn at this time as the feeling is that this current crowd is Cody's crowd.

But, Cena was originally planned to turn heel at Mania alongside the Rock in the main event but the brought it forward to Elimination Chamber this past Saturday, apparently that was a last minute decision made on the day of the event.

Well, that does explain why it felt so odd that there wasn't really any buildup to Cena turning, if they had originally planned for it to happen unexpectedly at Mania. Now THAT would have gone completely nuclear and definitely been more on the level of Hogan's WCW heel turn.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

The segment involving Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill on Smackdown was easily the best thing on the show for me, Naomi admitted to attacking Jade three months ago and putting her on the shelf, Naomi gave the best promo of her career and Bianca was excellent with her reaction and body language, the camera shot of Jade entering the arena was great too.

LA Knight won the US title back from Shinsuke Nakamura and Chelsea Green retained her US title against Michin in a street fight with Alba Fyre helping her out, I love the fact that there is a stable of non-Americans helping a Canadian keep her US title.

 

[Darla Starch]

So if wrestling journalist Wade Keller is to be believed, it'd appear that Shinsuke Nakamura is wrapping up his WWE run.

 

[Com Fox]

So more details have emerged above the Cena heel turn and why they chose to do it, this is only according to reports.

So The Rock wasn't going to wrestle at Mania 41 and I think we all knew that, but he still wanted to be a part of the Mania build. He wanted to be aligned with Cody Rhodes with Rhodes going heel. Rhodes turned down this idea, and they went to Cena as the second choice.

Apparently there are those in the company who believed the only thing that could hurt the company would've a Rhodes heel turn at this time as the feeling is that this current crowd is Cody's crowd.

But, Cena was originally planned to turn heel at Mania alongside the Rock in the main event but the brought it forward to Elimination Chamber this past Saturday, apparently that was a last minute decision made on the day of the event.

Brian Gewirtz (writer) has shot down this claim in a tweet.

Seems best to take WON with a lot of grain of salt now for WWE, whoever is the insider for them either isn't doing a good job or WWE caught them and have been screwing with them

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Raw tonight takes place in Madison Square Garden with Seth Rollins v CM Punk the main-event in a steel cage match. NXT Roadblock is tomorrow with is also at MSG but at a smaller venue inside the arena known as the Theatre. The WWE-TNA crossover is in full swing there with Oba Femi having a NXT title match against TNA X Division champ and the Hardys putting their TNA tag titles on the line against Fraxiom, there is also a women's title-for-title match with NXT women's champ Giulia v women's North American champ Stephanie Vaquer.

Smackdown is from Barcelona this week as WWE is on a European tour with Raw and Smackdown being overseas for the next few weeks.

 

[Chris30]

What ever happened to Rey Mysterio? I was thinking about him the other day. Me and my grandparents watched him on the WWE network from 2004-2011. He was one of those legends where he had some slick moves. We watched every wrestling match that was aired during those 7 years and then after that we took a long break from the wrestling era. Wow, I'm doing research about him now. Now he's on some Latino World Order tournament. He looks really tired in this pic. I wonder how much longer he'll be able to take part in huge battles and tournaments. Are you a fan of him or what is your favorite wrestler?

 

[Com Fox]

What ever happened to Rey Mysterio? I was thinking about him the other day. Me and my grandparents watched him on the WWE network from 2004-2011. He was one of those legends where he had some slick moves. We watched every wrestling match that was aired during those 7 years and then after that we took a long break from the wrestling era. Wow, I'm doing research about him now. Now he's on some Latino World Order tournament. He looks really tired in this pic. I wonder how much longer he'll be able to take part in huge battles and tournaments. Are you a fan of him or what is your favorite wrestler?

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He's surprisingly going really well. He's been kept going by taking Stem Cell therapy.