General : WWE (no spoilers for 24 hours)

[Russ]

Californian indy wrestler Dylan Drake

[MalteseFalcon]

I'm just gutted that AJ has left. To my mind, she was the second sexiest Diva after Stephanie McMahon (always had a crush on Stephanie since school).

[adzii_nufc]

Why do they bother having WWE title matches on European tours? It's obvious they're not dropping the title off TV so seems pointless. I guess nothing beats attending a televised one.

Insurrextion and the other one? UK ppv's

[Russ]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Why do they bother having WWE title matches on European tours?

Money. People will pay to see a title match.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Why do they bother having WWE title matches on European tours? It's obvious they're not dropping the title off TV so seems pointless. I guess nothing beats attending a televised one.

Insurrextion and the other one? UK ppv's

I remember alex Wright winning wcw cruiserweight championship in Germany. Held it for duration of the tour as well

[Russ]

Back in 1992 on a UK tour Jake The Snake beat Mr Perfect for the IC Title at the Birmingham NEC but not only was it never acknowledged by WWE/F, for the rest of the tour Hennig remained IC champion. Many believed Perfect must have been injured and called an audible or failed to kick out in time but those in attendance said it looked like a 'legitimate' pin.

Obviously with the internet they'd have to run with the change if it happened now but it shows title changes do occasionally happen on tours. Plus when HBK beat Davey Boy in Birmingham that time a few years ago, nobody expected it as Davey never lost over here.

[adzii_nufc]

Has anyone been to a Live Event or at least a taping? I'll be looking at Wrestlemania when my Project Cars payout comes. It's a pretty heavy sum and I'd love to get one of those package deals along with a US tour. Previous ones for me have been restricted to shows at the Metro Radio arena when I lived up there along with the sole UFC event a while back.

[Russ]

I've been to a few Cardiff shows in the past, the first time I was sitting near the hard-cams so my view was similar to that of tv and it took a while to get used to not hearing the commentators funnily enough but the atmosphere was electric. There's an area at the back where they keep the production trucks etc, some of the wrestlers hung out near the fences after the show for autographs. I had to leave straight after the show but my mate went there and met guys like Santino, Jack Ryder, Carlito etc

I know someone who had the full Wrestlemania 29 package and even managed to get front row seats. She did the full Fan Axxess weekend too. It cost her something like £1800 but she said it was money well spent and once in a lifetime. She said Axxess was awesome, you get completely immersed in WWE and there was nothing that felt like a 'filler', each event and attraction (including queuing for 30-40 minutes at a time for autographs and pictures) was quality. She even stayed for the post-mania Raw which she reckoned was worth the lack of sleep alone

Certainly if I ever have the time and money I'll want to do the full weekend.

[wwe]

Does anybody know when the tickets for the nov tour goes on sale and where they going? Usually they put a paper on our chair at the arena with the dates on but didn't get 1 this time

[MalteseFalcon]

Not sure, but the April dates for this year were announced 6 months in advance so imagine the November dates will be announced in May.

Latest Extreme Rules card:

John Cena (c) v Rusev w/Lana for US Championship in a Russian Chain match
Daniel Bryan (c) v Bad News Barrett for Intercontinental Championship
Seth Rollins (c) v Randy Orton for World Heavyweight Title in a Steel Cage match, with Orton's RKO banned
Nikki Bella (c) v Paige for Divas Championship
Dolph Ziggler v Sheamus in a Kiss My Donkey match (you get the idea of the stipulation)
Roman Reigns v Big Show in a Last Man Standing match

Cannot get excited about the card at all to be honest.

[Russ]

This is one of my current bugbears with WWE and in wrestling generally - Orton's RKO being banned for the match. Like that's his only move, as if someone's finisher can only be made effective by that person. OK he makes it look good (ie Wrestlemania) but it's just a variant of the Stone Cold Stunner, the DDP Diamond Cutter and Cena's new Springboard Stunner move. It's like taking the RKO away from Orton makes him a 'weaker' wrestler.

OK they'll tease him getting disqualified as he stalks Rollings and looks like he's about to use the move but banning it in a match is not a compelling stipulation for me.

[MalteseFalcon]

I know the cage is supposed to stop it happening, but personally I think Orton should have gone for banning the Authority getting involved at all and if they did he wins the title by DQ. But then they wouldn't be able to do a screwy finish on Sunday.

[adzii_nufc]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

I know the cage is supposed to stop it happening, but personally I think Orton should have gone for banning the Authority getting involved at all and if they did he wins the title by DQ. But then they wouldn't be able to do a screwy finish on Sunday.

We all know the cage door opens at some point. It's hopeless really. The hell in a cell 'Demonic Structure' is about as strong as wet paper.

[Russ]

The idea of the cage to keep people out is pointless too. With Jericho against Wyatt, Harper and Rowan were outside but played a part in keeping Jericho inside at times so J&J etc can still get involved.

Using Kane as the 'gatekeeper' is an interesting twist, I only hope they don't go down the route of him screwing Orton and this storyline of distension from him within The Authority all being part of a ruse etc - that's been done to death and will kill off a potentially decent angle. Seeing as WWE won't let Rollins drop the belt yet I'm getting a sinking feeling they may do something along those lines.

The IC Title - rumours has it Bryan's neck isn't fully healed plus he's suffering the effects of a concussion, I wouldn't be surprised if they make him drop the belt to Barrett due to concerns about his health. Good reason obviously but another way to annoy the fans, they shouldn't have brought him back so early if he wasn't fit enough especially when you consider his pointless return consisted of about 5 minutes in the Rumble.

[MalteseFalcon]

For the member who wanted to know about November tickets, I saw them advertising in the Star yesterday for the November shows.