The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[Jumpin]

darkknightkryta said:

Jumpin said:

Is it just me or does every match on this PPV feel like 5 minutes or less? Aside from Roman Reigns and Lashley, every match felt pre-maturely ended. I hated how early KO vs. Strowman ended, it was starting out like a classic. HIAC would have been better.

And despite the horrible reaction of the crowd, that Reigns vs Lashley match has been the most satisfying so far. It wasn't extreme rules, but I enjoyed it more than the other matches so far.

Still to go, the Iron Man match and Rusev Day.

I mean, I liked the Attitude era for a lot of things it started - but leave the past be the past; it's 2018, not 1998. As much as people say they want the Attitude era back... go back and actually watch it - the 10% gold is what people remember, but there was an enormous amount of garbage - particularly in the 97-99 era; 2000 and 2001 were actually really good, though.

Also branding the PPV "Extreme Rules" when the only extreme rules match was a 5 minute women's match was bullshit... and it wasn't all that extreme. The LAST PPV was 5X more extreme than this. This is their idea of what an ECW-style show should be?

Michael Hayes probably booked and produced this.

They don't think this is what an ECW themed PPV should look like.  They haven't since the first "Extreme Rules" PPV.  I missed the PPV cause I was in Italy.  Was it that bad? 

I think some people enjoyed it. For me, the matches were too short to be satisfying, they didn't really get the time to tell a story.
The second major problem I had with it is that the PPV wasn't as advertised.

Also, I'm a fan of the women's division, but this whole all-women PPV seems like a bad idea; it rubs me the wrong way - kind of like an all-black or all-white PPV would. It doesn't seem like it will create any longterm gain for the women's division either. IMO, a better idea to boost the whole concept of women's wrestling would be to A) Introduce new belts, like a women's IC belt and women's tag championships, and B) Have Ronda Rousey vs. Asuka vs. Charlotte for the undisputed women's championship close out Wrestlemania.

Note: I am not suggesting a merger of the women's championship like what happened with Jericho, I still think that whoever wins should only ever have to put one belt on the line at once - Smackdown women can only challenge for the Smackdown title and RAW for RAW.

What I think will happen at Wrestlemania: 4 vs 4 Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen. Although, IMO this should be a leadup to Wrestlemania match at RR or NWO.


As for Brian Christopher, that's both sad and shocking. Apparently, Jerry Lawler held his hand as he passed away.
Remember that hyena laugh he used to do until early 2000 or so?