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

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@JWeinCom
I'm not arguing that The Rock doesn't have a big ego, or attitude. He clearly does.
What I'm saying is that it's ludicrous to say he has a fragile ego, when it's clear the opposite is true.

Anyway, I watched RAW this week, and I quite enjoyed it. I think they put the show together a lot better than they did back in the Summer. Since I've been watching it, I've noticed the segments seem clear and entertaining. Also there's a lot of diversity in what's going on, and that kind of variety is necessary for a 3 hour show.

My favourite match of the night for the actual in-ring work was the tag team match with DIY winning (I've been a fan of these guys for a long time now).

Drew Mcintyre has been impressing me a lot, lately. I think his angle of beating the crap out of injured people is funny as fuck. He acts the character well, reminds me of what I liked so much about bully era Undertaker. I remember Drew from earlier times and I used to brush him off. Seems I was wrong to do that. As a note, I don't condone bullying, but I have a soft spot for both dark comedy and wrestling heels.

My favourite story in a match was R-Truth and The Judgement Day. Acting like an ally, and totally screwing them up in their match against The Miz... usually this is done the other way around where a babyface starts screwing up, and it turns out that it was intentional all along... With Truth, it's hard to say :D
Again, I've been a fan of Truth since the Attitude era when he went by K-Kwik and rapped "Get Rowdy" on the way to the ring (sometimes with Road Dogg)

Always love to see Asuka, Rhea, Becky, Shayna, and others - although, I'm disappointed Shayna didn't make it to the elimination chamber. She's like a mix of Lucy Van Pelt, Peppermint Paddy, and like 18 canisters of steroids (they probably don't serve that kind of juice in canisters).

Also, I think creepy-Shinsuke is funny as hell. Although, this segment didn't do much to progress the story with Rhodes and Roman. They're holding us on the hook until Thursday.

Overall, great show. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The main thing I'm interested in is what's happening with CM Punk across the next six months. It seems they're keeping him in the picture. And the guy is great on commentary, there are some rumblings about that. Also, the Vince McMahon news is (IMO) the biggest story currently happening in the world of pro-wrestling, this is some crazy shit. I've read the text messages, and some people look at those and say "What's wrong with being a pervert?" Sure, for regular people, but there's a whole different dynamic involved when someone has power over another - it's akin a step parent starting a sexual relationship with their child; yes, a sexual relationship isn't a problem, but when you add in the power dynamic, it becomes really gross. Prostitution is, IMO, not an ethically bad thing - but it can be - a person who really has nothing who is coerced into prostitution by people looking to take advantage of their situation is (IMO) ethically despicable. There's a lot of layers here. I think this Vince situation breaches a whole lot of ethical boundaries, and I hope he learns his lesson and I hope those surviving (because not everyone did) who suffered from that situation get their lives sorted at his expense--they certainly deserve a substantial piece of his riches.