2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

Brass rings and all that. Nobody thought JBL was a hall of famer before he got a long title run, either. There's some other guys that have held the belt (or Goldie) that never struck anyone as main eventers before they got it, but became credible because of it.
I'm willing to give Jinder a chance and see where this goes. Maybe we look back in six months and say, "Holy shit, this guy is really good. He got an opportunity and really ran with it."
That said, he is certainly one of the most bizarre choices they could have made to try this with. Two months ago he was jobbing to and almost concussing Finn Balor. I reserve the right to say, six months from now, "Holy shit, I can't believe that really happened."

 

Transitional champ.

Or, the page after the House of Horrors match in the WCW Playbook was undeserving champ. Shoulda seen it coming.

 

And judge me all you want, I laugh my ass off when the Fashion Police are on the screen. I wonder what they think of the bro romper?

 

Same. They got a little Edge/Christian with the kazoo's vibe going.

 

Yeah, I saw that the guy landed on his head. If you look at Randy right after, he has a look of "yeeech."

 

This morning, we are waking up to Donald Trump being our president, the Cubs as defending World Series champions and Jinder Mahal as WWE champion.

What the hell is going on here?

 

David Arquette must be getting prepared for another run.

 

DiBiase hasn't been technically recognized as champion, but he did have a couple of house show title defenses after Andre gave him the belt and before Jack Tunney's ruling aired. It's one of those quirks of wrestling history.


Adding to your list:

Harley Race
Rick Rude
Curt Hennig
Scott Hall
Davey Boy Smith
Greg Valentine (kinda, another unrecognized thing where he kinda won the belt from Backlund)
Ricky Steamboat
Don Muraco
Tito Santana
Big John Studd
King Kong Bundy
Jerry Lawler
Jeff Jarrett
Bam Bam Bigelow
Paul Orndorff
Christian
Kamala

All inferior to fucking Jinder Mahal.

 

True, but JBL actually had some buildup, and had been in the mid card for years as Bradshaw, so it was more of a new character adding that last bit of intensity to put him over the top.

Mahal? He was the third guy in 3MB. Was the Brooklyn Brawler or Knuckleball Schwartz not available?

 

I don't usually get to watch Smackdown, so I hadn't been aware of Breezango becoming such a comedy act. I laughed my ass off at their match last night.

 

That was pretty funny. I loved Breeze's mop-fu.

 

AJ Styles and Kevin Owens are feuding for the U.S. title, and Jinder Mahal is the friggin' WWE champion.