2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

[Rainman]

1. Who's winning the Royal Rumble?

2. Who will be taker's opponent at Wrestlemania?

3. Who takes the strap off Kevin Owens?

4. When does Nakumara get called up?

5. Do we see Kurt Angle in a WWE ring in 2017?

6. Does John Cena surpass Flair's World Championships record in 2017?

 

[MisterCreosote]

1. I hope it's Finn Balor, who then jumps to Smackdown and faces A.J. at Wrestlemania.

2. John Cena.

3. Jericho.

4. I think Joe will get called up first.

5. No.

6. I hope not.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

1. Who's winning the Royal Rumble?

2. Who will be taker's opponent at Wrestlemania?

3. Who takes the strap off Kevin Owens?

4. When does Nakumara get called up?

5. Do we see Kurt Angle in a WWE ring in 2017?

6. Does John Cena surpass Flair's World Championships record in 2017?

1.Cena
2. Cena
3. Reigns
4. Before Summerslam
5. Yes, as a Rumble surprise
6. Ties it by winning at WM.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

They need pure heels so badly, Joe should've been called up a month ago. Although the main roster also lacks the kind of pure babyface that will stop him from getting the smark cheers AJ gets, whereas in NXT Balor and Nakamura were so pure good it let people boo Joe out of respect.

1. No idea, which is actually very refreshing for once. I'm saying the hell with it: BRAUN STROWMAN!
2. Another hell with it pick, SAMOA JOE. (Cena should face AJ and that should go on last. There's nothing else in the company that can compare).
3. Roman Reigns, sadly.
4. Night after Mania probably.
5. I hope so
6. Does not surpass, only ties.

So this makes my Mania card:
World title: Styles vs John Cena
Universal title: Roman vs Strowman
Taker vs Joe
Brock vs Goldberg
Jericho vs Owens
HHH vs Rollins
Women's title: Bayley vs Charlotte/Sasha Banks (Depends on if Charlotte's in the Rousey program or not).

I'd take that.

 

[MisterCreosote]

My question is, how do you debut Nakamura? He's not exactly what Vince looks for in a megastar.

 

[Rainman]

My question is, how do you debut Nakamura? He's not exactly what Vince looks for in a megastar.

I think everyone will expect him to come out at the Rumble. I say have him debut the night after Wrestlemania.

You have to debut him as a face, right?

 

[MisterCreosote]

I'd definitely debut him as a face. I'm just wondering where he fits.

If he keeps the King of Strong Style shtick, I'd put him right in against Lesnar.

 

[Batman]

Universal title: Roman vs Strowman

Only if we can get Lanny Poffo and his poetry as the guest referee.

 

[Michael Prunka]

1. Honestly no clue, but why not Finn Balor?

2. John Cena.

3. Seth Rollins.

4. Hopefully in time for Wrestlemania.

5. Yes. If nothing else, let him manage American Alpha.

6. Surpass? No. Tie? Yes.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

1. Who's winning the Royal Rumble? -- I could honestly see them giving the win to Jericho. Dark horse pick: Baron Corbin.

2. Who will be taker's opponent at Wrestlemania? -- Cena.

3. Who takes the strap off Kevin Owens? -- Jericho, who then loses it to Reigns.

4. When does Nakumara get called up? -- Mania for the Andre battle royal.

5. Do we see Kurt Angle in a WWE ring in 2017? -- Yes, at the Rumble.

6. Does John Cena surpass Flair's World Championships record in 2017? -- No.

 

[Rainman]

What's one personal thing you want to see happen in 2017?

Can be anything, certain wrestler winning the World Title, you want a certain wrestler to retire, you want to see a certain wrestler signed by the WWE, etc.

 

[Batman]

What's one personal thing you want to see happen in 2017?

Can be anything, certain wrestler winning the World Title, you want a certain wrestler to retire, you want to see a certain wrestler signed by the WWE, etc.

I'd like to see Jericho get a title run. They've given the belt to so many part-timers from the Attitude Era the past couple of years, it'd be nice to see a guy who deserves it get one more run with it.
Another world title reign for Miz would be great, too. He's a guy who was virtually destroyed after his first reign and has done a tremendous job building himself back up. Hearing him talk about headlining Wrestlemania five years after the fact was getting plain sad. Let's give him another title run already so he can brag about being a two-time champion instead of winning at one of the crappiest Wrestlemanias ever.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Reigns turn heel. Enough already with this failed babyface push.

 

[Bradley Guire]

I love SmackDown, but now that Cena's back I realize how much I didn't miss him. He's booked for a world title match just because he's John ****in' Cena. That's it. No No. 1 contender's match, nothing. And it's not like there's not enough time between jow and the Rumble to do that and still have a few weeks of build. And I know the E wants him to break Flair's record, but I'd rather see Kwee Wee as champ than another Cena title run. But really, I don't see why AJ can't turn face and feud with Miz, who will never be cheered, for the world title.

If there's any veteran talent that should have another title run, it's Jericho. The guy has put in a solid year since coming back inlate 2015. They should have at least put the US title on him so he and Owens coild be best bud champs. Wouldn't that be an obnoxious heel thing? It woild be great, and Reigns could have chased after dropping it. It would at least be better than having it sit on his shoulder as an afterthought.

Whatever happened to tue Undertaker being more of a presence? Yeah.

 

[nietsroob17]

Speaking of 2017, what does tonight do for the oft-rumored Rousey at Wrestlemania? She's still got the name recognition, but in a span of two flights, it's like she's gone from John Cena to James Ellsworth.

Can she believed to still annihilate whatever woman (Sasha?) is placed in front of her?

 

[JimmyHoward33]

I think at this point if the machine feeds Sasha to Rousey you'd be looking at a Reigns-Philly or Lesnar-Goldberg-WM20 type reaction from the crowd.

They're going to throw a ton of money at her and maybe she'll take it. I guess she can go over Charlotte and Char can no sell it after Rousey's gone but it's really going to screw up what should be Bayley's coronation at Mania.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The only person the crowd will want to see Rousey beat up is Steph. Anyone else, and it screws up the wrestler and the crowd ****s on it.

 

[Bradley Guire]

Throw me in the camp of not interested in seeing Rousey run over the women's division. Lesnar did enough damage to the men's roster, making everyone look average. How does a company build stars when everyone can get squashed by one guy?

And for Bayley's coronation at Mania? Didn't we all think the same about Sasha for 32? Didn't happen. So I'm not holding my breath.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

At least Lesnar started in wrestling and was a legit bad ass. Ronda's a heel that cant even back it up. Especially a hardcore fan Mania type crowd would kill her vs a horsewoman.

Maybe they can bring back the Rocky/Ronda vs Mr Mrs HHH idea, free up Seth Rollins to do something that matters.

I think with the brand split Bayleys inevitable. They have nothing else. Last year Becky got hot and had to be in that match so it was harder to have the traditional story. And it was still one of the best 2-3 matches in the show even with Flair winning and no "moment."

 

[sgreenwell]

How "washed up" for lack of a better term was Tyson when he was hired by WWE? I don't have the time to look it up now, but I was under the impression it was after at least one of his comebacks had petered out. I think Rousey would still be credible, but only if she came in as a bullying, cheating sort of heel. She -is- a real fighter and an Olympic champion, even if she has gotten knocked out in her last two fights. Since it's WWE, I don't think they'd be able to resist throwing her on Raw, but I also think she'd work better on Smackdown opposite Becky Lynch.