2025-star Frog Splash! Pro Wrestling Thread

[2muchcoffeeman]

Time for a new one.

Hopefully we get Kenny Omega back tonight.

 

[nietsroob17]

Time for a new one.

Hopefully we get Kenny Omega back tonight.

He was there to present Okada with the belt at the PPV on Sunday. He's likely in Japan right now, or at least en route, for Wrestle Dynasty.

As I posted in the 2024 thread before I realized there deserved to be a new thread, I could see Beth Phoenix (if only for a one-off cameo pop) making an appearance around the main event to neutralize Marina Shafir. I can't imagine the Asheville boys will be losing in Asheville.

The other debut I've seen on the interwebs is Speedball Mike Bailey, whose TNA contract ended with the new year.

 

[Batman]

Nice thread title. We also would have accepted 202-5 COUNT! in honor of King Kong Bundy.

 

[nietsroob17]

The man who trained Edge/Copeland and Christian.

 

[nietsroob17]

Using the Pointer Sisters' 42-year-old "I'm So Excited" as an opener for Dynamite is certainly a way to stay current.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Nice thread title. We also would have accepted 202-5 COUNT! in honor of King Kong Bundy.

Agreed. And also, we can accept the 202-5-TIME, 5-TIME WCW CHAMPION SUCKAHHH Pro Wrestling Thread and the “I HAVE UNTIL 202-FIVE Pro Wrestling Thread as alternatives.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The man who trained Edge/Copeland and Christian.

Legendary wrestler who Bret Hart, in his book, credited with saving his father’s territory by being such a huge draw in Western Canada. RIP

 

[nietsroob17]

We know all those Bret/Owen and Matt/Jeff matches. Is Bobby Lashley beating Max Caster the first case of a brother beating his sister?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Using the Pointer Sisters' 42-year-old "I'm So Excited" as an opener for Dynamite is certainly a way to stay current.

That better be a one-time thing.

 

[nietsroob17]

Ricochet getting "You sick ****!" chants is NOT something I ever expected. Actually a nice switch-up to see as opposed to all his time as the pretty bland high-flyer.

 

[nietsroob17]

Adam Copeland is now Cope? Sure.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Adam Copeland is now Cope? Sure.

Cope.

LOL.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Three Orange punches and Hangman shook them off? Come on.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

“Cope” just sounds desperate as hell. I mean, what was the conversation like to come up with that?

FKA Edge: “Hey Tony, I think for my comeback, we need to do something different with my name.”

Tony: “Well, we can’t use ‘Edge’. Levesque would drag Jerry McDevitt out of retirement and take the Jaguars away from me and my Dad. Got any other ideas?”

FKA Edge: “There’s always Sexton Hard …”

Tony: “Are you ****ting me?”

FKA Edge: “Why not? It’s a nod to the past …”

Tony: “Yeah, and Hollywood Hulk Hogan wanted to be called ‘Wood’ at one point. I don’t want to keep repeating WCW’s ****-ups. I guess we’ll just have to cope …”

FKA Edge: “That’s it!”

Tony: “What’s it?”

FKA Edge: “Cope! We’ll shorten my last name and we’ll call me that!”

Tony: “I guess. We can sell T-Shirts telling people “Cope” and they’ll just have to cope. Let’s go for it! I mean, it could be worse. We could do the half-name thing and call you Sex Hard Ton Castle.”

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I think Cope is more a nod to what everybody calls him backstage.

 

[mpcincal]

For anyone hoping for another wrestling biopic to watch in 2025, this one on Mildred Burke looks interesting:

 

[nietsroob17]

For anyone hoping for another wrestling biopic to watch in 2025, this one on Mildred Burke looks interesting:

At least they took their effort casting the background roles well. With Kamille, Toni Storm, Naomi and Britt Baker in it.

I wonder if her shooting this was the impetus for the birth of Timeless Toni Storm.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

For anyone hoping for another wrestling biopic to watch in 2025, this one on Mildred Burke looks interesting:

The book is very good. The real-life Burke had a very compelling albeit complex and somewhat sad life. I don’t know from the preview if they’re getting into all that, or if they’re just going to focus on the women’s equality aspect (which also was a part of her story).

But what was up with the farmer tapping out? Tap-outs didn’t occur until the 90s.

Like the Iron Claw, I’ll have to keep telling myself that it’s a movie and not a documentary. Although with Burke’s life, they could have made that a documentary as well like they did with Lipstick and Dynamite.

 

[Huggy]

Legendary wrestler who Bret Hart, in his book, credited with saving his father’s territory by being such a huge draw in Western Canada. RIP

Huge star in the Toronto area too and after his in-ring career ended he was known for his legendary karaoke nights at various bars and clubs around the city. RIP to The Sweetest Man in All The Land and the Ladies' Pet and the Men's Regret.

 

[nietsroob17]

Going to need to get used to AEW archives grow on Max and Raw archives on Netflix.

Saw some of the first Dynamite, and it's become weird now hearing "Adrenaline" and seeing Cody on that side -- especially without that godforsaken tattoo. Also at a time when he could not use the Rhodes name.