2025-star Frog Splash! Pro Wrestling Thread

[Baron Scicluna]

It may be one of the biggest cliches of the pre-taped holiday episodes, but the "Miracle on 34th Street Fight" is always such harmless fun. And leave it to Truth to be the Easter Bunny.

It’s become a fun annual holiday tradition. Lots of kids in the audience. Bad guy looks silly and the good guy wins. Miz is always great at getting a crowd riled up.

Pro wrestling doesn’t have to take itself seriously all the time. Sometimes it’s fine to have a little levity.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

AEW visits White Castle, er, the Castle of White:



And there’s even more on YouTube:

 

[nietsroob17]

AEW visits White Castle, er, the Castle of White:



And there’s even more on YouTube:

Reminds me of Letterman's famous skit where he ran the drive-thru at a BK.

Only Toni Storm can make blatant shill for White Castle into must-see TV.

"I like my lovers like I like my AEW Bacon Brawl combo: hot and meaty."

 

[JimmyHoward33]

It’s become a fun annual holiday tradition. Lots of kids in the audience. Bad guy looks silly and the good guy wins. Miz is always great at getting a crowd riled up.

Pro wrestling doesn’t have to take itself seriously all the time. Sometimes it’s fine to have a little levity.

Especially in a double taping. You need something to add variety and/or wake up the crowd

Speaking of which, Dragunov is gonna have a hell of a career as the “wake up the crowd” guy. Damn if every one of main roster matches doesnt end up with much more noise than it started with

 

[nietsroob17]

Especially in a double taping. You need something to add variety and/or wake up the crowd

Speaking of which, Dragunov is gonna have a hell of a career as the “wake up the crowd” guy. Damn if every one of main roster matches doesnt end up with much more noise than it started with

I think every one of Dragunov's opponents during his reign were the great lighter-weight workers from NXT and NXT UK. That went a long way toward building that excitement -- Carmelo, Ciampa, Gargano, Fraser, Axiom, McDonagh, Black -- and he won it from Sami.

Thank the lord, they never pulled the cord on Dragunov vs. one of the Tongans.

 

[nietsroob17]

Amanda Huber, the widow of Brodie Lee, had it in herself to watch the Dynamite tribute show for the first time.

She has all kinds of wonderful reactions on her X on Tony Khan, Cody, Rowan and Tay Melo.

And MJF said hi, too.

 

[nietsroob17]

Don't know if it was intended for him to miss the table, but seeing it slowly tip over onto him was hilarious.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

It may be one of the biggest cliches of the pre-taped holiday episodes, but the "Miracle on 34th Street Fight" is always such harmless fun. And leave it to Truth to be the Easter Bunny.

And I don't think Hendry will be long for NXT. I think it's going to be too irresistible to WWE to bring him up to main roster TV almost immediately.

Especially if NXT lands Danhausen, whose hostage contract at AEW is reportedly running up in February. Mixed reports on WWE's interest in him, but always has a spot for the comedy guys.

Pepsi Phil will get him a spot.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Speaking of comedy …

 

[nietsroob17]

Speaking of comedy …

Then, there was the two legit spouses walloping each other.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Then, there was the two legit spouses walloping each other.

It’s called foreplay!

 

[nietsroob17]

So, Moxley made a pretty face-ish turn last night after beating Okada, while the Riders stood stoic behind him.

Odds that Moxley gets sent out to pasture by his buddies on Wednesday?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Don't know if it was intended for him to miss the table, but seeing it slowly tip over onto him was hilarious.

That table said, “That doesn’t work for me, Brother.”

 

[JimmyHoward33]

So, Moxley made a pretty face-ish turn last night after beating Okada, while the Riders stood stoic behind him.

Odds that Moxley gets sent out to pasture by his buddies on Wednesday?

Is he gonna put whatever belt he has now in a briefcase? Or explain in some way why not?

 

[Huggy]

That table said, “That doesn’t work for me, Brother.”

 

[nietsroob17]

Usos with the tag belts again is a new-old twist.

Bron mostly held his own in his first face to face promo with Punk, but I had to take factual issue with his line alluding to Punk being in the indies while Bron was on the field with Lamar Jackson.

When Bron was in camp with the Ravens, Punk was retired. When Punk was in the indies, Bron was 8 years old.

 

[nietsroob17]

Not sure what she did before AEW, but Willow could definitely be one of those Steamboat-esque eternal faces for however long as she goes.

She could probably make it work if it came to it, but it's so hard to dislike her.

Between her music, that smile and her skills in the ring, it's a total package.

 

[nietsroob17]

That's awful news, and a bummer for Pretty Deadly, which was always a fun act.

But the best Kit Wilson can do is take the opportunity and run with it. And a good start so far with that earworm of a new theme he has.

 

[nietsroob17]

Last weekend, I got the chance to write a feature on NXT's Kendal Grey and had a nugget on how three WWE stars with ties to Cobb County, Georgia could be champions by the end of this week.

Happy to see I batted a clear 1.000.

Yep, cursed them all.

 

[nietsroob17]

Weirder things have happened, but I think it's pretty clear that Sami will be facing Drew at the Rumble. Who else would in Saudi unless they re-sign Mansoor for a one-off?

Either that or Sami wins, or gets very close to winning, the Rumble.