BREAKING: CM Punk just got choked out with RNC/neck-crank

[chinarice]

Really? what a shame..

It absolutely is. Wasn't watchable for the majority of the past decade leaning into COVID, when wrestling was the worst it's ever been in my life.

MMA is great to watch with no crowd. Pro-wrestling is unwatchable without one.

 

[chinarice]

the funny part is, a single storyline has carried the entire company for like 4 yrs now. The Bloodline saga. without that storyline WWE is the same as the rest of the wrestling orgs.

I mean, most of the Attitude Era was encapsulated by Austin vs McMahon.

WCW vs NWO was all WCW had for the entirety of the Monday Night Wars.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

CM Punk has terrible sub defense, even Bob Backlund would tap him quick in the cross faced chickenwing

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

I mean, most of the Attitude Era was encapsulated by Austin vs McMahon.

WCW vs NWO was all WCW had for the entirety of the Monday Night Wars.

yeah but the attitude era had other storylines that worked, just Austin vs Vince was the main attraction. Undertaker vs Kane, The Ministry of Darkness, Dudleys/Hardys/Edge and Christian, DX vs Nation of Domination, Mankind vs The Rock/Undertaker, HHH and Stephanie vs Test, and probably a ton more i'm forgetting. but those storylines were over. admittedly, i don't watch wrestling anymore and only know about it through osmosis but it seems like The Bloodline is the only thing that's really over in ANY wrestling org right now.

 

[mahavishnunj]

Best it's been in 20 years.

Same with the flu right now.

 

[chinarice]

Same with the flu right now.

It's arguably more entertaining than most UFC events lol

 

[chinarice]

yeah but the attitude era had other storylines that worked, just Austin vs Vince was the main attraction. Undertaker vs Kane, The Ministry of Darkness, Dudleys/Hardys/Edge and Christian, DX vs Nation of Domination, Mankind vs The Rock/Undertaker, HHH and Stephanie vs Test, and probably a ton more i'm forgetting. but those storylines were over. admittedly, i don't watch wrestling anymore and only know about it through osmosis but it seems like The Bloodline is the only thing that's really over in ANY wrestling org right now.

That's just it. You don't watch wrestling now. That's the difference.

The attitude era was my teenage years. It was an amazing time. I went back and watched it all again recently since it's now all on netflix. There's a lot of ridiculous shit and garbage in the attitude era lol

 

[Mike]

which makes even less sense. this is supposedly his last run, why would you look like shit for it? The Rock is older than Cena is and is bigger than he's ever been.

Well maybe Cena doesn't want to die from a heart attack and doesn't give a shit about being a ripped old guy lmao.

 

[markys00]

wtf happened to John Cena. motherfucker looks small and pale now

Pale? Really? That's a pretty easy fix, but most people can't see him anyway

 

[Snake989]

I thought the ref is supposed to check the arm like 10 times wtf was that fake shit

 

[Wreckless]

steroids don't care how old you are, look at The Rock. he's older than John Cena and is bigger than he's ever been.

Looks like you answered your own question.

 

[SuperNerd]

I thought the ref is supposed to check the arm like 10 times wtf was that fake shit

They're not allowed to throw punches either. Only open hand strikes.

This shit is rigged. Refs must be getting paid.

 

[Natural Order]

Wrestling sucks so bad now. Glad I got to watch the Attitude era when WCW was competing with the WWF and ECW were putting on cutting edge shows..That was some good sh!t..

The product they put out today is shameful..

Not sure if you have Netflix, but they've got the entire catalogue of Wrestlemania and Royal Rumbles on there. Going back to the ones from my childhood has been amazing!

Wrestling today is quite embarrassing. It takes itself too seriously now so there is some weird air of "edgelord and confusion" in almost everything you see. It's quite odd. Sad that it went from something so campy and fun into something so corporate and cringey.

 

[The XL]

Best it's been in 20 years.

10, maybe 15 years. But the product from 2005-2010 was much better just on the basis that they had way bigger stars like Triple H, Undertaker, Batista, Shawn Michaels, Kane, etc.

 

[McSpikes]

I always think the MMA fans that are overly offended by pro wrestling are still butthurt because they didn’t realize it was fake until they were 16

 

[Pechan]

wtf happened to John Cena. motherfucker looks small and pale now

He is over 50

 

[chinarice]

10, maybe 15 years. But the product from 2005-2010 was much better just on the basis that they had way bigger stars like Triple H, Undertaker, Batista, Shawn Michaels, Kane, etc.

Bigger stars but the Super Cena era made me quit watching for years

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Looks like you answered your own question.

nah, what my question is, is why did he stop doing them. it's his last run, why look pale and small for your last run?

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Well maybe Cena doesn't want to die from a heart attack and doesn't give a shit about being a ripped old guy lmao.

then why did he choose professional wrestling as his occupation and use all the steroids over the past 20 yrs he's been a wrestler?

stopping steroids for 2 yrs after doing it for over 20 doesn't magically make your chances of dying from a heart attack go down.

 

[Mike]

then why did he choose professional wrestling as his occupation and use all the steroids over the past 20 yrs he's been a wrestler?

stopping steroids for 2 yrs after doing it for over 20 doesn't magically make your chances of dying from a heart attack go down.

Dude most of these guys slow down or stop at some point. Even former roid monster Triple H had to quit pounding the roids and retire and has a pacemaker now. Maybe he got some blood work done and his doctor told him he needed to knock that shit off.