General WWE Discussion: Roman Weeps, Taker Retires, MNK/SAM/RDM LFP

[Delirium]

Takeover Brooklyn

[tyven]

thx that was a lit entrance

[NotGreyheim]

Do TNAs lawyers want to challenge WWEs lawyers?

WWE's not getting involved. So says Lord Meltzer.

[Tomiko]

Going to a local show tonight and found out a couple hours ago that Penta El 0M (Pentagon Jr./Dark) isn't going to make it due to a family emergency.

Apparently Kyle O-Reilly lives a few hours away. So people are wondering if he might be a surprise replacement.

This are the main matches last I knew:

Davey Richards vs Pentagon (main event)
Angelina Love vs Su Yung vs Kate Carney (local)
Jeff Cobb vs Darby Allen
Shane Strickland vs Lio Rush

A few other matches featuring local talent. Sad that Penta won't be there, but still excited about the show. I haven't seen any matches for Su Yung, Darby Allen or Lio Rush, but I've heard great things about all of them.

Edit: For anyone interested, they released the main event (Cody Rhodes vs Shane Strickland) from the first show for free on YouTube:

Spoiler: show

[Trigun]

Best new theme coming through.

[Anoat]

Kofi Kingston having some kind of surgery today and the Revival beat down Monday night was a way to write him off for a while. No indication yet how long he'll be out.

[NotGreyheim]

Just noticed the new title. Woods was a brd, not a filthy mnk!

Also, Mauro has removed WWE from his Twitter bio, and deleted his Wrestlemania-related tweets.

[Delirium]

AXS might be looking for a commentator now that JR is leaving...Mauro can go back to his old job.

[Vagrant]

JR is actually still doing the NJPW on AXS shows for at least the remainder of the contract he has with them. He's reportedly only working 30-40 dates this year with WWE.

[Delirium]

Ya, but they may not want a guy working for WWE to do their show too. Just a thought.

Related, that CM Punk pipebomb promo is more accurate every year.

[Krandor]

This entire Mauro/JBL situation is just blowing up all over squaredcircle, and seeing now that some of the non wrestling media is picking up on it.

[Tyrath]

This entire Mauro/JBL situation is just blowing up all over squaredcircle, and seeing now that some of the non wrestling media is picking up on it.

tl;dr the issue?

Is it just JBL being a bully again?

[Slynkee]

Yeah people are saying mauras depression got triggered by JBLs bullying.

[NynJa]

And everyone is coming out of the woodwork with their "JBL is a bully" stories.

[Kalmado]

I don't have a problem with people coming out to talk about it. It's not like they have any monetary gain to go after. If anything it's pretty brave. I could only imagine how those that were getting bullied (or watched it happen) had to deal with the struggle of putting up with it or telling higher ups and risking their spot, becoming a pariah, etc. Lord knows how it truly is behind the scenes in a business like professional wrestling.

[NotGreyheim]

Meltzer implies former commentating partners have been in touch regarding JBL's bullying. Redditors want him to out his sources.

Reddit is a cesspool. In other news: Water is wet.

[Anoat]

Meltzer going scorched earth on JBL, I love it Maggle

[Tomiko]

Sakura Genesis spoilers:

Spoiler: show

-Juice Robinson pinned Naito (8-man tag) then challenged him for the IC Title.

-War Machine won the IWGP Tag Titles

-Looks like Suzuki will be challenging Goto for the title.

-Hiromu beat Kushida in like 3 mins then Riccochet challenged him.

-OKADAWINSLOL
Seriously though, great match even though I don't agree with how it ended.

-Bad Luck Fale attacks Okada after the match when Okada is asking for a mic. "You want a fight? I'll give you a fucking fight!"

[Krandor]

WWE already moving people around before Raw is even on the air, Apollo Crews was moved to Raw

[Delirium]

They should move him back to NXT.