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

[Snprphnx]

248 for me.

[Fiendishone]

So has Samoa Joe gone to Vince's shit list since I guess he nearly killed Tyson Kidd from what I hear? Haven't seen him since he appeared on NXT at the end of Kevin Owens match.

[Krandor]

He's been on NXT nearly every week, and by all accounts isn't on any shit list. Tyson was apparently in a situation where any bump could have caused the damage, it just happened to occur during the Muscle Buster.

[Fiendishone]

Gotcha was just wondering since I don't watch many of the weekly NXT shows

[Trigun]

[Krandor]

Apparently Joe was not lying when he said that WWE (or at least NXT) is changing the way they do business. Justin "Thunder" Liger will be a part of the next Takeover (against Tyler Breeze). A working relationship between WWE and NJPW might actually be happening.

The Young Bucks had this to say about it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MattJacks...49194270076928

[Vagrant]

Well that would certainly be interesting to say the least. Granted Liger wouldn't be at the top of my list for NJPW guys any longer but the guy can still work

[Anoat]

Yeah, I saw Jushin Liger on a RoH show a few weeks back, he can still go. Amazing considering how long his career has been. Wouldn't surprise me if this is a way to grease the wheels of getting him into the Hall of Fame next year.

[Kalmado]

Sounds good to me. Glad to see a legend get some time. I would LOVE to see the entire Bullet Club come, but we all know that's not happening.

[Krandor]

The big big names in NJPW are already booked for ROH at the same time, so they wouldn't be showing up anyway. The exciting part is what this might mean for the future. The fantasy booking potential is just too damn real.

[Kang]

That's crazy about Liger and NXT. I'm glad I was able to see Liger live for the first time ever at the ROH/NJPW shows in Toronto back in May. If you've never seen him and are going to that show, you're in for a treat.

Also spoilers for Summerslam

Spoiler: show

I read on the Wrestling Observer site about Sting and Undertaker having matches. Damn if that's true.

[Kalmado]

Oh man, Swagsuke vs. Rollins again!! Or him vs. Owens again, Ziggler, Neville, Balor, Ambrose. Take any one of the great tag teams available. I'd prefer either Time Splitters or reDRagon.

[tyven]

COME ON BULLET CLUB

[Krandor]

Of course watch this just be a one off event (Liger is allowed to take bookings basically wherever the fuck he wants), but after those rumors about some guys getting tryouts while WWE was in Japan, I WANT TO BELIEVE.

Swagsuke vs Bryan
Tanahashi vs Cena
Okada vs Orton
Cesaro vs Ibushi (edited, got my names wrong)
Survivor Series Bullet Club vs WWE

Fuck I need to stop thinking about this and go to bed.

[Krandor]

OH GOD IT'S REAL

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/s...63555730554880

Apparently only for NXT right now though.

[tyven]

YOUNG BUCKS. AJ STYLES. I CANT HANDLE THIS.

[Vagrant]

Going to be an interesting turn of events. And the NXT crowds are definitely more suited to this. I could see WWE running a Raw in say north dakota and trying to use Okada for the show only for it to completely bomb with the fans and kill the whole thing.

[Vagrant]

Bit more on the situation. Apparently WWE and NJPW might not be the only ones in the deal.

In addition, the Wrestling Observer points out that New Japan has booked Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada and Kushida for the same night at ROH’s show, which is also in Brooklyn. Take the following vaguery for what it’s worth, but the site notes that there are “other significant moves” involving NXT and ROH which do not involve New Japan that are “likely to become evident in short order.”

[Trigun]

Bryan and Kidd better go hang out that weekend.

[Delirium]

Spoiler for the NXT taping not involving Japanese wrestlers

Spoiler: show

The Perfect 10 is upon us! All hail based Tye!