General Wrestling IX: Gomez Addams Appreciation Thread

[Anoat]

Raw: July 7, 2002 vs Tommy Dreamer
Tag: February 19, 2006 (NJPW with Shinsuke)

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=669&page=4

The streak lives on

[Zealot]

ADRENALINE
IN MY SOUL
TONY KHAN SAYS
I TOLD YOU SO

[NynJa]

Yall actually thought Roman was gonna work Monday night? lmao

[Anoat]

One of the more disappointing Raw after mania in a while. The hyped first hour being commercial free (and the rest of the show) felt like 50% recaps from WrestleMania and the hall of fame.

[Melena]

Yall actually thought Roman was gonna work Monday night? lmao

So you're saying he's the anti triple h, since he wouldn't work Thursdays?

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[NynJa]

Haitch knew what he booked

Triple H’s grin right before he introduced Roman Reigns is all I need to know about last night.

[NotGreyheim]

Apparently they're firmly back to tearing up run sheets and rewriting the show while it's airing. Truly, Vince is back.

Edit from Pro Wrestling Insider:

Vince McMahon was personally and heavily involved with last night's episode of Monday Night Raw, PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources.

PWInsider.com is told that about 15-20 minutes before Raw went live on the air, a number of late rewrites for the episode were ordered, described as not "feeling" like the type of changes talents and staff had come to expect under Paul Levesque. Changes for the episode continued as the show well into being on the air and we are told they came directly from McMahon, who had his own office at Raw, just as he did before his "retirement" in the summer of 2022.

While McMahon stated he would not be "in the weeds" of creative on CNBC yesterday, we were told by multiple sources who were at Raw that there was no doubt that Vince was firmly back in charge following the Endeavor acquisition of the company.

PWInsider.com is told the night started with Paul Levesque on headsets running Raw, but as the taping went on, it was McMahon who was more and more involved as the point person running the show. While McMahon was on headset producing a few times over Wrestlemania 39 weekend, he was at the gorilla position for most of last night's Raw taping, directly overseeing the proceedings.

Among some talents we spoke with, there was a huge negative shift in morale as they realized that things were going to go back to "exactly where they were" before Paul Levesque was placed in control as Chief Content Officer. One source said the "place felt nuked" but others didn't go that far. The feeling was that going forward, the likelihood was that McMahon would be overseeing everything again, leaving the creative once again to his whims and sensibilities, although whether that actually plays out remains to be seen.

A big part of that feeling of resignation was that Levesque is genuinely liked and trusted by the talents, especially since so many came through the WWE NXT system, and for some of them, that feeling of security many had felt in the run from Summerslam to Wrestlemania was no longer a given - and would be far departure from how some we spoke to felt tonight.

Other talents more or less shrugged it off, feeling they always suspected "all roads" would lead to McMahon being back in the central creative role eventually, but wanted to see if this would be a regular thing or whether it just happened last night because McMahon was at TV due to being in Los Angeles for Wrestlemania and the acquisition announcement.

One person joked WWE was always McMahon's world and now it's back in the palm of his hand after he willingly gave it up last summer.

More as we confirm.

[Krandor]

But Trips told us nothing would change.

Then
Now
Forever

[arus2001]

Sounds like I made the right call going to bed after the first hour. Expected the Brock turn to happen then, but whatever.

[Zealot]

I was willing to give WWE a chance after Night 2 to show me where they were going with this, gonna go back to reading the recaps now rather than spending 3 hours hoping something happens.

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[Delirium]

Just waiting for the talent cuts at this point. Vince will never change and the fans that remain will pop when they hear his music. At least watching other wrestling is easy because of the internet now.

[Xno Kappa]

So Brock turned on Cody cuz reasons I’m reading? Lmao yeah I’m glad I stopped giving a shit after the first hour and tuned back into the Yankee game.

RIP past six months WWE.

[NynJa]

[Melena]

Sounds like I made the right call going to bed after the first hour. Expected the Brock turn to happen then, but whatever.

You could tell in the opening segment with the way he wouldn't let go of Cody's hand for that first handshake. It was just a matter of if the F5 was going to happen then, before the bell for their match, or after the match.

[Xno Kappa]

Apparently Seth’s segment got cut in real time with him visibly angry in the ring while the crowd sung his music lol.

Oh and make no mistake. Vince is back until he’s dead. Endeavor hasn’t done shit about the pink goof who’s arguably worse at his job.

[Krandor]

This kind of spoils the results of FTR vs The Gunn. Also wonder how soon Andrade will be back on TV

Seems like Jay White may no longer be heading to WWE like everyone assumed.

[NynJa]

Vince is just trying to do to Endavor what Elon is doing to Twitter.

[Melena]

Spring cleaning cuts are going to be extremely interesting when they come out in the next few weeks.

Already predicting the following:

Bray Wyatt
Elias
Regal
Tozowa
Hit Row
Bronson
Chelsea
Dana Brooke
Jinder
Karrion
Mustafa Ali

Also, looking at the roster, I find it hilarious Vacant is listed.

[Zealot]

Tony Khan hasn't stopped jerking off since Sunday night.

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[Tomiko]

Spring cleaning cuts are going to be extremely interesting when they come out in the next few weeks.

Already predicting the following:

Mustafa Ali

At this point, I expect them to keep him out of spite since he's been wanting to be released.