Wrestling

[SpeedFlex27]

According to Dave Meltzer, the Undertaker Mark Callaway has retired.

http://www.ladbible.com/news/sport-wwe-legend-the-undertaker-has-retired-as-a-wrestler-20190216?c=1550331069320&fbclid=IwAR2ma6jmplPkOvzzQJzJTSRcyab2zj_iVdW6kCeUQ-M0pKhDVer-xvxAN1Q

 

[The Unknown Poster]

8 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

According to Dave Meltzer, the Undertaker Mark Callaway has retired.

http://www.ladbible.com/news/sport-wwe-legend-the-undertaker-has-retired-as-a-wrestler-20190216?c=1550331069320&fbclid=IwAR2ma6jmplPkOvzzQJzJTSRcyab2zj_iVdW6kCeUQ-M0pKhDVer-xvxAN1Q

 

$25,000 per hour for appearances.  Big time get for Starrcast. 

[The Unknown Poster]

Quick note. I know at least one of you here came out to the Dalton Castle show (always nice to our a face to the handle!)

anyone else who might have, thanks for sticking with us while we had absurd travel issues. 

Castle left his home at 6am. Had three delayed flights, ended up in Toronto (wasn’t originally scheduled to), waited on a delay there while they called in a replacement pilot). Made it to the show after midnight. Was on at 1am. 

It was one of their nights we can laugh about. It worked out in the end. Castle is a great guy too. 

Best fans in the business. Thank you!

[ediger]

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Quick note. I know at least one of you here came out to the Dalton Castle show (always nice to our a face to the handle!)

anyone else who might have, thanks for sticking with us while we had absurd travel issues. 

Castle left his home at 6am. Had three delayed flights, ended up in Toronto (wasn’t originally scheduled to), waited on a delay there while they called in a replacement pilot). Made it to the show after midnight. Was on at 1am. 

It was one of their nights we can laugh about. It worked out in the end. Castle is a great guy too. 

Best fans in the business. Thank you!

It was nice to finally meet you! I've been going to PCW shows for over a decade now and they never fail to entertain. Castle was really great and seemed to handle the travel issues like a pro. Speaking of being a pro, sort of a funny story from after the show. Typically I'm not the type to take a lot of selfies or line up for photos with people but after 5 hours, my girlfriend and I had consumed a few drinks and the line was moving pretty good so we figured what the hell, lets say thanks for dealing with the headaches of getting here and grab a quick photo. I had everything lined up for a quick pic but pressed the wrong button and closed the camera app instead of taking a photo. Without even hesitating, Castle grabbed the phone, said "here, I got a good angle" and snapped the photo. It wasn't until we were walking out the door that it dawned on us that being the pro he is and having probably dealt with his fair share of tipsy photo seekers, he knew damn well how to keep that line moving. No way he was waiting for my dumb ass to figure out how to take a proper pic. 👍

[The Unknown Poster]

40 minutes ago, ediger said:

It was nice to finally meet you! I've been going to PCW shows for over a decade now and they never fail to entertain. Castle was really great and seemed to handle the travel issues like a pro. Speaking of being a pro, sort of a funny story from after the show. Typically I'm not the type to take a lot of selfies or line up for photos with people but after 5 hours, my girlfriend and I had consumed a few drinks and the line was moving pretty good so we figured what the hell, lets say thanks for dealing with the headaches of getting here and grab a quick photo. I had everything lined up for a quick pic but pressed the wrong button and closed the camera app instead of taking a photo. Without even hesitating, Castle grabbed the phone, said "here, I got a good angle" and snapped the photo. It wasn't until we were walking out the door that it dawned on us that being the pro he is and having probably dealt with his fair share of tipsy photo seekers, he knew damn well how to keep that line moving. No way he was waiting for my dumb ass to figure out how to take a proper pic. 👍

It was great to meet you!  Thank you so much for coming!

[Goalie]

Were his boys there? Love Castle. Think he's got a great gimmick

[The Unknown Poster]

49 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Were his boys there? Love Castle. Think he's got a great gimmick

We supply the boys. They don’t usually travel to Indy shows.  Our boys told me it was the most fun they’ve ever had on wrestling lol (and that was after just winning the tag team title also!)

i agree. He’s great. He’s really perfect for Indy shows because his gimmick is easy and super colourful. He was in full gear with the cape and everything. And a super nice guy.  

[The Unknown Poster]

 

[iHeart]

looks like some familiar faces are coming to the WWE hall of fame

 

[The Unknown Poster]

Now that’s chyna is dead it’s okay for hunters kids to google her. 

[Brandon]

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Now that’s chyna is dead it’s okay for hunters kids to google her. 

Better make sure safe search is set to on lol.   It may mess them up seeing her starring role in some of her movies. 

[Jpan85]

Rick Rude already in?

[The Unknown Poster]

27 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Rick Rude already in?

Yes.

[SpeedFlex27]

On ‎2019‎-‎02‎-‎18 at 10:43 AM, iHeart said:

looks like some familiar faces are coming to the WWE hall of fame

 

If Chyna was alive you can bet she wouldn't be on stage with Triple H.

[The Unknown Poster]

6 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If Chyna was alive you can bet she wouldn't be on stage with Triple H.

Oh I think she would.  But they wouldn't.  There was no way.  She'd have had to "behave" for a long time before they'd trust her.  Hunter had previously said it was the fact his kids could google her and see porn that was a problem.  But I mean, they can google him too...

[iHeart]

13 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If Chyna was alive you can bet she wouldn't be on stage with Triple H.

gee I wonder what went down with them were they a couple at one point or something?

[SpeedFlex27]

5 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Oh I think she would.  But they wouldn't.  There was no way.  She'd have had to "behave" for a long time before they'd trust her.  Hunter had previously said it was the fact his kids could google her and see porn that was a problem.  But I mean, they can google him too...

She was unstable partly from the way she was treated by him. As far as his kids go, I guess you could say as they get older they're free to draw their own conclusions. As you say, they can google her.

[SpeedFlex27]

1 minute ago, iHeart said:

gee I wonder what went down with them were they a couple at one point or something?

Yes, while she wrestled in the WWE. Triple H dumped her.

[The Unknown Poster]

Just now, iHeart said:

gee I wonder what went down with them were they a couple at one point or something?

Hunter cheated on her for about a year before she found out.  There was no repercussions for it.  She blames it for her being let go when her contract came due but she was asking for a lot of money and to work men.  But no doubt, she was treated awful by Hunter and Steph (who was head of creative at the time, and an owner in the company).

She actually found a love letter from Steph to Hunter which is how she found out.

[The Unknown Poster]

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

She was unstable partly from the way she was treated by him. As far as his kids go, I guess you could say as they get older they're free to draw their own conclusions. As you say, they can google her.

Dating X-Pac didnt help as they were both addicts.  A lot of people blame Russo indirectly for her death.  She was living in...Japan I think, teaching English.  Apparently doing well outside of the spotlight.  I think she had a fiance who was a normal guy. Russo went on some campaign to bring her back feeling WWE owed her something.  he got her to come back...she ended up back in the spotlight to a degree and fell into old habits.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 Hunter had previously said it was the fact his kids could google her and see porn that was a problem.  But I mean, they can google him too...

It would be really awkward if they saw the video of her doing a gang bang with a bunch of porn stars dressed as wrestlers including HHH.   Not that I've ever viewed this film myself ,  I just heard about this from a friend ya know

[iHeart]

man I would have loved to have seen her return to wrestling (even though it's not my thing) I mean all I've seen her in was her seasons of the surreal life and this

 

[The Unknown Poster]

Tye Dillinger asked for his release (and posted a statement confirming it on his social media).  He's 38 so its ballsy but he's tight with Cody.

Batista apparently not interested in AEW and continues to talk to WWE.  Seems awfully late to throw together a main attraction for Wrestle Mania but apparently, they are in disarray.  RAW was completely re-written at 2pm with Vince's directive to bring him the 4 best guys in NXT.  Originally Ricochet was to work Balor but Hunter had it changed. 

Supposedly Vince thinks ratings are down (and everything else) because they have no stars so he wants to create new ones.  Spoiler alert: its the booking, not the talent.  But that explains why this crop of additions is being pushed better (after two days) then the previous crop (where is EC3 anyway?).

They love Lacey and she's in line for a big push.  Vince is not happy about Undertaker doing Starrcast and they might yet use him at WM so there isnt the perception that they lost him.  Cena doesnt have a scheduled match for WM but was originally meant to face Lars.  I could see Bryan vs Cena with the Bella's but that seems like a story that should have started already.

Knowing WWE, it will be Bryan vs AJ vs Kofi three-way

Also, according to Meltzer, the whole show was meant to be built around Seth Rollins but he's not cleared for contact so they changed it.  And that meant changing Ronda's match as she was booked to beat Alexa in a squash but now had to go long so they did the rematch with Ruby thinking it would be better than a long match with Alexa (which is true).  But if you have time to fill, why not use some of the 100+ guys you have under contract, rather then exposing Ronda in a match like that?

Edited February 20, 2019 by The Unknown Poster

[SpeedFlex27]

That explains why all these NXT guys showed up Monday & Tuesday.

[The Unknown Poster]

So a new story that is getting some news coverage so its....out there.

A week ago Corey Graves went nuts on twitter, verbally attacking a Deadspin writer (who does a lot of wrestling stories).  He made fun of people on welfare, claimed he once ate a bottle of Fentanyl etc

That was the warm up for his wife publicly revealing Graves was having an affair with Carmella.  She posted texts messages Graves sent her where he seems to insinuate he might kill himself (or hopes to die), pretty manipulative.  He then claims WWE called him and will sue her if she doesnt remove the messages. 

THEN, Carmella posts a short video where she sends birthday greetings to Graves's young daughter.  Yikes.

Then Pro Wrestling Sheet (meh) reported that Graves and his wife are separated and have been going through a divorce and the wife got pissy when graves told her he was seeing someone else.  The wife then posted a text exchange with Graves where she quoted the story and called Graves a liar (accusing him of leaking the story).  Graves replied that it wasnt him and the story is wrong.  The wife replied that the more Graves lies, the more she will reveal.

Then she deleted her instagram.

What a week for Graves.