The Wrestling Thread~

[Tetsujin]

Hulk Hogan reportedly was "instantly disappointed" by the reaction to him on Raw but there is discussion to have him back on TV as a heel.

"Plans are for Hogan to be a bad guy again and to help out a future storyline with another wrestler."

(Source: Daily Mail) pic.twitter.com/h0dTa0Q0UB

— Cultaholic Wrestling (@Cultaholic) January 8, 2025

dude really thought he was getting kayfabe boo’ed and not boo’ed boo’ed

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

My inner scientific mark has been geeking the **** out over this Lexis King/Charlie Dempsey series.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

That show was bad. It tried to hard to force itself to be a special event instead of just organically becoming something good.

Next week will be so much better when they aren’t trying nearly as hard.

And that Hogan segment was fantastic. [BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!]

I'll offer a slightly different view, and opinion.

I don't think it was bad, per se. It just felt like any normal broadcast of RAW (minus the many commercials we had been used to seeing on network television). It wasn't "special" by any stretch of the imagination and, yes, on that front, I do agree that the WWE played the Netflix debut to be something it obviously was not.

Did I hate it? Not at all
Did I love it? Not at all
Did I like it? Yes

 

[Tetsujin]

The old lout really that concerned about Cena getting the record?

WWE is reportedly considering bringing Ric Flair back to appear at the Royal Rumble.

(Source: PWInsider) pic.twitter.com/GEKTvrGw7r

— Cultaholic Wrestling (@Cultaholic) January 10, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

I'll offer a slightly different view, and opinion.

I don't think it was bad, per se. It just felt like any normal broadcast of RAW (minus the many commercials we had been used to seeing on network television). It wasn't "special" by any stretch of the imagination and, yes, on that front, I do agree that the WWE played the Netflix debut to be something it obviously was not.

Did I hate it? Not at all
Did I love it? Not at all
Did I like it? Yes

I actually liked the actual matches that they had/ the fact they finally put the Rhea/Liv feud out of its misery (hopefully) but the combined 20 minutes of Dwayne and Terry patting themselves on the back for some reason (+random Taker appearance that probably didn’t need to happen) just killed any momentum that the show and that’s not even counting the oddly flat John Cena promo to tell us something that we all already knew was going to happen is happening.

 

[Tetsujin]

Giulia in the Bruno Sammartino shirt, Italians haven't been this powerful since the Sopranos was airing https://t.co/4p0JQFfWJ0

— Balatro Eaton Da Pussy (@AidanThaGod) January 12, 2025

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

English-born, Italian-Japanese... it can't be too many of those...

 

[Tetsujin]

Oof

 

[Tetsujin]

Hulk Hogan is reportedly set to return to WWE at Saturday Night's Main Event on the 25th of January.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Radio) pic.twitter.com/cKnf3pZhic

— Cultaholic Wrestling (@Cultaholic) January 14, 2025

(Great chance for Jesse Ventura to tell us how he really feels about Terry though)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

WWE® & TNA WRESTLING ANNOUNCE MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP – TNA Wrestling

Looks like they've made it official.

 

[Tetsujin]

Before these rumours get too wild, I’m just going to address them.

Yes that is me drinking from a shoe in that video. It’s a cultural tradition and I won’t hear a bad word said about it!
👞 🍺 🇦🇺

— Grayson Waller (@GraysonWWE) January 16, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

Jacob Fatu: "EVERYBODY, SHUT THE HELL UP WHEN SOLO IS SPEAKING!"

"WE WILL LEAVE THE SAME WAY THE DUSTY ASS CHARGERS LEFT THIS CITY" 😭#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/3sSZWBbTAE

— The Movement - Pro Wrestling (@TheMovementXx) January 18, 2025

just let Jacob cook

 

[Tetsujin]

How the hell do you miss the boat by half a year?

#ANDNEW TNA World Champion @joehendry

Watch #TNAGenesis on TNA+: https://t.co/KvBYOFReSB pic.twitter.com/aUSHNWwMqH

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 20, 2025

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

That chant for Tessa Blanchard was *chef's kiss*

 

[Tetsujin]

“You put Hulk Hogan in the Royal Rumble, I’ll throw his dusty ass over the top rope, and I’ll kill Hulkamania once and for all.”

— CM Punk#RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/non82g9ynt

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) January 21, 2025

I will never hate this man lmao

 

[Tetsujin]

So very excited for Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend in San Antonio. The Body returns to Texas this Saturday Night!

— Jesse Ventura (@GovJVentura) January 23, 2025

The Body and Terry in the same building in the year 2025. Things could get spicy. At least, one can hope.

 

[Tetsujin]

Hulk Hogan will not appear at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event due to "family commitments".

(via @chrisprolific) pic.twitter.com/oiqIhydvsR

— Wrestlelamia.com (@wrestlelamia) January 24, 2025

dude saw Jesse Ventura was showing up and bounced lol

 

[Tetsujin]

If you have the chance to live every day for the rest of your life in the exact same space “dancing Lord Tensai” was conceived, you take it. https://t.co/2ou3RvvInt

— Brian Gewirtz (@bfg728) January 25, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

“Off the scale with it, raw and uncut” our Samoan brother getting coke references off on WWE tv like he Pusha T!

— bbl qwanny (@shutupqwan) January 25, 2025

And just like Push, my man ain’t just cosplaying

 

[Tetsujin]

This is how fans feel when they boo Logan Paul #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/Fal6n5Z6Iy

— Public Enemies Podcast (@PublicEnemiesHQ) January 28, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

“I promise I will always be your friend”

— Punk to Cody#RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/ShmUYJTbSU

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) January 28, 2025

in response, TK just extended Ricky Starks’s contract by another half a year.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

#WorstKeptSecret

SRS is reporting that Jordynne Grace has signed with WWE. I just wish that she didn't have to put Tessa over on her way out.

 

[Tetsujin]

#WorstKeptSecret

SRS is reporting that Jordynne Grace has signed with WWE. I just wish that she didn't have to put Tessa over on her way out.

Just gonna pretend I haven’t been paying attention so when she shows up at the Rumble, I can act surprised.

 

[Tetsujin]

Jordynne ima be honest… we don’t believe you https://t.co/MAzjcY94o5

— A.J. FRANCI$ 💰 (@AJFrancis410) January 29, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

https://t.co/lFd0rzjLFi pic.twitter.com/fTOeUipTnQ

— V. 🕷️💔💔🐝 (@HaangEmHiigh) January 29, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

Tyrese Haliburton gifted WWE women’s tag team champion Bianca Belair and Superstar Montez Ford custom City Edition jerseys ahead of @WWE Night 💪 pic.twitter.com/yq8FwpNEEq

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) January 29, 2025

i, much like HHH, forgot that Montez Ford was on the roster until I saw this tweet.

 

[Tetsujin]

Then. Now. Forever. Together.@ImChelseaGreen pic.twitter.com/4z4j0ROTRO

— Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) January 31, 2025

Dudes absolutely showing up on Saturday isn’t he?

 

[Tetsujin]

The Royal Rumble is a wonderful annual event when fans all over the world come together to predict unrealistic surprise entrants & then get disappointed when it doesn’t happen. #RoyalRumble

— WWE Creative Humor (a sub of TKO Creative Humor) (@WWECreative_ish) February 1, 2025

 

[Tetsujin]

There are NXT names in the Rumble

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) February 1, 2025

it better be Trick and Giulia

 

[Tetsujin]

So I guess Steph’s back in the company?