KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[Diet Soda]

Not at all. They have all kinds of stuff like that with people they don't have at the moment over the years.

Fair dos. It just seems to me like they're drip-feeding the marks.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Who would be your 3 picks to win the WZ tournament?

I am hoping for HHH, Rocky or Angle

 

[klunderbunker]

Hogan, Shawn, Rock

 

[Martin Gabriel]

It's being rumored that CM Punk vs Lord Tensai is being considered for a SummerSlam feud.

Would you like to see that?

 

[Martin Gabriel]

No. He's a legend. People just don't want to admit it.

No, no, I mean he IS a legend, KB. He deserves that title. However, I'm talking about having sort of a legend's role on the card. Like look at William Regal. I personally consider him a legend, but he doesn't have a legend's role on the card. I like this line from a columnist on TJRWrestling.com. He said the World Heavyweight Championship is now the Intercontinental Championship, the WWE Championship is now the World Heavyweight Championship, and being John Cena is the equivalent of what the WWE Championship used to mean. Cena is being elevated beyond simple world title contention, is what I'm getting at. I think he's already a legend, but WWE is developing his role in the company into something more suitable for a legend.

 

[klunderbunker]

It's being rumored that CM Punk vs Lord Tensai is being considered for a SummerSlam feud.

Would you like to see that?

Good grief no.

No, no, I mean he IS a legend, KB. He deserves that title. However, I'm talking about having sort of a legend's role on the card. Like look at William Regal. I personally consider him a legend, but he doesn't have a legend's role on the card. I like this line from a columnist on TJRWrestling.com. He said the World Heavyweight Championship is now the Intercontinental Championship, the WWE Championship is now the World Heavyweight Championship, and being John Cena is the equivalent of what the WWE Championship used to mean. Cena is being elevated beyond simple world title contention, is what I'm getting at. I think he's already a legend, but WWE is developing his role in the company into something more suitable for a legend.

Regal isn't a legend. Not even close. They've downgraded everyone not named Cena and occasionally Punk to the point where they have to bring in huge stars to give Cena any kind of realistic challenge.

 

[Diet Soda]

So what happens when they run out of huge stars? Robocop?

 

[klunderbunker]

So what happens when they run out of huge stars? Robocop?

I highly doubt they've thought that far in advance.

 

[Diet Soda]

Well, how many more huge names are there that can Cena realistically face?

I can only think of Taker and Austin really.

 

[Martin Gabriel]

KB, William Regal is one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time and he's played a huge role in the development of many of our favorite modern wrestlers, including Daniel Bryan, who in honesty took more away from Regal as a trainer than he did from HBK.

 

[klunderbunker]

Well, how many more huge names are there that can Cena realistically face?

I can only think of Taker and Austin really.

Pretty much. That's what I can't stand about today's main events. It's horrible how they've ruined so many main eventers. Look at last night: the only three champions in the whole company that didn't lose were Santino, Truth and Layla, and two of them didn't wrestle. Who did the world champions lose to? A guy on his way out that's lost two straight title matches and Tensai, who isn't over, isn't going to be over, and that no one cares about. Tensai is going to keep being pushed and is going to keep dragging things down, because that's what they've decided we want to see and when Cena or Punk beats him, no one is going to care and more importantly, no one is goign to be better off for it.

KB, William Regal is one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time and he's played a huge role in the development of many of our favorite modern wrestlers, including Daniel Bryan, who in honesty took more away from Regal as a trainer than he did from HBK.

Regal isn't a legend. Period.

 

[Martin Gabriel]

Pretty much. That's what I can't stand about today's main events. It's horrible how they've ruined so many main eventers. Look at last night: the only three champions in the whole company that didn't lose were Santino, Truth and Layla, and two of them didn't wrestle. Who did the world champions lose to? A guy on his way out that's lost two straight title matches and Tensai, who isn't over, isn't going to be over, and that no one cares about. Tensai is going to keep being pushed and is going to keep dragging things down, because that's what they've decided we want to see and when Cena or Punk beats him, no one is going to care and more importantly, no one is goign to be better off for it.

Not to assume you ever resided in this camp, but a lot of people were angry with world champions like Cena who never lost unimportant television matches, thus looking so strong their challengers weren't taken seriously and few people really got a rub off facing them. CM Punk can afford to lose, especially when it's an unclean finish. It isn't going to make him look weak. I mean, look back at Punk's reign in recent months. He's had so many television rivalries in the build-up to pay-per-view matches in which he lost two of three matches, only to win the third match in a decisive manner. Like Bryan beat him twice on television through heelish tactics and distractions before Punk finally beat him cleanly. He did the same thing with Mark Henry. Losing those matches before finally winning didn't make him look weak though, especially since he was being cheated. Those losses gave him sympathy so that when he finally won, he looked like he had overcome a true challenge, which also makes his challengers look better to have given him so much grief. Fuck, Henry looks cooler than ever and in a legitimate way smarks can appreciate for putting on two very good television matches with Punk. I love me some sexual chocolate.

 

[Muffin Top Merkley]

Have you read the interview with Eric Bishoff where he talks about formatting Impact?

If not, here it is:

Spoiler

"One of the things that we've learned in producing different television series for different television networks is that in today's television environment, format is really king. There is no such thing as a successful television series out there. In any genre -- whether it be scripted, reality or action -- every successful television show has a successful format.

"Wrestling really doesn't. Wrestling has been produced much the same way as it always has for the last 15-25 years. What I wanted to do is change that. I wanted to create a very specific format for not only Impact, but for several. So, one of the things we did is that I got together with the creative team and we kind of worked through different formats.

"Week one, which is following the pay-per-view, is what we refer to as a 'Reset' format. Which means that we're really bringing everybody up to speed it they didn't order the pay-per-view. We have to reset our new stories going forward. I won't go into the details of that format because you've probably seen them many, many times before but there's a very specific purpose in the format.

"The second one is 'Open Fight Night'. The 'Open Fight Night' format is essentially a format where any wrestler can challenge any other wrestler and the wrestler that's being challenged has to take the challenge. Additionally, if someone challenges a champion, that world champion has to take that challenge regardless of any other condition. And as part of 'Open Fight Night', we're going to have the 'Gut Check' segment.

"The 'Gut Check' segment is a segment where an aspiring young wrestler, who really has never been on national television before and is not a member of the TNA roster, is going to get an opportunity to have a television match. If that wrestler impresses the judges enough -- and that doesn't mean he or she has to win or lose, he or she just has to put on a great performance -- if that aspiring wrestler impresses the judges, then that wrestler gets a TNA contract.

"So, that's essentially 'Open Fight Night' which includes the gut check challenge. And there's two others formats but your listeners will probably get bored if I go into the detail of them but one of them is called 'Name Your Game', which we'll be seeing in the next couple of weeks and the other is called 'Law & Order'. That's the last episode that we'll lay down before we go into a pay-per-view.

"So, they're four different, very specific formats that were designed to achieve very specific results. It was really something that Jason and I brought from our outside wrestling, television experience into TNA."

What do you suppose the "Name Your Game" and "Law and Order" formats will consist of?

 

[klunderbunker]

Have you read the interview with Eric Bishoff where he talks about formatting Impact?

If not, here it is:

Spoiler

"One of the things that we've learned in producing different television series for different television networks is that in today's television environment, format is really king. There is no such thing as a successful television series out there. In any genre -- whether it be scripted, reality or action -- every successful television show has a successful format.

"Wrestling really doesn't. Wrestling has been produced much the same way as it always has for the last 15-25 years. What I wanted to do is change that. I wanted to create a very specific format for not only Impact, but for several. So, one of the things we did is that I got together with the creative team and we kind of worked through different formats.

"Week one, which is following the pay-per-view, is what we refer to as a 'Reset' format. Which means that we're really bringing everybody up to speed it they didn't order the pay-per-view. We have to reset our new stories going forward. I won't go into the details of that format because you've probably seen them many, many times before but there's a very specific purpose in the format.

"The second one is 'Open Fight Night'. The 'Open Fight Night' format is essentially a format where any wrestler can challenge any other wrestler and the wrestler that's being challenged has to take the challenge. Additionally, if someone challenges a champion, that world champion has to take that challenge regardless of any other condition. And as part of 'Open Fight Night', we're going to have the 'Gut Check' segment.

"The 'Gut Check' segment is a segment where an aspiring young wrestler, who really has never been on national television before and is not a member of the TNA roster, is going to get an opportunity to have a television match. If that wrestler impresses the judges enough -- and that doesn't mean he or she has to win or lose, he or she just has to put on a great performance -- if that aspiring wrestler impresses the judges, then that wrestler gets a TNA contract.

"So, that's essentially 'Open Fight Night' which includes the gut check challenge. And there's two others formats but your listeners will probably get bored if I go into the detail of them but one of them is called 'Name Your Game', which we'll be seeing in the next couple of weeks and the other is called 'Law & Order'. That's the last episode that we'll lay down before we go into a pay-per-view.

"So, they're four different, very specific formats that were designed to achieve very specific results. It was really something that Jason and I brought from our outside wrestling, television experience into TNA."

What do you suppose the "Name Your Game" and "Law and Order" formats will consist of?

Thoughts on this:

http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2012/...tle-bit-about-forcing-evolution-in-wrestling/

As for the others, it'll probably be the thing where you get to pick your opponents. Law and Order: probably something where Hogan gets to be really hands on.

 

[Muffin Top Merkley]

Oh, I still very much am a visitor of your site. I did read the article and agree.

I was assuming that Name Your Game would be setting up matches for the PPV, but I had no idea of what Law & Order would be.

 

[Hologram]

Is there anything that can be done now to make people give a damn about Tensai, or is he a lost cause by this point?

 

[klunderbunker]

Make him speed up a little bit. That would work wonders for him.

 

[HitmanFan4ever]

is it taboo to talk about trish stratus' porn carrer on here?

 

[HitmanFan4ever]

better in ring story teller bret hart or shawn michaels?

 

[AnthonyM4]

In their 10 years in existence, has TNA created ONE star(keep in mind their "homegrown talent" were indy stars before they came there)?

 

[klunderbunker]

is it taboo to talk about trish stratus' porn carrer on here?

I wasn't aware she had one.

better in ring story teller bret hart or shawn michaels?

Shawn.

In their 10 years in existence, has TNA created ONE star(keep in mind their "homegrown talent" were indy stars before they came there)?

Not really, but almost no one does that.

 

[HitmanFan4ever]

well i wouldnt call it a career but he and lita each had atleat one video mikie james did also

 

[klunderbunker]

I know Mickie did. I'm unfamiliar with the others.

 

[PlayTheGame]

Who would you have the following guys face at Wrestlemania 29:

Undertaker
Rock
Austin
Cena
Triple H

 

[klunderbunker]

Undertaker - Lesnar/Rock
Rock - Undertaker/Lesnar
Austin - No one springs to mind.
Cena - Rock/Lesnar
HHH - No one springs to mind.