Official "Squared Circle" Thread

[LowerCaseRepublican]

Another decent episode of Raw.

 

And if the Iron Sheik gets his own interview segment, I mark.

 

They are laying the Vince died angle on really really thick. And this 3 hr. Raw next week to lay it in more is going to be "Meh" at best. The wrestling was good. The angle/shoving the "OMG! Teh expl0si0nz!" was getting a bit grating. It's really setting up a Vince faked his own death storyline though. God, I hope a good payoff comes from it.

 

Can't wait for ECW though. Cor Von vs Punk and Benoit vs Burke with the winners to face off at Vengeance for the strap.

[Gregory Pratt]

What was Foley's promo?

[MHizzle85]

What was Foley's promo?

 

He basically came out to say he was sorry for his comments about Vinny Mac last week. Which led to Orton coming out and accusing Foley of the limo explosion.

[longshot7]

wasnt as bad as the grief stuff from SD/ECW last week. Except for Steph, most were playing it for laffs. Love the crowd's reaction - keep it up. Sooner or later, they'll realize turning this into a serious angle was a BAD idea.

 

love London & Kendrick! Here's hoping they're a regular thing and not buried as undercard guys.

 

Also, the TNA ppv was great. Even the matches I didnt care about were pretty good.

 

Bout time!

[Brian]

I thought the Diva match last night was actually good. Jillian can wrestle and I'm shocked how good Candice has gotten. Mickie keeps looking hotter.

I didn't see any botches and that is rare for a women's match.

[LowerCaseRepublican]

I thought the Diva match last night was actually good. Jillian can wrestle and I'm shocked how good Candice has gotten. Mickie keeps looking hotter.

I didn't see any botches and that is rare for a women's match.

Only botches I noticed were JR botching move names and people involved in the match.

 

During the Londrick match, I was amazed that he didn't call Spanky's finisher "Two slices of bread".

[The Critic]

Only botches I noticed were JR botching move names and people involved in the match.

 

During the Londrick match, I was amazed that he didn't call Spanky's finisher "Two slices of bread".

HEY, MAN, let the poor guy grieve, OKAYYYY?

He just lost his friend, his boss, his benefactor ONE WEEK AGO and you expect him to be spot-on perfect so soon????

....heartless bastard, is what you are....

[SoxFan562004]

i saw on one of the websites (i know, they're not usually reliable) that WWE will watch ratings closely, and if this angle stiffs, they'll wrap it up quickly

[Soxfest]

Sherri Schrull died quietly at her mother’s house on Friday afternoon. But “Sensational Sherri," as professional wrestling fans knew her, lived loudly.

 

Considered one of the first ladies of wrestling, Sherri Martel, 49, was a WWE Hall of Famer, and an AWA and WWF championship titleholder.

 

Her husband found her dead at her mother’s home in the McCalla community on the Tuscaloosa-Jefferson County line Friday afternoon, said Capt. Loyd Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit.

 

Baker said foul play is not suspected, but that Schrull did not die of natural causes.

 

“The cause of death is pending her autopsy and toxicology report," he said Monday.

 

She had gone to bed because she wasn’t feeling well, Baker said, and her husband later found her unresponsive at 12:45 p.m. at the home on Eastern Valley Road, where she had been living for the past year.

 

Martel wrestled in the 1980s but became more high profile when she “managed" wrestling superstars like Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, and “Macho Man" Randy Savage. She was notorious for antagonizing good guys in professional wrestling.

 

Professional wrestling managers hardly perform typical managerial duties. They function as sidekicks, usually for villains, whose antics turn the audience against the wrestler.

 

“She was very good at knowing what to do ringside to get people agitated and interested," said Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the Pro Wrestling Torch newsletter and Web site. “You knew you would get a show when you watched Sensational Sherri."

 

Martel wore elaborate costumes that fit her persona; she would paint her face with dramatic make-up. When she managed, she was known to run around ringside swinging at wrestlers with a brick-filled purse or a shoe.

 

“She’d dress up like a wicked witch in a bridal costume, for example," Mitchell said. “She was way over the top."

 

Martel, however, was unlike the busty, bikini-clad female wrestlers on television today, he said.

 

“She would fall into a table, get thrown around the ring and never complain. She loved it."

 

“Everyone respected her. She was an attractive lady, but she wasn’t just eye-candy," he said. “She was really a pioneer and a trailblazer."

 

Interviews with Martel published online indicate that she was born Sherri Russell in New Orleans. She said in one interview that she grew up watching wrestling matches with her mother and began training at 20. She trained under the famous “The Fabulous Moolah," reputedly the first female wrestling champion.

 

She broke into the business by wrestling at small promotional events in Memphis and working her way up.

 

She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.

 

“She paved the road for a lot of others to follow," WWE chairman Vince McMahon said at the event.

 

Wrestling fans have posted tribute videos and messages to Martel on Internet sites like YouTube.

 

Mitchell said that Martel, despite her status in the community, was just a wrestling fan herself. He said he saw her at conventions and events in recent years.

 

“She was just like a fan, having a good time and hanging out," he said.

[GaelicSoxFan]

Sherri Schrull died quietly at her mother’s house on Friday afternoon. But “Sensational Sherri," as professional wrestling fans knew her, lived loudly.

 

Considered one of the first ladies of wrestling, Sherri Martel, 49, was a WWE Hall of Famer, and an AWA and WWF championship titleholder.

 

Her husband found her dead at her mother’s home in the McCalla community on the Tuscaloosa-Jefferson County line Friday afternoon, said Capt. Loyd Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit.

 

Baker said foul play is not suspected, but that Schrull did not die of natural causes.

 

“The cause of death is pending her autopsy and toxicology report," he said Monday.

 

She had gone to bed because she wasn’t feeling well, Baker said, and her husband later found her unresponsive at 12:45 p.m. at the home on Eastern Valley Road, where she had been living for the past year.

 

Martel wrestled in the 1980s but became more high profile when she “managed" wrestling superstars like Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, and “Macho Man" Randy Savage. She was notorious for antagonizing good guys in professional wrestling.

 

Professional wrestling managers hardly perform typical managerial duties. They function as sidekicks, usually for villains, whose antics turn the audience against the wrestler.

 

“She was very good at knowing what to do ringside to get people agitated and interested," said Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the Pro Wrestling Torch newsletter and Web site. “You knew you would get a show when you watched Sensational Sherri."

 

Martel wore elaborate costumes that fit her persona; she would paint her face with dramatic make-up. When she managed, she was known to run around ringside swinging at wrestlers with a brick-filled purse or a shoe.

 

“She’d dress up like a wicked witch in a bridal costume, for example," Mitchell said. “She was way over the top."

 

Martel, however, was unlike the busty, bikini-clad female wrestlers on television today, he said.

 

“She would fall into a table, get thrown around the ring and never complain. She loved it."

 

“Everyone respected her. She was an attractive lady, but she wasn’t just eye-candy," he said. “She was really a pioneer and a trailblazer."

 

Interviews with Martel published online indicate that she was born Sherri Russell in New Orleans. She said in one interview that she grew up watching wrestling matches with her mother and began training at 20. She trained under the famous “The Fabulous Moolah," reputedly the first female wrestling champion.

 

She broke into the business by wrestling at small promotional events in Memphis and working her way up.

 

She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.

 

“She paved the road for a lot of others to follow," WWE chairman Vince McMahon said at the event.

 

Wrestling fans have posted tribute videos and messages to Martel on Internet sites like YouTube.

 

Mitchell said that Martel, despite her status in the community, was just a wrestling fan herself. He said he saw her at conventions and events in recent years.

 

“She was just like a fan, having a good time and hanging out," he said.

A little late to the party, are we?

 

 

But then BoreMe Lashley comes out to attempt to mumble incoherently and stink things right up again

Don't you mean Blackberg or Black Lesnar ?

[longshot7]

Poor Sherri - eulogized by a guy from the Torch. Too bad.

[LowerCaseRepublican]

A little late to the party, are we?

Don't you mean Blackberg or Black Lesnar ?

It's Choc-Lesnar get it right.

[The Critic]

i saw on one of the websites (i know, they're not usually reliable) that WWE will watch ratings closely, and if this angle stiffs, they'll wrap it up quickly

It's already gone on too long.

[Brian]

It's Choc-Lesnar get it right.

 

I liked Brock Lesnar. He started out like a muscle head but as he got more comfortable, he became a good wrestler and was entertaining a lot of the time. I wish Lashley could be like Lesnar more. Turn Bobby heel!

 

Just read TNA spoilers. Oy ve. Way to ruin things after you finally crown a champion.

Edited June 20, 2007 by Brian

[T R U]

Im watchin ECW for the first time ever tonight, time to see what its all about

[Brian]

Im watchin ECW for the first time ever tonight, time to see what its all about

 

I really like Benoit on ECW for some reason. Awesome wrestler who could hold the title for a long time if they put it on him.

[T R U]

I really like Benoit on ECW for some reason. Awesome wrestler who could hold the title for a long time if they put it on him.

 

Man this is only an hour long show.. geez

[Brian]

Burke sold those Benoit germans nicely. Nice counter to the flying headbutt as well.

[T R U]

Burke sold those Benoit germans nicely. Nice counter to the flying headbutt as well.

 

Im loving the avatar friend

[Brian]

Im loving the avatar friend

 

Your presence made me bring it back!

[T R U]

Your presence made me bring it back!

 

Its a must

 

[Brian]

Careful, Shadows. The haters will come out and knock Orton because he uses a headlock in his matches. And nobody in the history of wrestling has ever done that.

[T R U]

Careful, Shadows. The haters will come out and knock Orton because he uses a headlock in his matches. And nobody in the history of wrestling has ever done that.

 

As long as we got his back, its all good

[LowerCaseRepublican]

Careful, Shadows. The haters will come out and knock Orton because he uses a headlock in his matches. And nobody in the history of wrestling has ever done that.

Needs more restholds!

 

Workrate. Workrate. Workrate.

 

I understand being a heel and using moves like the cravate (i.e. Chris Hero) for the sole purpose of pissing off the fans but even heels know that there are times where they gotta step up their A game and put the restholds to the side except for the times that they are appropriate -- i.e. to rest. I don't think Randy got that memo yet.

[Brian]

Needs more restholds!

 

Workrate. Workrate. Workrate.

 

I understand being a heel and using moves like the cravate (i.e. Chris Hero) for the sole purpose of pissing off the fans but even heels know that there are times where they gotta step up their A game and put the restholds to the side except for the times that they are appropriate -- i.e. to rest. I don't think Randy got that memo yet.

 

It's amazing that great heels of the past, Rude-Flair-Perfect-etc, used rest hold of some sort and were still very good.

 

I admit Orton is not that great on the mic, but to knock the guy cuz he uses headlocks just irritates me. Especially when his finisher effects the head. It's ring psychology.