WWE suspends 10 wrestlers for violating drug policy

[Jack Bando]

Great points Vickrey, earlier TNA did have a lot of non-WWE main event type wrestlers at the top (Samoa Joe, Christian (singles), AJ Styles) putting on good matches.

Slighty off-topic, but the other problem I have with WWE's style is that 99.999% of matches end with a signature finisher, I once wathed a match where I didn't know what the person's finisher was and it was the most captivating match I watched in years since I didn't know if that big move was the ending.

So, I think hosses are WWE's main problem-followed by predictable match endings and Cena.

[EMc]

I wonder if this will have the same effect as it had in the early 90s with smaller guys (HBK, hart) getting pushed big

[VickreyAuction]

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I wonder if this will have the same effect as it had in the early 90s with smaller guys (HBK, hart) getting pushed big

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They actually have a guy named CM Punk who is straightedge; no drugs, no alcohol, no promiscuous sex, lots of tattoos. That's not just his gimmick, either, he's straightedge in real life too. Plus the kids love him, and he had some amazing matches when he was in ROH (his 60 minute time limit draw with Samoa Joe was the first 5-star American match in 7 years). So, if it's anyone, it'll probably be him.

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Great points Vickrey, earlier TNA did have a lot of non-WWE main event type wrestlers at the top (Samoa Joe, Christian (singles), AJ Styles) putting on good matches.

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I know! They just overbook the hell out of everything now. Christian vs Angle vs Joe vs AJ in a ladder match for the title would have sold a million PPVs. Old and new big names, all quality workers, and a match with huge potential.

Instead they turned it into Christian vs Angle vs Joe vs AJ vs A Mystery Man in a reverse ladder match with a 2 minute penalty box and a qualifier that you have to pin someone to be able to climb the ladder in order to hang the I CAN'T EVEN FINISH THE DESCRIPTION JUST LET THEM HAVE THE MATCH

[superadvisor]

I can see how the WWE would want to enforce a no-drug policy as these wrestlers are paid according to their performance and condoning the use of steroids in order to profit more is unfair to all professional wrestlers who don't want to break the law and damage their bodies in order to do so.

[jh12547]

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I wonder if this will have the same effect as it had in the early 90s with smaller guys (HBK, hart) getting pushed big

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They actually have a guy named CM Punk who is straightedge; no drugs, no alcohol, no promiscuous sex, lots of tattoos. That's not just his gimmick, either, he's straightedge in real life too. Plus the kids love him, and he had some amazing matches when he was in ROH (his 60 minute time limit draw with Samoa Joe was the first 5-star American match in 7 years). So, if it's anyone, it'll probably be him.

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Great points Vickrey, earlier TNA did have a lot of non-WWE main event type wrestlers at the top (Samoa Joe, Christian (singles), AJ Styles) putting on good matches.

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I know! They just overbook the hell out of everything now. Christian vs Angle vs Joe vs AJ in a ladder match for the title would have sold a million PPVs. Old and new big names, all quality workers, and a match with huge potential.

Instead they turned it into Christian vs Angle vs Joe vs AJ vs A Mystery Man in a reverse ladder match with a 2 minute penalty box and a qualifier that you have to pin someone to be able to climb the ladder in order to hang the I CAN'T EVEN FINISH THE DESCRIPTION JUST LET THEM HAVE THE MATCH

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CM punk just won the title on ECW. I suppose we could of guessed that would be happening so you could be right.

[amplify]

Vickrey,

If Vince Russo is still involved with TNA, that's your problem right there. What you described is classic Russo overbooking. CM Punk is a good wrestler and I'd definitely watch him wrestle Samoa Joe for 60 minutes, but I'm pretty sure that Joe is carrying that match.

[KDawg]

not at all. You don't get 5* matches with one guy carrying the other, you can sometimes get 4* matches with that if the guy doing the carrying is named Harley Race, Dory Funk, Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, or Kenta Kobashi. Punk is an excellent worker who has gotten good matches out of a lot of lesser talents. Just watch the two Punk/Joe matches if you haven't seen them. No one is being carried in those matches, it's just two amazing workers having their working boots on