So, in the second of three columns, we look at how a match between Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio could unfold in time for WrestleMania 29. In part 1, we left the action at the Survivor Series with Cara and Mysterio picking up the Tag Team titles after pinning The Prime Time Players. Continue reading
So, in another trilogy of posts, I’m going to do some awesome fun filled fantasy booking, based on the best masked wrestlers in WWE to date going head to head at WrestleMania. The booking will be split in three parts, from September 2nd’s Raw to the Survivor Series, Survivor Series to the Royal Rumble and then from the Rumble to WrestleMania. So, without further ado, lets get this fantasy booking underway! Continue reading
Fantasy booking time!! For this column I’m going to be looking at TNA’s upcoming faction Aces and Eights. I’m going to put 6 wrestlers into Aces and Eights with two main rules – they can’t currently be under contract to WWE or TNA and secondly they are wrestlers who could make an impact in TNA. If this group comes together in the below format with the wrestlers listed then I will donate $1,000 to the WWF – fact.
The Leader : Goldberg
Goldberg is an instant draw, simple as that. For Aces and Eights to come over as a legit group, you need a strong leader who has a firm foundation. Goldberg quite simply ticks all the boxes. Working the light TNA schedule would be good for Goldberg and would be beneficial to the company. He would help spice up the TNA Heavyweight division, adding a legit wrecking ball that the company needs. Also, with the wealth of experience that Goldberg has, he could be invaluable on the experience side of the company.
The Tag Team specialists : Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin
The Worlds Greatest Tag Team are easily that. Haas and Benjamin have travelled, wrestled and teamed all over the planet and would beef up the Tag Team divison in TNA quite well. Haas is a legit mat wrestler and Benjamin is one of the most athletic tag team wrestlers since Jeff Hardy. These two can work both as a face and heel well and can work the crowd really well. These two could easily help spice things up.
The Manager : Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness can work on commentary, work as a manager, hell anything which involves a microphone. He has a brute honest sense of delivering a promo. He could be a mouthpiece for the wrestlers, he could help get the wrestlers over, he could be a perfect heel manager. Also, the English accent helps a LOT for delivering a heel promo – William Regal anyone?
The Second Belt-man : Montel Vontavious Porter
I can’t believe that MVP hasn’t been picked up by TNA or WWE yet. He is a great wrestler, worker of the crowd, is over with the fans and can do pretty much anything. He can work as a heel easily (as seen by the MVP – Matt Hardy feud), enjoys wrestling and can bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the ring. His time spent in NJPW has helped him even more, both in ring and out of ring, which makes him an easy choice for Aces and Eights.
The Female wrestler : Awesome Kong
OK, so maybe with this one I may have cheated a little bit – she has worked for both TNA and WWE and has left both organisation, which technically makes her a free wrestler. She can dominate the ring, dominate both male and female wrestlers and adds something different to a group other than the traditional good looking female manager, adding to the Aces and Eights background.
Closing thoughts
Will this group come together as Aces and Eights? I highly doubt it, massively. If it did, it would be a hell of a coup for TNA and would generate a LOT of interest in the product again. After the stalled interest of Hogan signing and going live on a Monday night, this could be the rebirth of a TNA push. Who knows what will happen but with Aces and Eights, TNA have the legit second coming of the New World Order, and we all know what happened to WCW when that happened.
So, the post SummerSlam show of Raw is here, and if you didnt get chance to watch SummerSlam, you can find out what happened here.
We kick off the show with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman making their way to the ring. Heyman puts over the fact that Lesnar broke Hunter last night and forced him to tap out and quit. Heyman called out the ref from last night and as you can imagine, the ref comes down very gingerly. Heyman says Brock has something to say the ref and Brock says “Good job” to the ref. Heyman puts Lesnar over again, calling him the King of Kings and the conquerer of the WWE Universe and that everyone looks up to Brock Lesnar now.
SummerSlam 2012 Live Review
Welcome to the SummerSlam 2012 Live Review!! After bigging up the event in my SummerSlam preview, I hope it lives up to expectation. Alright, lets it get it on!
We kick off the event with a video package of what is coming up in the HHH-Lesnar match – no mention of the other matches on offer tonight! Cole and JR on commentary welcome us to the show and out comes Vickie Guerrero to intoduce Dolph Ziggler and we have our first match of the night!
So, my favourite WWE Pay Per View is a few hours away, so here is my SummerSlam preview for 2012 – lets hope it’s a good one!
So, in the first of a series of interviews with UK based wrestlers, I was able to sit down with a wrestler known as Kidd Kosmo. He’s worked for a number of small promotions in the UK, in and around in the Northamptonshire area, but has also travelled to other areas of the UK to ply his trade. You can find him on Twitter @EpicKosmo – he’s a good guy on there!! So, here’s 9 questions for Kosmo! Continue reading
