Wrestling

Santana : Ready For A Singles Run?

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Santana looks really good know. He’s been hitting the gym and it shows. I would like to see Santana develop into a singles star. Probably not taking the AEW Championship, but making some noise in a championship elimination tournament. He would need a unique finisher. I actually don’t know Santana’s finisher in AEW. People in the Community Creations in the WWE games have his finishers as Superkicks, Frog Splashes, RKOs, just a bevy of random finishers and I’ve never seen Santana pick up the win with any of those.

Does Santana have what it takes to be AEW Champion? I don’t think so yet, but I see him more running the mid card division one day. What do you guys think?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Slapjack It Worked

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Who is Slapjack? WWE's RETRIBUTION star Shane Thorne at Hell In A Cell | Metro News

When Shane Torne became Slapjack, it was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to him. The whole team Retribution was a failed experiment from the start, but Thorne becoming Slapjack took him to the next level.  I thought Torne was “ok” on NXT. When he teamed with Nick Miller, it wasn’t box office. It was good wrestling, but it wasn’t anything to stay up late for. But Thorne was the bright spot on that team.

Becoming Slapjack made him more brutal. He became this unleashed animal that actually showed signs of a main roster mid card run. He spent the majority of these impressive moments on Main Event, which even though a lot of people don’t watch, I still do. And for the first time I enjoyed watching Slapjack. With Retribution now broken up and after his release, I think he should keep the Slapjack persona wherever he goes. Id like to see him on Impact Wrestling, but what do you guys think of Slapjack and who would you want him to fight?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Time To Go Heel

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Cody Says That He Won't Use The Rhodes Name In AEW

Cody Rhodes is being booed relentlessly now and the only way to save him is to turn him heel. Do you remember a few years ago when Roman Reigns was relentlessly booed by the WWE Universe? Reigns was in every championship match, was being pushed constantly and fans hated it. So…what did the WWE do about it. They turned Reigns heel. Still pushed him as the moan star, gave him the title for a record run, and is squashing every wrestler in his path. Yet somehow, Reigns is being cheered more than ever.

Making Rhodes a heel and giving him the best faction in AEW is the best way to make Rhodes cheered again. I would team him up with newly fired Authors of Pain and Buddy Matthews. Rhodes needs a real team and they were running the Nightmare Family faction I wasn’t invested.

I’d book it like this:

Rhodes starts losing for a couple of weeks.

Getting jumped by wrestlers left and right

Goes on some crowd yelling promos where you see he’s frustrated.

He gets into a massive fight with Arn Anderson and quits the Nightmare Family

Leaving Arn to continue the group and build up the rest of the team

Rhodes goes away for few weeks and is seen going to prisons.

To end Dynamite, we see Rhodes shaking hands with Paul Ellering

Next week we have the current champ being jumped by the trio in the ring and Rhodes slowly walks out and holds up the belt.

That’s how I would start Rhode’s heel turn and his mission would be destroying all other factions in AEW.

So what do you think? And how would you help make Rhodes a fan favorite again?

The Authors Of Pain send a short message to reassure the fans

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Triple H is the Greatest Heel Of All Time

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Triple H On Roman Reigns Turning Heel

I always hate when wrestling fans complain about the success of Triple H throughout the year. They say a lot of his accomplishments are solely based on him marrying Vince McMahons daughter Stephanie. Throughout Triple h’s career, he’s been one of the toughest, most ripped, best talkers, best sellers in the business. So why wouldn’t this be a guy that is pushed a lot?

There is nepotism in the WWE. Dominic Mysterio is a terrible wrestler and should be nowhere near any big named talent like Seth Rollins or be holding any titles in the company, but since he’s Rey’s son he can do that. Do you think The Rock would’ve gotten the opportunity he did if he wasn’t the son of Rocky Johnson?

If anyone should be a multiple time, face of the company champion it should be Triple H. There aren’t many times in his career where I felt like he wasn’t the man. Even later in his career, he’s still putting on great matches.

Do you know Triple H was the reason why Dave Batista and Randy Orton got their success? Both men were on the verge of getting released when Triple H started Evolution. At first, he made the team to help out Ric Flair, who at that time was dealing with depression and was looking to leave wrestling forever. Triple H went to Vince and said “let me team with Ric, let me make a team and I will guarantee I can make them main event wrestlers for you” and that’s what happened. He is also a big reason why NXT got so popular. Working backstage with the creative team, bringing in the right wrestlers and creating some magical moments for fans.

Triple H isn’t the result of nepotism. He was one of the best wrestlers on the roster when he was full time. He made it fun to root against him. And I always hate when people say he didn’t put wrestlers over. He had no problem losing to Orton, Batista, Jeff Hardy, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns to elevate them.

Triple H is the best heel for me because he was perfect. He was someone you wanted the cheer against, someone who looked good holding the best and most importantly, someone who can put on great matches.

What do you think? And if you disagree, who do you think is the greatest heel in wrestling history?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Austin Theory Future Is Bright

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Austin Theory snaps another selfie at the expense of Dominik Mysterio: Raw, Oct. 25, 2021 - YouTube

Austin Theory is often called a “blue chip prospect” by the commentary team and he totally lives up to that. Theory can one day be the face of the company. After seeing him with Seth Rollins in Survivor Series I would team those two together. Just like the pairing of Randy Orton and Matt Riddle, I think Rollins and Theory could be a good pair.

I really hate how they booked Theory on NXT. His first match was against Tommaso Ciampa which ended in a loss and then he was pair with Johnny Gargano as just the dumb sidekick. It wasn’t good television, but Theory’s in ring ability made up for it.

I would pair Theory with Rollins and add some more guys to make a solid faction. The WWE doesn’t have enough factions and it’s a great way to get Theory a lot of screentime and since he’s paired with Rollins you know they will be high profile matches. I would also add Montez Ford and Dominik Dijakovic to the faction.

What do you guys think of Austin Theory so far and what factions would you create for him?

World War Joe

Wrestling

Lio Rush’s Future

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MLW's Lio Rush nearly quit wrestling after WWE release

I liked Lio Rush as a manager. When he first represented Bobby Lashley I thought, “This is exactly what the Titus Brand should’ve been”, but that partnership didn’t last too long and Rush was on the move. Now in AEW, Rush lost another client in Dante Martin to Team Tazz, which was the smart move, but not good for Rush’s progression in AEW.

Can Rush wrestle? Yes. He is still phenomenal and can put on a show with anyone. But they need to really write a good storyline for him in AEW. Rush needs to align himself with a faction or they should give him his own and let him keep it. Maybe go with the storyline of trying to compete with Team Tazz and bring back Brian Cage to team with Rush. Have Cage go for the FTW Championship and let Rush be a big part of him winning it.

So what do you think of Rush in AEW so far and if he was to start a new faction who would be on it?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Solo Sikoa : How I Would Book Him

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Solo Sikoa Makes NXT Debut at Halloween Havoc (Video) | 411MANIA

This is how I’d book Solo Sikoa. He would be a knockout specialist. I would put him in a series of squash matches, where the bell would ring and Sikoa would throw a knockout punch followed by a few more hits and just walk out of the ring, leaving his opponent knocked out. I wouldn’t even care about his record, because if the ref counted him out it didn’t matter. Sikoa wouldn’t care about records, he would just want to knock his opponent out.

So after a month or two of this, Sikoa would find himself in a match against Bron Breakker. Match would start, Breakker would throw a punch, Sikoa would duck and give the knockout blow downing Breakker. Sikoa would walk out of the ring as he would usually do. Then, Breakker would stagger and get up. Sikoa would see on the big screen Breakker getting up and Sikoa turn slowly. Ref keeps counting. Breakker yells at Sikoa to come back.  Ref gets to the 7 count and Sikoa sprints back in the ring and their match really begins.

Solo (@WWESoloSikoa) / Twitter

That moment right there would define the two men. It would create such a moment that would stick with them throughout their career. Especially, if you these two men are booked to be the top of the company.

I don’t think I would keep Sikoa in NXT very long. Breakker I would keep for a title run or two, but Sikoa would fit in perfectly with The Bloodline and that’s a storyline that I can’t see going on for another two years.  You should bring him up right after my idea for the match against Breakker and then eventually have these 2 meet in the future. Possibly for a Survivor Series match where both men are either holding their main or mid card titles.

But what do you think of it?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Kota Ibushi : Things Happen For A Reason

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Kota Ibushi Comments On The Shoulder Injury He Suffered At The G1 Climax Finals, How He Thinks The Injury Occurred

I wanted to start this off with “Wow the WWE really dropped the ball on Kota Ibushi”, because they did have him in the Cruiserweight Classic, a few matches on NXT and that was it. At first, I though the WWE made a huge mistake not signing Ibushi to a long-term contract, but he wasn’t the same man he is now. He was a lot smaller back then. Now he looks like he put on a lot of muscle and looks the part of a main eventer.

The Cruiserweight Classic was in 2016, since then Ibushi has been in matches against Kenny Omega (the greatest wrestler of all time), Will Osprey, Tama Tonga, Tetsuya Naito, Kazuchika Okada and many other Main Eventers.

Wrestle Kingdom 15: Kota Ibushi aims to capture IWGP Heavyweight title - Sports Illustrated

Maybe not signing with the WWE could’ve been the best thing that could’ve happened to Ibushi. He did say he wanted to raise Japanese Wrestling up and he certainly has. Eventually, Ibushi will find his way to an AEW or Impact Wrestling arena hopefully not in a similar way Minoru Suzuki did because I don’t want to see Ibushi come and go without a title run. I’d like to see him come for a year, run the gauntlet of dream matches and end his time holding the AEW or Impact Championship.

Let me know what you guys think.

Simptastic Joe

Movies and Shows

Steve Let Sharon down

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Civil War: Why Steve Rogers Really Kissed Sharon Carter

After watching Falcon and the Winter Soldier I was left wondering why didn’t Steve Rogers help Sharon Carter out? After she helped Rogers in Civil War, she was backlisted and forced to move to Europe and eventually become the Power Broker. Carter wasn’t always evil, but being on her own, cutting all ties with SHIELD, essentially being betrayed by the very government she swore to uphold all compounded to make her into a criminal.

Rogers was able to smuggle Bucky into Wakanda. Why couldn’t he do the same for Carter? And in Infinity War, Rogers, Falcon and Black Widow were able to keep tabs on Vision and Wanda. Why didn’t Rogers get Sharon into that group? How was he ok with her moving to a place controlled by gangs and kingpins? Just seemed like he really dropped the ball on Carter and could’ve saved her from a life on crime.

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

AJ Styles Royal Rumble Winner

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AJ Styles Set to Appear On This Week's WWE NXT | 411MANIA

I think AJ Styles needs to win the Royal Rumble this year. He had NOTHING interesting going on now. Teaming with Omos has been interesting, but I felt like that took him out of a lot of interesting storylines and feuds. Maybe the constant WWE firings stopped a lot of great dream matches for Styles.

Styles could’ve gone against Karron Kross, Keith Lee, Andrade, Lars Sullivan, Buddy Murphy, Killian Dain, Bray Wyatt, Bobby Fish to name a few. Styles has been losing his main event status for a very long time and now it’ll be hard to bring him back to that without a massive change. The Royal Rumble is an easy way to set this up.

So what do you think is in store for AJ Styles in 2022?

Simptastic Joe