MMA fans?

Hello all,
Are there any fellow MMA fans lurking?!

I watch WWE and TNA alot [wrestling]. I closely follow Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley, but thats about it..

Both are former WWE Superstars

Indeed they both are former WWE pro wrestlers! (I think Lashley even jumped ship with Angle to TNA?) I think Lashley has an upcoming MMA fight scheduled. I'll prob check it out. Lesnar is set to be back in the cage on New Years Day, I believe. I'm quite a big Lesnar fan. He said he would be UFC HW champ and he did it in only 3 pro fights! Amazing athleticism, shame about his chin!
I stopped watching WWF/E when the Attitude era ended c.2001-2002. I still watched it occassionally after that to see the odd Michaels/Benoit/Jericho match but it it got too bad for me to stomach when guys like Orton, Johnny Nitro, and the "Spirit Squad" started getting more air time than Trips, Michaels, Jericho etc!. TNA I can stomach. It has the potential, IMO, to be a great promtion, just needs management changes. (Is Russo still head writer?) Roode, AJ, and Angle, are maybe the top 3 active pro wrestlers in the U.S. at the moment IMO. Haven't watched it for a while. I'll look out for it this week , see if I can catch up! (Isn't there big Wrestlemania-style PPV normally on around this time of year??)

Yep, I know Lashley has a fight coming up I believe its next month? With the company SharkFights. He has had abit of an unstable MMA career so far, so hopefully things pick up for him.

Triple H was recently the Chief Operating Officer of WWE but was written off that role this week on Monday Night Raw. If you want to discuss WWE there is a WWE Discussions Thread over at the Wrestling section of TechKings.

As for TNA, I believe Russo isn't the writer at the moment, he was recently moved to head of bookings, which I guess isn't good news eh?

Wrestlemania is in April. It was not bad this year, even though HHH failed to end Undertakers defeated streak. Next Wrestlemania the biggest match is The Cena vs The Rock.

Back on topic, can't wait for Lashleys fight next month, and not to mention Lesnar. If i remember correctly, wasn't too long ago I read an article where Brock Lesnar said that if the time is right and he feels he can benifit going back to the WWE then he will.

Yes, I read that Lesnar article. I personally really hope he doesn't go back to pro wrestling after working so hard to be taken seriously as an MMA fighter and thus professional athlete. Still, money talks and Lesnar is, evidently, an astute business man. I saw the Undertaker - Lesnar "confrontation" after Lesnar lost to Cain, which I considered pathetic. I lost pretty much all my respect for Taker after he agreed to that that clearly-premeditated "shoot" confrontation.
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear above, I meant isn't it this time of yr when TNA holds its equivalent-to-Wreslemania PPV? (Is it Bound in Glory or something like that?)

Originally Posted by cdy

Yes, I read that Lesnar article. I personally really hope he doesn't go back to pro wrestling after working so hard to be taken seriously as an MMA fighter and thus professional athlete. Still, money talks and Lesnar is, evidently, an astute business man. I saw the Undertaker - Lesnar "confrontation" after Lesnar lost to Cain, which I considered pathetic. I lost pretty much all my respect for Taker after he agreed to that that clearly-premeditated "shoot" confrontation.
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear above, I meant isn't it this time of yr when TNA holds its equivalent-to-Wreslemania PPV? (Is it Bound in Glory or something like that?)

Ahh, my bad mate.

Ah yes Bound For Glory! I believe that the PPV is on this Sunday. "Hulk Hogan vs Sting" - You might want to check that out.

With WWE, WrestleMania is clearly the biggest PPV of the year. For TNA, they just keep saying that so and so PPV this Sunday, dont miss out its the best PPV of this year. Dont know which one is the main one.. But most likely it is BFG.

Hogan vs Sting! Wow I remember WCW Starcade 1997! haha. Thanks for letting me know, mate.

Originally Posted by cdy

Hogan vs Sting! Wow I remember WCW Starcade 1997! haha. Thanks for letting me know, mate.

It should mean good PPV buy rates for TNA this time.

According to the wrestling internet community they would be happy if Hogan was written off TV after Bound for Glory, meaning they would prefer that Sting would win. Alot of people are saying that "Hogan is killing TNA" despite being someone who has made the biggest change to the wrestling industry to make it what it is today.

Haha, unfortunately I dont go that far back, I think you should tune in anyway..

As much as I like the old guys - Hogan, Flair, Steiner etc - I think TNA is wasting too much money. I very much doubt they're getting back on the investment. I read on one of Meltzer's blogs that Hogan is paid $35K p/ episode. Stupid money. I'd expect they'll all be written off in due course.

Originally Posted by cdy

As much as I like the old guys - Hogan, Flair, Steiner etc - I think TNA is wasting too much money. I very much doubt they're getting back on the investment. I read on one of Meltzer's blogs that Hogan is paid $35K p/ episode. Stupid money. I'd expect they'll all be written off in due course.

I hope so, I hear it was $25K per appearance and not $35K. Even then that is still madness. Sometimes Hogan only appears for a couple of minutes throughout the entire 2 hour show, but yet will get paid so much. TNA are wasting money, and are not helping themselves at all. There is alot of requests to bring back the X Division to what it was a few years ago. Also to give the younger talent like Beer Money & AJ Styles the spotlight. I hope Hogan is written off storylines and just stays backstage, if he doesn't then god help us all. The same angle has been going on for far too long now and they need to switch it up.

$35,000 per appearence (every week) + 2 year period =