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by **ReturnoftheMack** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:28 pm

GHERU wrote:I've decided that the best thing that can come from WM is if the Rock and Cena do the normal stare down thing and then start hugging and laughing only to grab a microphone and say "April Fools!"

That would be funny.

by **Stephen Day** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:54 pm

TS PUNK wrote:
Holy shit that was awesome!

Okada is a really good champion isn't he? :-D

by **Two Gun Troy** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:42 pm

- WWE has reportedly re-signed Matt Bloom, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling as Giant Bernard. He has formerly wrestled for WWE as Prince Albert and A-Train.

Bloom is currently scheduled to return to WWE after WrestleMania 28 is over.

Bloom will reportedly be the new henchman for John Laurinaitis.

by **Stephen Day** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:02 pm

Ah man.

I'm happy for him if this is what he wants to do, but I loved Bad Intentions as a tag-team in New Japan.

by **The Shadow** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:09 pm

TS PUNK wrote:Prince Albert and A-Train.

Is that the A in the old Test and Albert partnership?

by **Lord Simian** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:20 pm

The Shadow wrote:Is that the A in the old Test and Albert partnership?

That's the guy.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:10 am

The Shadow wrote:Is that the A in the old Test and Albert partnership?

He went over to Japan and like a lot of wrestlers that do that became quite good.

by **fieldy snuts** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:27 am

Stephen Day wrote:
He went over to Japan and like a lot of wrestlers that do that became quite good.

Yeah. If you told me that Albert and Renee Dupree became talented wrestlers over there I'd have laughed at you :lol:

Then I saw clipshows on youtube and ate my words.

by **fieldy snuts** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:23 am

I didn't realise this till now, but there's a TNA PPV scheduled for tomorrow. Current card is:\

No Holds Barred Match
Sting vs. Bobby Roode

TNA Tag Team Title Match
Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe & Magnus

TNA X Division Title Match
Zema Ion vs. Austin Aries

TNA Knockouts Title Match
Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim

TV Title Open Challenge with Robbie E.

Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy

Bully Ray vs. James Storm

AJ Styles & Mr. Anderson vs. Daniels & Kazarian

by **Log-Man** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:56 am

fieldy snuts wrote:I didn't realise this till now, but there's a TNA PPV scheduled for tomorrow. Current card is:\

No Holds Barred Match
Sting vs. Bobby Roode

TNA Tag Team Title Match
Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe & Magnus

TNA X Division Title Match
Zema Ion vs. Austin Aries

TNA Knockouts Title Match
Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim

TV Title Open Challenge with Robbie E.

Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy

Bully Ray vs. James Storm

AJ Styles & Mr. Anderson vs. Daniels & Kazarian

Actually some decent sounding matches.

Still not paying for it, though.

by **rdrsfn82** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:58 pm

If Albert is treated seriously, he's phenomenal now from his time in Japan.

He could be a great top level heel.

by **syxxpakk** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:06 pm

Day 77 (yesterday).

I was out of town yesterday so I had to watch a match on my wife's trusty laptop. The match in question? One of my favorite ROH matches ever: Steel Cage Warfare. The Embassy - comprised of Alex Shelly, Jimmy Rave, Abyss, and Prince Nana - do battle with Generation Next - comprised of Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, Jack Evans, and Matt Sydal - inside the steel cage.

The rules are combination of the Survivor Series match and Wargames. It starts out with two men in the cage (a regular cage) and a new participant enters every 5-minutes. People can be eliminated via submission or pin-fall along the way. The only detractor from the match is that the cage functions primarily as an additional weapon and not as means to keep them locked inside.

Due to winning an 8-man match a month prior (thanks to Daizee Haze being a complete skank and turning on Matt Sydal), the Embassy is given the #s advantage.

The whole story really began with Alex Shelley being the man who formed Generation Next and having that position as leader be taken from him by Austin Aries. Shelley spent month's trying to find allies unsuccessfully until he stumbled upon the woman-abusing Embassy who accepted him into their fold.

This is another match that is EASILY worth tracking down to witness first-hand.

Match of the Day goes to The Embassy vs. Generation Next, of course.

by **Doc Jon** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:11 pm

fieldy snuts wrote:I didn't realise this till now, but there's a TNA PPV scheduled for tomorrow. Current card is:\

No Holds Barred Match
Sting vs. Bobby Roode

TNA Tag Team Title Match
Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe & Magnus

TNA X Division Title Match
Zema Ion vs. Austin Aries

TNA Knockouts Title Match
Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim

TV Title Open Challenge with Robbie E.

Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy

Bully Ray vs. James Storm

AJ Styles & Mr. Anderson vs. Daniels & Kazarian

TNA seems to have really toned down the shock-booking and is working on progressive storytelling.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:18 pm

About Giant Bernard, AKA Albert, AKA A-Train, he apparently wrote this today on his Twitter:

Haha! False. Wife just had a baby. I'll be on next tour

I'm assuming he means New Japan's next tour and that he hasn't actually signed with the Fed.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:22 pm

And from PWIinsider.com:

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/66778/ ... g.html?p=1

On his Twitter, Matt "Albert" Bloom denied reports he had signed with WWE, writing, "Haha! False. Wife just had a baby. I'll be on next tour."

Bloom, currently working for New Japan, also commented that he had no idea where the story came from.

I know that this morning, I heard from a number of talents that were told he was coming in this April, so we will see.

Now I'm not sure what to think. :smt102