General Wrestling Thread

[Damocles]

Interestingly, the last card at Kings Hall, Belle Vue before it was torn down featured a match between Marty Jones and later WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart. He wrote that he was honoured to have been in the "Madision Square Garden of British Wrestling" on its last show.

Also, British Bulldog was apparently from Golbourne near Wigan which explains some stuff

 

[peoffrey]

I'm writing a short story about Wrestling at the moment and need some help. Is the term "foreign object" still the correct one to describe an illegal weapon used in a fight?

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

I'm writing a short story about Wrestling at the moment and need some help. Is the term "foreign object" still the correct one to describe an illegal weapon used in a fight?

I would say these days they just refer to the weapon itself, whether it be a steel chair, or sledgehammer etc.

 

[Yaya_Tony]

I'm writing a short story about Wrestling at the moment and need some help. Is the term "foreign object" still the correct one to describe an illegal weapon used in a fight?

I would say these days they just refer to the weapon itself, whether it be a steel chair, or sledgehammer etc.

It's still a foreign object though, I'd say it's the right term if your being general rather than specifically a table/broken glass/knuckledusters/barbed wire/etc

Let us have a read once it's ready peoffrey!

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

I'm writing a short story about Wrestling at the moment and need some help. Is the term "foreign object" still the correct one to describe an illegal weapon used in a fight?

I would say these days they just refer to the weapon itself, whether it be a steel chair, or sledgehammer etc.

It's still a foreign object though, I'd say it's the right term if your being general rather than specifically a table/broken glass/knuckledusters/barbed wire/etc

Let us have a read once it's ready peoffrey!

yeah but you don't really hear it referred to as such.

 

[pinkwheeltrim]

I would say these days they just refer to the weapon itself, whether it be a steel chair, or sledgehammer etc.

It's still a foreign object though, I'd say it's the right term if your being general rather than specifically a table/broken glass/knuckledusters/barbed wire/etc

Let us have a read once it's ready peoffrey!

yeah but you don't really hear it referred to as such.

I remember Mankind once getting dropped by a bag of popcorn! BOOM! Popcorn to the head, no one's getting up from that!

 

[Yaya_Tony]

I would say these days they just refer to the weapon itself, whether it be a steel chair, or sledgehammer etc.

It's still a foreign object though, I'd say it's the right term if your being general rather than specifically a table/broken glass/knuckledusters/barbed wire/etc

Let us have a read once it's ready peoffrey!

yeah but you don't really hear it referred to as such.

Because as you say, the item is usually mentioned by name. For descriptive purposes, foreign object is OK imho.

 

[peoffrey]

I might not have worded my original question correctly as it seems I've omitted the point of the story being set in 2000. I'll chuck it in and see how it goes down in my next writing class.

The lovely Trish Stratus appears in it though:

 

[Damocles]

In 2000, the WWF didn't refer to them as foreign objects though that was their name.

You might as be interested to know that announcers in the WWF have a set of rules on terminology. Some of these include never, ever using pronouns. So instead of saying "Daniel Bryan really nailed Triple H's face with that one! He's really going to work on him", they will be forced to say "Daniel Bryan really nailed Triple H's face with that one! Daniel Bryan's really going to work on Triple H's face".

Also, they may not refer to a championship as an object. It is never a "belt" nor is it a "title" or a "strap" or "the gold". It is always the WWE Heavyweight Championship. So instead of Cole saying, "And now Daniel Bryan hits Randy Orton in the face. He's going to win the belt!", he has to say "And now Daniel Bryan hits Randy Orton in the face. He's going to win the WWE Championship".

They also may not shorten names. You can use "Bryan" for "Daniel Bryan" and "Orton" for "Randy Orton" but you aren't allowed to use "Taker" for "Undertaker" or "Punk" for CM Punk"

Obviously they have "Superstars and Divas" rather than "wresters and women's wrestlers". They are a Sports Entertainment company rather than a pro-wrestling or wrestling company, though now they use Live Entertainment. Oh and they have "members of the WWE Universe" rather than "fans"

 

[liamctid]

Tried to watch it a bit more recently.

Noticed a page or so back that this one could be one of the worst Wrestlemania's - which one's are currently regarded as the worst? I read something on the Wiki page for XI a few weeks ago saying that to some it's considered the worst, but to others it saved the company - why?

Personally, I always thought that Wrestlemania was always a let down. The big matches never seem to be the peak of a rivalry - always when they've either overdone it or just thrown it together because it could be good.