[Centraal] Pro-Wrestling topic #57 Goodbye Kennedy

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Op vrijdag 5 juni 2009 23:16 schreef renwan het volgende:
Bwuh, omdat Ziggo faalt zit ik hier zonder internet. Althans, normaal deze post wordt gemaakt met m'n telefoon als Modem.

Tevens, ik mis Mr. Kennedy.....................................................Kennedy nog steeds

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With great power – and WWE's United States Championship – comes great responsibility.

Just ask high-flying ring warrior Kofi Kingston.

Growing up thumbing through the pages of "Amazing Spider-Man," the Monday Night Raw Superstar and newly crowned keeper of the U.S. Title certainly learned many lifelong lessons from the Marvel Universe.

From his youngest days hanging out at the local shop called The Dugout, the fan-favorite Jamaican Craze was instantly captivated by the one and only webslinger himself, Spider-Man.

Kofi Kingston
"I started reading a lot of Spider-Man and Venom, who had his own series there for a while," Kingston says. "The fact that Venom knew who Spider-Man was and chose not to expose him, but rather make his life miserable and be his sworn enemy was interesting to me. That was probably my favorite rivalry."

To watch Kingston compete in the squared circle, no Spidey Sense would be needed to recognize how perfectly suitable his super hero selection truly is. A lithe, athletically built specimen known for his agility and aerial arsenal, The Jamaican Craze has a rare talent to perform and entertain.

"I don't pattern myself after Spider-Man," explains the United States Champion, "but I definitely see a lot of similarities – the high-flying, the acrobatics, the balance."

"I try to stick to a few walls if I can," jokes the yellow-and-green-adorned dynamo with one of his wide-grinned chuckles.

Loosely likening himself to the webhead, Kingston humbly explains that he can relate to the many moral tales told in the pages of Spidey books. The U.S. Champ is fascinated by the reality behind Peter Parker's powers and his choice to use them for good.

Spider-Man
"[Parker's] not the biggest or the strongest by any means in real life," the grappler explains. "Once he put on that mask, though, he was saving the world and giving it his all for the citizens and the greater good – kind of like me. I put my trunks on, I go out there and give it all I can. I try to do things for the greater good."

As many of his fellow comic-enthused Superstars have agreed in various locker room powwows around the globe, Kingston finds his WWE world of ring ropes, turnbuckles and turncoats to be a steady parallel to the Marvel Universe.

"It's really two similar worlds," he proclaims. "The concept of WWE entertainment, the foundation is good versus evil, which is the same thing as comic books."

Kingston continues, "If I were to compare certain super heroes to certain characters, I'd say that CM Punk would be Wolverine. Shawn Michaels—a locker room leader, who's been around for quite some time—is like Cyclops, leader of the X-Men."

But suppose Kofi himself was somehow supplanted in the 616, exchanging foes such as Matt Hardy and William Regal—two of three challengers to his U.S. Championship this Sunday, June 7 at Extreme Rules—for nemeses like Green Goblin and Doc Ock.

Kofi Heads
Into Battle
Would The Jamaican Craze's reliable Thunderclap or signature "Trouble in Paradise" spin kick be proven superior to Spidey's web thwip?

"I've got to go with the Thunderclap, although [with] the web thwip, you shoot those webs and people can't move," Kingston admits. "The Thunderclap might daze somebody because it's an interesting maneuver but I know it's only temporary. Spidey's webs, you can't get out of them."

The versatile Superstar certainly knows what it's like to be caught in sticky situations. Though not equipped with finely crafted webslingers himself, Kingston—a former Intercontinental Champion and co-holder of the World Tag Team Titles—has prevailed against WWE's most dominant denizens.

Spider-Man
Perhaps his early Marvel musings, reading comics beneath the wilted palms of the beach-bunkered trees on an island paradise, were what developed Kingston's amiable charm and—more importantly—wildly innovative combat style.

"I know comic books are comic books," he explains, respectful of his favored medium. "They're not exactly literary theme pieces, but they're still a good way to be entertained and get your reading in, too. They let you expand your imagination."

Follow The Jamaican Craze, True Believer, and catch Spidey in "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #596," available now. Then, tune in to WWE's Extreme Rules this Sunday, June 7 on pay-per-view to see if Kofi can swing out of a Fatal Four Way Match against MVP, William Regal and Matt Hardy with the prestigious United States Championship around his waist.

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Op zaterdag 6 juni 2009 10:46 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:

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Kijk Impact en lach je rot om Don West!

Superstars was matig ook. Veels te korte matches, veels te veel PPV commercial spam

Confirmed niet blij met Kennedys release: JR, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy en Helms.

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Op zaterdag 6 juni 2009 18:17 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Batista (Steel Cage Match)

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Jeff Hardy (Ladder Match)

John Cena vs. Big Show (Submission Match)

ECW Champion Christian vs. Jack Swagger vs. Tommy Dreamer (Triple Threat Hardcore Rules Match)

Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho (No Holds Barred Match)

United States Champion Kofi Kingston vs. MVP vs. William Regal vs. Matt Hardy (Fatal Four Way Match)

CM Punk vs. Umaga (Samoan Strap Match)

Miss WrestleMania Vickie Guerrero vs. Santina Marella (Hog Pen Match)

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Op zaterdag 6 juni 2009 10:46 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:

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Confirmed niet blij met Kennedys release: JR, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy en Helms.

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Op maandag 8 juni 2009 21:42 schreef renwan het volgende:
Ik zet het maar even in een spoiler

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Op maandag 8 juni 2009 23:58 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:
Umaga released !

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Op dinsdag 9 juni 2009 07:23 schreef renwan het volgende:
Umaga weg? Whehehe, Vince wordt gek!

Daarbij, het is toch een bekend feit dat batista zowel aan de mic als in de ring een eerste klas prutser is? Populair word je bij de kinders toch wel als je de good guy uit mag hangen

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Op dinsdag 9 juni 2009 13:47 schreef wc-eend het volgende:
Ze vonden z'n stem niet goed

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Credit: PWInsider.com

To follow up on the surprising story from yesterday that Umaga had been released from his WWE contract, PWInsider.com reports that WWE sources say it was “a situation where he just had to be let go.” What that quote means is anyone’s guess because the sources didn‘t specify, but there have apparently been behavior-related issues with Umaga in the past.

Umaga is telling people he left under his own free will, and while that could be true, it seems unlikely as he just made his return and worked hard to come back.

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Last night's edition of WWE Raw did a 3.6 cable rating on the USA Network off hours of 3.33 and 3.89.

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Op woensdag 10 juni 2009 11:33 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:

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As Michael reported earlier, the WWE creative team has already been given a list of wrestlers not to write ideas for as they will be unavailable for the foreseeable future, starting with next Monday's three-hour episode of Raw. Dave Meltzer said in today's Wrestling Observer Radio show that the company will indeed be suspending some main roster talent within the next few days. Drug testing took place at shows over the weekend, in addition to yesterday's Raw.

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As reported on WWE.com on Monday, June 8, 2009, WWE Superstar Umaga (Edward Fatu) has been released from his World Wrestling Entertainment contract. However, consistent with the practice of announcing wellness policy violations, it should be noted that Umaga's termination was due to his second violation of the WWE Wellness Program and his subsequent refusal to attend a rehabilitation facility.

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2009 15:10 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2009 17:36 schreef Hoogstaande het volgende:

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Waar halen jullie dat soort nieuws vandaan?

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2009 23:18 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:

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Dit kwam direct van WWE.com.

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2009 12:56 schreef Hoogstaande het volgende:

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Nu even Smackdown kijken!

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This past weekend, some people within World Wrestling Entertainment leaked a story to the internet saying Batista had suffered a biceps tear. The story was later changed to a torn tendon in his left biceps and that it was not a full fledged muscle tear. The webmaster of his official website, www.Demon-Wrestling.com, soon acknowledged his injury, "confirming" it as a torn tendon.

The webmaster wrote: "We originally thought Dave had a torn muscle (he's been hurt for around 2-3 weeks), but this has now been confirmed as a torn tendon."

However, the official WWE website would say differently.

According to their report concerning Batista's injury, he suffered a completely torn left biceps requiring surgery that will keep him out of action for at least four months — not a torn tendon.

A full fledged muscle tear is much more serious than a tendon tear, so something's clearly not adding up. If he did indeed suffer a torn tendon like his official website is saying, the amount of ring time he would miss would be considerably less. I'm told the injury is far less severe and is not a complete tear.

Among some of the wrestlers, there has been plenty of skepticism over the true severity of his injury. The injury supposedly occurred over three weeks ago, but he had been working television, pay-per-views, and live events without any sort of tape on his arm whatsoever, let alone showing any signs of an injury. If the biceps tear was serious, and people within WWE are claiming it was serious enough for him to get surgery two days after his championship victory, it would certainly have been taped up. If the injury was not serious enough to require tape, one would think there would be no need for surgery.

Even partially torn biceps injuries are taped up, but considering WWE is saying he suffered a full fledged muscle tear, it makes the severity of his injury all the more suspicious.

At Monday's Raw in Lafayette‎ the wrestlers were told his injury was legitimate and he was having surgery the next day. However, the talk among wrestlers in the locker room is that his injury angle on Raw was a cover-up to have him avoid being suspended due to a violation of the company's drug testing policy.

For what it's worth, Monday's show was re-written several times during the day and the creative team was given a list of wrestlers not to use for the foreseeable future prior to show time as a result of drug testing held earlier in the day and at shows over the weekend.

WWE covering up a drug test failure with an injury would certainly be a major change of philosophy on how they handle their drug testing policy, and while things appear fishy, right now there is no concrete evidence indicating that has happened.

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Mitsuharu Misawa, one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all-time, was declared dead at 10:10 p.m. Saturday night at a hospital in Hiroshima after being dropped on his head in a tag team title match.

Misawa would have turned 47 on June 18th.

Misawa & Go Shiozaki were challening Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito for the GHC tag team championship in Hiroshima and Misawa was dropped on his head at about 8:45 p.m. and knocked unconscious.


According to eye witness reports, Saito gave Misawa a "routine" back suplex that was described as a "7" in danger on a scale of one-to-ten. He did not get up. It was chaos in the ring as they attempted to revive him using CPR and the crowd was hushed for a while, and began a "Misawa" chant. He turned purple in the ring and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

The wrestlers were told on the bus that he had passed away.

While it is being reported that he passed away at the hospital, he may have actually passed away in the ring.

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Although Pro Wrestling NOAH and the family of Mitsuharu Misawa attempted to keep the cause of death quiet, it has been reported in Japan from police reports from talking with hospital workers that the death was caused by a spinal cord injury from the back suplex and not heart problems.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 15:01 schreef wc-eend het volgende:
Wat is er nou zo bijzonder aan die 3 for all? Behalve die title fights?

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 15:01 schreef wc-eend het volgende:
Wat is er nou zo bijzonder aan die 3 for all? Behalve die title fights?

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 15:29 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:
Van mij mag Cena hem wel weer winnen.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 17:11 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
Orton moet hem pakken!!

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 15:29 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:
Van mij mag Cena hem wel weer winnen.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 17:25 schreef Cubeforc3 het volgende:

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Die 4way is echt een lose-lose-lose-lose situatie. Geen van die 4 wil ik met een titel zien . Orton opzich nog wel, maar om een of andere reden moest hij verliezen van Batista die al injured was

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 17:37 schreef Hoogstaande het volgende:

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Inderdaad!

Verder ga ik voor Hardy en Dreamer!
Komen ook wel weer mooie storylines uit vort
As Dreamer hem nu al weer verliest zou het ook een beetje suf zijn!
En Hardy had hem al en verdiende hem na Extreme Rules ook wel vond ik!
Hoewel je natuurlijk al ver ver voor ER kon aan komen zien dat Punk eindelijk zou incashen!

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 17:22 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

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Why son why?

Dan krijgen we HHH vs Orton en dan BOOOOOOOOOOORING.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 18:01 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:
Cena gaat toch weer film maken binnenkort. (Thank god )

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Reports coming from Japan are that Misawa was in really bad shape for awhile now, moreso than people actually suspected, and in his last match people could tell something was off before the suplex. A lot of it seems to be a combo of stress over the recent decline in business, injuries built up over the years, and that match where he was knocked out by Morishima in 2007 fucked him up really bad. Like he never should have worked another match after that bad.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 18:04 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

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En Cena MOET nu champ worden, hij is leuk als champ!

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 17:40 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 23:24 schreef Hoogstaande het volgende:

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Wat?
Wellicht een beetje slechte Nederlandse zin?

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 23:30 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

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Nee, hoe kon je ooit zien dat Punk het ging incashen bij ER? Beetje grootpraat.

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 23:33 schreef Hoogstaande het volgende:

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Omdat hij het al een keer wou incashen en dit toch wel een hele goede mogelijkheid was
En misschien is ver ver van te voren wat sterk (nogal) uitgedrukt, toch wel nadat Hardy had aangegeven een laddermatch te willen

Ik wil alleen maar zeggen dat ik er absoluut niet gek van opkeek toen ik ineens KSE hoorde!

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Op maandag 15 juni 2009 23:35 schreef Wessiej het volgende:

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Dan ben je de enige, want het was toch even goed speculeren.