The Big Wrestling Thread!

By Wannes
in The Sporting Arena

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

Michael Cole's got ripped. :omg:

20150929_MichaelCole_EP_Lights_HP.jpg

I started at 226 pounds with 29.9 percent body fat and as of today, 11 months later, I weigh 169 pounds with 6.5 percent body fat. I was down 65 pounds, but I’ve put on a little weight because we changed my diet and added some calories. I feel better now at 48 years old than I did at 21 years old.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/michael-cole-weight-loss-27987935 

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

As noted earlier, WWE Superstar John Cena is not being advertised for a number of events following the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view, including live event dates and RAW.

In a new update, Cena has also been removed from the WWE European tour, which was scheduled to start on November 4th. Furthermore, Cena is actually not featured in any ads for WWE’s November calendar, and isn’t listed for any WWE events again until the WWE live event in Toronto, Canada on December 30th.

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/625827-update-john-cena-removed-from-even-more-wwe-events

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

It appears Carmella suffered a stinger at tonight's WWE NXT live event in Nashville, Tennessee.

During her match against Eva Marie, Carmella took a bump on the back of her head after taking a knee from Eva. Eva quickly got the pin and the match was stopped. The referee threw up the dreaded "X" and motioned to the back of his own head as WWE trainers, including Dr. Chris Amann, came to the ring.

Carmella was crying in the ring but did leave with some help. Eva was met with "please retire" chants. It appears Carmella is alright and just suffered a stinger but we'll keep you updated.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1002/602271/possible-injury-at-tonight-wwe-nxt-live-event/

12072676_10153355812539748_4739765039521 

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

Professional wrestler and noted academic Scott Steiner earned yet another feather in his cap today when he was bestowed with an honorary doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford.

Prof. Steiner, best known for his bulging biceps and his landmark algorithm for calculating n-complete log-space differential equations, was lauded by peers as a “giant in the ring and at the blackboard.”

Though fans of professional wrestling get only rare glimpses of Prof. Steiner’s genius — such as his eloquent proof of victory over Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe — he is well-known in academic circles as “Big Poppa Polynomial” and “The Algebraic Freak.”

“Most people think I’m all brawn and no brains,” said Prof. Steiner during a commencement address at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre. “But those people have only an i2=?1  percent chance of being right.”

During his commencement speech, Prof. Steiner proposed a novel solution to the Erdos conjecture on arithmetic progressions, did 100 push-ups, and challenged Stephen Hawking to a fight.

He also revealed that his ever-growing collection of tattoos represent a complex mathematical riddle — and not, as widely believed, the very bad decisions of a man with no aesthetic sensibilities

http://www.kayfabenews.com/steiner-awarded-honorary-doctorate-mathematics/

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

Man, I wonder what happened when Brock had to drop SHow early on the first F5 in MSG? Oft angle, too fat show, unprepared Brock? Sandbag show? Who knows. 

Looking back at it, I'd go with overeager Brock; I get the feeling he overdid it ever so slightly when lifting Big Show up and instead of trying to save it - which could have ended badly - he wisely put him down.

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

Anyone watch TNA Bound for Glory? It was surprisingly good, although the audio issues and the botches at the beginning of the Ultimate X match are gonna book it a good chunk of time in the next Botchamania (as well as Tyrus saying he's going for "the heavyweight world championship of the world").

^^ I wanted Drew Galloway to win, but they were in North Carolina, so no real surprise there.

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

Daniel Bryan says he plans to officially retire from the ring if the next neurologist he sees will not medically clear him to wrestle.

Bryan recently spoke with Meghan Sullivan of IGN.com to promote WWE 2K16 and of course was asked about his health. Bryan says he had a concussion back in April and WWE is hyper-sensitive about concussions right now. He got medically cleared by a neurologist who specializes in concussions, but WWE’s Dr. Joseph Maroon wasn’t convinced he should be wrestling.

“One neurologist who specializes in concussions — who was the neurologist for the Super Bowl last year — cleared me with no limitations. All my testing came back excellent,” he said. “But the WWE’s medical doctor [Joe Maroon] is sceptical, because of my history of concussions and that sort of thing. So they will not clear me.”

“They’re going to send me to a third doctor at some point in the near future and that doctor will decide my fate.”

As badly as he wants to get back in the ring, Bryan said this third doctor’s appointment will probably be the deciding factor in whether or not he has to retire. If the third doctor advises against him wrestling again, he will retire.

“The WWE doctor Joe Maroon [is] amazing and highly respected in the concussion field, and if they send me to a third neurologist who’s also highly respected in the concussion field and they say literally no…well, then is it really smart to go against two doctors? I get all fired up…and then I’m like, maybe that’s not the best thing for me and my family going forward.”

In the event that his days as an active competitor are over, Bryan says he’s open to working with WWE in a non-wrestling capacity, possibly announcing or as a trainer.

http://www.sescoops.com/daniel-bryan-says-he-will-retire-if-the-next-doctor-he-sees-wont-clear-him/

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted

This may be a spoiler for NXT Takeover Respect tonight...

 

According to several sources inside Full Sail University, former TNA star James Storm is backstage at NXT Takeover Respect.

WZ cannot confirm at this time whether or not there are plans to use Storm on the show tonight, but as seen in the photo below, he is indeed at Full Sail University (alongside Billy Gunn, on the right), the site of tonight’s Takeover Respect special.

storm-fullsail

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/627677-exclusive-breaking-news-former-top-tna-star-backstage-at-nxt-takeover-respect-photo

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Windows 11's big performance boost is finally available for all

      By Case_f · Posted

      Frankly, I blame whoever is writing such articles. "A big improvement/update and/or new feature is now available to everyone! Also, use some unofficial tweak tool to enable it because it actually isn't available to you yet and might not in fact even be entirely ready or whatever, hence why it is perhaps not enabled for you*. But it's great and you should enable it!" I mean there's nothing wrong with sharing info about some feature you might need to enable via unofficial means, of course. It's just that these articles tend to essentially end up being two news pieces in one, and one of them tends to be a bit misleading. (*Yes, yes, the "it's a controlled rollout!" thing. Not a fan of that one either. The argument, not the actual rollout.)
    • SQL Server Management Studio 22.7 brings "What's New" page, T-SQL formatting, and lots more

      By wrack · Posted

      Thank you. Will do. I read in the release notes that editor config might be at play here.
    • Windows 11's big performance boost is finally available for all

      By eiffel_g · Posted

      Actually, I think even Microsoft doesn't know how to control it
    • OpenAI is making Codex more useful in Chrome and the cloud

      By pradeepviswav · Posted

      OpenAI is making Codex more useful in Chrome and the cloud by Pradeep Viswanathan OpenAI's Codex now has more than 5 million users, up nearly 4x from earlier this year. To further accelerate Codex's growth among developers, OpenAI today announced that it has agreed to acquire Ona, a company that builds secure cloud execution and orchestration technology for developers. Ona will enable developers to run Codex with persistent and controlled cloud infrastructure for long-running agentic workflows. Right now, most Codex execution happens locally on developers' laptops and PCs, and the agents work continuously for hours. Through Ona, OpenAI aims to make Codex agents keep working for days without being tied to a user’s local machine or an active session. This will be an important capability for enterprises that want to deploy AI agents in production while maintaining control over infrastructure, data, security boundaries, credential scope, logging, and review workflows. Like any acquisition, the deal is still subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Until the deal closes, OpenAI and Ona will continue to operate as separate companies. After closing, Ona’s team will join the Codex team to improve developer workflows. Alongside the Ona acquisition announcement, OpenAI today introduced a few Codex updates. Developers can now save Codex rate limit resets and use them later instead of losing them when they are not needed immediately. OpenAI is also adding a referral option where users can invite a friend to Codex and get a saved rate limit reset. OpenAI today also announced a developer mode for browser use in Chrome and the Codex in-app browser. With this mode, Codex can use the Chrome DevTools Protocol to debug web apps, inspect pages, and work more directly with browser-based development workflows. Developers can use this when they want Codex to profile JavaScript, inspect console output and network traffic, examine web page states including the DOM and applied styles, and more.
    • Camtasia 2026.1.3

      By Copernic · Posted

      Camtasia 2026.1.3 by Razvan Serea TechSmith Camtasia is the complete professional solution for high-quality screen recording, video editing and sharing. Camtasia 2026 makes editing your videos easier, and faster than ever. The new editor is packed with enhanced video processing, all-new production technology, an innovative library, and stock videos and other creative assets to help you create more polished, professional videos. No video experience needed. Anyone can create informative, engaging videos. Create professional, eye-catching videos: Add special video effects - Apply Behaviors that are perfectly designed to animate your text, images, or icons. Get a crisp, polished look without being a professional video editor. Drag-and-drop your edits - What you see is what you get. Every effect and element in your video can be dropped and edited directly in the preview window. And you can edit at resolutions up to beautiful 4K, for clear video at any size. Get exceptional performance - Camtasia takes full advantage of your computer’s processor with 64-bit performance. You’ll get fast rendering times and enhanced stability—even on your most complex projects. Camtasia 2026.1.3 changelog: Feature Updates Improved keyboard navigability in tool panels. Improved screen reader accessibility of headings in Preferences. Tool panels can now be resized using a keyboard-navigable control. Updated color of folder icon in User Library tab for better visibility. Grouped media now render a composite waveform considering all audio media within that group. Added Long Path Aware to the manifest of Editor and Recorder. Performance Improvements Improved performance for editing groups on the timeline. Improved the project loading performance when timeline has lots of trec media with cursor data. Updates for IT Administrators Updated cpp-httplib from 0.38.0 to 0.43.3. Updated expat from 2.7.4 to 2.8.0. Updated freetype from 2.13.3 to 2.14.3. Updated harfbuzz from 13.0.1 to 14.2.0. Updated libpng16 from 1.6.55 to 1.6.58. Updated pango from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1. Updated girepository from 2.86.3 to 2.88.0. Updated pcre2-posix from 10.47.0 to 12.0.2. Added new harfbuzz-gpu.dll. Updated FFmpeg from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2. Updated aom from 3.11.0 to 3.13.1. Updated dav1d from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1. Updated ogg from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6. Updated SDL2 from 2.32.4 to 2.32.10. Updated zlib from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2. Updated Nalpeiron binaries to version 4.4.69.3. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue which prevented some user submitted crash reports from being sent. Fixed a potential memory leak when decoding HEVC or VP9 video. Fixed a potential crash when trying to delete a range selection on a magnetic track. Fixed a bug with the Properties Panel showing stale properties when only a caption is selected on the timeline. Fixed an issue that could prevent the Opacity and Blur properties from being changed in the Background Removal effect. Fixed an issue where larger Camtasia online projects may fail to open in Camtasia Editor. Table of contents thumbnails are no longer created for Smart Player exports with no table of contents. Fix resetting skew revert to revert just skew and not scale as well. Fixed editing in Snagit with snagX file with Unicode characters. Fixed a bug where grouped visual media could be cropped in some cases. Fixed importing SnagX files with Unicode characters. Localization fixes. Download: Camtasia 2026.1.3 | 309.0 MB (Shareware) View: Camtasia Homepage | Tutorials | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware

  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      Jamswaz earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Jamswaz earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Rookie
      Marzoid went up a rank
      Rookie
    • Community Regular
      coch went up a rank
      Community Regular
    • One Year In
      slackerzz earned a badge
      One Year In

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      512
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      188
    3. 3
      +Edouard
      157
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      83
    5. 5
      ATLien_0
      75
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!