Topic: Wrestling?

NXT Takeover Brooklyn 3 was pretty good. Not the best, but it is a good supercard.

Weirdly enough match of the night for me was AoP/Sanity.

And I only predicted 1 match correctly.

And if the ending is any indication, NXT is on a track to the height of it's quality.

Call up Bobby ROOOOOOO immediately or I riot!^^

Considering his age he does not have that much time left in the ring. WWE really, really missed the chance to already offer him a contract after his runs with both Beer Money and as TNA champion instead of him just aimlessly drifting around in TNA.

I feel like Roode still has plenty of time left to wrestle. He has a very slow, but effective and entertaining style. And it is very safe.

And he is still the absolute gold on the mic.

Yeah well, that is true. There are also some exceptions to old wrestlers becoming really slow and impactless in the ring like R-Truth, Goldust, the Undertaker or Kane, but I think most people loose their edge around the age of 45 and need absolutely good booking to still look strong.

My concern is that WWE maybe does not want to invest in someone who comes out of NXT at around 40. They already did with Aj Styles, but how often does the lightning strike twice in the same place?
With some rare expections like Ric Flair, no wrestler of the WWE should still be regularly active in the ring when he is over 50 anyway. And seasoned vets should either be mangers or road agents then if WWE looks to be an employer to be worth the time.

That would give Bobby ROOOOO some time, but he would have to get a booking akin to Hollywood Hogan anyway to make him a big star. Not the part where he never looses or fingerpokes of Doom, more like he uses Shenanigans to keep his belt against a young stallion who is chasing the gold.

Did you not see Goldust in his 2013 return run? Try telling me that he was slow and impactless then when he and Cody vs The Shield was the hottest thing going and best matches on Raw at the time.

This argument that "Well, once your above this age, then you suck forever" in pro wrestling is stupid. Ric Flair and Hogan and Taker were having good to great matches in their 50s. Yuji Nagata is 49, and he had an amazing series of performances at this years G1, to where he's being considered the MVP of the tournament, despite being booked to lose 8 out of his 9 matches.

Sure, guys slow down when they age, but they usually find a way to work around it and play to their strengths. It only becomes a major issue when you have a bunch of old timers constantly sucking out main events like in WCW.

The reason people give Robert Roode shit for his matches is because the rest of NXT has adopted a style that's basically PWG meets New Japan, and Roode wrestles that classic Ric Flair style that seems boring by comparison. He's got plenty of years left in the tank.

Tai he listed Goldust as an exception to that. While I agree that age s but a number if someone takes proper care of themselves can slow a wrestler down, that's what being able to adapt is about, some stay in shape to make up for that, others simply change up there style and continue to be great regardless (Looking at you Jericho)

I misread that.

I CAN MAKE MISTAKES SOMETIMES. I'M ONLY ROBOT.

LIES!!!

If you were a robot! You'd be ripping up beach balls!!!

So Summerslam has been a literal roaster coaster so far. Some good matches some meh matches. So many damn title changes too.

AND THE POOR BEACH BALL!!!

DAMN YOU SWISS CYBORG!