Wrestling Roundtable #23 1/25/09 Part 1 : 2008 Year In Review

Welcome to the first episode of The Wrestling Roundtable, Season 2! The panel takes a look back at the major news stories, events & people of 2008. Topics includes "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's retirement against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24 the day after Triple H inducted him into the HOF. The rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship(UFC) with former WWE World Heavyweight & IWGP Champion Brock Lesnar's prominence, going from a thrilling lose to Frank Mir in his first match to tearing through Heath Herring en route to dethroning future Hall Of Famer & returning champion"The Natural" Randy Couture with a stunning KO. Total Nonstop Action(TNA)'s record profit while featuring the Main Event Mafia(Kurt Angle, "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash, Sting, "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner & current Legends champion Booker T) as their main storyline in a feud against the Frontline(Samoa Joe, ODB, AJ Styles, Consequences Creed, "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal, "The Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams, & The Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin). Plus our thoughts on "Wrestlers Of The Year" & "Matches Of The Year." Hosted by Eric Santamaria.

* The views expressed on The Wrestling Roundtable are solely those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect
the views of any other entity, person or organization *

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• WWE
• WWF
• TNA
• ROH
• ECW
• NWA
• MCMG
• NJPW
• tap
• piledriver
• clash
• octagon
• DX
• ladder
• AWA
• promo
• Cena
• Bryan
• Danielson
• Chris
• Jericho
• Umaga
• World
• Heavyweight
• Title
• Ring
• Of
• Honor
• NOAH
• Shawn
• Michaels
• D-Generation
• Triple
• Randy
• Orton
• Kurt
• Angle
• AJ
• Styles
• Samoa
• Joe

[Crookmeisteren]

u cant compare wwe and ufc as they're two completely different things, its like comparing ratings for football and curling

[WrestlingRoundtable]

We can, did & will continue to do so, so there. If they were two completely different things no one would ever make these comparisons, but they do and always will

-E, Wrestling Roundtable

[redfury0156]

exactly! even in the new ufc game( Made by svr makers THQ) they reference brock's WWE tenure as "fake" wrestling .(a small jab by rogan) The comparison to football and curling is beyond off. Football is a sport and curling is on ESPN 2 at 4 am every third sunday of the new year. I am a ufc fan but in heart am a wrestling fan that just needs new entertainment. UFC will surpass every other sport outside of the big 3, but there will always be a place for wrestling. PS- msg is in the ufc game uh oh)

[WrestlingRoundtable]

Yeah, when I won the title in career mode(I'm talking about the UFC game, not SmackDown Vs. RAW, because you could obviously confuse that sentence for one or the other despite, you know, them obviously being two completely different things, right?), I won it in MSG, and I found it funny. Video games are the only way they can run shows in that building! Ha, but MSG must want them there because they used their actual logos & name in the game. Damn NY state athletic commission!

-E

[SeanDalton77]

good to see you guys back

[WrestlingRoundtable]

Thank you!

-E, Wrestling Roundtable

[RandomMindz]

5:00

*smirk* so much for THAT

[ecwecwecw1]

I think Ric should of won the belt that night on Raw 2006 in that TLC match against Edge

[SuckishVideoGameNoob]

they grew up with wwf and its probably a habit

[fukbilly666]

No. Just a huge fan of Chris Harris.

Chris Harris is awesome!!!!

[kofi114]

Is that you, Chris Harris?

[fukbilly666]

God damnit! Your show is great but keep the panel the way it is. You, Lawrence Habert, Rodney Leconte and Chris Harris! Chris Harris is the man! Who gives a shit about some cameraman. Chris Harris is way more interesting.

Chris Harris 4 life!!!

[DeathAdder83]

yeah Flair was awesome back in 2002, just think about his match with taker at WMX8, it was awesome. i always believed that he should have beaten HHH years ago and then had a decent run and then retired. But hey it was fun to get to watch Ric for a few more years and you can't not love Ric Flair, the Micheal's match was a decent way out for Flair........WOOOOOOOOOOO!

[woody72691]

eric is still the man!!

[logan48227]

A quick question for you Eric.

How old are you guys? I'm asking because I'm 37 and I've been a fan for 28 years. So seeing you guys saying that you've been fans for 20 years gives me the impression that you're all somewhere in your late 20s or maybe early 30s.

Nothing wrong with that in any way, just curious.

[Y2JFanRJ]

great show not to mention Eric you seem like your a professional host.