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[Cool King]

@Cool King

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Fuck yeah, Kaitlyn!

[Cool King]

https://www.cameo.com/realjackswagger

Ah yeah, I remember Swagger's run as Universal Champion.

Good times.

[Cool King]

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[Cool King]

Now I'm waiting for someone to post a certain picture in reply of my Shad Gaspard picture.

[Cool King]

Shad Gaspard is only $20.

What a steal.

[#1-norm-fan]

https://www.cameo.com/realjackswagger

Seem like a bunch of wrestlers on that site!

Bret Hart for $125. James Ellsworth for $20!

https://www.cameo.com/greatkhali

Talk about a steal!

[#1-norm-fan]

https://www.cameo.com/v/5ba13a24353d15006bc3309c

$25 for this gem. When is Gertner's birthday?

[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

According to Curt Hawkins, WWE's big payoff to his winless streak storyline was to just have him win a random match on Main Event and as a toss-away moment.

Only reason the winless streak still exists is due to Hawkins fighting to keep it intact since he realized that's the only reason why people watch his matches anymore in the WWE.

[GD]

Would be quite amusing to see him break the streak by beating someone of significance on an episode of RAW.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Fucking hell. Viceland isn't available in Canada anymore. They had a series focusing on wrestling subcultures that I posted about a while back and it was fantastic.

What's it called? I still have Viceland.

[Anybody Thrilla]

According to Curt Hawkins, WWE's big payoff to his winless streak storyline was to just have him win a random match on Main Event and as a toss-away moment.

Only reason the winless streak still exists is due to Hawkins fighting to keep it intact since he realized that's the only reason why people watch his matches anymore in the WWE.

There's a Curt Hawkins collection on the Network right now called "Nothing to Lose". I can only imagine what's on it.

[Bad News Gertner]

What's it called? I still have Viceland.

It was called "The Wrestlers". They did a show on the Exoticos in Mexico, Deathmatches/CZW, Womens wrestling, Bolivian wrestling, New Japan, DDT,Wrestling events in Native Reservations in Northern Canada. They did others but those are the ones I've seen.

[Bad News Gertner]

Btw, check out Nirvanna The Band The Show on Viceland. Funniest show I've seen in years.

[GD]

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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Chris Jericho beat Triple H for the WWE title on RAW... I miss this madness. <a href="https://t.co/9YW0iMa1Sz">pic.twitter.com/9YW0iMa1Sz</a></p>&mdash; 90s WWE (@90sWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/90sWWE/status/1043182632601874432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Cool King]

According to Curt Hawkins, WWE's big payoff to his winless streak storyline was to just have him win a random match on Main Event and as a toss-away moment.

Only reason the winless streak still exists is due to Hawkins fighting to keep it intact since he realized that's the only reason why people watch his matches anymore in the WWE.

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[Cool King]

I've always watched his matches.

He's a smart man though and hopefully the payoff will be a surprise title win, even if he loses it the next day or seconds later.

I imagine the moment him breaking his losing streak by randomly winning a championship would be insane.

[Cool King]

I watched Judgement Day 2002 today even though I was planning to do that yesterday. I'll catch up eventually.

Anyways, my usual random (and mostly pointless) thoughts on what I've just watched:

• You can see the boom mic above Stacy's head.

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• Seeing a very young Sign Guy made me wonder where he is these days. I don't think I've seen him or any of his signs in months.

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• Here's a "Fun Fact", Batista's first word on WWE Television was "Sinner".

• I found it strangely coincidental that I was watching this PPV which featured a Hell in a Cell match and talks of an upcoming "big event in Australia" (Global Warning) at the same time that we had a Hell in a Cell PPV (and matches) and current hyping of Super Show-Down.

• I get what she was going for given the match stipulation but I just found this sign to be a bit strange.

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Speaking of Edge though, Lawler saying that Edge's head is shaped like a dinosaur is probably one of the most random things I've heard Lalwer say but JR did give me a good chuckle when he replied with ""His Head is shaped like a dinosaur", where the hell did you get that?".

It's what we were all thinking.

• The Booker T and Goldust skit when Goldust appears in bed with Booker T and a woman he met is one, along with the "Slurpee & Wiener" skit, I remember so vividly and find funny every time I watch it.

The team of Booker T & Goldust were golden (pun not intended).

I did however notice that when Booker T turns out the light, you can still kinda make out movement on screen and can make out Goldust getting into bed. I remember watching that back in 2002 and you couldn't see anything. It was just a black screen.

I can only assume that it's got something to do with WWE's "master copy" or whatever you call it or how SD converts to HD or something.

I will also say that I've always loved how Lalwer can had to skits like that with his screams, just like he did when he saw Booker's bare ass as Booker ran out of the room.

• Seeing the Hell in a Cell after seeing the new red one last week makes me realise how much better the old cell was. For one thing, the old one looked more "legit" and more painful looking if you were to get smashed into it. The new red one looks more "friendly" so to speak. It kinda reminds me of a big toy, almost plastic looking.

Plus, the old cell is easier to see through. The new red one isn't really as clear, which I remember reading at the time was a problem people had with TNA's "TerrorDome/Steel Asylum".

After Triple H & Jericho's Hell in a Cell match, JR did a good job explaining why you don't see Hell in a Cell matches that often and all I could think was that all that means absolutely nothing now because we get at least two Hell in a Cell matches every year and even one year (2016) we got four.

• This was the debut of Undertaker's new theme after using "Rollin'". I didn't realise it at the time but he stopped using "Rollin'" after Hogan destroyed his motorcycle as he was no longer "Rollin'", so to speak.

A funny fan moment during the Main Event was when Hogan Irish-Whiped Undertaker into the steel steps and Taker crashed into them and it sent him flying over them and you clearly heard a fan yelling "Holy Shit! Did you see that!? Oh my God!".

• I'll end this post with a random image from the show that comes with no context:

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[Emperor Smeat]

I've always watched his matches.

He's a smart man though and hopefully the payoff will be a surprise title win, even if he loses it the next day or seconds later.

I imagine the moment him breaking his losing streak by randomly winning a championship would be insane.

I'd put money on the big payoff being anti-climatic or terrible since WWE has already been trying to just toss it away going by Hawkins statements. I'd put even more money down on whoever he beats just utterly squashes him the next week and WWE kills off all momentum from that shock victory.

WWE's been terrible in recent years on delivering good payoffs to big or interesting moments.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems Lesnar is going to continue juggling around between MMA and wrestling after Crown Jewel. Observer reported WWE recently signed a deal with Lesnar to lock him in for next year's Mania.

Would also confirm rumors and reports of UFC not signing him to a contract yet and only is locked down for the Daniel Cormier fight.

[#1-norm-fan]

• Seeing a very young Sign Guy made me wonder where he is these days. I don't think I've seen him or any of his signs in months.

He sat through tons of WWE shows over the past 15 years. I assume he had to have gone crazy and offed himself.

[GD]

:)

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[Tom Guycott]

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[Cool King]

I'd put money on the big payoff being anti-climatic or terrible since WWE has already been trying to just toss it away going by Hawkins statements. I'd put even more money down on whoever he beats just utterly squashes him the next week and WWE kills off all momentum from that shock victory.

WWE's been terrible in recent years on delivering good payoffs to big or interesting moments.

The sad thing is, you are most probably 110% correct.

[Cool King]

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[Cool King]

He sat through tons of WWE shows over the past 15 years. I assume he had to have gone crazy and offed himself.

:'(

[Volare]

My favorite moment ever.

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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is Vince McMahon about to do business again with Ted Turner? Hearing that the networks of Turner Broadcasting (TNT &amp; TBS) are potential homes for XFL games when the league relaunches in 2020.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1044262950956093440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

Vince hates Ted immensely more than Ted hates Vince. Lol he must be desperate

[Big Vic]

Lol @ 90s wrestling

PMS gained a "love slave" named Meat (Shawn Stasiak), because he was "nothing more than a piece of meat", in May. As a part of the storyline, the three women used Meat for his body, forcing him to have sex with them. Also, they would force him to do their bidding and wear wrestling tights that resembled a pair of tight underwear. After Ryan Shamrock left the WWF, Terri and Jacqueline continued to assist Meat in his matches. Tension began to grow between the two women as Terri, in storyline, exhausted Meat with hours of sex before his matches and then berated her fatigued lover when he lacked the energy to win matches. Jacqueline left the stable after Terri forced Meat to kiss her feet on the August 1 episode of Sunday Night Heat.

[Fignuts]

Why would anyone need to be forced to have sex with PMS

[erickman]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is Vince McMahon about to do business again with Ted Turner? Hearing that the networks of Turner Broadcasting (TNT &amp; TBS) are potential homes for XFL games when the league relaunches in 2020.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1044262950956093440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Doe's ted still own those networks I think at&t own them now ted is out.

[Bad News Gertner]

erickman finally uses a capital letter but had a seizure while doing it. Almost there Champ!

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Bad News Gertner]

Holy hell, this is amazing

ILXNF-o08YY

[Jordan]

I don't know if I can watch Raw tonight it's just so bad.

[slik]

I didn't know you could watch free wrestling on the FiteTV site, gave Booker T's promotion a watch (Reality of Wrestling).

Booker does local commercials between matches! Show wasn't bad either, good production values.

[slik]

Here's a link btw:

https://www.fite.tv/replays/wrestling/#schedule

[Tom Guycott]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Chris Jericho beat Triple H for the WWE title on RAW... I miss this madness. <a href="https://t.co/9YW0iMa1Sz">pic.twitter.com/9YW0iMa1Sz</a></p>&mdash; 90s WWE (@90sWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/90sWWE/status/1043182632601874432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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As this never happened, all I see is a blank screen. :shifty:

[Big Vic]

Why would anyone need to be forced to have sex with PMS

Maybe they were all PMSing at the time.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Anybody Thrilla]

I didn't know you could watch free wrestling on the FiteTV site, gave Booker T's promotion a watch (Reality of Wrestling).

Booker does local commercials between matches! Show wasn't bad either, good production values.

Was there a Paul Titan match?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Second show announcement! Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 2pm EST <a href="https://t.co/UwNyAFjYPj">pic.twitter.com/UwNyAFjYPj</a></p>&mdash; WrestleCon (@wrestlecon) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlecon/status/1044726690872795136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Wonder if Joey Ryan picked that name specifically for the maximum amount of awkwardness its going to cause to anyone going or talking about the event. Especially without any context or to people who don't follow wrestling.

Like if someone asks what your doing over that weekend and you mention going to a Penis Party show.

[Vastardikai]

I think he picked the name because either A. he's a fucking moron who doesn't belong in the wrestling business and he caters to a bunch of dumb shits who never grew out of the "Penises are funny" phase of their life or B. it's an accurate depiction of the audience, as there will be no women there.

[Simple Fan]

If say B nails it right on the head.

[GD]

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[Sixx]

Who's that?

[GD]

Eli Drake and the The Titty Master.

[GD]

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Also nobody remembers when "The Real American" made "The Bulgarian Brute" tap out :yes:

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#WeThePeople

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#WeedThePeople?

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[Maluco]

I was thinking about his today and wondering if it’s just the volume of shows that is making WWE so difficult to write for. I have basically switched WWE out as a hobby and replaced it completely with MMA. While I enjoy the fights, recently, they have been able to generate great stories and massive intrigue around fights...

Mike Perry vs “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone

In this one, Cerrone is a long time vet of the UFC, slowly creeping up on the record for the most wins, although his best days are now behind him. He was matched up with young, talented Mike Perry who represents younger crowd, always on instagram and a world away from Cerrones personality. He chose to come and train at Cerrone’s gym and when he complained about it, suggesting it would be a conflict of interests, the gym held a meeting and decided to basically keep Perry and basically (summarizing) chose him over Cerrone. Since then, all sorts of details have come out and the fight has this fascinating backstory going into it. Each man is real, but they have their own characters and personalities and the story arch makes the fight extremely interesting.

Tyron Woodley vs Dana White

Dana White is the owner of the UFC and was hyping up young, loud Liverpudlian Darren Till to take the title off Eoodley. Leaks suggest that they see him as difficult to work with and too demanding a personality. Woodley had also been criticized by fans because of boring fights and focusing on other ventures in the past. Come fight time, he annihilates Till, winning over fans and a disgusted White leaves the event without doing media duty. He is in the process of setting up yet another young, controversial grappler, in Colby Covington, to try to take Woodley down.

Khabib vs Connor

Khabib Nurmagomedov is an undefeated Russian grappler, known for his wrestling and sambo (who does that remind you of?). His father made him wrestle bears as a youngster and he is as serious a personality as they come. Tensions between him and the increasingly volatile McGregor cane to a head after a UFC event when McGregor threw a gurney through a bus window to try to intimidate Khabib into getting off the bus, injuring other fighters in the process. The recent presser was done with no fans because of security issues and had a tense and overly excited McGregor having people question possible drug use and his mental state before the biggest fight of his career. It’s a cold, serious wrestler vs a volatile, badtempered striker. Two men who clearly hate each other and it’s probably going to be the biggest selling event in UFC

The tale of Francis Ngannou

Ngannou exploded onto the scene with a series of highlight reel finishes culminating in almost sending Alistair Overeem into orbit before getting a heavyweight title fight. The much hyped Ngannou lost amid rumors about his ego and lack of preparation for the fight. In his comeback fight, commentators watched in stunned silence as he barely through any offense for 3 rounds in one of the most bizarre fights in the history of the company. Afterwards he admitted that “the fear” had gotten him. Where does he go from here and can he overcome “the fear”?


A lot probably won’t read that but it got me thinking about how the intrigue and stories not only build up excitement for the fight, but also create new names and promote the fighters, creating constant new stars in the process. With every big card, we are seeing fighters being proactive and calling out other fighters in a competitive rankings system where every fight means something and has worth

Basically, UFC has..,

- Big Personalities
- Rivalries
- Intriguing Stories
- Found an easy way for all matches to have importance

It seems to me like what should be WWE’s biggest strength (control), has become their biggest weakness, as no one can be an individual and they exert too much control on stories, forcing fan opinion rather than just letting things happen

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

But UFC is way more shit now than it used to be tbh and honestly hit a plateau.

[Bad News Gertner]

Pride > UFC

[slik]

Was there a Paul Titan match?


IDR anyone's name other than this guy GHOST

[slik]

@ OLD RASSLIN FANS

Would Brock Lesnar have beat Minoro Suzuki in a 'MMA Battle' if both were in their primes??

[Anybody Thrilla]

IDR anyone's name other than this guy GHOST

TPWW poster Rollermacka is Paul Titan, for the record.

[Emperor Smeat]

@ OLD RASSLIN FANS

Would Brock Lesnar have beat Minoro Suzuki in a 'MMA Battle' if both were in their primes??

Probably not considering Suzuki was very deadly as a submission specialist in MMA.

I'd still give Lesnar a realistic chance though since most of Suzuki's losses came via TKO or decisions and Lesnar would have the power and likely speed advantage in that fight.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Fignuts]

Joined a fire pro e-fed cause I'm super gay. More of an e-NWA, as everyone gets a promotion in a different region. Time period is 1980 and will progress from there. Been pretty fun so far doing the draft and designing the logo and ring. I got Stan Hansen who ended up being voted the inaugural world champion.

[Anybody Thrilla]

What do you even have to do there? Are you writing roleplays and shit?

[Fignuts]

Some people are doing big write ups. Some guys are making intros and inserting 80's commercials in between matches.

I don't personally have time for all that so I'm just writing a quick blurb about the matches and streaming the card on twitch.

[Mr. Nerfect]

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So very different.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've always watched his matches.

He's a smart man though and hopefully the payoff will be a surprise title win, even if he loses it the next day or seconds later.

I imagine the moment him breaking his losing streak by randomly winning a championship would be insane.

Lol, no one (and I mean this in a general sense) watches Curt Hawkins matches. Him winning a belt with his first win makes zero sense and buries whatever belt he wins (not that they mean anything anyway). So yeah, it will probably happen.

[Nicky Fives]

So very different.

First thing I thought as well.

[Cool King]

Lol, no one (and I mean this in a general sense) watches Curt Hawkins matches. Him winning a belt with his first win makes zero sense and buries whatever belt he wins (not that they mean anything anyway). So yeah, it will probably happen.

You're right, championships don't really mean anything these days, especially the Tag Team Championships so have Hawkins win that.

If a ten year old can become champion by doing absolutely nothing, then Curt Hawkins can become champion by getting his ass handed to him and surprising us all with a quick pinfall victory.

Have his partner do most of the work but the pinfall would be Hawkins', just so we can get "that moment".

[Evil Vito]

You're right, championships don't really mean anything these days, especially the Tag Team Championships so have Hawkins win that.

If a ten year old can become champion by doing absolutely nothing, then Curt Hawkins can become champion by getting his ass handed to him and surprising us all with a quick pinfall victory.

Have his partner do most of the work but the pinfall would be Hawkins', just so we can get "that moment".

Funny thing is there were people calling for Hawkins to be Nicholas’ partner, enough so that they felt the need to run a backstage segment with Braun just laughing in Hawkins’ face and throwing him through a wall to nip any idea of it in the bud.

Reminded me of the “who is Vince’s son?” angle. WWE put up a poll with everyone on the roster and loads of people hijacked it and voted for Stevie Richards. So they had Coach bring Stevie to Vince and say “here’s who people think is your son” and Vince just flat out laughed in his face.

In both cases it was like WWE blatantly telling you “we hear you, but we don’t care”.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

In fairness, while you have to be in tune with and know how to read crowd reactions, you don't necessarily want to give the fans exactly what they want. Especially the neckbeards of today who are honestly the dumbest fucking idiots around, and basing decisions around what they want will actually hurt your business.

[Jordan]

@ OLD RASSLIN FANS

Would Brock Lesnar have beat Minoro Suzuki in a 'MMA Battle' if both were in their primes??

Yes, size alone.

[XL]

Nobody is asking for Hawkins to go over Roman for the Universal Championship - although I’m sure there are some that wouldn’t against the idea. But WWE aren’t even featuring Hawkins. It’d be a harmless 10 minute segment once a week on Raw.

[Jordan]

Hawkins is really solid he should be featured. He should get a big win over someone like Baron Corbin or Elias randomly and start a program.

[Big Vic]

Hawkins should be the leader of a stable and be the only one who always loses match ups.

[A.J.K]

Random thought- Axel and Hawkins as a team.

[Innovator]

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[Bad News Gertner]

Hawkins should re-form the Legion of Doom with Road Warrior Animal and call himself Road Warrior HAWKins

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Hawkins should re-form the Legion of Doom with Road Warrior Animal and call himself Road Warrior HAWKins

:y:

[Nicky Fives]

Just tag him with Zack Ryder again. "We're tired of being overlooked and the butt of everyone's joke. We are tired of Main Event (the show). We want to be on Smackdown. New Day confidently accept their challenge out of respect, then lose. Boom, next feud for New Day for the end of the year. It's not that hard.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Why not a disgruntled Edgeheads reunion with Ryder?

[Anybody Thrilla]

I posted that before refreshing the page, but yes, what Nicky Fives said.

[Jordan]

I just gotta say. I gotta vent this out. We've all gone through this I'm certain. I am in my S.A.D season with WWE/wrestling right now. That's SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. It's always the worst season for WWE, but across the board I'm just so disinterested in wrestling. I dunno what happened, I was so into it then after Baron Corbin and Roman main evented RAW I was just line "nah I'm good". I will certainly tune in to see HBK next week and will certainly watch Super Showdown and Crown Jewel but I don't anticipate to watch anything else right now. I'm going to MLW Thursday and I'm sure I will have fun but they card seems so "meh" to me. I'm also going to Bound For Glory but I'm not feeling as "pumped up" as I was after the last PPV they had. ANYWAY I don't thin I'm the only one in a SAD season with WWE. The RAW thread was like 4 pages after the show, that is SAD. I've been replacing my wrestling watching with movies btw. And generally, enjoying it much more.

[Danny Electric]

So today I left my house to walk to the shop and bumped into Tyler Bate and Trent Seven coming out of one of the local gyms, shook their hands and said hello and acted like a complete mark but didnt go as far as asking for a pic as they were about to get in their car to drive off.

[Cool King]

Funny thing is there were people calling for Hawkins to be Nicholas’ partner, enough so that they felt the need to run a backstage segment with Braun just laughing in Hawkins’ face and throwing him through a wall to nip any idea of it in the bud.

Reminded me of the “who is Vince’s son?” angle. WWE put up a poll with everyone on the roster and loads of people hijacked it and voted for Stevie Richards. So they had Coach bring Stevie to Vince and say “here’s who people think is your son” and Vince just flat out laughed in his face.

In both cases it was like WWE blatantly telling you “we hear you, but we don’t care”.

Damn, poor Stevie. :'(

[Cool King]

Hawkins is really solid he should be featured. He should get a big win over someone like Baron Corbin or Elias randomly and start a program.

I actually thought he was going to start a program with Corbin when Corbin interfered in Hawkins' match against some jobber.

I was actually pretty disappointed when it didn't go anywhere and was basically not spoken about the next week like it had never even happened.

[Jordan]

So today I left my house to walk to the shop and bumped into Tyler Bate and Trent Seven coming out of one of the local gyms, shook their hands and said hello and acted like a complete mark but didnt go as far as asking for a pic as they were about to get in their car to drive off.

No way they'd be miffed about taking a pic! Oh well, still cool. :y:

[Mr. Nerfect]

You're right, championships don't really mean anything these days, especially the Tag Team Championships so have Hawkins win that.

If a ten year old can become champion by doing absolutely nothing, then Curt Hawkins can become champion by getting his ass handed to him and surprising us all with a quick pinfall victory.

Have his partner do most of the work but the pinfall would be Hawkins', just so we can get "that moment".

"If a ten year old can become champion by doing absolutely nothing" But see, this is part of the problem.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, why are people calling for Hawkins to be featured? That sounds like something Old Noid would have said when he was so dissatisfied with the product, Sunday Night Heat was legitimately more interesting than Raw. Hawkins isn't very good. I mean, he's not offensive in the ring, but he is boring and has no charisma.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

No way they'd be miffed about taking a pic! Oh well, still cool. :y:

They probably wouldn't but it's polite to NOT ask them for a pic IMO.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Lol, why are people calling for Hawkins to be featured? That sounds like something Old Noid would have said when he was so dissatisfied with the product, Sunday Night Heat was legitimately more interesting than Raw. Hawkins isn't very good. I mean, he's not offensive in the ring, but he is boring and has no charisma.

Even Barry Horowitz got a push after a while. It's nice way to reward your current fanbase who is very aware of the guy. You just have to give him a bit of a storyline and nothing more as a reward for his hard work. And hey, it could even gain actual traction and make for good t.v. which is better than what we get most of the time anyway.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I just gotta say. I gotta vent this out. We've all gone through this I'm certain. I am in my S.A.D season with WWE/wrestling right now. That's SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. It's always the worst season for WWE, but across the board I'm just so disinterested in wrestling. I dunno what happened, I was so into it then after Baron Corbin and Roman main evented RAW I was just line "nah I'm good". I will certainly tune in to see HBK next week and will certainly watch Super Showdown and Crown Jewel but I don't anticipate to watch anything else right now. I'm going to MLW Thursday and I'm sure I will have fun but they card seems so "meh" to me. I'm also going to Bound For Glory but I'm not feeling as "pumped up" as I was after the last PPV they had. ANYWAY I don't thin I'm the only one in a SAD season with WWE. The RAW thread was like 4 pages after the show, that is SAD. I've been replacing my wrestling watching with movies btw. And generally, enjoying it much more.

I get it. I completely forgot to even check the results of HIAC until yesterday. What does any of it matter? Apparently Curt Hawkins and R-Truth are highlights in the company. If you dance around like a jack-ass or just lose constantly, there's your compelling story arc.

I'm genuinely excited for Shawn Michaels to come back, because he's going to blow everybody they have out of the water. And The Rock coming back, if it happens, will be huge. But they don't really have people under that can really hold the fort. They're losing it to the comedy constantly. Wrestling is a big ironic joke without any sincere drama. And everything gets so fatiguing when it used to energize you and pump you full of a desire to watch and see what happens next week. Now it literally doesn't matter.

New Japan seems better, but it's still got a bit of that fatigue factor. It's trendy right now, but I'll wonder if it holds. I hope it does.

[Bad News Gertner]

The minute Hawkins loses he becomes uninteresting.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The minute Hawkins loses he becomes uninteresting.

:y:

Well, I don't agree with the "becomes" part, but I know what you mean.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

The minute Hawkins loses he becomes uninteresting.

lol pretty much the same as Barry Horowitz.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, Neville pretty much has taken a break from wrestling for the foreseeable future.

Seems either Neville's release from the WWE actually had some hidden strings attached or the bad taste left there has made him less enthusiastic on wanting to continue his career.

[Danny Electric]

No way they'd be miffed about taking a pic! Oh well, still cool. :y:

It was more me not plucking up the courage to ask for one, if my wife was with me she would have made it happen 🙂

[Emperor Smeat]

The recent push to get MMA fighters (and wrestlers) classified as employees instead of independent contractors took a huge blow.

National Labor Relations Board recently sided with UFC in a lawsuit over the issue and now gives WWE the legal approval for their stance on wrestlers.

Before WWE was very wary of going to court since they did not want to risk having their stance overturned and caved in every time a wrestler threatened a lawsuit over the issue. Like when they tried to hit Del Rio with a 1-year no compete clause, he threatened to sue over it and their independent contractor stance.

In a story that also has repercussions when it comes to pro wrestling, the National Labor Relations Board dismissed the claims by Leslie Smith that UFC fighters should be reclassified as employees rather than independent contractors.

[Emperor Smeat]

Current rumor going around the net hints at HBK's second match back from retirement is occurring at Survivor Series with Undertaker as his opponent. If it doesn't happen, WWE is rumored to have Royal Rumble 2019 as the backup plan.

Adding some fuel to the rumor is the source being very credible recently when it came to rumors and breaking news early.

There is talk of doing a huge singles match with Shawn at the Survivor Series pay-per-view in mid-November, according to the @WrestleVotes Twitter account, which has broken several scoops in the last year or so. Word is that Shawn vs. Taker in a singles match is being planned for the big event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 18. Taker was announced this week for an autograph signing the night before Survivor Series outside of Los Angeles. The report adds that some in the company want the match to take place at the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

[Evil Vito]

Fuck this company

[#1-norm-fan]

Seriously, what are they gonna do when the guys who got over when wrestling was hot are dead or completely immobile? Not to say HBK won’t come back and still be the best performer in the company when he’s 80. But Taker vs HBK having a multiple PPV program in 2018 just reeks of “We DESPERATELY need star power.”

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ciampa Vs. Gargano the 115th mamma mia here we go again

[Emperor Smeat]

Seriously, what are they gonna do when the guys who got over when wrestling was hot are dead or completely immobile? Not to say HBK won’t come back and still be the best performer in the company when he’s 80. But Taker vs HBK having a multiple PPV program in 2018 just reeks of “We DESPERATELY need star power.”

Just replace them with Cena and a few others who managed to be big stars since the Attitude Era ended.

Either way, WWE is pretty much destined to have another New Gen era happen and when it does, going to be a lot worse for them since there won't be a "WCW" around to push them to get better. I'd be surprised if the Indies are not in another dark period by then like they were after WCW and ECW folded or when UFC exploded in popularity.

[Evil Vito]

At a NXT show earlier this year where he was the ref, the crowd serenaded HBK with a chant of "one more match" and he expressed gratitude while also assuring the crowd that "he's much too old for this shit".

I honestly doubt he wants to wrestle again, but he's still under contract to the company and Vince probably is going to pay him a shitload to do it.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Tessa Blanchard just has...something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm obsessed with her. She's just the best.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Fire ass theme too:

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[GD]

Why is Michael Cole screaming?

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[Anybody Thrilla]

I started watching Nitro from the very beginning of 1998. Pretty hilarious that on the second episode, the British Bulldog makes his re-debut...during a Steve "Mongo" McMichael promo. :lol:

[Anybody Thrilla]

Also, I wonder if I can still win a Nitro party w/ Mean Gene and The Nitro Girls.

[Anybody Thrilla]

As much as I love the nWo B Team theme, it had to be a real bummer to join the nWo and find out that you would be using that theme. Also, way too much Vincent.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I also understand why so many people wanted to doubt El Dandy.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Kevin Nash calling himself "Big Sexy the Giant Killer" for the first time after dropping The Giant on his head at Souled Out. I'm sure that match wasn't any good at all.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Wayne Bloom! Who could he possibly be up against?

Jim Neidhart!

I'm skipping the fuck out of this match.

[Anybody Thrilla]

There were so many people in WCW and so many generic themes, you have to wonder if there was anyone who maybe didn't even recognize that a theme was their own.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I think I'm going to stick to all promos and only matches that seem like they might be good.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Ray Traylor cut the shittiest promo of all time whilst dressed in leather pants, challenging Kevin Nash to a match later. What am I doing to myself?

Chavo v. Psychosis? I'll let it run for a second.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Schiavone called Chavo Eddie's brother, and no one corrected him.

[Anybody Thrilla]

*PSYCHOSIS SPEAKS SPANISH INTO THE CAMERA WHILE POINTING AT TATTOOS ON HIS ARM*

ZBYSKO: I have no idea what he's saying, Brain. You take it.

HEENAN: He's saying "I draw on myself. See? Look at my arm."

SCHIAVONE: Stop it.

:lol:

[Anybody Thrilla]

This is such a clusterfuck, but I can't stop watching.

[Anybody Thrilla]

There's dissention in the nWo ranks because Macho Man doesn't agree with the 'pecking order'.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Did Hogan ALWAYS have to get the last word in promo-wise? Quite obvious that the promos weren't scripted word-for-word at this time, and when anyone else seems to put a nice little bow on the segment, he adds some more unnecessary bullshit.

[GD]

I've heard stories about Nash doing commentary on Thunder. I wouldn't know much since WCW wasn't available where I grew up.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I used to watch the first hour of Nitro, but once Raw started, I'd never switch back. Oddly enough, I'd still go to Nitro when it came to town, though.

Hearing a knockoff of DDP's theme (which was already a knockoff of "Smells Like Teen Spirit") on the Network is really quite annoying.

[GD]

I never got to experience that. It was all "WWF" in the motherland.

[GD]

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[GD]

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[Cool King]

Hearing a knockoff of DDP's theme (which was already a knockoff of "Smells Like Teen Spirit") on the Network is really quite annoying.

I'm currently hearing the knockoff version of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" at the moment with Hogan and it really is quite annoying.

I don't know about DDP's theme but the WWE seem to have added in a constant cheer to the knockoff version of Hogan's theme and that too is slightly annoying.

I have to put up with all that until I reach WrestleMania XIX and I've only just finished watching Judgement Day 2002. :(

[Evil Vito]

Why is Michael Cole screaming?

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He’s screaming for help to end the segment. Michael Cole and Tazz couldn’t contain their feelings on how bad the Al Wilson segments were and they’d openly shit on them on commentary.

[Jordan]

LMAO @ COLE hahahahahahahahahaa

[#1-norm-fan]

I never got to experience that. It was all "WWF" in the motherland.

Feel bad for current wrestling fans who didn't experience the Monday night wars. Shit was crazy.

[#1-norm-fan]

In today's edition of "The 80's Were a Different Time":

Watching an old NWA show and Jim Cornette just started a promo with David Crockett by saying "I've got some bad news for ya. Don't look at me like that. It's not your AIDS test."

[Cool King]

I sometimes wonder what WWE fans who became fans within the last five years think of WWE, as they have nothing to compare it too, no knowledge of the history and are coming in with fresh eyes.

[Cool King]

They probably think the current product is a blast.

[#1-norm-fan]

I can't imagine anyone who didn't grow up on wrestling when it was good and get invested in the business beginning their fandom right now and actually sticking with it.

[Lock Jaw]

I can't imagine anyone who didn't grow up on wrestling when it was good and get invested in the business beginning their fandom right now and actually sticking with it.

http://fightbooth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/izzy-mania.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

I never got to experience that. It was all "WWF" in the motherland.

In Canada they were on different days, so I didn't have to do the flip back and forth thing.

[Lock Jaw]

I often wonder, and I think I made a thread about it once, about how younger fans "invest" in wrestlers these days.

Back in our days we pretty much only had what we saw in TV.... but nowadays you have social media, you have clips on YouTube, WWE.com, out of character Network Specials, etc..... I wonder how much of it the youths consume and how much it shapes who they get into, or if they are still just "mostly going by what they see on TV".

[Lock Jaw]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you’re trying to Vlog and this happens.....<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oops?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oops</a> <a href="https://t.co/6gR1hdlNhq">pic.twitter.com/6gR1hdlNhq</a></p>&mdash; Izzy (@ItsIzzyMania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsIzzyMania/status/1027704627314274304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[#1-norm-fan]

http://fightbooth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/izzy-mania.jpg

Kids ares are dumb. They'll like anything. If she weren't involved in the business now, she'd grow out of it if/when she developed standards for her entertainment.

[Cool King]

I often wonder, and I think I made a thread about it once, about how younger fans "invest" in wrestlers these days.

Back in our days we pretty much only had what we saw in TV.... but nowadays you have social media, you have clips on YouTube, WWE.com, out of character Network Specials, etc..... I wonder how much of it the youths consume and how much it shapes who they get into, or if they are still just "mostly going by what they see on TV".

I often feel that social media makes it so much easier for fans to get noticed.

For example, I'm sure there were loads of kids just like Izzy back when we were all kids but nothing came of it because nobody really knew of their existence. The most exposure you would probably get would be a section in your local paper for being a "Super Fan" and that would be it. You would cut it out and keep it whilst everyone else would read it, move on with their lives and then forget about it.

Whereas now, thanks to social media, Izzy is known by so many wrestling fans and also wrestlers. I can't imagine Izzy being where she is now if it wasn't for social media.

It's really helped her out. Big time.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Classic <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a> 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/OJOu1R7gFr">pic.twitter.com/OJOu1R7gFr</a></p>&mdash; 90s WWE (@90sWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/90sWWE/status/1045769489546190848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[#1-norm-fan]

There were definitely loads of kids like Izzy back in the day but they would get the best tickets they could to WWE shows when they would come to their town a couple times a year. Not really gonna get noticed in a huge crowd at a handful of shows. Moreso than social media even, the fact that WWE had a "minor league" show that never travelled so she could ALWAYS be there had a lot to do with her getting noticed.

[#1-norm-fan]

Woah. WCW episode from '88 I just watched ended with Ric Flair introducing Dusty Rhodes' number one fan. It was fucking Sapphire. Had no idea she ever appeared outside of the WWF.

[GD]

Strowman is in the new Sherlock film

[GD]

Whoa! Looks like Batista is invited to Smackdown 1000.

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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scarlett Bordeaux's first match in AAA is now the most viewed video of all time on AAA's YouTube channel.</p>&mdash; luchablog (@luchablog) <a href="https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1045697174703673345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Simple Fan]

I started watching Nitro from the very beginning of 1998. Pretty hilarious that on the second episode, the British Bulldog makes his re-debut...during a Steve "Mongo" McMichael promo. :lol:

Watched the early part of 1998 WCW about a month ago and couldn't help but see WWEs current product in it. Not the characters and storylines because WCW was still decent at that time but the format and structure of the shows all the way down to the Snickers adds.

[Simple Fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scarlett Bordeaux's first match in AAA is now the most viewed video of all time on AAA's YouTube channel.</p>&mdash; luchablog (@luchablog) <a href="https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1045697174703673345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Smokeshow

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol take a look at this cover and tell me what sticks out to you

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOHaCyRCIAEj_hm.jpg

[Evil Vito]

Lol beat off the Beverlys

[Anybody Thrilla]

I sometimes wonder what WWE fans who became fans within the last five years think of WWE, as they have nothing to compare it too, no knowledge of the history and are coming in with fresh eyes.

They probably think the current product is a blast.

I used to show Raw with sound at a bar I was working at. Started doing it like two years ago. I've since converted five of my close friends into superfandom. They still realize that a lot of the stuff that we see is garbage, but they recognize the good stuff, and they have fun going back on the Network and looking at old stuff. For us though, it's really all about hanging out together and having fun with it, though. We've already got our Starrcade tickets.

[Mr. Nerfect]

At a NXT show earlier this year where he was the ref, the crowd serenaded HBK with a chant of "one more match" and he expressed gratitude while also assuring the crowd that "he's much too old for this shit".

I honestly doubt he wants to wrestle again, but he's still under contract to the company and Vince probably is going to pay him a shitload to do it.

It's a smokescreen so he appears humble and expectations are low. Like when he came out in the jeans at SummerSlam and the brown pants and bob at Survivor Series.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The current product is objectively bad TV. At least back in the Attitude era, it felt like something...else. It was live entertainment. This is like high school theatre.

[Evil Vito]

It's a smokescreen so he appears humble and expectations are low. Like when he came out in the jeans at SummerSlam and the brown pants and bob at Survivor Series.

I don't know, I think if Michaels wanted to keep wrestling after WM26, he would've had the pull to avoid a retirement stip in the first place or they'd have simply welched on it. I know a lot of people thought the latter would happen and that he'd have been back at WM27.

But money talks. I half expect Austin to come back and work a match for the Saudis at this point.

[Evil Vito]

Oh and once all of the Attitude Era guys can't physically wrestle anymore, I bet Vince will figure a way to have wrestling holograms. Look for Bruno Sammartino to put over Roman.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't know, I think if Michaels wanted to keep wrestling after WM26, he would've had the pull to avoid a retirement stip in the first place or they'd have simply welched on it. I know a lot of people thought the latter would happen and that he'd have been back at WM27.

But money talks. I half expect Austin to come back and work a match for the Saudis at this point.

I have honestly been half-expecting an Austin return too.

Oh and once all of the Attitude Era guys can't physically wrestle anymore, I bet Vince will figure a way to have wrestling holograms. Look for Bruno Sammartino to put over Roman.

I have genuinely had this thought that this is the way the business will eventually go. Virtual dream matches.

[GD]

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[Fignuts]

oof

[Anybody Thrilla]

Is prideofmexico Del Rio?

[Fignuts]

Yeah.

[GD]

I am glad that Vince has substituted his love for Del Rio with Cien Almas.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I really enjoyed Del Rio in his prime, but I'm a full blown Almas mark right now.

[Juan]

A prime Del Río vs Almas would have been fire

[Sixx]

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So who's that little girl?

[Ultra Mantis]

That's Izzy. I've only heard all of this second hand so if anyone needs to correct it, fine, but this is her history:

Sat in front row of NXT at every taping for months dressed as Bayley, Sasha Banks made her cry, ditched that loser Bayley gear and started dressing up as Alexa Bliss because main roster Bayley is a cuck, to cash in on her role as "featured audience member" her parents got her trained by a convicted paedophile, recently had her debut match (and received a very unsafe chokeslam) against a grown man who's biggest claim to fame prior was having whipped cream eaten out of his butthole by another dude in what I can only assume was some kind of "eat my ass" match.

Typical modern WWE fan really.

[Gerard]

Lol take a look at this cover and tell me what sticks out to you

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOHaCyRCIAEj_hm.jpg

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[Sixx]

That's Izzy. I've only heard all of this second hand so if anyone needs to correct it, fine, but this is her history:

Sat in front row of NXT at every taping for months dressed as Bayley, Sasha Banks made her cry, ditched that loser Bayley gear and started dressing up as Alexa Bliss because main roster Bayley is a cuck, to cash in on her role as "featured audience member" her parents got her trained by a convicted paedophile, recently had her debut match (and received a very unsafe chokeslam) against a grown man who's biggest claim to fame prior was having whipped cream eaten out of his butthole by another dude in what I can only assume was some kind of "eat my ass" match.

Typical modern WWE fan really.

This is beautiful.

[Anybody Thrilla]

When did Izzy start dressing as Alexa Bliss?

[Bad News Gertner]

Mark Henry is one of the guests at Comic Con in our city and he looks like he's lost 80-100 pounds. I've never seen him this skinny before.

[Cool King]

I'm guessing Super Show-Down has a mascot because WWEShop are selling this:

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His name is "Lumpy The Koala".

[Lock Jaw]

When did Izzy start dressing as Alexa Bliss?

She did it once, so obviously (despite dressing as Bayley since) she hates Bayley now.

[Emperor Smeat]

A prime Del Río vs Almas would have been fire

Mask vs Mask match between those two would easily have generated a ton of money for whoever held it.

WWE has held one of those matches before with the Sin Cara vs Sin Cara Black feud but treated the match and big reveal as just a toss-away thing on Smackdown.

[Emperor Smeat]

Punishment Martinez currently rumored to be heading to the WWE.

PWI reported his contract with ROH expired around the time of All In and he only agreed to do a few extra dates in order to give ROH time to work on plans regarding his TV title reign.

[Tom Guycott]

When did Izzy start dressing as Alexa Bliss?

Around the time she sexually harassed Finn Balor.

[Tom Guycott]

Mark Henry is one of the guests at Comic Con in our city and he looks like he's lost 80-100 pounds. I've never seen him this skinny before.

Isn't it funny how relative "skinny" is?

He's still a big motherfucker, and if I got up to his weight now, people would be talking about how ridiculously fat I've gotten, but Mark gets down to where he's at, and he likely has people thinking that something is wrong with him in the health department from the drastic drop.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Mask vs Mask match between those two would easily have generated a ton of money for whoever held it.

WWE has held one of those matches before with the Sin Cara vs Sin Cara Black feud but treated the match and big reveal as just a toss-away thing on Smackdown.

In Mexico. No one really gives a fuck about Del Rio or really knows anything about whoever the fuck Almas was before he arrived in WWE. La Sombre? I've heard the name, but I'm a pretty hardcore fan.

I'm glad Del Rio made those tweets, because it further decreases his chances of getting re-signed. The guy has talent there, in the ring, but sometime in 2011 he became one of the most boring pushed wrestlers in WWE. I'd put him slightly behind Sheamus in that regard. His return to WWE was absolutely brutal. The feud with Kalisto and The League of Nations stuff? *shudder*

[Mr. Nerfect]

Just as a side: All this attention Izzy gets from NXT, WWE, indy guys looking to use her to get attention themselves, etc. could really fuck her up. She's been thrust a lot of profile as a kid, and that can be really damaging. I hope she turns out okay.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Macaulay Culkin turned out just fine.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Back watching Nitro in 98...

Pretty wild how acceptable it was to just throw trash in the ring at the time. That shit would never fly today.

Also, not really sure why Lex Luger was being pushed so hard during this period.

[Fignuts]

Because almost everyother strong babyface joined the nwo

[Juan]

Can’t decide wether Punishment Martinez is the worst or best wrestling name ever

[Sixx]

Citation Gonzalez.

[Wehttam]

In Mexico. No one really gives a fuck about Del Rio or really knows anything about whoever the fuck Almas was before he arrived in WWE. La Sombre? I've heard the name, but I'm a pretty hardcore fan.

he was a trios and tag champ in CMLL and beat Nakamura to win the IWGP IC title...

noid everyone, the spokesman for mexican wrestling fans

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Citation Gonzalez.

:lol: well done, Sixxer

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Citation Gonzalez.

Detention Sanchez

[Anybody Thrilla]

Demerit Rodriguez

[Anybody Thrilla]

Timeout Ortiz

[Evil Vito]

Search and Seizure Chavez

[Gerard]

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:eek:

[Cool King]

It's Sunday, so yeah....

Raw:

• I totally didn't notice the date of the episode of Raw I was watching so when Raw started with the remembrance video for The British Bulldog, I was surprised by it but it also transported me way back to that date as I remember that video package so so vividly.

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• This week on Raw, we saw Tommy Dreamer go to get his hair cut and then eat his hair, other people's hair and various hair based products.

• Raven randomly showed up to do some commentating and he just kept ripping into Lawler about his wife (The Kat) leaving him. It was great and I actually laughed as I was just caught so off-guard by it.

Lawler: What's up Raven!
Raven: Yeah, King listen, don't even greet me because you know I'm sick of coming out here every week, you and your lecherous ways, you never talk about wrestling, you never talk about what's going on in the ring, do you even know anything about wrestling any longer?

Obviously you don't know anything about women either because your wife wouldn't have left you then.

He then mentioned Lawler's wife leaving him again and he just wouldn't let it go. :lol:

• During the night, we kept seeing Austin in a bar that Eddie Guerrero was also in but I think some of it may have been edited out as there were times where references were made to moments that we never even saw.

The references were all about the songs that Guerrero and Austin were singing, so I can only guess that the part with them singing was cut out due to lyrical copyright or something like that.

I'm sure I do remember watching Austin sing at a bar though.

SmackDown:

• Triple H vs Lance Storm was a match I wasn't expecting to see. Especially kicking off SmackDown.

Watching the match, I couldn't help but think of how a match like that would have played out if it happened today.

During the match, Cole & Tazz were doing a good job of hyping Lance Storm up and making him sound good. Cole even said that if anyone could beat Triple H, it's Lance Storm. Storm got a lot of offence during the match and was actually in control for most of it. He even managed to draw blood from Triple H (even though it was an existing wound from Triple H's Hell in a Cell match) and he also managed to hit Triple H with two signature moves and his finisher. He Superkicked Triple H, applied a Single Leg Boston Crab on him and then Superkicked him again, all in succession.

These days, if someone of Triple H's standing on the roster at that time was up against someone of Lance Storm's standing, the announce team (especially Cole) would ridicule and just rip the piss out of the wrestler in Storm's position or they would just talk about something or someone that is completely irrelevant to what is going on in the ring, and as for the match, it would just be a squash match in under a minute with the wrestler in Storm's position getting absolutely no offence and just eating punches, kicks and one or two finishing moves from the wrestler in Triple H's position.

I actually enjoyed the match though, even though it was only six minutes long.

• "TriHple"

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• They got there eventually.

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It just doesn't make sense to have a sign (especially one that requires multiple people) that references the same wrestler on both sides.

(The other side says "BALDY!!!" for anyone trying to decipher it)

• This was the debut of Reverend D-Von's new theme with the gospel singer.

This was also the first time that Batista was referred to as an animal (but it was a passing reference).

• Chavo Guerrero doing a really bad exaggerated Mexican accent just sounds weird.

• Hogan came out to give his retirement speech and his music was dubbed but after he had finished, his actual Jimi Hendrix theme played but strangely enough, after he fought off The Undertaker, his dubbed theme played again to close the show.

I can only assume that the guys in charge of dubbing themes for the WWE Network either forgot to dub Hogan's theme after his speech or just dubbed his theme during his entrance and skipped the video to the end of the show and dubbed his theme again, just assuming that his theme wouldn't play again during those two points.

• I'll end this post the way I always seem to end these posts, with a sign:

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[#1-norm-fan]

he was a trios and tag champ in CMLL and beat Nakamura to win the IWGP IC title...

noid everyone, the spokesman for mexican wrestling fans

... He didn’t say he wasn’t over in Mexico.

[Cool King]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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[Cool King]

I wonder what their neighbours think when they hear all that.

[Cool King]

Imagine some old dear sitting watching TV, completely oblivious to what is going on next door, then suddenly hearing a group of men who are practically outside her house chanting "You Sick Fuck!".

[Emperor Smeat]

One of them probably thought about calling the cops for that theft of a nose.

[Emperor Smeat]

A lot of empty seats for this NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed show going on right now.

NJPW really did a miserable job hyping up and selling this event.

[Emperor Smeat]

It's only been one match but its already the best production work and commentary from Jim Ross out of all the NJPW US shows so far.

[Emperor Smeat]

Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels vs. Chase Owens & Hangman Page match was pretty fun.

:eek: at NJPW actually letting ROH guys get a win over their own guys.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Kevin Kelly spoiling the results from last night's ROH TV tapings.

Even better was Cobb wearing a belt he technically doesn't own yet since the episode hasn't aired. Either ROH flat out didn't care or someone goofed up big time.

[Emperor Smeat]

Another good tag match on this NJPW US show so far.

Wonder if Cobb's going to sacrifice Chuckle T after busting out the Wrath of the Gods on him ... guess not.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently both Mauro Ranallo and Kairi Sane are in the crowd going by fan reports online.

Also all the empty seats pretty much filled in by now so guess either NJPW waited too long to let people in or its the old stereotype of L.A. people loving to show up late to events.

[Emperor Smeat]

Nice of Sabre Jr and Killer Elite Squad to beat up the Young Lions in honor of their missing boss.

Wonder how much Young Lions get in hazard pay for Suzuki and/or Suzuki-gun matches.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Gedo & Knife Pervert vs Tanahashi & KUSHIDA was decent.

KUSHIDA was pretty much useless in this match though.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the loud "FU Switchblade" chants going on.

[Emperor Smeat]

Road Dogg wishes he could get this level of booing and utter hatred of Jay White by the crowd for Becky.

Well maybe not the "FU" chants part.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Kairi Sane laughing at Tanahashi as he walked to the back.

[DaveWadding]

I2aAyE90kCM

Some good ass flippy shit.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Will Ospreay's nuts after the sunset powerbomb to the outside.

Scurll pretty much had no momentum or spot to land besides Ospreay's nuts.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not a good night for Ospreay's nuts.

Now he landed on the ropes after botching the setup to whatever he was going to do to Scurll at the top rope.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the shot of Mauro in the stands. Bet he wishes he was calling this Ospreay vs Scurll match since its been great so far.

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy shit at the Tiger Suplex from the top rope.

Ospreay vs Scurll was amazing.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Meng

Wonder which Young Bucks he's going to destroy tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Nick Jackson almost nailed his face on the railings from that dive to the outside.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Guerrillas of Destiny actually won the IWGP Tag titles.

Match was good. Maybe a bit too much focus on the Matt Jackson back injury stuff but then again every Seth Rollins match has the same and tired knee injury storyline in it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Sort of want Cody to win the US belt only for the possibility of having a 2-belt champ playing different roles.

Him being a face as NWA champ and a heel as IWGP US champ.

Wonder if something like that has ever happened before.

[GD]

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Poor lad got sacked for it. Remember when WWE made a deal with TNA and had Christian, while he was the Intercontinental Champion, appear at Slammiversary?

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[Emperor Smeat]

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Brandi doing the Eddie Guerrero dance after pulling off some fine quality cheating shenanigans.

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy shit Cody actually won. Guess Juice doesn't need to worry anymore about the long list of challengers he had from the G1.

IWGP US title match was really good.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at JR during the fight on the outside between Ishii and Omega

[Emperor Smeat]

Omega busting out a midair powerbomb as a counter was great.

[Emperor Smeat]

Golden Lovers vs Ishii & Okada was really great.

Whole show was really good overall.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bet Yano regrets not flying to this event since Cody just booked himself OUTTA NOWHERE into an IWGP Heavyweight title match.

October 8th - Cody vs Ibushi vs Omega for the title.

[Sixx]

Wait, JR is a commentator for NJPW while still being under contract for WWE?

WWE lets him?

[Emperor Smeat]

Wait, JR is a commentator for NJPW while still being under contract for WWE?

WWE lets him?

His current deal included exceptions for NJPW and AXS TV.

Also he was only locked in for a set amount of shows per year that WWE is nowhere close to hitting so he's been getting paid to do almost nothing since last year's Mae Young Classic.

[Cool King]

Poor lad got sacked for it. Remember when WWE made a deal with TNA and had Christian, while he was the Intercontinental Champion, appear at Slammiversary?

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Christian didn't want to be there at all and wanted no part in the WWE/TNA deal but WWE practically forced him to go as they had already started advertising that Ric Flair was to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of The Four Horsemen.

[Cool King]

I'll also never forgive TNA for what they did to The Highlanders (more so Robbie).

[Cool King]

110% dick move from them.

[Tom Guycott]

Not a good night for Ospreay's nuts.



I say this gets posted in random threads and conversations without context.

[Cool King]

Something similar happened for a while a few years ago with a post I made about CM Punk's ass.

[Tom Guycott]

Well, now it gots to be done!

[slik]

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[Gerard]

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Just goes to show how much wwe's "independent contractor" spiel is utter bullshit. He was there on his own time yet gets fired for it, apparently when you're signed to wwe even your own time is theirs. :nono:

[#1-norm-fan]

Watching some more 80's NWA and found this gem

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[Swiss Ultimate]

Watching some more 80's NWA and found this gem

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I'll try to find some.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What Height! <a href="https://t.co/fw3tyRPy4J">pic.twitter.com/fw3tyRPy4J</a></p>&mdash; Brian The Guppie (@briantheguppie) <a href="https://twitter.com/briantheguppie/status/1046430881605455874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Cool King]

WWEShop are now selling reflective T-Shirts.

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[Cool King]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Destiny's Child was a thing during WCW?

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Fignuts]

why

[Lock Jaw]

why not

[slik]

Taker nails it!

https://www.skysports.com/wwe/news/14203/11514224/wwe-legend-undertaker-its-all-about-emotional-connections-not-big-moves




"Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't," said Undertaker. "It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another. You either have to make people love you or you have to make them hate you, it doesn't really matter either way. If you can't bring that emotion out of your audience then you're not going to have them for long."


Undertaker added on how many matches in this era of wrestling cause fans to focus more on the moves than putting the wrestlers over. "What happens with these young guys is they're so athletic and so gifted, they'll do some crazy double backflip off the top rope and land on somebody on the floor and then that's what the audience takes away from it, that this guy does crazy stuff," said Undertaker. "But you can only see that so many times before you need something new, and then the person has to up that. They have to keep upping the ante and by doing that you increase your potential for injuries."


Undertaker highlighted characters such as The Rock, Ric Flair, and John Cena being people who had the ability of making people love them or hate them. Although wrestling moves should be used to further tell the story, it ultimately "boils down to the character and being able to bring either love or hate out of your crowd."

[Anybody Thrilla]

Destiny's Child was a thing during WCW?

Bro, are you serious?

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol as someone who saw them in concert in 2000, trust me they were.

[Simple Fan]

Sort of want Cody to win the US belt only for the possibility of having a 2-belt champ playing different roles.

Him being a face as NWA champ and a heel as IWGP US champ.

Wonder if something like that has ever happened before.

He's also a ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champion, so he's a triple champion at the moment.

[Tom Guycott]

Destiny's Child was a thing during WCW?

Unfortunately.

[Mr. Nerfect]

he was a trios and tag champ in CMLL and beat Nakamura to win the IWGP IC title...

noid everyone, the spokesman for mexican wrestling fans

:roll:

I said "In Mexico." Go back and read. No one stateside knows what any of that means.

[Mr. Nerfect]

why

Don't you love it when big guys do meaningless flips, or have I gotten you confused with someone else?

[Mr. Nerfect]

... He didn’t say he wasn’t over in Mexico.

:y:

I gave you rep, but I should publicly acknowledge this.

[Mr. Nerfect]

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I'm starting to believe the Taka sleaze thread rumors.

[Gerard]

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"Flip your headband over bobby you're giving nike free advertising." :lol: