"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Bad News Gertner]

It's Flair, Mongo, Benoit and Arn

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE finished 2021 with its lowest month for Google web search since 2004, which is as far back as Google Trends goes. <a href="https://t.co/JMJwYIbJZ0">pic.twitter.com/JMJwYIbJZ0</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1478425140899852288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[XL]

Pffffft. Everyone knows Google web search is a dead metric nowadays. The WWE fans of today are so engaged they know to go direct to wwe.com. Also, bing is very popular with that generation.

[Lock Jaw]

Wonder what that spike in 2007 is all about..... John Cena v Great Khali?!

[Mr. Nerfect]

I bet you those searches went up for 2022 with everything that’s been happening too. I think 2021 might be the first time the WWE hasn’t had a PPV in December in the history of Google trends too.

[XL]

Wonder what that spike in 2007 is all about..... John Cena v Great Khali?!

Must be. That was definitely the biggest story of the year. :shifty:

[Bad News Gertner]

I messaged Brandon and he responded "Chris Benoit"

[XL]

Yes. That’s what we not saying. :lol:

[Lock Jaw]

Makes sense.

[XL]

Oh. I thought you were joking about Cena/Khali.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol I totally forgot about Benoit. I thought it was the Million Dollar giveaway thing that Forfifty and his Kane mask tattoo won.

[Lock Jaw]

Oh. I thought you were joking about Cena/Khali.

Nope. I just looked what was going on in May/June 2007

[Mr. Nerfect]

Must be. That was definitely the biggest story of the year. :shifty:

This is when I remembered this was the Benoit year.

I mean this seriously: WrestleMania probably caused a lot of searches too. That was the year with Donald Trump and was Mania’s biggest buy rate to date, so it may have come with some traffic.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don’t normally do requests, but it’s a Dog GIF Dog World. <a href="https://t.co/zKNcB50l7u">https://t.co/zKNcB50l7u</a> <a href="https://t.co/qAi7AU99eO">pic.twitter.com/qAi7AU99eO</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1478453673298731008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look at the f*cking height Rey Mysterio Jr. gets on this springboard in 1993. �� <a href="https://t.co/vz3AI2xNSw">pic.twitter.com/vz3AI2xNSw</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1478505067212906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don’t normally do requests, but it’s a Dog GIF Dog World. <a href="https://t.co/zKNcB50l7u">https://t.co/zKNcB50l7u</a> <a href="https://t.co/qAi7AU99eO">pic.twitter.com/qAi7AU99eO</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1478453673298731008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"You had me at Dog" ~ Tony Khan :rofl:

[Bad News Gertner]

Bossman getting dumped on his head


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ron Simmons channeling his inner Misawa, with the green tights and ridiculous suplex. <a href="https://t.co/pCFHmIGc6U">pic.twitter.com/pCFHmIGc6U</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1478064412221181957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Sepholio]

...DAMN!

[XL]

This is when I remembered this was the Benoit year.

I mean this seriously: WrestleMania probably caused a lot of searches too. That was the year with Donald Trump and was Mania’s biggest buy rate to date, so it may have come with some traffic.

I went by the chart - albeit not necessarily the easiest to read - it looks like the spike is closer to the middle of the year, which is what tipped me off. That said, there is a decent spike towards the start of 07 so there’s most likely some truth in the TrumpMania.

Million Dollar Mania was in summer 2008.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Terry Funk flinging himself on Dustin Rhodes on this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryTuesday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryTuesday</a>… <a href="https://t.co/MN9FPQTSC7">pic.twitter.com/MN9FPQTSC7</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1478527415496450054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol some guy responded that he was this dudes partner in the match and the guy was being mouthy so Rick decided to fuck with him backstage before the match.



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Steiner Brothers were so feared that wrestlers would take sick bumps before they even locked up. <a href="https://t.co/vsQ6i5I3Gh">pic.twitter.com/vsQ6i5I3Gh</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1478558970969309189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ron the dial]

great picture

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FITs8jOWYAA7bSN?format=jpg&name=large

[TNARICK1]

Got my fall surprise bag from Highspots

It has two magnets of ppl idk. A impact wrestling H2 bandana whoever that is, Mickie James DVD I think, a DX necklace, and a autographed picture of some chick.

I will post the picture of the chick when I get home tonight so you guys can help me figure out who the hell she is.

[TNARICK1]

great picture

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FITs8jOWYAA7bSN?format=jpg&name=large

Chicago's not too far. Maybe I'll go see Double J one last time if it's not snowing and I don't work.

You think you can buy tickets the day of the show?

[ron the dial]

this is my first proper GCW show so i'm not sure how that goes. i wouldn't be surprised if you can, though. looks like first two rows are sold out, some 3rd and 4th row are left, and then whatever GA.

[TNARICK1]

Oh cool you are going? Want to get drunk?

[ron the dial]

i guarantee you i'll be drunk and stoned the whole show, so hell yeah. going with a few buddies, was gonna slam some beers and smoke a blunt in the parking lot beforehand.

[TNARICK1]

Can you drink in the arena?

[ron the dial]

oh yeah buddy

[TNARICK1]

Do they sell beer at the venue? Will my car get stolen in Chicago?

[ron the dial]

they sold drinks last time i was there for a different show. and it's hoffman estates, which is a bit north of chicago. pretty average suburb so i think you'll be ok.

[weather vane]

I’m in.

[ron the dial]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[weather vane]

I wish. Fuck Ontario rn.

[ron the dial]

i'll shotgun a beer in your honor

[weather vane]

Haha awesome. Been awhile since a gunned a guy.

[Bad News Gertner]

I've got a band aid on my thumb qnd have the urge to give someone the Asiatic/Samoan Spike

[Bad News Gertner]

Kayfabe Commentaries are gradually releasing all their videos on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/c/YouShoot/videos

[weather vane]

Putting em up for a limited time.

[TNARICK1]

Ok question for you wrestling nerds. Who is this? The autographed photo that came from Highspots.com

https://i.imgur.com/INJgx57.jpg

[ron the dial]

Leyla Hirsch

[XL]

She legit looks like a dwarf in that picture (pun intended).

[#1-norm-fan]

Kayfabe Commentaries are gradually releasing all their videos on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/c/YouShoot/videos

Pretty sure I’ve seen all of Cornette’s YouShoots and Timelines but I don’t know about his Breaking Kayfabe(s). Looking forward to that.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is probably the point where Road Dogg realized he shouldn’t be a technical wrestler. <a href="https://t.co/T4sAwHZ4rT">pic.twitter.com/T4sAwHZ4rT</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1479295870550036481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ron the dial]

:lol: :rofl:

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Damn gif cutting off before Arn stuck the ddt

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ja" dir="ltr">道具を使わずに己の肉体だけで家をひたすら解体する新日本プロレスのレスラーたち。橋本真也・獣神サンダーライガー・野上彰・天山広吉・金本浩二・小島聡<a href="https://twitter.com/retoro_mode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@retoro_mode</a> <a href="https://t.co/cNdDD86WkR">pic.twitter.com/cNdDD86WkR</a></p>&mdash; JUNK (@xmbhwfqdx) <a href="https://twitter.com/xmbhwfqdx/status/1348241886545207296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Jordan]

Wow that was good shit

[Sepholio]

lmao the last 15 seconds or so really set it off

[TNARICK1]

Should I try to get Jeff Jarrett to autograph my WCW 2000 bean bag brawler when he comes to Chicago next weekend?

[drave]

Make him write "Ain't I great, Slapnutz"

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s one of Mick Foley’s many concussions. <a href="https://t.co/fJoe97RTUJ">pic.twitter.com/fJoe97RTUJ</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1479502928981508100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/Hgkadq2vzW">https://t.co/Hgkadq2vzW</a></p>&mdash; The Macho Beard (@Machobeard4life) <a href="https://twitter.com/Machobeard4life/status/1479508357987848193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Vastardikai]

Glad to have his opinion on it. So, who's next to chime in: Harvey Danger? Amanda Bynes? iCarly? The new, more obnoxious kid that played Richie Rich?

What does that kid who played Jorge on Bunk'd have to say about it?

[xrodmuc316]

LOL Home Alone came out in 1990. This dude is STILL doing that role to make money today. Yeah but WWE bad for having rematches :rofl:

JONGt32mfRY

[BigCrippyZ]

Yeah, it's totally the same thing. WWE having weekly or monthly rematches is exactly like Culkin waiting some 20 years to parody or be involved again in a former project.

[slik]

If people actually read the article, WWE hired him as a consultant in the past

[GD]

LOL Home Alone came out in 1990. This dude is STILL doing that role to make money today. Yeah but WWE bad for having rematches :rofl:

JONGt32mfRY

I know right :rofl:

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, it's totally the same thing. WWE having weekly or monthly rematches is exactly like Culkin waiting some 20 years to parody or be involved again in a former project.

If people actually read the article, WWE hired him as a consultant in the past

:|

[weather vane]

He’s not wrong.

[GD]

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[Gerard]

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[slik]

Accurate

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon is not your friend. Tony Khan is not your friend. Neither dude signs your check. Support and follow the wrestlers. These companies may be benevolent at times, but they are businesses. If the shit ever hits the fan, that benevolence would go right out the window.</p>&mdash; WrassleRap 怒りのラップ (@WrassleRap) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrassleRap/status/1479522240261672963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Accurate

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon is not your friend. Tony Khan is not your friend. Neither dude signs your check. Support and follow the wrestlers. These companies may be benevolent at times, but they are businesses. If the shit ever hits the fan, that benevolence would go right out the window.</p>&mdash; WrassleRap 怒りのラップ (@WrassleRap) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrassleRap/status/1479522240261672963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yep.

[XL]

LOL Home Alone came out in 1990. This dude is STILL doing that role to make money today. Yeah but WWE bad for having rematches :rofl:

JONGt32mfRY

You know how you poke fun at how Tony Khan can’t help himself but to respond to every little bit of criticism that comes AEW’s way…

[Lock Jaw]

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Saw the first part of this exchange in a Twitter clip where it was like "lol they sure are putting over Wrestlemania good here"..... nice to see that Punk came back and tried to bury it a little....

[xrodmuc316]

You know how you poke fun at how Tony Khan can’t help himself but to respond to every little bit of criticism that comes AEW’s way…

You do realize the difference in me, a nobody, poking at the comedic irony of somebody saying something that can also apply to themselves, and a CEO who should act professional instead of spazzing out, right?

[xrodmuc316]

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MJF would shoot beat the hell out of Punk, FACT!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Impact Knockouts World Champion <a href="https://twitter.com/MickieJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MickieJames</a> will be in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoyalRumble</a> Match! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://t.co/TXH0jm6QgE">pic.twitter.com/TXH0jm6QgE</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1479630096495489026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Forbidden Door swings both ways

[Sepholio]

This.....this is kind of a big deal

[GD]

Holy shit! That's wild.

[Sepholio]

I don't know what's more shocking...that she's in the Rumble or that they mentioned her being Impact champion. I'm leaning towards the latter tho.

[GD]

Wow! I just heard a clip of Pat McAfee saying Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James...wow!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Need the Iiconics to show up too

[Sepholio]

Makes me wonder if they snap a couple guys up for the Mens Rumble too. Moose in the Rumble would be good shit. I could see them maybe getting Cass/Morrissey for it. Sucks about the whole situation with Toni Storm cuz damn woulda been cool to see Juice in the rumble. Rich Swann would be a good one but considering he was let go for their zero tolerance policy on domestic violence I don't think they would ever use him.

[GD]

I still remember when Christian appeared on Slammiversary when he was the Intercontinental Champion back in 2012. This is on another level. An active world champion from a different promotion performing in WWE...this is just wild.

[Sepholio]

I know it'll never happen but I'm already off in fantasy land about the potential of someone from outside WWE winning either Rumble.

Also over here mulling the prospect of the door being open for other promotions too secretly. Everyone distracted by potential Impact entrants coming out and Will Ospreays music hits. Or Okada.

[ron the dial]

INTERESTING...

[Sepholio]

lol Vince bought Impact didn't he? That's what this is isn't it? Would explain why the deal with AEW and Impact ended all of a sudden with little fanfare.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Thrillseekers with a pretty wild leapfrog! (1994) <a href="https://twitter.com/LanceStorm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LanceStorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IAmJericho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAmJericho</a> <a href="https://t.co/TpgigdkZ7T">pic.twitter.com/TpgigdkZ7T</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1479623773502550020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

lol Vince bought Impact didn't he? That's what this is isn't it? Would explain why the deal with AEW and Impact ended all of a sudden with little fanfare.

Not gonna lie, I would love the TNA/Impact library on the WWE Network. I've tried Impact+ 2 different times, and it is very lacking and incomplete.

[TNARICK1]

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[XL]

You do realize the difference in me, a nobody, poking at the comedic irony of somebody saying something that can also apply to themselves, and a CEO who should act professional instead of spazzing out, right?

Another way to look at it; Khan has “skin in the game”, criticism of AEW is criticism of his company. You’re a nobody on the internet who reacts to every bit of criticism of a company you have nothing to do with.

Not saying Khan should be conducting himself in this way because it’s super off-putting. I’m also aware that you think you’re providing “balance” to all the AEW apologists, but an insincere “Vincel” gimmick doesn’t really add a great deal of value to the conversation. Playing Devil’s Advocate or taking an actually held view to its extreme for the sake of “debate” is all well and good but it’s also disingenuous.

[Fignuts]

Macaulay Culkin would have had to star in a dozen more home alone movies to compare him to the new day/usos repetitiveness. A one minute geico commercial doesn't cut it.

[Jordan]

Just thinking about Nick Khan and WWE. I think by the time Nick takes over the while show from Vince that he's actually set himself up REALLY well to lead the company.

With Nick getting the blame for all these releases, he's set himself up to be an absolute BOSS. The fear that he will have associated with him name and presence will be the next closest thing to Vince and his set of grapefruits.

Nick will be feared and thus respected as the next Vince, HHH would have had a version of this but with the insane firing, Nick is an absolute monster of a boss.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Another way to look at it; Khan has “skin in the game”, criticism of AEW is criticism of his company. You’re a nobody on the internet who reacts to every bit of criticism of a company you have nothing to do with.

Not saying Khan should be conducting himself in this way because it’s super off-putting. I’m also aware that you think you’re providing “balance” to all the AEW apologists, but an insincere “Vincel” gimmick doesn’t really add a great deal of value to the conversation. Playing Devil’s Advocate or taking an actually held view to its extreme for the sake of “debate” is all well and good but it’s also disingenuous.

xrod is critical of Vince McMahon too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I just saw Mickie James is going to be in the Royal Rumble. Wtf? Crazy world. Lol if the WWE prop TNA up to be the #2 company.

[xrodmuc316]

Another way to look at it; Khan has “skin in the game”, criticism of AEW is criticism of his company. You’re a nobody on the internet who reacts to every bit of criticism of a company you have nothing to do with.

Not saying Khan should be conducting himself in this way because it’s super off-putting. I’m also aware that you think you’re providing “balance” to all the AEW apologists, but an insincere “Vincel” gimmick doesn’t really add a great deal of value to the conversation. Playing Devil’s Advocate or taking an actually held view to its extreme for the sake of “debate” is all well and good but it’s also disingenuous.

Mine was a joke, Tony Khan embarassed himself with his response.

So now I am a Vincel, why? Either I blindly follow and love everything Tony Khan/AEW or I am a Vincel?

What about when I poke fun at Vince/WWE, am I then being a Cultist?

I dont think Vince understands that NXTUK is a standalone brand. I believe he thinks that is what the faction is called for the people that came from the U.K.

Hmmmmmmm?

[Mr. Nerfect]

XL’s cool, I think he just got you confused with someone else. All us critics look the same to him.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tom Hannifan Announced As IMPACT! Wrestling's New Play-By-Play Announcer <a href="https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M">https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1479885881074872320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SashaBanksWWE</a> is expected to be out of action for 6-8 weeks after suffering a foot injury Sunday evening at a WWE Live! event in Fayetteville, NC.<a href="https://t.co/4jdY3YvWEM">https://t.co/4jdY3YvWEM</a> <a href="https://t.co/JJkYiceRLs">pic.twitter.com/JJkYiceRLs</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1479875556011356165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[erickman]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tom Hannifan Announced As IMPACT! Wrestling's New Play-By-Play Announcer <a href="https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M">https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1479885881074872320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

what do they pay josh for? i hope tom is better then he was in wwe.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tom Hannifan Announced As IMPACT! Wrestling's New Play-By-Play Announcer <a href="https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M">https://t.co/POn3cmxx0M</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1479885881074872320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol, I was just coming here to ask how long Tom Hannifan had been working for Impact after looking at their roster Wiki. Had no clue it was literally just now.

Honestly, a pretty good signing for them. He was a WWE drone, but a better one than most they produce. Is it true that D’Lo Brown is the other commentator? Lol, how does that go?

I think I might have to start watching Impact again.

[XL]

XL’s cool, I think he just got you confused with someone else. All us critics look the same to him.

It’s not just the critics, I struggle to keep track of who is who and who says what a lot of the time :lol::lol: Did the same thing with the whole Smeat “make the bet” thing, getting him mixed up with Dave (not because they’re both Indian (at least I think they both are)).

It really doesn’t help that people keep changing their names :lol:

[Mr. Nerfect]

It’s not just the critics, I struggle to keep track of who is who and who says what a lot of the time :lol::lol: Did the same thing with the whole Smeat “make the bet” thing, getting him mixed up with Dave (not because they’re both Indian (at least I think they both are)).

It really doesn’t help that people keep changing their names :lol:

Ha, had no clue Smeat is Indian (if he is). There you go.

[XL]

Mine was a joke, Tony Khan embarassed himself with his response.

So now I am a Vincel, why? Either I blindly follow and love everything Tony Khan/AEW or I am a Vincel?

What about when I poke fun at Vince/WWE, am I then being a Cultist?



Hmmmmmmm?

I concede that you criticise Vince, but it seems like you bite on everything AEW related. That said, I absolutely agree with you on the whole “Punk’s first promo at Daily’s Place” deal :lol:

[XL]

Ha, had no clue Smeat is Indian (if he is). There you go.

Oh, he very well may not be. Don’t trust my understanding of who everyone is.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Am I looking too much into things that the WWE gave some of their announcers fake names like Michael Cole and Tom Phillips? I mean, when it comes to fake announcer names, “Cole” and “Phillips” should just be off limits. Unless it’s just a really weird coincidence and they picked the names themselves and no one ever connected those dots.

[XL]

Michael Cole’s actual surname is Coulthard so not a massive departure. Not sure about Tom Phillips though.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Michael Cole’s actual surname is Coulthard so not a massive departure. Not sure about Tom Phillips though.

Yeah, Coulthard to Cole isn’t that much of a leap, but it’s still just something I think about time-to-time (this time because Impact signed Tom Hannifan).

Maybe his middle name is Philip?

[XL]

Haha. That’s the first thing I checked (as Cole’s middle name is Michael).

[Gerard]

Am I looking too much into things that the WWE gave some of their announcers fake names like Michael Cole and Tom Phillips? I mean, when it comes to fake announcer names, “Cole” and “Phillips” should just be off limits. Unless it’s just a really weird coincidence and they picked the names themselves and no one ever connected those dots.

They've done that for years, Sunny at one point was called Tamara Murphy when she was doing all these commentating and backstage spots. WWE just has to gimmick the shit out of everything and attempt to own anything they think they can merchandise. Starting to think Vince is part Jew.

[Sepholio]

Was just reading a recent interview and lol Tony Khan strikes again

"The only time in the demo, in the Wednesday Night War, which, somebody told me, and it's good advice, maybe we should make our own documentary of the Wednesday Night War. Like a one-sided documentary. I think it's a really good idea," Khan said. "We could call it like 76 to 1 or 75 to 1. The one involved Adam Cole in a huge match and most of the good quarters, I thought he was such an important part of it, but also, you can't overlook Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish."

[erickman]

Well impact will have there pre show on youtube at 7;30 est an we will see how good tom is.

[Gerard]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IeNe9tUXoRY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Giant looks over the moon having pyro. :D

[Fignuts]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Terry Taylor’s mule kick might be the weirdest strike in wrestling history. <a href="https://t.co/TCpNicMkjj">pic.twitter.com/TCpNicMkjj</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1479644449978425348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Thinking about the time Jerry Lawler called an Asuka match and kept calling her 'oscar'

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hugh Morrus selling a moonsault like a Stone Cold Stunner is so funny. <a href="https://t.co/OPcCAy0xve">pic.twitter.com/OPcCAy0xve</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1479999165497282563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volume up. Required on this video. <br><br>Aja and Hokuto exchange bombs. Jesus these two swing for the fences. <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsEvolutionPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ItsEvolutionPod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuroresuFlow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vintagepuro</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEJiRKkMyT">pic.twitter.com/fEJiRKkMyT</a></p>&mdash; Big Wood (@BigWoodieStyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigWoodieStyle/status/1480252931052036103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Vastardikai]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volume up. Required on this video. <br><br>Aja and Hokuto exchange bombs. Jesus these two swing for the fences. <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsEvolutionPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ItsEvolutionPod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuroresuFlow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vintagepuro</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEJiRKkMyT">pic.twitter.com/fEJiRKkMyT</a></p>&mdash; Big Wood (@BigWoodieStyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigWoodieStyle/status/1480252931052036103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You got your chips, your fries, your mashed, your au gratin, your baked, your hashbrowns, your fried, all of your potatoes in one place.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volume up. Required on this video. <br><br>Aja and Hokuto exchange bombs. Jesus these two swing for the fences. <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsEvolutionPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ItsEvolutionPod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuroresuFlow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vintagepuro</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEJiRKkMyT">pic.twitter.com/fEJiRKkMyT</a></p>&mdash; Big Wood (@BigWoodieStyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigWoodieStyle/status/1480252931052036103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This actually is the thing that people think they’re doing now. But they’re not.

[Mr. Nerfect]

And that’s one of the things that bothers me about people talking wholesale about advancements in modern women’s wrestling. The men’s wrestling today isn’t as good as the women were then.

[XL]

I’ve said this before; maybe I just don’t get it. There’s just no skill involved in what they are doing. I appreciate that’s a snippet, but they’re just smashing each other in the face.

[Fignuts]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volume up. Required on this video. <br><br>Aja and Hokuto exchange bombs. Jesus these two swing for the fences. <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsEvolutionPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ItsEvolutionPod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuroresuFlow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vintagepuro</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEJiRKkMyT">pic.twitter.com/fEJiRKkMyT</a></p>&mdash; Big Wood (@BigWoodieStyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigWoodieStyle/status/1480252931052036103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Love AJW so much.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I’ve said this before; maybe I just don’t get it. There’s just no skill involved in what they are doing. I appreciate that’s a snippet, but they’re just smashing each other in the face.

Way more skill in this than a modern exchange you’ll see between two guys doing soft forearms and pretending it doesn’t hurt. There’s a little bit of timing on Aja’s part here. When she chooses to go down from that last shot. Gets a big pop. And you’re right, it is just a snippet.

I will agree that a lot of stuff in the same vein doesn’t require as much skill as people say, but these two were really good imo.

[Fignuts]

I’ve said this before; maybe I just don’t get it. There’s just no skill involved in what they are doing. I appreciate that’s a snippet, but they’re just smashing each other in the face.

It's not meant to be a display of skill, but rather physical toughness. The phrase "Victory Through Guts" is right in the AJW logo.

Besides that point, it's just a snippet, as you said. What makes AJW and a lot of classic Japanese wrestling so great is they did such a great job of combining this stuff with the actual displays of skill you're looking for.

[Triple A]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can you believe Ax and Smash on Jan 26th 2022 will be together 35 years? I am with Bill right now in New York having a great time.</p>&mdash; Demolition Smash (@RealDemoSmash) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealDemoSmash/status/1480183834029211651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[weather vane]

My boys.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

what do they pay josh for? i hope tom is better then he was in wwe.

Lol, I was just coming here to ask how long Tom Hannifan had been working for Impact after looking at their roster Wiki. Had no clue it was literally just now.

Honestly, a pretty good signing for them. He was a WWE drone, but a better one than most they produce. Is it true that D’Lo Brown is the other commentator? Lol, how does that go?

I think I might have to start watching Impact again.

Tom and D’Lo were pretty good last night. D’Lo has always been one of my favorites. He had a couple tongue tied moments but I liked their dynamic. Felt like a proper sports broadcasting duo

[Mr. Nerfect]

Man, good for D’Lo.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

There was a point during the 10 man hardcore match that they were just giggling like idiots about the introduction of even more weapons into the match. I found it endearing. Seems like they enjoyed themselves and I hope they keep it going.

[Bad News Gertner]

It's not meant to be a display of skill, but rather physical toughness. The phrase "Victory Through Guts" is right in the AJW logo.

Besides that point, it's just a snippet, as you said. What makes AJW and a lot of classic Japanese wrestling so great is they did such a great job of combining this stuff with the actual displays of skill you're looking for.



I'll never forget that Aja Kong match from 95 Raw when she fucking MURDERS her opponent Asari. 13 year old Gertner couldn't believe what he was seeing.

bgt1ayddrLI

[Bad News Gertner]

Charlie Haas apparently appeared at the Impact tapings tonight, took a bump, got hurt and had to be stretchered out.

[drave]

Looked like she legit knocked Kong on her ass with that last slap. Probably a bit unexpected maybe? The unexpected shots are the worst.

[Evil Vito]

ROH just announced that they're running Supercard of Honor on Mania weekend.

Good to see they're actually moving forward with still doing shows.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Charlie Haas apparently appeared at the Impact tapings tonight, took a bump, got hurt and had to be stretchered out.

:(

[Bad News Gertner]

I swear all Japanese wrestlers are insane.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick Rude hits Shinya Hashimoto with a Super DDT <a href="https://t.co/wxtuX1fohU">pic.twitter.com/wxtuX1fohU</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1480606393757487112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Gerard]

I swear all Japanese wrestlers are insane.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick Rude hits Shinya Hashimoto with a Super DDT <a href="https://t.co/wxtuX1fohU">pic.twitter.com/wxtuX1fohU</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1480606393757487112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Whole fucking countries insane, lingering effects from 2 nukes.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things could get a little aggressive sometimes during a Kerry Von Erich entrance <a href="https://t.co/2rY7aCkoVH">pic.twitter.com/2rY7aCkoVH</a></p>&mdash; Rasslin Uploader (Armstrong Alley on YT) (@KrisPLettuce) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisPLettuce/status/1480575119743401999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ron the dial]

lol goddamn

[weather vane]

Love love love KVE.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A young Tyson Kidd and Davey Boy Smith Jr. in the Hart Dungeon <a href="https://t.co/WsfNxjTMmq">pic.twitter.com/WsfNxjTMmq</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1480604148617957376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Lock Jaw]

Is there a giant hole in the ceiling?

[weather vane]

Prob from feet hitting it I would assume.

[Fignuts]

That's the ventilation system.

[Bad News Gertner]

Created by wrestlers trying to escape lol

[XL]

Didn’t they do a spot during that Dungeon match back in 98(?) between Owen and Severn(?) where one of their heads went through the ceiling?

[XL]

It's not meant to be a display of skill, but rather physical toughness. The phrase "Victory Through Guts" is right in the AJW logo.

Besides that point, it's just a snippet, as you said. What makes AJW and a lot of classic Japanese wrestling so great is they did such a great job of combining this stuff with the actual displays of skill you're looking for.

FTR, when I say “skill” I’m not talking Ricochet vs Osprey gymnastics. The whole point of wrestling is to not hurt your opponent. Potatoing each other isn’t that.

[XL]

That said, you can see where they’re turning their heads just as the strike lands so that they’re not taking the full brunt.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of these days, we need to learn the story behind that episode of Monday Night Raw where they had to rebuild the show logo for the lower thirds from scratch on an Apple II or something. <a href="https://t.co/3g2IWllZfR">https://t.co/3g2IWllZfR</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1480709900267307015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

Muraco Rules lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon, visibly disgusted by Muraco as the Magnificent One devours some fried chicken during an interview. <a href="https://t.co/LrciULCJGo">pic.twitter.com/LrciULCJGo</a></p>&mdash; Jon Boucher (@jon_boucher) <a href="https://twitter.com/jon_boucher/status/1480736963514847232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[XL]

Didn’t they do a spot during that Dungeon match back in 98(?) between Owen and Severn(?) where one of their heads went through the ceiling?

Correcting myself; it was Fully Loaded ‘98 and it was a match between Owen and Shamrock with Severn as the ref. And they did indeed do a spot where they put Shamrock’s head through the ceiling - albeit the ceiling was already damaged.

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TERMINUS • DIRECTIVES <br><br>Streaming live on <a href="https://twitter.com/FiteTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FiteTV</a>!<br><br>Live link: <a href="https://t.co/w6rPdGiCHg">https://t.co/w6rPdGiCHg</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fu8TnPTM5a">pic.twitter.com/Fu8TnPTM5a</a></p>&mdash; T E R M I N U S (@TERMINUSpro) <a href="https://twitter.com/TERMINUSpro/status/1480879164949467138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I really like the "two technical fouls" thing - it reminds me of public warnings in the World of Sport days, which is something I've long wanted to see brought back. It means that the referee can be empowered to take some kind of action, without jumping straight to a disqualification, so they don't look completely ineffectual.

There's a danger, with those rules, of it all being and bit staid and boring, and potentially repetitive, but what will make it interesting is if they have anyone start to break those rules, and how that's presented.

Surely a heel at some point will just start a match by kicking the face in the nads since they've got another foul to play with.

[drave]

Uhhh, "intentional contact with the ref" 1 foul.


Knock the ref out, then anything is fair game while the ref is "out". Lotsa room for fuckery.

[Jordan]

Very interesting. The 5 second count out certainly raised my eyebrow.

[#1-norm-fan]

Why would there be overtime? Why not just raise the time limit? Lol

[drave]

cheeky shenanigans?

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The NXT Creative team has been informed that for now, they will now fall under the purview of Bruce Prichard and Christine Lubrano,directly reporting and answering to them,consistent to how the Raw and Smackdown Creative Teams each operate&quot; <br><br>-PWinsider<br><br>HHH is fully worked out! <a href="https://t.co/x5PHiSJ4wV">pic.twitter.com/x5PHiSJ4wV</a></p>&mdash; The Macho Beard (@Machobeard4life) <a href="https://twitter.com/Machobeard4life/status/1480923099751137280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Wehttam]

i was disappointed when i first saw what the dungeon looked like. got me all hyped for this dank place with chains and iron maidens and shit.

it was just your friend's half finished basement where the parents didn't give a fuck.

i guess that's kinda fitting, too.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the girls you’re attracted to can’t do a ten year challenge without asking their mom for their baby pictures <a href="https://t.co/Uo7HVDdhFk">https://t.co/Uo7HVDdhFk</a></p>&mdash; primetime baby (@notKHRIS) <a href="https://twitter.com/notKHRIS/status/1481034610326876160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the girls you’re attracted to can’t do a ten year challenge without asking their mom for their baby pictures <a href="https://t.co/Uo7HVDdhFk">https://t.co/Uo7HVDdhFk</a></p>&mdash; primetime baby (@notKHRIS) <a href="https://twitter.com/notKHRIS/status/1481034610326876160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Damn that reply is the definition of savage :rofl::rofl:

[drave]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Lawler about to be back in the ICU

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Jesus

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“What do you want to do for the cutoff?”<br><br>“Hear me out - what if I decapitate you? It’ll get heat.” <a href="https://t.co/B1VQFR3yOL">pic.twitter.com/B1VQFR3yOL</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481106973630373894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Gerard]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yc3b5o6u-yU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDayInWWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDayInWWE</a> 30 years ago, the most infamous tag team split in WWE history.<br><br>Or as Bobby Heenan put it, &quot;Janetty tried to dive through the window to escape.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/ShawnMichaels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShawnMichaels</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/brutusbeefcake_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brutusbeefcake_</a> <a href="https://t.co/PkJL26cAdt">pic.twitter.com/PkJL26cAdt</a></p>&mdash; On This Day in WWE (@OTD_in_WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/OTD_in_WWE/status/1481258769774518275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[#1-norm-fan]

That, Savage being bitten by Damien and Taker locking Warrior in the casket are my most vivid memories of Saturday morning wrestling.

[#1-norm-fan]

Oh, and Earthquake murdering Damien with his ass.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Charlie Haas apparently appeared at the Impact tapings tonight, took a bump, got hurt and had to be stretchered out.

I haven’t found the full details, but apparently he worked the match just fine and was knocked loopy but was able to move around backstage and stuff. When I first read this, I was worried it was because he wasn’t…right, if you know what I mean?

Injury aside, I hope things are “good” for Haas.

[slik]

That, Savage being bitten by Damien and Taker locking Warrior in the casket are my most vivid memories of Saturday morning wrestling.

Same

+ Macho proposing to Liz

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I also remember Ultimate Warrior puking because Papa Shango cursed him, Triple H breaking a jobber’s neck with a botched pedigree, and the Bezerker trying to stab the Undertaker with his sword and it getting stuck in the mat.

[Bad News Gertner]

Fun fact:

The same jobber than HHH botched the Pedigree with was the same jobber that MVP wrestled his debut match at No Mercy 2006

[Lock Jaw]

Papa Shango making Ultimate Warrior puke made me stop watching wrestling for years because I got scared.....

[ron the dial]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIxo7f3WUAIVj1x?format=jpg&name=small

[#1-norm-fan]

Slopknutz. The Jeff Jarrett/Henry Godwin tag than never was.

[XL]

Papa Shango making Ultimate Warrior puke made me stop watching wrestling for years because I got scared.....

I’m still hoping for a Papa Shango Rumble appearance.

[Jordan]

Would you guys listen to a Paul Wight/Conrad podcast? I think I would. I just came up with the idea nothing is being worked with them.

[#1-norm-fan]

Absolutely. Show and Conrad would make an amazing team.

[Evil Vito]

Wight is super affable so I'd be down for that.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone told me earlier that Roman Reigns is a metaphor for Roman Vatican control. I �� for a long time then I thought about how he also loves to say “bloodline”�� <a href="https://t.co/YGFmyCGe7V">pic.twitter.com/YGFmyCGe7V</a></p>&mdash; End of Days Radio���� (@ninjashoes) <a href="https://twitter.com/ninjashoes/status/1477788603778355203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Evil Vito]

Fightful says the Elimination Chamber is going to take place at the February Saudi show.

The joke writes itself and is a pretty big fucking "oof".

[Bad News Gertner]

Would you guys listen to a Paul Wight/Conrad podcast? I think I would. I just came up with the idea nothing is being worked with them.

I would just for the Hogan stories alone. Hogan getting him into his disastrous boxing venture, playing "Andre's son", the whole flip flopping between being in the NWO or being WCW.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dave Sullivan did a Hulk Hogan superfan gimmick in 1995. For some reason, they also claimed he had dyslexia.<br><br>This being the tasteful world of pro wrestling, this meant “Evad” did EVERYTHING backwards - including the Hulk Hogan ear cupping pose. <a href="https://t.co/KV6sPTC8Ro">pic.twitter.com/KV6sPTC8Ro</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481686523049385986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Gerard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dave Sullivan did a Hulk Hogan superfan gimmick in 1995. For some reason, they also claimed he had dyslexia.<br><br>This being the tasteful world of pro wrestling, this meant “Evad” did EVERYTHING backwards - including the Hulk Hogan ear cupping pose. <a href="https://t.co/KV6sPTC8Ro">pic.twitter.com/KV6sPTC8Ro</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481686523049385986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So when he was going to say "well let me tell ya something brother!", he actually said "!rehtorb gnihtemos ay llet em tel llew" :wtf::lol:

[Lock Jaw]

"bad deny tell me nothing sister!"

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE legend Tammy Sytch was arrested this morning for weapons possession and terroristic threats in New Jersey. <a href="https://t.co/8t2Vj2DK7W">https://t.co/8t2Vj2DK7W</a></p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1481712654204952582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Blonde Moment]

Look at those eyes

[Bad News Gertner]

Allan Funk had alot of cool moves

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Allan Funk’s lawndart slam was cool as hell. <a href="https://t.co/Jv0QLjNm0u">pic.twitter.com/Jv0QLjNm0u</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481786351347548163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE legend Tammy Sytch was arrested this morning for weapons possession and terroristic threats in New Jersey. <a href="https://t.co/8t2Vj2DK7W">https://t.co/8t2Vj2DK7W</a></p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1481712654204952582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


It's so sad. She's probably the greatest female on the mic in the history of wrestling. Sherri Martel was the only one that touches her.

[Evil Vito]

The number of wrestling fans growing up in the 90s that had Sunny as their first fap has to be astounding.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you have to actually do work on a Friday morning <a href="https://t.co/rLftcs1Kni">pic.twitter.com/rLftcs1Kni</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481990861944725504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[M-A-G]

The number of wrestling fans growing up in the 90s that had Sunny as their first fap has to be astounding.

Damn blonde phase; I hope to grow out of it one of these days...

[Sepholio]

Arrested again? That makes me a sad panda.

[Bad News Gertner]

Watched a few episodes of the Ruthless Aggression Season 2 on the Network. Pretty interesting.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE is looking at rebranding the Elimination Chamber the &quot;WrestleMania Chamber.&quot; Not official until it's announced.</p>&mdash; Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) <a href="https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1482061292370153474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Lock Jaw]

Is it happening in Saudi Arabia? They renamed Elimination Chamber to "No Escape" in Germany.... I guess after that one time "No Escape" is also inappropriate for Saudi Arabia....

[Mr. Nerfect]

Of course they’re going to call it that. It’s promotion for WrestleMania and takes the edge of the name. I’m just surprised they aren’t doing Lesnar and Lashley there as well. It’s possible something screwy takes them there. Or that Brock wins the Chamber.

[Bad News Gertner]

Tammy apparently took a page from the Sid playbook


From TMZ

Tammy Sytch threatened to kill her "intimate partner"

Details of how the alleged altercation began are unclear ... but in the docs, officers say Sytch raised a pair of scissors "in the air towards the victim" and threatened to kill him.

Cops say that an officer witnessed the incident ... and added that Sytch "appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol" during the altercation.

The alleged victim suffered no injuries, cops added.

Sytch was ultimately arrested. and court records show she was booked on three criminal charges -- including possessing a weapon for unlawful purpose, and terroristic threats. Jail records show she's still in custody.



Details of how the alleged altercation began are unclear ... but in the docs, officers say Sytch raised a pair of scissors "in the air towards the victim" and threatened to kill him.

Cops say that an officer witnessed the incident ... and added that Sytch "appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol" during the altercation.

The alleged victim suffered no injuries, cops added

[GD]

Tammy apparently took a page from the Sid playbook


From TMZ

Tammy Sytch threatened to kill her "intimate partner"

Details of how the alleged altercation began are unclear ... but in the docs, officers say Sytch raised a pair of scissors "in the air towards the victim" and threatened to kill him.

Cops say that an officer witnessed the incident ... and added that Sytch "appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol" during the altercation.

The alleged victim suffered no injuries, cops added.

Sytch was ultimately arrested. and court records show she was booked on three criminal charges -- including possessing a weapon for unlawful purpose, and terroristic threats. Jail records show she's still in custody.



Details of how the alleged altercation began are unclear ... but in the docs, officers say Sytch raised a pair of scissors "in the air towards the victim" and threatened to kill him.

Cops say that an officer witnessed the incident ... and added that Sytch "appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol" during the altercation.

The alleged victim suffered no injuries, cops added

Were you under the influence of drugs or alcohol while making this post?

[Bad News Gertner]

Yes and no

[GD]

:y:

[ron the dial]

mox defending his GCW title against homicide at the hammerstein

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sick air on this dive from Blitzkrieg… <a href="https://t.co/gDYfN5MNPQ">pic.twitter.com/gDYfN5MNPQ</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481834654361661443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sick air on this dive from Blitzkrieg… <a href="https://t.co/gDYfN5MNPQ">pic.twitter.com/gDYfN5MNPQ</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1481834654361661443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Blitzkrieg was so fucking exciting for how little he was around.

[DaveWadding]

Watching Savio Vega fight a clown in a hardcore match in 2022....

[Sepholio]

So Matt Cardona beat Rhyno at the GCW show last night....and then declared himself the ECW TV champion and he has the belt. How did they get that belt? I thought WWE had all the ECW stuff. Weird.

[erickman]

So Matt Cardona beat Rhyno at the GCW show last night....and then declared himself the ECW TV champion and he has the belt. How did they get that belt? I thought WWE had all the ECW stuff. Weird.

was rhyno ever ecw tv champ if so rhyno let him use his. i wish impact would let matt be a heel there it is funny he is a heel everywhere else.

[Bad News Gertner]

Rhyno was the last ECW TV Champ before they went out of business. He still had the belt.

[erickman]

now matt has it, just like rhyno setting the ecw belt on fire he pisses the wwe off more by having the belt in a gcw story.

[slik]

https://www.wrestlingforum.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.wrestlingforum.com/attachments/charlotte-png.115167/

[Lock Jaw]

https://c.tenor.com/kr2X02MchIwAAAAd/what-the-hell-was-that-smoking.gif

I don't even know who that is supposed to be.... I want to say Charlotte, but at the same time it looks like someone 20 years older than Charlotte.

[Jordan]

Matt Hardy rumored to go on AEW World Championship campaign through 2022.

[slik]

I do actually like Natalya's new gimmick on twitter where her 'assistant' constantly tweets for her and repeatedly mentions she's in the Guiness Book of World Records

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is Natalya's assistant. Ms Neidhart is so upset at what transpired last night on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> that she used the notes app. I hope you're all happy! <a href="https://t.co/PneXn15Dgo">pic.twitter.com/PneXn15Dgo</a></p>&mdash; Nattie (@NatbyNature) <a href="https://twitter.com/NatbyNature/status/1482356489406795778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Matt Hardy rumored to go on AEW World Championship campaign through 2022.

After the 2020 and 2021 we’ve just had, why would you joke about this plague being unleashed onto the world.

[Sepholio]

lol some of this years winners in the PWI awards are absolutely hilarious.

Brit vs Rosa got match of the year lol

Punk getting most popular

lol wut.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I kind of hope Christian gets permission to work both WWE and AEW and he shows up on Raw to help Edge as a surprise one week or something. Talk him off a ledge and staying babyface at some point. Or just wrestling him at WrestleMania. Something.

But then when Randy Orton inevitably wins the WWE Title again, Christian challenges him and wins the belt.

Christian is what these shows need. That and more Chad Gable.

[Mr. Nerfect]

lol some of this years winners in the PWI awards are absolutely hilarious.

Brit vs Rosa got match of the year lol

Punk getting most popular

lol wut.

Lol, doesn’t make any sense.

But I’m as baffled by Tony Khan winning Promoter of the Year for the Observer or whatever when Vince McMahon signed a deal with NBC Universal worth $1 billion or whatever.

I guess “Promoter of the Year” doesn’t necessarily mean most successful promoter of the year.

[Sepholio]

Jade Cargill got rookie of the year over someone like Bron. Let that sink in.

[slik]

You have to remember those are voted on by readers though, it shows you the people more likely to read PWI are more likely to watch AEW

It's the same thing with the Wrestling Observer H.O.F. and awards
People used to get worked up when the Observer would induct like Alabama Doink into the HOF but that's what the readers voted on

[Mr. Nerfect]

You have to remember those are voted on by readers though, it shows you the people more likely to read PWI are more likely to watch AEW

It's the same thing with the Wrestling Observer H.O.F. and awards
People used to get worked up when the Observer would induct like Alabama Doink into the HOF but that's what the readers voted on

Yeah, and that’s why they lack credibility. It also says something about the readership of those publications.

[Lock Jaw]

I kind of hope Christian gets permission to work both WWE and AEW and he shows up on Raw to help Edge as a surprise one week or something. Talk him off a ledge and staying babyface at some point. Or just wrestling him at WrestleMania. Something.

But then when Randy Orton inevitably wins the WWE Title again, Christian challenges him and wins the belt.

Christian is what these shows need. That and more Chad Gable.

POTY

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think Christian is probably my favorite Orton opponent ever. It’d be a shame if we never got to see them work again.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">⏳ <a href="https://t.co/y4cfSJKd2a">pic.twitter.com/y4cfSJKd2a</a></p>&mdash; Killer Kross (@realKILLERkross) <a href="https://twitter.com/realKILLERkross/status/1482433833270185993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

I don't remember Lesnar vs Benoit at all

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I completely forgot the feud between Brock Lesnar &amp; Chris Benoit…and Benoit pinning Lesnar clean…legendary moment and I miss watching Chris Benoit get down in the ring….I pray one day he’s rightfully exonerated of the bullshit he was accused of smh</p>&mdash; S҉t. P҉a҉t҉t҉y҉ ☘️�� (@WestsideNose) <a href="https://twitter.com/WestsideNose/status/1482539104864817157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[fundiddle]

i remember the brock lock


lol at benoit 'accusations'

[slik]

Best part of the tweet lol

[slik]

I wonder if they are maybe testing St. Louis out as a possible WM host in the future via hosting 'The Royal Rumble'

[GD]

Lesnar tapping out to Benoit at Survivor Series in 03 was kind of a big deal. Tons of "you tapped out" chants on the following shows

[Triple A]

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[M-A-G]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I completely forgot the feud between Brock Lesnar &amp; Chris Benoit…and Benoit pinning Lesnar clean…legendary moment and I miss watching Chris Benoit get down in the ring….I pray one day he’s rightfully exonerated of the bullshit he was accused of smh</p>&mdash; S҉t. P҉a҉t҉t҉y҉ ☘️�� (@WestsideNose) <a href="https://twitter.com/WestsideNose/status/1482539104864817157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Regarding that last sentiment, denial is a hell of a drug.

[Vastardikai]

<iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9DNTdqNyakE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Hell of a bump from Mr. McMahon, there.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who needs cool moves when you can just kick someone in the crotch? <a href="https://t.co/8bG7pEJ5Ak">pic.twitter.com/8bG7pEJ5Ak</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1482393566513180672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Vastardikai]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who needs cool moves when you can just kick someone in the crotch? <a href="https://t.co/8bG7pEJ5Ak">pic.twitter.com/8bG7pEJ5Ak</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1482393566513180672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I mean, it gets the point across and is more believable than most of the "cool moves" we see.

I think my favorite spot from the Belfast Brawl was when he threw a trash can into the ring, and it hit JBL in the head. To this day, I still don't know if it was a botch or if Finlay just has good aim.

[Bad News Gertner]

And then JBL chucks it at Hornswoggle and nails him outside the ring lol

https://i.imgur.com/dyZzTfX.gif

[Gerard]

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:lol:

[Bad News Gertner]

Did ya'll know that the female background singer on HBK "Sexy Boy" is actually Jimmy Hart. Had no idea.

[Gerard]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iVo8PGBpCMk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Jordan]

Punk and Bubba really have some anger lol

[Evil Vito]

Mustafa Ali has requested his release

Can’t say I blame him after the fat load of nothing that was RETRIBUTION

[Mr. Nerfect]

Did ya'll know that the female background singer on HBK "Sexy Boy" is actually Jimmy Hart. Had no idea.

I feel like if that was something that I knew, I wouldn’t forget it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Mustafa Ali has requested his release

Can’t say I blame him after the fat load of nothing that was RETRIBUTION

He’ll probably be gone next round of releases. Then he can go and do a fat load of nothing outside the WWE.

[Bad News Gertner]

I feel like if that was something that I knew, I wouldn’t forget it.

Jimmy brought it up on Brisco and Bradshaw's podcast. Really interesting episode. Such a great podcast.

[slik]

I hope he gets it. Such an underutilized talent and genuinely good guy whose real life backstory seemed like a no-brainer to use but they never did.

Whether he stays in wrestling or does something like start a non-profit, he'll thrive.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i am requesting my release from wwe <a href="https://t.co/Q1QP8SA5zV">pic.twitter.com/Q1QP8SA5zV</a></p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliWWE/status/1482767832567930885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope he gets it. Such an underutilized talent and genuinely good guy whose real life backstory seemed like a no-brainer to use but they never did.

Whether he stays in wrestling or does something like start a non-profit, he'll thrive.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i am requesting my release from wwe <a href="https://t.co/Q1QP8SA5zV">pic.twitter.com/Q1QP8SA5zV</a></p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliWWE/status/1482767832567930885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol, that’s a stupid and wanky way to go about it. “Yes, we’ll make an exception for you and release you ahead of time if you just make a big show about it!”

These guys are their own worst enemies. It becomes apparent why they weren’t pushed when you realize how fucking stupid they are.

[Danny Electric]

Lol, that’s a stupid and wanky way to go about it. “Yes, we’ll make an exception for you and release you ahead of time if you just make a big show about it!”

These guys are their own worst enemies. It becomes apparent why they weren’t pushed when you realize how fucking stupid they are.

Have you ever tried mindfulness? 😅

Guy hasn’t been able to catch a break since Kofi got his ‘push’ - he comes up with a new idea lately and it gets dropped straight away , so you can see his annoyance. Supposedly Vince had another idea, which was probably let’s get guys in balaclavas carry you to the ring and pretend you are the reincarnation of Muhammad Hassan. Get Daviari involved too.

[GD]

Have you ever tried mindfulness? 😅

Guy hasn’t been able to catch a break since Kofi got his ‘push’ - he comes up with a new idea lately and it gets dropped straight away , so you can see his annoyance. Supposedly Vince had another idea, which was probably let’s get guys in balaclavas carry you to the ring and pretend you are the reincarnation of Muhammad Hassan. Get Daviari involved too.

Well said.

[xrodmuc316]

I hope he gets it. Such an underutilized talent and genuinely good guy whose real life backstory seemed like a no-brainer to use but they never did.

Whether he stays in wrestling or does something like start a non-profit, he'll thrive.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i am requesting my release from wwe <a href="https://t.co/Q1QP8SA5zV">pic.twitter.com/Q1QP8SA5zV</a></p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliWWE/status/1482767832567930885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mustafa Ali has requested his release from wwe, thought I'd offer him an AEW Starter pack. <a href="https://t.co/pack4TQITY">pic.twitter.com/pack4TQITY</a></p>&mdash; Prime Time Conversations 🎙️ (@primetimeconvos) <a href="https://twitter.com/primetimeconvos/status/1482811463932731396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Sepholio]

I still can't get over Meltzer being stupid enough to make a holocaust joke. Didn't he give Cornette shit for the fried chicken thing several years ago?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Idk how Ali and all I really know is he was supposed to win money in the bank and Lesnar won and he was randomly turned heel as the leader of retribution and they were already a jobber group by then.

If you’re not happy with what you’re doing for work, and you can leave, then leave. Good for him. Curious what he’s trying to do today he can’t in WWE.

[GD]

I hope WWE grants his release and not make him sit out the length of his contract.

[GD]

I still can't get over Meltzer being stupid enough to make a holocaust joke. Didn't he give Cornette shit for the fried chicken thing several years ago?

Meltzer has a history of making tasteless comments. While not as dire as the holocaust joke, I vaguely remember him commenting on female performers getting cosmetic surgeries.

[Bad News Gertner]

I still can't get over Meltzer being stupid enough to make a holocaust joke. Didn't he give Cornette shit for the fried chicken thing several years ago?

Dave is Jewish. And he wasn't making a Holocaust joke. The obsession that these Bruce Prichard faggot fans have with playing "Gotcha" with Meltzer is absurd

[GD]

Dave is Jewish. And he wasn't making a Holocaust joke. The obsession that these Bruce Prichard faggot fans have with playing "Gotcha" with Meltzer is absurd

It's true. We've become overtly sensitive as a society and are constantly denouncing any and everyone. It's a tasteless joke but it's not the end of the world.

[Tom Guycott]

I still can't get over Meltzer being stupid enough to make a holocaust joke. Didn't he give Cornette shit for the fried chicken thing several years ago?

Not several. Just a couple. And to me, that hypocrisy was the real punchline.

Meltzer has a history of making tasteless comments. While not as dire as the holocaust joke, I vaguely remember him commenting on female performers getting cosmetic surgeries.

At least with the cosmetic surgery thing, he was trying to make a point about the trend that female talent was clearly and obviously taking for getting fake tits and botox and their faces pulled taut en masse (and with some varying degrees of shitty results) because, somehow, the consensus was they seemed to think, for some reason, weren't pretty enough already. And the allusion of that reason was that higher ups in various companies, especially WWE, seemed to be steering their ladies in such a direction directly or indirectly. Hell, you had what ended up becoming one of - if not THE - top female talent in the biz at one time, and she was self-conscious about her tummy... when she had amazing (and I daresay yummy) abs, by the way. If someone has body issues about one of their best features, I'm pretty sure some of that had to be fostered by the environment. Especially when that environment had a conga line of ladies taking time off to get chesticle implants, but having "heat" with the company for announcing stuff like getting pregnant or announcing engagements/getting married (which means they can't be marketed as "hot single women in your area").

However, HOW he said it was clumsy, and left the impression that he was just bashing the women themselves. Then when he got yelled at by some of the wrestlers, he tried to backtrack and apologize, and was yet another statement that, had ANYONE ELSE tried to say what he said, even if they made the point clearer, he would have be the first to chastise them about how "tasteless" it was, and announce that they should have known better than to say such things publicly, and possibly even write an obituary about their career.

[Evil Vito]

More on Ali's release request:

In an update from Fightful, inquiries were made about Ali’s WWE status since he has been absent from WWE in recent weeks. It was noted that Ali asked for only one show off for paternity leave despite not being featured on WWE programming since November 2021. It led people within the company to believe that his paternity leave was being extended, however, a lot of other reasons reportedly led to this extended absence.

Though he has been available to return since the first week of December 2021 and there was a vignette filmed for a Mustafa Ali “New America” gimmick, Ali hasn’t been pitched anything new to portray. The “New America” idea was apparently scrapped because the higher-ups in the company changed their minds about how successful it would be.

Vince McMahon wanted “something Mustafa Ali would never have done” instead of what was being pursued for Ali. This reportedly led to a “heated argument between the two” and the WWE star hasn’t been attending shows since.

During an interview with Metro in October 2021, Ali mentioned how Vince McMahon directly told him he was, “Too polished, too clean, too nice. I don’t know if you have it in you!’”

“Even pre-pandemic, I was struggling to maintain television presence and I know it was all character-based,” Ali said. “When you pitch a million and one ideas as far as stories, characters, promos, this and that and you always get told that you’re good but then nothing happens, you start pointing the finger at everybody except for you.

“After sitting at home for seven months and then finally coming back to Monday Night RAW, only to pick up a few victories and then to go back to not being on Monday Night RAW and now being stuck on Main Event, you’re kind of scratching your head,” Ali continued. “Like, what have I gotta do? And then you realize, you’ve gotta go ask the hard questions. I went up to Vince McMahon himself and said, ‘What am I missing?’ [He said], ‘Too polished, too clean, too nice, I don’t know if you have it in you!’”

Wrestling Inc. has reached out to WWE to see if they’ve granted the request, and we will provide any updates should we receive them.

[Sepholio]

I mean it doesn't bother me personally that he said it. But in today's world? Sheeeeit that was about as dumb as it gets. We give Trump shit all the time for the stupid shit he said but not even he has gone this low. Don't act like we all don't know that holocaust jokes are considered the very bottom of the barrel and about the worst thing you can say in public. They have been damn near automatic cancellation for a long time now. Dave being Jewish is why I find his comment to be particularly egregious in that sense; if anyone should know better than to make light of it then it's him.

And Gertner. I love you. A lot. I'd dock with you bro. But there is no way in hell that saying "WWE is having the Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia because Auschwitz wasn't available" is anything other than a holocaust joke. A bad joke, but still a joke.

And wtf does Bruce Prichard have to do with this anyways? Fuck that guy too. He needs to retire like 15 years ago. His brother was cooler anyways.

[Sepholio]

You know I do get the criticism of a guy like Ali being too polished and clean. There are several guys like him that I'd put in that category. They are all super talented, far and away some of the best performers in the world. But it does make a lot of their performances look unnaturally choreographed and I can absolutely see why that would turn off some of the old school guys who are still running the show. There are way worse offenders in this category than Ali though.

I would NEVER release a guy for being too good. If I didn't want his stuff looking as clean I would work with him on making his skills look more natural and less rehearsed.

Ali has nothing to worry about though. There will be plenty of interest in him as a talent if they do release him. He is way too good to not be picked up. I just don't know if he's going to find what he's looking for creatively.

[Tom Guycott]

I mean it doesn't bother me personally that he said it. But in today's world? Sheeeeit that was about as dumb as it gets. We give Trump shit all the time for the stupid shit he said but not even he has gone this low. Don't act like we all don't know that holocaust jokes are considered the very bottom of the barrel and about the worst thing you can say in public. They have been damn near automatic cancellation for a long time now. Dave being Jewish is why I find his comment to be particularly egregious in that sense; if anyone should know better than to make light of it then it's him.



Thing is, while it wasn't knee-slapping funny, it was one of those jokes that a room full of comedians would have said amongst themselves - not one many would have tried to make on stage unless it is one of your very blue comedy folk who are known for and made a career saying that kind of shit (like the recently departed Bob Saget). Meltzer is none of those.

And we get the implications about lining up genocide, the unfortunately named PPV match, and the nation of Saudi Arabia, but unless Doug Stanhope was making that comparison in a dive bar show in Nova Scotia, nobody was going to come out of saying that unscathed. Especially not when just uttered publicly on Twitter. Intentionally.

[Sepholio]

Tbh you might catch me making that joke in a private setting. At least in the past I probably would have. But in public? Oof.

[Destor]

with comedy we rob horrors of their power. its imperative that we tear these things down with humour otherwise we make gods of them.

[Tom Guycott]

You know I do get the criticism of a guy like Ali being too polished and clean. There are several guys like him that I'd put in that category. They are all super talented, far and away some of the best performers in the world. But it does make a lot of their performances look unnaturally choreographed and I can absolutely see why that would turn off some of the old school guys who are still running the show. There are way worse offenders in this category than Ali though.

I would NEVER release a guy for being too good. If I didn't want his stuff looking as clean I would work with him on making his skills look more natural and less rehearsed.

Ali has nothing to worry about though. There will be plenty of interest in him as a talent if they do release him. He is way too good to not be picked up. I just don't know if he's going to find what he's looking for creatively.

A lot of the time, WWE's creative process sounds more like just trying to bend people to the will of Vince, or, what so-and-so would THINK would try to bend them to. Even from back in the "Lets set up an angle for Owen where he's cheating on his wife" days that he wasn't down for doing at all and he refused to do, there's this underlying element of humiliation for a lot of the shit presented.

Even though I'm not particularly a fan, a case point I will use is Jinder Mahal. At his start in WWE, he was an arrogant rich kid who was just used to getting his way. His ethnicity was incidental, but that whole vibe had legs to not be the standard done thing. The had to potential for another Mohammad Hassan (who really was an Italian guy) type of heel who was a heel in a different way than just being "United States foreigner = bad!!!"

However, except for his time with 3MB, he ended up becoming another stereotype by-the-numbers foreign heel. "He's brown, so he should be wearing a TURBAN! Yeah! That's good shit!"

The part about the "asked to do something he wouldn't do" is what intrigues me, and seems to be a staple of the company. Tell Vince you're scared of parrots? He'll try to make you the next Koko B. Ware! Almost every lucha that comes in gets asked to ditch their mask; meaning be damned. The color yellow makes you physically ill? You'll get a full mustard colored bodysuit, pal! When stuff like this comes up, it seems like more evidence against WWE's claim that ACH's proposed shirt design was "an accident". I wonder what it was that they wanted Ali to do/say/wear/all of the above that made him say "Fuck that noise, I want out"?