View Full Version : Stupid things we have come to accept as normal
The MAC
03-10-2007, 05:46 AM
like a wrestler being fine after jumpng of the top turnbuckle and landing on a boney wrestler but feeling hurt after landing on a padded canvas which is meant to cushion a fall..can you think of others?
NoJabbaNoBogRoll
03-10-2007, 06:13 AM
Being able to win cage matches by escaping through an open door.
CYCLOPTERSAURUS
03-10-2007, 06:39 AM
Irish whips
I'mNotOscar
03-10-2007, 06:47 AM
A wrestler getting smashed in the back or shoulder and selling the pain to his face/back of the head.
Tables breaking or bending when little weight is on top of it.
Theo Dious
03-10-2007, 08:21 AM
Ref bumps.
Wrapping your stomach in bandages cures internal injuries.
Nothing that happens at a House Show actually "happens", unless there's a title change that isn't reversed the next House Show.
Morgan
03-10-2007, 10:52 AM
Referees lose all peripheral hearing when their backs are turned.
The titian tron doesn't exist unless there's a reason for it to exist.
NeanderCarl
03-10-2007, 11:07 AM
Wrestlers don't see each other between episodes of Raw, and therefore have to wait a week to discuss what happened last week.
BigDaddyCool
03-10-2007, 11:22 AM
The titles mean something, even when they don't.
BigDaddyCool
03-10-2007, 11:28 AM
Oh, also that Jeff Hardy is straight, and CM Punk is straight edge.
Indifferent Clox
03-10-2007, 11:38 AM
That Shawn Michaels is a Christian.
Very rarely will you get arrested for unsanctioned attacks, and even if you do you'll be out within 24 hours, even if your victim required 86 stitches.
Hanso Amore
03-10-2007, 12:42 PM
That Dancing before doing an elbow drop or falling punch makes them so much more powerful that they render opponents unconscious after several chair shots did nothing of the sort.
Pepsi Man
03-10-2007, 12:43 PM
Very rarely will you get arrested for unsanctioned attacks, and even if you do you'll be out within <s>24 hours</s> 90 minutes, even if your victim required 86 stitches.
Hanso Amore
03-10-2007, 12:44 PM
That instead of firing a man whom for attacking you, as a boss, you use your power create matches in your favor.
Hanso Amore
03-10-2007, 12:45 PM
Oh, who can forget the obvious. The Dead can rise, and they choose to engage in sports entertainment on Friday Nights.
Zombies are real and wear cowboy hats.
Dammit MAH. :(
Mexican midgets wear rocket boots and bust through floors.
Indifferent Clox
03-10-2007, 12:49 PM
ECW still exists.
It's best to explain your devious plans in detail in "private" in front of a TV camera and crew.
The One
03-10-2007, 12:53 PM
A wrestler gets hundreds of moves done to them with little results, but accidentaly running into a ref will knock them completely unconscience for a good 10 minutes...and for some reason despite being knocked out every month, none of the refs have serious cuncussions...
There are always count-outs in one-on-one matches. Except in the WrestleMania main event.
Bolts and screws will only pop out of a ring if Big Show is Superplexed by Brock Lesnar.
What Would Kevin Do?
03-10-2007, 01:30 PM
If someone is on their back and you pick up their legs and fall backwards, they will fly through the air.
2 men can become great friends despite one trying to kill the other a few months ago.
If you attack a women get back at your enemy, or use one as a shield for your protection, you're the devil. If you attack a woman because you're drunk and she didn't drink the beer you gave her, then she deserved it.
SammyG
03-10-2007, 01:47 PM
KHALI is awesome
Avenger
03-10-2007, 01:47 PM
lol Irish Whips :lol:
NeanderCarl
03-10-2007, 01:53 PM
Celebrities have just as much chance of winning a wrestling match as the trained veteran athlete they are facing.
KingofOldSchool
03-10-2007, 01:53 PM
John Cena
Skippord
03-10-2007, 02:08 PM
Blacks are people
Surprise guests having their music played. Despite no-one knowing they were there.
iwantviral
03-10-2007, 02:37 PM
Rey Mysterio becoming the World HEAVYWEIGHT Champion
:lol: :lol: :lol:
James Steele
03-10-2007, 02:51 PM
Stephanie McMahon once owned ECW.
Just John
03-10-2007, 02:53 PM
The Boogeyman
A simple leg-drop as a finisher.
the wwe champion
03-10-2007, 05:12 PM
Wrestlers crawling towards the corners in order to make the tag.
Jr calling out wrong wrestling moves.
Wrestlers hitting the mat with their foot while punching their opponents.
Theo Dious
03-10-2007, 10:22 PM
The fact that no announcers, security, or other wrestlers ever seem to interrupt the severe and potentially lethal assault of a wrestler in broad daylight in front of a crowd of thousands.
Shaggy
03-10-2007, 10:29 PM
That no one ever bends all the way down anymore when applying the Boston Crab....or that the Walls of Jericho always looked better in WCW as the Liontamer
Steve Austin drinks LIGHT beer.
FourFifty
03-10-2007, 11:13 PM
It's okay to call people with issues (Kane) retarded, but not retards (Hacksaw, Eugene, Cena)
Gone Mad
03-11-2007, 03:26 AM
Chris Masters.
94 SVT Cobra
03-11-2007, 03:27 AM
.....WWE booking post 2002
NeanderCarl
03-11-2007, 09:34 AM
The Samoan Umaga cannot speak a word of English, yet can somehow communicate with the Cuban Armando Estrada.
Also, island boys have such hard heads that any attack on the head of an island boy will backfire on the opponent.
Theo Dious
03-11-2007, 09:37 AM
The Samoan Umaga cannot speak a word of English, yet can somehow communicate with the Cuban Armando Estrada.
Not to mention that he used to perfectly understand Bischoff as part of 3 Minute Warning... :shifty:
Sting Fan
03-11-2007, 09:58 AM
Also, island boys have such hard heads that any attack on the head of an island boy will backfire on the opponent.
You would be surprised how true that one is actualy. I have played Rugby with a lot of Islanders over the years and my god they have skulls like bowling balls, Samoans and Fijians especially.
Hanso Amore
03-11-2007, 10:29 AM
That a Mummy was Thawed from a Block of Ice, going by the name The Yeti
NeanderCarl
03-11-2007, 10:40 AM
That oldtime wrestlers in their 50s and even 60s can outlast and beat athletes in their 20s and 30s.
NeanderCarl
03-11-2007, 10:43 AM
That the referee doesn't realise that chairs are being used behind his back, even though the chairshot can be heard around the entire arena.
That heels don't get suspicious when they suddenly hear a huge pop, and
think to look for a face wrestler heading in their direction through the crowd/down the ramp.
Pepsi Man
03-11-2007, 11:12 AM
That the referee doesn't realise that chairs are being used behind his back, even though the chairshot can be heard around the entire arena.
That heels don't get suspicious when they suddenly hear a huge pop, and
think to look for a face wrestler heading in their direction through the crowd/down the ramp.
:D Yeah, in some cases, the heels even act like they think the cheers are for them.
Jeritron
03-11-2007, 11:18 AM
The placement of cameras. We are supposed to take it as normal that wrestlers discuss "private" things in front of a camera, and other wrestlers don't see the stuff.
For example, Christian and Jericho make their secret bet in front of a camera, and Trish doesn't see or hear about it. And then when Jericho pours his heart out, she doesn't see that he really cares either. Utter cheese that you accept because its just how things are and it's awesome.
Another example is when a wrestler gets in a car or what not to run someone down or whatever. Without fail, theres a camera man positioned in the passenger seat.
Evil Vito
03-11-2007, 11:24 AM
<font color=goldenrod>When a heel tag team makes a tag behind the referee's back, it obviously really happened. When a face team does it, the refs think they are lying bastards and disallow it.</font>
Pepsi Man
03-11-2007, 11:32 AM
The placement of cameras. We are supposed to take it as normal that wrestlers discuss "private" things in front of a camera, and other wrestlers don't see the stuff.
For example, Christian and Jericho make their secret bet in front of a camera, and Trish doesn't see or hear about it. And then when Jericho pours his heart out, she doesn't see that he really cares either. Utter cheese that you accept because its just how things are and it's awesome.
Another example is when a wrestler gets in a car or what not to run someone down or whatever. Without fail, theres a camera man positioned in the passenger seat.
Actually, I could've sworn before the whole Jericho/Christian bet was put on camera. I remember it being somewhat intriguing for a few weeks why Jericho was suddenly saving and helping Trish Stratus and why Christian did the same for Lita.
Jonster
03-11-2007, 02:23 PM
Wrapping your stomach in bandages cures internal injuries.
Especially to the ribs.
The ref USUALLY doesn't notice when the ropes are shaking after using illegal leverage for submissions.
I've only seen a ref break it once because they were shaking. I think it was Chioda who broke it.
loopydate
03-11-2007, 04:53 PM
The more you flip/spin before landing on someone, the more it will hurt them.
The Stone Cold Stunner has the force to flip you two-to-three times.
Theo Dious
03-11-2007, 06:53 PM
And send you six feet in the air, if you happen to be called the Rock or Shane McMahon.
Shaggy
03-11-2007, 07:29 PM
That WWE will never grow the balls to end Cena's face push and turn him heel
FourFifty
03-11-2007, 08:01 PM
The idea that a company should cater to what the people want is the idea that makes money, and yet somehow WWE is still making money.
AdrianM
03-11-2007, 08:06 PM
that matches on tv always seem to go to commercial at the perfect time (like when a wrestler's been dumped out of the ring)
Jeritron
03-12-2007, 12:00 AM
Heres a small one. Everytime sweet chin music is delivered, it knocks the opponent out and drops them backwards (fair enough), HOWEVER, without fail, when HHH is in the ring DX style, they stay standing and stumbled towards him for a pedigree too
The Show Off
03-12-2007, 12:42 AM
Being an abused bastard child that had to see his mother and step-father killed in a fire that his brother set, then going so crazy and setting his brother and Jim Ross on fire, as well as tombstoning Vince McMahon's wife and shocking the balls of his son, not only doesn't that get this man fired and thrown in a jail or asylum, but it keeps him gainfully employeed, and garners enough trust and confidence that his boss is willing to produce a movie that he stars in.
Kane is awesome.
Funky Fly
03-12-2007, 12:48 AM
The Godfather was able to avoid being arrested for pimping despite several hours of video evidence against him.
The Fugitive
03-12-2007, 04:17 AM
Heres a small one. Everytime sweet chin music is delivered, it knocks the opponent out and drops them backwards (fair enough), HOWEVER, without fail, when HHH is in the ring DX style, they stay standing and stumbled towards him for a pedigree too
That's nothing new.
99% of the time, a stunner will put a wrestler on their back. I can remember watching a episode of RAW back in the Attitude era where HHH got stunned by Austin, dropped to his knees, immediately stood back up and got rock bottomed by Rocky.
I was a goddamn mark who thought it was real then and even then I was going :nono:
Theo Dious
03-12-2007, 08:49 AM
The Godfather was able to avoid being arrested for pimping despite several hours of video evidence against him.
Incidentally, when a pimp is arrested, what exactly is he charged with? I doubt that a judge sits up there and says "you are hereby charged with multiple counts of pimping in the second degree."
Pepsi Man
03-12-2007, 09:25 AM
Defense: "It ain't eaza."
Rammsteinmad
03-12-2007, 09:52 AM
Heres a small one. Everytime sweet chin music is delivered, it knocks the opponent out and drops them backwards (fair enough), HOWEVER, without fail, when HHH is in the ring DX style, they stay standing and stumbled towards him for a pedigree too
I'm always thinking that.
Theo Dious
03-12-2007, 10:01 AM
Defense: "It ain't eaza."
Judge: Call the next case.
Bailiff: The state of California vs a Mr. God Father, aka Mr. Good Father, aka Mr. Papa Shango, voodoo priest.
Defense Attorney: Your honor, my client's religious beliefs are not a matter for this case.
Godfather: If you think pimpin' ain't eaza, try making motor oil come out of the Ultimate Warrior's head.
Judge: Make it? How can you stop it?
Jeritron
03-12-2007, 10:04 AM
The Professional Wrestling business tbh. I mean that with the most affection.
Theo Dious
03-12-2007, 10:06 AM
Well really, most of this stuff isn't much of a disparage, it's just part of the suspension of disbelief that allows us to enjoy wrestling.
Except the ref bumps, they need to stop that.
Jeritron
03-12-2007, 10:11 AM
nah, bumping refs is just as much a part of the wrestling industry as bumping coke is
Theo Dious
03-12-2007, 10:14 AM
Ok then they need to stop doing it so damn much.
It's the writing team's crutch. Like poop jokes and Triple H title runs.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 12:35 PM
In an era where fans CRAVE unpredictability...Wrestling organizations are still so lazy that they give us matches with an opponent already in the ring with no intro music and expect fans to believe that the match can go either way.
Thus far the scoreboard reads:
INTRO MUSIC
1,150,928
ALREADY IN THE RING
0
Christ, even the Washington Generals have beaten the Harlem Globetrotters at least once.....
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 12:52 PM
In an era where fans CRAVE unpredictability...Wrestling organizations are still so lazy that they give us matches with an opponent already in the ring with no intro music and expect fans to believe that the match can go either way.
Thus far the scoreboard reads:
INTRO MUSIC
1,150,928
ALREADY IN THE RING
0
Christ, even the Washington Generals have beaten the Harlem Globetrotters at least once.....
Remember when Kane came out for a match with some random no-music-already-in-the-ring fellah that no-one had seen before? That fella went on to KILL HIS FUCKING BABY. And it wasn't his fault, either.
Stickman
03-12-2007, 02:32 PM
hmmm Stupid things we accept as normal.....Easy answer...wrestling
One that always got me was that when a wrestler - who could normally take punishment in a match for 15+ minutes - pulls on a referee's shirt as a special guest referee, all it takes is one punch/knock to keep em down for 5+ minutes.
Oh, if it wasn't for the power draining properties of a ref shirt Earl Hebnar could have been World Champ I tells ya!
NoJabbaNoBogRoll
03-12-2007, 03:11 PM
During a proper match, it takes a wrestler a good 10 minutes before he's weakened his opponent to such an extent that he can use his finisher. But in unplanned altercations, finishers can be done after only a few punches back and forth.
Theo Dious
03-12-2007, 03:25 PM
1,150,927 to 1.
In the very early 90s, Jake Roberts lost to a tuneless jobber. Of course he was blind at the time.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 03:31 PM
Also, Sean Waltman pinned Razor Ramon and Ted DiBiase in 1993, and P.J. Walker pinned I.R.S. in 1994.
Wrestling is real, until you call a gimmick-named wrestler by his real name, then it's REALLY real.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 03:46 PM
Also, Sean Waltman pinned Razor Ramon and Ted DiBiase in 1993, and P.J. Walker pinned I.R.S. in 1994.
:rofl: at people like you and your healthy braincells. "OH OH, look at me...I remember stuff!!"
:shifty:
For the record, who in the blue hell is P.J. Walker....Chuck Norris's retarded cousin?
Justin Credible... So yeah.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 03:57 PM
Justin Credible... So yeah.
Ohhhhhh yeah, I knew that.
Speaking of, how about changing peoples names 1000 times and expecting fans to believe the bullshit background story of the character.
(Neandercarl will of course point out that it is indeed only 997 times, not 1000.)
Or when they basically erase their histories but keep the same name and/or gimmick, like Snitsky.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 04:01 PM
Or when they basically erase their histories but keep the same name and/or gimmick, like Snitsky.
Yeah, no shit.
"Look at the flashy light thingy. What you saw was a weather balloon smelling that woman's feet, not Snitsky."
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 05:09 PM
Speaking of, how about changing peoples names 1000 times and expecting fans to believe the bullshit background story of the character.
(Neandercarl will of course point out that it is indeed only 997 times, not 1000.)
Uh... No, I won't.
(It was 994.)
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 05:12 PM
:rofl: at people like you and your healthy braincells. "OH OH, look at me...I remember stuff!!"
Umm... I was responding to Darth's post. And if "I remember..." posts were banned, there would be no TPWW.
Alienoid could keep it alive if he posted only one "Book Doug Basham for the title" scenario a day.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 06:32 PM
Umm... I was responding to Darth's post. And if "I remember..." posts were banned, there would be no TPWW.
Umm...this ":shifty:" means I wasn't serious. I was actually making fun of my "lack" of braincells, so calm down Beavis.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 06:56 PM
I'm tired of TNA accepting Don West's commentary and Vince Russo's writing. There is nothing "normal" in TNA, everything is BIZARRE! So everything being BIZARRE has now become the "norm", so everything in TNA is "normal"...which ironically, is what they were trying to prevent with having everything be BIZARRE.
So now, anything "normal" would be BIZARRE because Vince Russo has created a not-so BIZARRE orgy of BIZARRE occurances in TNA that have fans BIZARREly chanting for him to be fired. The only truly BIZARRE occurance will take place when someone in TNA shows half a braincell and fires Russo for a BIZARRE second time.
To sum up, everything being BIZARRE is stupid.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 07:36 PM
Davey Boy Smith wasn't stupid, but he was bizarre.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 07:37 PM
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Told ya.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 07:38 PM
Umm...this ":shifty:" means I wasn't serious.
Ah right, sorry, I thought it was the conjunctivitis playing up. :$
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 07:43 PM
Ah right, sorry, I thought it was the conjunctivitis playing up. :$
No worries. Besides, with my brain cells...I'll have forgotten about this by tomorrow.
loopydate
03-12-2007, 07:47 PM
Plus...
Freddie Joe Floyd beat Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw.
1,150,927 to 5.
Arnold HamNegger
03-12-2007, 07:49 PM
IT'S STILL STUPID TO ME DAMNIT!!!
loopydate
03-12-2007, 07:52 PM
That's still a pretty damn solid win percentage right there.
99.99957% is nothing to sneeze at.
Road Warrior
03-12-2007, 08:12 PM
Somehow when someone applys a submission move grabbed te ropes with one had applys more presure. i.e Flair's figure four apllied with legs but grabbed ropes with hands apllys more pressure ????
USUALLY when they grab the ropes they will use it to get higher thus applying more pressure. Not really stupid unless they just sit there.
Road Warrior
03-12-2007, 08:14 PM
Midgets live under the ring
In Falls Count Anywhere matches, there are rope breaks. Now, if they made it so if someone was touching a wall it counted as a rope break or something similar it would make a bit of sense, but ONLY in the ring makes no sense.
KingofOldSchool
03-12-2007, 08:18 PM
When refs pick and chose when to listen to wrestlers pleas to restart or overturn a match.
Road Warrior
03-12-2007, 08:29 PM
Wrestlers driving vehicles to the ring
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 10:04 PM
A main event for a show can be decided by an official-type character like a GM on the spot, as the result of a brawl/disagreement between two main eventers. So basically, not only was there no main event decided before the show started, but both wrestlers were left off the show in the original plans, despite being bedecked in their wrestling gear.
Unless a Vertical Suplex lasts more than 5 seconds it's a Snap Suplex.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 10:24 PM
Owners, bosses and important figures often only arrive during the show, directly before they are required to appear in front of the crowd.
NeanderCarl
03-12-2007, 11:04 PM
The WWE is full of warring men, but only two women will ever have an issue with each other at any one time, and one of them is the champion.
BigDaddyCool
03-12-2007, 11:27 PM
Female wrestlers have no problem walking around in skin tight and very revaling swim suit, wrestling gear, or just regular street clothes for that matter, but the moment they lose a bra and panties match (where often times the bra and panties they are wearing are less revaling than their normal wear) they get embrased and run to the nearest locker room.
KingofOldSchool
03-14-2007, 01:43 PM
So this isn't normal, but I find this stupid.
I'm watching a SNME from '87 and the British Bulldogs fought the Hart Foundation in a 2/3 falls match for the Hart Foundation's tag titles. Well the Bulldogs won in 2 straight falls but they were not rewarded the tag titles because the Bulldogs won the first fall via DQ.
Now wouldn't it have made sense if they couldn't win the tag titles after the DQ then the match should techincally end?
ttetf
03-14-2007, 02:26 PM
What about the idea that a wrestler can sustain a move like a piledriver or tombstone (now if we are to seriously take that move at face value, this wrestler is being dropped forcefully square on his head) and not need immediate medical attention nevermind being able to continue the match.
Also in ladder matches that it takes wrestlers 20-30 seconds longer than any other human being to climb an 8' ladder and grab a belt
BigDaddyCool
03-14-2007, 04:26 PM
What about the idea that a wrestler can sustain a move like a piledriver or tombstone (now if we are to seriously take that move at face value, this wrestler is being dropped forcefully square on his head) and not need immediate medical attention nevermind being able to continue the match.
Also in ladder matches that it takes wrestlers 20-30 seconds longer than any other human being to climb an 8' ladder and grab a belt
They are hella wobbly when they in the ring, so go fuck yourself. :mad:
Arnold HamNegger
03-15-2007, 12:18 PM
When a wrestler does a WWE movie, he becomes that character....yet his fanboy's/girl's claim he is "REAL."
So what is he REALLY, a wigger, a thug, a rapper, a marine....
Innovator
03-15-2007, 12:34 PM
So this isn't normal, but I find this stupid.
I'm watching a SNME from '87 and the British Bulldogs fought the Hart Foundation in a 2/3 falls match for the Hart Foundation's tag titles. Well the Bulldogs won in 2 straight falls but they were not rewarded the tag titles because the Bulldogs won the first fall via DQ.
Now wouldn't it have made sense if they couldn't win the tag titles after the DQ then the match should techincally end?Yet 3 years later at Summerslam 1990 the Hart Foundation beat Demolition 2/3 falls when the 1st fall came with a DQ on Demolition
Chuck Jones
03-15-2007, 02:21 PM
If you have issue with Teddy Long on Smackdown, be prepared to face Undertaker or Kane.
FourFifty
03-15-2007, 02:24 PM
1,150,927 to 1.
I think you mean 1,150,927 to 2.
HORWITZ WINS! HORWITZ WINS! HORWITZ WINS!
Theo Dious
03-15-2007, 03:10 PM
Yet 3 years later at Summerslam 1990 the Hart Foundation beat Demolition 2/3 falls when the 1st fall came with a DQ on Demolition
Leading to the next stupid item: Rules will arbitrarily change from match to match depending on the desired outcome.
Arnold HamNegger
03-15-2007, 03:22 PM
A Wigthupperine.
:lol:
"Yo, Wigthupperine Life!"
Arnold HamNegger
03-15-2007, 03:29 PM
Female wrestlers have no problem walking around in skin tight and very revaling swim suit, wrestling gear, or just regular street clothes for that matter, but the moment they lose a bra and panties match (where often times the bra and panties they are wearing are less revaling than their normal wear) they get embrased and run to the nearest locker room.
Yeah, and not to mention reveal themselves to the world buck-naked in Playboy...but just don't strip Candice Michelle down to her bra and panties..OH THE SHAME!
Speaking of, I thought it was funny during the Melina/Mickie match a couple weeks ago on Raw, when they went to the women's locker room and Candice Michelle was coming out of the shower in a towel......and wearing high heels.
UNNACCEPTABLE!
It's common knowledge that it's only believable in Porn, geez. :roll:
Nowhere Man
03-15-2007, 04:50 PM
Canada is an evil place, and a Canadian that turns face must never admit his real hometown (Chris Benoit from Atlanta...:nono: )
NeanderCarl
03-15-2007, 08:17 PM
Leading to the next stupid item: Rules will arbitrarily change from match to match depending on the desired outcome.
... usually giving away the result or finish by "reminding" fans of a certain rule as a huge signpost of what's to come.
When the announcer tells you the time limit of a match, you know there's a 99% chance that match is going to a time limit draw.... because if it wasn't, they never would have told you the time limit, dummy!
I remember that the announcers kept emphasising the "BOTH feet much touch the floor" rule in the build up and at the Royal Rumble 1995. It all became clear when Michaels had one foot touch the floor in the planned finish but was not eliminated. Thing is, they had never ever mentioned the BOTH feet rule in any of the previous Rumbles.
Another Rumble rule that constantly changes.... according to the Gorilla, a wrestler who is about to enter the Rumble has two minutes (or whatever time period between draws they are doing in any particular year) to get to the ring, and if they do not hit the ring within that period, they are automatically eliminated. Hence, when Randy Savage no-showed Rumble '91, he was eliminated as soon as the next entrant emerged. However, in later Rumbles, guys have been attacked on the way to the ring and re-entered the match 5/10 minutes later than they were supposed to (Owen Hart 1998, Steve Austin 2001).
NeanderCarl
03-15-2007, 08:19 PM
Man, I love this business! Phew.... I could talk this shit all day.
Pepsi Man
03-15-2007, 09:39 PM
When the announcer tells you the time limit of a match, you know there's a 99% chance that match is going to a time limit draw.... because if it wasn't, they never would have told you the time limit, dummy!
There was a time in the mid to late nineties where there would be a time limit announced in almost every standard match.
NeanderCarl
03-15-2007, 11:04 PM
In WCW they tended to announce time limits more often, but WWE only really bothered when a time limit draw was coming up.
NeanderCarl
03-15-2007, 11:05 PM
WCW would also announce the amount of time remaining throughout the match, which I found pretty annoying.
Gary Capetta: "One minute remaining, one minute remaining in this matchup."
WCW did lay it on heavy with the time limit draws though, a lot more so than WWE.
BigDaddyCool
03-15-2007, 11:52 PM
ECW was awesome...
Innovator
03-16-2007, 12:12 AM
-Samoans have thick skulls
-you make a move your finisher it causes 10x more damage
-hooking the tights is a sure way to win
-heels can tag in whenever they want
Innovator
03-16-2007, 12:12 AM
and of course, Dragon has TILL 5
NeanderCarl
03-16-2007, 12:15 AM
I remember Ricky Steamboat vs Demolition Smash on the WWF World Tour '91 show and Ricky's arm dropped three times in a sleeper, but stayed up on the fourth drop. The commentators explained that the referee must have "given him another chance." A lame explanation, but....
Dragon has TILL 5
I guess you must be right.
Chuck Jones
03-21-2007, 11:38 PM
Despite not knowing any English or customs due to his primitive ways, Umaga knows to lay on top of a guy for a count of three after beating him down.
Women of wrestling are always attracted to the owner of the company, no matter what they look like (Dusty for example)
Spanish Announce Table bumps.
Women in wrestling have no last names.
All professions, vocations and trades secretly have the ability to wrestle. Garbage man? Natural catch-as-catch-can ability. Plumber? Dropkicks are really your business. It just comes naturally. And we're foolish to assume someone who trained in an entirely unrelated profession wouldn't have ring skills. Clearly.
Everything hurts more when you bounce off the ropes first.
It's not unusual to see a guy go from revolutionist to runway model to travel agent inside one year.
Putting tape on your thumb makes a normally brittle limb LETHAL.
Silliness like strangling the breath from your opponent with a sleeper or chinlock can't FINISH anyone, but doing a karate chop to the stomach after dancing is unbeatable.
No one learns how to fall. They just naturally land in a manner that doesn't cause permanent injury.
Other countries outside the U.S. don't have cities. Non-Americans are represented only by their nation's name.
Referees suffer from the same medical calamity as Mr. Glass in Unbreakable.
If you're over 6'5", and are practically unstoppable, chances are you *really* have a nonsensical fear of caskets or snakes.
Publicly traded companies encourage their C.E.O.'s to ram people's faces into their ass and have on-camera kinky sex with female employees.
If you really hate a guy, you give him an airplane spin or bodyslam. Guns & knives never taught anyone a lesson.
Inflicting grievous bodily harm or destroying property is only deplorable if someone unpopular is doing it.
When wrestling in your hometown the chances of being humiliated increase with every reference to that fact.
Crossrine
03-22-2007, 06:16 PM
The fact that when anyone does a super kick we are supposed to believe the noise that occurs is the foot hitting the face, not hand slapping thigh.
Savio
03-22-2007, 06:38 PM
1,150,927 to 1.Gunner Scott is mad at you.
Savio
03-22-2007, 06:39 PM
During Empty Arena matches it is imperative you put cameras facing towards the floor on pallets
Crossrine
03-22-2007, 08:18 PM
Wrestlemania's main event may be two old guys fighting to see who shaves their head
Chuck Jones
03-23-2007, 04:22 PM
Other places outside the US (with the exceptionr of Indian reserves) are uncivilized and wear the native garb of their country to wrestle (kilts, war paint etc.)
You can only say "Nigger" on-air if you're Vince McMahon and are talking to John Cena.
The MAC
03-23-2007, 05:29 PM
wrestlers can heal very quickly from a shot to the groin.Unplanned surprise appearances of wrestlers come complete with music and pyro
Here's another one...
that given the size of the arenas that wrestling takes place in the best place to keep ladders, trash cans, fire estinguishers, etc is under the ring.
Being able to win cage matches by escaping through an open door.
Taking this one a little further...
The whole idea of a cage match is that these 2 guys hate each other so much they must be locked in a cage to fight it out...yet you win the match by essentially running away!?
Londoner
03-24-2007, 06:31 PM
ECW
hhhtab3:16
03-24-2007, 10:31 PM
ECW STILL EXISTS.
NeanderCarl
03-25-2007, 09:24 PM
The "Nature Boy Ric Flair" character ISN'T gay.
KillerWolf
03-26-2007, 11:16 AM
posing for Playboy makes you a good person.
Theo Dious
03-26-2007, 11:42 AM
You can only say "Nigger" on-air if you're Vince McMahon and are talking to John Cena.
He said "nigga" not "nigger." And it was ok because there was a black man present offscreen.
Theo Dious
03-26-2007, 12:05 PM
Well at the point at which the "nigga" was uttered, he was offscreen.
Wasn't talking about Booker.
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