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Reading the Observer is worth $10 by itself. So much text, and Dave cracks so many awesome jokes during his Impact reports. I think I heard that he now uses Impact as a chance to make as many wisecracks as possible. Also there's the Figure Four newsletter as well as at least a dozen wrestling/MMA audio shows a week.
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Aug 6, 2010 22:24
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Also it's worth going on The Board for a) their occasional photoshops (see: dave's leather jacket) and b) to watch dave/lance storm/bryan/vinny just completely shut people down.
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El Duke posted:I agree that everyone should subscribe to WO and always go to the source, but what real difference is there in those two stories?
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George Kaplan posted:Yes, but "Barbie" for a barbed wire bat is a contraction of the object's real name, whereas "Janice" is my sister's name and is being used for no reason, so this match is thoroughly confusing to me. Happy Happyist posted:Better names: Stairway to Helen?
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ADRIEN GRODYS FIFE posted:Also it's worth going on The Board for a) their occasional photoshops (see: dave's leather jacket) and b) to watch dave/lance storm/bryan/vinny just completely shut people down. If we're using this time to petition people to sign up for F4W/Wrestling Observer, let me throw my hat in as well! If I had know years ago that Dave Meltzer was one of the wittiest yet most intelligent people in any field, I'd have signed up long ago. People seem to slag him for match ratings, which are, you know, totally subjective and all - but he knows so, so much about wrestling that it's almost intimidating at times. Plus the Byran and Vinny show can be very funny, and when TNA pisses Dave off he can go off on many a hilarious rant. f4wonline.com DO IT DO IT SIGN UP JOIN RAZOR RAMON HARD DAVE 
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Plus the Byran and Vinny show can be very funny This is what made the money worth it when I originally signed up. Then we started getting the Observer too and it was a no-brainier. The audio shows are perfect listening on the train and Observer (and F4W when I have time) are great bathroom reading. Also gently caress you, you're only chiming in 'cause you're Bryan and Vinny's favorite goon! 
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Aug 7, 2010 12:59
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If there was ever any reason to sign up for F4W, it's the recent Bryan and Vinny show where, instead of reviewing RAW/Smackdown, they spent an hour telling stories about Brent Kremen.
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To me, the subscription is worth it just for the newsletter and the Wrestling Observer radio show. I'm not into wrestling as much as I was a year or so ago, but their MMA coverage is top notch, and is the main reason I stay on. Newsletter gives me something to read in my down time too.
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Aug 7, 2010 18:34
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Graic posted:To me, the subscription is worth it just for the newsletter and the Wrestling Observer radio show. I'm not into wrestling as much as I was a year or so ago, but their MMA coverage is top notch, and is the main reason I stay on. Newsletter gives me something to read in my down time too. Besides ROH and their iPPVs, I've pretty much given up on current televised wrestling. I'm just not entertained by WWE or TNA's product anymore, but earlier this week I just resubscribed to F4W for another three months. I still love wrestling and hearing about it. Their audio shows are great for me to listen to at work, and they have a new one just about every day. I wrote on the Board a few weeks ago that I feel like I pay Dave, Bryan, and Vinny every month to watch all the poo poo for me and then tell me about it.
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Aug 7, 2010 18:58
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Grant DaNasty posted:Besides ROH and their iPPVs, I've pretty much given up on current televised wrestling. I'm just not entertained by WWE or TNA's product anymore, but earlier this week I just resubscribed to F4W for another three months. I still love wrestling and hearing about it. Their audio shows are great for me to listen to at work, and they have a new one just about every day. Yep, pretty much the same for me too. Honestly can't remember the last time I watched anything other than Raw, and even that's been a while. But I still know what's going on thanks to F4W. I've been watching wrestling for 10 years, and was following it very closely online for half of those years. Even if I'm not really entertained by what's going on today, I'm still a fan and it's still just something I like reading about, if nothing else. BUT, like I said, if they didn't cover MMA as extensively as they do, I wouldn't subscribe anymore.
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Capsaicin posted:If there was ever any reason to sign up for F4W, it's the recent Bryan and Vinny show where, instead of reviewing RAW/Smackdown, they spent an hour telling stories about Brent Kremen. "Can I ask Dave if his son is circumcised?"
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This isn't specifically a wrestling question I guess but where the gently caress do you find Botchmania now, I search for it on Youtube and it never comes up any more. I know the guy that makes them has had problems with youtube in the past so I'm wondering if he moved to another site or something? I want to watch botches damnit.
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Aug 8, 2010 05:04
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Are there ever repercussions against wrestlers who injure other wrestlers (i.e. Owen and Stone Cold, Brock and Hardcore Holly, or Rey and Undertaker?) I assume it's just casualties of the job, much like papercuts and a secretarial position, but I mean, in a profession like wrestling, you'd expect some sort of skill-based incentive for wrestlers who excel at their trade and don't hurt others?
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Aug 8, 2010 05:19
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FishBulb posted:This isn't specifically a wrestling question I guess but where the gently caress do you find Botchmania now, I search for it on Youtube and it never comes up any more. I know the guy that makes them has had problems with youtube in the past so I'm wondering if he moved to another site or something? http://www.youtube.com/user/TableofJapan apperantly this could be him? I'm not too sure, I saw upto Botchamania 141 last week or so
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Aug 8, 2010 05:22
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Shitty_Wok posted:Are there ever repercussions against wrestlers who injure other wrestlers (i.e. Owen and Stone Cold, Brock and Hardcore Holly, or Rey and Undertaker?) I assume it's just casualties of the job, much like papercuts and a secretarial position, but I mean, in a profession like wrestling, you'd expect some sort of skill-based incentive for wrestlers who excel at their trade and don't hurt others?
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Aug 8, 2010 05:26
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LividLiquid posted:D-Lo's career has never recovered if that counts, even though it wasn't really his fault. I guess I missed it, but who did D-Lo Brown hurt? Also, wasn't he pretty much useless anyway when separated from NoD?
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Aug 8, 2010 05:28
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http://www.youtube.com/user/MaffewJapaneseTable Thats the current one he is using.
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Shitty_Wok posted:I guess I missed it, but who did D-Lo Brown hurt? Also, wasn't he pretty much useless anyway when separated from NoD? He hurt Droz on a botched power bomb. and yeah, he really didn't do anything after that,which was late 1999.
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Shitty_Wok posted:I guess I missed it, but who did D-Lo Brown hurt? Also, wasn't he pretty much useless anyway when separated from NoD?
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Shitty_Wok posted:I guess I missed it, but who did D-Lo Brown hurt? Also, wasn't he pretty much useless anyway when separated from NoD? He gave the powerbomb that broke Droz's neck. And no, he was a fantastic little worker with a great personality. Didn't have the body for a main eventer but I was sure he'd be in the upper midcard for years to come. Then...poo poo.
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sexy_trash posted:He hurt Droz on a botched power bomb. Yeah I was really an off and on fan in the late-90s, plus when you're a dumb kid your propensity for remembering anything is quite low. Or at least that's my situation. :P
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I am actually surprised they have not mentioned Droz during Linda's campaign. That after a serious injury they kept him on the payroll. It shows that they are not completely heartless.
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bobkatt013 posted:I am actually surprised they have not mentioned Droz during Linda's campaign. That after a serious injury they kept him on the payroll. It shows that they are not completely heartless. Probably because they don't want people asking why he was in a wheelchair to begin with.
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Shitty_Wok posted:Are there ever repercussions against wrestlers who injure other wrestlers (i.e. Owen and Stone Cold, Brock and Hardcore Holly, or Rey and Undertaker?) I assume it's just casualties of the job, much like papercuts and a secretarial position, but I mean, in a profession like wrestling, you'd expect some sort of skill-based incentive for wrestlers who excel at their trade and don't hurt others? Brock injuring Holly was really Holly's fault for sandbagging. There weren't really repercussions for Owen other than Stone Cold reportedly refusing to work with him again - of course, that may have indirectly led to his death. Guys who seem to repeatedly injure others don't tend to last long though.
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CSammich posted:Brock injuring Holly was really Holly's fault for sandbagging. There weren't really repercussions for Owen other than Stone Cold reportedly refusing to work with him again - of course, that may have indirectly led to his death. Owen never apologized. That was a major issue between him an Austin. Rey and Undertaker was just a fluke thing.
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FishBulb posted:This isn't specifically a wrestling question I guess but where the gently caress do you find Botchmania now, I search for it on Youtube and it never comes up any more. I know the guy that makes them has had problems with youtube in the past so I'm wondering if he moved to another site or something? The first 123 are at http://botchamania.net/ Which is really a lot less trouble than figuring out which five Youtube accounts they're spread over.
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Its weird because Owen never apologizing goes against everything I've heard about what kind of person Owen was. Everyone always said he was nice and kind and a great person. I've never heard a bad word about him except for Austin. And how the gently caress do you break someone's neck and not apologize?
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oldpainless posted:And how the gently caress do you break someone's neck and not apologize? I imagine it'd be pretty goddamn awkward to go "Uhh... sorry for... breaking your neck? Sorry? Oh jeez..."
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Shitty_Wok posted:Are there ever repercussions against wrestlers who injure other wrestlers (i.e. Owen and Stone Cold, Brock and Hardcore Holly, or Rey and Undertaker?) I assume it's just casualties of the job, much like papercuts and a secretarial position, but I mean, in a profession like wrestling, you'd expect some sort of skill-based incentive for wrestlers who excel at their trade and don't hurt others? Insert Anderson/Orton story here.
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D'Lo said in his shoot that he wasn't right mentally after the Droz incident for at least a year, and that didn't help his career out at all.
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LvK posted:I imagine it'd be pretty goddamn awkward to go "Uhh... sorry for... breaking your neck? Sorry? Oh jeez..." Owen 3:16 says I'm sorry for breaking your neck!
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Wasn't right mentally? That explains why he was teaming with Chaz and Tiger Ali Singh then. Lo Down made Bossman and Bull Buchanon look like a dream team.
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Poor B-Squared I totally forgot about him. The poor guy was just so bland that even being part of John Cena's posse couldn't help him.
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Giedroyc posted:Wasn't right mentally? That explains why he was teaming with Chaz and Tiger Ali Singh then. Lo Down made Bossman and Bull Buchanon look like a dream team. Actually I remember Chaz and D'Lo being a tight little tag team before they got lumbered with the really cringey sikh gimmick.
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reality_groove posted:Actually I remember Chaz and D'Lo being a tight little tag team before they got lumbered with the really cringey sikh gimmick. Yeah. Their finisher pretty much ruled. Chaz hit the superkick and while the opponent was falling, D'Lo hit the Lo-Down before the guy even hit the floor. It ruled.
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Ziggy Tsardust posted:Yeah. Their finisher pretty much ruled. Chaz hit the superkick and while the opponent was falling, D'Lo hit the Lo-Down before the guy even hit the floor. It ruled. Holy poo poo I forgot about this. Is there video of this?
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oldpainless posted:Its weird because Owen never apologizing goes against everything I've heard about what kind of person Owen was. Everyone always said he was nice and kind and a great person. I've never heard a bad word about him except for Austin. Most people are afraid to speak ill of the dead, especially someone who died in a crazy accident like him.
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Ziggy Tsardust posted:Yeah. Their finisher pretty much ruled. Chaz hit the superkick and while the opponent was falling, D'Lo hit the Lo-Down before the guy even hit the floor. It ruled. Didn't they bust out the Powerplex a few times too? There's an awesome finisher that eneds to come back.
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