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Deadpool posted:I remember reading about that guy in Bret's book I think. From what I remember he was really lovely. I haven't heard the podcast yet though. The story as told is Magee is a lovely wrestler, but Bret makes him look amazing (Dave says this, not a Bret exaggeration). Magee, who was heavily scouted by Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson, is now seen as the next big thing in pro wrestling, except he's completely awful and leaves the business before too long, never again having a good match.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:The story as told is Magee is a lovely wrestler, but Bret makes him look amazing (Dave says this, not a Bret exaggeration). Magee, who was heavily scouted by Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson, is now seen as the next big thing in pro wrestling, except he's completely awful and leaves the business before too long, never again having a good match. Here's the story: http://pwchronicle.blogspot.com/2005/12/history-tom-magee-golden-boy-of-1986.html
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 00:13 |
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MassRayPer posted:With Dave's technological savvy this would lead to him tearing the VHS tape out of the black plastic and shoving it into his computer's floppy drive.
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Euthyphro posted:Here's the story: http://pwchronicle.blogspot.com/2005/12/history-tom-magee-golden-boy-of-1986.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zYfaTBLk0 Here's the, at the time, "worst match ever." We were that close to this guy being our Ultimate Warrior which, well, gently caress it couldn't be that much worse.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 00:24 |
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jez is dedicated to his craft and does full research before forming a very calculated and interesting opinion. todd martin has diarrhea of the mouth and also the rear end.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 00:47 |
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weekly font posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zYfaTBLk0 You have to be kidding. Warrior was 10x better than Tom Magee
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 00:48 |
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ChampRamp posted:You have to be kidding. Warrior was 10x better than Tom Magee I'd go with maybe 2.25x better.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 00:49 |
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ChampRamp posted:You have to be kidding. Warrior was 10x better than Tom Magee It was also in one of the Botchamanias as well... There is a remarkable amount of history in those
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 01:42 |
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weekly font posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zYfaTBLk0 Everything he does looks so gentle and caring.
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Captain Charisma posted:Bryan's verbal tics, to me, were an extension of his real life gimmick: Angry, boisterous, tiny man. Just like Dave is a wrestling encyclopedia cyborg. One of my all time favorite episodes is about Vinny's wedding where they were worried that Kremin dude was annoying Dave but when they got there they were just talking about wrestling and were like "oh yeah Dave is happy to talk wrestling with anyone, even him." And I loved Jez, one of the only times I've posted on THE BOARD was to ask him an obscure question about something probably only I cared about with Smackdown v Raw and he answered me right away.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 08:39 |
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I don't remember most of the assholes on The Board, but I think I do remember rovert and gently caress that guy My favorite times on there were when sprewell rimz and I hijacked the site with the help of Tony when Bryan and Vinny were gone for the night, and when I trolled Bix to the point where he left for good. gently caress Bix.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 09:00 |
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Dave Meltzer just said that Jeff Hardy has 'a lot more' charisma than Christian. Are you loving kidding me?
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 09:13 |
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Deadpool posted:Dave Meltzer just said that Jeff Hardy has 'a lot more' charisma than Christian. He's right.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 09:15 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:He's right. Yeah. Christian is a better interview, but Jeff Hardy oozes charisma. He oozes other things too.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 09:22 |
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I stopped watching TNA when Christian left only returning for the Monday Night shows. TNA is loving horrible without him and Dave is just plain wrong.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:The Board is in many ways a fantastic social experiment, the more I look at it. I dunno, I just find a lot of the supposed hardboarding legends to be huge letdowns when you actually see their posts. Rovert seems to have a rep as some sort of legendary troll but all his posting is really limp and low-effort and not even good trolling most of the time. Lemme tell ya these dorks wouldn't last three days on SA. Heh. *strokes neckbeard*
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MassRayPer posted:Yeah. Christian is a better interview, but Jeff Hardy oozes charisma. He oozes other things too. I wouldn't say Jeff has more charisma than Christian, but he's definitely got something. He wouldn't be able to connect with the crowd the way he does and be so consistently over while being so terrible at promos if he didn't. Christian, while being infinitely better on promos, can seem a little bland sometimes, so I see why Dave would say Jeff is, in some ways, more charismatic.
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Borh posted:I wouldn't say Jeff has more charisma than Christian, but he's definitely got something. He wouldn't be able to connect with the crowd the way he does and be so consistently over while being so terrible at promos if he didn't. That's charisma.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 16:13 |
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Charisma is hard to explain, but it's that feeling that can get you into a wrestler. Jeff oozes charisma, which is why he got over so big in 2009.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 16:17 |
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I think Jeff's look helped him a lot too, he is pretty unique. I bet if he was starting today he'd be told to cut his hair and put on some trunks to show off his thighs.
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triplexpac posted:I think Jeff's look helped him a lot too, he is pretty unique. I bet if he was starting today he'd be told to cut his hair and put on some trunks to show off his thighs. If the Hardy Boys and Edge and Christian started in the WWE today they'd have been split up within 3 months, given crew cuts, fed awkward sounding "Angry heel with something to prove/happy smiling babyface who loves the WWE universe" promos, and would be jobbing to DH Smith on Superstars.
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Captain Charisma posted:My favorite times on there were when sprewell rimz and I hijacked the site with the help of Tony when Bryan and Vinny were gone for the night, and when I trolled Bix to the point where he left for good. gently caress Bix. I did not know you were the one who ran Bix off. Awesome! Beeswax posted:I dunno, I just find a lot of the supposed hardboarding legends to be huge letdowns when you actually see their posts. Rovert seems to have a rep as some sort of legendary troll but all his posting is really limp and low-effort and not even good trolling most of the time. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean there are amazing, hysterical trolls there. It's just very interesting to see how generally intelligent people act without being forced to not be idiots by moderators. But hey, it's how Bryan wants it, which leads to things like this.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 19:28 |
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Is there a RSS feed for f4w's free shows only?
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 19:51 |
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elf help book posted:Is there a RSS feed for f4w's free shows only? Not sure, but even if there is their RSS breaks like all the time. I think it's broken right now!
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Don't get me wrong, I don't mean there are amazing, hysterical trolls there. It's just very interesting to see how generally intelligent people act without being forced to not be idiots by moderators. But hey, it's how Bryan wants it, which leads to things like this. That's why I think it's a good alternative to this place. I like reasonable discussions, but sometimes I want to see random poo poo topics, trolls, and poo poo posts. Speaking of which this was one of my favorites.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 21:21 |
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DC Sniper was my favorite troll poster there, and it's not even close.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 21:23 |
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DC SNIPER really is the best gimmick over there. Mad dedication to his craft* * calling people faggots and never using lowercase
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elf help book posted:Is there a RSS feed for f4w's free shows only? I was subscribed to the free shows on iTunes but it stopped working so I just deleted it and stopped bothering with the podcast.
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# ? Apr 29, 2011 22:57 |
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The Berzerker posted:I was subscribed to the free shows on iTunes but it stopped working so I just deleted it and stopped bothering with the podcast. Because you signed up for an account? Because everyone here should. Just don't listen to the Todd shows, and ESPECIALLY do not listen to Wrestling Weekly. Les Thatcher needs to get kicked in the balls. 1000 times. Until his balls explode. On that note, does anyone here have a sub to the Torch? A couple people on the Board have been complementary to it of late.
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:25 |
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I normally hang in Alans section. He's starting a 36 favorite wrestler tournament this weekend.
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:29 |
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HulkaMatt posted:I normally hang in Alans section. He's starting a 36 favorite wrestler tournament this weekend. That would be the best loving tournament ever if it were real.
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Lloyd Boner posted:That would be the best loving tournament ever if it were real. If it were real, an Undertaker vs Sekimoto final would be quite intriguing! Also, vote Sekimoto.
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:46 |
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That also reminds me The WH-128 is gonna have to be worked on in like 6 weeks.
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HulkaMatt posted:That also reminds me The WH-128 is gonna have to be worked on in like 6 weeks. The PSP-512
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:58 |
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:The PSP-512 I don't think you understand how long it takes to count votes those first 4 days.
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 03:06 |
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Why bother when we all know the winner will be Shockwave the Robot?
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 05:00 |
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Because you signed up for an account? No. I can barely keep up with the podcasts I already listen to (mostly not wrestling related) so paying money for WO doesn't make sense to me - I like it, but I don't have time to listen to the thirty shows they put out a week, so I wouldn't feel like I was getting my money's worth when I have other podcasts I like more that don't cost me anything.
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elf help book posted:Why bother when we all know the winner will be Shockwave the Robot? My vote is for Dragon Dragon
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# ? Apr 30, 2011 06:11 |
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Usually when Dave and Bryan do a ton of shows in a row they say they don't know how they'll be by the end but it won't be pretty. This time however, they were so insane and hilarious tonight that the next three days should be something else.
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MassRayPer posted:Usually when Dave and Bryan do a ton of shows in a row they say they don't know how they'll be by the end but it won't be pretty. This time however, they were so insane and hilarious tonight that the next three days should be something else. Oh sweet christ I was in tears "Dana's Q&As are like Make-A-Wish. Except the guys aren't mentally handicapped, except for some of them... or some kind of handicap. I don't want that to come off wrong"
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