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Mr. Carlisle posted:I don't remember his book getting any promotion at all other than his constant pleading on twitter for people to give the book a try. Did WWE plug his book at all? They actually gave him a small push before it was released. They then dropped it.
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Quarex posted:Before I get into quoting, this has been in my mind lately: what active-by-the-1980s wrestler holds up the best in the ring? Is it Sting? Clearly it is Scott Steiner. Obviously this is totally subjective, and someone like Abdullah the Butcher probably holds up great since as far as I can tell he never did anything too taxing anyway, but you know what I mean. Terry Funk clearly moves with the same grace as he did in 1981. Ricky Steamboat looked pretty good at WrestleMania 25 & Backlash of that year for a 55+ year old guy.
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Bearnt! posted:Ricky Steamboat looked pretty good at WrestleMania 25 & Backlash of that year for a 55+ year old guy. And then stroke.
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WeaselWeaz posted:They actually gave him a small push before it was released. They then dropped it. Didn't he get injured?
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:Didn't he get injured? Tore his rotator cuff, I want to say? I know it was right around the time. In fact, I think it legit was like a week before his book released.
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:Didn't he get injured? And then he became an agent, and WWE decided that if you are an agent you can't be a wrestler and he vanished from tv.
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apsouthern posted:Finlay as well, and I saw Dave Taylor wrestle earlier this year and he can still put on a good match. I suppose the UK World of Sport style is a lot easier to keep up than anything more acrobatic I think we have to agree that Johnny Saint is the best wrestler from the 1950s still working.
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Lamuella posted:I think we have to agree that Johnny Saint is the best wrestler from the 1950s still working. I certainly hope he's the only one as well!
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Nov 2, 2011 21:58
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Pretty sure Matt Classic is the best guy from the 50s still working.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I certainly hope he's the only one as well! Was gonna say no, but apparently Gypsy Joe's retired?
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Gaz-L posted:Was gonna say no, but apparently Gypsy Joe's retired?
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There were breaks, but Lou Thesz wrestled in 1932 and 1990. That's impressive.
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Does Mae Young being squashed by 3 Minute Warning count as wrestling a match?
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DannoMack posted:Does Mae Young being squashed by 3 Minute Warning count as wrestling a match? She had a match involving LayCool I believe at the Old School RAW last year.
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Hirams Bitch posted:She had a match involving LayCool I believe at the Old School RAW last year. yea she called them dirty names too
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Not really a question but just some news http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/11/wrestling_over_use_of_some_old.php quote:Wrestling fans 'round these parts remember the song "Badstreet U.S.A." -- and if you don't, you will. Riiiight -- it was the theme song for Michael Hayes (who handles the, um, vocals?) and The Fabulous Freebirds, hated rivals of Kevin, David and Kerry Von Erich back in the glory days of Channel 39 and Jack Adkisson's World Class Championship Wrestling at the old Sportatorium. Long story short: That song, along with the immortal "Freebird Forever," was written by one James Papa, who, turns out, lives in Irving. And BMI confirms: Papa wrote a number of theme songs on behalf of pro wrestlers back in the 1980s. For Ron Simmons, Papa offered "Don't Step to Ron"; for Cactus Jack, "Mr. Bang Bang"; for Rick Rude, "Simply Ravishing"; for Marc Mero, "Johnny B. Badd." There's more, but you get it.
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I asked in the Indy thread, but what effect will the Juggalos being designated a gang by the FBI have on JCW?
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flashy_mcflash posted:I asked in the Indy thread, but what effect will the Juggalos being designated a gang by the FBI have on JCW? None provided they don't commit any organized crime?
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Oatgan posted:None provided they don't commit any organized crime?
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Oatgan posted:None provided they don't commit any organized crime? Here's the GBS thread about it: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3446896 It's possible that they could see The Gathering as a criminal meeting (or whatever the correct term for it is, I'm Canadian and have no idea how the FBI works or how they manage to catch criminals without being on horseback like our Mounties), so I'm just wondering if it'd have any implications with JCW. A wrestling organization that is explicitly organized, funded, and endorsed by a criminal enterprise might be a little objectionable to some.
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flashy_mcflash posted:Here's the GBS thread about it:
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flashy_mcflash posted:Here's the GBS thread about it: Well, in theory the Juggalos are a gang, but the ICP performers (who own and operate JCW) wouldn't necessarily be a criminal enterprise themselves.
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battlemonk posted:Well, in theory the Juggalos are a gang, but the ICP performers (who own and operate JCW) wouldn't necessarily be a criminal enterprise themselves.
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Officer Colt Cabana will stop those unruly gang bangers.
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Flameingblack posted:I still think it's kind of cool that now America official has gang leaders that are clowns. Detroit is like Gotham City, now. On the other hand, ICP's already unbearable persecution complex will get even worse now. Juggalos are worse than Republicans when it comes to that.
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Is it even really a persecution complex when juggalos are looked at as human garbage by pretty much everybody who has heard of them?
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CombineThresher posted:On the other hand, ICP's already unbearable persecution complex will get even worse now. Juggalos are worse than Republicans when it comes to that. It's honestly the very same persecution complex that metal fans have and goth fans have and country music fans living nowhere near Nashville have.
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Beer_Suitcase posted:Not really a question but just some news As an aside, I've never seen a news article take longer to get to the point.
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Surely Highspots would have actually made some effort to make sure they had the right to sell products that included music and logos under copyright? Or is this a case of a small company that didn't bother/didn't know about things like that and thought they could just operate with impunity and have only gotten away with it because they were fairly small/under the radar in the greater scheme of things?
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Quarex posted:I would like you to know that I have busted out laughing multiple times at the mere thought of this exchange. Thank you both very much. Unexpectedly finding something I've said quoted months later (and with such praise, nonetheless) is a delightful feeling. You are welcome.
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This may have been already posted, but did Meng/Haku legit bite someone's nose off in a bar fight? Also remember hearing he gouged out someone's eye backstage because he got taunted by the guy or something.
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without obviously wanting specific figures or anything, how much does a full time worker (let's say midcard) in New Japan or All Japan make compared to a full time midcarder in WWE or TNA?
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Don't know about Japan, but from what I've seen posted here before a full time mid carder in WWE is probably taking home six figures a year, while a full time mid carder in TNA is realistically making anywhere between 30 and 50 grand a year. You also get a bunch of bonuses in WWE you don't get in TNA.
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I know we can't post links to streams & torrents, but are we allowed to discuss whether or not we take part in that sort of thing at all? The reason I ask is that I'd be curious to see who actually pays for stuff vs. who downloads, what pushes fans to actually pay money when they can get it for free, stuff like that. But I don't want to get a bunch of people banned if they admit to streaming TNA ppvs or something.
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I'm still surprised that the WWE didn't launch their network as a glorified netflicks que.
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It used to be hard for me to pay when I didn't have a good job so I'd just wait for one friend to order the PPV and a bunch of us would go over to watch it and split the tab. Nowadays it's harder to get people together since I moved away from my wrestling friends but if a PPV is something I gotta watch, like Destination-X, I'll drop the $40 for it. I tend to do it on weekends I didn't go out so instead of heading downtown and drinking myself silly I'm watching a wrestling pay per view... and drinking myself silly.
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triplexpac posted:I know we can't post links to streams & torrents, but are we allowed to discuss whether or not we take part in that sort of thing at all? I am not sure as the rules thread doesn't cover this at all. However, I imagine this sort of talk would be discouraged. Where are you HulkaMatt? Flashing the Hulk Signal! 
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I am not sure as the rules thread doesn't cover this at all. However, I imagine this sort of talk would be discouraged. Yeah it seems like the kind of thing that is in a grey area. Listening to the interview with Gabe this morning made me very interested in wrestling piracy though, I think it would be an interesting discussion. I just also don't think it's necessarily worth it if everyone is like "well my FRIEND pirates all the TNA shows because..."
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thesteelhellion posted:This may have been already posted, but did Meng/Haku legit bite someone's nose off in a bar fight? Also remember hearing he gouged out someone's eye backstage because he got taunted by the guy or something. The eye gouging was done to Jimmy Jack Funk.
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triplexpac posted:Yeah it seems like the kind of thing that is in a grey area. Listening to the interview with Gabe this morning made me very interested in wrestling piracy though, I think it would be an interesting discussion. I just also don't think it's necessarily worth it if everyone is like "well my FRIEND pirates all the TNA shows because..." Basically my thoughts. Steiner pogoing should bring Hulka by any minute now, though.
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