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Demon Hunter posted:Why do people say that Zach Ryder is over in the WWE? Every time I have seen him come out on RAW Smackdown, the crowd is absolutely mute for him. I always expect him to ask me to play blitzball.
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Endless Mike posted:I always expect him to ask me to play blitzball. What happened to Zack is the reason why you should never set your Overdrive to "Victor"
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ColeM posted:In the Mania of Wrestlemania film he says that he could retire easily but hes wrestling for fun now. This was in 2003. Basically he aint walking away from the money or fame, especially for his age. Was that before or after his divorce? I wonder how he made out after that.
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He and his second ex-wife have a charity together, so I assume they're on good terms and he didn't get gutted financially.
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Miles O'Brian posted:Nobody says that. Ryder was over in the WWE, but they did a good job of burying him in the meantime. Yeah I don't think anyone is really claiming this. He got himself over via his webshow and then WWE decided to get him involved in a main event program when people just wanted to see him on TV being goofy mid card Zack Ryder. Then they had him lose over and over.
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HulkaMatt posted:Yeah I don't think anyone is really claiming this. He got himself over via his webshow and then WWE decided to get him involved in a main event program when people just wanted to see him on TV being goofy mid card Zack Ryder. Then they had him lose over and over. 
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Yeah they finally had Ryder go over Kane on SmackDown! after months of jobbing to him only to have Kane destroy him last night.
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triplexpac posted:If it happened on Smackdown, did it ever really happen at all?
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triplexpac posted:If it happened on Smackdown, did it ever really happen at all? Last time this happened: Orton def. Christian (c) for the WHC.
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Halloween Jack posted:He and his second ex-wife have a charity together, so I assume they're on good terms and he didn't get gutted financially. Like the Rock and his ex-wife. They're still on good terms and they're business partners now. I'm still waiting for a tell-all book about the Rock from her. He cant be that nice!
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Did anyone ever report who ended up buying IWA Mid South the last time it went out of business? It almost kind of looks like CM Punk bought their tape library so he could make up the money Ian Rotten owes him by renting/selling it back over to the WWE to use for his upcoming DVD.
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If he did then he may be the businessman of the year.
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Flameingblack posted:Did anyone ever report who ended up buying IWA Mid South the last time it went out of business? It almost kind of looks like CM Punk bought their tape library so he could make up the money Ian Rotten owes him by renting/selling it back over to the WWE to use for his upcoming DVD. Wikipedia says Vince Jones, Kevin Adams and Mike Miller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Wrestling_Association_Mid-South
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ColeM posted:Like the Rock and his ex-wife. They're still on good terms and they're business partners now. I'm still waiting for a tell-all book about the Rock from her. He cant be that nice!  cancer video with Batista and his ex-wife. What's with all these WWE guys getting on with their exes so well?
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They're comprised of people who got along well anyway, but now aren't required to wait for each other to get laid.
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Assuming rampant cheating and drug use doesn't come into the picture, "you travel all the time and we've grown apart" is a common basis for an amicable divorce, I think.
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Halloween Jack posted:Assuming rampant cheating and drug use doesn't come into the picture, "you travel all the time and we've grown apart" is a common basis for an amicable divorce, I think.
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Has there ever been a storyline or character in Japan that either acted a lot like the Yakuza or blatantly said they were the Yakuza? Bonus question: Has there ever been a mafia gimmick in America?
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Spikeguy posted:Has there ever been a storyline or character in Japan that either acted a lot like the Yakuza or blatantly said they were the Yakuza? 1. Tajiri's faction on Smackdown. They were supposed to be called the Yakuza and Tajiri nixed it out of fear of repercussions. 2. Main Event Mafia in TNA, John Cena's entrance at Wrestlemania vs. Triple H and I think WCW tried to do a Mafia thing with Johnny the Bull once.
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Spikeguy posted:Has there ever been a storyline or character in Japan that either acted a lot like the Yakuza or blatantly said they were the Yakuza? I do not think there was a Yakuza gimmick in Japan since they control a bunch of th efeds. I know Tajiri refused to do one in the WWF since he was afraid for his families safety. As for the Mafia, how can you forget The Mamalukes with Big Vito, Johnny the Bull (Rellik is killer spelled backwards), and Tony Marinara.
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It makes me kinda sad that Tajiri nixed the Yakuza gimmick, just because imagine him in a suit and sunglasses, Buzzsaw Kicking people who take his parking spot.
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Spikeguy posted:Bonus question: Has there ever been a mafia gimmick in America? The Sicilians, who were the duo of Tony Altomare and the future great manager known as Lou Albano. The story is they were threatened by an actual mafia member, and they dropped the act basically immediately. They still tagged, just no more mafia gimmick.
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How quickly we forget the Full Blooded Italians.
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Paulocaust posted:How quickly we forget the Full Blooded Italians. Also, who could forget Tony Marinara?! Johnny the Bull had a run in WWF that I've completely forgotten about. He was even Hardcore champ!
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triplexpac posted:Also, who could forget Tony Marinara?! The Mamalukes had the best theme music. It was a Godfather rip off so everytime they came out you wanted to watch the Godfather, which would have been a better waste of your time. Thanks WCW of reminding me of better things.
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triplexpac posted:Also, who could forget Tony Marinara?! For some reason, WWE had Johnny the Bull and Big Vito but never at the same time.
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Man, Johnny the Bull...He literally broke his own rear end in WCW.
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Perigryn posted:Man, Johnny the Bull...He literally broke his own rear end in WCW. According to Lance Storm, not so. He actually TORE HIS URETHRA OFF HIS BLADDER.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:According to Lance Storm, not so. He actually TORE HIS URETHRA OFF HIS BLADDER.  And looking at his wiki entry:quote:While attending college in Atlanta, Georgia and working as a doorman at the Club Oxygen nightclub, Hugger exercised at the Main Event Fitness gym, which was owned by World Championship Wrestling employees Lex Luger and Sting. During one of his visits to the gym, WCW employee Diamond Dallas Page met with Hugger and encouraged him to train as a wrestler. Hugger subsequently attended the WCW Power Plant training center and took part in a $250 USD tryout alongside 19 other people. The tryout featured press ups, sprinting, squats and freestyle wrestling in temperatures of over 100 degrees. Hugger passed the tryout, but did not immediately begin training as a wrestler. Six months later, he was attacked and stabbed six times. Hugger resolved to change his lifestyle, which he believed had resulted in his assault, and enlisted in the Power Plant.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:According to Lance Storm, not so. He actually TORE HIS URETHRA OFF HIS BLADDER. How the hell did I forget that quote??
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Main Event Mafia wasnt actually a Mafia. Nor were the ECW FBI. The whole point of the FBI was that Guido hungout with non-Italians and claimed they were. It was a gag. Although I suppose the WWE version of the FBI probably was a Mafia inspired group ith them as bookies and everything. WCW went full bore with Disco Inferno owing money to a mobster played by Chuck Zito so he sent his kid Tony Marinara and some muscle in Johnny and Vito to collect. That was just all the way committed.
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Perigryn posted:
Johnny the Bull is loving HARDCORE.
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Tajiri did kind of have a Yakuza stable with Akio & Sakoda, although it was never really explicitly said that they were Yakuza, and Tajiri was still the same Tajiri.
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Nut Bunnies posted:Tajiri did kind of have a Yakuza stable with Akio & Sakoda, although it was never really explicitly said that they were Yakuza, and Tajiri was still the same Tajiri. Well Tajiri was afraid of pissing off the Yakuza, almost as if he knew one day he would be running a promotion that was funded by Yakuza money*. *allegedly
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Skinty McEdger posted:Well Tajiri was afraid of pissing off the Yakuza, almost as if he knew one day he would be running a promotion that was funded by Yakuza money*. Let's not "allege" anything. It's a puro promotion. It's almost GUARANTEED it's taken SOME money from Yakuza.
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What the gently caress is "This place is apropos and that don't mean you're digging around in the dirt with farm implements baby!" supposed to mean?
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neoaxd posted:What the gently caress is "This place is apropos and that don't mean you're digging around in the dirt with farm implements baby!" supposed to mean? It means that Mongo was doing a lot of cocaine back then.
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neoaxd posted:What the gently caress is "This place is apropos and that don't mean you're digging around in the dirt with farm implements baby!" supposed to mean? Something about hoes? Or potatos Im not really sure.
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neoaxd posted:What the gently caress is "This place is apropos and that don't mean you're digging around in the dirt with farm implements baby!" supposed to mean? It means I need to take a Tylenol and lie down. Mongo hurts my brain.
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