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I forget what year it was (2007 maybe) but the one that ended with HBK and Taker was great. Mostly because it had been YEARS since both men had faced each other and the crowd and commentators really played that up. The next year was pretty good to at MSG when both men started it off again.
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Liar Lyre posted:I shook Snukas hand once, and it was so weak. Like a lady handshake. I heard that wrestlers all have limp handshakes as of they had firm handshakes they'd always be trying to outgrip each other.
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Sep 24, 2012 23:27
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Z-Magic posted:I heard that wrestlers all have limp handshakes as of they had firm handshakes they'd always be trying to outgrip each other. I heard firmness of handshake = how tight you worked, and an overly firm handshake essentially meant "I'm going to beat the piss out of you" so wrestlers shake overly soft to not send across the wrong message.
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Sep 24, 2012 23:46
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Z-Magic posted:I heard that wrestlers all have limp handshakes as of they had firm handshakes they'd always be trying to outgrip each other. oldskool posted:I heard firmness of handshake = how tight you worked, and an overly firm handshake essentially meant "I'm going to beat the piss out of you" so wrestlers shake overly soft to not send across the wrong message. Wrestling: Even sillier than you thought it was.
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Sep 25, 2012 00:08
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Eh, plenty of jobs have little quirks and things like that. If you're going to laugh at wrestling traditions, laugh at the willingness to poo poo anywhere and everywhere, not "big guys are full of macho bullshit when handshaking".
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Sep 25, 2012 00:16
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A lot of athletes think making GBS threads on or in something that is someone else's property is the height of comedy. Gilbert Arenas making GBS threads in a teammates shoes is the most recent example I can think of. Anyways, I was more referring to someone thinking they could judge a person's style based on their handshake. I've heard that one a few times and I hold out hope it's just an old wives' tale.
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Sep 25, 2012 00:19
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Glamorama26 posted:I've heard that one a few times and I hold out hope it's just an old wives' tale.
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Sep 25, 2012 00:29
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I bet Chris Benoit had the firmest loving handshake you can imagine
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Sep 25, 2012 00:47
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Lebowski at Cleos posted:I bet Chris Benoit had the firmest loving handshake you can imagine Only while he had that bra on.
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Sep 25, 2012 00:48
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Is there a picture of Brock Lesnar in a tiny suit from OVW or did I dream that?
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I will never figure out how someone without a neck managed to wear a tie. Did he tie it around his shoulders? 
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What are the restrictions on wrestlers signed to WWE Legends contracts from appearing on other shows? I was surprised to read about Piper's recent appearance on a Montreal indie since I figured they were under similar contractual restrictions as active wrestlers. Are they free to make any indie appearances they want for a company smaller than ROH?
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Sep 25, 2012 06:17
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More or less. Even Lawler, who is on TV regularly, does indy dates all the time.
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Sep 25, 2012 08:37
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Carlton Banks posted:I will never figure out how someone without a neck managed to wear a tie. Did he tie it around his shoulders? It's, like, tied around the bottom of his chin.
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Sep 25, 2012 09:26
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Perigryn posted:He looks so much like my ex roomate, it's scary. Was your ex roomie prone to kidney and liver shots? Was he married to Rena Mero? Did he have dellusions of NFL grandeur? If so, you may have lived with BROCK LESNAR.
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Sep 25, 2012 09:43
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When he came home, did you always say "Here comes the pain" ??!?!?!
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Did he have a dick tattooed on his chest?
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Sep 25, 2012 10:21
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He was a pretty calm guy most of the time but I did not want to get on his bad side. IIRC, he denied being Brock when I asked him after I showed him a match of his.
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Sep 25, 2012 10:56
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Lebowski at Cleos posted:I bet Chris Benoit had the firmest loving handshake you can imagine Not necessarily directed at you, but you mentioning Benoit reminded me of something. I was listening to Uhh Yeah Dude the other day, and they were talking about a new study about how people deal with issues. Basically, when a traumatic event occurs people will react to it with "I knew that would happen", "Of course it would happen, it was inevitable", etc. Basically people change history in hindsight to make the event forseen, even though it absolutely wasn't, as a way of dealing with it. When I was listening to them talk about this, I thought about all the wrestlers who said "Of course Benoit killed his family, it was obvious", and such.
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Sep 25, 2012 15:38
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triplexpac posted:Not necessarily directed at you, but you mentioning Benoit reminded me of something. I've definitely noticed this a lot, not only with wrestlers but fans and even myself. Go back and watch anything from Benoit's career - WCW, WWE, whatever, and you'll find yourself making connections back to to the murder. Some glint in his eyes or the stiffness of, or decision to use, some move or another. It's impossible to avoid, really.
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Sep 25, 2012 15:44
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triplexpac posted:I was listening to Uhh Yeah Dude the other day, and they were talking about a new study about how people deal with issues. Basically, when a traumatic event occurs people will react to it with "I knew that would happen", "Of course it would happen, it was inevitable", etc. Basically people change history in hindsight to make the event forseen, even though it absolutely wasn't, as a way of dealing with it. I suspect that this phenomenon extends beyond trauma, as well. We're all pretty good at making meaning of things, even when no such meaning necessarily exists. If Benoit had been killed protecting his family from an armed robber, everyone would have said they weren't surprised because he was such a devoted father. It's probably more likely to occur with more troubling and/or salient events (e.g., trauma) though, as those need more explanation. ...wrestling.
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Sep 25, 2012 15:59
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John Cena posted:
Thanks! GISing "Brock Lesnar tiny suit" didn't work if you can believe it, and I was beginning to doubt whether it actually existed.
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Sep 25, 2012 16:01
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I couldn't, and still can't believe Benoit did what he did. I was arguing against people all night long that night, saying there was no way he could have killed his wife and kid and himself. 
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Halloween Jack posted:Is Jake Roberts cleaned up at all, and can the WWE potentially do anything with him backstage? I wish I could remember where it was, but I heard an interview with someone that attended a wrestling school or camp where he spoke and while he appeared to be relatively clean at that precise moment (outside of smelling like a brewery), he basically just shilled for himself and taught nothing. I feel like it was an Art of Wrestling show or something like that.
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Sep 25, 2012 16:29
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flashy_mcflash posted:I wish I could remember where it was, but I heard an interview with someone that attended a wrestling school or camp where he spoke and while he appeared to be relatively clean at that precise moment (outside of smelling like a brewery), he basically just shilled for himself and taught nothing. I feel like it was an Art of Wrestling show or something like that. Somebody told the story in the rear end in a top hat thread about him attending a camp, showing up trashed and continually telling a story about sticking his thumb up a young HHH's rear end.
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Perry Normal posted:Somebody told the story in the rear end in a top hat thread about him attending a camp, showing up trashed and continually telling a story about sticking his thumb up a young HHH's rear end. Ah that's it exactly. I must've willingly blocked out the thumb inside HHH part.
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Sep 25, 2012 17:36
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Lebowski at Cleos posted:I bet Chris Benoit had the firmest loving handshake you can imagine
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Sep 25, 2012 19:33
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Since handshakes are such a big part of wrestling culture I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a wrestler with a limp-wristed handshake, even most of the divas.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I suspect that this phenomenon extends beyond trauma, as well. We're all pretty good at making meaning of things, even when no such meaning necessarily exists. If Benoit had been killed protecting his family from an armed robber, everyone would have said they weren't surprised because he was such a devoted father. It's probably more likely to occur with more troubling and/or salient events (e.g., trauma) though, as those need more explanation. To posit the third potentiality for you, if Benoit had JUST killed himself instead of Nancy and Daniel, we could have had the hybrid story that you knew he was always completely unhinged all along, but the one thing that he would never do is hurt his family! except when he hurt his family before that
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flashy_mcflash posted:Since handshakes are such a big part of wrestling culture I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a wrestler with a limp-wristed handshake, even most of the divas. I'm willing to bet this entire handshake thing was some old time practice that fell along the wayside with the advent of things like color tv and Abdulah the Butcher.
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Sep 25, 2012 20:32
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Dead Snoopy posted:I'm willing to bet this entire handshake thing was some old time practice that fell along the wayside with the advent of things like color tv and Abdulah the Butcher. Tell that to Mike Sanders
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Sep 25, 2012 20:34
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rotinaj posted:I couldn't, and still can't believe Benoit did what he did.
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Sep 25, 2012 20:43
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What's with you liking the fake sport filled with steroid fueled murderers? Ahh good times
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flashy_mcflash posted:Tell that to Mike Sanders Was Mike Sanders ever any good?? I know he wrestled for WcW for awhile, and actually saw him wrestle in Finland(i bought a WCW-shirt) Why did not wwe pick him up?? Or Sonny Siaki?? Or Felix Skipper:/
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TheCool69 posted:Was Mike Sanders ever any good?? Id say he was above average.
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triplexpac posted:What's with you liking the fake sport filled with steroid fueled murderers? I didn't know you watched football.
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TheCool69 posted:Was Mike Sanders ever any good?? I know he wrestled for WcW for awhile, and actually saw him wrestle in Finland(i bought a WCW-shirt) He was pretty bad. He had a funny nick name and was an OK talker but he was extremely green. Since it was WCW in 2000 people like me who watched it clung to anything that was new and not completely horrible. WWE dropped him after he didn't bother to shake HHH's hand and HHH had to make a point of shaking his. Or because he just wasn't very good.
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