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Golden Bee posted:I loving LOVE Jimmy Hart. From his custom microphones, to his willingness to appear in Wrestlicious (without a sign of shame), to the fact he hasn't aged in 30 years. I always thought Jimmy Hart was one of the main guys behind Wrestlicious, because it's Jimmy Hart and it just makes so much sense.
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has anybody tried that new chikara streaming service? http://shop.wrestlingis.com Whats the quality like? is the selection good enough to warrant a go? I'm in the Uk and shipping costs me a bomb
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Meat Recital posted:Does anyone have a link to the WWE wellness thread that used to be stickied? Did you mean this one?
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Feb 7, 2013 13:58
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Golden Bee posted:I loving LOVE Jimmy Hart. From his custom microphones, to his willingness to appear in Wrestlicious (without a sign of shame), to the fact he hasn't aged in 30 years. I'm pretty sure that Jimmy is a lich and that drat megaphone is his phylactery.
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Feb 7, 2013 14:18
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I miss proper wrestling managers. Late 80s-early 90s, it seems like everyone had a manager. Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Sherri, Elizabeth, Fuji... I'd love to be a manager 
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Feb 7, 2013 14:50
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The only one now is Ricardo, which probably does a lot to explain why he's so awesome.
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Feb 7, 2013 14:57
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The best manager of the last 10 years was Sweet and Sour Larry Sweeney and he is no longer with us. I am not sure if it is just no real managers or the fact that he was that drat good, but he was really awesome.
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Feb 7, 2013 15:00
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Sweeney was the best, he had so much charisma.
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Feb 7, 2013 15:03
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DeathChicken posted:The only one now is Ricardo, which probably does a lot to explain why he's so awesome. Brock still has Heyman.
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I Before E posted:Brock still has Heyman. And Vickie oscillates between being GM and a regular manager.
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Feb 7, 2013 16:51
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I suppose this is awkward to talk about, but who's paying for Jake Roberts (and now Scott Hall?) to get well under the wing of DDP? Is he supporting them on his own dime?
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Feb 7, 2013 17:12
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Yup, as far as we know, DDP is paying their way. Which just makes him even more so the Best Person in the Universe Ever.
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Feb 7, 2013 17:13
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VogeGandire posted:I miss proper wrestling managers. Late 80s-early 90s, it seems like everyone had a manager. Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Sherri, Elizabeth, Fuji... Me too. Surely there's a niche for an upper class British twit as a manager?
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Feb 7, 2013 17:41
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Sydney Bottocks posted:They sure did!
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My Lovely Horse posted:I recall reading somewhere that bassSting actually did have to pay wrestlingSting a fee to use the name, since the latter was smart enough to lay legal claims to it first and presumably since they're both performers. Was that just a silly rumour? Might have been from Wikipedia so who knows. I don't recall ever hearing this before myself (and I've been around long enough to remember when those guys looked as young as they did in that pic), but I seriously doubt its' validity as Gordon "I WILL kill him" Sumner has been performing under the Sting nickname since the mid-to-late 1970s, while Steve "My best friend just turned on me...again" Borden didn't start using it until the mid-1980s. Not to mention that I can't honestly see a judge not laughing at any lawsuit claiming one or the other was using the name in such a way as to legitimately confuse a person re: Sting the musician/actor vs. Sting the wrestler.
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Feb 7, 2013 18:45
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Did anything come of those strange videos Damien Demento used to post that started with him get angry about people calling a jobber and got weirder from there? I think I remember hearing that he was doing them for an acting class or something, was that true?
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My Lovely Horse posted:I recall reading somewhere that bassSting actually did have to pay wrestlingSting a fee to use the name, since the latter was smart enough to lay legal claims to it first and presumably since they're both performers. Was that just a silly rumour? Might have been from Wikipedia so who knows.
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Feb 7, 2013 19:30
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Considering Steve Borden wasn't even well-known or using that name until a few years after the gigantic success of The Police, it's not even really feasible, yeah. I guess if Sumner didn't ever try to trademark it and then Borden got to it, maybe, but I don't buy that at all.
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nasboat posted:Considering Steve Borden wasn't even well-known or using that name until a few years after the gigantic success of The Police, it's not even really feasible, yeah. In that case the other just shows proof of prior use and it isn't a problem anymore.
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MassRayPer posted:In that case the other just shows proof of prior use and it isn't a problem anymore.
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John Cena posted:Has Bruno ever worked heel? Not during his active career, I don't think. Probably the closest he ever came was that match against Pedro Morales (where apparently the fans were booing him and cheering for Morales), but even then that was just more of a "misunderstanding between two heroes" than any sort of heel turn-type scenario, and they ended up hugging it out after the match went to a draw.
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Feb 7, 2013 22:25
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Has anyone other than Bret Hart ever done the figure four around the ring post? Bret claims he invented it which is quite possible as I can't recall anyone ever doing it before or after.
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budreck posted:Has anyone other than Bret Hart ever done the figure four around the ring post? Bret claims he invented it which is quite possible as I can't recall anyone ever doing it before or after. Flair did it during their mini feud in WCW, and I think DDP did it too.
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Feb 8, 2013 04:36
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budreck posted:Has anyone other than Bret Hart ever done the figure four around the ring post? Bret claims he invented it which is quite possible as I can't recall anyone ever doing it before or after. Kurt Angle did it against Bikertaker in the match where Kurt's brother switched in, I believe. And other times. I swear I've seen others. I feel like it was in a WWE match in the last year, but I'm probably wrong. It's a cool looking spot, but I can't help but think the real figure four would hurt more because you use the other leg leverage.
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One of the members of Legacy did it to Shawn Michaels during the DX feud and made him tap clean with it.
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Gar posted:It's a cool looking spot, but I can't help but think the real figure four would hurt more because you use the other leg leverage. It's less about actually hurting more and more the illusion of hurting. It uses the ring post so you immediately assume it's like doing a wrestling move with a steel chair. It's also illegal and illegal = hurts more.
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Feb 8, 2013 04:55
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I just thought they theoretically get a lot more leverage because their entire body weight is hanging off the crossed-over shin, or whatever part of the leg a figure four hurts. Only submission I can understand is the Ankle Lock. Everything else is too convoluted. Ah look he's trying to break that guys ankle, makes perfect sense.
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I remember when we did the Figure Four Leglock at school (yeah yeah, we were dumb kids - it was awesome) it was pretty much the only move that really hurt - especially if somebody really locked it in.
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Feb 8, 2013 05:50
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Figure four is my favorite submission because of how evil it is. Someone is driving your ankle into your knee and isn't going to let go until one of those joints snap.
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Supreme Allah posted:Only submission I can understand is the Ankle Lock. Everything else is too convoluted. Ah look he's trying to break that guys ankle, makes perfect sense.
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Memento1979 posted:Also, twisting someone's ankle with just the strength in your arms, not even getting hips and core into it, will legit ruin someone's ability to walk properly for a long time. You drat right 
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Jerusalem posted:I remember when we did the Figure Four Leglock at school (yeah yeah, we were dumb kids - it was awesome) it was pretty much the only move that really hurt - especially if somebody really locked it in. Ever been put in the sharpshooter? If you put it on right, you can press their shin into their calf and it's pretty painful. Also, the Walls of Jericho (the way he used to do it where he puts the pressure on your neck) is pretty painful too. Granted neither of these could ever be pulled off in an MMA fight unless your opponent has a white belt and down's syndrome, but they actually do hurt. Also, Angle's Ankle lock is ridiculously easy to get out of in real life the way he applies it. This is the proper way to do it: (Angle does a variation of this sometimes, where he'll use his ankle lock variation and wrap both legs around his opponent's one leg, or at least he used to) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dl9u5XsaFU
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Supreme Allah posted:I just thought they theoretically get a lot more leverage because their entire body weight is hanging off the crossed-over shin, or whatever part of the leg a figure four hurts. I want to see someone bring back Gotch's toe lock.
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Supreme Allah posted:I just thought they theoretically get a lot more leverage because their entire body weight is hanging off the crossed-over shin, or whatever part of the leg a figure four hurts. The classic sleeper hold also makes sense and is far more dangerous if actually applied as it can straight up loving kill you as a blood choke. Plus it can be an awesome spot if done well.
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Jericho busted out the ringpost figure 4 at WMX8.
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MrJacobs posted:The classic sleeper hold also makes sense and is far more dangerous if actually applied as it can straight up loving kill you as a blood choke. Plus it can be an awesome spot if done well. Didn't some kid accidently kill an older kid recently by applying the sleeper for real? I thought I remembered hearing that. As for real moves hurting, my brother and I would constantly apply the Boston Crab to each other back in the day and that poo poo loving hurts.
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Yeah, Boston Crab hurts like hell. Same with the old Liontamer, if you can get the knee on the back of the head. The Regal Stretch hurts like gently caress too.
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Gar posted:It's a cool looking spot, but I can't help but think the real figure four would hurt more because you use the other leg leverage. Supreme Allah posted:I just thought they theoretically get a lot more leverage because their entire body weight is hanging off the crossed-over shin, or whatever part of the leg a figure four hurts. Aubergine Mage posted:I want to see someone bring back Gotch's toe lock. ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Didn't some kid accidently kill an older kid recently by applying the sleeper for real? I thought I remembered hearing that. VogeGandire posted:The Regal Stretch hurts like gently caress too. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Halloween Jack posted:Yeah, you're just hanging your weight off the guy's straight leg. I don't get how it's supposed to hurt at all. Because ringpost. Because foreign object. Because wrestling. 
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