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Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

MassRayPer posted:

I'm ok with this one though because Taz is an rear end who deserves to get buried.

Doesn't change the fact that squashing him was just wasting even MORE money in the biggest waste-of-money angle in history.

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Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

VogeGandire posted:

Doesn't change the fact that squashing him was just wasting even MORE money in the biggest waste-of-money angle in history.

This did him a favor by launching him to his great mediocre terrible announcing career.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

VogeGandire posted:

Doesn't change the fact that squashing him was just wasting even MORE money in the biggest waste-of-money angle in history.

On the list of things that went wrong with the Invasion that would be way down the list, and whatever it lost in terms of business it made up in terms of me seeing a guy who is a shithead get buried, so I don't care. I don't think there was much money in that match in 2001 anyway.

Quantrill
Nov 18, 2005

Colt is a beast: http://vine.co/v/bdLPe33pMxq

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
drat Colt, wrestlers are supposed to use Twitch! Now Vince will hire you just to fire you!

Jefferoo
Jun 24, 2008

by Lowtax

Gonzo McFee posted:

drat Colt, wrestlers are supposed to use Twitch! Now Vince will hire you just to fire you!

Don't you mean TouT?! TNA plant spotted!

edit: This Heyman/Lesnar interview for WWE 12 has the funniest drat opening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-wPnTSnrxs

Jefferoo fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Mar 17, 2013

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!
If you're not already a fan of NXT's Emma, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDxfo7kDeZc

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
Man its been forever since New Legacy Inc did a U Mad episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkVqYSJ6Jc
Oh god that one spot at around the 8:00-9:00 min mark
E: :lol: the finish of this match

achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Mar 17, 2013

Renaissance Spam
Jun 5, 2010

Can it wait a for a bit? I'm in the middle of some *gyrations*



Apparently he will pay half the rent as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDjAIChCm_o

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
Who misses Lil Naitch? http://vine.co/v/bp1nvZ6amrj

Jubs
Jul 11, 2006

Boy, I think it's about time I tell you the difference between a man and a woman. A woman isn't a woman unless she's pretty. And a man isn't a man unless he's ugly.
Animated Pipebomb

bobkatt013
Oct 8, 2006

You’re telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?
Here is some Bitchoff and Belushi talking about WCW's greatest announcer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K81mjMdD7aw

Suben
Jul 1, 2007

In 1985 Dr. Strange makes a rap album.

achillesforever6 posted:

Man its been forever since New Legacy Inc did a U Mad episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkVqYSJ6Jc
Oh god that one spot at around the 8:00-9:00 min mark
E: :lol: the finish of this match

Everything from that Tripletaker's sweet tope on is great. Easy MOTYC.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Elias Rodriguez in a Vale Tudo fight from 1998:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDczNDgwNDI0.html

Durk Hendrunkqs
Dec 12, 2006

It's useless.
Harvey Whippleman makes history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LaiNj-zWg

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQvMjqdNqAI

quote:

Scott Hall with Chono at Ringside vs Yoshie Yutaka in NJPW with commentary by The Bad Guy and Louie.

The return of Last Call with (sober) Scott Hall. Here he does commentary on a match he had in Japan that many of you may not have seen. He's joined by Louie from DDP's crew.

Looking forward to more of these videos - Hall tells funny stories from the road and you can tell it really helps him to relive some of this stuff. Or in some cases see it for the first time sober since he doesn't remember even being there.

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

Mr. Carlisle posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQvMjqdNqAI


The return of Last Call with (sober) Scott Hall. Here he does commentary on a match he had in Japan that many of you may not have seen. He's joined by Louie from DDP's crew.

Looking forward to more of these videos - Hall tells funny stories from the road and you can tell it really helps him to relive some of this stuff. Or in some cases see it for the first time sober since he doesn't remember even being there.

I think that's the big thing that kills me the most - Hall not remembering a lot of the stuff he did, whether it was AWA, Japan, WCW or WWF. Everyone else has these great memories of all the matches and angles he did and how fun his characters were, but he did so much damage to himself that it's all a blur. Definitely glad he got help from DDP though and I hope he turns around like Jake did :unsmith:

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


http://youtu.be/rIPlGgXveP8

PSP/IWGP Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi opens trading cards for 20 minutes, stuggles with cellophane and caresses his own face. These videos are more entertaining than they have any right to be. Remember they got a full god drat hour out of Nakamura doing this.

89
Feb 24, 2006

#worldchamps

VogeGandire posted:

Doesn't change the fact that squashing him was just wasting even MORE money in the biggest waste-of-money angle in history.
Even though Taz had been plenty damaged by this point, this was his one shot at redemption, the best described, confused crowd of 2001 WWE was really starting to get hardcore behind Taz in his defiance of Stone Cold. And then it....all just washed away in about 2 minutes. I'm not saying there was serious PPV money in it, but there was definitely hardcore money lost in not doing anything with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aHxfoNrSW4

There's a lot of right in that video, and a huge amount of wrong. It's crazy how much of the short stick Tazz got in the WWE. Probably mostly because he was short. I know probably the majority of you guys reading this just know him as the annoying color commentator that ruins broadcasts. But, before that, that dude was f'n awesome as a wrestler. He had a great build going into the WWE, but then came the last second employment of Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn and he got buried in that wake in the hardcore division and proceeded to do nothing until his WWF Champion vs. ECW Champion match, and then did nothing forever, and became a commentator and then the Alliance thing happened and he had a solid match with Tajiri at Invasion and then the hugely teased feud with Austin, and then back to the commentary table.

Dude could have been more. But, blame has to be placed also on probably his health care after his neck injury early in the ECW days against Dean Malenko, yup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtuH3Bwy9bk

89 fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Mar 24, 2013

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Yeah, I mean, it wasn't the biggest loss in the Invasion, but the guy was still super-over from ECW. They could have capitalized on that and at least turned the biggest angle failure in history into...a smaller failure.

Chemi
Jan 1, 2004

foppish
There just wasn't a seat for Taz at the top table in WWE at that time. He wasn't at that level. Maybe they could have saved his pride (if he feels hurt by it, which I severely doubt) by stringing it out to 10 minutes rather than 2 minutes, but there's no way anyone would have bought anything but a loss to Stone Cold. He was working in an era where The Rock, Stone Cold, Taker, HHH, Angle and Jericho were running the show. The difference between them and Taz was huge.

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer
Not that you're wrong with that, but didn't Tazz make his WWF debut by choking out Angle in a match?

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Chemi posted:

There just wasn't a seat for Taz at the top table in WWE at that time. He wasn't at that level. Maybe they could have saved his pride (if he feels hurt by it, which I severely doubt) by stringing it out to 10 minutes rather than 2 minutes, but there's no way anyone would have bought anything but a loss to Stone Cold. He was working in an era where The Rock, Stone Cold, Taker, HHH, Angle and Jericho were running the show. The difference between them and Taz was huge.

Oh, I'm not saying they needed a top run for Taz, just if they had given him a decent match instead of being squashed, they could have got a few more buys from Philly fans.

The Goog
Aug 6, 2007

It's a Goog Day, yes it is!

Aesop Poprock posted:

Not that you're wrong with that, but didn't Tazz make his WWF debut by choking out Angle in a match?

Angle was in a very different place in the fall of 2001 than he had been in January of 2000.

Durk Hendrunkqs
Dec 12, 2006

It's useless.
The Great Sasuke is indestructible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6JAtDMoEr8

The very last clip owns.

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


:eyepop: he just doesn't stop.

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

Why is he performing a diving senton onto a cask multiple times

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

Gaylord Plower posted:

Why is he performing a diving senton onto a cask multiple times

Because gently caress you he's Great Sasuke and even inanimate objects will respect him.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9geuPAIFcD4

Two decades in MMA referees loving up.

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



Lid posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9geuPAIFcD4

Two decades in MMA referees loving up.

This is phenomenal.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKYPuj39Im0
:3: Oh Mick

Meat Recital
Mar 26, 2009

by zen death robot
Does anyone remember that Bret Hart promo, late in his WWE run when he was running the New Hart Foundation, where he talks about taking these men down to hell to fight the devil himself, and have their hearts beat for his or something? I think he took it from a famous book, but I cant remember enough of the quote to google it. Does anyone know where I can find a clip of that promo? Would be appreciated.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

Lid posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9geuPAIFcD4

Two decades in MMA referees loving up.

This video was amazing. It's pretty much the same three blowing most of the calls too.

My favorite was Rousey telling a ref her opponent tapped so he just took her word for it and stopped the fight. What the hell. :lol:

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Mr. Carlisle posted:

This video was amazing. It's pretty much the same three blowing most of the calls too.

My favorite was Rousey telling a ref her opponent tapped so he just took her word for it and stopped the fight. What the hell. :lol:

The argument was that the opponent let out a cry of pain which would signal a verbal submission. There was really never proof anyone could find, but that's something the mics may not pick it up.

Perry Normal
Jul 23, 2010

Humans disgust me. Vile creatures.

Meat Recital posted:

Does anyone remember that Bret Hart promo, late in his WWE run when he was running the New Hart Foundation, where he talks about taking these men down to hell to fight the devil himself, and have their hearts beat for his or something? I think he took it from a famous book, but I cant remember enough of the quote to google it. Does anyone know where I can find a clip of that promo? Would be appreciated.

I did some digging, it was the opening segment of the May 12, 1997 edition of Raw.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqjphw_wwf-raw-is-war-05-12-97-part-1_sport#.UVEutleZkhA

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



Is there any way refs can lose their licensing? Because jesus some of those people should not have others' lives in their hands.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

Rogan calling bullshit on almost every one of them on commentary was hilarious too. And for the Bellator clips just replace Rogan with the guy they have that sounds just like him.

Jefferoo
Jun 24, 2008

by Lowtax

weekly font posted:

Is there any way refs can lose their licensing? Because jesus some of those people should not have others' lives in their hands.

Yeah, I could only make it about a 1/4 of the way through that video before I had to stop. It's really loving unsettling to watch. But like, can't the guy just wailing on whoever is down stop and be like, "yeah, I've beaten this guy up enough," and not get penalized or whatever? It's really loving uncomfortable to see.

acejackson42
Mar 27, 2005

You didn't say what I think you said...
I think a good number of those 'early' stoppages were pretty drat right on and if left for a few more seconds would have fit right into the 'late' stoppage category. Just because someone pops right back up and screams and yells that he's fine doesn't mean he wasn't done. I mean, for example, that Tito / Shamrock one... what the hell did they want, him looking like he did after the Franklin mauling? I mean, yeah it's Ken and all, but still, Tito blasting him a few more times and he's stumbling around looking like Hominick.

As for the late stoppages... man, that's the poo poo that gives the sport a bad name. And it's even worse when the fighter laying the beating is visibly pissed at what he had to do. I'll always, always take an early stoppage over a late stoppage because in at least 90 per cent of the 'early' stoppages they were pretty right on. The late ones are just terrible to watch and give ammunition to the kind of antiquated fuckers keeping the sport out of not only the greatest venues but entire states and provinces.

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Meat Recital
Mar 26, 2009

by zen death robot

Perry Normal posted:

I did some digging, it was the opening segment of the May 12, 1997 edition of Raw.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqjphw_wwf-raw-is-war-05-12-97-part-1_sport#.UVEutleZkhA

Thanks.

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