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Skarsnik posted:Has there ever been another time where all the belts have been held by a heel? All the champions entering Mania 14 were heel except TAKA
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Has anyone ever won a match with a sleeper hold?
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Aug 22, 2013 23:58
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Contingency Plan posted:Has anyone ever won a match with a sleeper hold? Roddy Piper for his entire career.
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Contingency Plan posted:Has anyone ever won a match with a sleeper hold? Brutus Beefcake
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Aug 23, 2013 00:03
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I assume Minoru Suzuki at some point.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:07
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HHH beat Spike Dudley with a sleeper about a decade ago.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:10
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The Million Dollar Man definitely did.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:17
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Bret Hart won a match while in a sleeper hold, does that count?
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I Before E posted:Bret Hart won a match while in a sleeper hold, does that count? Bret done it TWICE. Mania 8, Survivor Series 96.
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Aug 23, 2013 00:31
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Hogan beat Richard Belzer with it.
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Contingency Plan posted:Has anyone ever won a match with a sleeper hold? Roddy Piper beat Hulk Hogan at the height of his dominance in the nWo with a sleeper hold.
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NickRoweFillea posted:Can someone give me a review of JR's Chipotle Ketchup and All-Purpose Seasoning because I miss that guy and want to eat Jim Ross approved condiments I know you said a BBQ sauce review wasn't needed, but I'll do it anyway: Regular BBQ: Nothing special, pretty bog-standard. Hot BBQ: This is pretty good. Mustard: Nice flavor, could use a little more zest. Chipotle Ketchup: Tastes like ketchup should be made no other way. Absolutely otherworldly. All-Purpose seasoning: Haven't tried. Also, the beef jerky is beyond amazing.
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The Monkey Man posted:I understand that by the time that wrestling really hit it big in the mid-80's, Andre the Giant was just a shell of his former self. Did he have any really good matches earlier in his career that are worth watching? He had some really good matches with Stan Hansen
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Davros1 posted:Hogan beat Richard Belzer with it. To be fair, falling asleep during a Hogan match isn't unusual.
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sticklefifer posted:To be fair, falling asleep during a Hogan match isn't unusual. It is when the 'match' in question is a talk show with a concrete floor. 
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When HHH buried Hurricane the week after he beat Rock, he put him down with a sleeper.
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Was there some reason Cena never really appeared on Smackdown with the belt? I'm pretty sure I remember Punk showing up on Smackdown with the title and I'm kind of hoping we'll see the WWE title feud have build on both shows.
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Town Moron posted:Was there some reason Cena never really appeared on Smackdown with the belt? I'm pretty sure I remember Punk showing up on Smackdown with the title and I'm kind of hoping we'll see the WWE title feud have build on both shows. Punk occasionally did, but rarely, because most of his reign took place before the brand split ended. Even after that, it was still unofficially considered the Raw title. Once the rosters merged, the WHC was still showcased way more on Smackdown. Even The Rock didn't show up on Smackdown much, despite it traditionally being "The Rock's show". I don't mind different shows featuring different belts. If everyone can appear on either show, featuring specific titles is a way of keeping them distinct.
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I'm going to a q&a with Jim Ross this Monday here in Manchester and I have meet and greet tickets. is it true JR can be a bit of a dick with fans? I just want a handshake and photo, is there any question I should ask him? I literally can't think of anything that doesn't go into smark territory.
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He probably has been a dick to fans as he is human and Im sure those fans were harassing him when he was just trying to do normal day to day things. He will probably be a gent in an offical meet and greet. Could just ask him who he thinks are the brightest nxt prospects.
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britishbornandbread posted:I'm going to a q&a with Jim Ross this Monday here in Manchester and I have meet and greet tickets. is it true JR can be a bit of a dick with fans? How big is Batista's dick?
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If I were going to ask any pointed questions, I'd ask him about why WWE has declined to have second (or third or fourth) generation wrestlers working under their dads' stage names. I'd also want to know about the recent appearance of the word "wrestling" in WWE programming.
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Town Moron posted:Was there some reason Cena never really appeared on Smackdown with the belt? I'm pretty sure I remember Punk showing up on Smackdown with the title and I'm kind of hoping we'll see the WWE title feud have build on both shows. Top guys generally just Don't Work Tuesdays.
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Halloween Jack posted:If I were going to ask any pointed questions, I'd ask him about why WWE has declined to have second (or third or fourth) generation wrestlers working under their dads' stage names. What answer would you need other than "the WWE currently wants to own the rights to all ring names it can"?
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You have to remember that JR has serious problems talking for long peroids now without it becoming painful for him. If you have a question you want him to give a decent in depth answer to it's best to get it in early because by the end of Q&A's he has a tendency to become much shorter with his answers (which some people have taken as him being rude or dismissive of them).
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MassRafTer posted:I don't believe it and it wasn't reported at the time of the PPV. Chono was injured, they had a god awful double ref gimmick, the American was the top heel in the promotion and the finish was horrible. It was awful without a need for meddling. Ah, dang. I was curious because I couldn't find a ton of info on the incident. http://www.rspwfaq.net/2012/10/brocktober-countdown-wcw-halloween.html quote:Rude and Chono had a really, really awesome match in Japan in the finals of the NWA tournament, Rude's best ever in fact. It hovered around ****1/2. This, on the other hand...is not. Remember my conspiracy theory from the Starrcade 92 rant about Bill Watts and Japanese wrestlers? http://www.rspwfaq.net/2011/12/starrcade-countdown-1992.html quote:Oh no, it’s the battle of nWo Japan. Back in early 1993, Herb Kunze noted that both guys were specifically told by Bill Watts before the match to NOT put on a good show, so as not to steal the show from the WCW guys. So if you ever see this match, don’t say I didn’t warn you. http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling3/keysplace/wcwpart6.html quote:Watts also wasn’t helping his cause by showing disrespect to his supervisors in meetings (even if they did deserve the disrespect), and there were reports that Watts did an interview that baseball legend and fellow Turner employee Hank Aaron found racist. Plus the fact that Watts reportedly told his undercard wrestlers to dog their matches so as not to upstage the main eventers(he told Masa Chono and Great Muta to tone down the action in their NWA Title match at Starcade so as not to upstage the Ron Simmons-Steve Williams WCW Title match or the Sting-Vader King of Cable finals) all led one to believe that Watts was one step away from being fired. Aside from that stuff, I can't really find anything that backs up that theory. Anyway, actual question time! In searching the web for wrestling moves, I found a weird maneuver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZqKEVTGZPc&t=1m07s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJ10ZSJH5Q Those videos refer to the move as a "Back to Belly Double Underhook Suplex". I cannot find any info using that name (I'm not even sure a "back-to-belly suplex" is a real thing), so I'm assuming that it's not the proper/actual name. Any idea what the move is called?
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The only other people I've ever seen use that move are Regal and Benoit; I'm not sure it has a name. SuicidalDragon is a big puro nerd, so he's just going to call it by the most technically detailed name in the absence of any colloquialism. (And technically speaking, those are overhooks.)
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Nick_326 posted:Ah, dang. I was curious because I couldn't find a ton of info on the incident. The best option is not to listen to Scott Keith, he's an idiot.
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Why exactly does Dixie Carter love TNA so much? They don't make any money, they're a far flung #2 behind the biggest name in wrestling (which doesn't mean squat) and no one but the blobs of flesh at live shows seem to care about the company beyond making fun of it or drawing an easy paycheck. Does she just really like wrestling but not enough to actually try and improve the product? How long til her parents croak and her funding dries up?
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I've got kinda an opposite question- why has TNA gotten so much love from the networks and say, ROH hasn't?
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Something I've never thought about before, but hit me when I was showering after a workout - what do pro-wrestlers usually do straight after a match? Do they take an ice bath, get a massage, some kind of sport cooldown treatment like athletes do? Or do they just chill out with a beer or something?
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maxallen posted:I've got kinda an opposite question- why has TNA gotten so much love from the networks and say, ROH hasn't? I'd wager it's probably name recognition. TNA has always been loaded with former WWE and WCW stars who have been big TV names in the past. ROH only has those on rare occasions.
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Frankston posted:Something I've never thought about before, but hit me when I was showering after a workout - what do pro-wrestlers usually do straight after a match? Do they take an ice bath, get a massage, some kind of sport cooldown treatment like athletes do? Or do they just chill out with a beer or something? Pretty much what any athlete does. Austin used to have to have his knees stapped up with ice after each match, and theres footage on the wrestlemania documentry of his post match routine.
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Joeslop posted:Why exactly does Dixie Carter love TNA so much? I would imagine that sunk cost fallacy has to factor in pretty heavily, here.
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Joeslop posted:Why exactly does Dixie Carter love TNA so much? They don't make any money, they're a far flung #2 behind the biggest name in wrestling (which doesn't mean squat) and no one but the blobs of flesh at live shows seem to care about the company beyond making fun of it or drawing an easy paycheck. The real answer is that it's all she has. She's never going to be given a position of real power or responsibility in her parents firm, and her PR company was a pretty significant failure propped up by Panda money. In TNA she has power and influence in her own little realm, has name recognition with a group of people she absolutely despises and even got had the opportunity to force herself into a hearing with congress (who didn't even want her there). If she didn't have TNA what would she do?
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IronCladBurrito posted:I'd wager it's probably name recognition. TNA has always been loaded with former WWE and WCW stars who have been big TV names in the past. ROH only has those on rare occasions. TNA is also able to put on what is at least a presentable-looking television product, which is something ROH has never been able to do
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Cardboard Box posted:TNA is also able to put on what is at least a presentable-looking television product, which is something ROH has never been able to do I would disagree, but I'm not sure I remember seeing TNA. ROH's TV quality has come down some since the HDNET days IMO, but I give them a pass because they're not as big-time.
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IronCladBurrito posted:I would disagree, but I'm not sure I remember seeing TNA. ROH's TV quality has come down some since the HDNET days IMO, but I give them a pass because they're not as big-time. TNA has always been able to broadcast a show reliably, however. This isn't an accomplishment or anything to be proud of, just a base expectation in the world of TV that even TNA cannot gently caress up. Even when they have problems like setting the roof on fire during Hard Justice 06 they were able to keep the broadcast going even after the fire department moved everyone to the parking lot. ROH, on the other hand, is notorious for doing a good job with what they have then every time a shake-up happens (people leaving or ownership changing) production goes into the toilet. 2012 was probably hands-down the worst year for ROH in terms of production on account of the Sinclair buyout and the changes made. They couldn't even sync the video and audio up properly during Showdown in the Sun Part 1 which made everyone in the GDT flip a poo poo (myself included). I understand they don't have a lot, but they make mistakes that film students with "Ds get degress" mindsets make.
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