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Luigi Thirty posted:When Taker or Big E pull the straps on their singlet down before doing a power move, what's that supposed to do according to wrestling logic? It means the match is getting more serious/intense.
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The Big Ending has to be one of the worst finishers I've seen in awhile.
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Mar 2, 2014 03:42
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Writer Cath posted:It means the match is getting more serious/intense.
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Are the belts made using real precious metals and stones? Something about the kind of punishment a belt could go through tells me that the promotions through the years wouldn't have wanted to use real gold or jewels for them, so I gotta ask.
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Luigi Thirty posted:When Taker or Big E pull the straps on their singlet down before doing a power move, what's that supposed to do according to wrestling logic? It makes finishers stronger. Like how flame designs make cars go faster. Doy.
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Mar 2, 2014 04:19
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Tharizdun posted:
Pretty sure he was a heel in the beginning of his ecw career as well, I think his gimmick was like suspenders wearing pretty boy or something.
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Shima Honnou posted:Are the belts made using real precious metals and stones? Something about the kind of punishment a belt could go through tells me that the promotions through the years wouldn't have wanted to use real gold or jewels for them, so I gotta ask. The metal is usually something like nickel that gets coated in gold or silver paint. I imagine the jewels are imitation as well. WWE has several versions of each title, including a "HD" one for TV. Stone Cold had Dave Millican (the guy who does the WWE belts) on his podcast a few weeks back and it was pretty interesting.
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Mar 2, 2014 04:22
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Thauros posted:I can't recall any significant indie guy in recent years who's claimed that he'd refuse to go there or knock people who do. Eddie Kingston just did this in his shoot interview.
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EugeneJ posted:Eddie Kingston just did this in his shoot interview. He said significant, not shitnificent.
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Where can I get a Sexy Star lucha mask with the top cut out?
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Shima Honnou posted:Are the belts made using real precious metals and stones? Something about the kind of punishment a belt could go through tells me that the promotions through the years wouldn't have wanted to use real gold or jewels for them, so I gotta ask. According to wikipedia, which source's Ted Dibase's autobiography: "The Million Dollar Belt was designed by Terry Betteridge of Betteridge Jewelers in Greenwich, Connecticut. The belt is gold plated, made with cubic zirconia, and has three tiny diamonds that were inserted behind the belt. The belt cost around $125,000."
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Mar 2, 2014 05:07
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I think The Road Warriors and Koko B. Ware were always faces.
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The Grey posted:I think The Road Warriors and Koko B. Ware were always faces. The Road Warriors had a few heel runs and Koko was briefly a heel in Memphis.
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The Grey posted:I think The Road Warriors and Koko B. Ware were always faces. Road warriors turned heel on Sting in 88.
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Timby posted:Road warriors turned heel on Sting in 88. Has Sting ever teamed with anyone who didn't later turn heel on him? Dusty Rhodes is the only guy I can thing of off the top of my head.
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bartok posted:Has Sting ever teamed with anyone who didn't later turn heel on him? Dusty Rhodes is the only guy I can thing of off the top of my head. ...and even Dusty joined the nWo, Sting's nemeses (...for a while, anyway).
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bartok posted:Has Sting ever teamed with anyone who didn't later turn heel on him? Dusty Rhodes is the only guy I can thing of off the top of my head. ... Robocop?
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The Grey posted:According to wikipedia, which source's Ted Dibase's autobiography: No sir. That belt cost $1,000,000 in 1989. Adjusted for inflation to 2014 it is worth $1,000,000.
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omgomgomg posted:As far as I know, Abdullah the Butcher, The Iron Sheik, Bobby Heenan, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal and Wade Barrett have always been heels. Bobby was nominally a face in WCW after Hogan turned heel, but I don't know if you're counting announcing work.
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Capsaicin posted:Has Regal ever been a babyface aside from his recent announcer gig? His love for Eugene turned him face, as did his bromance with Tajiri.
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Red posted:... Robocop? The Mega Powers Explode in: RoboCop 2
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LividLiquid posted:Yup. The same as a guy loosening his tie before a fight. It's meaningless in real life, but it's something people actually do for some reason. Is it Kurt Angle who does it twice in a match? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Mar 2, 2014 11:33
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Gavok posted:His love for Eugene turned him face, as did his bromance with Tajiri. Regal and Tajiri was a fun dynamic. Some of the reactions from Regal when he watches Tajiri compete for the first time in WWE are amazing, but Regal's always been top notch at facial reactions to stuff. Hey, if Sting signs with WWE for sure, maybe Regal can clap Sting so hard that Sting swears again. That'd be fun.
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WadeBartender posted:Pretty sure he was a heel in the beginning of his ecw career as well, I think his gimmick was like suspenders wearing pretty boy or something. Yep, he turned during a feud with Sandman, when he lost a 'loser gets caned' match, if I recall. (Right around the time the guy getting caned in Singapore was in the US news) The gimmick was that Sandman would stop if Tommy begged him to. Tommy just kept taking the hits and doing the "Thank you, sir, may I have another?" shtick until the crowd began to respect him for being tough and sticking to his guns.
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Skarsnik posted:Is it Kurt Angle who does it twice in a match? Or am I thinking of someone else? bartok posted:Has Sting ever teamed with anyone who didn't later turn heel on him? Dusty Rhodes is the only guy I can thing of off the top of my head. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Mar 2, 2014 |
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Red posted:... Robocop? He turned heel in America just this year. Remake. 
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I Before E posted:He said significant, not shitnificent. Yeah it doesn't really count if the guy saying it has absolutely no shot at getting signed.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Regal and Tajiri was a fun dynamic. Some of the reactions from Regal when he watches Tajiri compete for the first time in WWE are amazing, but Regal's always been top notch at facial reactions to stuff. Tajiri and Regal were so great, also that interview with Austin and them (can't find it) was hilarious.
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Tajiri: *Ten seconds of yammering in Japanese* Austin: You're a wise man, Tie-jiri.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Dq8LtQ0GE There's no point of this where Tajiri doesn't look genuinely confused.
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VogeGandire posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Dq8LtQ0GE Did he ever Stunner Tajiri, and if so, did Tajiri spit out beer mist?
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Mar 2, 2014 18:36
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VogeGandire posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Dq8LtQ0GE Oh god, the "what"s were a horrible mistake, weren't they?
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dsriggs posted:Oh god, the "what"s were a horrible mistake, weren't they? I believe Austin has said that the "what" gimmick is one of his biggest career regrets and he feels for everyone who has had to deal with it since.
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I remember Austin saying the opposite and that it's the talents fault if the crowd nails them with whats. Something about cadence and not giving the fans a chance to do it.
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Perfidus posted:I remember Austin saying the opposite and that it's the talents fault if the crowd nails them with whats. Something about cadence and not giving the fans a chance to do it. One of the things I noticed early about Bray Wyatt is that he's really good at this. One of his early in-ring promos was against a crowd that was "WHAT"-ing pretty much everybody on the mic, and they only managed to get one in on him before he started randomly varying when and how long he paused. You could hear them sort of half-heartedly try and then give up.
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I was watching one of AJ's promos on the Network and it was especially bad, as she was clearly trying to keep talking and kill the Whats, but they were actually Whatting her *while* she was talking.
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Skarsnik posted:Is it Kurt Angle who does it twice in a match? Or am I thinking of someone else? Ah, yes - Kurt pulls down his straps, puts them back up, and immediately pulls them back down again, because he was that pissed off. It was definitely a WrestleMania match - either HBK or Eddie. I'm guessing HBK. El Gallinero Gros posted:Regal and Tajiri was a fun dynamic. Some of the reactions from Regal when he watches Tajiri compete for the first time in WWE are amazing, but Regal's always been top notch at facial reactions to stuff. The schtick, if I remember right, was that Regal gave Tajiri a pity "tryout" against Crash Holly, and assumed Tajiri would lose. Tajiri, however, annihiliated Holly with his submissions and kicks while doing these screeches. Regal's face pretty much said "Holy gently caress, what have I found?". Edit: Here it is - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2tbz3_crash-holly-vs-tajiri_sport Edit: The best part of that match is Tajiri hugging Regal, and Regal having none of it. VogeGandire posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Dq8LtQ0GE You know, I just assume that everyone backstage loved Tajiri, and loved working with him. Red fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Mar 2, 2014 |
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Red posted:You know, I just assume that everyone backstage loved Tajiri, and loved working with him. He kayfabed his English-speaking ability all the time. He travelled with the Bashams, Cena and Funaki, and he'd constantly pretend to understand less English than he actually could, but then forget about it when they were drinking, so he'd become MORE fluent the more he had to drink.
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Capsaicin posted:Has Regal ever been a babyface aside from his recent announcer gig? He was WWE commissioner during the Invasion, and he got cheered as a face as a result. Years later, he said that while it was sort of interesting, it also felt fundamentally weird to get overwhelming face pops.
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