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MassRafTer posted:Him trying to add a nonexistent storyline about concussions to the Ibushi/Nakamura match sounds like what annoyed me most about his WWE commentary.
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Not to use ~insider terms~ but I think the only problem with Striker is that he's always working, not just commentating. Stuff like that, he has to put some story in or just get himself over about how smart he is in some way rather than just talking about what's happening. It's not as bad as commentators who seriously just blab on about themselves (I'm suddenly remembering Dusty Rhodes in WCW) but it's still obnoxious
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Jan 9, 2015 05:09
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Doo-Wop Duodenum posted:You haven't lived until you've heard Sami Callahan call a match I did once and I wanted to die.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:11
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Doo-Wop Duodenum posted:You haven't lived until you've heard Sami Callahan call a match I think you mean a giant wad of dip calling a match.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:16
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Nerokerubina posted:striker's worst moment was him straight up saying "Strong Style is the answer to the question 'is wrestling fake'" like dude how do you call a major, serious wrestling match and then just straight up say that wrestling is fake I really enjoyed JR's utter lack of reaction to that line and the four or five seconds of dead silence that followed, segueing into JR just initiating a completely different topic with no transition.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:17
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Marquis de Pyro posted:It's not as bad as commentators who seriously just blab on about themselves (I'm suddenly remembering Dusty Rhodes in WCW) but it's still obnoxious Dusty had two all-time classic calls that make his time at the booth totally worth it. "There's lady in the men's room, Tony" and "HE'S GOT A BICYCLE"
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Jan 9, 2015 05:26
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You're forgetting "I'm a use a dragon screw on my wife tonight"
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Jan 9, 2015 05:29
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The all time champion Dusty line is the following exchange, during an Eddy Guerrero match: Bobby: Dream, what would you be thinking if you were Eddy Guerrero right now? Dream: I'd be thinking I lost a lot of weight.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:42
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I can't remember which PPV it is (gotta be somewhere in late 95 early 96 because I'm working my way through Nitro), but Dusty and Brain poo poo all over Schiavone for (correctly) calling a German suplex. They just kept going on and on about the nationality for each subsequent move and Schiavone is clearly pissed, much to my amusement. Dusty owned on commentary.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:45
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The all time greatest commentary moment is Tony not knowing the difference between Karl and Frank Gotch and ranting about Heenan listening to people on the internet.
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Jan 9, 2015 05:59
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Charles Gnarwin posted:I can't remember which PPV it is (gotta be somewhere in late 95 early 96 because I'm working my way through Nitro), but Dusty and Brain poo poo all over Schiavone for (correctly) calling a German suplex. They just kept going on and on about the nationality for each subsequent move and Schiavone is clearly pissed, much to my amusement. I think this is the one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJZD_MPVeZs Dusty's a simple, hard working man, who has no time for fancy-named kicks.
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Jan 9, 2015 06:00
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MassRafTer posted:The all time greatest commentary moment is Tony not knowing the difference between Karl and Frank Gotch and ranting about Heenan listening to people on the internet. best ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbNDrYRQrjQ
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I like when Tony talked about geography to burn some guy who lost on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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Talk is Jericho with Hogan pt 2 starts at 29:56. Speewee is the absolute worst.
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Jan 9, 2015 14:56
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Oh god, Destination America sent Bryan an email telling him that if he wants to know whether Impact would air on Hulu, he should check his local library
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:Oh god, Destination America sent Bryan an email telling him that if he wants to know whether Impact would air on Hulu, he should check his local library wait, what?
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Jan 9, 2015 15:24
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:Oh god, Destination America sent Bryan an email telling him that if he wants to know whether Impact would air on Hulu, he should check his local library But what would his buddy Lance think of him then?
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Jan 9, 2015 15:27
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:Oh god, Destination America sent Bryan an email telling him that if he wants to know whether Impact would air on Hulu, he should check his local library What on earth? Though if they mixed up Bryan Alvarez with Lance Storm, this was the troll of the year.
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Jan 9, 2015 15:36
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More importantly, our National Treasure, Dragon King Karl, is cancer free!  
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Rodney the Piper posted:More importantly, our National Treasure, Dragon King Karl, is cancer free! 
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sportsgenius86 posted:wait, what? More importantly, how far do I have to skip to hear it? And how far after that does Vinny stop laughing?
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Jan 9, 2015 16:41
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:Oh god, Destination America sent Bryan an email telling him that if he wants to know whether Impact would air on Hulu, he should check his local library I don't get it
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sportsgenius86 posted:wait, what? flashy_mcflash posted:What on earth? Gaz-L posted:More importantly, how far do I have to skip to hear it? And how far after that does Vinny stop laughing? Bhester posted:I don't get it It starts at 30:35. Basically Bryan wrote an email to Destination America asking them if Impact would be on Hulu like some of their other programmes. They replied with a form letter telling him that DA does not have a research staff, and that he could find more information at his local library or on the Internet, as if he was a kid asking them for help with a school project (insert obligatory crack at Bryan's youthful appearance) TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Jan 9, 2015 18:00
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I've been watching the early OSW podcasts and they're great but it's really funny and embarrassing that they sign off with "Take care, spike your hair."
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There was an amazing unintentionally backhanded compliment on Cheap Heat today when Dave Shoemaker, a dude whose sole wrestling news source is r/squaredcircle, said that Matt Striker, a veteran announcer who previously did tours as a wrestler for Zero1 and NOAH, was so knowledgeable about puro that he could even come after HIS job. I think Shoemaker and Rosenberg are funny together, but sometimes I really wish they knew a little bit more about wrestling.
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Jan 9, 2015 21:28
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The rest of the Hogan interview was just as much fun as the first. Hogan is charming and was fun to listen to, even if you basically can't believe a single thing he says. My favorite part was when he sent Jerry Hall's kids some Hogan merchandise and included a note saying,"P.S if the Stones are ever looking for a new bass player, give me a call!"  TomWaitsForNoMan posted:It starts at 30:35. Basically Bryan wrote an email to Destination America asking them if Impact would be on Hulu like some of their other programmes. They replied with a form letter telling him that DA does not have a research staff, and that he could find more information at his local library or on the Internet, as if he was a kid asking them for help with a school project (insert obligatory crack at Bryan's youthful appearance) The big thing I picked up from a couple of shows ago is that the number of people who "get" Destination America is actually wildly inflated by including all those who CAN get it through their cable provider... provided they have the requisite tier/package of channels. I think Bryan said that if he'd wanted to watch Impact he would have had to pay an extra $22 a month (a week?) or something like that just to get up into the tier that included it. Suffice to say, he did not watch Impact.
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i did find it funny that a purported journalist wont pony up loving 22 dollars to watch the tv show of one of the few US promotions with national TV, no matter how terrible that TV might be
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Spermgod posted:i did find it funny that a purported journalist wont pony up loving 22 dollars to watch the tv show of one of the few US promotions with national TV, no matter how terrible that TV might be especially since he could could write off the upgrade on his taxes as a goddamn work expense. He's also hee-ing and haw-ing about wanting to cut the cable but I have no clue how he expects to cover Raw the next day without pirating it since you can't watch USA live on an app/OTT.
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Jan 9, 2015 22:49
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It's about ethics in wrestling journalism
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He's a cheap gently caress. He's spending so much less on his job than he did a year ago.
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I miss the days of Bryan refusing to spend the extra $10 to order TNA in HD.
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The current mentality from Bryan is "IT COSTS MORE THAN THE WWE NETWORK AND NEW JAPAN WORLD COMBINED!!!"
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MassRafTer posted:He's a cheap gently caress. He's spending so much less on his job than he did a year ago. I mean, the WWE Network alone has saved him, what, $600 this year?
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Jan 9, 2015 23:31
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Gaz-L posted:I mean, the WWE Network alone has saved him, what, $600 this year? $600 that he promptly spent making his audio shows sound exactly the same as they did a year ago.
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Jan 9, 2015 23:32
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Daniel Bryan posted:$600 that he promptly spent making his audio shows sound exactly the same as they did a year ago. But, the cellphone sounds! You can totally hear Vinny and Craig silently browsing the internet! He had to fix it! (Well, and whatever they did so Dave sounds better. I assume just bought him whatever software Bryan uses to record?)
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Jan 9, 2015 23:35
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Gaz-L posted:But, the cellphone sounds! You can totally hear Vinny and Craig silently browsing the internet! He had to fix it! Yeah both him and Sempervive have better rigs now so that they don't sound like they're on the phone. Which is great until Dave's rig breaks down in the middle of an episode and they go back to phone calls.
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Jan 9, 2015 23:41
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i can't shake the feeling that their "rigs" are just skype
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Cardboard Box posted:i can't shake the feeling that their "rigs" are just skype Yeah it is, but we're talking about (presumably) a Mic -> Compressor -> DAC -> Skype. And it sounds really good. A lot better than the phone. Remember when Dave worked for Yahoo and went out to the UFCs and we were all like "THATS NOT HOW DAVE SOUNDS ON THE PHONE"
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There was that one show where Bryan and Dave were whispering so the hotel staff wouldn't yell at them, and they sounded like a pair of 12 year olds sneaking out of bed to watch R-rated movies on HBO. Dave even had the giggles.
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Gaz-L posted:There was that one show where Bryan and Dave were whispering so the hotel staff wouldn't yell at them, and they sounded like a pair of 12 year olds sneaking out of bed to watch R-rated movies on HBO. Dave even had the giggles. I want to listen to this show, please let me know the date 
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