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What will die first?
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ROH 20 22.47%
America 69 77.53%
Total: 89 votes
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Bard Maddox
Feb 15, 2012

I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.

exploded mummy posted:

At least they haven't brought in the Headbangers or Spirit Squad in yet

about that

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Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


El Gallinero Gros posted:

Last I saw, WWE was claiming he hadn't yet been granted his release.

He finally got one a couple weeks ago

Marquis de Pyro
Sep 25, 2006

Evil Prevails
Bringing in name people to job for your stars is a good idea (quote this when Anderson wins the title lol)

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
I get bringing in the local name but man... man. Talk about a match I didn't know I didn't want to see.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Member when Ken Anderson showed up too high for a TNA show and they gave his gimmick to Eli Drake

SatansOnion
Dec 12, 2011

flashy_mcflash posted:

Member when Ken Anderson showed up too high for a TNA show

:eyepop:

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

flashy_mcflash posted:

Member when Ken Anderson showed up too high for a TNA show and they gave his gimmick to Eli Drake

was he literally unable to move, or

I wanna know what 'too high for TNA' is given Victory Road 2011

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/anderson-ken-tna-big-plans-release-huh/#.WPbAl58XZCk

I hope he brings his "Huh" gimmick to ROH.

Muddy Burphy
Dec 4, 2010

The #RXT REVOLUTION has two words for ya..
SCOOP IT!

:frogc00l:

he knows...
What was he on?

Bard Maddox
Feb 15, 2012

I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.
bless

https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/854711556541739009

https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/854741535505756160

Wiccan Wasteland
Oct 15, 2012
Poor Sanada is going to see Bully Ray and Ken Anderson and think he showed up to the wrong place.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Only fully reading last week's Observer now. Sorry if I was secretive around the turn of the year about Kyle. But why he took a hiatus certainly wasn't my place to say:

quote:

Kyle O’Reilly, who was working for the NWL in Kansas City and St. Louis, had to return home to Canada as his mother is suffering from cancer.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

One step closer to the fated Naito / Ken Anderson ****** match

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
Come on ROH, get Suzuki to wrestle a couple of matches :argh:

Spermgod
Jan 8, 2012

pink wasn't even a thing why is t#RXT REVOLUTION~!
and i'm so fucking excited for #SCOOPS#SCOOPS#SCOOPS #SCOOPS#SCOOPS #SCOOPS#SCOOPS
:sludgepal:
he knows..
Suzuki isn't NJPW contracted so they could bring him in whenever anyway

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Beef Jerky Robot posted:

And I thought Bull Dempsey on the roster was bad

They brought in the wrong dempsey

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


more NJPW dudes announced, this is the list so far for the Toronto show on 5/7

ROH WORLD CHAMPION Christopher Daniels
ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION Marty Scurll
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)
ROH WORLD 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Bully Ray, Mark & Jay Briscoe
New Japan’s IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION Tetsuya Naito
New Japan’s NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION Hirooki Goto
New Japan’s NEVER OPENWEIGHT SIX MEN TAG TEAM CHAMPION Hiroshi Tanahashi
New Japan’s KUSHIDA
New Japan’s EVIL
New Japan’s BUSHI
New Japan’s SANADA
New Japan’s Gedo
Cody
Will Ospreay
Dalton Castle
Jay Lethal
and more!

Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/855149317375631361

The Elite seem to be in the tour

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Tanahashi & Addiction vs Bucks & Omega for Toronto

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


rovert posted:

Tanahashi & Addiction vs Bucks & Omega for Toronto

:fap:

Also looks like Colt Cabana will be there which is good because he's still my favorite.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Seems like Okada's not coming this year, really gonna put a damper on driving 2.5 hours each way to Philly

Bigass Moth
Mar 6, 2004

I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.
:boom:
he knows...
That's not a very long drive.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Bigass Moth posted:

That's not a very long drive.

philly is loving awful though

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

KungFu Grip posted:

philly is loving awful though

It's a fun town.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
Current ROH trainee/WOH wrestler Faye Jackson appeared at EVOLVE tonight:

https://twitter.com/Rich_Laconi/status/855908078767755266

It is more than a pattern.

Bigass Moth
Mar 6, 2004

I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.
:boom:
he knows...
ROH FEARS GABE

Willninho
Aug 14, 2007
It really is funny that no matter what happens ROH will still draw 3 times Evolve will.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Willninho posted:

It really is funny that no matter what happens ROH will still draw 3 times Evolve will.

A much better atmosphere (as in they have one) largely too.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

rovert posted:

A much better atmosphere (as in they have one) largely too.
Wonder what Gabe would have to do to get better crowds at Evolve shows

Marquis de Pyro
Sep 25, 2006

Evil Prevails
There are a trillion promotions that do 'good workrate' matches now, and Evolve has fewer "mainstream stars" and simple inertia than RoH has

well, probably not for much longer at the rate RoH is falling apart, but I mean RoH has the history and NJPW connection, NXT has the stars, PWG has the "coolness" factor, there are a bunch of other indy promotions that get Young Bucks/Lucha Bros/Omega who are bigger draws than anyone you'd think of as having Evolve as a home promotion

basically while I like making fun of Evolve's complete lack of interest, I don't think there's much of anything they could do to fix it

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
EVOLVE has Big Stoke so I can understand why people would rather be there.

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
as someone who went to 82 and is going to 83, I think EVOLVE is more compelling than RoH, fwiw. It's way cheaper live ($30-50 vs $40-100), has great talent putting on great matches, and I haven't been disappointed by any of their cards since I started watching late last year. Atmosphere is a weird complaint; all 3 of the shows I've seen at La Boom have had crowds that were pretty into it.

I'm going to War of the Worlds this year for NJPW people, but once NJPW starts running east coast shows, I'll have zero reason to keep up with RoH unless Dalton Castle gets a world champion push or something

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

achillesforever6 posted:

Wonder what Gabe would have to do to get better crowds at Evolve shows

Probably stop booking shows in high school gyms.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
At some point Gabe realized you can have shows in nightclubs because they already have PA systems and house lighting and he never moved past that

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

big gripe that War of the Worlds isn't touring through Chicago or Indy.

ROH really only draws well when it brings in international guys. But really, because of the way their finances are structured, they can afford to run humdrum shows and not break dudes.

Evolve is doing fine too but at a much higher injury rate. Crossfit fighting is brutal on the body.

Dr. Zoggle
Aug 12, 2006
Go Blue!


coconono posted:

big gripe that War of the Worlds isn't touring through Chicago or Indy.

I wish they would have a PPV in Indy, but I can't think of where they could run it

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

here comes the spunk posted:

I wish they would have a PPV in Indy, but I can't think of where they could run it

Fair Ground has a bunch of different sized buildings they can use. It'd be dope if they could run the Coliseum proper, but it'd have to be a hella visible show.

Norwegian Rudo
May 9, 2013

EugeneJ posted:

At some point Gabe realized you can have shows in nightclubs because they already have PA systems and house lighting and he never moved past that

Lots of indies run nightclubs. Progress does and it looks great and has one of the best atmospheres around.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
In dull news. Cody is signing with ROH: http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/04/25/cody-rhodes-become-mainstay-ring-honor-wrestler-year-free-agency-adventures/

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flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Hope this doesn't mean the end of Brandi's nearly unbroken streak of WMOTY candidates on Impact.

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