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Accident Underwater posted:http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/1011/618299/ryback-talks-past-steroid-use/ TRT is pretty much banned now in other sports as being pretty much just the same as steroids.  Left is on TRT. Right is off. Supplementing someones testosterone leads to high muscle development, who knew.
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May 29, 2017 03:40
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Honestly why is WWE even live anymore? Why not go back to taping shows. It's not like anything unexpected happens anymore. The matches are scripted everything the wrestlers say is scripted, and it's not like they have any loose cannons who might just start saying some crazy poo poo. Like what's the benefit of them doing live shows now?
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May 29, 2017 03:44
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The_Rob posted:Honestly why is WWE even live anymore? Why not go back to taping shows. It's not like anything unexpected happens anymore. The matches are scripted everything the wrestlers say is scripted, and it's not like they have any loose cannons who might just start saying some crazy poo poo. Like what's the benefit of them doing live shows now? They know less people watch when there's spoilers available They're already getting MNF-competition level ratings in loving May, 2 mil viewership is already not out of the question within the year. They'd just be making things worse for themselves, especially with a new TV deal negotiation being a year away and already having very little leverage for any kind of good result
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May 29, 2017 03:48
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Chris James 2 posted:They know less people watch when there's spoilers available There's really no evidence that taped leads to significantly lower ratings. But their schedule would make it really difficult to tape both shows and I am almost positive their agreements with USA dictate live.
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May 29, 2017 03:54
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They should just start bringing in paid extras as the audience.
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The_Rob posted:They should just start bringing in paid extras as the audience. The Grindhouse Wrestling Epic Lucha Underground might sue.
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May 29, 2017 03:55
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Gatts posted:gently caress it. This is fine. Everybody else is roiding up too apparently It's amazing looking back at times like the 80s where huge chunks of the business were on gear and coke and people bled nightly and did unsafe things with ungimmicked chairs and tables on top of working heavier schedules yet careers lasted as long or longer than they do now and the characters were so popular and iconic that even mid/upper midcard guys from the era still get nostalgia pops that outshine the current talent. The aftermath and the dead wrestlers before old age are tragic but it remains to be seen if the current talent will see similar death rates 10-20 years out. Wrestling is a performance and nobody bats an eye when actors take and do dangerous poo poo to change their bodies for a role. There's no point in having the policy if it doesn't have teeth outside of calming shareholder nerves (since apparently part-timers aren't tested and you can get a waiver like Ryback did) so just quietly hand out exemptions, do token suspensions for the benefit of the company and let's get the Dino Bravo Memorial Bench Press tournament going in the fall of 2018.
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May 29, 2017 04:12
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CubsWoo posted:It's amazing looking back at times like the 80s where huge chunks of the business were on gear and coke and people bled nightly and did unsafe things with ungimmicked chairs and tables on top of working heavier schedules yet careers lasted as long or longer than they do now and the characters were so popular and iconic that even mid/upper midcard guys from the era still get nostalgia pops that outshine the current talent. The aftermath and the dead wrestlers before old age are tragic but it remains to be seen if the current talent will see similar death rates 10-20 years out. The death rate is definitely down. It's easy to overlook that drug testing does make it tougher for guys to abuse painkillers and that's what was killing a lot of guys super young. Remains to be seen if we see the steroid related deaths in the 40s and 50s though.
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May 29, 2017 04:28
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Do they have anything notable announced for RAW tomorrow? It's gotten to the point where I actually don't turn the shows on now
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Dangerous Person posted:Do they have anything notable announced for RAW tomorrow? It's gotten to the point where I actually don't turn the shows on now its the go home show for extreme rules, so you can bet that... ah... poo poo i don't know, maybe a hardy and one of shesaro will have another match.
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May 29, 2017 05:19
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Dangerous Person posted:Jesus we're already at the next loving PPV? Rest of the PPVs from here [brackets are stuff that's not official yet, but some of it's definitely going to be because lol at having nothing happening in October or December otherwise]: June 4 - Extreme Rules (Raw) 18 - MITB (SD) July 9 - Great Balls of Fire (Raw) 23 - Battleground (SD) August [6 - Raw PPV] 19 - NXT Takeover Brooklyn 3 20 - Summerslam (both) September [10 - SD PPV] 24 - No Mercy (Raw) October [8 - SD PPV 22 - HIAC (Raw)] November 18 - NXT Takeover Houston 19 - Survivor Series (both) December [17 - TLC (SD)]
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May 29, 2017 05:30
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Incessant Excess posted:Next WWE champion: the maharaja
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May 29, 2017 06:18
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MassRafTer posted:The Grindhouse Wrestling Epic Lucha Underground might sue. And yet they have WAY more entertaining matches than the bulk of WWE that isn't NXT or AJ Styles. Go figure. Also Austin should always be featured with the Smoking Skull Belt. 
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May 29, 2017 07:03
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Jinder is the Maharoida
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Incessant Excess posted:Next WWE champion: should be wearing a shirt that says NO HGH
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May 29, 2017 07:26
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CubsWoo posted:It's amazing looking back at times like the 80s where huge chunks of the business were on gear and coke and people bled nightly and did unsafe things with ungimmicked chairs and tables on top of working heavier schedules yet careers lasted as long or longer than they do now and the characters were so popular and iconic that even mid/upper midcard guys from the era still get nostalgia pops that outshine the current talent. The aftermath and the dead wrestlers before old age are tragic but it remains to be seen if the current talent will see similar death rates 10-20 years out. it annoys me that modern wwe lets their wrestlers work a concussion-heavy style in pointless, heatless throwaway matches on raw but won't allow blading even in cage matches or hiac matches on ppv where it might add to the match.
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May 29, 2017 08:08
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shiksa posted:its the go home show for extreme rules, so you can bet that... ah... poo poo i don't know, maybe a hardy and one of shesaro will have another match. I don't think Sheasaro have beaten the Hardys in any permutation at all and that's hilarious to me
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May 29, 2017 08:11
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May 29, 2017 08:30
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WWE is loaning Noam Dar to his former home promotion ICW in Scotland for a match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlmXnC8XmV0
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May 29, 2017 08:53
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That's hilarious. "Most prestigious prize" indeed.
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May 29, 2017 13:27
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J i n d e r M a h a l
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MassRafTer posted:The death rate is definitely down. It's easy to overlook that drug testing does make it tougher for guys to abuse painkillers and that's what was killing a lot of guys super young. Remains to be seen if we see the steroid related deaths in the 40s and 50s though. I wonder if the injury rate for WWE wrestlers is higher today than it was 20-30 years ago because of more emphasis on "work rate" and the insane schedule today's workers have.
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MassRafTer posted:The death rate is definitely down. It's easy to overlook that drug testing does make it tougher for guys to abuse painkillers and that's what was killing a lot of guys super young. Not just painkillers, but combining wheelbarrows full of painkillers with swimming pools of alcohol (which basically chews up your heart, your pancreas and your liver). super macho dude posted:I wonder if the injury rate for WWE wrestlers is higher today than it was 20-30 years ago because of more emphasis on "work rate" and the insane schedule today's workers have. The era of guys working 300+ dates annually has been over for years.
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super macho dude posted:I wonder if the injury rate for WWE wrestlers is higher today than it was 20-30 years ago because of more emphasis on "work rate" and the insane schedule today's workers have. The schedule was much crazier 30 years ago and guys aren't carrying around as much steroid mass now (even if some guys are juicing) so it balances out. There's probably more guys taking time off for injuries now because you aren't as punished for taking time off as you used to be.
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May 29, 2017 18:35
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super macho dude posted:I wonder if the injury rate for WWE wrestlers is higher today than it was 20-30 years ago because of more emphasis on "work rate" and the insane schedule today's workers have.
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May 29, 2017 20:03
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achillesforever6 posted:Isn't the injury rate been going up due to how the wrestlers train and get their bodies in shape at the PC? more injuries are reported these days but that's not quite the same
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May 29, 2017 20:05
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i remember the old days when guys' arms would fall off in a match and when they got to the back they'd ask another guy to tape himself to their back and work with him to do the next match of a triple-header that same night. all unreported. Couldn't miss that extra $15
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Jinder Mahal. This is the new andey, isn't it?
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MassRafTer posted:The schedule was much crazier 30 years ago and guys aren't carrying around as much steroid mass now (even if some guys are juicing) so it balances out. There's probably more guys taking time off for injuries now because you aren't as punished for taking time off as you used to be. Was the amount of travel greater or less than it is now, because that's cited as a large part of what makes the schedule so bad
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St Evan Echoes posted:Was the amount of travel greater or less than it is now, because that's cited as a large part of what makes the schedule so bad Much worse. You'd be on the road for weeks straight with tour routes that weren't streamlined to make travel easier. Also WWE paid for a plane ticket to the tour but not one home so some lower card guys would have to stay on the road since it was cheaper than flying home for a couple days. Bad News Allen protested that and got the policy changed. WWF touring in the 80s was a lot like doing the European tour constantly. Crockett guys had about the same number of dates but they had to travel a bit less between cities. The AWA schedule was considerably easier than either even at their peak but by the mid 80s the AWA was in decline so it's not a good comparison.
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May 29, 2017 21:27
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May 29, 2017 21:53
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May 29, 2017 21:56
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May 29, 2017 21:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVhCBsombGY Noam Dar and Alicia Fox vs Sasha and Rich Swann at Extreme Rules
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Some painfully white people writing aside, Sasha sounds a thousand times more natural in that than in ring promos.
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