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Gaz-L posted:Oh boy. That's awesome. Thank you.
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Gaz-L posted:And they did. The fans chose Naito after 7 years. wow i cried to this. powerful posting
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:19 |
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Val Venis was fine as a midcard guy, but even in 1998 there was only so far the porn star gimmick could go. There's a reason his run peaked early with the Kaientai feud.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:25 |
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Gaz-L posted:So he went back on a mini-excursion to CMLL (the same kind that resulted in Nakamura becoming the King Of Strong Style that got him over) where he met up with La Sombra and friends, Los Ingobernables. Mentioning this can't ever go without pointing out that the EXACT moment Naito went from Stardust Genius to Tranquilo was captured perfectly: https://twitter.com/ChrisCrash00/status/901142898648825856 Gaz-L posted:And they did. The fans chose Naito after 7 years. It was so loving beautiful
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:26 |
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Gaz-L posted:The fans chose Naito after 7 years. Incroyable.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:47 |
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Gaz-L posted:He more or less forgives it at WK13 when he refuses to use it on Jericho, showing the belt respect for once. My dude, the post was a great recap overall, but the match literally ended with Naito taking the IC belt he loathed so much in hand, and smashing Jericho in the face with it.
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NuclearPotato posted:My dude, the post was a great recap overall, but the match literally ended with Naito taking the IC belt he loathed so much in hand, and smashing Jericho in the face with it. But also! Iirc he thanked the belt for helping him out in the post match promo.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:56 |
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NuclearPotato posted:My dude, the post was a great recap overall, but the match literally ended with Naito taking the IC belt he loathed so much in hand, and smashing Jericho in the face with it. I forgot the exact finish and I knew the end of the match was kind of a turning point in that part of the story, so I assumed he did the Roddy Piper at WM8 bit.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 02:59 |
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Gavok posted:This will always be my favorite one. It's just so well done and is one of those special wrestling moments where poo poo is hosed due to real life and they pull out a gem with their backs to the wall. This and the video were great, but why was Perfect out for a year? Legit injury?
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 03:15 |
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Artelier posted:But also! Iirc he thanked the belt for helping him out in the post match promo. He also did the eye open taunt to it before he used it.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 03:18 |
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Silly Burrito posted:This and the video were great, but why was Perfect out for a year? Legit injury? Recurring back problems I believe
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 03:20 |
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I will point out that Naito was SO bland after the WK8 fiasco that I genuinely always forget that he was the guy AJ Styles wrestled at WK9, despite that being the first full NJPW show I saw. Like I know AJ wrestled SOMEone on that card but I will always go "who was it?" and then look it up and be surprised.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 04:25 |
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Silly Burrito posted:This and the video were great, but why was Perfect out for a year? Legit injury? oldpainless posted:Recurring back problems I believe Yeah, his back was majorly hosed. His last hurrah was dropping the Intercontinental Championship to Bret Hart at SummerSlam '91, which is the best way to do it. After his face turn, he feuded with Flair until winning a Loser Leaves match. Once that was over with, WWF used him to put over Lex Luger and later Shawn Michaels (great feud that introduced Diesel). He left once again in the lead-up to Survivor Series '93, fittingly enough. They hinted at his return a few times, but his back issues were too severe and he was stuck in non-wrestling roles like commentator and Triple H's manager.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 05:00 |
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Hennig had one of the Lloyd's of London insurance policies and retired to take advantage of it. Bret Hart had one too and got sued for doing the comeback matches with WWE. Not sure how that one turned out.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 05:16 |
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Turns out professional wrestling is the worst drug of all.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 08:28 |
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Which wrestlers had the best mullets in wrestling history? The longer they had it the higher their ranking should be, I think. I'm biased but I really wanna say it was early 90s HBK. Just looking at some old clips and he rocked that thing like nobody's business. Speaking of early 90s HBK, do any female managers even come close to Sherri? I can't remember a one that was anything but a pretty face. Sherri was a true manager and excellent at her job. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 09:18 on Jan 6, 2020 |
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Eddie's mullet was pretty powerful.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 09:22 |
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I feel like Ricky Morton's mullet is either the best ever or the worst ever.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 09:25 |
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Mike Awesome had a pretty incredible mullet
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 12:24 |
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Shingo
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 12:37 |
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Tenzan's skunk mullet is the worst thing
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riki choshu. STING 64 fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Jan 6, 2020 |
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Gaz-L posted:I will point out that Naito was SO bland after the WK8 fiasco that I genuinely always forget that he was the guy AJ Styles wrestled at WK9, despite that being the first full NJPW show I saw. Like I know AJ wrestled SOMEone on that card but I will always go "who was it?" and then look it up and be surprised. I'll always remember that Naito had lost his momentum as the white-meat Stardust Genius face partially because he injured his knee, it was when he came back that the shtick just fell completely flat. And in one of the few bad booking calls Gedo's had, they just kept rocket-pushing him despite the crowd wanting Tanahashi, Nakamura, or Okada over him at the top. And at WK12 two years ago, after Naito won the G1 and was white hot, they did extra special entrance videos for Okada and Naito for the Main Event. Here's Naito's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCA3bZWz0c A lesser booker would have pulled the trigger on Naito that night with that entrance video. Going over the whole arc, the whole development. The crowd wanted it. But no, the money is in the chase.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 13:30 |
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NikkolasKing posted:Which wrestlers had the best mullets in wrestling history? The longer they had it the higher their ranking should be, I think.
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Halloween Jack posted:Not a wrestler, but who's showed the same long-term commitment to their mullet as Jimmy Hart? All time greatest, I say. Ricky Morton.
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# ? Jan 6, 2020 15:22 |
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Yeah, but in that case, Hart's is the superior mullet. Robert Gibson still has a mullet too, it's just so bad it doesn't even scan as a mullet anymore. Now, if we wanna talk one-offs...
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Gavok posted:That's awesome. Thank you.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5EkRCVftTI
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# ? Jan 7, 2020 00:18 |
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Say what you want about Brian Pillman Jr, but his mullet is powerful.
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# ? Jan 7, 2020 02:24 |
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Julio Cruz posted:What would people say is the most famous/iconic face turn in wrestling history? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO-U7atifQ&t=132s
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# ? Jan 7, 2020 02:46 |
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Kona Crush had a decent mullet
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# ? Jan 7, 2020 13:54 |
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Sexy Chucky T had the best mullet ever
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# ? Jan 7, 2020 15:24 |
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God wrestling crowds were so amped back then.
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# ? Jan 8, 2020 12:37 |
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Which Hart brother is it that is supposedly the extremely unpleasant, bitter and jealous one? Is any of that true or has the Internet just played it up over my years online?
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# ? Jan 8, 2020 19:51 |
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All of them but Owen
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NikkolasKing posted:Which Hart brother is it that is supposedly the extremely unpleasant, bitter and jealous one? Bruce is a notorious rear end in a top hat, and he married one of his HS students. He was also the original choice for the Bret vs Owen angle before Bret made a case for Owen being better in every way. Bret was right, Bruce was pretty mediocre. He peaked as a tag partner of a young rookie named Brian Pillman.
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# ? Jan 8, 2020 19:56 |
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at what point did Taichi start using his bizarre outfit/pageant theme music? I only just got into his career stuff and it's baffling how somebody who looks like such a violent Suzuki-gun sourpuss comes out in Castlevania regalia and has this elaborate singing entrance.
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# ? Jan 8, 2020 20:07 |
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DLC Inc posted:at what point did Taichi start using his bizarre outfit/pageant theme music? I only just got into his career stuff and it's baffling how somebody who looks like such a violent Suzuki-gun sourpuss comes out in Castlevania regalia and has this elaborate singing entrance. While I write this post I'm listening to this older Taichi/TAKA theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSnB6gvUnjc Never miss a chance to post this. From the video you can say Taichi was Taichi in at least 2016) But yeah, it was sometime between coming back from CMLL at the end of 2010 & Wrestle Kingdom 6 (2012), which is the earliest match on NJPW World with Taichi looking like Taichi that I can find. Suspect it'd coincide with the overthrow of Kojima & return of Suzuki to New Japan in May 2011.
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# ? Jan 8, 2020 21:15 |
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Have there been any good 2 vs 2 elimination tags?
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might be a weird request but where's the video of hogan being looked at by a doctor and sting comes out of nowhere and hits him in the leg with his bat? I had it saved to my favorites on youtube but it's gone thank you
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