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Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
I should have listened to the loving song.

(This is r/scjerk)

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JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!
I knew weirdos would find any angle possible to poo poo on this, but part of me hoped I was wrong.

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


I enjoy the people who are convinced that Shad is going to turn off the money faucet for his failson any moment now, and it’s obvious it’s coming soon, just you wait.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

I enjoy the people who are convinced that Shad is going to turn off the money faucet for his failson any moment now, and it’s obvious it’s coming soon, just you wait.

If you mention the fact that they are already turning a profit, even without live shows, or the fact that TNT extended the contract because of how happy they were with the ratings even before COVID, they go into full conspiracy mode. It’s amazing.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
What are your top Regal Memorial type tweets of the year?

https://twitter.com/akamaxpower/status/1344816751184265216

https://twitter.com/mkurtz91/status/1268345986738524162

(on the Benoit Dark Side)

https://twitter.com/mkurtz91/status/1242627207777878016

https://twitter.com/mongo_ebooks/status/1215123898259382272

and the ultimate

https://twitter.com/ChrispyCruiser/status/1258574481213325312

(Chris Cruise the guy who ratted on AEW to the Maryland commission)

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


Vince MechMahon posted:

If you mention the fact that they are already turning a profit, even without live shows, or the fact that TNT extended the contract because of how happy they were with the ratings even before COVID, they go into full conspiracy mode. It’s amazing.

Ah yes, but have you consider that the executive who signed that deal is no longer there? It’s only a matter of time!

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!

MassRafTer posted:

What are your top Regal Memorial type tweets of the year?

https://twitter.com/akamaxpower/status/1344816751184265216

Fun fact: the legendary sword spray was developed using stolen patents and the company has since devolved into a hellworld of lawsuits and infighting including (but not limited to) the CEO storming off and holding their IP hostage for a parachute ransom

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

Fun fact: the legendary sword spray was developed using stolen patents and the company has since devolved into a hellworld of lawsuits and infighting including (but not limited to) the CEO storming off and holding their IP hostage for a parachute ransom
Wait seriously? I thought "the sword spray was nothing like what Triple H described" was bad enough.

Procrastinator
Aug 16, 2009

what?



tangential thing, but does anybody know if/what song this is exercising for parody?

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Procrastinator posted:

tangential thing, but does anybody know if/what song this is exercising for parody?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 12 hours!

Procrastinator posted:

tangential thing, but does anybody know if/what song this is exercising for parody?

En Vogue’s “My Lovin”

edit: what they said

rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe

MassRafTer posted:


and the ultimate

https://twitter.com/ChrispyCruiser/status/1258574481213325312

(Chris Cruise the guy who ratted on AEW to the Maryland commission)

How does one get in on this 12,000 to somethingawful, I will post even more glowingly about AEW for like a hundo, c'mon, I got bills

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

rotinaj posted:

How does one get in on this 12,000 to somethingawful, I will post even more glowingly about AEW for like a hundo, c'mon, I got bills

Talk to Lowtax.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Maxwell Lord posted:

It makes sense if you literally only watch WWE. They are the best and the worst.

Retribution beat Dark Order and Team Taz for Best Faction. This would be in favour of WWE only but Retribution was beaten by the Inner Circle.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

I appreciate the mileage you've gotten out of that one image MRT

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


JUNGLE BOY posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/ko05dl/meta_for_one_week_can_we_ban_posts_about_the/

WWE fans asking for a stay of execution so they don’t have to see NXT lose in the ratings again. They’re literally just numbers lmao
honestly pleasantly surprised the comments are all roasting the op for this

Big Dave
Nov 6, 2009

Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!



this is a goat post and still the most relatable thing in this thread

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

I worked out that I went to 54 wrestling shows in 2020 so I'm unfortunately with Mike Kurtz on this one.

Nystral
Feb 6, 2002

Every man likes a pretty girl with him at a skeleton dance.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I worked out that I went to 54 wrestling shows in 2020 so I'm unfortunately with Mike Kurtz on this one.

Where was still having live wrestling events? Or was it all pushed into the first part of the year?

ItohRespectArmy
Sep 11, 2019

Cutest In The World, Six Time DDT Ironheavymetalweight champion, Two Time International Princess champion, winner of two tournaments, a Princess Tag Team champion, And a pretty good singer too!
"When I was an idol, I felt nothing every day but now that I'm a pro wrestler I'm in pain constantly!"

Nystral posted:

Where was still having live wrestling events? Or was it all pushed into the first part of the year?

japan.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011


Obviously nothing is going to touch Accounts Payable but this was a real one.

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


Still partial to this one:

https://twitter.com/kristenashly/status/1301553186847821826?s=21

Completely ignoring one of those people is functionally retired, 3 stuck overseas, two are Leva Bates and Mel and tying it all together by looking up the wrong Abadon on Cagematch and not immediately realizing the woman who is clearly in her mid-20s has probably not been wrestling for 13 years.

History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




flashy_mcflash posted:

Obviously nothing is going to touch Accounts Payable but this was a real one.

How high does the Nielsen rating have to get before Marko can tell one of the big beef boys that he’s old enough to gently caress their mum on a live mic?

ItohRespectArmy
Sep 11, 2019

Cutest In The World, Six Time DDT Ironheavymetalweight champion, Two Time International Princess champion, winner of two tournaments, a Princess Tag Team champion, And a pretty good singer too!
"When I was an idol, I felt nothing every day but now that I'm a pro wrestler I'm in pain constantly!"

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

Still partial to this one:

https://twitter.com/kristenashly/status/1301553186847821826?s=21

Completely ignoring one of those people is functionally retired, 3 stuck overseas, two are Leva Bates and Mel and tying it all together by looking up the wrong Abadon on Cagematch and not immediately realizing the woman who is clearly in her mid-20s has probably not been wrestling for 13 years.

years of experience as a metric for greeness is also a really dumb idea especially for womens wrestlers outside of japan, there are less oppertunities and spots for women and they are often working with a smaller pool of people so you are working less matches with worse people so it can take much longer to improve.

much like how britt baker has 8 years of experience but shota umino has probably over 100 more matches than her.

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

not immediately realizing the woman who is clearly in her mid-20s has probably not been wrestling for 13 years.

Counterpoint: Riho

IceAgeComing
Jan 29, 2013

pretty fucking embarrassing to watch
Don't be silly; Riho is still in her early 20s.

I think she's one of the stopwatch viewers and I don't like those because it misses the point a bit: short segments can be more impactful than long ones and its not like AEW have a million possible women's matches that you'd trust to go longer and the logical thing to do is to spread them out rather than burning them all off and suddenly all you have are repeats.

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


JUNGLE BOY posted:

Counterpoint: Riho

Suplexes Riho, who started wrestling at the age of minus ten, is an anomaly and should not have been counted.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
https://twitter.com/PercyChuggs/status/1345017131268771846

:chloe:

Qoey
Jun 2, 2014

Cavauro posted:

i think there was another chikara reddit mod wrestler who did that but i'm not sure if jervis did it as well. i'm also not sure if the first guy did that. i am talking about kevin condron. sorry for saying this.

Kondron actually is Cottonbelly IIRC

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

oh whoops

Qoey
Jun 2, 2014
Nah dude, you're on track with poo poo! I just have that locked in my head because I almost moved to Philly after college to train with Chikara, and then Kondron being fucken weird made me rethink it

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

Qoey go to new japan

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Cavauro posted:

Qoey go to new japan

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

I mean he's right, Brodie Lee died on a suplex on the apron, after a--

*holds finger to earpiece*

What's that?

cauliflower jones
Nov 8, 2009
https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1345144634742226945?s=19

The king

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
Is Seth even on TV at the moment?

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN

Seams posted:

Is Seth even on TV at the moment?

He went on paternity leave like 2 months ago

Also that graphic reminded me that Mojo Rawley is (somehow) still employed

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Benne posted:

He went on paternity leave like 2 months ago

Also that graphic reminded me that Mojo Rawley is (somehow) still employed

He doesn't get employed, he STAYS employed.

mooseinfants
Dec 22, 2014
That looks more like how he wishes they were used rather than how they actually are used

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davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
If Ryan actually got a full time job writing surface level WWE analysis pieces once or twice a week, then more power to him, I'd just rather such a job go to someone who didn't have enough family money or whatever to devote to working full time at grinding out a new ad-supported wrestling site from scratch. (I'm sure the site did well enough eventually for Collider to decide to buy it, but he and the site had been around for years by then.)

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