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BigBallChunkyTime posted:What if it's a promo where you turn heel? Don't work yourself into a shoot
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 20:38 |
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AHH F/UGH posted:See this is the kind of poo poo I'm talking about yeah what kind of loser would like that stuff.
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 20:39 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E77O-_y1kvE
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 20:45 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-I-zzBFWE I like wrestling
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 20:51 |
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ItohRespectArmy posted:yeah what kind of loser would like that stuff. Hell yeah. Respect Itoh, OR ELSE: https://twitter.com/maki_itoh/status/1351565272948195331
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 20:58 |
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:What if it's a promo where you turn heel? Did you have a bad day? Oh no, I'm sorry..... I'M SORRY I WASN'T THERE TO SEE IT!!! You think you had it bad in that cushy office job? I've been busting my rear end in this ring, day in and day out, for what? For you people to boo me. BOO YOURSELVES! I'm tired of pretending to care what you think, and I'm tired of going out there and having THE BEST drat MATCH every night while you people ignore it! *knocks over a shelf of coffee mugs* Remember this image, because the next time you see me, I'm going to be holding that championship belt. And there's not a drat thing you or anyone else can do to stop me.
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:04 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZOgdhtaMA
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:08 |
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Wrestling: sublime Anime: divine Wrestling and anime together: blessed
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:09 |
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Meme Poker Party posted:Wrestling: sublime This made me laugh way too hard
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:25 |
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https://youtu.be/BNgQJ0J0WUo
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:36 |
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:38 |
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IT WAS ME!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujo7V9m0gk
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 21:52 |
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pro wrestling is basically the muppet show crossed with figure skating LET ME FINISH SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP YOU DROOLING MORONS YOUR LOCAL SPORTS TEAM IS BAD the muppet show wasn't a variety show, it was a show about putting on a variety show the bulk of the show, the fun of it, was all the backstage chaos that leads to bernadette peters singing with a baby frog or whatever. it gives you context and a narrative through-line for what you're watching similarly, wrestling isn't a sports show, it's a show about putting on a sports show the bulk of the show, the fun of it, is all the backstage chaos that leads to the big sweaty bastards and smaller hairless bastards throwing each other around and doing flips. it gives you context and a narrative through-line for what you're watching and, figure skating is an athletic showcase, but it's for spectators predetermined, the moves known and named and carefully practiced, yes, but that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen, and it takes a lot to pull off convincingly and for nobody to get hurt. you're watching these people do something not everybody can do, live death-defying stunts in front of a cheering crowd. are they gonna go for the big move? are they gonna pull it off? and similarly, wrestling is an athletic showcase, but it's for spectators predetermined, the moves known and named and carefully practiced, yes, but that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen, and it takes a lot to pull off convincingly and for nobody to get hurt. you're watching these people do something not everybody can do, live death-defying stunts in front of a cheering crowd. are they gonna go for the big move? are they gonna pull it off? and the synthesis of these two is, in wrestling, they're also telling a story through the athletics it's not just "last year he stumbled on the triple axel, costing him the medal, will he attempt it again here and now?" it's "he's bravely fighting with a knee injury after his rival used a grappling hook to pull the entire stage set down on top of him last week, because this is his last shot at victory, but now that dastardly heel rival is focusing on that injured knee to gain the upper hand with the love of his life watching from home with his first child, he picks his rival up for his finisher, but- oh no! the knee! his knee gave out! can he muster the" etc. etc. you get it of course, unlike the triple axel, none of the story is real... except, some of it is real, isn't? he really does have his wife and first child watching from home. that's just a fact. they mix in these bits and pieces of real life and blur the line to draw on that emotional energy omega and ibushi really did used to be partners before omega left him behind for his solo career john cena really did return to wrestle a medically impossible amount of time after he really did tear his pectoral muscle mick foley, ric flair, shawn michaels, and the undertaker really were retiring... mostly big e really did get moved to another show for a singles career, and kofi kingston really is out with an injury, so xavier woods, phd., (seriously, he's a phd candidate and the new day have 4 degrees between them) really is left alone on the main roster for the first time without his friends... so he and e really are pleased when they briefly get to be in the ring together again during the royal rumble. and maybe people get invested in this, they like the story being told, and maybe, partly as a result, big e becomes champion the fiction of it is absurd, an impossibly heightened reality, but it's tethered to and elevated by reality, and the reality, in turn, is influenced by the fiction it is, in fact, more real than any other fictional tv show, and frankly a lot of the non-fiction ones
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 22:04 |
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Cubone posted:pro wrestling is basically the muppet show crossed with figure skating I'll do you one better: pro wrestling IS the muppet show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFniiuj77Y Canonically, Beaker is a blood relative of WWE wrestler Sheamus. These two fictional universes co-exist.
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 23:36 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpq8cUUnudc
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# ? Feb 2, 2021 23:49 |
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Animal-Mother posted:I'll do you one better: pro wrestling IS the muppet show. They are feuding after Beaker put Sheamus through a table and called him a drat fool roody poo.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 00:12 |
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MakaVillian posted:I still love this as much as I did 22 years ago when I first watched it. Skip to about 7:10 Chris Jericho was one of my first crushes, my first email had "jerichoholic" in it, and when I went to a wrestling event and saw Chris Jericho come out, I cried like one of those girls in those old Beatles videos.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 00:25 |
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Chris Jericho is one of the greatest of all times, if only because his love of scarves is enough to make Vince rage.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 00:38 |
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There was a tag team of a Mario cosplayer and a Vega cosplayer who called themselves the Super Smash Brothers. But then they got on TV and couldn't call themselves that, so they were an evil team of supervillains with an army of masked henchmen following them around. They were eventually reimagined as a riff on Scientology and recruited some new members. Then their boss was introduced as a parody of Vince McMahon, down to his real life quirks (ie. freaking out when anyone sneezes) and they became commentary on how WWE is absolutely a cult in the way it treats its employees. Then all the members started filming comedy sketches on YouTube that turned them into a group of lovable dorks constantly being yelled at by their psychotic monster of a boss. Also, their cult got a sponsorship deal with Chili's and new members included a different wrestler's sweet mother and the comedian Sinbad. Recently, the boss guy legit died from lung failure and his cult of idiots became good guys by default. They asked an alcoholic cowboy with anxiety issues to join their cult and his refusal was treated as the most heartbreaking thing for both sides. Also, the dead boss guy's 8-year-old son is now in charge of the group. So anyway, that's why the Dark Order is rad as hell. Other than the leader dying. That part sucked.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 00:38 |
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Gavok posted:There was a tag team of a Mario cosplayer and a Vega cosplayer who called themselves the Super Smash Brothers. But then they got on TV and couldn't call themselves that, so they were an evil team of supervillains with an army of masked henchmen following them around. They were eventually reimagined as a riff on Scientology and recruited some new members. Then their boss was introduced as a parody of Vince McMahon, down to his real life quirks (ie. freaking out when anyone sneezes) and they became commentary on how WWE is absolutely a cult in the way it treats its employees. Then all the members started filming comedy sketches on YouTube that turned them into a group of lovable dorks constantly being yelled at by their psychotic monster of a boss. Also, their cult got a sponsorship deal with Chili's and new members included a different wrestler's sweet mother and the comedian Sinbad. oh is that what the gently caress is going on with them? I started with the show 2 weeks ago and was curious how The Dark Order became the good guys
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 00:42 |
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Gavok posted:
It also happened at said 8 year old’s birthday and had excellently-timed comedy: https://youtu.be/7e4rAhxMh5k
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:06 |
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Ok I'm genuinely creeped-out by Nailz.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:07 |
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Aardvark! posted:oh is that what the gently caress is going on with them? I started with the show 2 weeks ago and was curious how The Dark Order became the good guys There was a Brodie Lee dedication show on the 12/30 dynamite. It was very emotional. Give it a watch if you get the chance, it was a good show.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:07 |
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Gavok posted:
Is that Brody Lee's actual kid?
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:13 |
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MakaVillian posted:Is that Brody Lee's actual kid? Yes Theres a lot of clips on wrestler's twitter accounts of him goofing around with everyone backstage. Its very cute.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:14 |
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Goddamn wrestling is great/weird
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MakaVillian posted:Goddamn wrestling is great/weird https://twitter.com/Maffewgregg/status/1354430487117193216?s=20 https://twitter.com/SilverNumber1/status/1344666100756262918?s=20 He owns. The big thing to get out of this is that all signs point towards AEW being a very community type of workplace. The wrestlers get a lot of input(for better or worse) and you can definitely see wrestlers improve as they get trained by experienced wrestlers. That poo poo doesnt happen in wwe.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:20 |
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Taz having the time of his life in AEW is so great to watch.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:21 |
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I'm Val Venis.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:39 |
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Chief McHeath posted:I'm Val Venis. Actually I'm not Val Venis. https://twitter.com/ValVenisEnt/status/1348650613366616065
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 01:42 |
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Why am I not surprised that Val Venis is a complete loving weirdo? He's like a low-rent Marty Jannetty.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:02 |
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lol scrolling through Val Venis's feed, he believes that when he sends an email, it is "no longer in his possession" so he has to use #cryptography for his #digiassets. They call it a "Sent Items" folder you loving president.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:10 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:Why am I not surprised that Val Venis is a complete loving weirdo? He's like a low-rent Marty Jannetty. He's a D-list Ravishing Rick Rude
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:14 |
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Also he's big into weed, and weed is good, as such, Val Venis is a person of contrasts. But he posts photoshops of Obama holding weed cigars, and Obama is bad, but weed cigars are good, but Obama smoking weed is very bad, so I have come to the conclusion that Val Venis, the person of contrasts, is not working with a complete toolbox.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:15 |
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wonder if working in the era of Peak Chairshot contributed
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:18 |
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Tokyo Sexwale posted:wonder if working in the era of Peak Chairshot contributed He probably smells what The Rock is cooking, which is a combination of burnt toast and almonds. Which, now that you mention it, what time is the treehouse?
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:22 |
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'Macho Man' Randy Savage died doing what he loved: slamming into things.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 02:24 |
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The_Rob posted:The greatest fight ever involved a pro wrestler. This fight is still as savage as I remember it being. After looking it up again I just found out that Takayama is now a quadriplegic from a wrestling accident in 2017.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:https://twitter.com/Maffewgregg/status/1354430487117193216?s=20 This is fantastic. I'm going to have to check out AEW.
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