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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy. Greg Valentine looks like Ric Flair’s angry lesbian sister.
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Eat My Fuc posted:drat that sounds good Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy.
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Apr 21, 2021 21:09
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy. Aaron Solow looks like a young Kirk Hammett
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Apr 21, 2021 21:15
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? There is a fake Juvie who turns up on AEW B-Shows. A juvie Juvie, if you will.
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Royal Updog posted:There is a fake Juvie who turns up on AEW B-Shows. A juvie Juvie, if you will. If you're talking about Vary Morales, he sort of looks like Juvi going through a Criss Angel phase.
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sticklefifer posted:If you're talking about Vary Morales, he sort of looks like Juvi going through a Criss Angel phase. manifesting neck tattoos onto fools from 20 paces MIND FREAK
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Apr 21, 2021 21:39
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy. Shibata looks a lot like Mac from Always Sunny
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Apr 21, 2021 21:55
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy.
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Apr 21, 2021 22:30
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It took me longer than it should have to realize Stu Grayson and Brandon Cutler were different people. I think I would just see the head stripes and not think any further. Also Darby Allen looks like a more angsty Jesse Pinkman.
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Apr 22, 2021 00:22
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Daffney looks a bit like Sarah Palin.
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Did any wrestling promotion ever have a one-time special-themed episode on network tv that was in primetime? I know Saturday nights Main event is kind of like that but I am more looking for a one-time very special episode of wrestling like they would do with old sitcoms.
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jase1 posted:Did any wrestling promotion ever have a one-time special-themed episode on network tv that was in primetime? I know Saturday nights Main event is kind of like that but I am more looking for a one-time very special episode of wrestling like they would do with old sitcoms. WWF had the WrestleMania special on Fox in 1995-ish where they showed a couple of matches from the PPV. One of them was Bam Bam Bigelow and Lawrence Taylor. WCW had the Clashes on TBS and, before then, a few SuperTowns on the SuperStation. Many, many moons later, Turner South had a special something, a little mini-angle between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes that featured some old clips and teased a match. That was a regional channel, though, and may not have been primetime. I think it was right after WCW shut down.
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jase1 posted:Did any wrestling promotion ever have a one-time special-themed episode on network tv that was in primetime? I know Saturday nights Main event is kind of like that but I am more looking for a one-time very special episode of wrestling like they would do with old sitcoms. WCW and NBC were in negotiations for a series of specials during the NBA Strike in 99 but negotiations got held up and then the strike ended. First event was going to be from the MGM Grand.
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Nick Jr. Face posted:When I was a kid and Scott Hall had a brief run in the NWA with blonde hair and a moustache I had a hard time telling him apart from Magnum TA In other territories Hall was sometimes billed as "Magnum" Scott Hall 
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MassRafTer posted:Vader vs Flair from Starrcade To get the full enjoyment out of this match, you have to watch the clips of Flair saying goodbye to his family, and riding with Okerlund in a limo to the arena. I remember the VHS of the PPV had all of it packed in.
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I swear I remember Edge & Christian having a finisher where they would do a superplex but Christian would be perched on Edge's shoulders, but I can't find a vid of them doing this move. Am I remembering wrong, or did they really have that finisher before?
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Red posted:To get the full enjoyment out of this match, you have to watch the clips of Flair saying goodbye to his family, and riding with Okerlund in a limo to the arena. I remember the VHS of the PPV had all of it packed in. There was no other thing to think aside from that this man was going to his death. In case someone hasn't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrN-nz5C6nI
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Greg Valentine looks like Ric Flair’s angry lesbian sister. My wife perfectly described Terry Gordy as "Meat Loaf's brother." Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy. For years I thought Earthquake was the guy from the Beastie Boys video bustin' in an yelling, "WHAT'S THAT NOISE?!"
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anakha posted:I swear I remember Edge & Christian having a finisher where they would do a superplex but Christian would be perched on Edge's shoulders, but I can't find a vid of them doing this move. You're remembering correctly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuJcnNqbTOE&t=511s (timestamped to 8:11 if the embed doesn't start there)
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MassRafTer posted:WCW and NBC were in negotiations for a series of specials during the NBA Strike in 99 but negotiations got held up and then the strike ended. First event was going to be from the MGM Grand. I think WCW was supposed to have a one-off NYE special that ended with a KISS concert before Bischoff got fired.
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What were the reasons WWE booked Big Show and Akebono into a sumo match at Wrestlemania 21?
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Asteroid Alert posted:What were the reasons WWE booked Big Show and Akebono into a sumo match at Wrestlemania 21? Publicity. Akebono is, not unlike Tom Waits, big in Japan.
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Technically he’s big everywhere
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Asteroid Alert posted:What were the reasons WWE booked Big Show and Akebono into a sumo match at Wrestlemania 21? they figured the cost of bringing him in was less than the number of buys having him attached to WM would do comedy answer: Vince probably figured Show could beat him, and it'd be a huge story where a WWF guy out-sumoed a legit yokozuna real answer: Vince thought Show in a sumo outfit was hilarious and it happened to be Wrestlemania season at the time
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oldpainless posted:Technically he’s big everywhere
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Whatever happened to that Big Show/Shaq match? I heard it got bumped but did it really or was it never actually going to happen?
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Whatever happened to that Big Show/Shaq match? I heard it got bumped but did it really or was it never actually going to happen? Given somewhat recent events it could still happen at some point.
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Somebody explain the nelson hold to me. A full nelson is under the arms and hands on the neck. A quarter nelson is a single hand on the back of the neck. A half nelson is half a full nelson. Why is a three quarter nelson a cutter-type hold?
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Somebody explain the nelson hold to me. A full nelson is under the arms and hands on the neck. A quarter nelson is a single hand on the back of the neck. A half nelson is half a full nelson. Why is a three quarter nelson a cutter-type hold? https://twitter.com/CatchWrestling/status/1002709279462379526
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Whatever happened to that Big Show/Shaq match? I heard it got bumped but did it really or was it never actually going to happen?
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It's really interesting to me the way some silly holds (like the Indian deathlock) have an actual functional version in catch wrestling or other grappling styles.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Whatever happened to that Big Show/Shaq match? I heard it got bumped but did it really or was it never actually going to happen? I seem to recall that Big Show checked in on Shaq down the line and he wasn't really on his way towards ring shape. Shaq apparently didn't think WWE was going to go through with the match or wasn't happy with their lack of contact and just stopped caring.
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Gavok posted:I seem to recall that Big Show checked in on Shaq down the line and he wasn't really on his way towards ring shape. Shaq apparently didn't think WWE was going to go through with the match or wasn't happy with their lack of contact and just stopped caring. Why did Sting and WWE split up? Was it just over not clearing Sting to work?
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Whatever happened to that Big Show/Shaq match? I heard it got bumped but did it really or was it never actually going to happen? WWE basically hosed around in negotiations and blamed it on Shaq.
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Halloween Jack posted:It's really interesting to me the way some silly holds (like the Indian deathlock) have an actual functional version in catch wrestling or other grappling styles. But yeah, it happens. The figure four leglock hurts like hell, but nobody does it in a shoot setting because applying it is so onerous. You can find some videos showing potential BJJ entries for it, though.
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Red posted:Why did Sting and WWE split up? Was it just over not clearing Sting to work? i mean they also brought him in purely to use him as an effigy of killing WCW once and for all
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davidbix posted:What's the shoot Indian Deathlock? i'm glad that there are combat sport versions of the "street fighter 4 m bison isn't that bad you guys dont know how to use him" guy
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What killed shoot-style in Japan? The availability of MMA? e: I'm going through the PRIDE FC history book and while it covers the rise of shoot-style it glosses over what happens to it once PRIDE starts. I know Pancrase and RINGS turned into actual MMA promotions but what about the others? TTBF fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Are there any wrestlers you think look like another person? I've just remembered Static X and Wayne Static (RIP) and I cannot unsee Matt Hardy. John Cena is Matt Damon trapped in a room with nothing but weights and HGH
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TTBF posted:What killed shoot-style in Japan? The availability of MMA? Basically yeah, but more to the point, the Inoki lineage of wrestling that runs through Maeda to Rings, Takada to UWF-I & Kingdom, Fujiwara to PWFG & Pancrase & Battlarts got a lot of appeal from the idea that these guys weren't just tough guys but elite fighters. So when Yoji Anjo runs to pick a fight with Rickson Gracie & gets his rear end whooped in the dojo, I think with photographers in tow, that hurts. And Takada going from the star of UWFI & Kingdom to getting made a fool of by Rickson Gracie twice & Mark Kerr & Igor Vovchanchyn & Royce Gracie really burst the bubble. Which sucks because shoot style is tremendous fun
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