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FullLeatherJacket posted:oh yeah, he was also in the Unamericans, an entirely tasteful post-9/11 faction that existed purely to promote Kane and Edge as proud all-American babyfaces Good this was the loving worst. I also remember WWE billing Canadian babyfaces from the US because foreign = evil. Jericho from NYC, Benoit from Atlanta, Edge from... Toronto?
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FullLeatherJacket posted:test things I remember: Got fired from TNA for openly saying that wrestlers should be allowed to use steroids.
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Gonna wrap up the Raw Report quiz tomorrow and reveal the answers
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The Rabbi T. White: 20% MakaVillian: 45% Cubone: 55% MrMidnight: 50% mexican willie: 20% Flowers for QAnon: 60% frankenfreak: 85%  Maigius: 60% Rarity: 25% StarkRavingMad: 25%
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Congrats to frankenfreak for winning the GBS Heavyweight Title
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FullLeatherJacket posted:test things I remember: Lol, how can you leave off his "relationship" with Stephanie McMahon and getting dumped for Triple H
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Answers for the Raw Report Final Exam ......................... Question 1: What is the thumbnail image on Peacock for today's episode? a)M.O.M <There's no rhyme or reason to the thumbnails that I can discern b)Lex Luger c)Yokozuna d)Owen Hart  ........................... Question 2: Show opens with Yokozuna and Fuji coming to the ring for his title match against Crush. Some girls hand Yoko flowers. How does he respond? a)Eats them b)Throws them away < Why? Who knows. Fuji brings out the girls and the flowers together with Yoko, so it's only an insult to his own team? c)Holds them awkwardly d)Hits Howard Finkel with them  Question 3: The fan in the yellow shirt is in whose fan club? a)Hulk Hogan b)Doink c)Bob Backlund < Backlund superfan is in a lot of episodes, always in the same seat d)Jake "The Snake" Roberts  Question 4: What song does the crowd spontaneously sing at the start of Crush vs Yokozuna? a)Sexy Boy b)Take Me Out to the Ball Game c)We Will Rock You d)Star-Spangled Banner <Because Yoko is a foreigner, you see  Question 5: Crush's big boot creates what "first" on Raw? a)Knocking Yokozuna out of the ring < It's kind of a stumble and slow flop, but we're gonna count it b)Yokozuna yelling "Ow!" c)Heenan cheering for Crush d)Guest appearance by Steve Urkel  Question 6: By any reasonable metrics, this match is... a)Surprisingly entertaining b)Incredibly short c)Full of surprises d)Boring as hell < Rest hold, rest hold, rest hold, rest hold  Question 7: Fuji obviously interferes in the match. But how? a)Knocks Crush from the top of the turnbuckle by hitting him with his flag <It's a tiny, gently poke, but Crush here looks like he's been hit with a crowbar b)Salt in the eyes during the head squeeze c)Chekhov's Flowers d)Unveiling a geisha girl to be Geisha Doink  Question 8: Yokozuna squishes Crush four times. Who eventually saves him from squish #5? a)Bob Backlund b)Bastion Booger c)Macho Man d)Bam Bam Bigelow  ................................ Question 9: Who is this rat-toothed dude jobbing for the Headshrinkers? (good for you if you get it right, because Vince and Bobby keep calling him by the wrong name) a)Bobby Who b)Tony Roy c)P.J. Walker < As has been noted a couple time, PJ Walker transcends jobbery and becomes C-Lister Justin Credible d)Chad Slick < I made this name up  a)Holy poo poo! b)Ha ha ha ha ha! c)he ded d)All of the above < After murdering him, the HeadShrinkers roll his body to the edge so Ferguson can tag him. The tag never actually happens, but the announcers claim it does  ............................... Commercial Round! Question 11: a)Boy toy b)Roy toy c)Sexy roy d)Sexy boy < He can't help it, it's just the way he is  Question 12: Whose Ico Pro gams are these? a)Mr. Perfect b)Lex Luger < "You gotta want it." c)Crush d)Scott Steiner  Question 13: What snack food pisses of Macho Man? a)Chips < "Chiiiipps?!" Macho undulates at the start of the Slim Jim commercial b)Salted Peanuts c)Non-Slim Jim Beef Jerky d)Candy bar  .............................. Question 14: Who's the bum? a)Tatanka b)Repo Man c)Iron Mike d)Brooklyn Brawler < Who had a little niche carved out for himself in the 80s, but is now... this  Question 15: The purpose of this match was... a)Give the announcing team time to discuss the aftermath of the Yokozuna fight < They rarely mention the match. I've seen this a few times on Raw, and I think it's a necessity due to the short format and limited viewpoint of the audience, unlike later years which have more vignettes, skits, promos, etc b)Giving the fans what they came to see: wrestling at its highest level of excellence c)Another upset match, where the favorite loses in a stunning fashion d)There was none  .......................... Question 16: What ominous gift does Undertaker have delivered ringside during Mr. Hughes's (boring) fight? a)Black funeral wreath with Rest in Peace written on it < Hughes gets angry and smashes it. SHOCKING b)Harvey Wippleman's head in a box c)An urn labeled "Mr. Hughes" d)A styrofoam tombstone  .......................... Question 17: Who's that Pokemon that will have a grudge match against Jerry "The King" Lawler at Summer Slam '93? a)It's friggin' Doink for some reason! b)It's Bret "The Hitmonchan" Hart! < If you recall, Jerry Lawler attacked Bret at the end of King of the Ring for daring to be crowned "king" c)It's Owen Hart, out to avenge his brother! d)It's King Harley Race, here to destroy the pretender to the throne!  .......................... Question 18: M.O.M stands for a)Must Obtain Money b)Meet Our Maker c)Men On a Mission < MOaM d)Sir, I think I know how can we increase viewership among Target Demographic: African Americans ages 13-25  ........................... Question 19: ANOTHER jobber fight? How many significant offensive attacks does Scott Amati land against ADAM BOMB? a)0 ADAM BOMB has had nothing but squash matches so far. Kinda curious when they give him a name to fight against b)1 c)2 d)3  ............................ Question 20: What happens when you call to get tickets to next week's Raw? a)Not in service b)Sex line for perverts c)Redirects to a promo message for the modern day WWE d)Some dude's voicemail < It's like Kevin or Larry or something, I don't remember, because I was kinda surprised when the voicemail message started playing 
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Bonzo posted:Congrats to frankenfreak for winning the GBS Heavyweight Title
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Eclipse12 posted:Question 20: What happens when you call to get tickets to next week's Raw? *in extremely Mike Jones voice* two oh three three five two eight six nine two that's my cell phone number give me one call or a few
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https://twitter.com/fmw_explosion/status/1406327935284375554 ahahahaah the first match is going to be a parody of the AEW wet fart explosion match hahahahahahaha
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third favourite wrestling fact: Major Stash, of the Misfits In Action stable, was originally named Private Stash, but insisted that the name be changed as he had concerns about the implications for his seniority within a group of comedy wrestlers led by General Hugh G. Rection like war might be declared and he'd have to take orders from Major Gunns (the gunns were her breasts, she had major breasts)
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FullLeatherJacket posted:third favourite wrestling fact: Random name changes in wrestling are always pretty funny. - In mid-90's WCW, they were building to a match of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage vs. the Alliance to End Hulkamania. To help fill the latter's ranks with angry muscle henchmen, they introduced a guy named the Final Solution. Afterwards, someone realized why that was a bad idea and he immediately became the Ultimate Solution in his next appearance. - When Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair were introduced to the main roster, they started a stable with Paige. They were to name themselves the Submission Sorority. Paige was adamant that that was a bad idea because "Submission Sorority" was totally a porn thing. Management was all, "Don't worry about it, we'll take care of it," which translated to, "We weren't listening. Go be the Submission Sorority." They lasted one week with that name before suddenly calling themselves Team PCB. - WWE's weird insistence of removing half of people's names. Big E Langston became Big E. Antonio Cesaro became Cesaro. Apollo Crews became Apollo for about a month because there was a shooter with the last name Cruise around that time and that spooked Vince for whatever reason. - WWE hired Joe Hennig, the son of Curt Hennig/Mr. Perfect. While talking up how he was Hennig's son, they inexplicably named him Michael McGillicutty. They at one point tried to cover for it by lying and saying it was his mother's last name. Later they came to their senses and renamed him... um... Curtis Axel. It made slightly more sense, at least. - After leaving WWF, Ahmed Johnson grew a giant gut and went to WCW as Big T. This led to a match against Booker T over ownership of the letter T. One commentator was scared for Booker T, saying that if he was called "Booker" then all the wrestlers would hate him.
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Gavok posted:- WWE's weird insistence of removing half of people's names. Big E Langston became Big E. Antonio Cesaro became Cesaro. Apollo Crews became Apollo for about a month because there was a shooter with the last name Cruise around that time and that spooked Vince for whatever reason. Don't forget Matt Riddle becoming Riddle so his rape accusations wouldn't show up in google searches
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Gavok posted:One commentator was scared for Booker T, saying that if he was called "Booker" then all the wrestlers would hate him.
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Gavok posted:One commentator was scared for Booker T, saying that if he was called "Booker" then all the wrestlers would hate him. 
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One (of many) problems in modern WWE is that they don't have heels on the announce team. It's always just the whole team gushing over the abilities of both sides and making only obvious observations. You need a Heenan or King or Taz or something to actively insult the faces and biasedly cheer on the heels. Rather than a play-by-play and color, both commentators seem to be just doing the same thing. I love Pat McAfee, but he doesn't bring anything new or extra to the role. Credit to him for knowing a lot of moves and being able to call action, but his personality that shined in other forms just isn't here. You could swap his lines with Michael Cole's and it wouldn't even be noticeable. Eclipse12 fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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Eclipse12 posted:One (of many) problems in modern WWE is that they don't have heels on the announce team Totally disagree with this. Heel announcers are obnoxious and more often than not overwhelm the product. AEW's made it work with Don Callis and Taz by having them only do matches for the guys they manage but if they were there in heel mode for the whole show it would drive me away. The only heel announcer out there who's listenable for whole shows is Gino in New Japan and that's cause he allows himself to get dunked on constantly. The problem with announcing in WWE is entirely down to management.
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Rarity posted:Totally disagree with this. Heel announcers are obnoxious and more often than not overwhelm the product. AEW's made it work with Don Callis and Taz by having them only do matches for the guys they manage but if they were there in heel mode for the whole show it would drive me away. The only heel announcer out there who's listenable for whole shows is Gino in New Japan and that's cause he allows himself to get dunked on constantly. The problem with announcing in WWE is entirely down to management. Even when Jericho is on commentary, he points out how much he hates everyone and then in the same breath tirelessly puts them over Old-school heel commentators loving suck
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Rarity posted:Totally disagree with this. Heel announcers are obnoxious and more often than not overwhelm the product. AEW's made it work with Don Callis and Taz by having them only do matches for the guys they manage but if they were there in heel mode for the whole show it would drive me away. And it led to one of the best moments in recent memory, during the Kenny Omega - Orange Cassidy - Pac match when Orange Cassidy goes on a rampage, leading to Don Callis yelling "poo poo! OH poo poo!" and throwing off his headset so he can rush to the ring to interfere on Kenny's behalf. It built up the threat of Orange Cassidy, when even Kenny's manager is freaking out about him live on air.
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Rarity posted:Don't forget Matt Riddle becoming Riddle so his rape accusations wouldn't show up in google searches Completely forgot about him. It makes me think of this Chikara show that became incredibly cursed like two years after the fact. Because Chikara likes doing annual or semi-regular tournaments (for rookies, tag teams, trios, flippy guys), they decided to throw one more on the pile in honor of Johnny Kidd retiring by doing the Johnny Kidd Invitational. An 8-person tournament based around technical wrestlers, all in one show. Two big indie names were brought in to be mixed with a bunch of in-house guys. Rather than put the big indie names together for a big match, Chikara instead used them to put over their in-house guys and had them each lose during the semis. The finalists included the company's heel champion and a newish face who hadn't been fully established quite yet. The face won the finals decisively within two minutes (non-title, of course) and suddenly they had a build for a future title match. Even though that contender would lose in the rematch, he was still the first Johnny Kidd Invitational winner and it was a memorable enough show to springboard the concept for another couple years. Buuuuuuut that winner was Rory Gulak, who got kicked out of Chikara for some nasty, perverted stuff I'm not even going to clarify. The heel champ was Juan Francisco de Coronado, who was outed as a groomer shortly after Gulak was removed. And this was all pre-Speaking Out! And speaking of Speaking Out, Matt Riddle was one of those two big indie guys brought into the tournament. So had the company not collapsed, that's three out of the final four who they wouldn't want to ever talk about again. The other guy was Zack Sabre Jr., who is fine as far as I know.
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Eclipse12 posted:One (of many) problems in modern WWE is that they don't have heels on the announce team. It's always just the whole team gushing over the abilities of both sides and making only obvious observations. You need a Heenan or King or Taz or something to actively insult the faces and biasedly cheer on the heels. Rather than a play-by-play and color, both commentators seem to be just doing the same thing. I thought Vince and company just fed them all lines from backstage
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Henann, Ventura, and even Paul E. (when he took over from the King on RAW) were great heel commentators
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mallratcal posted:Henann, Ventura, and even Paul E. (when he took over from the King on RAW) were great heel commentators They were, but heel commentators are a relic of the past along with everyone's gimmick being their regular day job. I don't want that anymore.
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The best heel commentators were the ones that weren't fed their lines. CM Punk even mentioned that he got so tired of hearing Vinces voice and figured out how to mute his headset - something no one else at the desk was doing due to fear.
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Kunabomber posted:The best heel commentators were the ones that weren't fed their lines. CM Punk even mentioned that he got so tired of hearing Vinces voice and figured out how to mute his headset - something no one else at the desk was doing due to fear. Everyone else should absolutely do this because Vince loving sucks in a million ways and lovely commentary is one of the worst. And the fact that everyone just basically does what he says is the biggest reason their commentary has sucked for so long.
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Gavok posted:Completely forgot about him.
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Elephant Ambush posted:They were, but heel commentators are a relic of the past along with everyone's gimmick being their regular day job. I don't want that anymore. I'll always take a good heel commentator, one that has a good chemistry with the regular play by play guy. It just doesn't really exist anymore. Taz could do it, but I like goofy Taz commentary.
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Elephant Ambush posted:Everyone else should absolutely do this because Vince loving sucks in a million ways and lovely commentary is one of the worst. And the fact that everyone just basically does what he says is the biggest reason their commentary has sucked for so long. FUCKFACE MORON fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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So when Vince finally dies of a steroid induced heart explosion, who's most likely to take over?
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Stephanie & HHH
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Beeswax posted:Stephanie & HHH This is way less likely than it was even 3 months ago
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Rarity posted:This is way less likely than it was even 3 months ago Imagine being the daughter and son in law, who has spent his life in the industry, of the CEO of an essentially hereditary organization and being outwitted by a media executive
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Hunter's been playing Crusader Kings for 20 years and got his poo poo wrecked by the first real corporate shark to show up
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Rarity posted:Hunter's been playing Crusader Kings for 20 years and got his poo poo wrecked by the first real corporate shark to show up Go on
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Has there ever been a time when a corporation wanted to have their name on a title? Something like "The Subway Meal Deal Heavyweight Championship"? I can just picture some guy saying he's the "5 Time, 5 Dollar Foot Long US Champion"
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Rarity posted:This is way less likely than it was even 3 months ago What happened? I must have missed it
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Bonzo posted:Has there ever been a time when a corporation wanted to have their name on a title? Something like "The Subway Meal Deal Heavyweight Championship"? I can just picture some guy saying he's the "5 Time, 5 Dollar Foot Long US Champion" does TNT putting their name on AEW Dynamite’s TV title count? But then Turner companies have historically been somewhat anomalously pro-prograps (in the spirit of Turner himself, who was a fan) e: other wrasslegoons are better equipped to explain the details of HHH having his presumptive empire usurped, but I do want to offer this trenchant and well-considered critique: loving  couldn’t have happened to a more deserving wretch
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Rarity posted:Hunter's been playing Crusader Kings for 20 years and got his poo poo wrecked by the first real corporate shark to show up Can you elaborate I this? I haven't been paying much attention to WWE for the past year or so, but this sounds fascinating.
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