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Low Desert Punk posted:every single photo of Vampiro from that time period is hilarious Really digging the Cure's new stuff.
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With Brauns release, who are some others heavily featured on tv in main events that got let go seemingly out of the blue? I can think of Angel in 06, warrior in 91 and probably sid in 1992.
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Mr Kennedy? Was his unexpected? Kennedy!
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Custard Undies posted:Mr Kennedy? Was his unexpected? Sort of, although his last offense did occur on TV
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Custard Undies posted:Mr Kennedy? Was his unexpected? The company had lost faith in him so while it was surprising it wasn't completely out of left field. With Angle you at least had some warning signs, Braun had just been in a featured Wrestlemania match and a title match. It's definitely one of the most unexpected releases I can think of.
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He looks so uncertain. Or vaguely surprised.
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Wasn't Matt Hardy pretty prominently featured right before they released him and he did that whole AnGeLiC DiAbLo (original content DO NOT STEAL) thing online?
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oldpainless posted:With Brauns release, who are some others heavily featured on tv in main events that got let go seemingly out of the blue? I can think of Angel in 06, warrior in 91 and probably sid in 1992. While we knew he was leaving going into the match, the news that Brock Lesnar wanted out after WM20 was pretty shocking. Also, CM Punk.
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sticklefifer posted:Wasn't Matt Hardy pretty prominently featured right before they released him and he did that whole AnGeLiC DiAbLo (original content DO NOT STEAL) thing online? Not only online, but briefly in ROH
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sticklefifer posted:Wasn't Matt Hardy pretty prominently featured right before they released him and he did that whole AnGeLiC DiAbLo (original content DO NOT STEAL) thing online? Before that, his last televised win was beating Drew McIntyre on an early June Raw as part of a feud with Drew that got cut short when Drew's visa legitimately expired in August. His last few televised appearances were jobbing to Alberto del Rio and Cody Rhodes. His last PPV win was about a year and a half before his release, way back in April 2009, when he beat Jeff at Wrestlemania before losing the blow-off three weeks later at Extreme Rules, which was his last singles PPV match of the run. So it really depends on what you count as 'prominently featured', he didn't ride out his whole contract in catering or anything, but it was nothing like Braun. EDIT: The "Angelic Diablo" thing started during that first release, which happened in April 2005. He was written off of TV due to injury after Summerslam the year prior. Edge & Christian fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jul 4, 2021 |
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Has anyone ever done a 2/3 falls match and then just had one person easily get two falls in a row to win? It's obviously a terrible idea but I could see someone like Russo doing it, especially in early TNA.
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Zombie Lemur posted:Has anyone ever done a 2/3 falls match and then just had one person easily get two falls in a row to win? The Briscoes did 2/3 fall matches for the title when they were champs and it was a thing that they always won 2-0.
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Deathlove posted:The Briscoes did 2/3 fall matches for the title when they were champs and it was a thing that they always won 2-0. That's interesting, so it was like their signature thing? The image I had in my head was someone being built up for months only to lose both falls to Jeff Jarrett in like 5 minutes.
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Zombie Lemur posted:That's interesting, so it was like their signature thing? The falls were competitive but it was their thing in 2007. So they weren't burying people like you'd imagine.
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MassRafTer posted:The falls were competitive but it was their thing in 2007. So they weren't burying people like you'd imagine. That way makes sense, especially if it's a character trait of the team or individual wrestler. Then it's more about them being that good rather than the opponents being a joke.
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Zombie Lemur posted:Has anyone ever done a 2/3 falls match and then just had one person easily get two falls in a row to win? I wouldn't call it easy but Austin beat Dustin Rhodes 2-0 at a Starcade. I think it was the match where the main power went out in the arena for a bit. Good match if only because it was sorta a mess.
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Zombie Lemur posted:Has anyone ever done a 2/3 falls match and then just had one person easily get two falls in a row to win? MVP beat Chris Benoit 2-0 in a 2/3 falls match at Judgment Day 2007, in Benoit's last actual PPV match. It was the end of a multi-month storyline though, where Benoit kept getting the better of MVP in PPV matches.
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He got his own 2-0 a month later.
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sticklefifer posted:He got his own 2-0 a month later. That's not how two out of three falls matches work
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Those MVP/Benoit matches were fantastic. Textbook example of getting somebody over by losing. When MVP finally gets his win z the fans were primed for it.
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[dann" post="515986036"] I wouldn't call it easy but Austin beat Dustin Rhodes 2-0 at a Starcade. I think it was the match where the main power went out in the arena for a bit. Good match if only because it was sorta a mess. [/quote] edogawa rando posted:MVP beat Chris Benoit 2-0 in a 2/3 falls match at Judgment Day 2007, in Benoit's last actual PPV match. So not only has it been done multiple times, but it seems to have been executed reasonably well. I'm surprised and also a tiny bit disappointed that there's not a trainwreck in there somewhere.
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I might be way off on this, but didn’t the Briscoes have a gimmick of winning 2/3 falls matches in the first two falls? Or was the 2/3 falls match just their thing?
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It’s the first reply to the exact same question you’re answering
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The Senator Giroux posted:I might be way off on this, but didn’t the Briscoes have a gimmick of winning 2/3 falls matches in the first two falls? Or was the 2/3 falls match just their thing? Deathlove posted:The Briscoes did 2/3 fall matches for the title when they were champs and it was a thing that they always won 2-0.
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For whatever reason I remember Titus Worldwide losing 2-0 to Sheamus/Cesaro for the Raw tag team titles
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History Comes Inside! posted:It’s the first reply to the exact same question you’re answering Guess I shouldn’t try to answer questions first thing from waking up
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D.N. Nation posted:For whatever reason I remember Titus Worldwide losing 2-0 to Sheamus/Cesaro for the Raw tag team titles usos also beat chad gable and shelton benjamin 2-0 in like 10 minutes one time iirc
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Beth Phoenix got a 2-0 win over Candice Michelle after Candice had a terrifying botch and they called an audible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5d6PQgHKxg&t=420s
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Duke Pukem posted:man, I never saw that before. That was rough I was watching live with my brother and we thought she might be paralyzed, super scary
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Holy gently caress, don’t drag the person who might hve a broken neck
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purkey posted:Holy gently caress, don’t drag the person who might hve a broken neck
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Minidust posted:Beth Phoenix got a 2-0 win over Candice Michelle after Candice had a terrifying botch and they called an audible Holy gently caress, that was hard to watch.
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Ref should've just signaled a KO win and ended it. Probably would've been fired.
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It ain’t ballet folks!
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Did Todd Champion ever get in trouble for having the Olympic Rings on his gear? I know the IOC are hyper vigilant but were they paying attention to 1992 WCW?
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What are some great must-see matches from Shinya Hashimoto? I've seen a bit of Mutoh and Chono, but he's a blind spot for me.
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Lily Catts posted:What are some great must-see matches from Shinya Hashimoto? I've seen a bit of Mutoh and Chono, but he's a blind spot for me. Hashimoto vs Tenryu from the '98 G1 was described to me as Ishii vs Shibata 15 years earlier. It's a good description, they just batter each other. Hashimoto vs Kazuo Yamazaki from the same tournament is a great high stakes match, Yamazaki is an ex-UWFi guy who got here by beating Fujinami, Sasaki & Chono, all by submission. Hashimoto hurt his leg earlier in the tournament, his offense is kick heavy & Yamazaki does a lot of leg submissions. Hashimoto vs Nobuhiko Takada from the April 96 Tokyo Dome show is a the height of the interpromotional feud between UWFi & NJPW, the crowd are absolutely loving molten as it's the IWGP champion vs the ace of UWFi. Hashimoto vs Lord Steven Regal is a match I like because I'm a Regal fan. I'd also say check out the April 1989 Tokyo Dome show match between Hashimoto & Big Van Vader: Hashimoto is just back from excursion in North America to be thrown into a one night 8 man tournament to crown a new IWGP Heavyweight champion at the first ever wrestling show in the Tokyo Dome. Vader beats Chono & Fujinami, Hashimoto beats Chosu & Zangiev
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