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Assenayo
Aug 25, 2021

Sigma posted:

Didn’t Dunne’s wife just sign with WWE?

Pretty sure Dunne's wife is a stay at home mom and hasn't ever had any wrestling training.

He's a Triple H favorite, but that doesn't mean much right now, and if they're going to tank NXT UK I could see Pete leaving just because he really cared about building it.

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That Dang Dad
Apr 23, 2003

Well I am
over-fucking-whelmed...
Young Orc
Pete Dunne's one of the last guys I really like in WWE. His mean-rear end technical style reminds me of what I liked about guys like Chris Benoit (:() or Elbow Ref Stoppage-era of ROH Bryan Danielson. I'd love to see him get some indy runs.

oldpainless
Oct 30, 2009

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John Cena is a robot that can’t feel real human emotions but he still brings joy to many people so he is pretty cool

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

its not. about. cena! john cena is a very good boy probably! its about putting him in that room and having him watch the video and then putting it online and having sad piano music over it and people saying im not crying you're crying. this world is corrupt!

The337th
Mar 30, 2011


That DICK! posted:

this world is corrupt!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay1z8jqvbDo

Sanguinia
Jan 1, 2012

~Everybody wants to be a cat~
~Because a cat's the only cat~
~Who knows where its at~

I sometimes wonder what it would feel like to know that there are millions of children all over the world who see you as this incredible hero who inspires them to do things or believe in things. Especially on those days when I'm staring at a bunch of kids who don't look like they give a drat about anything I have to say and know I'm going to go home and hear someone on the news or whatever talk about how important teachers are.

Even on those rare days when I feel like I made a difference, like I really accomplished something because I was there to break up a fight and make sure someone didn't get hurt, or a kid asks me to use their preferred pronouns because it means my classroom is a safe place for them to do that, or that rare rear end day when I kid hears something I have to say about history or literature or government and really gets it, or even better asks me something to expand their knowledge without me needing to prompt it... even on those days I can't even imagine what its like to have that much power to do good.

I used to laugh at that old story about how Hulk Hogan rebuffed the suggestion he should turn heel because Bischoff needed to walk a mile in his boots to really understand what he was asking, but when I see stuff about Cena's impact I wonder if even for a piece of poo poo like the Hulkster and even as far past his sell-by date as he was when that supposedly happened, if there wasn't still a grain of truth to it.

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.
https://streamable.com/2i1spi

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010


hahahahaha

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

lmao

Hefty Leftist
Jun 26, 2011

"You know how vodka or whiskey are distilled multiple times to taste good? It's the same with shit. After being digested for the third time shit starts to taste reeeeeeaaaally yummy."



op

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


:hmbol:

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Assenayo posted:

Pretty sure Dunne's wife is a stay at home mom and hasn't ever had any wrestling training.

He's a Triple H favorite, but that doesn't mean much right now, and if they're going to tank NXT UK I could see Pete leaving just because he really cared about building it.

If anything being a Triple H favorite means he needs to get out ASAP.

Mons Hubris
Aug 29, 2004

fanci flup :)


I don’t think it’s misery porn. It would be misery porn if the mom wasn’t cancer free now.

Alexander Hamilton
Dec 29, 2008
It’s crazy enough that Cena has done 600 Make-a-Wish visits but the fact that he makes such an impact on people he just randomly hands a wristband to (without even looking at them!) is kind of crazy. That’s a shitload of responsibility.

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?
Wait, is that why he wears all that neon? Because people can't see him?

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

Haha

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.
NXT UK doesn't exist but if it did this would be a pretty awesome card

https://twitter.com/WWEChrisSharpe/status/1430873142399016965

Free Jinny

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Lid posted:

NXT UK doesn't exist but if it did this would be a pretty awesome card

https://twitter.com/WWEChrisSharpe/status/1430873142399016965

Free Jinny



drat they got ricky in a beard double-jobbing

Quantum of Phallus fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Aug 26, 2021

cauliflower jones
Nov 8, 2009
lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

I think the whole "WWE buries it's No 2 female babyface to turn their No 1 babyface heel for literally no goddamn reason" wound up overshadowing the fact that they just straight up false advertised a match literally up to the point it was time for the entrance of the person who wasn't there, but it is really lovely.

kdrudy
Sep 19, 2009

Drakkel posted:

I think the whole "WWE buries it's No 2 female babyface to turn their No 1 babyface heel for literally no goddamn reason" wound up overshadowing the fact that they just straight up false advertised a match literally up to the point it was time for the entrance of the person who wasn't there, but it is really lovely.

*Card subject to change

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.

cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

given her actions and the takes i'm willing to bet she was a close contact with someone who had covid, which doesn't mean she has it but because shes close she needed to not be around and they pulled her until the two weeks are up

with that said she clearly doesnt care and is going around anyway

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

Oh we know, we just haven't been told.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

It was the perfect storm of

1) nobody cares about WWE,
2) nobody could care about WWE on the weekend of Punk returning to wrestling,
3) nobody should care about Sasha potentially getting COVID given what she clearly thinks about vaccines,
4) nobody could care about WWE women's wrestling given the current state of it, and
5) even if you were able to overcome the odds of all that and have a shred of a shred of hope for the situation, they followed it all up by having the face champ get screwed over and squashed by the returning biggest-face the division had this century, a month away from the anniversary of the last time they had a black fan favorite champ get screwed over and squashed by a returning popular white talent

For the people who watched Mania 30 live and thought it was amazing: you're never getting that feeling again here, it was absolutely a fluke, they've now actively regressed in every way since including having a worse women's division than then, and the person Mania 30 briefly benefited is going to the competition next month

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

Please, respect her privacy.

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

Mons Hubris posted:

I don’t think it’s misery porn. It would be misery porn if the mom wasn’t cancer free now.

i think thats exactly what makes it misery porn, if the mom died its spoiled goods, they wouldnt have been able to frame it around the altruism of john cena and how this one little act made such a big difference in this kids life, they wouldn't have been able to have the kid pop up on a little jigsaw screen to explain his horrible loss and shuffle out all happy and crying and saying thank you so cena could reflect "drat what a moment, this truly is." thankfully this story progresses from sad to happy, qualifying it as grade a "feels" and fit for social media consumption

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Chris James 2 posted:

For the people who watched Mania 30 live and thought it was amazing: you're never getting that feeling again here, it was absolutely a fluke, they've now actively regressed in every way since including having a worse women's division than then, and the person Mania 30 briefly benefited is going to the competition next month
Not sure I'd go this far. The only women's match on WM30 was a 14-woman, single-fall match that went less than 7 minutes, and of those 14 women, few are anyone worth mentioning. There's at least some talent currently, even if they're not being used well at all.

FUCKFACE MORON
Apr 23, 2010

by sebmojo

Chris James 2 posted:

For the people who watched Mania 30 live and thought it was amazing: you're never getting that feeling again here, it was absolutely a fluke, they've now actively regressed in every way since including having a worse women's division than then, and the person Mania 30 briefly benefited is going to the competition next month
This is why so many people in their head canon view WM30 as the series finale, with the hero riding off into the sunset on top of the world. Anything happening after that is irrelevant. WWE post-WM30 might as well be a completely different company.

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

Endless Mike posted:

Not sure I'd go this far. The only women's match on WM30 was a 14-woman, single-fall match that went less than 7 minutes, and of those 14 women, few are anyone worth mentioning. There's at least some talent currently, even if they're not being used well at all.

I'm not so sure, it feels like it's at an all-time low with them helldumping the Nikki experiment to get back to Charlotte status quo and also annihilating their new star with a Becky Lynch squash match. Meanwhile they have the worst NXT Women's champion in years and there's a side story about a hypnotic doll feuding with the now-broken up team of Eva and FKA Viper.

DEAR RICHARD
Feb 5, 2009

IT'S TIME FOR MY TOOLS
where are my snowflakes, dave?

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

DEAR RICHARD posted:

where are my snowflakes, dave?

Attending AEW shows instead

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Endless Mike posted:

The only women's match on WM30 was a 14-woman, single-fall match that went less than 7 minutes

The main roster women's division barely gets this much screentime on non-PPV weeks total according to the recaps

The go-home SD for the PPV, which was extra panic-booked on that side to try accommodating for Sasha's absence, had three matches that didn't total 9 minutes

SonicRulez
Aug 6, 2013

GOTTA GO FIST

cauliflower jones posted:

lol, do we still not know why Sasha wasn't at Summer Slam. it's wild to me how little people care about the second biggest match at the ppv being cancelled at the very last minute

I feel like it was COVID and WWE won't say it and she's not going to speak on it, so it's just gonna kinda fade away. We'll see Sasha for Survivor Series.

SirDippingSauce
Oct 25, 2012

We're here to interrogate Manly Dan the lumberjack for the murder of wax Stan.

Assenayo posted:

Pretty sure Dunne's wife is a stay at home mom and hasn't ever had any wrestling training.

He's a Triple H favorite, but that doesn't mean much right now, and if they're going to tank NXT UK I could see Pete leaving just because he really cared about building it.

My only beef with Dunne is that he changed his look so much that chanting "Draco Malfoy" won't work anymore.

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Chris James 2 posted:

The main roster women's division barely gets this much screentime on non-PPV weeks total according to the recaps

The go-home SD for the PPV, which was extra panic-booked on that side to try accommodating for Sasha's absence, had three matches that didn't total 9 minutes
i don’t think mania 30 happened on a non-ppv week

King Of Coons
May 5, 2006

Quantum of Phallus posted:



drat they got ricky in a beard double-jobbing

Been laughing for five minutes

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
I've never seen this man before but he looks like someone took the default Male create-a-wrestler model in 2k19 and just put a beard on it.

Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


Look how they've massacred my boy...

I fuckin loved Rampage Brown when he was the hard bastard big man in PROGRESS. He came out to I Will Be Heard by Hatebreed and the crowd would go apeshit.

https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/status/939879689602109440

Paper Lion
Dec 14, 2009




Lid posted:

NXT UK doesn't exist but if it did this would be a pretty awesome card

https://twitter.com/WWEChrisSharpe/status/1430873142399016965

Free Jinny

am i misinterpreting, or is this an unironic "person on a pole" match in 2021 with the women?

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Assenayo
Aug 25, 2021

SirDippingSauce posted:

My only beef with Dunne is that he changed his look so much that chanting "Draco Malfoy" won't work anymore.

Mandrews has the hair though

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