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What was Jake Roberts' line about why his DDT was different? Something like "When I do it, they don't get up."
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The Rock Bottom is just a bodyslam, and he doesn't even get much height with it. But if you can sell it as a finishing move, it's a finishing move.
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Sep 12, 2021 20:39
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The Mandible Claw was a finisher and all you realistically had to do was bite their fingers to counter it but nobody did because kayfabe. Britt Baker uses a fancy Mandible Claw as her finisher and it owns. The Head Claw was a finisher. The Sleeper was a finisher for multiple people. Hogan used a goddamn leg drop. Dusty used an elbow drop. Big Show used a punch. Fat guys used splashes. Earthquake just sat on people after hopping around and running the ropes. The Lariat is literally just a clothesline but when Stan Hansen did it it was murder. Tons of finishers are silly but kayfabe is awesome so gently caress these nerds who take everything literally in this goofy fightpunch theater business.
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Sep 12, 2021 21:16
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Elephant Ambush posted:The Mandible Claw was a finisher and all you realistically had to do was bite their fingers to counter it but nobody did because kayfabe. Britt Baker uses a fancy Mandible Claw as her finisher and it owns.  I want someone to make a move that people would never think would be even close to a finisher into a finisher. Imagine killing your opponent with a headlock or back rake
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Sep 12, 2021 21:20
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Saucer Crab posted:What was Jake Roberts' line about why his DDT was different? Something like "When I do it, they don't get up." It was something like that, yeah.
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Sep 12, 2021 21:34
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the skull end isn't a finisher but sanada wants us to believe that it is, however i refuse
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Sep 12, 2021 21:37
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boxcarhobo posted:the skull end isn't a finisher but sanada wants us to believe that it is, however i refuse He never wins (with it) so it isn’t a finisher actually
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Sep 12, 2021 21:38
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Yeah Sanada's actual finisher these days is the Muta Moonsault
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Sep 12, 2021 21:55
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Elephant Ambush posted:The Head Claw was a finisher. It was recently Lance Archer's finisher in NJPW for about a year with the name "EBD Claw" (Everybody Dies) before he went to AEW where he went back to the Blackout. It was simple, but it got over. He also had a Texas Death Match for the IWGP US title against Mox at Wrestle Kingdom where he did it while holding a plastic bag over Mox's face and it just looked brutal, with several comments in the GDT thread being along the lines of "drat, Lance, don't actually kill him!". a cyborg mug posted:I want someone to make a move that people would never think would be even close to a finisher into a finisher. Imagine killing your opponent with a headlock or back rake I think Paul Heyman once said that you can get anything over as a killer move if you book it well, and brought up the idea of someole like Mark Henry killing guys with a basic headlock. Problem is, at the time Vince would have never gone for it.
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Sep 13, 2021 00:05
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Hoss Corncave posted:It was recently Lance Archer's finisher in NJPW for about a year with the name "EBD Claw" (Everybody Dies) before he went to AEW where he went back to the Blackout. It was simple, but it got over. He also had a Texas Death Match for the IWGP US title against Mox at Wrestle Kingdom where he did it while holding a plastic bag over Mox's face and it just looked brutal, with several comments in the GDT thread being along the lines of "drat, Lance, don't actually kill him!" iirc a big part of the EBD claw was him whacking his opponent's head against the mat repeatedly with it locked on.
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Sep 13, 2021 00:07
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Lamuella posted:iirc a big part of the EBD claw was him whacking his opponent's head against the mat repeatedly with it locked on. Yeah it was great. I really hope he's just saving it to re-debut in AEW at some point.
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Sep 13, 2021 00:13
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Wasn't he using it when he turned up in AEW? I've got memories of him murdering Big Dustin with it.
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Sep 13, 2021 00:47
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lord help me i'm dying https://twitter.com/RussPavey/status/1437154605482250240 https://twitter.com/RussPavey/status/1437158476157964298
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Sep 13, 2021 01:01
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The real answer is WWE isn't willing to pay the couple hundred dollars to re-wrap the production trucks because they don't care
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Sep 13, 2021 01:04
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Vincent Kennedy McMahon-Dammit, a man known far and wide for his even temperament and forgiving, easygoing nature
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Sep 13, 2021 01:06
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I'd be amazed if a local jobber named Phil Brookson doesn't show up some time soon.
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Sep 13, 2021 01:10
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SatansOnion posted:Vincent Kennedy McMahon-Dammit, a man known far and wide for his even temperament and forgiving, easygoing nature Indeed! Like letting New Day take Demolition's reign of the longest time with the tag belts but not actually having the New Day do much of anything during that time.
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Sep 13, 2021 01:16
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RussPavey believes this about Vince McMahon but unironically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wfPlgKFh8
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Sep 13, 2021 01:32
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Those stupid trucks are always years out of date. I remember one that still had Ezekiel Jackson and Eve Torres on it like 6 years after they left the company.
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Sep 13, 2021 01:44
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For some reason Danielson's face being on the door is hilarious to me
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Sep 13, 2021 01:54
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The only time I can remember those trucks not being out of date is when they ripped Enzo's face off like THE DAY they fired him, which just goes to show you how much they hated him.
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Sep 13, 2021 03:20
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the Matt Hardy one is funnier because no one caught it until now.
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Sep 13, 2021 03:35
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coconono posted:the Matt Hardy one is funnier because no one caught it until now. He’s only been gone since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Sep 13, 2021 03:41
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Lockjaw/Mandible Claw is totally buyable because the idea is that they're forcing your mouth to stay open. Try closing your jaw while your hand is pulling it down with equal force and squeezing your tongue. It's surprisingly hard. Now add the kayfabe that the whole time it's also pinching a nerve in your jaw, and it's a very unpleasant move.a cyborg mug posted:I want someone to make a move that people would never think would be even close to a finisher into a finisher. Imagine killing your opponent with a headlock or back rake
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Sep 13, 2021 05:54
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I mean the mandible claw was literally invented by for-real former doctor “Killer” Sam Sheppard. What a weird life that guy led. Become an acclaimed surgeon, get accused and convicted of killing your wife, spend years in jail while your attorney tries to get an appeal going and agree to have cancer cells injected into you to help establish a pattern of good behavior, your attorney dies and F. Lee Bailey - that F. Lee Bailey, the guy who defended Patty Hearst in court and worked on OJ’s “dream team” - gets the appeal, wins it, gets it knocked back down by a higher court, knocks it up to the Supreme Court and a near-unanimous decision to free you because the original trial was a goddamn circus sideshow and should have been mistrialed the moment it was pointed out that the judge straight up told a paper ahead of the trial “oh yeah, he’s guilty” and never sequestered the jury(!). Try to re-establish your medical practice, but you’re too old and now a drunk because of the stress of regaining your freedom to perform surgery, your buddy trains you to be a pro wrestler, you invent a move that won’t achieve mainstream popularity for thirty loving years, a year into your new career you die because of your alcoholism either causing liver failure or severe brain damage. Your son devotes his life to clearing your name, thirty years after your death they exhume your wife’s corpse to get at the tissue of the fetus inside of her and it’s discovered that the fetus was already autopsied. Almost makes you want to… 
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Sep 13, 2021 06:43
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Can't believe this wasn't the finish.
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Sep 13, 2021 07:45
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The Cameo posted:I mean the mandible claw was literally invented by for-real former doctor “Killer” Sam Sheppard. Wow! That's one hell of an act you got there! What do you call it?
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Sep 13, 2021 13:46
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you left out the part where he was briefly married to Joesph Goebbels' wife's half sister
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Sep 13, 2021 14:06
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Karma Tornado posted:you left out the part where he was briefly married to Joesph Goebbels' wife's half sister Of all the facts about the good doctor, thats one i did nazi coming. 
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Sep 13, 2021 15:56
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Wasn't he using it when he turned up in AEW? I've got memories of him murdering Big Dustin with it. Yeah, he has used it a few times in AEW.
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Sep 13, 2021 18:03
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"The Suzuki Incident" is now the #22 twitter trend in the US.
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Sep 13, 2021 18:33
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nobody cares about these dumb wrestlers from japan aew will never get over with just new japan talent THEY DISRESPECTED THE LEGEND OF MINORU SUZUKI
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Sep 13, 2021 18:54
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MassRafTer posted:"The Suzuki Incident" is now the #22 twitter trend in the US. A lot of the tweets are in good fun, at least. I don't know if there's a corner of Twitter that's serious about this, but I don't want to look that deep for it. https://twitter.com/TheBarrylad/status/1437433280161325064 https://twitter.com/AndrewTRich/status/1437434931307810825
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Sep 13, 2021 19:18
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Oh those are all gold lol
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Sep 13, 2021 19:47
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Ganso Bomb posted:A lot of the tweets are in good fun, at least. I don't know if there's a corner of Twitter that's serious about this, but I don't want to look that deep for it. The original tweet didn't receive a single QT or RT until I posted it here, everyone had moved on from The Suzuki Incident when he tweeted. So every single tweet about it is making fun of the Unofficial New Japan Fan Club North American Chapter.
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Sep 13, 2021 19:57
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https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1437450705627860995 https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1437457446608388099
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Sep 13, 2021 20:00
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jesus christ
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Sep 13, 2021 20:08
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https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1437467000201269251?s=20
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Sep 13, 2021 20:09
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can't you just try touching the hot stove again, maybe this time it won't hurt
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Babyfaces cashing in to beat up a weakened opponent is so dumb. Like, who gets over that way?
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