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The problem with Mox right before he went to rehab was he would turn purple when he wrestled.
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RandolphCarter posted:The problem with Mox right before he went to rehab was he would turn purple when he wrestled. Well that is a problem
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Ganso Bomb posted:I loved how Mox looked before he went to rehab, tbh. I’m glad he got sober obviously but he had a look for a brief time that seemed unique at the time, just looked like a big beefy bruiser who was going to gently caress you up. Felt like a very 70s/80s look. I wonder what the through-line between Mox's look at the time and the 70s/80s was.
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karmicknight posted:I wonder what the through-line between Mox's look at the time and the 70s/80s was. Some mysteries may never be solved. They made a whole show about it!
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Ganso Bomb posted:Some mysteries may never be solved. They made a whole show about it! I think I saw that show, it had something to do with stunt grannies.
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I'm not sure if it made him a better wrestler, but David Finlay dropping the skinnyfat weight and getting more cut has directly led to the biggest push of his career so far.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:We hear a lot about wrestlers who put on mass and stepped up their game and star power. Omega and Ospreay becoming heavyweights and more complete wrestlers. Swerve now looking like an inevitable world champion. Drew McIntyre going from comedy jobber to world champ. my personal favorite was chase owens showing up at the start of every g1 tour visibly overweight and ending the tour very cut and then going straight back to flabby after a few months
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ItohRespectArmy posted:my personal favorite was chase owens showing up at the start of every g1 tour visibly overweight and ending the tour very cut and then going straight back to flabby after a few months the reverse big show
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If New Japan have such a close working relationship with AEW/ROH, how come Young Lions don’t go on excursion there? Too high profile?
Answers Me fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Mar 25, 2024 |
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Easy answer is AEW has such a big roster that guys on excursion wouldn't get as consistent reps as they would in smaller companies. Leube (and Yuto before he got injured again) is working at least once a week to develop their character which would be far from guaranteed in AEW when they're not household names drawing eyes to a television product
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Dr. Quarex posted:Jon Moxley going away for a little while in 2021 and coming back looking and performing great when we had not realized he looked bad beforehand immediately comes to mind the two weeks before he left i was pretty concerned, his last promo had me thinking 'something is wrong'
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Young Lions getting wasted in American promotions is how you get Okada, so I see no issue in that.
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Young boys need reps more than they need TV exposure, and with no house show tours AEW doesn't have a lot to offer them. Most of them seem to do better in Mexico anyway.
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I honestly figured for a while Takeshita was there on an excursion, to the point that I was surprised when he signed.
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If anything AEW and the lesser used younger talent should be making use of New Japan and CMLL to put in reps. Kinda of shocked some of the talent hasn't asked to go on a month tour of Japan or to work Mexico to get some more seasoning. Top Flight especially could use it especially
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Answers Me posted:If New Japan have such a close working relationship with AEW/ROH, how come Young Lions don’t go on excursion there? Too high profile? American visas are a pain in the loving rear end to get for something excursion length.
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It hasn't stopped them, Uemura did TNA and indies and Narita was doing Strong/LA dojo stuff
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Benne posted:Young boys need reps more than they need TV exposure, and with no house show tours AEW doesn't have a lot to offer them. Yeah, back in the day they could come to Memphis or whatever territory and work on the constant house show loops which is a terrible, grueling method but did force them to get good at working in front of the same crowds repeatedly and make sure the fans weren't bored.
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Dawgstar posted:Semi-related: Does anybody remember who would turn the Gory Special into powerbomb? Kyoko Inoue I'm 99% sure.
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How did Shawn Michaels being a guest ref for Hayabusa vs Gannosuke occur? Did WWE and FMW have an agreement or was Hayabusa just really into Shawn as a worker or something?
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WWF and FMW did have a relationship, I believe. I'm seeing some mention of Shawn being a replacement for Steve Williams who refused the booking out of loyalty to Baba? And also a suggestion that Shawn asked to get some of his school's students booked with FMW in return, which does seem true as Danielson and Lance Cade did a tag match shortly after.
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Gaz-L posted:WWF and FMW did have a relationship, I believe. I'm seeing some mention of Shawn being a replacement for Steve Williams who refused the booking out of loyalty to Baba? And also a suggestion that Shawn asked to get some of his school's students booked with FMW in return, which does seem true as Danielson and Lance Cade did a tag match shortly after. yep. there were plans for the TWA students to start doing ECW shows right up until they stopped running shows, along with wanting to book (if you believe heyman) Samoa Joe and Low Ki
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You should not believe Paul Heyman, imo
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forkboy84 posted:You should not believe Paul Heyman, imo I remember Paul E saying he wanted Misawa/Kobashi for that Heatwave '98 tag vs. Sabu/RVD, and hooooo boy that would have been a different match.
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C. Everett Koop posted:I remember Paul E saying he wanted Misawa/Kobashi for that Heatwave '98 tag vs. Sabu/RVD, and hooooo boy that would have been a different match. I remember Paul Heyman picking up the phone pretending to be his room-mate, in case anyone was calling him chasing money. Honestly, any of the Between The Sheets Patreon specials on ECW inevitably end up full of amazing Paul bullshittery, either to the sheets, to his own wrestlers, to TV partners, or anyone else with a pulse.
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He also had that story about how he learned he was being run out of WWECW by pretending to hang up on a conference call and then just listening on the line
DeathChicken fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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DeathChicken posted:He also had that story about how he learned he was being run out of WWECW by pretending to hang up on a conference call and then just listening on the line I heard him tell that on Austin's podcast and Austin responded with "You really are a piece of work".
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# ? Mar 31, 2024 15:06 |
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Wasn't there also a story that he lost his job in charge of Smackdown earlier in the decade because he was listening into Raw conference calls that he wasn't meant to be on or something equally dumb?
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forkboy84 posted:Wasn't there also a story that he lost his job in charge of Smackdown earlier in the decade because he was listening into Raw conference calls that he wasn't meant to be on or something equally dumb? Yeah he’d been pretending to hang up and then staying on the line or something. I feel like there was also a time he told that story and tried to spin it even further with “and the sick part was I wasn’t even listening in when they ‘caught’ me I just genuinely forgot to hang up” but it’s been a while and I might be mixing up Heyman bullshit stories. Edit: I was close https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2014/05/paul-heyman-talks-to-steve-austin-about-wwe-firing-in-2004-576087/ History Comes Inside! fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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History Comes Inside! posted:Yeah he’d been pretending to hang up and then staying on the line or something. Imagining Heyman just saying very loudly "CLICK!" and setting the receiver down.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Yeah he’d been pretending to hang up and then staying on the line or something. That part that I never understood... What's the problem with the Smackdown booker listening in on a Raw booking meeting?
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The Grey posted:That part that I never understood... What's the problem with the Smackdown booker listening in on a Raw booking meeting? It's a company run by a psychopath and fail children, probably explains it
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The Grey posted:That part that I never understood... What's the problem with the Smackdown booker listening in on a Raw booking meeting? Kayfabe, sibling! These shows are constantly at war with each other, gotta protect their secrets from each other.
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The Grey posted:That part that I never understood... What's the problem with the Smackdown booker listening in on a Raw booking meeting? vince is so horny for competition he forces it upon his employees and children
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Question about a silly spot idea: Has anyone ever clotheslined/lariated someone off of a bike? I'm a pedestrian in my city and need to live out some of the Thoughts I have about some cyclists vicariously.
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Grendels Dad posted:Question about a silly spot idea: Has anyone ever clotheslined/lariated someone off of a bike? I'm a pedestrian in my city and need to live out some of the Thoughts I have about some cyclists vicariously. I feel like this has to have happened in DDT, possibly involving Kota Ibushi.
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Grendels Dad posted:Question about a silly spot idea: Has anyone ever clotheslined/lariated someone off of a bike? I'm a pedestrian in my city and need to live out some of the Thoughts I have about some cyclists vicariously. (very awkward spot until the clothesline part at the end) ((well that's kind of awkward as well, but Kota falling on his head is expected)) https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1724981235812835694 Kennel fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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Kennel posted:(very awkward spot until the clothesline part at the end) Yesss, just what I needed! Thank you! Grendels Dad fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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I wonder if Kota is just up for anything someone pitches to him or if he comes up with these ideas himself and gets others to go along with it.
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well it would require Kota to know what a bike is so I'm not too sure
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