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I miss when Bryan was the best wrestler in the world losing to Sheamus in 18 seconds in a storyline based around AJ Lee and not having killer wrestling matches.
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Lamuella posted:That moment was so good. I simply can't understand how someone could not like it. I knew as I watched it that these types of dudes would have exactly this complaint about it, too One would think they would see the loving welt on bryan afterwards and understand just how hard they are hitting one another but that would require paying attention What I really want someone with that viewpoint to answer for me is “what is the difference between a punch or slap fight and a test of strength?” Test of strength spots are a time-honored part of wrestling and I don’t think I have seen a single one of these dorks arguing against them. What is the difference? Both are just the two guys in the match being willing to step up and directly test themselves in a specific way. As much as slap fights are good, and forearm/elbow fights are good, my favorite will always be the two-steel-chairs punch fight spot, and necro butcher, for all his faults, did the best of them imo
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I'm trying to think of a pre-AEW WWE match that had a test of strength/chopping striking battle like that. My point being that perhaps average WWE watcher wouldn't understand why these guys would want to test their strength or mettle and it baffles them every time.
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(face red, tears streaming down face) the 5 star system is just daves opinion it doesnt matter
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this isnt even the first time bryans done that sit down and trade shots spot. wrestling might be too hard for these people to follow
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you'd think the brain geniuses at Stanford would require a little higher quality for their astroturfing op
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Why didn’t Tony listen to meeeeee https://x.com/davescherer/status/1769826972224323620?s=46&t=AwMtDeZF_tX5DmOd53fE0g
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STOP HAVING GOOD MATCHES
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Classicst3ve posted:I'm trying to think of a pre-AEW WWE match that had a test of strength/chopping striking battle like that. My point being that perhaps average WWE watcher wouldn't understand why these guys would want to test their strength or mettle and it baffles them every time. But they have had tests of strength The 80s had entire matches that were nothing but, and the spot still lingered through at least the attitude era, before finally dipping in the pg era afaik So like, imaginary wwe viewer, use the slightest bit of thought and consider what the difference is between the test of the strength spot and these strike battles, is my point Edit: Seams posted:Why didn’t Tony listen to meeeeee While I am demanding answers from imaginary people, give me one good reason why Tony khan, much less anyone else ever, should take Dave scherer’s opinion as important rotinaj fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Mar 18, 2024 |
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rotinaj posted:But they have had tests of strength Isn't the yearly how do you eliminate omos from the rumble spot exactly this
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Not to mention that all wrestling is filled with back and forth worked punches. None of those have ever looked real.
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I do remember finding strike battles weird and silly when I saw my first NJPW match. Of course, a few matches later I had fully accepted them as a part of wrestling language.
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real wrestling is about talking out loud in the middle of a match to tell the story, not whatever that slapping crap is
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Real wrestling is slamming beer cans together and then pouring the beer all over yourself instead of drinking it
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Elephant Ambush posted:Real wrestling is slamming beer cans together and then pouring the beer all over yourself instead of drinking it I become a real wrestler every Friday night.
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cagliostr0 posted:The pr disaster which turned out to be a fabrication by cm punks pet muck raker For better or worse, Kylie Rae seemingly wants everyone to think that there's something to the Jericho rumors. (And I'm not sure how that's even arguable; if she wanted the takeaway to be anything else, she would have either not commented or said it wasn't true.) Tony Khan refused to answer direct yes/no questions about if Chris Jericho had ever been reported or investigated for sexual misconduct in AEW. If the answer is "No," then you can just say no. He chose not to do that. You can say that Hausman handled everything in a very wrong and gross way, and you'd be entirely correct. And yes, I do think there's a good chance that Punk was egging him on. But it did not turn out to be a fabrication, much less by Hausman specifically.
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Everyone sitting on their hands while the fake crowd noise plays is really funny for this bit of Nastyism. https://twitter.com/ThisIsNasty/status/1769887056128553442 https://twitter.com/WorkersClubPodc/status/1767682113887682721 https://twitter.com/WorkersClubPodc/status/1766652460817383681 Also came across this podcast attempting to promote themselves using 2000 Geocities strategies.
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rotinaj posted:Edit: What's funny is however one feels about Meltzer I can absolutely see a new promoter reaching out to pick his brain. He's the go-to rolodex guy for the msm for rasslin afterall. The very idea of doing that with Dave Scherer is comical.
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MassRafTer posted:Everyone sitting on their hands while the fake crowd noise plays is really funny for this bit of Nastyism. Dudes out here ripping off Alex Coughlin spots.
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The_Rob posted:Dudes out here ripping off Alex Coughlin spots. honestly if you can do it fair play
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Lid posted:honestly if you can do it fair play You know what. Good point.
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Why did Johnny Gargano just walk into the larger Creed brother's arms and immediately get hoisted up for the tandem stalling suplex. That was a poor choice
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Johnny Gargano has a lifetime pass to Disney so he can sit at his favorite Harry Potter themed bar and complain about his life to the same bartender. Nothing in wwe matters.
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That would look better if they were more in sync
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coconono posted:Johnny Gargano has a lifetime pass to Disney so he can sit at his favorite Harry Potter themed bar and complain about his life to the same bartender. Nothing in wwe matters. Does he stare at his hands after every round of drinks in shock
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those spots sucked monkey nyuts. the forum made me watch it
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Classicst3ve posted:I'm trying to think of a pre-AEW WWE match that had a test of strength/chopping striking battle like that. My point being that perhaps average WWE watcher wouldn't understand why these guys would want to test their strength or mettle and it baffles them every time. Not quite like that, but I vaguely remember one of the lesnar/undertaker matches have them trading strikes after a double down, I think it's the one where they laugh at each other after both sitting up from the double down? It wasn't as good as Bryan and Shibata smacking the gently caress out of each other.
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alright but the rock and steve austin used to just throw punches back and forth and it'd be the coolest poo poo in the world
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coconono posted:Johnny Gargano has a lifetime pass to Disney so he can sit at his favorite Harry Potter themed bar and complain about his life to the same bartender. Nothing in wwe matters. harry potter is at universal studios, the aew of florida theme parks
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I know Alfred is dumb as gently caress and is intentionally trolling but like lmao that he's ignoring Sting's retirement tag match
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Elephant Ambush posted:I know Alfred is dumb as gently caress and is intentionally trolling but like lmao that he's ignoring Sting's retirement tag match loses three stars for the glass spot, one for being in aew and two more for each young buck sting/darby vs the bucks: -*
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Cornette won't let you sit in the cuck chair because he's sitting in it while trainee wrestlers he bullied into it are boning his wife
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Fuckboys Stand United
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Lamuella posted:That moment was so good. I simply can't understand how someone could not like it. Sami and Gunther will do this same exact spot at Mania and they'll think it's the greatest spot they've ever seen
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Guillermus posted:https://twitter.com/theantimarkofpw/status/1769797245476475190?t=_QMLEpwivN3DBObD3kjrDQ&s=19 Its like they think they can manifest this poo poo. I will say when I googled Aew profits 2023 the first two links are from that cultaholic article about how it Loa 35 million last year which was speculation. Third post is from reddit about an article from the observer about how it made 170 million which I can't imagine it was able to spend more of. Also 2023 was its most revenue and they expect 2024 to be higher
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