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Aphrodite posted:The crowd still pops for someone who lifts Big Show even though it's been done so many times.
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Minidust posted:I'm still salty about Show taking a Perfect Plex in 2001 for only a two-count... on Sunday Night Heat Hennig shouldve won the world title in his return run. i wasnt watching then and i dont know if it would've made sense but it shouldve happened
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He should have at least won that Rumble where he got to the final four and everyone was going nuts
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The completely broken down guy who had been a shell of his former sell for 5 years should definitely have won the Royal Rumble.
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MassRafTer posted:The completely broken down guy who had been a shell of his former sell for 5 years should definitely have won the Royal Rumble. Worked in 1989.
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MassRafTer posted:The completely broken down guy who had been a shell of his former sell for 5 years should definitely have won the Royal Rumble. That describes at least half of the Rumble Winners of the past decade
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Feb 9, 2019 18:51
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Wrestlers breaking the fourth wall/kayfabe against creative's (Vince's) wishes during a taping, or better yet, live on tv is the loving best
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Dick Bastardly posted:Wrestlers breaking the fourth wall/kayfabe against creative's (Vince's) wishes during a taping, or better yet, live on tv is the loving best the image is from a satire site
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Shiki Dan posted:That describes at least half of the Rumble Winners of the past decade Yes WWE is terribly booked, I know.
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flatluigi posted:the image is from a satire site well poo poo
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MassRafTer posted:The completely broken down guy who had been a shell of his former sell for 5 years should definitely have won the Royal Rumble. Correct
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flatluigi posted:the image is from a satire site I mean they did have Curtis Axel point at it when he insisted he was still in the Rumble that one year
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Shiki Dan posted:That describes at least half of the Rumble Winners of the past decade And the current one has a broken back taking him off house shows for 3 months.
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Feb 10, 2019 20:11
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Low Desert Punk posted:Who was the best football player (in terms of actual football ability) to ever really become a star in wrestling? sometimes the obvious answer is the right one, let's not forget The Rock played at Miami during the real The U years, I think he even was back-up for Warren Sapp. The hard part with the question is "famous pro wrestler" requires you to be a physically bigger dude than a lot of the "star football player" positions are, since offensive/defensive linemen much more rarely become household names. and the ones that do make the pros and get famous don't really have a need to come to wrestling -- look at all the guys who came out of small Texas colleges (Funks, Stone Cold, DiBiasi, Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody).
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leo nomellini was extremely good and probably the best player turned wrestler of all time but i don't know if he counts as a star
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There's a dude in both the football and WON Hall of fames but I don't remember his name
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Cavauro posted:leo nomellini was extremely good and probably the best player turned wrestler of all time but i don't know if he counts as a star He was a huge star in San Francisco.
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yeah but that's cheating.
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Cavauro posted:yeah but that's cheating. In the territories you were only allowed to be a star in one city if you left they arrested you. Obviously he was a huge football star there but he was good enough that Lou Thesz seemed to like working with him. He was also pretty big in the AWA but not nearly as big as he was in SF.
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I am sorry
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Cavauro posted:I am sorry I forgive you big dog.
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Suplex Liberace posted:There's a dude in both the football and WON Hall of fames but I don't remember his name rare Magic card l00k posted:Bronko Nagurski is both a Pro Football and Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer.
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in kayfabe, why does winning the King of the Ring make people turn into psychopaths obsessed with royalty
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Low Desert Punk posted:in kayfabe, why does winning the King of the Ring make people turn into psychopaths obsessed with royalty because wrestling is inherently about hierarchies so it only makes sense that it attracts monarchists.
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All wrestlers are inherently narcissists who resolve their problems through brutal violence all for the right to wear gaudy jewelry. So put a crown on one of them and you open the floodgates.
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Feb 12, 2019 06:33
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Brock never got a "King" gimmick.
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harperdc posted:sometimes the obvious answer is the right one, let's not forget The Rock played at Miami during the real The U years, I think he even was back-up for Warren Sapp. The problem with the Rock is that he peaked as an NCAA backup/CFL practice squader. Compared to other football players he was pretty bad. He’d be the obvious answer as who was he best wrestler that also played high level football but not the other way around. Ron Simmons is probably in the running amongst modern guys. Not much of a pro career, but he was a legit great in college and (Collegiate Football HOF, All-American, number retired by a real football school) and definitely clears the bar for wrestling star if you don’t count Mongo or LT.
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Ron Simmons is definitely the answer (he even got Heisman votes, yikes) butpseudodragon posted:The problem with the Rock is that he peaked as an NCAA backup/CFL practice squader. A backup on early ‘90s Miami is still pretty legit. And that team won a national championship as well. Not as good as the 2001 team, but nobody is.
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Whew, cheated on my diet today and every time I do I'm reminded of this promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8FXrGL0gzs
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Shiki Dan posted:Whew, cheated on my diet today and every time I do I'm reminded of this promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqo4OZ0Pqs
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What's some examples of matches that just seem bizarre or out of place for the time? Like generation clash or maybe even before finding fame? Like this weird example of DB vs Kamala https://youtu.be/RpcZoKhTwCk Or this Kane vs Taker match https://youtu.be/dK1vscn5yKw
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Dory Funk vs. RVD at the Terry Funk retirement show
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MisterGBH posted:What's some examples of matches that just seem bizarre or out of place for the time? All of those Dynamite Kid vs Tiger Mask matches look like a transmission from the future compared to everything else on those New Japan cards
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Kendo Kashin vs RVD vs Necro Butcher from some IGF show.
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So, it seems like the whole "This should just be a one on one match but we're shoving Charlotte in" Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousy thing might be tied to a persistent rumor that Ronda, like Dean's, gonna leave after Wrestlemania. Any idea why? Considering all the hype it seemed like she'd be around for a given definition of 'long term'...has she fallen victim to the same issues that have killed a laundry list of star's passion for the business, like Dean's supposedly is/was? Or something else? Or is it just a rumor?
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Cornwind Evil posted:So, it seems like the whole "This should just be a one on one match but we're shoving Charlotte in" Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousy thing might be tied to a persistent rumor that Ronda, like Dean's, gonna leave after Wrestlemania. Any idea why? Considering all the hype it seemed like she'd be around for a given definition of 'long term'...has she fallen victim to the same issues that have killed a laundry list of star's passion for the business, like Dean's supposedly is/was? Or something else? Or is it just a rumor? I suspect it might be as simple as "I'm loving tired". He's a 15 year vet who worked some awfully grimy, nasty matches in CZW and he worked a WWE schedule for 7 years. Apparently a staph infection almost killed him. Maybe he re-evaluated his life after that. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Feb 12, 2019 |
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Cornwind Evil posted:So, it seems like the whole "This should just be a one on one match but we're shoving Charlotte in" Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousy thing might be tied to a persistent rumor that Ronda, like Dean's, gonna leave after Wrestlemania. Any idea why? Considering all the hype it seemed like she'd be around for a given definition of 'long term'...has she fallen victim to the same issues that have killed a laundry list of star's passion for the business, like Dean's supposedly is/was? Or something else? Or is it just a rumor? It's a rumour, she's spoken about wanting a family. But like, Dean's stopped being a rumour and started being fact. I'd say she's going to stick around based on feelings. Who knows though.
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Cornwind Evil posted:So, it seems like the whole "This should just be a one on one match but we're shoving Charlotte in" Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousy thing might be tied to a persistent rumor that Ronda, like Dean's, gonna leave after Wrestlemania. Any idea why? Considering all the hype it seemed like she'd be around for a given definition of 'long term'...has she fallen victim to the same issues that have killed a laundry list of star's passion for the business, like Dean's supposedly is/was? Or something else? Or is it just a rumor? Ronda is going to be part time after WrestleMania. She wants a family and gets sick and bails on things pretty quick too. The company has basically confirmed she won't be full time when they were asked for comment and only said she was under contract another two years.
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