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Is DDP big enough to get into the Hall of Fame some year? I'd say he was, but only just.
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I love that Bryan's face turn technically happened the following week, when he was no longer with the company.
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Dec 18, 2010 14:38
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Perry Normal posted:No hook but... You're saying you want WWE to hire Abyss?
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Jan 9, 2011 13:41
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Sue Denim posted:Okay guys, I'm just going to leave WH2K now. Guys, don't buy into it, she'll be posting in the Observer forums in six months. 
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Jan 14, 2011 13:58
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Timby posted:In both Have a Nice Day and Foley is Good, he says that the fall through the cell was completely unplanned, but as Karmine points out, he's full of poo poo, because how else would it have gone down, and as CSammich points out, he's full of poo poo, because the cell was clearly gimmicked. Nope, sorry. In the books, he explains that the idea was that part of that cell piece was already busted. They'd lay the chair down, he'd take the chokeslam and instantly roll into the busted hole - on camera, it'd look like he went straight through. What happened was that
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Jan 14, 2011 19:09
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The sad fact is that they're struggling to find a space on the roster for DB right now. His character was refreshing at first, but without getting the right people to work off, he's a bit bland. I think there's room for them to introduce crazy beard Daniel Bryan, though - and a premade storyline in the Nexus debacle: he left Nexus after just one night because he feared what he had become. Since then, he hasn't "woken the dragon" so to speak, because he fears if he crosses that line he won't come back. As such, he's not faced Nexus since being on Team Cena at Bragging Rights. So for Cena to will him back to the fight, he has to turn him into the mad, crazy wild-eyed American Dragon Daniel Bryan. Edit: Cena: Get angry! Bryan: No. Cena: You're a worthless nerd. Bryan: Nope. Cena: You'll never make it in the WWE. Bryan: I don't care. Cena: You'll never get laid. Bryan: Are you trying to make me angry, or make me laugh? Cena: ... ... ... Asparagus is a BAD DOG! Bryan: GHRHREHHEGRHEGRHFUIFDFD I'LL BREAK YOU IN HALF!!!! George Kaplan fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Jan 16, 2011 |
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Jan 16, 2011 14:42
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cucka posted:throw Cena in at 1 and OVERCOMES THE ODDS this year. Oh god, they're going to do this, aren't they? 
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Jan 18, 2011 15:00
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Maxwell Lord posted:Also, I think they brought in the Zombie for the Sci-Fi shows. Define "got over". Wrestlecrap was full of supernatural gimmicks, some of which lasted quite a while.
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Feb 7, 2011 01:33
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If Dr Death had won Brawl for All, how on earth would they explain why he would start selling in the ring? If he was feuding with Steve Austin, he'd have to go from being put over as a tough, fast shoot fighter to taking a kick to the gut with no defense, and letting another guy pull his face down onto that guy's shoulder. We accept it because of the context, but you can't mix the two like that.
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Feb 7, 2011 13:25
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Burrito posted:Not sure when Brian Christopher was officially outed as Jerry's son, but it was constantly a wink wink, nudge nudge thing on the commentary. In WWE, when Too Cool were an a team of ambiguous sexuality, it was an angle where Lawler would deny it but talk Christopher up ridiculously, and the crowd chanted "Jerry's Kid". Once they became Too Cool, hip dancing phenomenon, it disappeared. Not sure when that happened, though.
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Feb 11, 2011 02:24
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What's the latest on Matt Capotelli's condition? Someone just posted he and John Hennigan's match in the youtube thread. He could have been great right now.
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Feb 12, 2011 13:57
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bobkatt013 posted:Yes but Steve Martin does those movies so he can fund his real love - art and writing books. While Flair does it to fund his wives and pay legal bills for his junkie son. Are you saying that drugs and ex-wives aren't Ric Flair's real love?
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Feb 19, 2011 19:37
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Tyma posted:2. Why isn't Joe vs Angle at Lockdown considered one of the greatest matches of all time? (Serious question) Watching this now, I could really see a worked-MMA-style show being a great WWE alternative. Has nobody tried this yet?
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Feb 28, 2011 01:28
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Tonfa posted:The only worthwhile thing to come out of the WWE World's Greatest Tag Team reunion in '07 was this match. I liked them as Team Angle, way back in the day.
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Mar 3, 2011 14:55
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Sue Denim posted:How do wrestlers learn to do movges like a 450 splash or a shooting star press? One of the guys on Tough Enough (think it might have been Matt Capotelli) was pushing to learn the moonsault and they showed them learning with giant crash mats. The trainer pushes it into position once your on the top rope. A lot of why you don't learn stuff like that early on is that you have to make sure you can get a full rotation done without breaking your neck (as they nearly did when they tried it, if memory serves).
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Mar 12, 2011 16:54
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jeffersonlives posted:At that point TNA and WWE got into a bit of a bidding war over him in the buildup to the short-lived second Monday Night Wars. Have you got a source for that? I don't remember ever hearing so much as a rumour that WWE wanted Flair back. I always thought they'd gotten smart enough to know that it hurt them in the long run to let saggy old men stink up the ring until they die doing it.
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Mar 13, 2011 00:39
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Timby posted:It was almost single-handedly responsible for the brief rise of the Parents Television Council to prominence and media attention. Eh. Which I'd be mad about if it hadn't given us Mister Steven Richards and Right To Censor, one of my favourite gimmicks of all time.
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Mar 15, 2011 00:41
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Gatts posted:And what's up with the Canadian Destroyer? Where in fighting would you use that move? That whole flipping thing? Duh, flips make moves hit harder because of MOMENTUM.
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Mar 21, 2011 03:05
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LordPants posted:He does heel commentary for ROH and he's really good at telling a story and putting a story over, and as ROH uses a slightly more kayfabe style it works really well. He also has a touch of Bobby Heenan in his calling style in blatantly covering for the heels during the matches which works really well. He's no Jim Ross, but I don't think that many people are. You just described JBL. I miss JBL.
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Mar 27, 2011 11:48
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No IWC April Fools gag?
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Apr 1, 2011 11:02
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What's Droz like as a talker? I thought he was always kinda like a more punky/metal-y Stone Cold. I'm surprised he's not taken a commentating role, the WWE would get a lot of cred for having a disabled on-screen talent (well, until someone asked why he was disabled ... which I suppose explains it ...)
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Apr 6, 2011 22:37
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Grendels Dad posted:It's part of kayfabe, I think. It's so that you can't make a tag when too far away from your own corner. Like Gaz-L said, it's rarely enforced anymore, but I think that it actually was a more prominent part of matches from the days of yore. I don't think its that its rarely enforced, as much as it just never really comes up any more because there's not often a good spot that would come from breaking the rule. I'm wondering if there are any other rules we've forgotten about. I can recall: - Closed fist strikes are illegal - You only have until 5/10 (nobody's ever been DQ'd to my recollection) when standing on the corner - In multi-team tag matches, you MUST lock-up or strike an opponent after tagging in. - A pin does not count if any body part lies outside the ring (or under the rope, although that might just be WCW post-Benoit winning the title)
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Apr 7, 2011 13:23
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MassRayPer posted:Being thrown over the top rope was traditionally a DQ in the NWA/WCW. This was not a Watts or Herd decision. Watts is famous for making Off the Top Rope moves illegal. Over the Top Rope DQs were in effect in WCW until 1998. So BEING thrown over the top rope, which you have no control over, would be a DQ? In what cockamamie world does that make sense? Surely the one doing the throwing is to blame!
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Apr 7, 2011 20:16
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:I love the audience reaction to this one: I love that the other wrestler totally acts as though moving him too much might cause further damage, and gingerly drags him to the edge of the ring.
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Apr 8, 2011 14:32
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I always thought of it basically like a dance - "ring general" is like "born leader". A perfect ring general is someone who naturally progresses to lead the others through the dance without trying to get himself over at their expense.
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May 3, 2011 01:51
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InfoAficionado posted:Where else does training occur? The gym? When they are on the road they have daily contact with the company. Literally this. Wrestlers talk about hitting local gyms all the time on the road - not to mention major injuries sometimes take place outside the ring. Batista's pec injury happened while jogging. I'm pretty sure one of Anderson's and one of HHH's injuries happened while training too.
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May 10, 2011 22:57
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DannoMack posted:Has there ever been a gimmick where a mask had powers and took over different wrestlers who wore it? Or am I thinking of the film The Mask starring Jim Carrey? No, but there was ALMOST a cool angle in which Charlie Haas could only win matches while wearing a luchador mask. It was killed when they had Bob Holly laugh at him, tear the mask off and beat the snot out of him. That'll teach him for thinking for himself!
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May 19, 2011 21:43
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? CM Punk vs Delirious.
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May 25, 2011 13:49
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My favourite was always ArmDragon, the wrestler with a dragon on his arm. It was basically CAW as himself while wearing a dragon hand puppet, and he had to do all his offence with that one arm.
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May 27, 2011 09:15
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ZoDiAC_ posted:TMZ has an article on it: Hogan threatens a lawsuit I love when people go on a rant and put something like "had an open marriage" in between genuine reasons to dislike a guy. What harm did that do to anyone? (yes, I am aware that the Warrior is religious enough to believe that its a sin to have sex outside your marriage)
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Jun 8, 2011 23:44
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Havoc904 posted:I can't believe the discussion got this far of masters of respective moves without Chris Masters and his Masterlock challenge.  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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flashy_mcflash posted:Okay but Mike Adamle. Enthusiasm helps. It doesn't solve everything.
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Jul 14, 2011 20:22
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UndergroundHero posted:They work out some spots. I once read The Hardy Boys' book (don't judge, ok!?) and they talked about practicing the Jeff walking across the ladders spot before the TLC match and not surprisingly Jeff kept botching it. They tried to talk him out of it but he said he'd be able to do it on the show and... he botched it. I remember the story that the Hardys, E&C and the Dudleys were coming up with spots, and Jeff suggested he climb a giant ladder and then just fall off through some tables. Matt asked "what are the crowd supposed to think, a sniper shot you?" and then told him to shut up for the rest of the meeting.
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Jul 20, 2011 22:02
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Manwithastick posted:Has a full riot ever broken out at a wrestling show? I know Jarrett can get insane heat but has the crowd ever caused a show to end early? In ECW, Cactus Jack and Terry Funk once caused the entire audience to throw their chairs into the ring, but I think it was the close of the show anyway. On WWE TV, the closest I saw was when Big Show screwed RVD out of the ECW title, and people started pelting the ring with trash.
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Jul 21, 2011 19:17
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Flameingblack posted:I can't give you a top 10, but Aero Star give new meaning to the word "Suicide" in the dives. Check his Top 10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM488qXX2U0&feature=player_detailpage#t=331s You're not kidding! Edit: What is the botch rate in things like AAA? Watching videos like this its hard to understand how these guys can keep doing this without slipping/falling all the time!
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Jul 24, 2011 10:58
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Cole & Tazz were remarkable for how boring they were together, and after his many years in the business I am not at all convinced that Cole actually cares about or likes wrestling. He is supremely phony. Says so much that Tazz & Josh were absolute gold together.
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ABOUT DRUGS posted:This got a chuckle out of me so I nominate that it replaces 'bear-skin rug' as the euphemism for getting plowed by Vince. No one laughs at bear-skin rug, it's not even a joke. Pretty sure the Bear Skin Rug comment was more about Laurinaitis or Kevin Dunn, wasn't it? P. Gordon Diddy posted:I always wondered about that phrase because I'm stupid. Was there ever a physical bear-skin rug, or a specific instance? I think it was Paul London that started it, joking about being hosed in the rear end on a bare skin rug to get ahead. Unlikely such a rug ever existed.
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