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What does Todd Martin bring that warrants a phone call every week? Vinny's not great but the rapport of Bryan with another guy in studio makes the show good. Meltzer has content and Lance Storm is Lance Storm. There's always a ton of redundant reviews of recent news and events and Todd rarely has an interesting take on things.
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Capsaicin posted:What are the odds that this is the first time Dave Meltzer has put the word "clitoris" in a newsletter? e: LordPants posted:The Hall of Fame show was interesting. UltimoDragonQuest fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Oct 7, 2011 |
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We're never going to find out who the giant wrestling superstar was.
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triplexpac posted:I wish the writers would have just kept doing an appearance on F4W every now and then. I was always really interested in those, before Formerly Creative. Bryan comes loaded with newsletter stuff and questions from The Board so he gets much more out of an interview. Even if he did let the 90210 guy bullshit about the ratings not dropping. 
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Hall of fame observer is up. Shall we talk about it in this thread or elsewhere?
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I'd bet against getting in next year but I feel like Cena will do much better among active wrestlers than reporters. He's friends with a lot of people and guys like Jericho go out of their way to praise his abilities beyond working an ungodly amount of shows and charity dates.
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Oct 20, 2011 17:40
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The list of top 10 vote getters from active/retired wrestlers is really interesting. Edge can't crack the top 10 among active guys. Active or retired, nobody likes Sting.
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Hirams Bitch posted:Can you give us the lists instead of just hinting at them? Top 10 vote getters among various groups posted:ACTIVE WRESTLERS
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Oct 20, 2011 23:17
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ChampRamp posted:Hey, going from 20% to 42% is pretty good. I just find the wrestler voting to be more interesting and focused on that. I would have figured Sting had trouble getting support because voters are more WWE than WCW guys, but Edge barely beat him which flies in the face of that.
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Oct 20, 2011 23:50
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LordPants posted:Is piracy really the reason Edgar/Maynard III tanked? I mean, really? Dave readily admits Edgar is not a draw.
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Oct 21, 2011 02:46
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Todd shamelessly defending TNA was kind of sad. Well it's not like the Robert Roode build was that long. And if it wasn't Bound For Glory nobody would care.
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Oct 22, 2011 00:22
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MassRayPer posted:I don't understand how Lance can rip UFC so much for Chael Sonnen who sat out an entire year due to PEDs and still watch WWE (and think about giving Impact another try) when one hands out 30 day suspensions for first failures and the other does absolutely nothing. UFC is the only sport he's ever followed and only for X years, rather than his life's passion and 20+ year profession.
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Oct 29, 2011 22:16
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I really wish Bryan and Dave recapped a Chikara event. Even if they poo poo on it, I think it would create an entertaining show.
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Nov 1, 2011 23:57
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I don't get Evolve. The whole win-loss premise doesn't work when they run so few shows. What are they doing that King of Trios, Battle of Los Angeles, DDT, etc. aren't already fitting into a single weekend?
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Nov 2, 2011 07:30
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Art of Wrestling 68: Daniel Bryan Bryan rides with Sheamus and Ted Jr. Who does Regal ride with? This episode contains a brief appearance by CM Punk off mic!
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Nov 10, 2011 09:15
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Every part of the Chikara recap is gold.
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Nov 17, 2011 01:16
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flashy_mcflash posted:Some dissension teased between John Pollock and Wai Ting on this Monday's Review-A-Raw. They seemed legit mad at each other over the 'This is Your Life' segment.
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Nov 17, 2011 22:50
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:And no-one likes Shoot Promo.
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Nov 18, 2011 07:45
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ChampRamp posted:Does anyone know anything about the QB test in the NFL thing Dave was talking about? I have no idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_Test#Use_in_the_NFL_Combine e: Why couldn't you say drug test so I didn't look like a complete fool?
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Anyway I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about with this very old DC television report about NFL QBs testing positive that was ultimately shown to be true. But nobody cares about steroids outside of baseball so I can totally believe this happened and the media moved on. Based on context it may have come up during the Waxman hearings.
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Nov 23, 2011 00:50
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Bryan's disdain for AJ's jumping slayed me. "She's just a natural heel."
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Nov 23, 2011 22:39
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maniacripper posted:When Bryan does the Bingo Granny bit he mentions a new New Age Outlaws shoot. Does anyone know where to get it? The RF Video and Highspots versions are both pre-2007
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Nov 24, 2011 10:01
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Caught up with the last 2 Art of Wrestling episodes. Foley was kind of disappointing, though all his best stories have been told already. It's hard to compete with Tommy Dreamer's grandfather running in and his aunt putting a hit on Bill Demott.
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Ya know? Like, like, ya know, like, ya know, like like like like etc That's the mentality.
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Dec 7, 2011 22:30
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Bryan convinced he could train his cats to run the ropes better than K^2 needs to be in the best of 2011.
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Dec 14, 2011 08:01
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Granny's Excedrin ad was amazing.
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Capsaicin posted:Bryan describing Super Mario Bros. in terms of the Noguiera-Mir fight is amazing.
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Dec 16, 2011 10:56
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I generally believe Todd is trying too hard to be contrarian when expressing terrible opinions but this was just weird.
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LordPants posted:My god Dave: They have 3 fights where, ya know, they would very much prefer one guy to win. That's not good booking for a real sport, but that's the mentality. Bryan a week later: If one guy gets a title shot with a win the other guy should too!
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Holy poo poo. I heard the podcast and thought it was just a dumb family thing or stitches, not an overnight in the ICU.
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Dec 21, 2011 02:59
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The highlight was Vinny's growing anger from reading the ingredients of the health food.
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The front page photo on F4W amused me.
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HulkaMatt posted:DKP has an interview with STEEEEEN~! I haven't listened to any of this Christmas Shows but that's the 3rd in the last week! e: Wait what the gently caress. How does a scramble match end? Wikipedia says the Unforgiven 2008 WWE scramble went 20:00 and the WHC scramble 17:17. Did they just say the show was over after 17 minutes? UltimoDragonQuest fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Dec 30, 2011 |
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Arbite posted:I was going to say that having Dave's off the cuff story about attacking a water polo player in the water and discovering they had "Like, super strength in there" was a weak #1 for best of 2011, then I realized what I was typing.
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Latest Observer has a great look into the mind of Bischoff.quote:In a conversation I had with Eric Bischoff before Jericho decided to leave, when bringing up guys who should get a shot at moving up and his name came up, Bischoff was decidedly negative on him, saying that in a real fight that his teenage son (who now wrestles in TNA and was a karate student of Ernest Miller) could take Jericho.
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HulkaMatt posted:Wait a second I thought Bischoff claims he has never spoken to Meltzer ever! "quote:- these dirtsheet distributors (I have a hard time referring to them as writers)
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Lone Rogue posted:Sticking to his guns. The match was Hogan's idea to make himself look like a huge draw in front of Turner execs. Eric was on board with it, but it's not like he had any leverage to convince Hogan to lose a month later on PPV. Instead Eric will go to the grave defending a poorly promoted match that sold 2,000 additional tickets and let them beat Raw for 1 week. 
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MassRayPer posted:He couldn't because Hogan's creative control couldn't change the match from a dark non title match (Hogan's idea) to a TV main event title match (Eric's idea.) I guess he could because he is an idiot, but that would piss off his buddy Hogan. But yeah, he wouldn't criticize Hogan. 
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Capsaicin posted:When does the awards issue of the Observer come out? I can't wait to see who wins the coveted "most disgusting promotional tactic" award. Google suggests the awards issue comes out mid to late January every year.
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