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John Zandig 107 75.35%
DJ Hyde 35 24.65%
Total: 142 votes
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Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Some bookers are so dumb it's hard to feel bad when they're screwed over.

Do I even want to know what Low Ki's kanji tat actually means?

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Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I'd rather watch titus o'neill than low ki

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I think I read somewhere that they're a non-profit or something. But I probably didn't, that would be ridiculous.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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What I do remember from reading about them is that they're (ostensibly) community oriented and really try to make it a casual event for the area to come to, hence the "circus" aspect

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Yes and DJ Hyde is the rightful victor now as it was then

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Unfortunately I missed some sort of one-off "Smark Week" event here in Denver. Chuck T and Arik Cannon were on the card and I guess local comedians were doing live commentary, which sounds possibly dire.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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gently caress chuck I hope he dies

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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oatgan posted:

don't diss zandig

Zandig sucks

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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According this here NPR story the new YouTube ad algorithms are causing havoc everywhere bc advertisers are demanding more control over what their ads run over (which they justify by saying they don't want ads run over bombing footage or PewDiePie or whatever). It's a little bit funny that the indies actually found a way around WWE's persistent inability to get quality advertisers and are now being held to the WWE standard.

Well most of them are, at least. Rov's absolutely right that any fed with intergender matches is going to get flagged with a VAW tag and no amount of sperg protest abt fake sports will avoid that kiss of death

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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what's up with the Who Dars Wins tee and the wrist kissing, is there another Dar brother

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I like that guy

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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If he were called "Austin Law" that... would be a much less goony name.

Dude looks like Baron Corbin turned back 15 years and given 3x the gas

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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matt riddle GOAT

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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iirc it was as simple as them making a big deal about his sendoff to NXT before he flunked the physical, but that might not be the whole story. Guys like Callihan have washed out of NXT and been welcomed back.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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tech's greatest secret is how carny it is

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Iirc it wa something like Colt reached out to Punk for someone else in the business which is not something you do? Or gave them Punk's contact info? Something like that was the story.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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He never had a great physique but his torso looks a lil too much like mine for comfort

He remains huge, though

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I started watching EVOLVE shows and while the wrestling is typically good, I'm reminded of why I lean into other promotions' more ludicrous / comedic aspects. EVOLVE is played so straight, but so few of the workers can act, and that combined with the low turnouts sucks up all the air in the room - it's just as ridiculous as WWE but WWE plays out in arenas and so there's a hyperreal circus aspect that EVOLVE neither elicits nor tries to elicit. It's like watching community theater, with all the earnest awkwardness that implies.

Also I think someone needs to explain Ethan Page to me. As promos go he seems like the best one on EVOLVE by a mile but his character seems like a weird post-Kevin Steen creature, the kind of character that gets heel heat but knows he gets heel heat and so tries to be a cool heel and it's all messy? I've got friends on Twitter who won't use his name cuz his fans mob people, which seems like the natural endpoint of the Cool Heel phenomenon. I haven't actually seen him wrestle a match yet but he did a pretty convincing bicycle kick whiff during a segment.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I just assumed every wrestler does (as does every one-hit wonder rap act of the '00s) but I've never heard of anyone else that folks on my TL actively avoid, I've been told he has enthusiastic boosters that make up the difference. Maybe he just cares more than most do.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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sportsgenius86 posted:

Ethan Page is like indie wrestling's annoying little brother. Every now and then he does something funny or good but for the most part he's just so desperate to be accepted by the group that it comes off as sad and pathetic.

He's also one of those people that swears he doesn't take himself seriously when in reality he's like the worst in terms of doing that.
He definitely reads that way. I guess one of the perks of playing a tryhard dick character is that the boundaries between work and shoot are immaterial

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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It's a shame that the indies have been reduced to Chuck Taylor. But with Aries back… sky's the limit baby

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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You know what, it should have been Tana vs. Holly

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Riddle's on the outs, right?

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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oatgan's gonna need to step up his bluffing game if he's to seize the #2 spot from roque

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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AR Fox? Taking a stupid bump? I don't believe it

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Proper lighting in a large space is no joke

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Looks like Riddle's booked for BOLA despite bailing on them before

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Bigass Moth posted:

Why does PWG refuse to book Dan Severn....
Super Dragon is a fat old bitch who can't take the heat

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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this one has the disadvantage of not featuring noteworthy workers

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Qoey posted:

I'm scared that they'll get at least a couple poor saps and part them from their money.
They sell enough seminar spots to keep doing them. There's always a certain strata of tragic optimists who go to the public library to check email and always get hooked into these schemes.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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oatgan posted:

A comment on the people outraged at that silly spot not him as a person

Tho that one time he did say that one of the many unarmed black ppl murdered by cops deserved it. Might have been more than one, idk. He reflects his audience

Bigass Moth posted:

If you weigh under 300 pounds you should not be allowed to no sell anything.
The way I see it, hosses no-sell and loserweights oversell. Switch the alignment and it's just dumb as gently caress

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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I've had their pizza so I'd probably do my best to avoid a Domino's wrestling federation

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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https://twitter.com/wwemercury/status/897863144231579648

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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hey that's not ciclope

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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coconono posted:

then what's the loving point of even streaming the event. People watch for ZSJ and Yehi. Not the other dorks. Including that weirdo magician they picked up.
Austin Theory deserves your respect

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Could not have predicted that Floslam would explode spectacularly

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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UltimoDragonQuest posted:

WWE's role was using indie guys as marketable stars and emphasizing their history. NXT may be a fake indie they want to claim as the most important step in a guy's career, but everyone knows where guys like Kevin and Sami came from.

So wait are you saying NXT moved the needle or not

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Hasn't steered us wrong yet

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Are they the NJPW-affiliated fed or the WWE-affiliated fed? Either way you'd think they'd have a hot enough product not to need, as a draw, a guy who carried TNA's brand into the future.

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Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

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Congratulations to Beyond Wrestling, they will carry etc

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