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For fans of 2001 tag teams: Edge recently discovered his neck was fine and came back (with much fanfare) to what is apparently a legacy killing run in WWE Christian discovered his neck was actually fine and signed to AEW (to much jeering) and has had series of good to great matches including winning the Impact/TNA world titles and a great match for the AEW world title. He is currently managing the current AEW Tag Champions: Luke Perry’s real life son and a wrestling dinosaur. Matt Hardy brought his Broken persona to AEW on the first pandemic show and now has his own stable as Big Money Matt Hardy. Everything around him is the kind of joyful stupidity I absolutely need in my wrestling, excluding his feud with Sammy Guevara Jeff Hardy walked out on a WWE house show. WWE made it known that he was offered rehab but turned it down. To match the thread’s theme it’s starting to appear that Jeff does not need rehab, there was no reason to suspect that he did, and WWE was just starting rumours to kill his chances at signing somewhere else. What a company.
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shadow puppet of a posted:Stupid of Vince to not make a Billion Dollar belt thereby safeguarding his wealth tangibly and above insult from failed vegan hair slickers. Belt is on the list of forbidden words. Say "title" instead. Seth Pecksniff posted:I'm gonna be fascinated to see what happens to WWE after Vince kicks it. When you cut the head off the chicken, is it going to survive like Mike the Headless Chicken? Or is there going to be a power struggle, since I presume Vince really hasn't designated anyone to take over after he dies (because he will never die; he is immortal) He's going to sell the whole company to whomever before that happens. He thinks he's running Marvel. Otherwise there's a dude called Nick Khan who looks to be the next CEO and Prez I still think the most chilling report of WWE culture was when Vicky Guerrero did an interview after coming to AEW and commenting that people will look you in the eye like it was some kind of revelation. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Feb 9, 2022 |
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Trollologist posted:AEW is after my time. I hope it goes well, I really do. But I don't see the sell to anyone other than existing wrestling fans. I hope I'm wrong and they loving blow up though. yeah. they'll be fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFGPVhPp5o
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TheSwizzler posted:
Having watched a fair amount of Chaos Project, your Luther story is the least surprising thing to hear. this is Luther: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HGdYmbSrM&t=156s Also I'm happy the Bushwackers were pros.
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:david arquette was warned by nick gage what would happen so thats all david arquette's fault for deciding to participate in a hardcore deathmatch with nick gage imo Here's Peter avalon talking about (not) training Arquette for the match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seE-urThKuQ&t=1775s edit: 2 more points re: blading. 1) Sometimes the wrestler hits an artery or goes to deep. See the Cody vs Dustin fight for a good example. Cody basically had to cary Dustin through the second half of the match because his big brother was getting woozy. 2) Wrestlers will sometimes take Aspirin to thin their blood if they know they are going to blade. Makes it look better. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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PeterCat posted:Wait, the Ninja turtles appeared on wrestling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22qfagAc_o MCU SUPERBATTLE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbfkrVtfssQ
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I think the other reason Cornette and Ruso and even Bischoff hate the current wrestling scene so much is when these new companies started showing up they all went: "So, when are you hiring me" and go a "Hmmmm, no." in response. Cornette worked with NWA for awhile but managed to make a joke so racist he's pretty much blackballed now. edit: Found the Joey Janella version: quote:Joey Janela with a subtle shot at Jim Cornette saying that Canadian version of the Jim Cornette joke saying that Orange Cassidy is so tough “he’s the only man I know that could strap a bucket of maple syrup to his back and drive a motor bick through Canada.” Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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titties posted:I must not be watching aew at the right time or something because when I've caught it before it was the worst kind of mid-2000's indy spot monkey matches try this: https://youtu.be/ipHzmucwYtc More of a spite-fest than a spot-fest. Tay Conti doing Tay stuff Fish vs Moriarty and Bryan Danielson vs Suzuki edit: 16:21 Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 4, 2022 |
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ok. But counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpP6xYPG5k
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Trollologist posted:So, here's what I take away from AEW: cool. 
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Trollologist posted:So did/does: Well, Turner seems happy with it. It should stick around long enough to give us the MJF title reign we all deserve.
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Cornwind Evil posted:Outside of personal tastes, getting a serious "When WWE won the Monday Night Wars they turned to poo poo, TNA had a chance to be an alternative and they hosed everything up maybe even worse than WCW, and I'm not going to be hurt and disappointed again." eh, we've already gotten to "All ex-WWE" we should hit "AEW fans can't take any criticism" by the end of the page and the derail should be about done.
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Elephant Ambush posted:I swear they're just copying tweets from the bad take thread lol I think I'm just as bad because I'm having a hard time not wading in with "AKCHUALLY..." and drawing things out. I've delete so many of my own bad posts. lol.
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The best part of wrestling is that it’s stupid and it owns. But every once in awhile it’s incredibly heartfelt and moving. And if you didn’t like the heartfelt part, well here’s a wrestling dinosaur. Wait till you see his standing moonsault.
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Prof. Crocodile posted:holy crap that’s a promo and a half. I actually kind of want to see this match now. Dude. Pirate if you have to. If you like wrestling watch this match.
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this was Punk last Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thw8aAjNyz0
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Trollologist posted:
How is that even a question!?! 
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The thing with AEW’s process is we don’t really know what it is. We know that people who can get their ideas over get more TV time, we know that Tony has ideas then works with the workers to get them on TV. But we also get stories like Brodie Lee being the person who added Alan Angels and Preston Vance to the Dark Order, and Abbadon’s debut being a Kenny Omega written story line, and The Wingmen being created by one of the backstage guys (maybe CD? Don’t remember) But that’s the weird thing about AEW, someone mentioned that the EVPs have worked to create a reduced bullshit environment backstage, but the flip side of that is a new Kayfabe where if the locker room decides no one needs to know about something, they just don’t talk about it. Anna Jay’s squash debut: (I had totally forgotten she was doing the Zatana thing at this point) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgzsECb5_Ws
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Sid is the best promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh8O7zJi9nY
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Hollismason posted:Batista looks so different in that video than what he does now. That was right before I stopped watching wrestling for a decade so Batista is still “the deacon Batista” to me.
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best intergender match: https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/69082/Nine-Year-Old-Girl-Vs-Professional-Wrestler/ bester "intergender" match (1/6 women) notes: 1) Ivelisse turned out to be a pretty lovely person who is now persona non grata in American Wrestling 2) That said she worked this match on a broken ankle, and is a total warrior 3) The moment at 14:10 made Angelico's career (The tall bloke in green) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_G1INQGhHE and intergender match SO EXTREME it had to be held in international waters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoBkr7HvEI&t=1872s edit: found the right link for the AEW match. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Mar 26, 2022 |
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Prof. Crocodile posted:a cartoonishly bitchy dentist, and she is loving wonderful. Yessss! Prof. Crocodile posted:Is this twat wearing half a Halo costume as he walks to the ring? YESSSSS!! also don't blame Sting, he's come under the influence of fun and cool person Darby Allin.
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He really is old. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1508554536402755590?s=20&t=lMdW0lJJtH5opydgzRD6vQ like WTAF? edit: Seth's suit is pretty good.
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Shane's not much better having pulled off the entire Christopher Moltisanti character arc, but in real life. He now gets seen with random far-right celebrities while sweating way too much.
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The Young bucks STILL occasionally mouth "I'm Sorry. I love you" before superkicking someone into oblivion.
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Gavok posted:It's not even the "I'm sorry, I love you" part that makes that ending great. Earlier in the match, Michaels had a shot to end it, but hesitated and Flair almost got him in a Figure Four because of it. At the end of the match, Flair knew he was done and was straight-up beckoning Michaels like they were Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan. This is true. But it’s the spot people remember. It’s also the bit that was genuinely touching at the moment then funny as hell ever since. But yeah, a genuinely great match.
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GolfHole posted:here's a fun challenge: come up with a decent wrestling gimmick in tyool 2022 Orange Cassidy
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pentyne posted:What happened with Austin? I though that he's one of those legacy wrestlers they keep begging to come back for a ratings bump. I don't know but I'm just going to say he makes more money off Onlyfans now. Also he wrestled at the last wrestlemania
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Pratan posted:This is an amazing thread and helped me relive the attitude era and all the backstage drama. I'd always read some website I don't remember for the guy's opinion on the upcoming Raw and Nitro, and he would briefly go into some of the backstage drama after each show. Yeah, that’s not the funnest story in wrestling unless you stop around 2003
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gbs but from 2004 posted:Holy poo poo Chris Jericho is balding. Shave that head my man he just booked himself into a hair-v-hair match, so I guess you win.
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Bonzo posted:Oh yeah I figured that. You don't just rape women for decades without someone noticing. I just figured she'd finally divorce him and get a settlement then go down with him. One of her insta profiles was apparently changed to "looking for a real man, not a genetic jackhammer" or somesuch a month or 2 ago. This might have been posted in this thread, actually.
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Hefty Leftist posted:you've got to update this thread about the self-owning of CM Punk It's a work. Punk was hurt(again) so they pulled the trigger on a story they've been alluding to since he started there. Punk said this was going to happen, Mox said it was going to happen, Hanger said it was going to happen, MJF said it was going to happen. There is not other way to get audiences to boo CM Punk. But no, Omega was in Japan within a week and BIG SURPRISE he's going to be doing work with Capcom for awhile. Just out of nowhere. And he has a bite mark on his arm only after fans start asking interviewers if they saw it. It's probably not a work.
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Charity Porno posted:Look in my eyes what do you see? And I work with loving children
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Renreeja posted:who is the guy in AEW who defied god in a challenging way and his motivation was bookended by his dead wife, I just saw the promo and was laughing to tears, it was so good Miro? It wasn't his dead wife, it was his flexible wife. he's not really on TV right now. No one actually knows why. (everyone claims to know)
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And then he took a shot to the balls and was never seen again Anyways he will never have an opponent so perfectly designed for him as Eddie Kingston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AsRFayrVpY Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Jan 14, 2023 |
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oh, man someone should do a Glen Gilbertti effort post. I'll just leave this here: https://twitter.com/CodyRhodes/status/980680154098757632?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v22x4MAHW7A
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Since everyone is talking around it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh6a1-qb5uw Watch a man in vampire makeup launch the career of Billy rear end’ kids
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Cornwind Evil posted:Well, while I can keep trying to plug away at my old wrestling history thing, I was GOING to next tell Undertaker's No Good, Very Bad 1994...but lo and behold, Gavok already did THAT too. So my next idea was "The Strange Mad Career of Dustin Runnels." and the stuff he did to try and get out of his father's shadow. Or did I somehow miss THAT as well? Do Dustin regardless. I like how that story ends.
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