Good Listener posted:

Did Evan Bourne ever heal up? I don't think I've heard hide or hair of him since...March?

ChaosSmurf posted:

Would it be possible to do to the Diva's division what happened to the tag division with Hell No?

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It was that day – I was like: “could you not tell anybody, but do you think we could do a DDT on the barricade?” And [Melina] was like: “Ohhhh! Yeah!!!” — Not even thinking twice about it. We kind of hid it all day, even though we did ask our agent for approval, I think it was Fit — which is no secret that he was always fighting for the girls. We just made sure that we can stand up and get our balance, but we never actually did the bump. She was the one who was going to take the huge bump, and there was no doubt, no hesitation, that she would make it look ridiculous — and it did! [During the match] She finally takes the bump, it looks sick, pops off — up to that point, that was the best match I’ve ever had. We had the pay-per-view, we had time, I was really proud of that match.

The next day, one of the agents came up to us and was like: “I can’t believe y’all did that! You have no idea! We were all backstage, scared to death!” We were like: “…What? We know how to safely bump. We wouldn’t do anything that would put either one of us at risk. We’re totally fine! If the men can do it, why can’t we do it?” He said: “It looked too good! You can’t go out there throwing punches like that, or taking bumps like that — that looks better than some of the guys! You can’t do that!”

Finally, I remember Chris Jericho, who was by the ring, hears all of this going on. He said: “Look, if the guys can’t follow what the girls are doing, then the guys need to step it up! I thought it was awesome. They did great. And it’s not their problem that it looked that great!” I was like… “Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!” Because out of respect, we can’t say anything, and here comes one of the boys — Jericho, of all people, sticking up for us!

Sears Poncho posted:

Sonic would have been in trouble.

Is this a real thing?

Rogue Copter Pilot posted:

Here's my question for you, Wrestling Questions thread.

What are some examples of a wrestler being able to completely and totally change your personal opinion on them?

I ask this because a thought occurred to me about how much I used to hate Kane, and how flat-out entertaining he's been in the Team Hell No storyline.

Puseklepp posted:

Why does Khali walk so awkward in the ring? Injury?

Halloween Jack posted:

Sometimes I wonder how physically formidable are the really huge guys of wrestling--I just visited the Mutter museum in Philadelphia, which showcased the skeleton of a 7'6" man with acromegaly. He was bedridden for the last year or so of his life, and leading up to that, he probably would've collapsed if a normal man kicked him in the knee or punched him in the solar plexus.

Yo Eleven posted:

I think when he first started going by that name, we were still hearing the comments from his fellow broadcasters along the lines of "Boy, he sure does look familiar, doesn't he Jerry?" They would repeatedly say everything short of actually calling him his son.

Bocc Kob posted:

Kevin Nash insists he can kill most people with a single punch.

Hamass posted:

Stephanie was an on-camera heel authority figure, and heel authority figures need to get poo poo on by the faces. Seeing as though Rock/Jericho couldn't just beat the poo poo out of them like Vince, Regal, Johnny Ace, etc, they needed a storyline reason to get her upset so she has a reason to put them in lovely matches and do the whole "face vs. authority figure" storyline.

People have been raging about this for years, but honestly, what is the alternative here? Nobody ever insults Stephanie and she acts like a Mary Sue? All they're allowed to say is "you're only here because of daddy", over and over again? Heel authority figures need comeuppance, and since Steph is (at least back in the day) pretty loving hot, they played the logical card.

It's the same thing with Vicki. She's been called fat so many times and put in other humiliating situations because she's a heel female authority figure.

I actually give respect to Steph that she would allow wrestlers to joke about her boob job and call her a ho on television. It shows she's not afraid of getting humiliated in the name of a better product. You can criticize her for making herself an on-air authority figure in the first place, but considering the end goal is to make the audience cheer Jericho for calling attention to her boob job, what's the big deal?

Gonzo McFee posted:

Or maybe don't make fun of her physical appearance at all since it's never seemed to cross the minds of any of the writers when they where looking for a reason to insult any male GM/manager or non wrestler.

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

The only person in the professional wrestling industry allowed to call anyone fat is Scott Steiner.

Anyone else is unacceptable.

triplexpac posted:

Sorry to bring up an old post, I've just been catching up on the thread and this one stuck out to me.

It always rubs me the wrong way when WWE does these angles calling women fat. The argument of "well she's a woman, how are we SUPPOSED to make fun of her" is a lame one. No one ever called Vince, Johnny Ace or Bischoff fat. It feels like WWE's default is to call heel women fat sluts, and I find it embarrassing to watch.

The Cosby Mysteries posted:

It really irks me how Lawler loves (like, he genuinely seems to enjoy) calling Vickie fat and make ugly jokes about her at almost every opportunity. Even when she lost mad weight good ol' Jerry Lawler was there to remind us Vickie is still a fatty fat fat fat.

triplexpac posted:

I actually can't remember Heyman being called fat. I mean, I'm sure you're right and he has, but I can't think of a particular moment. Also JR is made fun of by heels, so it's shown as a bad thing to do.

Only the heel women are called fat, generally by the courageous babyfaces. And it usually happens in grand fashion. Like, Vickie was put in a hog pen match and oinked at while being called piggie. They go way too far with the women sometimes.

I don't mean to come off as white-knighting, I just don't like any of this stuff associated with wrestling, it looks bad on us.

triplexpac posted:

Also JR is made fun of by heels, so it's shown as a bad thing to do.

Rogue Copter Pilot posted:

Here's my question for you, Wrestling Questions thread.

What are some examples of a wrestler being able to completely and totally change your personal opinion on them?

I ask this because a thought occurred to me about how much I used to hate Kane, and how flat-out entertaining he's been in the Team Hell No storyline.

getitoffgetitoff posted:

I thought Davey Richards was the lamest dude on the planet when he first came to ROH.

These days everybody hates him because he's an rear end in a top hat, but I still think he's pretty cool vv

VogeGandire posted:

But Steiner doesn't call people fat. He's just declares "HE'S FAH!" No-one knows what he means by "FAH!".

cucka posted:

Steiner is Fancy rear end Hoe.

My God.



The Fanciest Hoe

sportsgenius86 posted:

maniacripper posted:

I don't remember him doing it in the WWF until the biker taker gimmick, before that I only saw him do it in WCW.

nasboat posted:

Undertaker used to use that move all the time back in the day. It was one of his original signature moves.

triplexpac posted:

Sorry to bring up an old post, I've just been catching up on the thread and this one stuck out to me.

It always rubs me the wrong way when WWE does these angles calling women fat. The argument of "well she's a woman, how are we SUPPOSED to make fun of her" is a lame one. No one ever called Vince, Johnny Ace or Bischoff fat. It feels like WWE's default is to call heel women fat sluts, and I find it embarrassing to watch.