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HogX posted:Holy poo poo I checked the .gif thread and is it the loving return of NWO? What episode did this happen?! It was just the other day. They reformed to ignore The Miz.
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Shine posted:It was just the other day. They reformed to ignore The Miz. The best reason to do so, imo
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Jan 24, 2015 06:59
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So is x-pac sober these days? I can't remember, and I've heard Hall may have fallen off the wagon again?
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Jan 24, 2015 08:14
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PWG is loving amazing, but every time I watch it and see/hear the strikes, all I can think is that they're stiffing the dogfuck out of each other and possibly concussing one another. Are they just really good at selling?
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Jan 24, 2015 08:27
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HogX posted:So is x-pac sober these days? I can't remember, and I've heard Hall may have fallen off the wagon again? He says he's been clean and sober since Kevin Nash flew him to rehab after a suicide attempt in Mexico in 2011 I think? Hall's a recovering alcoholic and falling off the wagon sometimes is to be expected. It's not like they found him wandering around an airport with no pants on.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:PWG is loving amazing, but every time I watch it and see/hear the strikes, all I can think is that they're stiffing the dogfuck out of each other and possibly concussing one another. Are they just really good at selling? PWG is an acronym that stands for Slap Your Leg World Wrestling Federation
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Jan 24, 2015 10:44
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lol and here i was thinking that stuff was cartoony and corny and nobody buys it anyway
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Jan 24, 2015 11:04
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SamuraiFoochs posted:PWG is loving amazing, but every time I watch it and see/hear the strikes, all I can think is that they're stiffing the dogfuck out of each other and possibly concussing one another. Are they just really good at selling? i've seen a handful of matches where guys are actually stiffing each other but that slapping sound isn't a thing that happens when you hit someone with any part of your body. It's just a tiny room where leg slaps carry
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Luigi Thirty posted:He says he's been clean and sober since Kevin Nash flew him to rehab after a suicide attempt in Mexico in 2011 I think? Kevin Nash is the best friend anyone could have
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Jan 24, 2015 19:51
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oatgan posted:that slapping sound isn't a thing that happens when you hit someone with any part of your body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnZOPSodtI
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Jan 24, 2015 23:58
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So, does anyone else know the concrete origins of the term "heel-face turn"? I saw it in a fashion article and it never occurred to me that it might have originated from a term describing how models turn around at the end of a runway.
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Jan 25, 2015 00:02
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Spermgod posted:lol and here i was thinking that stuff was cartoony and corny and nobody buys it anyway Turns out it's actually cool as hell and also suck a butt
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Jan 25, 2015 00:03
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Jetfire posted:So, does anyone else know the concrete origins of the term "heel-face turn"? I saw it in a fashion article and it never occurred to me that it might have originated from a term describing how models turn around at the end of a runway. It's because a heel is turning into a face, or vice versa
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Jan 25, 2015 00:05
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Jetfire posted:So, does anyone else know the concrete origins of the term "heel-face turn"? I saw it in a fashion article and it never occurred to me that it might have originated from a term describing how models turn around at the end of a runway. that is maybe an instance of a similar term meaning absolutely different things in different contexts, like jerk in a recipe book means something different than jerk on a porn site. In wrestling context it's definitely from the terms "heel" and "babyface"
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Monkeycheese posted:that is maybe an instance of a similar term meaning absolutely different things in different contexts, like jerk in a recipe book means something different than jerk on a porn site. In wrestling context it's definitely from the terms "heel" and "babyface" That's certainly true, but I wonder if it was originally appropriated from something in fashion, or other stage theatre? Like, why "heel"? It makes sense in the context of fashion or stage.
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Jan 25, 2015 00:08
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Jetfire posted:That's certainly true, but I wonder if it was originally appropriated from something in fashion, or other stage theatre? Like, why "heel"? It makes sense in the context of fashion or stage. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=heel quote:heel (n.2) Look up heel at Dictionary.com
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Jan 25, 2015 00:11
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oatgan posted:i've seen a handful of matches where guys are actually stiffing each other but that slapping sound isn't a thing that happens when you hit someone with any part of your body. It's just a tiny room where leg slaps carry Well kudos to them then because it sounds BRUTAL and when combined with the sells, it makes it seem like murder.
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Jan 25, 2015 00:15
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Jetfire posted:So, does anyone else know the concrete origins of the term "heel-face turn"? I saw it in a fashion article and it never occurred to me that it might have originated from a term describing how models turn around at the end of a runway. lmao what on earth
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Jan 25, 2015 01:45
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Jetfire posted:So, does anyone else know the concrete origins of the term "heel-face turn"? I saw it in a fashion article and it never occurred to me that it might have originated from a term describing how models turn around at the end of a runway.
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Jan 25, 2015 01:51
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Halloween Jack posted:To give a more complete explanation, it means a heel is turning into a babyface. "Heel" is old slang for "rear end in a top hat." The meaning of babyface should be obvious. These terms originated when booking was centralized (particularly in NYC), but had to be relayed through telegrams and telephone operators, so they needed code words that wouldn't be understood even if an outsider intercepted them. Well yes, I know all these things. I'm curious about the fact that I saw the phrase "face heel turn" word for word in a fashion magazine. It just seems like a really weird coincidence.
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Jan 25, 2015 02:37
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I watched the New Generation Podcast's commentary on the 1996 Royal Rumble and saw that Triple H did the Flair Flip over the top turnbuckle and later on, the Flair Flop. Who else done these signature moves aside from Ric Flair? Edit: Followup question: what's the most-imitated signature spot in wrestling? Ghostpilot fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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Jado does the Flair Flop pretty regularly. Unless I'm thinking of Gedo. I think it's Jado.
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Jan 25, 2015 03:28
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Jetfire posted:Well yes, I know all these things. I'm curious about the fact that I saw the phrase "face heel turn" word for word in a fashion magazine. It just seems like a really weird coincidence. you saw it in a fashion magazine because models literally turn on their heels to reverse the direction their face is pointing in. It is exactly a really weird coincidence and nothing more. If you read a soda trade journal would you freak out at the word "pop" appearing?
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Im pretty sure on the Austin Unleashed podcast, Flair says who he emulated most of his moves from, including the Flop. I also realize this doesnt answer your question. e- im also an idiot for misreading the question super macho dude fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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Ghostpilot posted:I watched the New Generation Podcast's commentary on the 1996 Royal Rumble and saw that Triple H did the Flair Flip over the top turnbuckle and later on, the Flair Flop. HBK does the flip over the turnbuckle a lot.
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Jan 25, 2015 03:37
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Monkeycheese posted:you saw it in a fashion magazine because models literally turn on their heels to reverse the direction their face is pointing in. Don't be naive, often they will also turn evil.
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Jan 25, 2015 03:41
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Women can't turn evil. They're already all evil.
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Jan 25, 2015 03:46
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Adrian Adonis used to do the Flair Flip, which was kind of impressive given how drat big he was.
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I'm pretty sure Dolph Ziggler has been doing Flair Flips pretty recently.
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Jan 25, 2015 06:57
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What's the origin of the "Big Daddy Yum Yum for most improved" joke. I've seen it around for a while and I have no idea who that even is.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:What's the origin of the "Big Daddy Yum Yum for most improved" joke. I've seen it around for a while and I have no idea who that even is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODGbbB0Nfw
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SyntheticPolygon posted:What's the origin of the "Big Daddy Yum Yum for most improved" joke. I've seen it around for a while and I have no idea who that even is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYBTPO37P4Q
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Monkeycheese posted:you saw it in a fashion magazine because models literally turn on their heels to reverse the direction their face is pointing in. It is exactly a really weird coincidence and nothing more. If you read a soda trade journal would you freak out at the word "pop" appearing? I think part of the question is where the "turn" comes in. I guess it's really just a coincidence owning to the awful English language having so many homonyms. Maybe for Jetfire the expected meaning for "turn" was "change of direction" instead of "X transforms into Y" (because he was primed from reading something about fashion) and that caused the confusion, because a heel changing direction to become a face is weird, though it still kind of works.
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To be honest I had never seen Big Daddy Yum Yum before... I was honest to god expecting something resembling Cheex
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Oh. I still have no idea who that is though. Was he a TNA guy?
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I watched Wrestle Kingdom 9 which was of course incredible, and I remember seeing a few guys kick out at 1 on people's finishers (I think they were their finishers). What are some other examples of this happening in US wrestling? All I can think of is Brock kicking out of the AA at 1 and I seem to remember Hogan doing it (Undertaker? Earthquake? Someone).
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Oh. I still have no idea who that is though. Was he a TNA guy? FCW under the name Lennox McEnroe which might be the most FCW name there ever was.
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Ghostpilot posted:I watched the New Generation Podcast's commentary on the 1996 Royal Rumble and saw that Triple H did the Flair Flip over the top turnbuckle and later on, the Flair Flop. Greg Valentine does his version of the Flop
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Fiveace Attorney posted:I watched Wrestle Kingdom 9 which was of course incredible, and I remember seeing a few guys kick out at 1 on people's finishers (I think they were their finishers). What are some other examples of this happening in US wrestling? All I can think of is Brock kicking out of the AA at 1 and I seem to remember Hogan doing it (Undertaker? Earthquake? Someone). Sami Zayn kicked out of Cesaro's lifting European Uppercut at 1.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Oh. I still have no idea who that is though. Was he a TNA guy? He was an NWA wrestler that New Japan brought over for a couple shows. He was really awful but in the Observer Dave wrote that he had shown a lot of improvement between the first and second match. It's funny because he showed zero improvement and nobody has any idea what Dave was talking about. Immediately after that Observer was released it was decided that we should all vote for him as Most Improved in the WON Awards later in the year.
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