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Seams posted:that wrestler you like and who you think is good? guess what, he's actually bad. psp.txt
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Cavauro posted:caught red-handed ok
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May 24, 2016 16:23
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I wish not every wrestler had to have feeding elbows/punches/forearms/clotheslines as part of their comeback
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May 24, 2016 16:25
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:I wish not every wrestler had to have feeding elbows/punches/forearms/clotheslines as part of their comeback It's really annoying for Reigns. He does the same setup (corner taunt, run) for his signature punch as he does for his finishing spear
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May 24, 2016 16:26
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Not to dogpile on Ambrose, but his gentle pushes at the beginning of his comback are really bad
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May 24, 2016 16:34
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Chris James 2 posted:It's really annoying for Reigns. He does the same setup (corner taunt, run) for his signature punch as he does for his finishing spear His signature corner clothesline move looks like dogshit too however that Crucifix powerbomb on AJ was awesome basically the big power guy should do more big power moves instead of moves that are just like his finishers except shittier
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May 24, 2016 16:34
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Whoever wins MITB this year is going to cash in on Roman Reigns and lose, I can feel it.
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May 24, 2016 16:34
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Blast Fantasto posted:Whoever wins MITB this year is going to cash in on Roman Reigns and lose, I can feel it. At least Bray Wyatt will have a briefcase this time. Technically he'll have won something for once
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May 24, 2016 16:35
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Chris James 2 posted:It's really annoying for Reigns. He does the same setup (corner taunt, run) for his signature punch as he does for his finishing spear
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May 24, 2016 16:37
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I love Ambrose and think he's smart to ease up on the ring work and go heavy on the character work. letting him originate a match is a pretty clear indication that he ain't ever getting a sniff of the big belt
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May 24, 2016 16:37
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Ambrose should replace his personality with thumbtacks imo
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May 24, 2016 16:39
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Chris James 2 posted:At least Bray Wyatt will have a briefcase this time. Technically he'll have won something for once He's already witnessed Roman's weakness to briefcases firsthand.
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May 24, 2016 16:46
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The_Rob posted:I was just thinking about this, why does WWE always go for a small child audience. I feel like appealing to 13 year olds would be way better, because when I think of when my tastes in media really started to formulate and stick with me was my teenage years. When your a kid you kind of just move on from interest to interest as a teen you become obsessive, and will probably be a long term fan. Going back to this, the main reason is that its easier to write for a small child audience. For the most part small kids all have pretty similar tastes and interests which rarely shift from generation to generation. As kids get older you have to touch a wider range of interest bases, and you have to be more contemporary and modern. It's significantly more challenging for advertisers for example to advertise to teenagers and make it seem authentic for them than it is for them to advertise to kids. Same follows with lots of other creative media pursuits.
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May 24, 2016 16:49
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sasha banks is way better than becky lynch
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May 24, 2016 16:49
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Seams posted:that wrestler you like and who you think is good? guess what, he's actually bad. The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > Rowdy Ringsports - that wrestler you like and who you think is good? guess what, he's actually bad
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May 24, 2016 16:50
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Vince figured out a long time before Dreamworks did that if you put stuff in kids entertainment for the adults that they'll gravitate towards it. I dunno how many of you in this forum have kids but there's a reason Disney is so ubiquitous- it's pretty much the only game in town for kids until they are 9 or 10. WWE is generational and cyclical in that kids watch it with their parents and then with their own kids- it makes sense to write for that. Yeah, it's got some stupid moral messages and everything is solved with violence but it's pretty sanitized and justified within the context- there isn't a lot of entertainment like that out there.
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May 24, 2016 16:53
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Ostentatious posted:sasha banks is way better than becky lynch Just ask Sasha's best friend. He's a doctor.
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May 24, 2016 16:55
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The Rollins non-turn really soured me on that show badly but to be honest after digesting it the show as a whole wasn't bad. Well I mean, even at my saltiest last night I mentioned how all the right people qualified for MITB which is wholly true. Also AJ ditching The Club is probably a good thing for lots of reasons. The shame is that I think literally all of WWE is good right now and booked well EXCEPT the main event which is so soul-crushingly oppressive and bad that it tends to sour me on the product as a whole. It's an inverse Attitude Era. And for those of you saying boycott, I don't WANT to. I enjoy the product enough and there are enough guys I want to see to warrant continued support of the product. I'm in a no-win situation. Also for as much as I loathe Seth being heel, I do understand the argument that WWE needs a top heel right now. That's 100% true, and credit to Seth for continued amazing work. It just loving sucks.
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May 24, 2016 16:56
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Efexeye posted:Vince figured out a long time before Dreamworks did that if you put stuff in kids entertainment for the adults that they'll gravitate towards it. I dunno how many of you in this forum have kids but there's a reason Disney is so ubiquitous- it's pretty much the only game in town for kids until they are 9 or 10. WWE is generational and cyclical in that kids watch it with their parents and then with their own kids- it makes sense to write for that. Yeah, it's got some stupid moral messages and everything is solved with violence but it's pretty sanitized and justified within the context- there isn't a lot of entertainment like that out there. But the audience isn't kids. The main audience are people in their 40's.
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May 24, 2016 16:59
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Not to dogpile on Ambrose, but his gentle pushes at the beginning of his comback are really bad I love Ambrose with my entire soul and think the lariat and ESPECIALLY Dirty Deeds get too much poo poo (Dirty Deeds owns) but this is 100% the truth.
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May 24, 2016 17:00
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wait till after MITB to "boycott" anything, or at least wait until Balor/Nakamura come up and do a thing. only bad thing that I disliked post-Mania really was the ending of the xtreme rules match with A Tackle but everything else has been way better than it was before Mania
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May 24, 2016 17:02
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Chris James 2 posted:It's really annoying for Reigns. He does the same setup (corner taunt, run) for his signature punch as he does for his finishing spear This is the main thing I hate about Reigns. His finish has the same setup as another major move he does and it's loving weird.
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May 24, 2016 17:02
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Sasha.. Becky.. Maybe they neeeeeeed to find some TITS!!
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May 24, 2016 17:04
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Today I was talking to a friend I made here in Japan who only recently became a wrestling fan because of The Shield. I was explaining to her about why I had also loved them as a unit and all the different reasons I loved to see Roman, Seth and Dean on my screen. But after the conversation was over it caused me to realize that instead of a WWE where Roman is super cool, Dean is a crazy killer and Seth is an amazing superhero, I watch a WWE Roman is unlikable, Dean is a loser and I can barely muster any enthusiasm for Seth because they immediately set him up to lose his return storyline. And most damning, I don't even want the Shield itself to come back because I know as things are it will be inevitably poisoned because of what has happened to the three guys who made it up. It was a really depressing thought.
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May 24, 2016 17:08
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beggar posted:Sasha.. Becky.. Maybe they neeeeeeed to find some TITS!! Man, I wish your dad had failed to save those tapes and got fired for it.
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May 24, 2016 17:11
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Yeah it's weird Roman has the same setup for like his finisher and two other moves. It's be like if Austin kicked the gut and got on position for the Stunner and then just did a snapmare for some reason.
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May 24, 2016 17:11
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Sanguinia posted:Today I was talking to a friend I made here in Japan who only recently became a wrestling fan because of The Shield. I was explaining to her about why I had also loved them as a unit and all the different reasons I loved to see Roman, Seth and Dean on my screen. But after the conversation was over it caused me to realize that instead of a WWE where Roman is super cool, Dean is a crazy killer and Seth is an amazing superhero, I watch a WWE Roman is unlikable, Dean is a loser and I can barely muster any enthusiasm for Seth because they immediately set him up to lose his return storyline. And most damning, I don't even want the Shield itself to come back because I know as things are it will be inevitably poisoned because of what has happened to the three guys who made it up. If the Shield ever comes back it'll be because they think they're out of ways to get him cheered So either this Summerslam, or a random show in 2022 when he's finally done beating all the indie stars they poach into the ground and it miraculously hasn't resulted in applause
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May 24, 2016 17:14
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The_Rob posted:But the audience isn't kids. The main audience are people in their 40's. yeah but i think i said like a million times or perhaps a billion times before that 40 year olds dont buy playsets and are too embarassed to still like wrestling to buy t shirts, they pirate streams of pay per views theres a lot more long term spending and purchasing potential in hooking a 7 year old than there is a 40 year old
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May 24, 2016 17:16
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You know what's worse than the wacky-line? The modified version where Dean does a little half-assed parkour hop off the lowest turnbuckle and then slowly jogs back towards his opponent to deliver a clothesline.
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May 24, 2016 17:26
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Are there any rumors as to the next Wrestlemania main event? Is a Shield triple threat on the table? Seems like the biggest match they could do without using part timers.
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May 24, 2016 17:33
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P-Mack posted:Are there any rumors as to the next Wrestlemania main event? Is a Shield triple threat on the table? Seems like the biggest match they could do without using part timers. The main event for next Mania usually doesn't crop up until after Summerslam. My money is on Reigns/Cena though.
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May 24, 2016 17:36
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P-Mack posted:Are there any rumors as to the next Wrestlemania main event? Is a Shield triple threat on the table? Seems like the biggest match they could do without using part timers. Depends on Taker honestly. If he wants to be there, Taker/Cena's happening. If he's not, I imagine they do Reigns/Cena torch passing. Rock/Brock's expected
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May 24, 2016 17:36
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Chris James 2 posted:
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May 24, 2016 17:38
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oldpainless posted:By who? Dave's been under the impression it's happening at a Mania for a while. Only reason it didn't happen this past one was because Rock couldn't get cleared for a full match with contact, and it should have been obvious Ambrose/Brock was never a long-term plan to happen at Mania with how poor that turned out. Much like Reigns being champ, it's been an idea (good or bad) all parties have had for so long it's going to happen eventually, and barring any more fuckups/injuries it seems like it'll be next year
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May 24, 2016 17:43
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A Salty Affair posted:You know what's worse than the wacky-line? The modified version where Dean does a little half-assed parkour hop off the lowest turnbuckle and then slowly jogs back towards his opponent to deliver a clothesline. it's laughably bad and I don't know why he does it so often
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May 24, 2016 17:48
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why's this thread so mean every week lol
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May 24, 2016 17:49
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I'm always confused when people talk about the Shield 3-way being at WrestleMania. I started watching wrestling at Summerslam 2014, right after The Shield broke up. In the almost two years since then, I think The Shield has been referenced on TV like 5 times. Even when Roman/Rollins was happening, even when Roman and Dean were broing out, it was never talked about in terms of The Shield. People still seem to be holding out that this one great storyline will finally get a massive blow-off at a WrestleMania, and don't get me wrong, it'd be cool, but I don't know why it's treated as a guarantee. I'm sure a Shield 3-way would be awesome no matter when or where it happens, but I could see that just as easily being at Summerslam or Survivor Series or whatever. Like, I don't have the reverence for the storyline that many of the people who were watching during it do, but I don't think WWE sees it as a huge draw for a Mania either. If they did, I think they would have put literally any effort into continuing to mention and talk about The Shield whenever relevant, instead of just talking about Roman and Dean being friends and Rollins just wanting the championship back.
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May 24, 2016 17:53
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Chris James 2 posted:Dave's been under the impression it's happening at a Mania for a while. Only reason it didn't happen this past one was because Rock couldn't get cleared for a full match with contact, and it should have been obvious Ambrose/Brock was never a long-term plan to happen at Mania with how poor that turned out. Much like Reigns being champ, it's been an idea (good or bad) all parties have had for so long it's going to happen eventually, and barring any more fuckups/injuries it seems like it'll be next year I just feel like Rock is never gonna do a full match again at least not while he's an in demand movie star. It's ine thing to do a six second spot but the last two times he's wrestled a real match he got injured. Or maybe it was just one injury. Either way I hope it happens but I wouldn't be surprised if there was always some reason it never actually comes to fruition.
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May 24, 2016 17:54
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yea ok posted:why's this thread so mean every week lol The WWE made us this way.
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oldpainless posted:I just feel like Rock is never gonna do a full match again at least not while he's an in demand movie star. It's ine thing to do a six second spot but the last two times he's wrestled a real match he got injured. Or maybe it was just one injury. Either way I hope it happens but I wouldn't be surprised if there was always some reason it never actually comes to fruition. Oh yeah I agree with that. It seems like there's always a chance it'll happen, I don't think it will but it's expected to. I think the thought is eventually he'll be free/not hurt/not filming the one month they actually need him. I just mostly think if it happens he'll be injured again, and I don't want to see that. The last full match he did he got hurt, and it sucks seeing these guys come back for big moments and break. Another example is Austin who wasn't even in the ring for a full 3 minutes segment at Mania and he got hurt. It's depressing at a point
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