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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbhBy-NTGGo Bryan Danielson vs Kenny Omega, from PWG 100. Not the full match. The complete match proves that Bryan Danielson is the best in the world at many things, like thumb wrestling!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWb5nXq8KgA Giant Tiger vs. Beef Wellington is pretty great.
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May 25, 2011 03:50
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Sugar Blaster posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWb5nXq8KgA Seconding this because Giant Tiger will gently caress my father if I don't. The tastefulness is questionable because RG is always questionable, but if you like Tajiri and/or Muta, there's always this gem from Hustle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jsvcuow-Hw
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May 25, 2011 03:54
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQMfwAKl1Zw The other 4 parts are linked. The 2009 Campground match was better but I havent been able to find it yet  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf-EGlM81qA Again the other parts are in the sidebar. Funny triple threat match complete with Jun Kasai doing anime girl poses and GENTARO being a massive dick. Lloyd Van Buren fucked around with this message at 03:58 on May 25, 2011 |
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May 25, 2011 03:55
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? Kaiju Big Battel if you can find it. Chikara iwth a Godzilla bent, right down to the cardboard city in the ring. One of the Chikara guys actually did commentary for KBB.
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May 25, 2011 04:03
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Dickeye posted:Kaiju Big Battel if you can find it. KBB also shares Gavin Loudspeaker, ring announcer extraordinare, with Chikara. They had a team at the 2008 KoT. They match wasn't that funny, but the pre match promo and finish were both great.
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May 25, 2011 04:07
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:KBB also shares Gavin Loudspeaker, ring announcer extraordinare, with Chikara. They had a team at the 2008 KoT. They match wasn't that funny, but the pre match promo and finish were both great. The bit with Ultramantis and Dr. Cube has got to be one of my favorite moments ever. "Citizens of Chikara!" EDIT: Videofication: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lix8cEh8yt0 ReebTop fucked around with this message at 05:17 on May 25, 2011 |
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May 25, 2011 05:11
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Akira Taue. He's so awesome. Here is a tag match with him and the Kings. I really love this match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM5jwXSOVBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDDIaqCSonM There is a more recent one I'll have to dig out where Taue grabs some dude's penis all match. It's great.
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May 25, 2011 05:26
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? I shill this match a lot recently, but I think it really stands up (and shows where Cabana's love of British wrestling influences his matches) Les Kellet vs Leon (Brian Glover) Arras (1974) Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zPH3u65H8 Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQVNxKF940 Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMh--WcGhiU
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AmbassadorFriendly posted:Those all make sense but Ron Simmons is important simply because he was the first Black World Champion. See, I actually feel that the honor is more dubious and does him a disservice, He's more known for being half of a tag team and having a catch phrase. Quick, without looking it up what can you actually TELL me about his run? Who did he beat to get that honor? Who did he defend it against and then lose the title to? How long was his reign and what was his most memorable feud? Can't recall those details can you? 
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May 25, 2011 11:43
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Dead Snoopy posted:See, I actually feel that the honor is more dubious and does him a disservice, He's more known for being half of a tag team and having a catch phrase. Didn't he fight Vader that one time?
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May 25, 2011 11:51
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? You're in for a treat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifIMkVkbCT0 This is the end of the greatest battle royal ever, from Minoru Suzuki's 40th birthday celebration. Trust me, you don't need to speak Japanese to get what's going on.
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May 25, 2011 11:58
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Dead Snoopy posted:See, I actually feel that the honor is more dubious and does him a disservice, He's more known for being half of a tag team and having a catch phrase. He won the title from Vader and lost it back to him like six months later, but spent most of the reign feuding with Foley (a feud that was going on before he won the belt). What do I win?
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May 25, 2011 12:32
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DEAR RICHARD posted:Why don't Indy feds use floor mats? I can't imagine taking a bump to the outside onto a hard basketball court feeling good. Quack mentioned getting badly hurt while diving to the outside mid-last year, but he never mentioned why they don't bother to use pads. I do remember listening to the R&F of WCW and the reason they took away mats is because it looked "Unrealistic"
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May 25, 2011 13:42
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Flameingblack posted:Every time someone in CHIKARA takes a dive to the floor, I wince. They usually have no padding at all, and there's almost always around eight or more dives per night. to be more fair to WCw than they perhaps deserve, this was during the reign of Bill Watts, and iirc he combined this with a ban on top rope moves or throwing people to the outside. The ban on the mats was I think more about discouraging people from doing moves to the outside than anything else.
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May 25, 2011 13:45
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? CM Punk vs Delirious.
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Karmine posted:Probably my two favorite things in the world are comedy and wrestling. Can someone point me in the direction of some of the funniest matches in wrestling history? Sanshiro Takagi vs Great Sasuke (DDT PRO) - Weapon's Battle Royal. Every minute, a new weapon is brought out. Ranging from chairs, to a chick with a whip, the wrestler's wives, a barrel. Great Sasuke does not disappoint, the dude is out of his loving mind. The F1rst Family vs F.I.S.T. (CHIKARA, King of Trios 2009) - Bryce Remsburg is a boss.
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May 25, 2011 13:50
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George Kaplan posted:CM Punk vs Delirious. Almost anything with Delirious is comedy gold. Princess Peach is a tramp! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVa49EwJj0w delirious and Punk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x50VT5xxY9Q&feature=related Bonus: Delirious is a God damned superhero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5q7BV76Eo&feature=related
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May 25, 2011 13:56
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George Kaplan posted:CM Punk vs Delirious. All three matches. I've never seen a comedy match build off of the psychology of a previous comedy match, but somehow Punk and Delirious found a way to do it.
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May 25, 2011 13:57
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Dude Love and Owen Hart had some pretty great comedy matches in 1997.
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May 25, 2011 13:58
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Skinty McEdger posted:All three matches. I've never seen a comedy match build off of the psychology of a previous comedy match, but somehow Punk and Delirious found a way to do it. Seconded. I assume we're talking about the trilogy of matches that were Punk's IWA: Mid-South farewell, with facewashes, bare arses, cunning disguises and golden vampires?
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apsouthern posted:Seconded. I assume we're talking about the trilogy of matches that were Punk's IWA: Mid-South farewell, with facewashes, bare arses, cunning disguises and golden vampires? Exactly. I lose it every time that Delirious decides to hide in the crowd.
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Dead Snoopy posted:See, I actually feel that the honor is more dubious and does him a disservice, He's more known for being half of a tag team and having a catch phrase. It's important to remember our socially progressive moments in wrestling, since they seem to be so few and far between, and the South is such an important area in wrestling with such a long history of racism. And the entire run is before my time, but he won the belt from and lost it to Vader, and he feuded with Cactus Jack. I think I got all that knowledge from Foley's first book.
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I'm hesitant to start a new topic about this since it's such a long-term project and I dunno how much time I'll be able to devote to it over the next couple weeks/months, so I'll just ask questions here for the time being. Regarding puro: Of Maeda, Inoki, Onita, Tenryu, Muta, Tenzan, Tsuruta, Liger, Sasaki, Kobashi, Misawa, Takada, Hashimoto, Hansen, Fujinami, and Kawada, is there anyone knowledgable enough in puro to make rough rankings of them? I'm trying to narrow the list down by putting people into groups, and this would help me immensely. Also, which Mexican wrestlers deserve to be on the list, other than Hijo del Santo and Konnan (and Mysterio obviously)?
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CVagts posted:Regarding puro: Of Maeda, Inoki, Onita, Tenryu, Muta, Tenzan, Tsuruta, Liger, Sasaki, Kobashi, Misawa, Takada, Hashimoto, Hansen, Fujinami, and Kawada, is there anyone knowledgable enough in puro to make rough rankings of them? I'm trying to narrow the list down by putting people into groups, and this would help me immensely. This really depends on what your criteria is there, but I'd say the top guys in no real order if you're looking for a hybrid of longevity, work, and drawing are Inoki, Misawa, and Kobashi. I'd think long and hard about putting Tiger Mask, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Baba in that list too depending on how much you care about overall importance.
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jeffersonlives posted:This really depends on what your criteria is there, but I'd say the top guys in no real order if you're looking for a hybrid of longevity, work, and drawing are Inoki, Misawa, and Kobashi. I'd think long and hard about putting Tiger Mask, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Baba in that list too depending on how much you care about cultural importance. I think Kawada should be way high up.
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May 26, 2011 03:19
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How in god's name did I forget Baba and Tiger Mask Right now I've got a rough list of the very top of the rankings and of the Japanese, I'm wondering if anyone should even get consideration beyond Inoki, Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada, and maybe Baba. I probably shouldn't even be playing with this until I get some proper criteria set in stone.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I think Kawada should be way high up. Kawada is a little less important and a little worse of a worker than Misawa and Kobashi in my opinion, but it's not a ridiculous notion to throw him in there. I forgot Jun Akiyama, he should almost certainly be on that larger list too even if he never quite lived up to what some thought he would be.
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You really wouldn't put Jumbo on it?
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Jumbo? E: Weekly font, a fast man.
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May 26, 2011 03:25
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There's cases for a lot of dudes depending on the criteria. Jumbo is definitely up there, so is Liger, so is Hashimoto, so is Muto...
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Jumbo's on the full list, but I was referring to the very top of the overall list. Like, the top ten best wrestlers of the modern era, or whatever the number ends up being.
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CVagts posted:Regarding puro: Of Maeda, Inoki, Onita, Tenryu, Muta, Tenzan, Tsuruta, Liger, Sasaki, Kobashi, Misawa, Takada, Hashimoto, Hansen, Fujinami, and Kawada, is there anyone knowledgable enough in puro to make rough rankings of them? I'm trying to narrow the list down by putting people into groups, and this would help me immensely. In terms of importance to wrestling in the modern era? 1. Inoki 2. Tsuruta 3. Misawa 4. Takada 5. Kawada 6. Hashimoto 7. Kobashi 8. Liger 9. Muta 10. Hansen 11. Fujinami 12. Maeda 13. Tenryu 14. Onita 15. Sasake 16. Tenzan If I did an adjustment it'd probably be quite similar. Couldn't see my top five changing much (other than my homerism of Kawada sending him somewhere around 6-10).
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Yoshihiko? It's a list of the greats, not literally the single greatest.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:KBB also shares Gavin Loudspeaker, ring announcer extraordinare, with Chikara. They had a team at the 2008 KoT. They match wasn't that funny, but the pre match promo and finish were both great. Gavin Loudspeaker is the guy I was talking about, I bet, on KBB he was Louden Noxious. e: Quick google tells me I'm right.
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I'll type up some rough criteria and probably post a new topic about it tomorrow. That way I don't have to keep flooding this topic with discussion about it. As for guys who would be on the fence for the list (like Akiyama), I'd say go ahead and suggest them, since I can always cut them later if need be.
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What are instances of WWE/Vince taking a wrestler's personal life/problems and turning it into an angle? I know for sure, Lawler & Jake Roberts, resulting in Lawler pouring whiskey all over Jake. Austin & Scott Hall, resulting in much of the same thing. Crush's criminal history being glamorized. Hawk's alcoholism being turned into an angle with Droz & Animal. Jeff Hardy & CM Punk. But are there any others?
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Perdido posted:What are instances of WWE/Vince taking a wrestler's personal life/problems and turning it into an angle? The whole Matt Hardy/Edge/Lita ordeal.
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