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Writer Cath posted:I think it's Zack. Possibly Johnny Curtis.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 03:58 |
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smashpro1 posted:Possibly Johnny Curtis. Who?
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 03:59 |
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X-Pac with an interesting couple of tweets.X-Pac posted:I would love to one day return home to WWE. I still need more time doing well. Not long ago I attempted suicide. I understand Vinces fear As sad as the fact that X-Pac had the same common problems as a lot of guys have in this industry is, it's great to see the rehab system having some success. I had no idea he attempted suicide.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 05:02 |
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Grantonio posted:I had no idea he attempted suicide. Yeah, in Mexico. Ryan Shamrock ended up saving his life, pretty much.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 05:04 |
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Any specific reason?
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 05:05 |
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oldpainless posted:Any specific reason?
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 05:42 |
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Had too much Juvi Juice.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 05:52 |
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Bocc Kob posted:Had too much Juvi Juice. So he took some PCP and started running around a hotel naked and hit a cop?
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 06:31 |
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Speaking of Waltman: http://mywrestlingparty.com/2011-rumble-vip-party-featuring-x-pac/15
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Lone Rogue posted:Speaking of Waltman: http://mywrestlingparty.com/2011-rumble-vip-party-featuring-x-pac/15 Just a word of warning: get piss drunk in St. Louis at your own peril. If that whole thing didn't look shady as gently caress, I would get up on it though.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 06:36 |
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Flameingblack posted:Because he was X-Pac. That's all from memory though. Grantonio posted:X-Pac with an interesting couple of tweets. Like I said, it sounds like a rough ticket and he deserves all the credit in the world for overcoming it, he really is an industry poster boy for the way someone can turn their lives around and end up a better person for their difficult experiences. I hope WWE takes him one day, with the problem they've been having with a lot of talent hitting the glass ceiling and not being able to rise any further I think he'd be a fantastic resource for a lot of the talent to help get them to the point where they can work a main event level PPV match. It seems like that's a big issue in WWE because it's hard to learn without being given the experience needed to feel it out and it's near impossible getting the opportunities if you can't all ready do it, or at least that's how it seems to me from the outside. I could see guys like J-Mo, the Miz, Ziggler and Swagger really benefiting from his experience. It seems like the next batch of fresh main eventers are about ready to start moving up but they don't have anyone to guide them through the transition, especially since the previous generation all seemed to drop like flies within months of each other before being able to groom someone to fill their shoes. Sue Denim fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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The Wade Keller interview with X-Pac talks about this too, he says that he's been messed up for a long time and he needs to prove himself before WWE would open the door for another shot (and he understands that, and doesn't blame them at all). He did say that he's cleaned up and doing fairly well right now, and even "cut back on the weed", but he still has a ways to go.
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Frilled Lizard posted:The Wade Keller interview with X-Pac talks about this too, he says that he's been messed up for a long time and he needs to prove himself before WWE would open the door for another shot (and he understands that, and doesn't blame them at all). He did say that he's cleaned up and doing fairly well right now, and even "cut back on the weed", but he still has a ways to go. But god drat, were people wrong. Not only did he not do any of those things, he put on a match of the year candidate and a very strong showing against Team Michonoku Pro, whom he had a lot of history with. You could tell how humbled he was during the show, tearing up twice during the weekend. Quackenbush, who is usually the first to dismiss horrible backstage personalities did nothing but praise how friendly he was all weekend, from telling stories to giving advice to all of the younger guys. This was the "Happy ending" to a story that was very well on it's way to becoming "The Wrestler". It had to be a very sobering moment for him, hearing people chant for the "1-2-3 Kid" in 2011, and have so many people remember his match that jump-started his career with Jinsei Shinzaki RealFoxy fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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Also his blog that he wrote after Randy Savage was awesome and horrible at the same time. Awesome how he remembered the crazy times he, Mr. Perfect, and Randy Savage had when the traveled together. Horrible due to when he saw Kevin Nash called he thought Scott Hall died, and that is what he expects every time Nash calls.
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bobkatt013 posted:Also his blog that he wrote after Randy Savage was awesome and horrible at the same time. Awesome how he remembered the crazy times he, Mr. Perfect, and Randy Savage had when the traveled together. Horrible due to when he saw Kevin Nash called he thought Scott Hall died, and that is what he expects every time Nash calls. I don't know whether that means Nash could call more or just text.
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# ? Nov 8, 2011 23:59 |
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Lone Rogue posted:I don't know whether that means Nash could call more or just text. I would presume that it means when Nash actually calls, instead of them just trading texts or emails, it means something serious just happened.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 00:22 |
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Minor point, but didn't Triple H call, not Nash?
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 05:05 |
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This is apparently pretty old, but someone brought it up to my attention. Wade Barrett has a scar under his right arm. Ever wonder how he got that scar?quote:omething that has been cropping up lately on my Twitter account (@wadebarrett) is the 12-inch scar that stretches from my upper back to halfway down the triceps of my right arm. It has faded significantly over the last couple of years, so you may not have noticed it, but several people have been asking how I got it and I thought I would explain it on here. Before I continue, I must warn you that this is a rather unpleasant story and if you are easily shocked, stop reading now and go and read one of the other rookie’s blogs where they will no doubt be discussing such riveting subjects as what food they are eating at present and how much they paid for their last haircut. Yawn. Anyway, as you already know, before I made it to NXT I spent several years bare-knuckle fighting across Europe. I had a lot of success and eventually got to fight for some pretty big money. I had one particular fight lined up with a highly notorious opponent in the town of Budapest, Hungary. Hungary is an ex-communist state in Eastern Europe. There is concrete everywhere you look, the sun never shines and the people are as tough as old boots. Basically, it is not the kind of place any of the other NXT rookies would ever dare set foot, but that didn’t phase me in the slightest. I wish that they would have let Barrett keep part of the Bareknuckle fighter in his gimmick. Same with Tarver's "1.8" gimmick. In both cases, Big Show vetoed those parts of their gimmick so as not to infringe on his "Knockout Punch"
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Minor point, but didn't Triple H call, not Nash? Ya that is right. He took it off his site so I was basing it off memory.
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Flameingblack posted:This is apparently pretty old, but someone brought it up to my attention. Wade Barrett has a scar under his right arm. Ever wonder how he got that scar? They mention that he is a former bare knuckle boxer during almost all of his matches and he always does the sequence of punches one after another while they talk about it. I have a hard time believing Big Show vetoed something they talk about that regularly. I think I remember them bringing it up even during his most recent match.
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Flameingblack posted:This is apparently pretty old, but someone brought it up to my attention. Wade Barrett has a scar under his right arm. Ever wonder how he got that scar? I have never seen it reported that Big Show vetoed anything. It has been WWE policy in general not to have infringing gimmicks, names, etc. It was a higher up call in Tarver's case and Wade's initial "gimmick" didn't fit with what they wanted for Wade. The term bare-knuckle fighter was fairly silly to hear in the context of pro wrestling anyway. Every wrestler is a bare knuckle fighter.
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Mr. Carlisle posted:They mention that he is a former bare knuckle boxer during almost all of his matches and he always does the sequence of punches one after another while they talk about it. I have a hard time believing Big Show vetoed something they talk about that regularly. I think I remember them bringing it up even during his most recent match. I don't think they'll let Barrett just do a straight punch as a finisher or signature for the same reason they made Eve quit using the Armbar. Another, bigger star is using it.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 07:31 |
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"I can knock you out in 1.8 seconds" is a gimmick that can't translate well to pro-wrestling. Why would this guy start a match with a lockup?
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Minidust posted:"I can knock you out in 1.8 seconds" is a gimmick that can't translate well to pro-wrestling. Why would this guy start a match with a lockup? You could work it in that once he's gone into a punching routine, his opponent has 1.8 seconds to get the hell outta dodge or he's gonna get knocked out. Basically, when the fans see him get in stance and start air punching while his opponent is dazed, they know what's gonna happen. Otherwise, yeah it's pretty difficult. Then again, that's a problem with most guys with punching or kicking finishers.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 07:48 |
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Flameingblack posted:Tarver used the 1.8 gimmick for a couple weeks until someone realized that he was using a Knockout Punch and then made him quit. After that he floundered until the Nexus started. That much was in the dirt sheets, and in Tarver's drunken twitter rants or something another. He already has a finisher and he's finding new ways to toss people onto his shoulders - so I don't see him needing some knock out punch finisher anyway. My point was that they're not at all burying the whole bareknuckle boxer thing and they bring it up regularly. You said you had wished they didn't do away with that part of his gimmick and I was just saying that they haven't. His finisher was never a knockout punch as far as I can recall.
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Flameingblack posted:they made Eve quit using the Armbar. Another, bigger star is using it.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 10:44 |
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Saraya legitimately scares me sometimes.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 13:17 |
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Flameingblack posted:This is apparently pretty old, but someone brought it up to my attention. Wade Barrett has a scar under his right arm. Ever wonder how he got that scar? I'd normally assume I was confusing him with someone else but I have a recollection of it surprising me because Barrett looks like one. Sue Denim fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Nov 9, 2011 |
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What's the history on Tarver's 1.8 gimmick? I don't remember that at all. Was it literally "Who can knock you out in 1.8 seconds? Me"?
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 17:42 |
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Sue Denim posted:For some reason I seem to recall that the bare knuckle fighter was a kayfabe thing. Or am I just making this up? Barrett was actually a bare knuckle fighter. It's barely ever played into his gimmick of him boxing people and he always plays more of an iconoclast. It's the funny thing about kayfabe and reality. In kayfabe, he's too good to get in mere punching fights with people but in reality, he used to make his riches beating the poo poo out of people in Northern Europe.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 17:48 |
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I'm with MRP on this one - promoting 'bare knuckle' fighting, legit or not, in WWE is tremendously silly and degrades their own product.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 18:01 |
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incredible bear posted:What's the history on Tarver's 1.8 gimmick? I don't remember that at all. Was it literally "Who can knock you out in 1.8 seconds? Me"? The deal was in one of his NXT hype videos they talked about his career as a semipro boxer, when he won a match by knockout 1.8 seconds after the opening bell. He then took that (possibly untrue) fact and ran with it.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 18:10 |
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Saraya legitimately scares me sometimes. Meltzer gave that tweet two stars.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 18:34 |
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Had the great pleasure of meeting and following @RealCardinalKid on twitter. He is a grizzled vet of this business and has a lot to share about his experiences.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 20:04 |
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MassRayPer posted:Every wrestler is a bare knuckle fighter.
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 22:46 |
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Lone Goat posted:Hitting someone with a closed fist is an illegal strike. Quick, someone alert The Big Show, before he gets himself disqualified in his title match with Mark Henry!
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 22:48 |
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nerds drop your drawers: http://t.co/ZsjSHULZ
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# ? Nov 9, 2011 23:36 |
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Lone Rogue posted:Barrett was actually a bare knuckle fighter. It's barely ever played into his gimmick of him boxing people and he always plays more of an iconoclast. It's the funny thing about kayfabe and reality. In kayfabe, he's too good to get in mere punching fights with people but in reality, he used to make his riches beating the poo poo out of people in Northern Europe. Wait, really really? I always assumed that it was all bullshit
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# ? Nov 10, 2011 00:23 |
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:Wait, really really? I always assumed that it was all bullshit Nope. From IGN: quote:IGN TV: Can you tell us a bit about your past as a bare-knuckle boxer? At what point in your life did you do that? Fun Wade tid-bit from the same interview: quote:IGN: How did you decided on your finishing move? That Fireman's Carry Throwdown?
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# ? Nov 10, 2011 00:36 |
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coconono posted:nerds drop your drawers: Why is their backstage stuff SO GOOD?
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