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Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

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# ? Sep 19, 2014 18:56

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 00:51

ChaosSmurf: Dec 26, 2011

Is wrestling, particularly given past history, the scummiest legitimate career/industry?

# ? Sep 19, 2014 23:57

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

ChaosSmurf posted:

Is wrestling, particularly given past history, the scummiest legitimate career/industry?

Lawyers are going to be a thing for a while yet, so no.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:00

DrVenkman: Dec 28, 2005; I think he can hear you, Ray.

ChaosSmurf posted:

Is wrestling, particularly given past history, the scummiest legitimate career/industry?

Nah. There are assholes and egos wherever you go. Wrestling is on par with the entertainment industry for fuckery. It's what happens when money is involved.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:01

Gyro Zeppeli: Jul 19, 2012; sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

The NFL is making a powerplay to overtake wrestling too.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:01

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

Hijo Del Helmsley posted:

The NFL is making a powerplay to overtake wrestling too.

Hell, didn't they have a murder-suicide last year? Wrestling hasn't had one of those since 2007!

The answer is still probably boxing.

Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Sep 20, 2014

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:04

fatherdog: Feb 16, 2005

ChaosSmurf posted:

Is wrestling, particularly given past history, the scummiest legitimate career/industry?

Boxing is worse.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:09

AmbassadorFriendly: Nov 19, 2008; Don't leave me hangin'

Bigass Moth posted:

I remember this as being especially brutal for the time and very unlike the WWF. I doubt it still stands up though.

I rewatched it again when it was on the Best of In Your House DVD. It's still a pretty fun match.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:12

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

fatherdog posted:

Boxing is worse.

I mean, I know going back in time and shooting Don King in the loving face wouldn't solve all of boxing's problems, but it couldn't hurt, right?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:17

Shiki Dan: Oct 27, 2010; If ya can move ya toes ya back's fine

fatherdog posted:

Boxing is worse.

So is bodybuilding.
Football is getting there.

...And yet Vince McMahon has a history of promoting ALL THREE!!!

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:20

C. Everett Koop: Aug 18, 2008

Memento posted:

I mean, I know going back in time and shooting Don King in the loving face wouldn't solve all of boxing's problems, but it couldn't hurt, right?

Nature abhors a vacuum so there'd be a different parasite in there.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:20

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Don't forget video game "journalism".
:goonsay:

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:42

Mob: May 7, 2002; Me reading your posts

South Korea's music industry trumps all these things

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:53

Jackie D: May 27, 2009; Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.

Memento posted:

I mean, I know going back in time and shooting Don King in the loving face wouldn't solve all of boxing's problems, but it couldn't hurt, right?

Only if you get Arum too

# ? Sep 20, 2014 00:55

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Boxing and body building never had a promoter die as cool of a death as Herb Abrams, ODing on coke while wearing a diaper and covered in baby oil.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:08

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

What is the context of Vince McMahon dancing like a crazy person in front of Hulk Hogan playing guitar wearing a sleeveless tuxedo?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:15

DeathChicken: Jul 9, 2012; Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:16

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Memento posted:

What is the context of Vince McMahon dancing like a crazy person in front of Hulk Hogan playing guitar wearing a sleeveless tuxedo?

It was Tuesday.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:18

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

DeathChicken posted:

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc

It's kind of neat that you can hear him slip into the 'Mr McMahon' voice in a few bars.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:19

titties: May 10, 2012; They're like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra

DeathChicken posted:

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc

It's glorious

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:24

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

DeathChicken posted:

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtCTaCxDUc

Is that Macho Man and Jake in the brass section?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 01:49

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

I was watching a Shane Douglas interview and he talks about Ric Flair "getting his penis out in a bar full of kids and running up and down the hall naked at 46 years old". Is this a specific incident?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:15

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Luigi Thirty posted:

I was watching a Shane Douglas interview and he talks about Ric Flair "getting his penis out in a bar full of kids and running up and down the hall naked at 46 years old". Is this a specific incident?

oldpainless posted:

It was Tuesday.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:20

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Has there ever been a kayfabe explanation for having kendo sticks under the ring? I can rationalize most other weapons, but not bamboo swords.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:22

Der-Wreck: Feb 13, 2006; Friday nights are for Wapner!

ayn rand hand job posted:

Is that Macho Man and Jake in the brass section?

and Brutus Beefcake between them! Jake isn't wearing a shirt under his coat and it looks like his gut is hanging out

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:25

rotinaj: Sep 5, 2008; Fun Shoe

sleepingbuddha posted:

Has there ever been a kayfabe explanation for having kendo sticks under the ring? I can rationalize most other weapons, but not bamboo swords.

The ring crew plays with them between setting turnbuckles up. It's an even split between mimicking the Sandman and making lightsaber noises with their mouths.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:26

Smoking Crow: Feb 14, 2012; *laughs at u*

If Bray Wyatt wants to start a giant cult why does he wrestle instead of proselytize

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:30

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

sleepingbuddha posted:

Has there ever been a kayfabe explanation for having kendo sticks under the ring? I can rationalize most other weapons, but not bamboo swords.

Going under the ring takes you into Ringspace, an alternate dimension full of tables, kendo sticks, trash cans, Doink clones, and leprechaun housing.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:34

Pope Corky the IX: Dec 18, 2006; What are you looking at?

Maxwell Lord posted:

Going under the ring takes you into Ringspace, an alternate dimension full of tables, kendo sticks, trash cans, Doink clones, and leprechaun housing.

Don't forget buckets of poo poo and portals to hell.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:38

Justin Godscock: Oct 12, 2004; Listen here, funnyman!

Smoking Crow posted:

If Bray Wyatt wants to start a giant cult why does he wrestle instead of proselytize

He be crazy.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:39

Smoking Crow: Feb 14, 2012; *laughs at u*

Justin Godscock posted:

He be crazy.

I mean undertaker wrestling makes sense because Paul Bearer called him up from the dead to wrestle for Ted DiBiasi and this is all he knows but Bray has done stuff not related to wrestling

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:42

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

Pope Corky the IX posted:

Don't forget buckets of poo poo and portals to hell.

It's basically D&D 4's Primordial Chaos.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:46

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Maxwell Lord posted:

It's basically D&D 4's Primordial Chaos.

Works for me, thanks.

How much did Shane McMahon have to do with creative? I was just rewatching his match vs Angle, and that guy was dedicated to the business. It seems like he should have at least as much of a claim to the business as Stephanie. Although I'm okay with Steph because it means HHH will be in charge some day.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:59

oatgan: Jan 15, 2009

Justin Godscock posted:

He be crazy.

this is a lazy explanation. What are his goals? Why does wrestling accomplish them?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:27

LividLiquid: Apr 13, 2002

sleepingbuddha posted:

Works for me, thanks.

How much did Shane McMahon have to do with creative? I was just rewatching his match vs Angle, and that guy was dedicated to the business. It seems like he should have at least as much of a claim to the business as Stephanie. Although I'm okay with Steph because it means HHH will be in charge some day.

Almost nothing, and he's apparently terrible at it. Great character, though.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:39

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

sleepingbuddha posted:

Works for me, thanks.

How much did Shane McMahon have to do with creative? I was just rewatching his match vs Angle, and that guy was dedicated to the business. It seems like he should have at least as much of a claim to the business as Stephanie. Although I'm okay with Steph because it means HHH will be in charge some day.

He never had any official creative position, that was Steph's area until Hunter took over and she moved to brand management. I'm sure he had a lot of control over his angles though. I think his department was something internet/new media related?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:41

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

sleepingbuddha posted:

Has there ever been a kayfabe explanation for having kendo sticks under the ring? I can rationalize most other weapons, but not bamboo swords.

Do you want to be the guy to explain to Steve Blackman why there aren't kendo sticks under the ring when he comes back

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:51

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Ha! Kendo sticks are stupid wrestling weapons anyways.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 05:03

oatgan: Jan 15, 2009

whoops

# ? Sep 20, 2014 05:04

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 00:51

Smoking Crow: Feb 14, 2012; *laughs at u*

sleepingbuddha posted:

Ha! Kendo sticks are stupid wrestling weapons anyways.

I hope Sandman fucks your back up and pours beer on you

# ? Sep 20, 2014 05:04

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