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Can someone link me to the Assholes in Wrestling thread? By far my favorite thread and I lost it in the archives.
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was this a worked shoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlR8tIEaV0o
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Apr 11, 2015 04:02
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complete wrestling bubble moment here but was the EAT, SLEEP, SUPLEX, REPEAT promo/shirt what kicked off the absolute wave of EAT, SLEEP, _____, REPEAT shirts that are all over gyms now?
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Apr 11, 2015 05:28
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minoru suzuki posted:complete wrestling bubble moment here but was the EAT, SLEEP, SUPLEX, REPEAT promo/shirt what kicked off the absolute wave of EAT, SLEEP, _____, REPEAT shirts that are all over gyms now? that shirt was inspired by the latter. Nike has had them for a while with things like EAT, SLEEP, TRAIN, REPEAT or whatever else. I have no clue what the exact origin is
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Apr 11, 2015 05:32
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astrollinthepork posted:Can someone link me to the Assholes in Wrestling thread? By far my favorite thread and I lost it in the archives. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3487630
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Apr 11, 2015 07:08
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Slipknot started it in the late nineties with their debut album mate.feed.kill.repeat. [Probably not]
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Apr 11, 2015 07:29
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So I just started watching WWE again a couple of weeks before Wrestlemania, I had stopped watching around the time Shawn Michaels and Edge retired. There's a couple of things I haven't quite caught up yet. What's going on with the tag team division? Hart Dynasty is now DJs instead of Canadian, Prime Time Players are literally Cryme Tyme, there's Egyptian Roadwarriors, a team of Luchadores (one of them might be Sincara? Or both?) and New Day, who are a group of black construction workers who like clapping and that makes them heels (there's some Xpac heat going on, right?) Also, could you recommend me a must-see Daniel Bryans match? I've only seen him as part of Nexus, and now a couple of pretty cool but not mind-blowing matches recently. I've seen that he is skilled, but I don't get why the American Dragon is such a big deal.
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Apr 11, 2015 09:32
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The tag division is a clusterfuck, but the tag champs own. Tyson Kidd went down to NXT for a while and found a personality (also, watch NXT), and the other guy is Cesaro who is an awesome Swiss power wrestler. Prime Time Players broke up a while back and recently reformed. Darren was injured and Titus had a lovely singles run nobody cared about. They haven't done much yet but make funny promos. The Ascension used to have a goth gimmick in NXT when it was still FCW, then morphed into a weird steampunk/Stargate/JRPG villain gimmick, now they're whatever they are now. New Day were supposed to be a Nation of Domination 2.0 until Ferguson happened, so they never debuted. Instead they got a gospel revival-type gimmick but without the actual religion part, so they just clap and are happy a lot. People started hating on them so now they're doing a gradual heel turn. Lucha Dragons are Sin Cara (Hunico actually; if you remember the fake Sin Cara from a few years back, it's him under the mask now), and the other guy is Kalisto who was Samuray Del Sol on the indies. They also came up from NXT. Watch NXT. It's great. Bryan had some great matches with CM Punk in 2012 (Over the Limit and I think a couple others), Cena in 2013 (Summerslam), Bray Wyatt in 2014 (Royal Rumble), and at Wrestlemania XXX when he wrestled twice. He had a great story going into it. Probably a ton of others I'm forgetting because there really isn't a bad Bryan match. You will also want to go back and catch up with The Shield if you haven't already. Rollins/Ambrose/Reigns worked amazingly well with each other. sticklefifer fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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Apr 11, 2015 10:41
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Lord Hypnostache posted:So I just started watching WWE again a couple of weeks before Wrestlemania, I had stopped watching around the time Shawn Michaels and Edge retired. There's a couple of things I haven't quite caught up yet. Last year, before the Rumble, they had Daniel Bryan join the Wyatt Family (swamp cult, heels) in a dumb attempt to try and get the crowds to stop chanting for him nonstop. It didn't work, it lasted about 2 weeks because the audience just rejected it entirely. This isn't his greatest match, but this was probably the most amazing Daniel Bryan moment of them all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttiGTC5B2gg Also, he was concussed at the time so he doesn't remember it at all, which sucks. It gives me chills watching it though, every single time. As for matches, his last PPV singles match against Roman Reigns was really good. So were his matches at Wrestlemania 30, the HHH one especially but the main event is also really good. He's one of the best wrestlers on the planet, so you'll have a hard time finding anything less than good matches from him.
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Apr 11, 2015 11:04
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Clarification: the new day was supposed to be the nation of domination as much as any stable of white dudes are supposed to be the new shield (i.e. not at all)
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Apr 11, 2015 11:30
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flatluigi posted:Clarification: the new day was supposed to be the nation of domination as much as any stable of white dudes are supposed to be the new shield (i.e. not at all) The promo that united them as a group was very clearly setting up a Nation 2.0 and the ugly racism of America was forced into the headlines once again and the WWE rightfully backed down. And we all know how WWE works: if plan A fails, just give up and kill all heat.
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Apr 11, 2015 15:38
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Just watch the main events of Summerslam 2013, elimination chamber 2014 and Wrestlemania 30 and you'll catch up on basically everything Bryan/good in the last few years (Punk/Lesnar, Cena/Bryan, Wyatts/Shield, Elimination Chamber match, Bryan/HHH, triple threat title match)
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Apr 11, 2015 16:18
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I was just reminded of King of the Ring '95 (I remember renting this on VHS and thinking Savio Vega was a much bigger deal than he was actually was), and what the hell went on with the booking for that PPV? I don't think I have ever read or heard the reasons as to why Shawn Michaels fought Kama to a time-limit draw (so neither wrestler advanced to fight Mabel), or why they would have Undertaker and Shawn Michaels in the top half of the bracket and then not book them to wrestle (instead giving us the Mabel bye). I know talent was thin in 1995, but is that the only reason?
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Apr 11, 2015 16:24
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I remember everyone just kind of assumed Undertaker was going to rampage through that tourney, so when he went out like he did it was kind of like, "Buh!?"
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Apr 11, 2015 16:28
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For some more of Bryan's best WWE matches, look up any Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/anybody matches, cause they were all pretty fantastic.Twin Cinema posted:I was just reminded of King of the Ring '95 (I remember renting this on VHS and thinking Savio Vega was a much bigger deal than he was actually was), and what the hell went on with the booking for that PPV? I don't think I have ever read or heard the reasons as to why Shawn Michaels fought Kama to a time-limit draw (so neither wrestler advanced to fight Mabel), or why they would have Undertaker and Shawn Michaels in the top half of the bracket and then not book them to wrestle (instead giving us the Mabel bye). I think it was all pretty much to build up Mabel as a monster heel for Diesel. As for the Shawn/Kama draw, I would assume a combination of Shawn not wanting to job and Mabel not being capable of wrestling 3 times in one night. EDIT - Though, I was in the same boat as you. Between KOTR 95 and the next night on Raw when he came very close to winning the IC title, I thought Savio was going to be a huge deal. Honestly, looking back on it I'm a little surprised he wasn't if only because you only have to listen to a couple of minutes of commentary to tell that Vince loving loved saying his name. Perry Normal fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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Apr 11, 2015 17:10
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minoru suzuki posted:complete wrestling bubble moment here but was the EAT, SLEEP, SUPLEX, REPEAT promo/shirt what kicked off the absolute wave of EAT, SLEEP, _____, REPEAT shirts that are all over gyms now? EAT SLEEP CONQUER REPEAT was the initial Lesnar shirt, then it was CONQUER THE STREAK, then CONQUER JOHN CENA, then after suplexing Cena 16 times it was SUPLEX REPEAT. Now Heyman has a PROMO REPEAT shirt
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Apr 11, 2015 17:53
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Where does that Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat song fit into the timeline?
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Apr 11, 2015 17:58
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Perry Normal posted:For some more of Bryan's best WWE matches, look up any Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/anybody matches, cause they were all pretty fantastic. It seemed like for months there was one of these on every single show and every one of them was awesome.
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Apr 11, 2015 18:05
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Perry Normal posted:For some more of Bryan's best WWE matches, look up any Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/anybody matches, cause they were all pretty fantastic. Savio was booked as an underdog for the fans to get behind, so that Mabel beating him to become a monster heel would mean more.
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Apr 11, 2015 19:24
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Liam Emsa posted:was this a worked shoot that's just quality wrestling
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Apr 11, 2015 20:08
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Liam Emsa posted:was this a worked shoot no, that's an old school heel tactic that they don't do anymore for some reason
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Apr 11, 2015 20:09
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I was at a house show once where Edge took that to its logical conclusion and tore up *every sign in the crowd*. Took him about ten minutes.
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Apr 11, 2015 20:30
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Are any wrestlers into Scientology or is that something people are secretive about? (And is Booker's new book any good?)
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Apr 11, 2015 20:31
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flatluigi posted:Clarification: the new day was supposed to be the nation of domination as much as any stable of white dudes are supposed to be the new shield (i.e. not at all) Xavier was going for a Nation of Islam character, and The Shield were only 2/3 white dudes. What now, flatHITLER? 
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Apr 11, 2015 20:33
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Worst Make-a-Wish visit ever
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Apr 11, 2015 21:04
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sticklefifer posted:Xavier was going for a Nation of Islam character, and The Shield were only 2/3 white dudes. If anything, Woods was trying to be Black Brother Love.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:19
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Luigi Thirty posted:no, that's an old school heel tactic that they don't do anymore for some reason I think wwe would be wary about supporting anti-bullying campaigns and letting their heels rip up a child's sign. seems like something they'd decide at least
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Apr 11, 2015 21:23
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magnum_valentino posted:Are any wrestlers into Scientology or is that something people are secretive about? If anything most wrestlers that talk about religion (at least those that were around in the 80s and 90s) seem to be born-again christian.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:34
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Aesop Poprock posted:I think wwe would be wary about supporting anti-bullying campaigns and letting their heels rip up a child's sign. seems like something they'd decide at least Like WWE never sends mixed messages? Literally hours before they inducted Konnor the Crusher in the HoF, Stephanie tweeted something to the effect of "Philanthropy is the next big marketing thing that we can make money on!" Also Ryback's gimmick was literally a crybaby bully the last time they were promoting anti-bullying.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:36
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WWE figured out (quite a while after the rest of corporate America) that philanthropy is a good tax break and good for "optics," yes.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:39
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bradzilla posted:Like WWE never sends mixed messages? Literally hours before they inducted Konnor the Crusher in the HoF, Stephanie tweeted something to the effect of "Philanthropy is the next big marketing thing that we can make money on!" Also Ryback's gimmick was literally a crybaby bully the last time they were promoting anti-bullying. Why does a heel being a bully conflict with an anti-bullying message? It doesn't.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:39
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I'm pretty sure the anti-bullying campaign started right around when they had Ryback shoving nerds into catering tables every week. Edit: And beaten like a government mule
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Apr 11, 2015 21:40
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Also lol at this forum still trying to make Be a Star jokes all the time like four years later.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:41
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Also lol at this forum still trying to make Be a Star jokes all the time like four years later. ADR was the face of one of their anti bullying programs up until he got bullied and fired.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:42
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Ryback's bullying gimmick was awesome, I miss it.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:42
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WWE has heels and also philanthropy programs! LOL!
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Apr 11, 2015 21:46
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:WWE has heels and also philanthropy programs! LOL! I think the most backlash they ever got on the Be A Star campaign was Lawler making fun of Vickie's weight.
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Apr 11, 2015 21:52
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Let me tell you a personal story about Vince McMahon, you know they have this whole bully campaign [cuts mic]
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Apr 11, 2015 22:38
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magnum_valentino posted:
No, sadly. It's basically all about his in ring career so a lot of it just reads like wikipedia summaries of WCW and WWE PPVs. Big let down compared to his first book.
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Luigi Thirty posted:ADR was the face of one of their anti bullying programs up until he got bullied and fired. I still laugh that Cornettes response is a disapproved "In the old days if a loving nobody like him tried this poo poo the boys would have had him wake up ducttapped in a ditch stark naked. I'm sure they'll find some way to get him back."
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