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https://twitter.com/samuraiTV/status/786748700588597249 Tonight I learned that the Japanese subtitle for booyaka is "booyaka"
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I'm real curious about what LU would have been like if Marty had been Mil and Hernandez had been Matanza. Would there have been a Marty at all? Hernandez could have certainly brought something to the table as Matanza as far as size, but the impression I get is that we've got something unique with Cobb in the role instead.
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Oct 14, 2016 07:25
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Does this season suck because Pentagon has been mired in a shitshow fued with Chavo and Azteca?
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Oct 14, 2016 10:41
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StarkRavingMad posted:Tonight I learned that the Japanese subtitle for booyaka is "booyaka" Japanese has an entire alphabet for foreign words so they can easily just sound out the closest equivalent. Hamburger is "hanbaagaa" for example.
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Oct 14, 2016 11:03
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ICHIBAHN posted:Does this season suck because Pentagon has been mired in a shitshow fued with Chavo and Azteca? The season doesn't suck, it's just taking longer than usual to kick in with a 40-episode order. You can complain about the slow start, but lots of business is about to pick up. Also Pentagon is doing just fine. His feud is not a shitshow because Chavo and Azteca are compelling characters, he's picking up wins every week, and he's the first person outside of Aztec Warfare to get a pin on Mysterio. Maybe don't be one of those people who shits their pants at every spoiler report, and actually watch the show to see what they're presenting.
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Oct 14, 2016 11:36
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Oct 14, 2016 15:17
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Yeah I don't think Pentagon actually gives a poo poo about Chavo and Azteca other than "I broke these fools' arms once and I'll do it again if they come at me." With the Lotus Triad also apparently waiting in the wings, a lot of his angle right now is people wanting to come after him for past grievances, while he isn't focused on them at all. Which makes sense, at some point if you just run around breaking arms all willy-nilly, you're gonna reap what you sow. But this Chavo and Azteca thing clearly really isn't about Pentagon, it's more about Chavo and Rey. And, I mean, people maybe don't want to hear this, but much as I love him, LU is never going to be just the Pentagon Dark show. It's never going to be any single wrestler's show. They just don't focus on one person to the exclusion of others in a "Roman Reigns push" kind of way. Pentagon is clearly one of the top dudes in the company - he dominated Matanza like no one else even if he didn't pick up the win because of the barbed wire bat, he's got the only singles win against Rey, and when Dario wants someone punished (Castro) he just throws them in a match against the arm-breaker. I think I can say without being too spoilery that there's great stuff coming up for my boy this season and no one needs to be having miedo for his position in the company. But the show isn't going to revolve around just him. Matanza, probably the most dominant champ ever, isn't even the focus of the show right now. Even when Puma was champion and running hot, the show didn't revolve entirely around him. It's just not the way LU works, the show never lives or dies on one guy, and even the tip-top guys will take a backseat for awhile sometimes while some other blood feud(s) play out. Believe it or not, this Chavo/Rey/Azteca deal actually leads to one of my favorite pay-offs of the season and all this build is pretty necessary for that to make sense. Having Pentagon make a "guest appearance" in that feud last week makes a lot of sense since he had taken a loss to Rey and pinning Rey now plus the Castro match strengthens him up, and it also allowed the beat down by Chavo while still having Chavo be a chickenshit. Just, in a show where everyone seems to eventually get a turn in the spotlight, you don't really have to sweat about how anyone is doing so much. They've got plans for Pentagon and they've planted a lot of seeds for his stuff already. But if you want a show where any particular person is going to be "The Guy" week after week, LU may not be for you.
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Oct 14, 2016 18:16
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That's probably the best way I've heard show being explained, SRM. When I first checked out the show, I watched for specific people because I wasn't into lucha before and didn't know any of the names, so I picked my instant favourites from the first three episodes (Puma, Johnny, Drago, Fenix) and really only paid attention to their matches. I looked up the match list so that I could just check out the episodes they were in. (Then I went back and did it again for the few new guys I picked up on...) I missed out a lot in those first watch-throughs, before I realized I needed to go back and watch every episode, even if they didn't feature my faves. Not only did I get attached to new fighters, but there was always something in each fight that made it worth watching. I convinced a friend to check out a few episodes, and they've already started making the same mistake I did ("____ isn't even in this episode, should I still watch it?" Yes, yes you should.) so I'm just going to use your post to help explain how the show actually works.
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Oct 14, 2016 22:21
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StarkRavingMad posted:Just, in a show where everyone seems to eventually get a turn in the spotlight, you don't really have to sweat about how anyone is doing so much. They've got plans for Pentagon and they've planted a lot of seeds for his stuff already. But if you want a show where any particular person is going to be "The Guy" week after week, LU may not be for you. That's what I miss about late 90s/early 00s WWF/WWE. Yeah there was usually Stone Cold right at the very top, but at any given time there were a good 6-8 guys floating around the one big title scene who could believably win it at any given time. LU gets why that worked and adapts it into their world. They're also focused on telling a larger story with an ensemble cast and getting wrestlers to fill the roles they have written already, rather than focusing on a single character who drives the brand and stories are written around him.
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Oct 15, 2016 06:22
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StarkRavingMad posted:Yeah I don't think Pentagon actually gives a poo poo about Chavo and Azteca other than "I broke these fools' arms once and I'll do it again if they come at me." With the Lotus Triad also apparently waiting in the wings, a lot of his angle right now is people wanting to come after him for past grievances, while he isn't focused on them at all. Which makes sense, at some point if you just run around breaking arms all willy-nilly, you're gonna reap what you sow. But this Chavo and Azteca thing clearly really isn't about Pentagon, it's more about Chavo and Rey. Very much this, plus people sometimes forget that LU's structured very much like a traditional TV show. The beginning of the season is always set-up for what's going to play out over the rest of the episodes, plus the fallout from the last season, and then once Aztec Warfare happens things start picking up considerably, and then we start the build-up for Ultima Lucha. A traditional 'three act' sort of thing, Act 1 - Start of season to Aztec Warfare, Act 2 - Aztec Warfare to the build for Ultima Lucha, Act 3 - The Build to Ultima Lucha to Ultima Lucha itself.
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Oct 15, 2016 15:26
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Yeah, this season is starting out slow, but there's a lot of stuff I like going on.
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http://cricketwireless.mediaroom.com/news-releases?item=122562quote:ATLANTA – Oct. 14, 2016 – Cricket Wireless and El Rey Network will present Lucha En Vivo, three action-packed, high-flying “Lucha Underground” live events in three cities this fall. For the first time fans in Phoenix, Houston and San Diego can be ringside for the blood-pumping, chant-starting, fierce Lucha Libre drama and excitement as the masked heroes and villains of Lucha Underground battle it out for wrestling supremacy.
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Oct 16, 2016 02:49
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yes, they announced a tour a week away without ticketing information
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Oct 16, 2016 03:00
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or a venue
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Oct 16, 2016 03:02
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That's real weird! I wonder if it's just going to be a free small promotional thing or something. Like they do the meet and greets at the Cricket stores and then have a couple of matches at some other indie's spot that already has a setup.
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Oct 16, 2016 03:52
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Could just be sort of a testing thing? A few small venues where it doesn't really matter who shows up or even performs, because it's more about working out the kinks for touring? Still super weird, but I could understand them wanting to get them done before the holiday rush rather than having to wait until after. What's the Lucha Underground experience they're talking about, anyway? The Nov 5 show or a season 4 taping?
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Oct 16, 2016 06:34
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Guess I should figure out if I've got the evening of the 5th free just in case this is actually happening
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lucha underground still hasn't made any kind of announcement about this on their end this feels more like some weird corporate event than a real tour
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Thecubsfan's take on it:quote:Lucha Underground itself hasn’t mentioned this, but many of the talent saw the same mention of it I did and have started to hype it on their own social media. Everyone wants to know to get tickets, no one’s said how to get tickets. The press release went up on Friday, perhaps we’ll get more info on Monday.
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Oct 17, 2016 04:19
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https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/787885658102693889 That makes a little more sense - free shows as part of other events that are already happening, sort of like what they did with SXSW.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:59
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The underrated aspect of this is that there's a tamale festival in Escondido I didn't know existed before this.
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Oct 17, 2016 07:46
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Grozz Nuy posted:The underrated aspect of this is that there's a tamale festival in Escondido I didn't know existed before this. I just looked it up, and it looks like all the local breweries come out for it, too! I may have to hit this up.
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Oct 17, 2016 07:50
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StarkRavingMad posted:I just looked it up, and it looks like all the local breweries come out for it, too! I may have to hit this up. Hahaha, 'all'. The greater SD area has well over 100 breweries at this point, if you go to Miramar and throw a rock in any direction you'll hit one. I don't think I've ever had anything from Dos Desperados but the others listed as participating are all good.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:17
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A little more detail on at least the Phoenix show:  I suspect the lineup for the others will be somewhat similar although I think the Moth said he will be at least one and he's not listed here, so they may vary a little.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:17
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LAST WEEK: Mascarita Sagrada returned (in Son of Havoc's sweet sidecar) and totally failed to get revenge on Famous B, because Dr. Wagner Jr is a beast Jack Evans failed to win the Gift of the Gods from Sexy Star, and Worldwide Underground and the Superfriends clashed again Chavo was a dick and beat down Azteca Jr to rob him of his match against Pentagon Pentagon and Rey and Chavo had a three-way match which Pentagon won, and then SUPRISE Chavo was a dick and busted Rey's knees with a chair Something about a white rabbit? THIS WEEK: Matanza will have some Dial O' Doom action The Trios Champs will be doing some as of yet unannounced thing Puma v. Mil Muertes Worldwide Underground is still probably pissed at Sexy Rey is almost certainly pissed at Chavo (but still may be recovering from that beatdown) Maybe we'll find out more about Killshot's stalker? Something about a white rabbit? Join us, won't we!
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Oct 20, 2016 00:29
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Mil will probably regret absorbing the power of his jobber henchmen
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Oct 20, 2016 01:02
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Vamp a litte extra gothy tonight
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Oct 20, 2016 01:03
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god drat vampiro is an ugly piece of poo poo
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Oct 20, 2016 01:04
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YES it's the Dial of Doom!
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Mulaney Power Move posted:god drat vampiro is an ugly piece of poo poo 20 years of chair shots to the head will do that to a guy
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drat! Exciting match
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Oct 20, 2016 01:10
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I love that "Rick Knox is a hardass with enforcing the rules" is an ongoing angle now.
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Oct 20, 2016 01:10
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Was Killshot meant to come out looking already injured, because between the plaster on his back and the complete lack of offense in the first minute or so it kinda seems like it
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Ashikan judan posted:Was Killshot meant to come out looking already injured, because between the plaster on his back and the complete lack of offense in the first minute or so it kinda seems like it Yeah, he was still selling injuries from the Weapons of Mass Destruction match a few weeks ago
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AR FOX
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And here's ya boy, AR FOX
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StarkRavingMad posted:Yeah, he was still selling injuries from the Weapons of Mass Destruction match a few weeks ago Ah, I didn't even think of that because he looked fine last week, but I guess he only appeared in vignette
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Oct 20, 2016 01:13
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beat his rear end fox
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Who the hell was that dude? I guess we'll find out eventually That look on his face when Killshot was hugging him was priceless too btw
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