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| THE BIG DOG! |
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Maxwell Lord posted:Even if we temporarily ignore Moolah's horrible deeds there's also the problem that as a wrestler she loving sucked and set women's wrestling back decades. It's not a complicated legacy or something like that, particularly in the history of the WWF where she was around for a few years stinking up the joint. By that time she was already this person you were told you were supposed to pay attention to but she did nothing to earn that. Even the horrible memorable Attitude era skits I was going to attribute to her are all Mae Young.
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Benne posted:https://twitter.com/QaraKoyunlu/status/973380288804921344 It is.
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Mar 13, 2018 05:48
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Snuka had the leap from the top of the cage, Warrior had a bunch of memorable promos and the time he got the IC title from Honky Tonk Man, Moolah... was there too I guess
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Mar 13, 2018 05:48
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I also like that they are giving Roman Reigns, the most protected and pushed guy in the company, the "rebellious outsider" gimmick Like, with Austin and The Rock, they were good at selling that role because they truly believed they were the character they were portraying. With Roman, he can't sell it because in addition to being a lovely promo, deep down he knows that he has always been The GuyTM and is so artificial at being the "wronged, rebellious outsider". E: BITCH FUCKFACE MORON fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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Mar 13, 2018 06:01
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Benne posted:https://twitter.com/QaraKoyunlu/status/973380288804921344 Pirate wrestlemania.
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Mar 13, 2018 06:06
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Well I called Braun + Big Show as the bar’s opponents, I was half right. Is there a vid that sums up moolah’s story? I’m sure it’s super common knowledge but I’ve just never outright heard the details. It’s just always super vague like “the stuff she did! The things she did! THE STUFF! THE THIIIIINGS”
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Mar 13, 2018 06:16
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Blaise330 posted:Well I called Braun + Big Show as the bar’s opponents, I was half right. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/51nz17/wrestlers_true_colors_series_the_fabulous_moolah/
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Mar 13, 2018 06:19
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Blaise330 posted:Well I called Braun + Big Show as the bar’s opponents, I was half right. quote:Over the years, various female wrestlers have come forward with stories accusing Ellison (Moolah) of being a pimp that often provided various wrestling promoters with unsuspecting female wrestlers that would be used as sex objects. One of the most notorious accusations is from the family of Sweet Georgia Brown (Susie Mae McCoy). McCoy, who was trained and booked by Ellison and her then-husband Buddy Lee, told her daughter that she was often raped, given drugs and made an addict in an intentional attempt by Ellison and Lee to control her. Ida Martinez, who wrestled during the 1960s, also recalls that many of the regional promoters “demanded personal services” before they would pay the female wrestlers. In a 2002 interview, Luna Vachon claimed that when she was sixteen years old and training at Ellison's camp, Ellison sent her out of state to be photographed by an older man. Although she remained clothed during the photo shoot, Vachon stated she felt taken advantage of by Ellison and the older man. Vachon also stated that her aunt, Vivian Vachon, witnessed Ellison abusing alcohol and having sex with her female trainees. Sandy Parker, a lesbian former pupil of Ellison's, also claims that Ellison forbade her from going to any gay bars and tried to press her to date men. Parker says this enranged her, because "(Moolah) was two faced because she had her own little dalliances that we all knew about."
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Mar 13, 2018 06:20
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They should have named the battle royal after Sensational Sherri imo
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Mar 13, 2018 06:22
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I just read a post somewhere else pointing out that Roman did have an opportunity to make a genuinely good point about Brock and they didn't take it. He could've said "When I screwed up and violated the wellness policy, I was punished. When Brock was caught cheating for UFC, he was rewarded with the main event of SummerSlam." Can't have Roman show humility, I guess. 
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Mar 13, 2018 06:27
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Mar 13, 2018 06:30
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quote:As Wendi Richter's popularity became increasingly lucrative for the WWE; Richter, in an attempt to be justly compensated for her drawing power as a premier women's wrestler, using her likeness as a cartoon character, and her direct involvement in the very successful Rock N' Wrestling Connection constantly demanded more pay from Vince McMahon. Her relationship with the company and McMahon quickly soured to the point where Richter supposedly refused to sign a contract extension until she felt adequately compensated for her services to the company. 
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Mar 13, 2018 06:30
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Sugar Blaster posted:Remember when Stone Cold would get "suspended" or "banned from the building" or something and all it meant was he'd show up toward the end of the show driving a monster truck or something? Roman, model employee, just takes his public shaming like a good little worker bee. That's the sort of no-nonsense asskicker I can really get behind! Imagine how much better this whole thing would be with someone remotely charismatic in Roman's spot. Hell, imagine how much better it would be (and was) with noted failure to launch Dean Ambrose in this spot.
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Mar 13, 2018 06:34
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Liquid Communism posted:Imagine how much better this whole thing would be with someone remotely charismatic in Roman's spot. Roman is pretty charismatic, that's one of the reasons his spots get over despite being kind of basic. Promos and charisma aren't the same thing.
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Mar 13, 2018 06:37
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They should have really wrote John Cena's feud about how Undertaker wanted to take his role in Blockers.
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Mar 13, 2018 07:05
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I've stopped watching WWE programming since Jinder went unhindered for a while, and I can say I've yet to see the review of a PPV or show that's made me consider picking up a network sub again. Royal Rumble might have been the closest I've come to that, but even then....nah. I am genuinely looking forward to ignoring Wrestlemania this year. I really do think WM 32 was the beginning of the end for my active enjoyment of the product. The WWE came to my neighborhood and just poo poo all over it. Was a pretty big downer. 
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Mar 13, 2018 07:36
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MassRafTer posted:Saying something is awful and no one should watch it is a form of passive support, gotcha. So you're saying my mother's review of my one-man play actually was her saying she loved me after all? 
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Mar 13, 2018 07:39
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if MRT only goes into WWE threads to say how terrible and bad it is and that you shoudlnt watch it and stays unbanned why cant RGL do the same #FreeRGL #ModBias
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Mar 13, 2018 08:02
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The obvious answer is that MRT got me a sweet Dacha in exchange for looking the other way 
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Mar 13, 2018 08:28
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every roman segment makes me think "no way are they loving doing this" and they loving do it
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Mar 13, 2018 08:34
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:every roman segment makes me think "no way are they loving doing this" and they loving do it Vince is going to rotate through the entire repertoire of what got anyone over in the last 35 years, then he'll start over again once he runs out. Looking forward to more sufferin' succotash promos in 2021.
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Mar 13, 2018 08:37
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Any chance we get Roman Reigns vs Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match at Shea Stadium?
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Mar 13, 2018 08:39
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Jerusalem posted:Any chance we get Roman Reigns vs Larry Zbyszko in a steel cage match at Shea Stadium? Kurt Angle being brought back is part of the Pittsburgh Plan Long Con.  *Kane silently walks into the room and sets up a conspiracy map collage in the background*
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Mar 13, 2018 08:49
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Shinjobi posted:I've stopped watching WWE programming since Jinder went unhindered for a while, and I can say I've yet to see the review of a PPV or show that's made me consider picking up a network sub again. Royal Rumble might have been the closest I've come to that, but even then....nah. You should watch the last TakeOver, though
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Mar 13, 2018 08:52
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Oh yeah, Takeover is going to absolutely loving rule.
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Mar 13, 2018 08:56
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For the life of me I cannot see what is special about this post. I checked for an option to play a video and nada. Edit: Never mind, must have been some weird glitch with my adblocker. Also why in the hell did they rename the Battle Royale, what was wrong with the Andre the Giant name? And if you go "It's just for the women.", the WWE SURE DIDN'T MAKE THAT POINT.
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Mar 13, 2018 09:09
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Women's wrestling in WWE's version of history goes Moolah > Mae Young > [scene missing] > Trish Stratus > Stephanie McMahon. They already had the Mae Young classic so Moolah it is
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Mar 13, 2018 09:40
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Jerusalem posted:The obvious answer is that MRT got me a sweet Dacha in exchange for looking the other way We all know that MRT is J-Ru's boy and can do whatever he likes. If I didn't turn up to post then I know I'd eat a probation. What's that about, huh? 
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Mar 13, 2018 09:46
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Rarity posted:We all know that MRT is J-Ru's boy and can do whatever he likes. If I didn't turn up to post then I know I'd eat a probation. What's that about, huh? Who is Kevin Dunn in this scenario?
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Mar 13, 2018 09:50
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piss tape israel posted:Nevermind that it's such a stupid gimmick because everyone in the know is aware that Roman has always been the cherry-picked golden boy for the past three years; he's just so bad at selling it. Roman can't convey a character, period. No matter what they do he always seems like he's a guy who is there to read the lines fed to him, then punch the clock.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:17
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Chris James 2 posted:https://twitter.com/XThreeee/status/973397188813426693 A shameful misuse of the Shinsuke Snickers Nakamura brand. I'm sad that they false advertised two big-deal attractions in Lesnar and Rousey for the Detroit show that was only about an hour from where I live. I remember not too long ago Brock did something insane at a Detroit appearance and Shane made his return there, so I guess if any Raw was karmically due to get screwed over it's Detroit, but it's still lame and carny as hell to pull this poo poo though. I hope that Braun is allowed to fight for the tag championship on his own, and bonus points if they somehow say it's an airbud situation because there's somehow nothing in the rulebook that says he can't, but I also would be totally fine with Braun intimidating someone into being his tag team partner but not allowing them to ever tag themselves in, and if they somehow do he kills them then makes them tag him back in by like, raising the dead guy's arm for a tag. Kind of like what they did with Jordan recently, but man I would mark the hell out if Ellsworth somehow got brought back into the company just to be the poor lump of meat that makes it legal for Braun to be a tag champ, and I think there'd be a fun dynamic of those two playing off each other. Realistically though the best outcome is for Braun to hold the titles solo and just get over as a monster even more by defending against proper tag teams on his own and effectively fighting handicap matches, then he can lose the title to whatever new tag team you want to give a big rub to, with a simple option being Authors of Pain when they join the main roster, or the Revival would have worked well if they hadn't decided to turn them into jobbers. Or rehab the Balor Club's image a bit and have them stop talking about nerds and you can do a little Balor Club takeover with the IC title on Finn and tag titles on Gallows and Anderson.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:26
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NowonSA posted:A shameful misuse of the Shinsuke Snickers Nakamura brand. Braun just comes out with Alexa as his tag partner. She's got a performer's contract, and just because they won't let her wrestle the boys doesn't mean she can't be on the team.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:39
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Who's the heel in Sasha/Bayley?
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Mar 13, 2018 10:48
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Well Sasha was explicitly the heel at Elimination Chamber, but they seem to be pushing the idea that Bayley is the bad guy since then which... I don't know, I can only assume it's a fakeout and evil heel Boss Sasha is gonna strike soon.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:51
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When the music for Snickers Nakamura hits I just go wild on my couch.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:52
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Jerusalem posted:Well Sasha was explicitly the heel at Elimination Chamber, but they seem to be pushing the idea that Bayley is the bad guy since then which... I don't know, I can only assume it's a fakeout and evil heel Boss Sasha is gonna strike soon. I still can’t believe the EC thing wasn’t a turn.
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Mar 13, 2018 10:52
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Just loving pull the trigger on Heel Boss Sasha, Jesus Christ it's been like 2 years now. Cut the "shades of grey" bullshit and have her make kids cry again.
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Mar 13, 2018 11:01
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VJeff posted:I just read a post somewhere else pointing out that Roman did have an opportunity to make a genuinely good point about Brock and they didn't take it. He could've said "When I screwed up and violated the wellness policy, I was punished. When Brock was caught cheating for UFC, he was rewarded with the main event of SummerSlam." They just don't incorporate this stuff into storylines.
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Mar 13, 2018 11:38
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Ragnarok the Red posted:Vince is going to rotate through the entire repertoire of what got anyone over in the last 35 years, then he'll start over again once he runs out. When he's a vengeful angry bastard who's been wronged and will kick that rear end of every one of the bastards, Roman actually gets over. So they rarely do that. Ragnarok the Red posted:I still can’t believe the EC thing wasn’t a turn. Instead the plotline is Bayley is mean for remembering Sasha constantly betraying her bodily, and Sasha not apologising. NowonSA posted:A shameful misuse of the Shinsuke Snickers Nakamura brand. My favourite would be Lars Sullivan introduction from NXT, another person who doesn't play well with others.
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