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Also part of what made Sting go,"gently caress this noise" and spend a year in the rafters was because after all the benefit of the doubt he gave to Luger and going to bat for him when others talked poo poo about him, the moment nWo Sting showed up Luger didn't show the slightest hesitation in believing Sting had betrayed him and the rest of WCW. Sting/Luger was so loving great.
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Benne posted:Doesn't really count as a squash but Goldberg/Lesnar at Mania 33 is one of the best 5-minute matches of all time That was the last time I watched a wrestlemania with a group of people as it was happening and all of us indy loving workrate smart fans were losing our goddamned minds at how fun that match was
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I'm watching Dynamite atm and JR and Schiavone are talking about Jericho's "longevity" in the business, which made me curious about something, so I looked it up: Ric Flair debuted in 1972, and his last World Championship win was in 2000, 28 years later. Jericho's debut was in 1990, and he's currently a World Champion in 2019, 29 years later. They weren't kidding. Has anybody in American wrestling topped that? I'm sure there's some guys in Mexico who went 30+ between debut and final top title win but they also seem to stay active and prominent way longer than in the US, or that's the impression I've gotten anyway.
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terry funk is up there, starting in 1965 and winning the ecw title in 97. gonna assume that counts since during that time it would be more credible than anything in america today other than wwe and aew in terms of Cavauro fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Oct 11, 2019 |
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Aesop Poprock posted:That was the last time I watched a wrestlemania with a group of people as it was happening and all of us indy loving workrate smart fans were losing our goddamned minds at how fun that match was To add to the match, me and my friends did a Price is Right thing where we each tried to guess on how long the match would go. Very exciting when added to all that finisher spam.
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Jerusalem posted:Also part of what made Sting go,"gently caress this noise" and spend a year in the rafters was because after all the benefit of the doubt he gave to Luger and going to bat for him when others talked poo poo about him, the moment nWo Sting showed up Luger didn't show the slightest hesitation in believing Sting had betrayed him and the rest of WCW. Sometimes I really miss WCW. I was always a WWF kid growing up and while I watched Nitro every week, too, it was never necessarily my favorite. Anytime the Sting/Luger/nWo stuff comes up I just want to go back and watch it all.
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Shine posted:I think Brock's 2014 squash of Cena got four stars. Cena had two brief hope spots, but otherwise got destroyed for like 15 minutes. We couldn't enjoy that match as much as we would've liked because we were at my friend's house for the PPV and his wife's special needs little brother was there and he was inconsolable as a huge John Cena fan.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:We couldn't enjoy that match as much as we would've liked because we were at my friend's house for the PPV and his wife's special needs little brother was there and he was inconsolable as a huge John Cena fan.
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fez_machine posted:When people talk about MJF and Cody they frequently mention Lex Luger and Sting. So it was basically like you're seeing right now. Luger was a giant rear end in a top hat but he was still friends with Sting who was a surfer dude at this point. Sting was a giant goodguy and he was always down for going after the heels except for Luger. They may have fought once or twice but they always got back together The other faces would always get in Sting's face and be like why the gently caress are you defending this dick and Sting was like because he's my bestie. Then suddenly Sting started showing up with the nWo and all the faces including Luger were like What the gently caress bruh. But Sting insisted that it wasn't him. They were like but we saw you dude and he was like come on after all the times I gave you all the benefit of the doubt please trust me. They told him to stuff it. Here comes War Games WCW vs nWo which has Sting on the team. As the match goes on Luger and Sting are about to lock up until Sting comes out from the back and loving destroys bad Sting. The bad Sting was Fake Sting the whole time! So Sting says gently caress you to all of WCW, goes goth, buys a vulture and starts living in the rafters with a baseball bat.
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Title reigns aren't necessarily the best way to measure longevity, though it mostly cuts out all the mostly-retired guys. Jushin Liger is up there, but falls short of Flair and Jericho. Gypsy Joe had a 40-year run between his first tag title and his last, but you're probably not interested in guys like that.
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TriffTshngo posted:I'm watching Dynamite atm and JR and Schiavone are talking about Jericho's "longevity" in the business, which made me curious about something, so I looked it up: Ric Flair debuted in 1972, and his last World Championship win was in 2000, 28 years later. Jericho's debut was in 1990, and he's currently a World Champion in 2019, 29 years later. They weren't kidding. Has anybody in American wrestling topped that? I'm sure there's some guys in Mexico who went 30+ between debut and final top title win but they also seem to stay active and prominent way longer than in the US, or that's the impression I've gotten anyway. Verne Gagne made his debut in 1949, and won the AWA World title one final time in 1980, a difference of 31 years.
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the other issue with Mexico is that titles aren't the important thing there: its the mask/hair stip matches that are the big thing. Like no one in Mexico really cares who the CMLL World Heavyweight Champion is; that's why the titles have very long reigns with massive defence gaps.
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jesus gently caress I cant wait for crow cody
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shiksa posted:jesus gently caress I cant wait for crow cody We can probably rule out Stardust being his alternate
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Randaconda posted:Things like this make me really miss NWA/WCW
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LividLiquid posted:I have great news! They're both back! Something that is really loving me up since I realized it, is that since AEW Dynamite is Nitro (but the good bits you remember), I was a far deeper seated WCW fan than I originally thought I was during the past decade.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:We couldn't enjoy that match as much as we would've liked because we were at my friend's house for the PPV and his wife's special needs little brother was there and he was inconsolable as a huge John Cena fan. Poor kids. They're the best wrestling fans, but sometimes you have to watch them get their hearts broken and it's so sad.
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LividLiquid posted:I feel so terrible for both him and that little kid who kept yelling "Let's gooooo CeeeeeeNaaaaaaah" the whole match. One of the best parts of indy shows is kids interacting with heels
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El Gallinero Gros posted:One of the best parts of indy shows is kids interacting with heels will chuck taylor ever get the chance to scream at children in aew, i hope so
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2zP6Vx6yik https://www.wwe.com/videos/sasha-banks-brings-bayley-s-biggest-fan-to-tears-nxt-takeover-respect-october-7-2015
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Really pumped to see Crow-dy Rhodes rappelling down from the ceiling in a three-piece suit once MJF double-crosses him.
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He's going to be the Phoenix Joker.
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Aphrodite posted:He's going to be the Phoenix Joker. Does that mean he'll settle his issues with MJF at Hell Incel?
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TriffTshngo posted:will chuck taylor ever get the chance to scream at children in aew, i hope so One of the best things I've ever seen at wrestling show was little kids throwing a bag of popcorn at Chase Owens, and Chase Owens selling for it like it was simultaneously the worst indignity he'd ever suffered, and also, like it was a stiff forearm or something. One of the reasons I always stick up for him, because I think stuff like that demonstrates that Chase understands that you can get over big by showing rear end and making people want to hate you rather than being a cool heel, but at the same time you don't need to pull a Rockin' Rebel and get cheap heat through racism
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Pope Corky the IX posted:We couldn't enjoy that match as much as we would've liked because we were at my friend's house for the PPV and his wife's special needs little brother was there and he was inconsolable as a huge John Cena fan. 
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I always loved the story about little kids following Larry Sweeney around at FIP shows just furiously yelling at him the whole time  Spikegal posted:So Sting says gently caress you to all of WCW, goes goth, buys a vulture and starts living in the rafters with a baseball bat. God, pro-wrestling is the best.
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Watch that Sting promo where he has his back to the camera and abandons WCW.
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Coaaab posted:Poor Banjo 
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Who is the WWE Lineal Champion? Is it Brock Lesnar?
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Defiance Industries posted:Who is the WWE Lineal Champion? Is it Brock Lesnar? I read a forum post somewhere saying Roman was the champ going into Wrestlemania. I forget the rules, but if it can only be defended in singles matches I think it’s Samoa Joe?
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TransatlanticFoe posted:I read a forum post somewhere saying Roman was the champ going into Wrestlemania. I forget the rules, but if it can only be defended in singles matches I think it’s Samoa Joe? If Roman was the champ going into Mania, then it passed to Rowan. Then he took it back the next week.
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More importantly, where's the lineal custody of Dominic?
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Do we know when NXT UK contracts are up? There's a few people in there that AEW could use, mainly the women.
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Does anyone have a powerbomb as a finisher in wwe currently?? If not why is it so rarely used ?? I always thought it was one of the cooler moves but rarely if ever see it anymore.
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Professor Skittles posted:Does anyone have a powerbomb as a finisher in wwe currently?? If not why is it so rarely used ?? I always thought it was one of the cooler moves but rarely if ever see it anymore. Walter does.
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