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Coxswain Balls posted:This fight is still as savage as I remember it being. After looking it up again I just found out that Takayama is now a quadriplegic from a wrestling accident in 2017. frye ain't doing to well too iirc
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:09 |
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GoutPatrol posted:frye ain't doing to well too iirc Jesus, I just assumed he was more or less retired and doing acting gigs since I've only seen him in like movies and TV shows. I didn't realize he was homeless and tried to get the cops to shoot him multiple times.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:28 |
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needs more puro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaTXzeBuQSg and the greatest match of all time https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x713r
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:31 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:Chris Jericho was one of my first crushes, my first email had "jerichoholic" in it, and when I went to a wrestling event and saw Chris Jericho come out, I cried like one of those girls in those old Beatles videos. Oh... I have some bad news for you...
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:46 |
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https://twitter.com/tde_gif/status/1312246006709395457
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:47 |
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Mister Speaker posted:'Macho Man' Randy Savage died doing what he loved: slamming into things. I hate myself for laughing at this. Coxswain Balls posted:This fight is still as savage as I remember it being. After looking it up again I just found out that Takayama is now a quadriplegic from a wrestling accident in 2017. Oh no That reminds me -- I saw Droz in an episode of Dark Side of the Ring, and he's barely recognizable. Prof. Crocodile posted:Oh... I have some bad news for you... What, is he gay or something? *checks out Wikipedia* Oh...oh no... https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1347965105322012675
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:57 |
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pro-click
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 03:59 |
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Those guys sold the poo poo out of everything, wow.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 04:27 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4_qmZPdZcI
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 04:37 |
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Stinger's got the best gif and jpeg in the business. Arbite fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Feb 3, 2021 |
# ? Feb 3, 2021 04:43 |
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Ol' Stinger survived the test of time. Can't believe he's still at it.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 05:01 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:Why am I not surprised that Val Venis is a complete loving weirdo? He's like a low-rent Marty Jannetty. choppy choppy pee pee
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 05:13 |
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Man of the People vs. Man Who Didn't Think People Would Know What a Burrito Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AtD-mpAOyY
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 06:48 |
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Cubone posted:pro-click Any of the New Japan NEVER Openweight matches are amazing, it's like they tell them who's winning, and the rest of the match is just "go beat the living gently caress out of each other."
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:18 |
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:29 |
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Lid posted:needs more puro
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:33 |
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The only wrestling I've seen in the past decade and a half is on Botchamania, and I'll never get enough of Tazz corpsing.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:44 |
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I wish people did the Bret Hart thrown into the turnbuckle spot, he sold that and made it look painful as hell He also spit in Vince’s face which i respect
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:48 |
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frankenfreak posted:Neither of these ever gets old.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 07:54 |
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Wait I thought this poo poo was hyperscripted. Some of it is just these dudes improv’ing poo poo? Like homoerotic bebop, man.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 08:09 |
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Wait I thought this poo poo was hyperscripted. Some of it is just these dudes improv’ing poo poo? Like homoerotic bebop, man. wrestlers usually plot out a few spots and probably know the ending, but for the most part they call it in the ring, responding to how the crowd reacts and trying to fit the story in whatever amount of time they have
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 08:34 |
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wrestlers will actually sometimes be told right before they go out that the plan changed and their 15 minute match now needs to be done in 5, or that their 10 minute match now has to go for 20. you can imagine the nightmare of trying to recalibrate for this on the fly with somebody you're supposed to look like you're fighting on live tv and an audience of thousands when you consider all of the factors that go into it it's actually kind of amazing that anybody has ever done a wrestling
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 08:35 |
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I’m fairly certain wwe matches are basically 100% scripted, I remember seeing leaked videos of the match runners making them run through the matches multiple times That being said outside the wwe I could be convinced it’s not 100% scripted, or at the very least put together by the wrestlers But to be fair Drake Maverick literally pissed his pants after the fake pee didn’t work, I don’t remember if that was before or after they ruined his real life wedding, but definitely before he was fired anyways Do it ironically fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Feb 3, 2021 |
# ? Feb 3, 2021 08:42 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwevO5IoEKE
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 08:51 |
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Do it ironically posted:I’m fairly certain wwe matches are basically 100% scripted, I remember seeing leaked videos of the match runners making them run through the matches multiple times Yep. The "art" of pro wrestling is supposed to be basically improv. Set up a few big moments ahead of time, and improv the rest..there are people who need the match laid out step-by-step for them, though. Randy Savage famously being one of them, he used to drive people insane by making them go through the entire match, step-by-step, over and over until he had it memorized. The WWE basically wants to run things like a movie: everyone does the same moves, at the same times in every match, with the same pacing and flow, and everything is heavily scripted. Which is why, for the most part, it's loving miserable to watch. Edit: The wrestlers in the WWE, unless you're John Cena, The Undertaker, etc. the very top guys, have little to no say in what they do or say. Their characters are given to them, their promos are written for them..which is why they mostly sound like bad theater, and their matches are laid out for them. In AEW, the wrestlers come up with their characters, for the most part, they write their own promos..which is why the AEW wrestlers sound more authentic when they talk..and they're free to come up with their own matches and ideas. The people in charge just tweak things as needed. Britt Baker being a good example of that system. She was supposed to be the top woman wrestler, as a good guy, and it just wasn't working. In WWE, they either would have told her "tough poo poo", or probably blamed her for it not working...in AEW, she went to the people in charge and said "this isn't working, I'd like to try being a bad guy", they said "ok, give it a shot", and now she's a top bad guy. We Got Us A Bread fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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Gavok posted:There was a tag team of a Mario cosplayer and a Vega cosplayer who called themselves the Super Smash Brothers. But then they got on TV and couldn't call themselves that, so they were an evil team of supervillains with an army of masked henchmen following them around. They were eventually reimagined as a riff on Scientology and recruited some new members. Then their boss was introduced as a parody of Vince McMahon, down to his real life quirks (ie. freaking out when anyone sneezes) and they became commentary on how WWE is absolutely a cult in the way it treats its employees. Then all the members started filming comedy sketches on YouTube that turned them into a group of lovable dorks constantly being yelled at by their psychotic monster of a boss. Also, their cult got a sponsorship deal with Chili's and new members included a different wrestler's sweet mother and the comedian Sinbad. On the other hand, seems I really need to get on AEW.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 10:46 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:gently caress I completely just skimmed this and thought Player Uno died. Sucks enough that Brodie did. Thank you for reminding me of Jon Moxley's attempt at figuring out the current storyline he's in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKKGAVgZtvI
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 11:01 |
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the most goon wrestler in the world is WALTER everyone loves WALTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qE7AjdR4KA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15YhTA8i25E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SJH-4A166o
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 11:13 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:On the other hand, seems I really need to get on AEW.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 12:01 |
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It's Wednesday, you know what that means. (it means AEW Dynamite is on tonight)
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 12:43 |
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A Fancy Hat posted:It's Wednesday, you know what that means.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 13:25 |
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That I thought Ultimate Warrior was really cool when I was 5 and found out later he was the uncoolest sucker who ever disgraced things may be why'd I fell away from the light for so long. Anyhow AEW is on tonight on TNT and I am going to watch it for the first time. Gonna get oiled up and put tassles on my noodle arms.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 14:19 |
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bradzilla posted:would love to see your source on this lmao Gilgamesh the King vs. "Wildman" Enkidu at Summerslam. I was there. Craziest thing I've ever seen. We thought we were there to see a heel get his comeuppance. Turns out, we were there to see him make a face turn and turn his rivalry into a tag team partnership. The crowd loved it.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 14:34 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPTemrD73-w
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 15:34 |
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Tried to enjoy wrasslin' years ago but they'd push the most boring people.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 15:50 |
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A Fancy Hat posted:It's Wednesday, you know what that means. im going to watch it and anyone else who didn't know where to start with wrestling should too
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 15:53 |
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:That I thought Ultimate Warrior was really cool when I was 5 and found out later he was the uncoolest sucker who ever disgraced things may be why'd I fell away from the light for so long.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 15:55 |
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I checked out AEW back around when it started, then got burned out on wrestling because I was watching modern WWE. Time to give it another shot. Getting high and watching people in costumes throw each other around for an hour sounds pretty fun right now.
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When Big Show was sent to Louisville for training, I saw him drinking beers at the Toy Tiger. He is quite a person to see in real life and lol at those tiny little bottles of beer he was downing.
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# ? Feb 3, 2021 16:40 |