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Yeah, Rarity, if you didn't notice, Hogan made sure to kick out at 3.0001 and then made 80% of the post-match about him, whether it was the vague, never-gonna-happen-at-this-point hinting of a heel turn or just making it about him pouting about losing the belt rather than actually passing the torch.
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Yeah, it's not a great match by technical standards, but it's absolutely the right match for the crowd and the story.
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Yeah, Kronik were cool. They had lasers in their entrance before EVIL made it cool, and their finisher and team name were such blatant weed references I'm amazed they made on to not just WCW TV, but WWE TV with them.
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Jan 26, 2018 23:55
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Rarity posted:You're loving kidding me He is kidding. Bobby isn't related.
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Feb 10, 2018 15:50
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Rarity posted:Between this thread, WWE and just getting into NJPW all my wrestling hours are fully accounted for sadly. Momma got to save some time for her video games. Simple, drop WWE! 
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Feb 10, 2018 17:30
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Rarity posted:But my bae Dolph Ziggler needs me We... we can get you help. We can find a place where he can't hurt you.
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Feb 10, 2018 18:12
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DeathChicken posted:I kind of liked the format of this show too, if only for the novelty of things like Paul Roma: Main Eventer. Shake that loving lineup You're surprised that one of the Four Horsemen was in a main event? 
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Feb 17, 2018 04:51
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Randaconda posted:My favorite Warrior thing is "Tear down the cockpit door, Hull Kogan." My favourite Warrior thing is Christian's impression of this one.
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Feb 21, 2018 04:00
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Rarity posted:Godammit To be fair, Dino's death is much, much more sordid than Adonis'. Adonis was in a car accident. Bravo was killed in a MOB HIT.
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Feb 23, 2018 00:20
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Yeah, as another example the Guererros were from El Paso, which is basically the same city as Juarez, just one side of the river is the US, the other is Mexico.
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Feb 23, 2018 23:38
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Namtab posted:Yo rarity I'm slowly going through the ppvs myself and following the thread as I go (WM4 now) so I just wanted to say this is a good thread and thanks for the effort Oh, how many weeks have you been watching WM4 for?
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Mar 5, 2018 02:59
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Be satisfied with that one episode of Highlander where Roddy battles MacLeod in a spooky amusement park.
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Mar 6, 2018 17:11
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Takuan posted:Before becoming Goldust, Dustin Rhodes was one of the blandest, whitest meat babyfaces to ever make it on to TV. He wasn't bad, he was just kinda there. That being said, Dusty and Dustin did one of my all-time favorite segments in all of wrestling in WCW in 1994. It's from the future, but it's not from WWF, so I don't believe it qualifies as a spoiler. If it does, I apologize. I believe this is CM Punk's favourite promo of all time, too.
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Mar 8, 2018 15:32
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El Gallinero Gros posted:The best part is he had to join them because he lost to both because of some Los Guerreros style chicanery, and whenever he teamed with them, he insisted on being called Kenskee instead of Kensuke ...Isn't that basically pronounced the same way? Or is  ?
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Mar 9, 2018 03:59
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DeathChicken posted:I like how you can find the point Vince goes "Stick to the script motherfucker" I'd love to have video of them at the exact moment Roddy goes "THAT'S TONY ATLAS!". Just that trademark Piper poo poo-eating grin on his face and Vince staring a hole in him.
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Mar 10, 2018 19:06
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My prevailing memory of Douglas in ECW was the storyline where he was constantly ducking Taz, to the point that Taz made up his own title.
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Mar 15, 2018 15:36
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Gavok posted:The best was that they went up against Team ROH (Young Bucks and Mike Bennett) where Meng stood alone in the ring while the Bucks each gingerly entered from each side. The fans chanted "IT'S NOT WORTH IT!" and the two facially sold it like maybe they were right. I assume they threw Mike to the wolf and Maria threw herself on him like a shield?
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Mar 19, 2018 04:27
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Randaconda posted:I kind like the Nasty Boys How's retirement treating you, Mr Hart?
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Mar 23, 2018 00:07
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Marmaduke! posted:So if they're Rocksteady and Bebop, which one is Seamus?? He's still Rocksteady, just from the later cartoon where they actually followed the comics more closely.
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Mar 23, 2018 23:36
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It's bullshit either way, but I THINK Gorilla means that WMVII had the largest POTENTIAL PPV audience ever. As in it was available to the most number of people, so would be the biggest if every possible one bought it. Because that's at least plausible to claim in the moment. Claiming it has the most buys WHILE THE SHOW IS AIRING? That's absurd because that's not how calculating that works. They wouldn't know that for at least a few days if not a few weeks.
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Mar 28, 2018 22:10
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Tenryu is also responsible for the Japanese promotion that gave Lance Storm and Chris Jericho some of their first notable bookings (and in doing quick research, he's also responsible for mah boy the Stone Pitbull Tomohiro Ishii).
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Mar 30, 2018 22:33
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dsriggs posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4NlQbUmyJA Pfft, anyone can seem popular if they have 30 thousand people cheering their entrance at the Tokyo Dome 
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Mar 30, 2018 23:28
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It's basically why the Alex Riley thing was dead on arrival a few years ago, too. People wanted to see Miz get his, but no-one was actually invested in Riley.
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Apr 13, 2018 15:33
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Fun fact? Flair actually isn't signed yet.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:46
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Gavok posted:Forgot about one of the best parts. Jim Herd wanted Ric Flair to shave his head, get earrings and change his name to Spartacus. Beautiful
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Apr 25, 2018 22:41
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Gavok posted:Again, it's not so much the "wrestlers with jobs" thing that's the flavor of the time. It's taking guys we already know and repackaging them in ridiculous ways. Mike Rotunda becomes an evil tax guy. Ricky Steamboat is now Drago Sr. One of the Rougeau Brothers is a loud-mouth Canadian lawman. The Iron Sheik is Slaughter's Iraqi sidekick and we aren't supposed to make the connection. We're only a few months after the disaster of Saba Simba! THAT'S TONEE ATLASSS
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May 9, 2018 04:04
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Takuan posted:As someone who started watching wrestling in 1998, I still thought Ric Flair was great. Ric Flair was so good he tricked me into thinking Disco Inferno could be a good wrestler if he really tried. Yeah, if you think Ric lost it before about 2005, you're basically saying all you care about is highspots and Jeff Hardy falling off something tall. And bear in mind, people were saying he was over the hill in like 1988, right before he had what was basically his best year EVER in-ring with the feuds with Steamboat and Funk.
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May 14, 2018 14:24
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Doesn't AJ Styles do something similar due to an injury as well?
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May 16, 2018 19:02
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Jerusalem posted:I'm just worried that Shawn won't make it without Marty to carry him As long as he steers clear of drugs, alcohol and loose women, I'm sure he'll be fine.
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May 25, 2018 01:40
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Aesop Poprock posted:I have a fairy garden that in the back of my butterfly duplex No no, a duplex is like a suplex, but like, twice as strong.
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May 25, 2018 03:26
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Huh, if WWE hadn't abandoned the women's division at this point, I assume there would've been a wrestling meter maid gimmick.
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Jun 4, 2018 00:47
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Oh christ, I just looked up the undercard for the Rumble... 
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Jun 5, 2018 23:06
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Takuan posted:He did, once, in New Japan in 1988 against Mark "Rollerball" Rocco. ...how the gently caress did they manage that?
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Good lord, at least upgrade to Civ V, woman!
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Jun 25, 2018 02:41
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frankenfreak posted:Look at this! Look at this wrong opinion! Civ V owns, sorry your computer is too bad to run it. 
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Jun 25, 2018 15:27
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It's kind of why I'm sceptical about Davey Boy Jr as the face of the ITV thing right now. He's got name recognition but is missing the 'It' factor. Kinda like his old man
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sbaldrick posted:This is the best wrestling thread, I hope it doesn’t end. 
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Jul 3, 2018 01:05
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Nystral posted:So 12 year old me is raging mad at you for not recognizing Superfly’s greatness right now! I hope 40 year old you is mad at her for cheering a murderer? And yeah, the Savage spot wasn't the plan, Randy jumps out of the ring by leaping the top rope all the time and forgot this was a battle royal.
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Jul 4, 2018 13:23
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remusclaw posted:The Sherri version of sexy boy is my favorite version. I hate it, but I can never tell if it's because I actually dislike Sherri's voice, or if it's because it sounds wrong to me because I'm so used to Shawn's version.
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Rarity posted:I can see it both ways, to be honest. I like the little BDSM vibe personally but I can see how it wouldn't play so well in the early 90s when public awareness of kink and especially consent in kink weren't so wellknown. Again, I think Shawn being a heel also tempers it a bit, although if you come at it from the kink angle that adds to the iffy-ness, as you're portraying any non-vanilla practices as 'evil', but if you're looking at it as mildly abusive, then well, you're not supposed to like Shawn or approve of him treating women like that.
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