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Explosions
Apr 20, 2015

Edge & Christian posted:

Larry Zybysko (wrestled Scotty 2 Hotty in 2010)

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MorrisBae
Jan 18, 2020

by Athanatos
It gets better - Johnny Fairplay was the ref

rare Magic card l00k
Jan 3, 2011


They're gonna bring in Jim Cornette.

Explosions
Apr 20, 2015

MorrisBae posted:

It gets better - Johnny Fairplay was the ref

I mean, I assumed.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Briscoes extended their contracts

And Jay Lethal's fighting Xavier at the Past Vs Present show in Vegas in March https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1221448165494312960

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Chris James 2 posted:

Briscoes extended their contracts

And Jay Lethal's fighting Xavier at the Past Vs Present show in Vegas in March https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1221448165494312960

what a dweeb

Numero6
Oct 10, 2012

ここは地の果て 流されて俺
今日もさすらい 涙も涸れる
ブルーゲイル
Jay Lethal is now worse than Xavier.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
ROH Buzz Metter: Looking Good

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1222013567282466816

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Looks like he's gonna be NWA champ soon too

#YearOfTheMarty

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Chris James 2 posted:

Briscoes extended their contracts

And Jay Lethal's fighting Xavier at the Past Vs Present show in Vegas in March https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1221448165494312960

my tweet was meant to be a joke

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1223393067169959942

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Marty already won booker of the year, sorry everyone else

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro



Can't lie, Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham will be good. (Please don't make Jay Lethal the 1st ever 2 time Pure Champion)

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003


This seems like a good idea. Why did they retire it in the first place?

Huntman
Apr 22, 2010


Hellblazer187 posted:

This seems like a good idea. Why did they retire it in the first place?

I think the original rules for the belt might've been just too much of a burden and fans were burnt out by the matches. I don't know if the Pure Championship was looked upon fondly at the time due to the rules, but I'm not 100% certain on that. An updated rule set might make it better. Though I'm not sure having 3 singles belts for ROH is the right step forward, but who knows

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Huntman posted:

I think the original rules for the belt might've been just too much of a burden and fans were burnt out by the matches. I don't know if the Pure Championship was looked upon fondly at the time due to the rules, but I'm not 100% certain on that. An updated rule set might make it better. Though I'm not sure having 3 singles belts for ROH is the right step forward, but who knows

Pure title matches were rarely good. There were half a dozen notable ones until late spring of 2006. Even the first half of Nigel's reign is pretty boring.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

They used to call it the "Pure Dogshit" title, in the fans' community

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

MassRafTer posted:

Pure title matches were rarely good. There were half a dozen notable ones until late spring of 2006. Even the first half of Nigel's reign is pretty boring.

It was a nice change of pace from ROH’s sprint style of the era. Guys had to slow down and work smarter matches. But yeah, lotta stinkers. Nigel Danielson in the UK and that’s all I can think of without going back to archives.

fatherofmustard
May 15, 2018

If I want pure wrestling I'll just watch amateur wrestling.

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Xavier looked to still be in great shape at a recent GCW appearance even though i think it was a non wrestling role

Pure title rules should be handled better since a bigger part of their roster seems to be more technical based

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

KungFu Grip posted:

Xavier looked to still be in great shape at a recent GCW appearance even though i think it was a non wrestling role

Pure title rules should be handled better since a bigger part of their roster seems to be more technical based
Also no longer being booked by Sapolsky

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1223712723378298880?s=20

Hard to not take this as shots fired at Delirious, ROH's past.

ThePariah
Feb 10, 2014
Marty using heavy-handed symbolism so everyone knows it's a new era, you love to see it.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Buzz is out of control

https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/status/1223592075721093125?s=20

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Meltzer said in the WON that Adam brooks is going to be heading in.

I'll be the first to mock the post-Mania weekend direction of RoH, but they have been making a bunch of great signings. Hopefully it pays off.

Malcolm Excellent
May 20, 2007

Buglord
Broady King looks like Johnny Gargano and Baron Corbin had a love child

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
Brody is cool and I hope Marty hooks him up for more NJPW dates, he was really good in the BOSJ undercard tags last year

ARMBAR A COP
Nov 24, 2007


Great buzz all around.

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around


This makes sense with Marty having the book now.

Did Marty also force them to hire new designers? I feel like the graphics they've posted as of late are nicer and cleaner than usual.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


https://twitter.com/Tama_Tonga/status/1224079986543550467

Glass Punkbull 141
Jan 9, 2008

This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.
He's a plumber now?

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

How many bones does he have left to break

fatherofmustard
May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/mothfromdaflats/status/1224000256733478912

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Free Enterprise is Sunday

Alex Zane vs Andrew Everett
Sumie Sakai vs Session Moth Martina in Martina's ROH debut
Joe Hendry and Dalton Castle vs Vincent and Bateman
Jeff Cobb and Dan Maff vs Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham in a Proving Ground match: if Cobb+Maff win, they get a guaranteed tag title shot against the champs Lethal+Gresham within the next two months
Slex vs Flip Gordon
Flamita and Bandido vs the Briscoes (Mark and Jay Briscoe)
Brody King vs Rey Horus
A battle royal (participants unannounced), winner gets a guaranteed future title shot against world champ PCO
PCO and Marty Scurll vs Rush and Nick Aldis

Roasted Donut
Aug 24, 2007

NWA WHITE POWERRR!!!!

lol

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Does the two month grace period make a “beat the champ for an opportunity to beat the champ” stip less stupid or more stupid

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Sumie Sakai is a big nope

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!
Oh come on, I'm sure with another couple of decades in the business, she could almost be passable!

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forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


coconono posted:

Sumie Sakai is a big nope

It will never stop being funny to me that one of the few people in modern ROH who was there in 2002 is Sumie Sakai, utterly unforgettable then, now, forever.

(The others going from their website's roster page: Colt Cabana, Jay Lethal, Jay & Mark Briscoe. Also Dan Maff but he's not on their roster page. And I'm sure Cabana is done. loving hell ROH. Also Jay Lethal only appeared in a dark match so that probably doesn't count. So basically it's Maff, Briscoes & Sumie Sakai.)

Other fun part of their roster page is their Alumni section. Less than 2 pages long, it has Prince Nana & Punishment Martinez & Brandi Rhodes but not Nigel McGuinness, Takeshi Morishima, Low-Ki, Homicide, Austin Aries, Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, or Adam Cole. Too much buzz to need to fill out their alumni section with former World Champions I guess.

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