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Understanding the Dexter Loomis character more & more
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Dawgstar posted:Yeah, if Vince was told by his dad to take care of somebody apparently he does almost religiously. If I remember correctly, Lou Albano was one of those people but he was such a pain in the rear end that Vince cut him off anyway.
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Mar 1, 2021 17:27
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Dunn saved some tapes from a fire for Vince Sr and is one of the guys Vince Jr was asked to take care of i believe I think the story is that his dad saved a bunch of tapes from a burning car's trunk at the risk of his own life; losing the tapes would have cost the WWF a ton of time and money. Link: https://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/4/28/2139834/wwe-executive-kevin-dunn-profiling-the-maligned-but-fairly-paid-vp quote:As legend has it, Vince McMahon promised his father that he'd take care of of a variety of specific people who had ties to the the company for their entire lives, and Kevin Dunn is one of them. Dunn's father, Dennis Dunn, was Executive Producer of Intermedia Productions, which produced and syndicated (W)WWF television from 1972 through some point in the early '80s. The elder Dunn had endeared himself to the McMahons by risking his life for the company. One night, after a TV taping in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, he was driving home with the tapes of the show in his trunk when the car caught fire. Dennis made sure to retrieve the tapes from the trunk, as losing weeks of TV shows could have seriously disrupted everything in the promotion.
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Mar 1, 2021 17:28
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TL posted:If I remember correctly, Lou Albano was one of those people but he was such a pain in the rear end that Vince cut him off anyway. He slapped the poo poo out of Shane, that probably had something to do with it
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Mar 1, 2021 17:49
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Wonder if it ever occurred to Shane that getting really jacked would win him more affection than jumping off of tall things
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Mar 1, 2021 17:55
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El Gallinero Gros posted:He slapped the poo poo out of Shane, that probably had something to do with it Vince never respected Albano after he jobbed out to Mr. Ernst.
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Mar 1, 2021 17:58
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Vince was just mad that Lou wouldn't share those mushrooms that make you taller.
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Mar 1, 2021 18:06
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Red posted:I think the story is that his dad saved a bunch of tapes from a burning car's trunk at the risk of his own life; losing the tapes would have cost the WWF a ton of time and money.
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Mar 1, 2021 19:03
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I should probably try to write a better version of that Dunn profile somewhere since I have a decade of writing and reporting improvements to utilize.
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Mar 2, 2021 00:17
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I dislike basically everything about Kevin Dunn creatively and personally but he’s the leader of an operation that puts out an absurd amount of video, from everywhere on the planet, live or preproduced and that content supports the streaming service, TV deals and everything else. Division probably has a hundred plus employees and a high eight-figure budget. This sounds like the ultimate counterintuitive take but it really isn’t, as a corporate/TV production executive he’s just conventionally very accomplished
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Mar 2, 2021 00:47
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King Bahamut posted:I dislike basically everything about Kevin Dunn creatively and personally but he’s the leader of an operation that puts out an absurd amount of video, from everywhere on the planet, live or preproduced and that content supports the streaming service, TV deals and everything else. Division probably has a hundred plus employees and a high eight-figure budget. This sounds like the ultimate counterintuitive take but it really isn’t, as a corporate/TV production executive he’s just conventionally very accomplished i guess being the best in the world at making poo poo is still being the best in the world at something
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Mar 2, 2021 10:38
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El Gallinero Gros posted:He slapped the poo poo out of Shane, that probably had something to do with it Is that the thing where Lou told Shane he'd slap him if he kept calling Lou fat and Shane did so Lou did?
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Mar 2, 2021 18:26
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Dawgstar posted:Is that the thing where Lou told Shane he'd slap him if he kept calling Lou fat and Shane did so Lou did? Yeah. Although given the source, might be BS.
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Mar 2, 2021 20:43
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Is there is difference between a moonsault and a moonsault press?
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Mar 3, 2021 06:24
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Power Windows posted:Is there is difference between a moonsault and a moonsault press? Moonsault bodyblock = moonsault onto a standing opponent. Both can simply be called a moonsault.
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Mar 3, 2021 06:31
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Thank you, bix
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Mar 3, 2021 06:33
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the moonsalt press employs himalayan rock salt and is ten times more expensive
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Mar 3, 2021 06:34
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There are people who don't stay up all night with their eyes on swivel ready to destroy anyone who chats poo poo about Gatoh Move?
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Mar 3, 2021 06:41
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Is the Bradshaw / Duke Droese / Brian Christopher / shower story true? Has it ever been confirmed? I've just seen ex WCW referee Billy Silverman reference it while trying to defend Joey Ryan of all people. I know Silverman had a difficult time with bullies when he arrived in WWF so Bradshaw was probably one of the people who bullied him.
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Mar 3, 2021 06:52
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TV Zombie posted:I know that Kevin Dunn is blamed a lot but I see AEW's camera work leaning in that direction with some of it seen in the AEW women's tournament (Mei's missed Super Apple Punchin the six women's tag) and I'm wondering if it's an industry taught technique/trend/belief that they need to have quick camera cuts to display action(?) to the audience. Basically, why are there so many quick camera cuts in the WWE and AEW? Were they taught to do things, this way? This is a guess but my best guess is that at some point someone went why can't the live tv show look like our exciting and energetic highlight packages and tv promos? All the frenetic cutting and zooms works in a highlights package because it's set to music, you've got hindsight to select the best footage, and it's short so the editing style doesn't overstay it's welcome. It kind of works live and it's got an energy to it but now you have to preplan all the spots to the tee, rather than finding the action, because otherwise you miss too much poo poo from switching around and your product is basically vertigo inducing when viewed for any length of time.
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Mar 3, 2021 08:44
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Royal Updog posted:There are people who don't stay up all night with their eyes on swivel ready to destroy anyone who chats poo poo about Gatoh Move? I'd never turn against a fellow Cameron Fanatic.
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Mar 3, 2021 09:53
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Power Windows posted:Is there is difference between a moonsault and a moonsault press? To relay a question my wife asks every week, why is it called a moonsault? I've been saying it's because it harnesses the power of the moon but she doesn't find that a satisfying answer
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Mar 3, 2021 16:14
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I always assumed it was because you're floating around like you're on the moon without gravity
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Mar 3, 2021 16:20
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Chris Charlton from NJPW's got the scoops: https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1021541135632617472
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Mar 3, 2021 16:49
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Yeah, I always assumed it was because the three-quarter rotation makes a crescent shape.
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Mar 3, 2021 16:54
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It's because a wrestler's skull is hollow, like the moon.
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Mar 3, 2021 16:57
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I've never thought about it before, but isn't the shape kind of a crescent, like the moon in one of its phases?
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Mar 3, 2021 17:17
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Mob posted:It's because a wrestler's skull is hollow, like the moon. It’s because wrestling is infested with nazis, like the moon
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Mar 3, 2021 17:18
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M-O-O-N, that spells Fourth Reich
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Mar 3, 2021 17:25
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collocation posted:I've never thought about it before, but isn't the shape kind of a crescent, like the moon in one of its phases? i just flashbacked and remembered that for years the wikipedia article on the Shooting Star Press used to describe the effectiveness of the flips to damage as "akin to a circular saw" in its opening. I checked if the article still exists but looks like SSP got merged into Professional wrestling aerial techniques.
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Mar 3, 2021 17:34
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It's because of Max Moon 
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Mar 3, 2021 20:47
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It's the opposite of a sunnersault, duh.
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Mar 4, 2021 00:55
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It's because it turns the tide of the match.
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Mar 4, 2021 01:20
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Saul Goode posted:It's the opposite of a sunnersault, duh. The opposite of a summersault? A wintercrouch?
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Mar 4, 2021 01:20
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They call it a moonsault because the first time it was attempted the performers shorts flew off
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Mar 4, 2021 02:00
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It's called a moonsault because it means 'the end'
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Mar 4, 2021 03:23
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I assume it's because the rotation of a moonsault is the opposite direction of a somersault. 'Somer' is antiquated Middle English for summer, which implies a lot of sun. That's how it's always made sense in my head anyway.
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Mar 4, 2021 10:51
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I just thought it was a cool name to call the move and didn't give it any more thought than that and I refuse to do so now.
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Mar 4, 2021 10:56
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sticklefifer posted:I assume it's because the rotation of a moonsault is the opposite direction of a somersault. 'Somer' is antiquated Middle English for summer, which implies a lot of sun. That's how it's always made sense in my head anyway. No I’m pretty sure it’s because of butts.
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Mar 4, 2021 12:04
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a cyborg mug posted:It’s because wrestling is infested with nazis, like the moon Impossible, the moon is an egg.
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