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I know it's not a popular opinion to have on-line but this is pretty much exactly how I feel. If Rick Rude wasn't good enough to be on top, then I don't see it in Daniel Bryan. I don't care how many people in the crowd chant "Yes!" I loved Mr. Perfect. He did fine in the midcard. Is it really some big catastrophe if Daniel Bryan isn't WWE Champion & carrying the banner of the company? Ricky Steamboat was never WWE Champion. Jake Roberts wasn't either. Different times, different eras, I know...but there's a lot more to it than just workrate. I mean, compared to like The Miz? Yeah, Daniel Bryan would be a good fit. Daniel Bryan is a helluva worker. No one when they were watching him back in Ring of Honor in 2005ish thought that one day he'd be in the main event of a WWE Summerslam, wrestling for the WWE title in a Hell in a Cell match that featured both Shawn Michaels & Triple H. That's insane. Now people are complaining that he's not the top dog in the biggest wrestling company in the world when he's like 5'7", 180lbs? C'mon, man. He's more famous that he has ever been, he's making bank & he marrying a Bella twin. He's doing pretty fucking OK. We'll never really know if Bryan could have been that guy because they blew it so horribly. He was getting crowd reactions that over the last 15 years are rivaled by only Steve Austin and Jeff Hardy (who could have been THE GUY if he wasn't such a fuck up) but they booked him to look like a complete dumbshit week after week. And week after week this thread was filled with "just wait and see where it goes" posts. Well where it's gone is he's back in the mid-card "where he belongs" and you're now being asked to spend $50 for a BIG SHOW VS. RANDY ORTON main event. Maybe everything the WWE reportedly believes is right and Bryan isn't big enough to be a top guy, but maybe they screwed the pooch with every single thing they did after Summerslam and shot themselves in the foot before they ever got to find out what star potential Bryan really has.

Well who the fuck am I supposed to shit on then? Can't shit on Davey for wrestling shitty because it's for the fans. Can't shit on the fans for supporting shitty wrestling because that's just like their opinion maaaan. What am I supposed to do just ignore it and let people be free to live their shitty lives and enjoy stupid things? This isn't what the internet was made for. I have so much shit inside me. I have to let it out.

Razor Ramon photobombing Mayor West makes me happy.

And two things:1) Did Bryan not winning the belt have a happy ending? No. Did a really good story get told? Yes. The dude never got a fair shot and couldn't pull the trigger with the odds against him. The story's also not over, mind you -- he can get that shot back right away. The Big Show's involvement ties into the story. So do Dustin/Cody. There has been a ton of great stuff. 2) I don't care about the ratings. But the ratings might have tanked because the story is more of the same -- evil authority figures rig the system. It's been well-executed but I could totally buy no one wanting to see HHH and Steph anymore. And, naturally, no one in the company can or would really say that to them.

Vitor gets a bigger edge because his TRT is blessed by God.

Random factoid. "Chris Hero" is the google search term that brings the most traffic to my blog by a large margin. And despite me having maybe one post out of a couple hundred that even mentions his name. Top 3 1. Chris Hero - 1745 2. Antonio Inoki - 565 3. man balls - 113

Do you know what inversely means?I ain't got time to read every word, man!

Government jobs, man. smdh

Old School John has made his triumphant return! I think that belongs in the "Good" category.

If only Chris Hero had used a treadmill...

What proof do you have that La Parka isn't a ghost? I used to do this. I would bail after the baby got his shine, and then walk about halfway around the ring. When the ref started to count, I would make a "T" with my hands and call a time out. When the ref denied me the TO and the fans started to give me shit for asking, I would then look at the ref and tap my shoulders, and say "I only need a 20"... Which really seemed to piss folks off.Kudos. Also, please tell me that after pulling off a clever move on a face, that you used to tap your head to show how smart you were. I always got a kick out of that.Hell yes I did that. And I would look at a fan and go "smaaaaaaaaaart" while doing so.

If DVDVR was a long running sitcom, the the last scene of the this season's finale would be Andrew and Burgundy waking up hungover in bed together and screaming in horror at what they've done.

Also, Hogan was TOTALLY macking on Savage's woman. I thought so when I was five, and I still think so now. He was way out of line. If Hulk wanted Liz, he would have taken her. Now Bill Apter put across the theory that Hogan was using Liz to provoke Savage into attacking him. So when Hogan took his title back, he could claim self defense. Even worse if Apter was right, then! I could forgive Hogan for having a lapse in moral judgment because he was mesmerized by Miss Elizabeth's wholesome beauty. However, driving a wedge between a couple just to make it look like he isn't the aggressor and so that he can get a shot at the belt? For shame if that is true! This sounds like the type of thing that a man who showed poor sportsmanship at the end of the 1992 Royal Rumble and that joined the Outsiders to rip apart WCW would do, however. You would think that Hogan would at least just ask Savage for a shot at the belt straight up since they were friends, but then again, we see how he reacted when Andre the Giant did the same thing to him. Shameful.

Goddamn, the WWE goes overboard with the fucking makeup sometimes.

despiiite all my rage homicide still can't climb up this caaaage

But, if we let it go then what the hell am I supposed to do with all of these?

Shane McMahon nods approvingly.

Vitor vs Chael, please.

It was more Wade line driving the ball off the backboard on purpose on the second one that really did it. That and whoever did one of the worst boxing out jobs I've ever seen on the rebound, didn't catch who it was but it was probably Bosh. Still though, no fucking idea what Wade was thinking or what the person who told him to do that was thinking, I think every Heat fan knew they were losing after that one. One thing I can say about Miami; when they give no fucks about a game they really give no fucks about a game.

What's a paladin? Read some Boiardo, you philistine.

Someone sang this on the Voice and now I listen to it a lot

Re: Barrett, I could watch him murder people with the Bull Hammer Elbow all day. Especially when he pulls it out of nowhere or he sets it up by pulling them up by the face. Such an awesome finish. I love stuff like that, that doesn't look pretty, but just looks smashmouth. That elbow looks like you'd need dental surgery after. That and the Knee Trembler are two of my favorite finishes ever, both are way better than the WMD, which barely looks like a punch, let alone a knock out

What about changing his image to fit his moveset? A Test cosplayer?

I was wrong. But I enjoyed the angle a lot more than you did, so I enjoyed a lot more of the last three months than you did. So who really wins? Besides, if they really do Michaels/Bryan at Mania that's far bigger than anything they could have done with him on normal tv.

I should know this. Citizen Kane is used for clapping but is there a standard internet gif for spittakes?Hey now, I watched the Summer of Punk even though it was brutally boring, and eventually I got my pay off with the People's Elbow and the reaction on here. If I'd given up on it early on, I wouldn't have had the satisfaction of seeing grown men openly weep because their favourite fake fighter job to the WORST. MOVE. EVER.

I was a "see how it goes" guy I guess. You know why I'm not upset? Because I haven't been holding on to unrealistic expectations for months. Is it so bad that Punk and Bryan take a few months to help the Wyatt family get over? It's not really a downgrade when they are both clearly tentpoles of WWE programming at this point. It would be like calling Cena's current position a downgrade because he is mucking around with Del Rio and the Real Americans.

Optimism is always better than hating the show before it pays off. At this point you guys should probably just stop watching.

MoS2 is sounding like one giant shitfest the more I hear about it, and I'm not even upset over Affman. What the hell is the logic behind skipping over Robin and jumping right to Nightwing? There's a good proportion of the general audience that doesn't read comics that has no idea who Nightwing is. If they wanted to include him in MoS3 or some other eventual sequel, after establishing the Robin character, fine. But skipping over the first part just screams "we'll throw some shit at the wall and see what sticks." Not going to comment on the Wonder Woman rumors since there's a good probability it's not her they're casting, but like hell I'd know who the character is supposed to be.

Bo Dallas is WWE's replacement for John Cena in 5 years, let's all just admit that.

Prior to the PTP's push becoming a dead cat bounce,I would've said that WWE had something special in Titus as well. They still may have something in Titus but they dont seem very high on him.

My mind is blown by the idea that the only difference between Generico and Richards is that Generico is more likable. Generico has been one of the best wrestlers in the world since about 2007. I don't think he would have been out of my top 20 any given year since then. Davey Richards would not have been in my top 100 in any year during that stretch. That has nothing to do with his personality, and everything to do with him being shitty at putting together pro wrestling matches.

Seems appropriate.

Mark Henry.

Can't say I saw that cameo coming. It was good but I think I liked the first one more. It's good to know that when monsters are running around and gravity has gone to shit, the metro will still be running.

Mah two favorite promos of the last few years: You watch 4:00 on with anyone who isn't some jaded prick, they are going to be screaming for Cena to hit Barrett back to England. I watched it with my grandma before she died and she was all like "I would've kicked his ass! No job is worth taking that stuff!" And fuck you, some little kid screaming "NEVER GIVE UP!" and Cena's response is pro wrestling to me. (Sorry Wrestling Bear) It was also the last Piper's Pit to feel organic and special. idk But Piper probably wasn't hammered before this promo.

You really think that?Absolutely. And it shouldn't surprise you. You're the only one not on the Marvel train.

This is quite remarkable. The DVDVR's contrarianism has evolved to the point where the DVDVR is contradicting itself. I think this is how Skynet became self-aware.

My point here is that the hate directed at Davey and Eddie is way overboard and I'll explain why. You know what part of the reason is for their matches being so terrible? Because of the fans who watch them. Because of twenty years of MOVEZ and dropping people on their head being the shit. I fully believe that Davey and Eddie are simply putting on a show that they know the people there want to see. Blame Benoit. Blame Japan. Blame the ROHbots. They are all part of the problem. You ask some members of this board about Davey/Eddie in WWE and their reply is like these two would actually go out there and try to recreate one of their ROH matches. I don't believe that. They would go out there and they would do what they are told.

When it all goes horribly wrong and she becomes another Torrie Wilson, it'll be worth it.

I have watched it a ton and I still can't figure out exactly what Enos was doing. The most logical thing to me is that he feet got tangled up... though I still dont know how The commentators claim he was going for a backbreaker. He does sell a leg injury for the short remainder of the match. Is there any way Finlay was supposed to reverse that into some other move? I'm guessing he's doing a powerslam and lost his balance, he was he was doing the pivot, outer leg was coming over and the inner leg might have slipped, Fit kept going and Mike landed on his back/ass.

Will you stop?

That was exceptional; great job dude. Thanks. I've been wanting to write about it for a while, and I was randomly found myself watching that match and thought "that was kinda fun, but why?" and realized the answer was the commentary. Then I thought about how commentary makes meaningless matches feel worth your time and it's because of real world motivations. Characters today don't even have strong motivations other than "I wanna get you." If The Shield interfered in a match the Uso's were wrestling and the Usos lost, what does that mean? Yeah, the Usos lost, but what did they lose? They'll get a title shot next week. There's no concept of winner's purse, so they didn't lose money either. They just looked foolish for a moment, that wasn't even their fault. It may not sound like much, but by creating even small values for the wrestlers to compete for, allow audiences to get even more involved with the drama. It doesn't have to get uber-detailed with strict rankings and such. WCW kind of had this going on where under a wrestlers name they'd have his rank, like in boxing. It felt kind of fluid, but it wasn't necessarily arbitrary. But the UFC doesn't really have rankings, Dana takes someone who is winning and they get a shot. This isn't about making wrestling serious or mimic "real" sports. It's about giving small real world cues that an audience can relate to in order to draw them in. This still works even when we all know it's predetermined,- audiences WANT to believe because it's more fun. The better you are at making them believe the more fun they'll have. Once kayfabe was broken forever, wrestling, logically so, figured they needed to go into worked shoots to hook the audience, but that muddling of realities didn't pay off, because there was one huge hole in the concept of a "worked shoot" - all that stuff before was fake, this is the real deal! Audiences can't respond to that. It devalues what came before and what will come after. So now there's not so much worked shoots - it's more these guys are just performers and they're gonna put on a good show for you tonight, which is better - just not good enough. If we're just going to pretend it's all a show, then we can just go back to pretending it's an IMPORTANT show, like we did before. I could go on and on, clearly.

I found my Best of Starrcade 83-87 double vhs that I bought back in the early 90's and was watching the Midnight's/Warriors scaffold match and Bobby is so awesome during it. My favorite part is when Bobby starts climbing and Cornette begs him "please Bobby, don't go...you'll get killed" and Bobby is like "Nope, I gotta do this". Beautiful Bobby is a man's man.

And the first ten thousand of those reasons are that glorious mullet. I think the Eaton/Lane/Cornette version of MX is my favorite. Their feud with The Fantastics ----> short feud with Arn and Tully ------> murder at the hands of the newly-turned Road Warriors is one of my favorite things that I have ever seen out of one team. They were just so awesome and this is my favorite Cornette work on the mic ever.

[Looks at the crowd for help deciding what to do] The answer is clearly KICK! WHAM! STUNNER! AWWWW HELLLLL YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Looks at the crowd for help deciding what to do]