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If you were to ask me, the term "technical wrestling" is akin to "pop music" in that it's an ever evolving, unstatic concept. Flair is The Beatles, the Radicals are like Van Halen and guys like Bryan and Balor are like Rhianna. You'd never compare their sounds, but each is what pop was considered at the time. Nothing in wrestling means as much as it does as when it's happening in the moment, including the wrestling itself.

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You mean Ronnie's little Thriller dance isn't believable?

I don't think I can properly express how giddy I would be if Rip Rogers was a member of New Day

Are you purposely setting up a "What about me, what about Raven" joke, or is your memory really that bad?

The awards result I don't like is worst gimmick. Stardust is an awesome gimmick. Some fans just want WWE to be more like ROH, and if/when that happens I will be left without a promotion to watch. Stardust is an example of what I like about wrestling. He portrays a fun character that can be taken in many different story directions. How is that a worse gimmick than every wrestler with a Eddie Edwards style 'generic super athlete man' gimmick? I listen to Meltzer and Alvarez but most of the time I find myself in SMH mode. I am honestly questioning if they are aware that the widespread appeal WWE has is due to them not being super hardcore indy style. If Alvarez reviewed a Mario Kart game he'd rant for an hour on why it isn't more like Grand Theft Auto.

Styles Clash as Best Maneuver is dumb as fuck.

Will people originally from cold places like Chicago be banned for laughing at everyone struggling to cope with the existential terror that is fluffy ice crystals on the ground? Also, will people who now live in warm places like California be banned for posting things like "Winter storm? I'm sure I've got an umbrella somewhere..." Asking for a friend.

So, today's national hug day? Anyway, saw this on twitter:

I think my favourite thing about the Suicide Squad trailer is how unapologetically comic booky it is. Most comics projects (including the MU) have tried so hard to ground themselves and sort of felt ashamed of the comic booky elements. Here you have a crocodile man, witch possession, fire hands, magic swords, murder clowns, and other weirdness all just fucking there. And you know they aren't going to have time to explain everyone. The amount of craziness taken at face value here is super refreshing.

Obviously you don't understand ~RESPECT~!

George Springsteen?

People dicussing wwe feuds didnt sit through ultimo guerrero vs thunder.

Apartment wrestlers must have had the coolest neighbors ever. I can't even burn a J without getting my balls broken.

I'd like to see a commercial for that place where someone asks for Wasabi and Mutoh comes over, clutches his throat and then blows green mist over the food.

I'll take the 12 great Barkley years. Players played less time in his era, conditioning was not really a focus when he came into the league, they were just happy you weren't on cocaine. Dirk has been great, but Barkley is probably one of the 5 most unique players ever. Dirk is the evolutionary Arvydas Sabonis(Fuck, I wish he would have been in the NBA longer), he was a big guy who could play on the perimeter like a small guy. Barkley was the size of a portly shooting guard, could run the floor like someone 50 lbs. lighter, but could rebound with someone 6 inches taller. He was one of the first true inside out players in the league, he was a great post player a really good perimeter player and the most devastating player on a fast break ever. Can you imagine trying to stop him from getting to the rim if you couldn't hand check him? Can you imagine him being as chubby as he was then if he played now? Wouldn't he have been forced to develop a 3 point shot?

Haha, Stro watched Chyna's porno.

HBK gave up half way through the kick, and Marty gave up half way through the bump.

I hope it goes like this Triple H's one last in-ring tribute to Flair, the only two guys to win the WWE title in the Rumble. Now I want to see Triple H, Flair, and Stephanie recreate the post Rumble interview with Flair as Bobby, Stephanie and Mr. Perfect, and Triple H as Flair with him doing everything down to the "with a tear in my eye". Maybe have Mauro as Mean Gene. "Hey...put that E-Cig out...."

In the future, it might help to actually know WTF you're talking about before posting. Why are you being such a jerk to people? Do you just not know how to communicate? This thread and the Raw thread you've said really shitty things to different people completely unwarranted.

I feel like every time a MMA thing wins a wrestling category, it's just contrarians who want to back up Dave's cute little "UFC is doing wrestling better than wrestling companies are" argument. Like I'm supposed to believe two meathead bros throwing insults at each other to build one fight, only to hug after the fight, is better than any wrestling program from any company in the world all year long. Get the fuck out of here with that shit.

I am still amused that the best they came up with for Deonna Purrazzo was I GOT KNOCKED OUT BY ASUKA! It was like a Troy McClure moment. "You might remember me from NXT moments..."

My Mom texted me all freaked out this morning I HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT DC WAS PARALYZED!!! ARE YOU GOING TO WORK???? CAN YOU STAY HOME??? DOES YOUR CAR WORK???? I am shocked she didn't ask if I had clean underwear on. Yes - I love the fact that at almost 41 years of age, I still get pestered by my mother.

Actually, the Michigan State Spartans ruined it, according to Bryan. Michigan, ruining everything since 1837.

I'd watch Bayley fist bump dudes and declare herself Mistress and Ruler of the world! James

I think Swagger/Henry definitely win after Henry's promo so he can be in his last Rumble. The Dudleyz are on the losing side of matches more often than not lately and have never been Rumble guys anyways, last year was actually Bubba's first ever Rumble match. Splitting up the PTP again is weird, while both continue to often be in tag matches. They did a Smackdown preshow segment at the end of last month acknowledging they were doing their own thing but would still team occasionally. I hope it goes like this Triple H's one last in-ring tribute to Flair, the only two guys to win the WWE title in the Rumble.

Just do yourself a favor and stop watching old school wrestling. Clearly people might say things that were acceptable then that aren't acceptable now that will really upset you. The further back you go, the more outraged you may get. 1988 Memphis would probably give you a heart attack. And you'll give up on 1999 RAW not because it's offensive, but because it's fucking horrible. At least until Russo and Ferrara leave. But yeah, holy shit. Austin/HBK v Bulldog/Owen might be the pinnacle of 1997 RAW.

...and that just reminded me of Grandma's Boy. EDIT: Wow we are all sleeping on this: BAD SANTA

Maaan ... and all I ever said was something about Raw getting cancelled. We really *do* tend to take a ball & run with it around here, sometimes. We are a country where a large portion of citizens are salivating with glee at the idea of a Trump/Palin presidential ticket; we're only so far from replacing Raw with "Ow! My Balls" anyway.

Why does Dave continue to combine wrestling with MMA for some awards? Bayley/Sasha should not be competing with MMA stuff for feud of the year, especially since one is worked and one isn't. Also, Heyman should be the promo of the year and not some MMA guy, since again one is worked and the other isn't. WTF

That's great, but what does it have to do with the HoF?

Bray won the feuds against: Ambrose, Jericho, Dudleys, Bryan, Kane Bray lost the feuds against: Undertaker, Cena, Reigns I think a lot of people get hung up on the win/loss record when the real issue is that Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family don't *do* anything. He talks and talks and sounds scary, but there isn't a kayfabe reason why The Wyatt Family should be feared more than any other group in WWE. They're "crazy monsters" that don't do anything crazy or monstrous. They just wrestle matches. I've been saying for what feels like years now that the Wyatts should be doing more vignettes. I had this idea of Bray having his own highlight reel type of show but it's on location in a Louisiana swamp. There's a barn in the distance where you see Luke Harper and other shady figures doing shady things. Carrying body bags and shit. Wyatt interviews people and they get freaked the fuck out. But nothing happens... until it's time for Roman Reigns to visit. They fuck him up and drag his ass off to the barn. He's presumed dead. Until he's not because it's wrestling and it all leads to Dean Ambrose searching Louisiana for him etc. etc.. WAR GAMES. Wyatts vs. Reigns, Ambrose and the Usos.

"I'm out here rallying around California in a car that spits fire, dressed like El Chapo with anacondas on my feet." Conor McGregor's new mixtape "I Predict Deez Tings, Volume 4" is available on DatPiff.com right now.

and that's not an easy task!

I want to choke the maker of that video to death.

That's exactly what a contrarian would say.

Today, back in '92

I think this might be my favorite post ever written.

THIS. The Attitude Era wasn't great because of booking/storylines. It was in spite of them. Austin, Rock, Foley, Undertaker, etc elevated shitty material to something decent. People who clamor for a return to this don't seem to get that Raw won't magically be good again if we just throw in some tits and violence.

I'm just leaving this comment before Cibernetico has something creepy to say about apartment wrestling.

It did end with a fight! The lead up to the ending conversation was absolutely brutal!

The women getting a chance to go out there and have actual matches with no point or meaning, but a lot of time and 50/50 booking is definitely a revolution. For the first time, they were treated exactly like the men. The online expectations were too high to begin with, though. They were expecting Takeover quality matches each time out, not understanding that those matches were as good as they were because the women had months to work on them and get them laid out perfectly. I think it did work, as people care about the women a lot more than they did 6 months ago. But it also exposed them (particularly Charlotte) as not being ready for full time on the road, weekly television stuff. It's a lot easier to look great when you can workshop one match with your opponent every day for 3 months than getting to TV and having to fill 10+ minutes.

Maybe now people will stop clamoring for Kane, voting his matches MOTY, insisting he needs a push. Overrated should really go to someone who is, you know, actually rated above his station. Seth Rollins would be an interesting pick here.