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  1. It was an ECCW show here in Kelowna. They usually brought a really small crew here anyways (Like 10-12 wrestlers) but they brought in even smaller one this time. I believe this is the show where the main even was supposed to be a Chicken Coop match -basically, the ceiling was too low to fit a cage so this was supposed to be a mini-cage surrounded by chicken wire- it doesn't really matter because the match was scrapped anyways. Also on the show the night before, someone got hurt, so they were short a wrestler. So two of the matches were clearly guys who had wrestled earlier wrestling again in masks without bothering to change their tights. One of the big attractions back then was a 400 lb wrestler named Juggernaut who bled a lot and did a few moves that a man his size shouldn't (top rope stuff) so he was always super over with the crowd. So the main event was a 9 person battle royale (Because I think that was as many wrestlers as they had that night) and the wrestlers were clearly not interested in it. At one point, Juggernaut stood in the corner chatting with another wrestler, actually leaning on the top rope as they conversed. Another wrestler came up from behind and gave him a double axe-handle and he turned around and told him to leave him alone. Eventually, he just climbed over the ropes, eliminating himself. Also, someone forgot the music so every single wrestler came out to 'Rock and Roll All Night'. Like, the music would start and a wrestler would come to the ring. Then the music would start, and the exact same song would start up to introduce the his opponent. ECCW didn't run any shows in Kelowna for a looooooong time after that one.
    10 points
  2. Today I learned I have 40 more trials (at least ... I’ve honestly lost track) and 4 more appeals than a Supreme Court Justice.
    7 points
  3. More details, from the official announcement: "During autumn of this year, the first 4 wrestlers of this group will be announced, who will be called to revolutionize the AAA lineup. On the one hand, we will have the technical wrestlers: Aracno and Leyenda Americana and, on the other hand, we will have the tough wrestlers: Terror Púrpura and Venenoide." My español is a little rusty, but it looks like it's going to be luchador versions of Spider-Man; Captain America; Venom; and a large, erect penis.
    5 points
  4. This is probably the only pure Apples to Apples drop on the entire list and since it is two of the biggest titles indulge me for a second. This might only be interesting to me but here we go. So Infinity War edges out Avengers by 19 points. How did we get there. First - all of this is moot if Caley actually votes for Infinity War instead of giving it an Honorable Mention. But since he didn't - I can be a stupid dork for a second. Now - here is the point totals for both movies (this is points - you do the math if you want to see the vote placement). Each movie has 8 votes Avengers: 97, 97, 94, 93, 62, 53, 45, 16 Infinity War: 88, 83, 82, 81, 80, 80, 64, 17 So Avengers had 4 votes higher than the high vote on Infinity War. However, Infinity War had SIX movies that were #21 or higher on their ballot Okay, now can we pinpoint to see if one specific voter made the difference. This is the part that entertained me the most. SEVEN of the EIGHT voters voted for both movies. Andy in Kansas voted for Avengers, Mavs Fan voted for Infinity War. So for the purposes of my next part - I am pairing those two votes together In the following list will be in the following format: Avengers Points/Infinity War Points/Difference Natural: 97/81 (+16 A) JL Sigman: 97/64 (+33 A) The Z: 45/80 (+35 I) Octopus: 53/81 (+28 I) Hobo Joe: 16/17 (+1 I) KLOS: 62/82 (+20 I) RIPPA: 93/83 (+10 A) Andy/Mavs: 94/88 (+6 A) Yup - it split perfectly in that 4 favored Avengers and 4 favored Infinity War. And you really can't blame one specific vote. Basically - the average split for those who favored Avengers was a difference of 16 places (16 1/4 to be exact) while the split for those who favored Infinity War was 21 places And there is more than you ever wanted to know about the voting for those two movies
    5 points
  5. Because no one demanded it, my GAB 91 essay: http://placetobenation.com/the-great-american-bash-1991-matt-d-in-the-world-of-spartacus/
    4 points
  6. "How did he catch my ass? What the fuck?"
    4 points
  7. You know, Niko very nicely set up a discord for us, we can talk about all kinds of fun things there. And not here.
    4 points
  8. Picking the right time to ask questions.
    4 points
  9. Jericho using MS Paint to color his hairline
    4 points
  10. Give us Squirrel Girl as the new AAA Women's Champion or we riot.
    4 points
  11. I saw Jinder Mahal three times during his indy run between WWE stints, so I'd say it's a three-way tie between all of those shows.
    3 points
  12. I blame @odessasteps for it placing so low by preemptively trying to shame anyone who voted for it.
    3 points
  13. Danny Vanden Boom sounds like the name of a linebacker from a 80s porn built around a college football team.
    3 points
  14. Fortunately, I haven't been to many live shows since about 2008 so most of the really bad shows I've been to were held 15-20 years ago and have kinda faded in my memory. Saw a lot of tiny indy shows when I lived in CA that were bad. Empire Wrestling Federation comes to mind. Their shows were hit and miss. They tended to use local indy guys you weren't familiar with with a sprinkling of guys from APW and Epic. At one point, they were sharing talent with other indies in the area, so you at least got wrestlers you had heard of, and they did have some good feuds and shows. They ran a Brandon Gatson-Scorpio Sky feud that is one of my favorite feuds no one saw. Mikey Nicholls/Nick Miller got his start there too, irrc. The show that comes to mind was a show in Morgantown, WV circa 2004 or 05. They advertised some ex-WWE guys but none of them showed and the guys that did wrestle seemed to be barely trained. Every match was wrestlecrap-fodder and deserved to be in the "show from hell" thread Dean had at one point long ago. The match that stands out was between two chunky barely-trained guys who both wore jobberish-looking black singlets with plain black long tights. They looked like they ware doing some sort of jobber twin gimmick circa JCP in the mid-80's. I kinda expected Tully to come down and beat them up while calling for Magnum TA to come on down. Anyway, it was a terrible match with a worse finish. I think the finish was supposed to be Wrestler A going for a moonsault, Wrestler B rolling out of the way, then Wrestler B rolling back to cover A for the pin. What we got was Wrestler A climbing the turnbuckle slowly and unsteadily. Wrestler B apparently isn't aware of where A actually is, so he rolls out of the way while A is still climbing to the top post. For some reason, B rolls too far and rolls under the bottom rope and almost falls out of the ring. B ends up clinging to the edge of the apron trying to keep himself from falling off. A finally - finally - gets to the top of the turnbuckle, looks over to see B clinging to the edge of the apron like a spider, hesitates for a second, then visibly shrugs and does the moonsault - to the center of the f*** ring. Yep, he splatted himself moonsaulting an empty ring. And the moonsault itself was bowling shoe ugly, so... B looks over, sees A prone on the canvas, and apparently realizes he's supposed to cover A, so he tries to get back in the ring. Except, he's barely hanging on to the edge of the canvas, so when he tries to roll back in the ring, he finally falls over the edge of the apron and falls to the floor (more like finally puts his legs down and steps to the floor). Then he picks himself awkwardly, crawls back in the ring, and eventually shimmies to the center to make the cover. The ref looked at them both in disbelief then made the three count. On the way out of the ring, you could hear B apologizing to A for messing up the timing and saying "I moved too early. Nothing you could do." I guess asking them to improvise would have been too much? That was the worst match of the night, but only by a small margin. Whole night was awful. Show drew less than 100 but the promoter apparently expected a thousand or so, so the crowd looked awful in the vast sea of folding chairs that were set up.
    3 points
  15. Why is everyone pretending that CM Punk's wrestling career started when he made his WWECW debut in 2006? Has nobody seen his ROH title run? The Chris Hero matches in IWA-MS?
    3 points
  16. Liberals can't stomach anyone disagreeing with the Party? Shocking...
    3 points
  17. 3 points
  18. This evening, I learned WCW spelled Horshu three different ways, and couldn't be arsed to make sure the on-screen graphics matched the video wall.
    3 points
  19. Okay. Here's my favorite Miz promo ever. It's when he was US champ feuding with MVP. It's a masterpiece. Miz takes the real life situation -- how many people legitimately hated him, how he was hazed and that fueled him. MVP's the number one contender, but he should still be in jail. And then Miz rants and gets some quality heat about why he's so important, etc. The blocking of this is also, awesome. It's like an Aaron Sorkin walk-and-talk and is perfect some someone who is metaphorically arriving in the spotlight. It explains his motivations, defines his character and he delivers it in a way where you want to see MVP -- or really anyone -- punch his dumb face. Here's Punk's legendary "Pipe Bomb" promo. And, a decade later, it's pretty stupid with mixed up motivations and a lot of cheap heat. The set-up for this is that Punk is facing John Cena and is threatening to walk away with the belt. That's great. Punk starts to rant about an unfair system. That's fine, and he gets "edgy" pops for talking about breaking the first wall and using "Dwayne" instead of The Rock. And he continues on about this stuff, is really whiny about not having his face on the billboards, and then heels on the crowd in a major way. And then he returns back to his edgy criticism about HHH being a doofus. There's just a lot in this. Punk's supposed to be the anti-hero (hence the Austin shirt). But while Austin definitely was an antihero, he was also an everyman who we were supposed to identify with. Punk doesn't really do any of that here. He's a whiny crybaby and gets pops by giving a shout-out to Colt Cabana. The promo is supposed to build heat for his match with Cena, in Chicago where Punk's going to be lauded as a hero, and they have the whole "Punk Versus The World" bit lined up. (And, no, I do not believe he was going to leave. He introduces John Laurinitis as a character in this.) IMO, this would have been a lot better with some tweaks. The same start: "I don't hate you, John. But I'm better than you. It's just you get the chances because you and Dwayne are Vince's golden boys. You get on the cups and get to be on billboards. I don't get those chances, and it's because I'm not afraid to tell it like it is. You know it. And these people know it, which is why they cheer me a lot more than they cheer you. So I'm going to win your belt and I'm going to leave with it where I'm actually appreciated." That Miz promo is just a better delivered promo. Punk's best promos, IMO, are when he's an evil sanctimonious straightedge leader tormenting Rey Mysterio's daughter or dressing like Jeff Hardy. But his shoot stuff was just a lot of cheap heat that pushed all of the right smark buttons. Miz's heat in the promo above was earned.
    3 points
  20. I’m just envisioning this turning into the real life version of Netflix’s GLOW.
    3 points
  21. I'm tired of the WWE comparisons and I'll tell you why. When AEW does comedy there is THOUGHT put into it and often times it's funny as hell. WWE is almost never funny, it's like a fucking 3rd grader wrote the shit. Yes, comedy in general is subjective but I am of the opinion that the two companies are presenting comedy in different ways. AEW is like prime The Simpsons compared to WWE's modern Adam Sandler.
    3 points
  22. I'm fully expecting between DZ and Natural about 30 variations and memes based on these two.
    2 points
  23. 2 points
  24. Jiminy Crickets! Tommy Rich bleeds the most he has ever bled. Probly.
    2 points
  25. So, this card has the following matches on it: Where is the blood you ask? In the M-Pro tag from the late Naniwa, Crab Boy himself, who gets his mask completely ripped off. Match starts around the 38 minute mark if you wanna skip ahead. I'm guessing the rest of the matches are just intolerably stiff.
    2 points
  26. Quasimodo vs Gilbert Leduc: Yes, Quasimodo. I love fakeout trips: Quasimodo's deal was that he was a monster, but more of a skulking sort than a behemoth. He had a lot of skill actually: But he also did this insane move:
    2 points
  27. Eddie Marlin and Tommy Gilbert show the youngsters how to bleed. And the match!
    2 points
  28. Counter - ask Eli Manning
    2 points
  29. The best part of that story is finding out that Wisconsin's backup QBs are named Chase Wolf and Danny Vanden Boom
    2 points
  30. He had a run in Germany. We covered a Finlay vs (choo choo) Ice Train match (video included) a few weeks ago. http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-finlay-friday-finlay-cannonball.html?m=1 It also has a really good PN News vs Finlay match. Check it out.
    2 points
  31. I'm not sure what makes me feel dumber: not immediately realizing DEATH Yama-San was Kaori Yoneyama, or that Gogiken Death was DEATH Yama-San. ?
    2 points
  32. Most of the young AEW talent signed 5 year deals, so it’s gonna be a while before WWE gets a shot at them. Good thing they have Dexter Lumis and the Archer of Infamy in the pipeline to really drive some big business until then.
    2 points
  33. Meiko Satomura is apparently signing for WWE.
    2 points
  34. I wish I believed in concepts like karma. Here's to hoping it's a real thing.
    2 points
  35. Outside of The Hurt Business it's tough to care about anything else on RAW...
    2 points
  36. I'm glad NXT isn't being dragged into this shit.
    2 points
  37. Now we have to segue into a discussion of which Price is Right pricing game is most ripe for a film adaptation. I vote for the one with the yodelling mountain climber whose fate is determined by how good another character is at guessing prices. It writes itself!
    2 points
  38. I'm a little surprised they fell to here. I've seen both and I thought it wasn't even close as to which one I enjoyed more. But I figured both would be Top 20, even Top 15, and I daresay deservedly so. Regardless of how I feel both movies accomplished shit that comic nerds like myself thought was IMPOSSIBLE. I can absolutely respect that.
    2 points
  39. It's clear that if we had banned that guy months ago when we probably should have this would be a different countdown.
    2 points
  40. Thats too WCW pal. They're here to entertain, not rassle.
    2 points
  41. I love THOR: RAGNAROK, but it’s hardly beyond reproach. The Dr Strange cameo, Odin’s death, and Hell’s intro are all kinda slipshod, if I’m being honest. The movie really only kicks off when Thor ends up in that other dimension, but a bunch of stuff happens before that.
    2 points
  42. “He’s always either working out or studying math. You know how he loves math!”
    2 points
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