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  1. I was going to make a joke about the Cow Palace being torn down, but it apparently still exists? Now that's some California NIMBYism at it's finest. THE CARD! ONE HOUR IRONMAN MATCH FOR THE AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - MJF (c) vs. Bryan Danielson THREE WAY MATCH FOR THE AEW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Jaime Hayter (c) vs. Saraya vs. Ruby Soho FOR THE TNT CHAMPIONSHIP - Samoa Joe (c) vs. Wardlow FOUR WAY MATCH FOR THE MEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - The Gunns (Austin/Colten, c) vs. The Acclaimed (Bowens/Caster) vs. Jay Lethal / Jeff Jarrett vs. Danhausen / Orange Cassidy FOR THE TRIOS WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - The Elite (M. Jackson / Omega / N. Jackson, c) vs. House of Black (Black / King / Matthews) TEXAS DEATHMATCH - Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Adam Page Ricky Starks vs. Chris Jericho * Christian Cage vs. Jungle Boy --- Based on recent news, I'm assuming the loser of the TX death match will have his power cut off and freeze to death while being told it's his own fault.
    8 points
  2. It seems like Cody just needs an editor. In AEW, I’d have to imagine he had near free reign to do whatever he wanted. In WWE, if he’s coming up with anything, I’m sure it has to clear a few people before it gets on tv. Some people have a lot of ideas and need others to whittle them down to the best ones.
    5 points
  3. I used to read ten Marvel comics every week. Give me two movies a month!
    4 points
  4. This show (and AEW in general lately) seems pretty directionless. I still enjoy AEW. And there's still a bunch of good matches every week. But the buzz that had been there, the feeling that most of what was happening was can't miss... that's kinda all gone right now. It seems like I say this every PPV cycle, but I wish they would start announcing a couple matches more than a week or two out. One of the biggest benefits of only doing 4 PPVs is having time to really advertise and push things and make them seem like gigantic events. You lose all of that by waiting until two weeks is left to announce your matches. Here's to hoping some big angle is in the works to spark some momentum. I miss how things felt after All Out 2021. Punk was back. Cole & Danielson debuted. The first Grandslam was upon us. How do we get back to THAT excitement level?
    3 points
  5. I disagreed with JR when he said it was "ironic" that all 6 guys in the match are basketball fans,but - ironically - I agreed with Ex when he said "Nakazawa played football... Ironically" after JR disrespected Nakazawa. Jericho's Stryper shout-out made me lol, too. Orange vs Wheeler should be great. Jericho got a second lol outa me with "undertaking" because I understood that reference . I like matches based around bodypart selling! I am maybe getting jaded by all those short Cargill squashes. Swerve vs Dustin gets the main event slot! Is Keith Lee coming back to make the save and the full face turn? More chain wrestling! Cinder block! Lee is DEFINITELY coming back! Hooray! Looking like a 400-pound Captain Holt. I love it!
    3 points
  6. Wrote about some of the great Memphis angles in tribute to Jerry Jarrett https://www.theringer.com/2023/2/17/23604726/jerry-jarrett-three-great-memphis-wrestling-angles
    3 points
  7. It's certainly possible, but I think having ROH be streaming-only is actually kind of good for AEW in that it doesn't dilute the main brand as much for the average viewer. It's there for the hardcores who want it, its not a huge extra cost to run at Universal since they were doing Dark there anyway. And if you stumble on something great and you can start filling buildings in like an NXT Takeover kind of fashion, great - if not, fuck it, keep running it til you recoup the cost of the library, and move on with your life
    3 points
  8. To be fair, I don't know anyone who read the Daily Student let alone reviews in it. EDIT: Oh my god, this just brought back a memory. I used to email Scott Keith to say that I wrote for the Daily Student and wanted to review his book and he'd send me a free copy. I did this for all of his books. I never wrote for the newspaper.
    3 points
  9. NOW it's baseball season.
    3 points
  10. I wanna see where things go with Mark Briscoe. He's maybe more of a long shot at being a top babyface, but he has so much to offer, and he has something like those goodwill Foley vibes with him right now. I’ve been with the Kingston fandom since his debut, but less with the World Championship clamouring. I just didn't see it or think he needed it. Not until more recently. I’m not sure the exact point that things changed for me, maybe seeing him live and how the audience completely connects to him, I’m not sure. I think the story of Kingston dethroning MJF could be very special. And I think it might actually happen. Akiyama says he'll be World Champion, and that's good enough for me. Really tho, AEW has a lot of potential top babyfaces (many already mentioned in the thread eg. Darby, Hangman etc.). The difference between AEW and WWE is much clearer as it relates to Cody’s appeal in either company. Sure he could have used a better editor in AEW, but the real difference is more obvious - simply put the massive WWE brand/branding machine. Moxley, Danielson etc. jumping back to WWE and given the Cody push would easily be on par with where Cody’s appeal level is right now. If not higher. And I say that as a Cody fan (tho, he's cornier in Titan with the verbiage than he was in AEDub). On top of the branding, WWE is clearly more of a broadly appealing product - something ppl should really consider more when they compare ratings, market share, etc. Further, I’'m very grateful AEW doesn’t look to what WWE is doing to grow their company. I’m thankful there isn’t a sudden emphasis on long winded promos and hackneyed high drama. Sure, there’s some, but it doesn’t dominate the shows. The Bloodline, in particular, has driven great business for WWE, but to me that shit is a total snooze outside of Sami Zayn’s too-good-for-wrestling-chops. I’m very grateful for AEW sticking to their guns and playing the long game with their clearly stronger in ring product. There’s enough room for improvement in what they already do to start booking like a McMahon family member.
    3 points
  11. Very curious to see how this ROH roster shapes up. Does the gone but not forgotten lost stars of the past (Miro, Archer, Ogogo etc.) come off the bench? I have a hunch the 'Bloated Roster' theorists might receive an answer to their bellyaches. Obviously there's a lot less prestige and exposure working a streaming service compared to Turner Television, but I kinda assume this is where ROH starts to potentially earn a slot. That Friday Night Rampage slot is looking more and more like a nice place to transition to.
    3 points
  12. Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler are legit bad asses. Natalya is a legit bad ass. Shotzi is going to get mauled, I'm assuming. And they do but Rousey goes up BIG for a Released German Suplex. Rousey is bumping all over the ring for Shotzi! Well, this is WAAAAY better than I thought. After the commercial. Shotzi is being mauled finally. Rousey is making Shotzi look like a total KILLER, taking a bump directly on her head on the apron! Natalya is great after the hot tag! Ronda Rousey taps Shotzi. Rousey was mothrfucking GREAT in that match. The Viking Raiders and Sheamus and Drew McIntyre are about to go at it! OH YEAH! THAT'S THE STUFF! Ivar applies a nerve hold. Sheamus and Bald Guy beat the hell out of each other. Drew tag in and throws the eight million pound Viking dudes around the ring! MICHINOKU DRIVER by Drew! FOR TWO! JESUS! SHEAMUS CRUSHES IVAR FROM THE TOPROPE in a Overhand Air Raid Crash! We go to a commercial. We return and Sheamus and Drew are beating on the Viking Raiders like drums. Erik hits a Powerbomb on Seamus! TOPE CON HILO by DREW! SHEAMUS saves Drew! Ivar hits a PREPOSTEROUSLY GIGANTIC SPLASH ON DREW! FOR TWO! Sheamus kicks Ivar! McIntyre Claymores Erik! FOR THE WIN! THAT was fucking GREAT. Asuka and Liv Morgan have a match! Random women wrestlers pop up around the announcing table. Asuka takes a toprope LUNGBLOWER like a fucking KING! And we go to commercial. Asuka and Liv do a bunch of stuff! Nikki Cross is all weird! Postmatch, everybody beats everybody up! That was good. Madcap Moss takes on GUNTHER! GUNTHER is awesome and he brings the STIFF! Moss makes with the Spinebuster! Moss looks good in this, as GUNTHER takes the low grade power offense really well. Nice Vertical Suplex and Swinging Neckbreaker by Moss. Moss with the Samoan Drop off the second rope! GUNTHER finally procures the Sleeper and he puts Moss away with Powerbomb. GUNTHER made Madcap Moss look great. GUNTHER rules. That was really good. That was a good batch of wrestling.
    2 points
  13. Keith Lee is a bizarro world babyface Uncle Rukus and Swerve is a heel Riley Freeman Nice of Know to allow use of international objects I agree with the first part but after reading his book and how hard he took Jan's death I kinda want him to do this until he dies cause its all he has left Wish they would do something sustained with Dustin, loved with countered Swerve's somersault thingamabob with a CRACKYAINTHEMOUTH kick Also nice little heel promo from Yuta , continuing BCC being tweeners with MOX heeling on Hangman lately
    2 points
  14. The Basketball Match maybe my new favorite gimmick match. Starting with the tipoff was hilarious. The Elite calling a timeout. He hit him with a three pointer! All balls legal! Nice to see Vertvixen for a minute. Dustin/Swerve ruled. Very bloody and the super rare DQ
    2 points
  15. They’re at 6951 tickets out right now. I think it will get to 8k just on the sheer momentum of producing an event, but it surely won’t be momentum of hot angles and matches unless these next two dynamites are something else. I’ll post about the live experience. This will be my first time at chase and I’m looking forward to the sexy new building. The contrast between chase and the cow palace 5 days before will be something else.
    2 points
  16. 2 points
  17. Kenny / Gunther at WM. Let’s get the first ever 19 star match.
    2 points
  18. I'm getting a very Lawler in ECW from Total Nonstop Associates (see what I did there!) simple, easy effective heat!
    2 points
  19. Unless they've re-signed and there are big plans for them, why bring FTR back to TV just to beat them again? They lost three straight on the way out, let it rest.
    2 points
  20. Yeah, we're firmly in the northeast (hence the Indy territory's name lol) so definitely Vince-country - I'm sure that perception is at least somewhat in play here. It's been a long couple decades since March '01
    2 points
  21. I think critics are very useful if you know that particular critic's quirks. Like, I know to take Meltzer's New Japan ratings with a grain of salt. I'll listen to what Steven Hyden writes about a heartland rock band, because I know that's his wheelhouse. If I know a movie critic has hated every Marvel movie and thinks they're bad for cinema, I may take him/her hating Ant Man lightly. However, if a critic that has generally been into Marvel pans it, then it may mean a little more to me.
    2 points
  22. Amusingly, I’m the opposite. Audience scores mean absolutely nothing to me. Audience gave Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom a 77% and that movie was shit soup. People are going to like things they want to like to begin with unless it’s a special kind of bad.
    2 points
  23. Gimme a couple more weeks of this and Punk's definitely coming back.
    2 points
  24. The whole "he needs to go somewhere else and call plays" thing is infuriating. Doug Pederson and Matt Nagy didn't call plays under Reid either, and they both got head coaching jobs pretty damn quick, while not having as good of offenses as Bieniemy has.
    2 points
  25. I'd love to see John Dynamite's reality play out. Watching the Elite promo on Wednesday, I struggled to imagine Punk working with those clowns. Give me some of that good Punk-MJF stuff. Re: Cody's weirdness in AEW, that's fair. But seeing how well received he is as a babyface in WWE now, I sometimes wonder if AEW doesn't have it in them to build a top babyface like this and support them in a serious way. Their biggest attempt thus far has been Hangman Page, but that's been so wishy-washy and dripping with anxiety that it's almost undermined him as having had a serious top guy push. That's before we take into account that he was clearly a tier below Punk during that whole run (as he should have been). And everything is so here's a segment and move on that it often feels like there's no serious push behind most things on the show. They don't need to replay things to the degree they do on the other channel, but I have no doubt AEW could have the current version of Cody Rhodes right now if they'd done more to commit to him and his character. For as much as Cody is being rewritten as a bad fit for AEW, AEW might have failed to capitalize and collaborate and shape him into that top spot.
    2 points
  26. This needs to come back. Heels grabbing the ropes (or a tag team partner or seconds hand) during the move. We need more rope assisted offence from heels period. I bet it would draw huge heat in an era where everyone does flips ad nauseum
    2 points
  27. Where was this energy from critics for Love & Thunder last year? This feels overdue.
    2 points
  28. I love the vast difference in opinion on Rotten Tomatoes when it comes to audiences (84%) vs critics (48%). I don’t care what some dude who reviews movies for the New Yorker thinks about a comic book movie.
    2 points
  29. Yeah the last year's worth of Cody angles in AEW were pretty bad, and the crowds were turning on him. His WWE jump was best for everyone involved.
    2 points
  30. The Elite, proven ratings poison. Jeff Jarrett, proven ratings draw.
    2 points
  31. They still make amyl nitrate or some variant these days, I believe. Meanwhile: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Is Actually A Horror Film - Fangoria THIS. Holy shit, they nailed it. If I had to explain why I never want to see Banshees again without going into my personal stuff, I'd ask someone to read this.
    2 points
  32. I think Mike Rotundo/a did this with his own Syracuse education as part of the Varsity Club as well. It's such an easy heat go-to that I'm surprised more people don't do it now.
    2 points
  33. I can't stop thinking about the spot in the last Joe/Darby match when Joe picked Darby up off his feet and threw him over the top. Not a hip lock, not a biel, just one human being internally saying "fuck this" and hurling another human being to the ground lack a sack of garbage. It was somehow the least pro wrestling thing ever and the MOST pro wrestling thing ever.
    2 points
  34. Friend of mine called it "Mass Effect: Picard" and is completely happy.
    2 points
  35. See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense then that. [pause] Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch.
    2 points
  36. Dave Meltzer brought this up. He is more about driving traffic to the product and I was thinking that Bryan Danielson is hot enough to bring eyeballs to the MJF feud. But if he is thinking longterm, I was trying to put a list in my head- which is like the list Vince McMahon would have to put together if he never got a hold of Hulk Hogan. The only babyface I could see with a bit of meat still on the bone is Eddie Kingston. But you got so many young guys, maybe Jack Perry. I don't know. It's an interesting question.
    1 point
  37. Thoughts on Heat Wave 94 Everyone but Mikey Whipwreck seemed to be allergic to the TV title. Chad Austin hired Jason as his manager and won the title - only to falsely accuse himself of using brass knuckles? The decision was reversed. I've seen some inexplicable things in wrestling (e.g. Undertaker rising from the grave ... both times), but this is near the top of the list. After the Singapore cane problem on the last show, Sandman and Tommy Cairo had a "dueling canes" rematch. Sandman won, and then he and the fans reminded Cairo to pay his bills. I'll have to research what they mean by that. Shane Douglas made a strong case for MVP. He went into his "battle for the future" title defense against Sabu with Mr. Hughes in tow to neutralize 911 and Angel to counter Paul E. Dangerously. So which style would prevail: Douglas' wrestling or Sabu's insanity? Sabu answered this question by smashing himself into a table and getting counted out. After the match, bodyguard Mr. Hughes allowed 911 to chokeslam the Franchise right behind his back. Hughes' application for the Bodyguard Hall of Fame keeps getting lost in the mail. The Public Enemy is the MVP. First, they had the guts to defend their belts against the Funk Brothers in a barbed wire match. Then, they survived Terry's invitation for the fans to bury them in a pile of steel chairs. Finally, they were smart enough to use wire cutters, wrap Terry up in the wire, and both pile onto him for the victory.
    1 point
  38. Bingo. He has two scenarios he's okay with. Pricing it out of the market (on purpose) so no one will buy it and he keeps inching closer to regaining all the power he had before. Or Saudi buys it and gives him all that power he had before. Either scenario gives him what he wants. But floating the 9 billion number also pumps up the stock and makes everyone excited about what he's wanting, without understanding the underlying reasons for that number. He's a ruthless and savvy businessman, I'll give him that.
    1 point
  39. That's kinda funny, but, uh, you were still using that to ask for *Scott Keith books*.
    1 point
  40. My roommates in college took great pleasure in ignoring my reviews in the newspaper.
    1 point
  41. God the fly by of the Titan gave me such TMP vibes (y'all know me and music cues). Shaw basically accused Picard and Riker of being Kirk. Damn... that was a helluva terrorist attack. Was that a practical effect Runabout landing on Crusher's ship? Because that looked good The First Contact theme over the closing credits was a nice touch James
    1 point
  42. Alright, I'm just gonna say the big dumb thing. The Danielson program is a time-killer. Punk is coming back and he's going to come back as the biggest heel the industry has seen since possibly Hogan in 96 or Vince in 99 or something. They're gonna use this to turn MJF into a mega babyface because A) he has the requisite charisma to do it B) really has nowhere else to go as a heel. I'm not guaranteeing this is going to happen, I am saying this is pro-wrestling and this is feasible.
    1 point
  43. Yeah, you're likely right. Moxley will get himself busted open, they'll brawl outside the ring, he'll do his lariat, Page will do his lariat, they'll hit each other with chairs, Moxley will probably go through a table, and Page will probably win. If they wanted to do make similar to the Funks' Texas deathmatches....Page would spend 10 minutes doing a spinning toe hold on Moxley and there would be 50 million piledrivers.
    1 point
  44. The Great Butta (Butt pronounced like the Montana city Butte)
    1 point
  45. Did they fuck up and air two Rampages instead of one Dynamite?
    1 point
  46. things I remember from this episode of Dynamite Jeff Jarrett honors the memory of his father by working as a heel a day after his dad dies. Lots of jolly bullshit spots with Singh/Cassidy then Singh tagging out, then Cassidy tagging out, then getting Billy Gunn vs Jeff Jarrett. The faces win after the world's longest scissor spot. Moxley bleeds like crazy yet again. Preston Vance also bleeds because yeah sure. JR looks old talking to Wardlow. Also Babyface Adam Cole talked to Renee in another segment. I think Josh Woods is dominating on the shows i'm not watching because he had some wins but I didn't remember who he was. Then he lost to Mark Briscoe. Jesse the Body mode ON I can't believe that Christopher Daniels, Gorilla. MJF gave him some money to make sure he could find Laredo, and Daniels thinks it was a bribe. That Christopher Daniels should be thankful that he was given a chance to get on TV but he chooses to bash MJF. MJF gave that ingrate Daniels what he deserved, Gorilla Jesse the Body mode OFF Jack Perry kinda-sorta pins Brian Cage. Then Christian Cage shows up, maces Jungle Boy, and his arm heals just in time to hit the Unprettier. Hopefully more than one Cage is allowed to get TV time at any one time around here, for the sake of Brian Cage's TV time. Also, we got multiple battle royals to set up a four way match that needed to happen instead of a straight up Acclaimed/Gunns rematch. We had some sort of backstage suspense for Adam Page vs Kip Sabian for some reason, then Page won, and Moxley came out and pretty much acted like a heel. Then the Dark Order showed up because Adam Page has the dorkiest backup friends in a promotion that has Butcher/Blade on TV. Then we get a Texas Death Match where Moxley will start bleeding during his entrance. Stokely got Hook suspended. We got all six members of the Jericho Appreciation Society in an interview. You almost need a score card to figure out who is in what faction from week to week. Saraya and Storm attacked a stunt fan pre-match. Apparently spraying Toni Storm's ass with spraypaint pre-ass smash is a spot now. That main event was weird. I guess Rubi Soho won but everybody was mad at her. Toni Storm vs Ruby Soho is a feud with origins in a Spencers Gifts at the Mall.
    1 point
  47. Also, why does a former NFL player need their name changed? Because its The same company that changes the names of 2nd/3rd generation wrestlers.
    1 point
  48. I never understood why the Raiders tried to trade him in the first place. On the face of it, it makes no sense for either party. Trades can’t be finalized for a couple days yet, right? So the Raiders ran the risk of having another team verbally agree to a trade, keeping Carr on the roster and having the $40 mil become guaranteed, then seeing the other team back out a few days later when it came time to sign the paperwork and make the trade official. Granted, teams don’t bowl out of trades that often, but it has happened. Trade only made sense for Carr if he thought there wasn’t a market for him and he’d end up signing for a lot less than $40 mil. That doesn’t seem to be the case. I kinda want Rodgers to step out of whatever cave he’s in for his darkness retreat and find out the Packers decided not to wait and traded him. Though other GMs are presumably too smart to trade for him without some assurance he’d actually play for them instead of retiring. I’m a fan of Rodgers the player, but the will he-won’t he drama has worn thin, as has the whole thing with the psychedelics and the darkness cleanses and whatever else. As someone else said, most qbs would get torn to shreds if they talked about shrooms and pilgrimages to the desert while their play was declining. I don’t even think it’s a race thing. What would we say of Jimmy G or Kirk Cousins announced they were going to go sit in the desert to do some shrooms and commune with crystals? Rodger strikes me as a shallow guy, so his counterculture deep thinker routine makes me laugh.
    1 point
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