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Managed to nab myself and the girlfriend tickets to Forbidden Door II and the following Dynampage in Hamilton. We're going to the Canada!10 points
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The main event was good but five stars feels a bit rich for what was essentially a high end spotfest. Personally it was closer to the first time I saw PAC than Rey, but the execution was great and big credit to Omega for being a 10/10 base guitarist. I just question if Vikingo has anything else to offer other than adding more rotations to flips.6 points
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Does anybody know how it feels to miss out on both the pre-sale and sale of the biggest live wrestling event your home city has hosted since Wrestlemania 6... and then you find out some crosstown buds have an extra ticket come Saturday!? I'm going to Forbidden Door and I could not be happier! Thanks for letting me share that.5 points
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Gonna channel my inner POE! here for a moment. Today, I wrapped up my first-ever Platinum, courtesy of Ghost of Tsushima (PS5). I also got all seven of the trophies from the Iki Island expansion, though I don't think those were necessary to complete the Platinum. I totally had to resort to a guide for a couple of them, particularly the "Honor the Unseen" achievement, which was the last one I got, because I didn't even know that "hidden altars" were a thing in this game. There are a few more things I could do like gather all the records and artifacts and whatnot, but I think I'm just about all Ghosted out for now.4 points
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Juice Robinson really needs to be the flamboyant face again. "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson is just dull as fuck.4 points
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Not that any of the talent you cite as being de-emphasized were ever all that emphasized on the network shows, but isn't that just a natural result of growing a company and brand? At the start you're working with what's available, and as more resources becoming available the calculus changes? Although as much as I think a lot of complaints regarding change is exaggerated, I'll at least admit when you're right you're right: That ambulance spot sucks, it's been tired for a long time, and it's time to put that one to bed. Weird to think that the same guy giving us that good grounded Eddie-Claudio stuff is also insistent on trotting out such phony-baloney.4 points
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Most of the Mid South I've seen has been in one of two contexts: 1) Cherry picking matches/angles of various guys who came through over the years (Terry, Flair, Hogan, etc) 2) I was a very weird little kid, and was obsessed with Andy Kaufman (still am) so I watched I'm From Hollywood on Comedy Central probably hundreds of times3 points
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John Wick 4 fucking rules. It's like if you dropped him in the GTA V universe and just had him go to work. It's literally built like a video game, complete with pain in the ass mini-bosses and incredible scenery with impossible action sequences. The Arc de Triomphe scene is amazing.3 points
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Special Time! Sunday Morning Rampage! Hobbs-Penta lead it off with a fine fine fearless wrestling contest. Harley Cameron really catches the eye at ringside. QT looks good with that big shiny Turner Network Television belt. Starks and Juicey square off on the microphones and make a date - alright. Brody and Hager give us a meaty slapper, and Anna Jaz takes out Stevie Nicks. A bit of fun there. Nice to see Swerve, and nice vidya peckige for Kenny and Korn on the Cobb. Leila Grey is starting to put it all together, but Taya makes quick work of her. I liked being surprised by the dominance. Taya really knows how to rock those furry boots. What a Bruiser! Nice 70s Get Up WIth It-Miles glasses on Jade, what a fabulously stylish lady. Mark Sterling takes a road trip to Valhalla. Taya is a big strong lady, I'm into this! Bring on the Taya-Jade bout. Mark Henry gives us another nice preview. Acclaimed-Kingdom do not disappoint. Taven-Bennett paying their dues before they, perhaps, go on a nice little run. Maria really knows how to do it. Maybe a little too much shenanigans and ppl running around, but then the Acclaimed are highly recruited sports entertainers, so... Daddy Magic and Ange' r JR guys! Daddy Magic and the JAS like the Rap Music! I can't remember the last time I was looking forward to an upcoming skit segment, but I'm gonna give my full attention to Cool Hand and Daddy Magic taking Bones & Castro out on the town. How will the Daddies work together One wonders?! That was Rampage baby! And it fit the Sunday Morning schedule nicely. Now for some toast.3 points
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I can't think of anything I notice or care about less than the color of rings ropes. EDIT: I might even say that caring about the color of ring ropes is a very WWE idea to have.3 points
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For about two years I lived the language. I was tired of my History major, and always loved Japanese, so I found a school nearby that offered it, dropped out of History, and went for Japanese. Was planning on studying abroad for my degree but my anxiety caused me to not go and to drop out of the program. I lived that shit. I spent the entire winter break of 2010 studying only to drop out the next year. It's hard to master as the Kanji screws with people. I barely remember any of it now. Fast forward to 2019, and I ended up finishing my History degree at the school I started, lol. Got my MA after that, and now I'm going for another MA in Education. My life is a mess!3 points
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Also, ROH is basically early AEW/prime NXT now. If you like that simple pro-wrestling aesthetic and tighter matches/shows, you should definitely be watching Honor Club every week.3 points
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One of the benefits of having a villain with infinite variants is how easy he is to recast.3 points
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You're definitely not the only one. It seems to me that AEW has shifted hard from a promotion that was determined to differentiate itself from WWE as much as possible into a very WWE-lite type of promotion. Not just visually (though certainly there) but also in the shift away from mostly clean finishes, the de-emphasis of unique indie characters (like, say, Abadon or Angelico, or Sonny Kiss) on the network shows, and (particularly galling to me, personally, though apparently delightful to a lot of wrestling fans) an over-reliance on empty "member berries" nostalgia pops (like, for example, the tired cliche of the tough good guy driving the ambulance back to the arena just in time to make the save). As long as they keep sprinkling in matches like Cobb vs Kenny and Hager vs Brody King and Hayter vs Emi and Bear Country vs Trustbusters... I am going to keep watching, but like you I am way less enthusiastic about the current "Burger King" era of AEW and wish they'd go back to differentiating themselves from the competition as much as possible.3 points
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Probably true for me as well. I mean I took 6 months off from watching wrestling all together in 2007 when that one slightly uncomfortable thing that has happened in the business happened, but even then I was reading about wrestling pretty much every day. Also, these days my chances of watching wrestling are severely limited even though the available material exceeds my wildest dreams. Still, there's always enough time to read through the Discussion threads.3 points
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I can’t give a fuck about Hobbs as long as all the QTV garbage is involved. Sorry, I totally tuned out. King and Hager was perfectly fine meatslapping but god Hager is so dull. Give me Hobbs-King for 20 without any ringside nonsense. Taya is a large woman. Leila Gray is definitely better than when she first showed up, but she’s still not good. Jade looked cool, I’ll give her that. Juice Robinson makes me laugh trying to be a tough guy. I’m looking forward to him and Ricky wrestling though. Dynamite looks fucking awesome! Not a bad match on the card. Main event was fun, I’m on Team “Kingdom are great” and they are excellent upper-midcard heels who can give you an excellent old-school tag team match and then take a clean pin. Gonna have to disagree with Max about the Maria photo spread though..2 points
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MLW Underground TV was the name of their original TV show on Sunshine Network in 2003-2004 Then they teased a Lucha Underground revival as "Azteca Underground" before deciding to just make that a name of Cesar Duran's stable Court probably trying to keep the trademark active for legal purposes2 points
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Seeing @Elsalvajeloco namedrop Mark Ragin in the AEW Discussion thread made me remember how strange his debut in 1984 Mid-South was. Dude gets the full-scale "next big superstar" entrance coming to the ring to Michael Jackson and breakdancing with the music still playing even after the bell rings...and then he turns out to be extremely NOT ready for that level of presentation, and within a few weeks he's reduced to teaming with Mike Jackson (the wrestler) and people below that level like that "superstar" debut never happened. He's like the Mid-South version of Outback Jack. And no shade on Mike Jackson with that previous comment, matches where he is on the job side of things show that he has always been really good and maybe even better in Mid-South than JCP because he actually gets hope spots in almost every match he is in and Bill Watts talks him up on commentary to give him some credibility. As far as my current Mid-South watching is concerned, I am now into June 1985, but I'll put the rest of this in Spoilers since I know @SirSmellingtonofCascadia is still in 84 right now:2 points
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Juice Robinson and Dalton Castle have the exact same speaking voice, and a similar cadence too.2 points
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If they really wanted to get heat on Dom, they’d change his ring name to Dominic Guerrero.2 points
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I've been going to lots of WWE shows in Denver over the last few years with my nephew and the crowds are all families with kids. Hell, I'm taking my nephew and two of his pals to a WWE show tonight.2 points
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As someone who attended a Hijo Del Vikingo match last night, he also has some very cool lucha submissions that he was breaking out at Warrior Wrestling against Arez but that stopped and segwayed to flips once it became a three way with Gringo Loco entering the mix.2 points
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I’ve read a decent portion of Marvel’s 2010-ish Star Wars line. Basically, I’ve read the Aaron and Gillen runs on the main book, the first Doctor Aphra series (Gillen and Spurrier runs) and Gillen’s Darth Vader book. Great fun and I highly recommend everything I just mentioned, Especially Gillen’s Darth Vader book, which I thought was outstanding, Gillen’s one of my favorite comic writers and Salvador Larroca drew virtually every page. Larroca drew much of the main book too, but he leaned more heavily into the photoshop/tracing thing and the results were mixed and divisive. Darth Vader looks beautiful though. I’m by no means a fan of the franchise, but I’m somewhat sad Marvel rebooted the line with writers and artists I don’t like nearly as well. Charles Soule and Alyssa Wong are fine, but they don’t sell me books. It probably couldn’t be helped. Marvel lost a fair number of my favorite writers and artists after Secret Wars and I don’t pay near as much attention to the line these days.2 points
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I'm in the 10th row here - the Demolition/Fuji turn happened on our side of the ring.2 points
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I didn't catch it, but I assume this came from JR. Bad habits are tough to break after all. Let's all be thankful he's not calling Dynamite anymore.2 points
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Oh, for fuck's sake. They are using WWE Newspeak on commentary now. "HE USED THE CHAMPIONSHIP! HE USED THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS A WEAPON!" Are they TRYING to drive me away? On the upside COBB vs Kenny! I will probably really enjoy that. BCC vs Castle Boys, too! Hager vs Brody King was a good hoss match! Hager and Julia should team up as... The Hat Foundation. There was a nice bit of unintentional comedy when nobody in the crowd flinched away from Juice Robinson. Otherwise, this was a VERY sports-entertainment-ish episode of Rampage.2 points
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SATURDAY RAMPAGE! HOBBS! PENTA! FOR THE BELT! QT MARSHALL! HARLEY CAMERON! Hobbs bumps for PENTA! PENTA bumps for Hobbs! QT goes the Octagon thing of tying his mask to the ropes! In picture in picture, Hobbs punches PENTA in the face. PENTA makes a comeback! Giant Side Slam by Hobbs! PENTA hits a BEAUTIFUL Tope Con Hilo! Two Double Stomps! FOR TWO! Aaron Solo is there to be PILEDRIVEN! Hobbs hits PENTA with the belt! That was good. Kenny and Jeff Cobb! To set up Kenny versus Will Ospreay at Forbidden Door? ROCK HARD! ROCCCCCKKK HHAARRRDDDD! They are wrestling April 5th! Fine. BRODIE KING! Secret Wrestling Machine, JAKE HAGAR! HOSS FIGHT! SLOBBERKNOCKER! This is great! In picture in picture, Hagar beats on Brodie! Brodie hits a MAGNIFICENT Bossman Slam! CANNONBALL TO NOWHERE! VADER BOMB to Brodie's feet! ANNA J! Attacks Julia Hart! Brodie is rolled up! For TWO! Brodie hits a Fat Boy Michinoku Driver for the win! That was good. Could have used ten more minutes. Leila Grey! Is about to get slaughtered by TAYA VALKYRIE! Smart Mark Sterling tries to SERVE Taya! ROAD TO VALHALLA! Sterling tries to serve Taya again! ROAD TO VALHALLA II! Taya can carry anyone and Jade is getting better so it might be a good match. AWESOME! BLACKPOOL COMBAT CLUB vs DALTON AND THE BOYS! The Acclaimed have arrived! Can Mike Bennett drag a SUPERMATCH out of the Acclaimed? DADDY MAGIC loves the Rap music! Scissor Me Timbers on Bennett! Mike Bennett is fucking awesome in picture in picture, laying it in with Max Caster. DECAPITATION by the Kingdom! The Kingdom are great old school heels and are great beating the HEAT~! on Caster! FUCKING BRAINBUSTER by Bennett! Mike Bennett is fucking GREAT. Caster leans into the Kingdoms kick to the face. Maria is chased off by Billy Gunn and then Top Flight! Gunn clotheslines Bennett! Taven gets in a perfunctory nearfall before Bowens hits the Arrival and then Caster hits the Macho Man Elbow Drop for the win! That was pretty good. Mike Bennett fucking rules. AEW RULES THE WORLD BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS ROH RULES THE ENTIRE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD!2 points
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and thank you for using a pic from the 1988 Survivor Series, one of my favorite ppv's of my youth2 points
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The red white & blue fit 80s WWE. It fit their brand and identity. And it fit the time. 80s WCW didn't have a singular identiy. Thir scheme seemed to change a bunch. Idk I have always seen AEW's production as the spiritual successor to early Nitro. Regular rails. Black ropes that don't steal your attention visually. But the new bright logo filled rail lining. The new colored rope scheme. It's not what I associate with AEW. I had always associated them letting the wrestling stand out vs the gaudy bright colors and shiny shit everywhere and the excessive branding. Times are a changing. And I'm just one person. But this one person probably won't be paying as much attention going forward if it's going to be WWE-lite visually. I chalk up being okay with it in the 80s to TVs not being HD. Now the contrast is jacked up so much and everything is hyper lit and hyper bright. That color scheme seriously clashed with me watching the action.2 points
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Wasn’t the talking point a month ago that no one wanted to see him in the main event and the crowd would shit on him for not being Sami? There’s a huge disconnect between the vocal internet fans and the people who actually buy tickets to shows and watch on tv2 points
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We're going to see how that meeting with potential buyers goes. At this point, it's probably going to be Prichard dressed in various costumes and coming in and out of the room as different characters to appease Vince. Break out that Reo Rodgers outfit and pretend to be an old timey Texas oil tycoon and then return as like a fat Elon Musk.2 points
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Also, this, tremendous news day... https://twitter.com/The_MJF/status/1639696508000796673?cxt=HHwWgoCwravSr8EtAAAA2 points
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I like the possibility of seeing a Omega great Dynamite singles match run like how we a Danielson one recently.2 points
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In the 80s, the ropes were red, white and blue They went to all red ropes in the attitde era, and then started colour coding them for Raw and Smackdown during the brand split silliness.2 points
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From Kurt's podcast Kurt Angle had successful back surgery work done. He no longer feels pain down his legs and has no more problems with his legs. The back pain hasn't went away yet.2 points
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I only skimmed through the first 4 or 5 pages so apologies if this was brought up already. But I am shocked not to see much talk on the rope color. It actively took away from my enjoyment of the show. It was distracting and off putting. It felt like a low rent flea market independent that tries to pretend like they are WWE from the 80s. It doesn't fit AEW's brand. It's like some try hard shit. I guess I'm probably the only one that feels this way. I'm starting to feel like man yelling at clouds. But I like traditional guard rails. I like simple black ropes. I'm not a fan of AEW WWE'ing their on screen presentation. I hate the look of WWE shows. Everything is so gaudy and over produced. And it seems like AEW is starting to do that. It's starting to turn me off. Maybe I'm alone in that. Maybe I'm gonna go full Drew here and the production look will be my Young Bucks lol. Yes, yes, Vikingo & Kenny was fucking awesome. I loved it. But I would have loved it way more if I wasn't so distracted by the new aesthetics. Thanks for reading my rant. Now get off my lawn.2 points
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Dear Facebook: I have tried being funny. I have tried being understanding. I have tried workarounds. But now, I'm angry. LET ME SET "MOST RECENT" as my default, you sons of misbegotten goats. Yes, I agree that post about peep rankings was cool. The first time it was posted. Several Days Ago. There's no effing need to show it to me again and again and again and again and again and.. (sorry to my friend, but I've seen it so much that it makes me about as ill as actually consuming the number of peeps in that picture) What is so effing hard about realizing that most folks use Facebook to catch up on what their friends are doing most recently? I'm beginning to think that you LIKE people getting frustrated about not being able to set Most Recent as default. That making people go two-three levels into a menu to actually see what folks have posted lately is against the Geneva Convention. (Note: A slight bit of hyperbole there. It ISN'T a violation of the Geneva Convention. It only SHOULD be.) "Hey, this guy wants to see something new? HAH! The Algorithim wants to show him the story about the woman trying to scratch a card off for the 30th time! Who cares what he wants? The sad thing is twitter's worse. (and they're trying to force the same thing down our throats over there as a bonus bit of shittery) This rant brought to you by "Fozzie slept wrong and cricked his back up something fierce"2 points
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Here's a pic of me and my partner Stephanie calling the action for the Frozen Dead Guy Days Coffin Races. Yes, that's a Flintstones Water Buffalo Lodge hat.2 points
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Dear lord, that is glorious. The aforementioned skinny, pasty legs, Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Paul Stanley's half-rap, Kiss trying to be street, those flea market pinky ring title belts, Dr. Love, brawling outside to start, and Gordon Solie trying to keep some sense of class and respectability to the proceedings. Pro wrestling is the greatest.2 points
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I know scripted skits aren’t how to cut a promo, or at least not this crowd’s tastes in promos but when done right they’re hits IMO. This was done right. You can miss the 100 historical references in this whole thing yet still be sold on the whole thing. It was as sleazy and dirty and as accurate of dudes with hoes as the real thing.1 point
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qeu7JRwt0 look, i know this was brought up in jest, but i LOVE the song in that commercial. i legitimately have it on my mp3 player and add it to almost every playlist i make. i like "Eye of the Tiger" enough as well, but "Glen!" is my jam.1 point
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