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  1. The Iron Yuppie
    Of all the Awesome-Tanaka matches, this might be my favorite. If it's not 1, it's 2 behind the Heat Wave '98 match. Mike Awesome will forever be one of the most frustrating case-studies in bad booking. How can you squander a guy built like an All-American tackle, with the agility and speed of a much smaller athlete, so badly?
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    I interpreted "Sting was out of shape" as "Eric Bischoff is a lying sack of crap who let Hulk Hogan do whatever he wanted."
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    TNA was quite entertaining from the end of 2005 until the November 2006 PPV. In that stretch, I honestly enjoyed it quite a bit more than WWE, which was in full Exploit Eddie mode, leading to the Rey burial title run; Vince feuding with God; and the awful reboot of DX. Not everything TNA did was good -- we are still talking TNA. But Samoa Joe was red-hot and building to what should have been a great World title run. Christian was excellent as both face and heel. I've always been a Rhino mark, so I enjoyed his push. Sting was in great shape and worked some fun matches in his comeback. AJ/Daniels vs. LAX was my favorite feud of the year. When Kurt Angle was announced, coupled with the upcoming first PPV on the road, I really thought TNA was on its way to becoming a viable No. 2 federation. Then in late 2006, this guy came back, BRO!
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    Welp, listening to PWTorch podcast on Chyna. Jim Ross is the guest; didn't take long for him to go on a long-winded diatribe about his not liking intergender wrestling and how he thought she shouldn't have done it. Sigh.
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    Revolutionary is an appropriate word. Because of her personal demons and WWE treating her as persona non grata, it's easy to downplay her contributions to one of, if not the biggest boom period of wrestling. But she was treated as a legitimate threat when toe-to-toe with the men. Her IC title reign generated a lot of positive, mainstream buzz. Hell, even her Playboy cover set sales records. Consider that she was vital to HHH getting over enough to be positioned for a main event push, her impact on the Attitude Era only trails Austin, Rock, and maybe Foley/Taker. WWE didn't book another women as well as Chyna until Trish Stratus, and not until several years and some very embarrassing moments into her tenure.
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    The most ubiquitous sentence ever written about TNA.
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    I heard or read somewhere -- might have been a Cinema Snob review -- that even Lloyd Kaufman himself regretted distributing Bloodsucking Freaks. A cable channel showing THAT movie would be ballsy. Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD is such an underrated gem. Everyone knows Toxic Avenger as THE Troma movie, but I enjoy Kabukiman more. It feels like a more legitimate movie.
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    A Boats-and-Hoes gimmick has potential.
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    I'd never call TNA good television -- and yet, it's now comparable to perhaps my favorite series ever. Unlikable, megalomanic central character turns to Nazis to save a business, only for said Nazis to leverage their work into taking over the business. TNA is Breaking Bad! Dixie is Walter White! Jeff Jarrett is Jesse Pinkman (with GFW as the physical manifestation of Jesse in the last season: locked away in a dungeon, never to see the light of day)
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    "Impact live-streaming on Gawker opposite The Network will be the new Monday Night War, BROTHER!"
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    In lieu of a good pun, this thread is AMAZING. Read the whole thing, goes pretty in-depth explaining the situation...and what a situation it is.
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    How long before Li'l B puts a curse on Angelo Dawkins for stealing "his" cooking celebration?
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    I don't know if I was being a prisoner of the moment, but upon finishing Takeover Dallas my immediate thought was, "This ranks among my all-time favorite shows." Not a bad match on the card, including the main despite the stoppages. After hindsight, I realized that could make for a good angle to extend the feud; Joe's able to claim the doctors stopped his momentum every time he started rolling. Sets up the possibility of a final blowoff in a cage or a submission match. I was disappointed with the crowd's reaction to Aries-Corbin, which I found to be a fantastic match that told a great story. Corbin's evolved into an awesome heel. The booking of NXT obviously makes these Takeover cards better than a lot of what main WWE offers, but I've also come to realize I have much more patience for a 2-to-2:30 show.
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    And every Arnold action move since is the horrible, Rob Liefeld Cable?
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    Ryan Katz, formerly known as XPW's GQ Money and WSX's Fabian Kaelin. Wow, seriously? He was running an indie fed in Chatsworth not too long ago. Good for him.
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    Thanks to the high praise here, I watched Clash 19 and that is indeed a terrific show. Thoughts as I was watching: - There were times when it looked like Rick Rude and Austin were stiffing the shit out of Bagwell--which, after hearing Buff on Colt Cabana's pod, I wouldn't doubt. - This is about the third show in the last month I've seen with Bobby Eaton and Arn Anderson as a team. Both were known for their work with other units, but they are fantastic together. Add Paul E. and I'm surprised this isn't one of the most celebrated heel teams ever. - The Freebirds are sub-trash here, meaning throwing them into the dumpster isn't sufficient. You'd need to dig a hole into the earth, dump them in that, then cover it up with the dumpster. They look like shit physically, their ring attire is awful (seriously, wtf is with those knee-high boots?), their entrance music sucks and their work. Oh man. They moved so slowly in comparison to the Silver Kings, they looked like that Bugs Bunny cartoon when the evil scientist is on ether. - I grew up a WWF fan, but I loved Sting as a kid when I did tune into WCW. His interview with Jesse talking about Vader on this show reminds me why. While he plays up the same kind of sensibilities of being a hard-working good guy, in retrospect he wasn't anywhere near as corny as Hulk (or Cena. Sorry). - Not much I can add to Gordy/Dr. Death vs. The Steiners. Just a stiff, brutal and entertaining brawl. Great, great stuff.
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    Too bad he's more the size of Puck
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    Dat jaw-bro-knee Brian Blair.
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    Yikes. Movie enjoyment is largely subjective, but man. I thought Spider-Man 3 was in the same pantheon of abominable superhero films with the last two of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, X-Men Origins, Fantastic Four and Green Lantern. And I'm someone who ranks the first Raimi efforts among my all-time favorites.
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    Agree as far as Doc Ock and Owl are concerned, and there was definitely some of that going on with Electro in the final stretch of ASM 2. But I did like the
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    I don't know if they'd do this immediately after a show that featured a cage match, plus there's already a PPV dedicated to the gimmick, but Hell in a Cell seems logical. They're playing up Kane as THE DEMON~!, so a gimmick match with hell in the title makes sense, and the HIAC was a staple of the May-June PPVs in the mid-2000s.
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    It's weird, I much prefer Garfield to Tobey McGuire as Peter/Spider-Man, and the Peter-Gwen Stacy dynamic was light years ahead of the Raimi movies' Peter-MJ. To quote Jason Mantzoukas on McGuire and Dunst together, "They have the chemistry of two sacks of wet dog shit." And yet, I preferred the first two Raimi Spider-Mans to the reboot. I actually really enjoyed ASM 2. There were a few flaws; I get you can't have Jamie Foxx hanging neon blue dong al Dr. Manhattan in a PG-13 movie, but his suit being able to travel through the electric currents annoyed me. I also thought the crowds standing around cheering behind barricades as a guy made of electricity and someone in a tank-like rhino suit rampage through the city was preposterous. But I guess it sorta fits the Spider-Man tone. I also thought the introduction of Harry's story line was a bit rushed to lay the foundation for the next sequel. But overall, those weren't enough to take too much away from my enjoyment. My wife said she MUCH preferred this to Cap 2.
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    WeeLC was so much fun. I never could have envisioned liking anything Hornswoggle did, but he's terrific as the bully leader. And my goodness, the bumps 3MB took were astounding. Drew's flip dive through the table was ridiculous. Loved the 6-man. As mentioned, the commentary putting over Evolution was a bit fawning, but damn did that match feel BIG TIME. I'm so happy The Shield wasn't broken up, and even happier that they're treated as legit megastars. Rollins put on a damn show. Bad News Barrett is terrific. That cape he wore to the ring was pretty swanky, only outdone by Cesaro's pre-match attire. You're not going to get a great match from Kane in 2014, but I felt this had enough over-the-top spots to live up to the "Extreme Rules" gimmick. As far as Daniel Bryan being buried, not seeing it. Him driving Kane out on the forklift was very Stone Cold in '98. And the visual of him leading the crowd in the chant just before hitting the headbutt off the forklift felt like a No. 1 star spot to me. Wasn't a fan of the cage match in the least. The ending felt like the bastard love-child of the Black Scorpion and Raven brain-washing Sandman's son.
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    Hell, co-starring in the two Fantastic Four movies might have been even more of an albatross for a Chris Evans-led Captain America franchise to overcome. I can say without hesitation that those might be two of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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    30 For 30

    The Iron Yuppie replied to Gonzo's topic in SPORTS

    I have the Bad Boys DVR'd for a weekend viewing. But man, a 30 For 30 on the rise of Duke as college basketball's evil empire would be fascinating. They went from being the plucky underdog that just couldn't win the Big One to the most reviled program in the sport, and I think it all starts with the Laettner stomp. Would definitely love to see that evolution play out in a documentary, though I fear as an ESPN property it could easily turn into a Coach K love-fest. Maybe HBO should take on that topic. Speaking of which, I wish HBO would release the UNLV doc on Blu Ray. The Tark era fascinates me. It's also so ironic to think back on a time when Duke was the upstart cheered on against the big, bad Runnin' Rebels.
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