Technico Support
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I always loved the 5-parters where the Joes and Cobra had to travel the world trying to beat each other to the parts for whatever McGuffin they were building (Werther Dominator, etc.).
Also the one where the Joes were scrambling because they were getting phone calls telling them that a guy called THE VIPER was coming, only for it to turn out to be the window cleaner, who had an accent (here to "vipe your vindows").
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3 hours ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:
..and what does CEO stand for in this context anyway?
It’s because they can’t call her The Boss. And it took me until this morning to make that connection
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10 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:
so what's the best possible feud that'll involve a heel mimicking Mercedes' dancing?
Mercedes vs Elaine Bennes
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3 minutes ago, JLowe said:
They’re overplayed but I love that recently they went out of their way to tell any racist/alt-right/fascists to fuck off, they don’t want them as fans.
I often joke that this is the one time of the year that anyone gives two shits about the Dropkick Murphys, but that's pretty cool.
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16 minutes ago, WebConn89 said:
Is Villano University where Mike Tenay was a professor at?
They have a school of dentistry, I know that much.
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PAC never got his rubber match.
Note: PAC demanding has “ROOBAH MAHTCH” lives rent free in my head.
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Villanova University is just two letters away from “Villano University,” which I’m sure is a much better institution.
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3 hours ago, The Natural said:
I'm a big Bryan Danielson and Batman fan but that doesn't stop me disliking some parts of both. Feels weird critiquing who I regard in Bryan Danielson the Greatest of All Time but If change, again whom am I to say this to Danielson but nevertheless...
- The running knee getting kicked out of more. Used to be a list of four give or take in WWE but it's expanded since AEW. Kazuchika Okada, Zack Sabre Jr, Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston, Adam Page, MJF, Brody King off the top of my head.
- The seizure sell.
- The diving headbutt/shoot headbutts.
- Bryan Danielson is such a selfless person, an admirable trait but rarely wins the big match in AEW. Danielson's jobbed to Jon Moxley, Adam Page, MJF, Eddie Kingston, MJF. Granted the top guys but I just wish he'd win the big one. In a recent match a commentator picked up Danielson's win loss record as one of AEW's best but he's still never held a championship there.
- Only AEW matches of Bryan's I didn't like were one of two with Chris Jericho, Miro, Jon Moxley and Brian Cage.
I don't like the "hold the hands and stomp on the face" move. It feels unnecessarily over the top violent while at the same time being incredibly phony. 5-10 unprotected head stomps and the ref isn't stopping the match/opponent isn't going unconscious? They've mitigated it somewhat by turning it into a chest stomp, though.
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1 hour ago, AxB said:
Wouldn't it be ironic, if it turned out that watching all of those AEW shows was what made Danielson want to make the jump?
"Gee Vince, I should go work there to get a better look. You know, for research and all."
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If you’re like me and just bought a PS5 after years of being an Xbox guy (I realize that’s a small group) Fire Pro is currently $7.50!
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7 hours ago, AxB said:
Bear Country are a comedy act just now, not a couple of brawny brutish thugs. But then, they're only one angle away from being those beefy bastards again.
They were my first thought, too. But yeah, they’d need to segue away from the weightlifting salad tossers gimmick first.
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The Acclaimed could improve so much back in the regular tag division. Alas, it seems they’ve settled into 90s AJPW opener territory.
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4 minutes ago, Just Dave said:
Oh yeah, if Steph knew, Trips knew.
It feels like Nick Khan's involvement might mean that there isn't the "house cleaning" I was anticipating...
Nope. I posted it multiple pages ago. Firing Vince lets them say “the bad man is gone, nothing to see here.” I mean shit, the Netflix CEO said as much a day or so afterward. I hope I’m wrong and maybe more will come out in discovery and trial (if it gets that far) or in the criminal investigation, but I’m cynical about it all. The rich and powerful always seem to evade justice.
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2 minutes ago, JLowe said:
Must be nice to have creative control because I would be giving him a choice of putting over everyone for 6 weeks and getting bought out of his contract or being fired for breach.
Seriously. Like in what world is beating 3-4 guys in a tournament and then jobbing to the world champion on one of the year's biggest TV episodes a bad thing?
Miro's idea of good creative seems to be "I beat everybody, I get the belt, then I beat everybody again."
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Speaking of Joe, word is that the spot Joe had earlier this year (win an eliminator tournament, then lose in a title challenge vs MJF at Grand Slam) was earmarked for Miro, but Miro turned it down so Joe got it. Maybe if he was a company guy instead of pulling a "that doesn't work for me, brother," he would have the world title by now.
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Hearing discussions of Mercedes' recent comments had me thinking of this thread and Vince's Jedi mind tricks/cult programming. I think anyone who worked extensively for WWE, especially someone like her who was "born and raised" there, would have similar feelings regarding the eventuality of going back there, especially when viewed through the lens of the company hammering the point home that nothing outside WWE is worth anything.
A more interesting discussion is the shorter list of people who probably have not allowed themselves to be brainwashed to feel that way. I think of a guy like Steen, who, though he grew up a WWE fan, had a long pre-WWE career where he made money and never thought he'd ever get there anyway. I think guys like that likely don't buy the "if it ain't WWE, it ain't shit" line.
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10 hours ago, username said:
Given that Miro was one of the people rumored to have asked for his release/been approached by WWE and seemingly turned down... how can I put this: you have the legal right to make him stick around but you can't really force him to care or try if he doesn't want to. One can argue whether he should or not but ultimately if he's only there because he is made to (again because he signed a contract of his own free will) there's really nothing to prevent him from slow playing things the rest of his time there. Even in WWE, where this happened a lot to people we were generally sympathetic to, things generally hit a point where if the wrestlers still wanted out they decided it was no longer worth the effort and just let them go and... well if the rumors are true this has been going on for about 18 months now, if it's not getting better by now it likely ain't gonna.
Miro and Andrade were both vocally unhappy in WWE. Then both made no qualms about letting everyone know they were unhappy in AEW.
You tell me you met an asshole in the morning...
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11 hours ago, SovietShooter said:
AAA just gave the Penta Jr gimmick to him as a rival to the original Octagon Jr., who was of no relation to Octagon, and quickly left AAA to become WWE's Kalisto.
Who also worked as Samuray Del Sol in that brief stint between AAA and WWE, right?
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Rey Jr. is actually the nephew of the original, right? And the wrestler who currently works as Rey Horus (Dragon Azteca Jr. in Lucha Underground) was a Hijo del Rey Mysterio but not the first one, apparently.
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8 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
Juliya Chernetsky, she was a bitch the one time I met her. Although, it may have had to do with my friend telling her she could use my mouth as a toilet if she needed to.
Looooool hey man, gotta shoot your shot
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14 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Powerman 5000 just reminded me of the time on the Headbanger's Ball redux where Rob Zombie had his brother on, said something pithy about Lemmy, the brother was like "WTF" and they cut to commercial. Show returns from break, Zombie apologizes to the audience. Is fired, does not return.
What did Rob say? Was it a quip about the Nazi memorabilia collection?
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2 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:
Obligatory “who are you to doubt chiropractic medicine” joke
From one carny business to another! Good on him.
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I forgot to mention Dante trying to put on Zay’s durag but putting it on halfway up his head so it looked like a yarmulke or a Rosie the Riveter tribute.
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1 hour ago, TheVileOne said:
Same for CM Punk, and look how that turned out. Did the short-term gains with CM Punk outweigh the long-term damage? I think you can make an argument they did.
I mean I think with the proper promotion and support Miro could've been a phenomenal asset for AEW, and he does when he was operating on full cylinders as the Redeemer. But he had no idea what to do with Miro after he lost the TNT title. I think a lot of guys have that potential. But they also need that sustained creative push.
Those are Punk and Miro problems, not AEW problems. You can’t cherry pick two malcontents as your examples of AEW poorly booking former WWE talent.
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AEW TV - 3/13 - 3/19/2024 - Takin' Care of Business
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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I haven't watched WWE in over 8 years, so I missed most of Mercedes' heyday and am pretty much unfamiliar with her work. Coming in cold, I'll say she has incredible charisma. But she also comes off very inauthentic, and that's at the feet of her being "WWE born and bred." Walk out of the entrance, be sure to hit that pose we came up with for you, walk to the ring in your specific character fashion, and do the pose again, etc. It's just so manufactured and fake. And that dance. Jesus Christ. That fucking dance. After her very good promo, she danced. And danced. Same move. Over and over. It was like she didn't know what else to do. Same thing at the end of the show. Fuck. Jaw at the fans, climb the ropes and celebrate, go slap some hands. Anything. But she just kept spamming that same move over and over. I was overwhelmed with secondhand embarrassment.
As much as WWE feels like they need to retrain bad habits out of experienced performers, I think that should go both ways. WWE Style presentation creates products, not people, and it's glaring how disingenuous it looks when they show up in AEW and do that same played out stuff. Mercedes' presentation felt like a TGI Friday's waiter got a new job at a decent restaurant and showed up on day 1 with 41 pieces of flair. Or the guy who plays Goofy at Disneyland got an office gig and showed up in his Goofy suit. Just so out of place and weird.