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    Cutting A Fucking Promo 101 Revisited

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    When RAF is feeling blue, he knows where to go. This made my day:

    Very aptly titled. Thee MM is criminally underrated & overlooked, in my uncontroversial opinion. Here is another because I love all of you (thanks to the genius of thee Magnificent One):

    Damn, son - I remember watching this last one in the realtime (or another similar one from the same taping) and being blown away. TSantana vs. Muraco as well as Santana vs. Greg Valentine over the intercontinental belt are two fond feud memories for me. Does anyone have a lead on that squash that Muraco did whilst wearing sunglasses with Gorilla M being very upset about the lack of safety and surfeit of arrogance on the part of MM? Similar timeframe to thee Meatball Hero Match, if I remember correctly (which I often do not). Fuck a team of writers, I want undiluted WorkerBrainWords.

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    February 2022 Wrestling GIFS and Pics.

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    so many facts, facts in tubes, runnin' wild daddy

    The pre-rope part has been, I believe, referred to as a "hangman/hangman submission/hangman choke", often done as a  (sorta) back-to-back cravat over one shoulder, with the hands around the victim's jaw and chin to avoid being considered a choke. "It's the same but different" - Tommy Chong. I do dig the use of the ropes.

    Hey, me use interWeb goodly now! This is what I was thinking of...

    WWWF MSG 10/20/80, Rick McGraw (RIP, who was always over for a generic enhancement baby, and the first face of excessive steroid use for me and my pals) vs. The Hangman (Neil Guay)

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    Wrestling Machine vs Wrestling Machine

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    A million pink/teenybopper idol stars - I love Thee Merchant of Menace and BFulton is a vastly overlooked worker. This match was pure textbook gimmick flexing, un-innovative but the paradigm of this match-up nonetheless. These two couldn't phone it in at gunpoint. Now my cursed imagination makes me want a Cassandro v. Adrian Street feud, as well as a Bobby Fulton vs. The Masked Superstar one as well. "I'm a greedy man" - James Brown

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    February 2022 - Professional Wrestling Omnibus Discussion

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    Posted · Edited by thee Reverend Axl Future
    No car, NJ sucks

    On 2/10/2022 at 11:53 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    From personal experience, downtown Newark and Newark in general is pretty scary. 

    Amen. I don't even like changing trains there. However, no one complains if you smoke by the tracks so there is that.

    ADDENDUM:

     Come to think of it, I feel the same about the Trenton NJT train area, so --- Jersey sucks.

    Wrestling Machine vs Wrestling Machine

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    On 2/13/2022 at 11:47 AM, DEAN said:

    Jesus Christ, Killer Khan was the greatest wrestler to ever wrestle.  He is so fucking good.  Chris Adams was a wrestling machine,  ASIAN SPIKE!

     

    KK really is so very genius, a heel that delivered always and therefore was relied upon by several promotions. CAdams was also great in this era, an underdog-flavored babyface that was not as obviously propped up as the Von Erichs (excepting David (but that's a whole 'nother debate)). I contend that there is an actual technical difference between thee Asian and Asiatic Spikes, and will argue the point even if I have to make shit up out of whole cloth. Where's Bill Mercer? Someone call Muraco...

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    INDY WRESTLING THREAD~

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted · Edited by thee Reverend Axl Future
    staircase thoughts, and the proper promotion name

    I went to a newly revived Pro Wrestling Explosion card this past Friday, nostalgic myself for a bit of the old CHIKARA and to see some new (to me?) talent. I will say that this quite modern style of pro wrestling presentation (and despite my or any other codger's protestations it is pro wrestling) is not up my alley. RAF is able to see'n'overcome his prejudices, baby, dontcha know, so I walked in with clear eyes and an attempt at a pure heart. To circumvent my usual lengthy diatribe I will merely state that I prefer a more "sports build" presentation to my professional wrestling. Don't tell this to my 28YO ECW besotted past self.

    I mean no disrespect when I say that wrestling is like pizza - I'll always eat it, and even bad pizza is still pizza. I had a good time although sometimes my heart hurt. There were some standout workers to watch for: Ryan Mooney, Travis Jacobs, and my fave raves The Hispanic Mechanics aka Jos A & (wait for it) Jos B, which is sheer genius. Special mention and Mostest Professional Award goes to Megabyte Ronnie, who overdelivered in an intergender match.

    Here is my take: Intergender Matches Are The Modern Equivalent Of '70s/'80s USA vs. Russia Matches. 90% of IG matches are booked the same because it is difficult to do otherwise, especially if it is a "cold" match without an angle or feud or in the case of many indies, the audience's unfamiliarity with the workers. IG and USA/USSR matches are often merely crowd pleasers, reinforcing the sensibilities of the viewers and delivering the expected beats and gratifying patterns. Does this make them bad or worthless? No, just perfunctory.

    Take it away, Roland Barthes, my main Froggy genius: "Wrestlers, who are very experienced, know perfectly how to direct the spontaneous episodes of the fight so as to make them conform to the image which the public has of the great legendary themes of its mythology. A wrestler can irritate or disgust, he [or she] never disappoints, for he [or she] always accomplishes completely, by a progressive solidification of signs, what the public expects of him [or her, get with it, Roland]."

    As I said, a fun show, but my major objection was the use of couple of workers who appeared so green as to be a danger to their opponents, and certainly to my suspension of disbelief. Part of the gimmick for this fed, and others like it, is the openness, inclusion and fairness of it's choice of workers (again, matching the imagined sensibilities of the paying crowd). Screw that, RAF wants to see bigger-than-life characters doing things beyond my ken, not folks to identify with. Just try to shock my, or at least stretch my expectations. I self-differentiated a while ago, Jack.

    I would go back. Support your local indies, kids!

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    2022 WRESTLERS LEAVING COMPANIES THREAD (Releases, FAs, etc...)

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    Here is a tangentially related anecdote for relief from thee speculation, disappointment and nonsense of the topics of the last few pages. This was related to me, in a Maggianno's chain restaurant in Wisconsin in the early 2Ks from the man himself, the Fount of Misinformation and the Maker of Champeens, Capt. Louis Albano. I will convey this story in the first person as I heard it & as I remember it. This was in response to my query about the difference of working for VJM and VKM, but bear in mind that his gimmick had so ingrained itself into his soul that any answers to direct questions were elliptical at best, like a promo, which is perfect and beautiful:

    Yes, I worked with Vince, and with Junior- I always call him Junior. They both respected and loved the Captain. I respected the McMahon family, especially Vince Sr. Vince was great and always took care of me, but I was a wild one and could get him angry, you know I would get a little crazy back then. Junior, too - he would always fire me, but he would ask for me to come back or I would have to apologize or I would just show up again, you know? He was loyal, and his dad asked him to take care of me, keep me around. Let me tell you one time, oh that kid of his, that little monello, what's his name -- SHANE! He used to hang out in the locker room, like he was one of the boys, and some he liked and would get them coffee but he always bothered me. He would call me "Fat Man" - "Hey, how's it going, Fat Man?" and smack my belly and laugh -- and I would yell "DON'T CALL ME FAT MAN!!!". One day, I was a little brillo, the Captain back then liked to have a few beers while working and I usually had a bottle of vodka in my bag, and I come back and find out that that little ballbuster Shane had taken my beers. Sure enough he walks by me, and I am fuming, and I said "Did you take my beers, where are my beers?". He says "How's it going, Fat Man?" AND SMACKS MY STOMACH!! IN FRONT OF THE BOYS!!! Well, I was mad - I slapped him across the face and yelled "Don't Call me Fat Man and don't take my beers!". Well, of course he starts crying and runs off to tell his dad, but I was still hot AND I WARNED HIM, The Captain warned him, it was a working slap anyway, well sort of a working slap. I got fired again, and boy it took a couple weeks for Junior to calm down and let me back but he did, oh he's loyal.

    If you lived inside my head, every time Shane McMahon showed up on the TV screen you would see Thee Specter Of Capt. Lou floating around him, yelling in a quavering spirit voice "DON"T CALL ME FAT MAN" and swatting at him with an intangible "working" slap. That's being me.

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    January 2022 Discussion of Wrestling

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    I am with Thee Dirty Daddy on this. Anyone mocking (or "shaming" as the kids say) DR for doing porn, amateur pro or semi-, is a hypocrite for probably more than a couple reasons. That said, folks do need to learn some basic digital security and proper safe-keeping of "important documents". Also, I would be hard pressed to think of another worker who this would have happened to that would so perfect for send-ups on this board. It's cool to make jokes about it in my opinion, of course (see above posts), but when someone starts condemning him that's some Puritanical bull-shite.

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    Wrestling Machine vs Wrestling Machine

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    On 1/25/2022 at 1:47 PM, J.H. said:

    Flair & Steve Keirn? In 86?
    Must be Florida since the Fabs had left AWA and Memphos and were feuding with Humperdink's crew

    James

    This match is fairly cookie cutter and still great, but I will say this uncontroversial fact in an obnoxious manner: I feel sorry for folks who did not get to see Flair in his World Champ prime live, because thee Man was every inch a Pro Wrestler. It is evident on tape &Y TV, but in the ring he engaged every person in those seats. The number of workers who tried to be as cool of a heel as thee Nature Boy and did not measure up could book a mega-card of all Royal Rumble matches with a main event of a two ring 60 man Battle Royal.

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    January 2022 Discussion of Wrestling

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    5 hours ago, RIPPA said:

     

    Despite speculation from last year's rounds of cuts in both talent and front office staff, WWE president Nick Khan said they are not in active conversations to sell the company.

    In a profile piece for Sports Business Journal, Khan said that while they have taken some calls from interested parties, they are not actively looking to sell.

    Khan went into details as to why some of the major changes inside WWE were made, centering around his feeling that some lacked knowledge of media intricacies and didn't have the attitude that WWE is a global content company.

    “Vince (McMahon) believed that WWE was at a place where it had earned a seat at the adult table, but others in the company didn’t see it that way,” Khan told John Ourand.

    He went on to say, "For the company to be treated the way that Vince, Stephanie (McMahon), Kevin Dunn and myself and others believed it should be treated in the community, you needed executives who reflected that, who had range, who could get people on the phone and who could be taken seriously by their peers."

    Khan didn't address any of the talent layoffs, nor did he name specific executives or departments for who he was referring to.

    The article focused on WWE's deals with external partners like A&E, Netflix and Blumhouse Media for various documentaries and series, in addition to the strategy of putting out their major live event schedule in advance. The move of some of those big shows to Saturdays, like this week's Royal Rumble, was also cited.

     

    Heavens to Lemmy, someone stick a fork in Hunter: he's done.

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    YOUR ALL-NEW WRESTLING BOOK THREAD

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    Thank you for checking that - it would have been in my Top 5 Most Played in every category if only they had done it right. We all know there is a great chance that The American Dream did not even write the thing, but still... I would also request from those with a time machine and some common sense the books of Blassie, Gary Hart, Funk, and Valiant to read by the subjects.

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