Wyld Samurai
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That would mean that Ric Flair is the Harley Race of this era. Crazy former wrestler/champion that just speaks borderline craziness.
I'll never forget Harley Race talking down to Ron Simmons leading up to Simmons vs Vader. So incredibly racist.-
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RIP, Prince
in MUSIC
On 5/5/2016 at 6:30 AM, Serious Darius Bagfelt said:I dont know if it is bullshit or not but one of the recordings found is a collaboration with Bob Mould called Bockwinkel.
Not only that, but it's a punk album called BOCKWINKEL.
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On 5/5/2016 at 7:51 AM, The Natural said:
I don't think E wears a cup...
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I've never been big on Barrett as I found everything about him to be just gangly.
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3 hours ago, AxB said:
Fine in theory, but how many guys who leave to come back actually come back? The only guys who've gone and come back in the last few years are the Duds, Goldust and Gallows (Umaga was ages ago). Whereas MVP left to come back and never returned, Lashley never came back, Mr Kennedy never came back, Drew Galloway's not back, Chris Masters isn't back, Mike Knox isn't back...
Those guys ain't family.
In all seriousness - one of the worst things to come from the WWE being the only game in town is that acts can't keep their characters fresh nor can mature as a performer. Letting them go to work the indy and Japan circuit is only beneficial to their own growth.
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If there's anyone on the roster that I'd want them to be released for their own good it's Bo Dallas. He needs to get to Japan for a year or two. It would do him a lot of good growth wise when he returns.
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You knos... I'm calling shenanigans on the Chumps tain Challenge.
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When did Eric Young become a strung out veteran suffering from PTSD?
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Just now, mattdangerously said:
How's that working out for Sandow?
You got me there... though he still gets a definitive pop.
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17 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said:
New Day were heels when they started out, and it took a little while for them to get over, it didn't happen overnight.
It's that long build to get over that keeps you over.
Which is why Roman Reigns will be a footnote.
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9 hours ago, JonnyLaw said:
First, I'm not saying that is my argument, but the one Ryback seems to be making. That said, playing devil's Ryback's advocate...
Ryback's contention is that the main event guys are main event guys, and thus have value as main event guys, because the company decides they're main event guys. Ryback's current value was damaged because the company booked him to lose a majority of his matches on PPV and booked him in Pre-Show matches. Wrestlers' values are impacted by how they're portrayed on TV, so basing their compensation on that (in Ryback's mind a product of the company's whims) and not on how well they do their jobs, doesn't seem to make sense. Cena should probably be considered an outlier, but Slater (or Ryback) could be just as productive and valuable as guys like Ziggler, Kane, and Ambrose given the right push.
Essentially, if what you're paid is contingent on your value to the company, and the company, through creative, controls your value, there is little room to negotiate contracts and the WWE controls the marketplace. Ryback presumably wants to be paid closer to what he could be worth to the company; WWE (understandably) wants to pay him based on what he is worth to them now.
Ryback stated that guys should be paid for their merchandise. It is the base pay that he thinks should more equal.
I absolutely agree with Ryback on that. It is up to the individual to get themselves over.
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The logical way I see it playing out is Anderson & Gallows turn on AJ when Finn arrives. That takes AJ out of the Main Event picture and you have Finn vs AJ for Summerslam while you set in motion a potential Survivor Series match between Bullet/Balor Club vs AJ/Whomever.
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I came to the realization last night during Payback that Dean Ambrose makes me long for Bunkhouse Buck.
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Asking Ric if he misses his parents is just harsh.
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5 minutes ago, EVA said:
You know you're a good seller when you momentarily turn into a vegetable at ringside and your opponent just thinks you're selling.
Enzo pretty much is a FIP whenever he's tagged in.
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I like Nattie. She sold like a champ. It was odd to see Flair so inanimated.
Charlotte's moonsault was just gorgeous.
Bret... amazing to see him.
But could have at least cheered or clapped or work the crowd a little for Nattie?
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I think AJ really proved that he could go with a bigger guy and make it believable.
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That would be an incredibly hot angle to have Cass come out tomorrow night and run them down.
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who's to say they won't?
This is a new era! Maybe the new era will learn from their past and how to catch lightning in a bottle.
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That was such an awkward spot. Was he trying to baseball slide out of the ring or did Gotch try to throw him out? It just didn't make sense.
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Thesz and Jack Brisco?
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Here's a question that popped in my head during my morning workout.
Which wrestlers from yesteryear would be over enough today to carry a company?
I absolutely think Billy Graham and Dusty would be huge draws in any era... Bruno and Race I'm not too sure about.
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40 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
This talk made me go back to the Von Erich's ranch segment, which is still funny, and I proceeded to the Sunshine vs. Precious feud which Sunshine just slays. She gets on the mic and blows everyone out of the water (and btw, she is about ten times hotter than Jimmy's actual wife).
You gotta love her talking about "the tapes", "the medical records", "I did things for you that I wouldn't have ever done"; makes Garvin look super sleazy because your gears start turning about what the tapes and the things are -- likely of a sexual nature.
EDIT: Oh yeah, this stuff also aired on a Christian network! The '80s were a different time...
Thank you so much! I haven't seen Garvin at the Von Erich Ranch in almost 20 years and I forgot how golden it was. Jimmy was just fantsstic...
And man, those Von Erich's were dicks.
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5 hours ago, Cristobal said:
I saw that, and while I have all the respect in the world for Arn (and everyone at that table), I think that was an old-timer talking about how much tougher they were back in the old days and two other old-timers agreeing with him. I don't know a fraction of what Arn's forgotten about wrestling, but I cannot believe that wrestling seven days a week keeps you "in ring shape" better than working five.
I think the difference between wrestling now and 40 years ago is that it's a crapton more high-impact now. If wrestlers today try to spend as much time working holds as they did back then, they'd get "boring" chants, or crowds sitting on their hands.
I think there's an element of truth... but I also think the injuries also comes from the fact that few in the current product don't know how to tell a story anymore, go 100 mph in a match and using high risk spots to get over, spend all their time in the gym getting the sexy body which leads to over training injuries.
MAY 2016 WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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I don't get nostalgia for the characters... I get nostalgia for the ability. Foley, Austin and HBK could go. Ziggler can go but he's a cross between a poor man's HBK and poor man's Curt Hennig.