Shartnado
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Ok, now I watched the aforementioned Flair-Steiner match from the Clash. Steiner's lack of killer instinct is noticeable and is getting ridiculous by the end, where the announcers are telling him to get on Flair more, as the time is rapidly running out on him. Even Rick on the outside is doing way more in order to win the match for Scott than Scott himself appears to be. For such a matemathical genius, he sure has trouble telling time. Or maybe that was the problem, he had a differecnt concept of it, even back in '91?
It was easy to notice the botch on the over the top rope spot ESL described, but if you were going to go over the rope regardless, Scott did make the adjustment about as quickly as humanly possible. Not that it didn't look stupid, but still. If he wanted to improvise, he could have slingshot himself face-first into the canvas then rolled out to the floor clutching his face, if the point was to get both men on the floor. This is of course easy for me to say with a 30 year hindsight, when there was a split second to make the decision at the time.
The match was definitely disappointing and considering how unprofessionally brutally Scott went after the undercard opposition, it was inherently stupid for Steiner to put on a sloppy sleeper, when he should have been Dragon suplexing Flair repeatedly until he shat himself all over the ring. You hit a Tiger bomb and end up in a pinning position and NOT go for the pin? Seriously WTF? Maybe Scott just really did not want to beat Flair for the title, because he wanted to remain in a tag team with his brother? I mean there is no reason why he could not have done both, but I guess he was young and insecure at the time, huh?
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1 hour ago, JLSigman said:
My first long grey/silver hair
Damn, it's in there and it will want company! Thus far I've found totally white strands in my (sad excuse for a) beard as well as below the belt, but hair has been free from them as of now.
My hair is a bit lighter than yours so that may help somewhat , but not for too much longer.
I'm wishing you luck so that the greying up will be a slow process and that the end result will look cool.
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23 minutes ago, The Natural said:
I'm so sorry. Losing a parent is the worst pain you'll ever go through. I'm sorry your wife is going through it now. Indeed, fuck Cancer. I lost one of my best friends to it, she was only 26. Ten years next year.
I'm very sorry to hear that. 26 seems so tragically young that it's hard to wrap one's mind around it. I do recall you mentioning her previously.
It remains a testament to your wherewithal that you can still have such a positive attitude towards life and the world, even with such experiences and tragedies in life!
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4 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
That's... Too many people.
With a cast size like that you'd think a bunch of them get eaten pretty early on?
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As far as Scott Steiner goes, WCW could have certainly used someone like him as a regular singles main eventer, once Flair, Sid and Luger bolted. The problem is that he missed a bunch of time in '91 already due to the bicep injury, so any goodwill of a better one on one performance at main event level could have been out the window right there.
Watching the Dixie Dynamite, I saw the rebirth of York Foundation with Terry Taylor. That got me thinking if that ever became a bigger thing? You know, computers? I'm guessing no.
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For some weird reason I haven't watched that particular Clash, or if I have, I've slept through it. I need to watch this right now, so I can see what it's all about.
WTF, this Clash starts with Sting& Luger vs Doom and I haven't watch this? Thank you for reminding me, accidentally.
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7 minutes ago, _MJ_ said:
I'm probably in the minority, but I actually remember liking the Marvelous Marc Mero heel run. I thought it was a good mid-card heel and it made sense he would become jealous of Sable, storyline-wise. Hats off to him for selling those Sable powerbombs.
Oh, I liked him too. Once his push was all but dead he was able to start doing the SSP again, too ( called it Marvelocity, if I rememer correctly). He beat Droz with it at one PPV in '98. Hell, I've liked every Mero incarnation since about late '92 when Badd started showing signs of improvement in the ring!
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ESL brings up several excellent points, so thank you for those, once more. It got me thinking if there have been similar instances where someone is pretty much THE innovating, ahead of the curve worker one minute, and all of a sudden the competition becomes so stiff that he/she is no big deal anymore? I think Brian Pillman and Scott Steiner kinda went through this even before the injuries took their toll on them, but they were later able to compensate with explosive personalities and mathematical prowess!
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What was the deal with Mero leaving WCW for WWF rather apruptly in 1996? Talked himself out of a job? Care to elaborate, as I don't think I've ever heard the details on this one, if there are any worth mentioning?
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22 minutes ago, The Natural said:
Thank you for that, @Shartnado. Really appreciate it. I'm so sorry you lost your Mum early on. It's the worst.
Thanks again!
Yeah, it is! Now each year (for a few years now) I've lived longer without her in my life than I ever did with her in it. My wife is now going through the same ordeal, as it's now been 13 months that her mother passed away. I really thought 2019 was a shitty year due to that, but little did we know! Also, fuck cancer!
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46 minutes ago, The Natural said:
My neurologist said my body has to work four times harder doing the exact same thing as someone without Cerebral Palsy. That really took me, my parents, sister and other people aback.
That sounds extremely harsh, but going through this as well all the other struggles that life has already thrown at you and having you still be the positive person you seem to be, must make you mentally tough like nobody's business!
You and I share at least one similar tragedy as we both have lost our mothers way too early on in life. So, there's something I can relate to, although I can only imagine the strain Cerebral Palsy puts on you on daily basis. You have a heart of a warrior.
Keep on being the good influence you are on this board in the face of all this adversity and keep staying safe, healthy and alive!
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Currently reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, as I noted in the About Me section of my profile, but apparently I could have just thrown it up here, as well. Finally got around to reading Handmaid's Tale last year, so unlike for many readers, my wait was not 30 some years. For the record, I have not watched the series, aside from one random episode from season 1.
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51 minutes ago, Casey said:
Yeah, I knew someone was going to grab that one! I wonder if T-Bag Dijak is going to change his catch phrase from " Feast Your Eyes" to ... I've got nothing.
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3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Scariest clown ever
Nightmares for weeks!
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9 hours ago, Ziggy said:
I thought the same thing, I don't watch the TV so I wasn't sure about either guy. Gargano is probably at Big Show numbers of heel turns he and Ciampa. It was a really good match, Priest has been very impressive at these Takeovers. He's another one of these guys that have the look Vince like but as we've seen with guys like Keith Lee, that doesn't mean he'll be used correctly on the Main roster.
T-Bag Dijak has very similar look, physique wise, to Priest and that did not help him at all once he got to the main roster. Priest HAS been very impressive with right opponents, but he will be we well served staying on NXT as long as possible.
As far as heel/face allegiance is concerned, I'm guessing he's trying to be a super cocky face, but being such, he indeed needs to face the biggest of douchebags around, so his cockiness won't rub people the wrong way. Actually, I would not be at all surprised if he'd be facing VD for his next program.
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2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
I definitely caught MVP calling T-Bar "T-Bag" tonight. *chef's kiss*
Lee and Strowman steamrolling each other was pretty fucking cool.
Well, someone WAS going to use that eventually, so good on MVP to get ahead of the pack, because that was a low hanging fruit, right there!
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2 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said:
So, out of the business was only close to accurate.
I was going to say something like " so, exactly like Dolfan said" , but now I don't have to.
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As I am a sucker for a redemption story, the one thing that I would like to see on season three is at least one solitary redeeming quality in the steaming pile of shit that is Daniel's son! Like just one, please!
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Everything was very good. I absolutely had not thought the return could be Ember, but that was a cool surprise and literally a surprise for me!
Yay, for Toni Storm coming back! Does she live in the US currently, or did she row a boat across the Atlantic and it took her all this time to make the trip?
Beth Phoenix said getting hit by Kyle O'Reilly is kinda like getting hit by a baseball bat! Did she mean getting hit with a Kyle O'Reilly is kinda like getting hith with something the size of a baseball bat? Great effort, by KOR, nonetheless!
Wonder if Kushida goes after Legado next? Probably that Adonis dude will, as well!
Priest and Gargano was very good as was everything else, but it kinda foreshadowed the ending of Io-Candice, as if one of the power couple fails, it was very likely the other one would, as well! Who is next for Priest? Ciampa?
Fuck yeah for Halloween Havoc, despite the fact that we all know the real reason the show gets that name, but glad to see it back!
Ridge Holland killing everybody FTW!
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5 hours ago, ohtani's jacket said:
I didn't like Season 2 quite as much as Season 1. There were a lot of great moments, but too much action and too many fights. I understand why they had to up the ante, but for me, the character moments are what drive my interest. Johnny still rules.
Yeah, obviously the best stuff is when the adults reflect on their past and then you see the kids going a bit different route, but still the same.
There's no beating Season 1, but I did like Season 2 more than I expected, since I had read this thread before watching the series.
There is too much fighting that happens outside the tournament in Season 2 and I have my doubts that this is about to decrease in upcoming seasons.
This doesn't take away from the fact that Johnny is indeed awesome and I very much need him to climb out of the deep hole he ended up in at the end of Season 2.
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14 hours ago, Ryan said:
He's just jealous of him having been married to ScarJo and Blake Lively while he's married to, um, *checks* Deborra-Lee Furness who is an Aussie actress that is, wow, 13 years older than him.
If there will be a world for long enough for this to happen, by the time Reynolds - Lively children start having kids with the Kardashian/Jenner -new generation, the world WILL not be able to handle how beautiful THOSE children will be!
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70 straight push ups with chest slightly touching the floor this morning. 100, here I come!
Sunday morning I did 75 straight.
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TIL NikoBaltimore used to be NickMD, since I was thinking about the "Hi everybody"-guy from Simpsons, too, I never made the connection before clicking on the Discord link. This was a good day.
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9 hours ago, CSC said:
Thank the all-mighty Mr. Miagi for the early January release, I could not have waited for very much longer than that!
OCTOBER 2020 WRESTLING TALK
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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I loved the crap out of Blue Blazer as a kid! I did not know he was Owen, but I did figure it out by 1992, when I saw a pic in WWF magazine of Owen doing a top rope splash. He had his arms (and hands) identically to Blazer, when splashing someone from the top. I had only two Blazer squashes to choose from, but it was still pretty obvious. I was pretty proud of myself for figuring it out by myself at the time.