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    I hope he has the power to fight that illness like a ferocious beaver. Kammy is a cult personality, even I know about his crazy antics.
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    Oh, I knew he was really negative about Vince and WWE. I didn't think he would take the rhetorical "Vince had a horrible childhood and his mother was a prostitute... Fuck him, LOL!" - approach. Then again, Ryback never seemed to be particularly bright.
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    So... Ryback is trying to turn Vince babyface on the internet or something? (... or maybe himself heel)
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    As much as I love Bret as a wrestler, he had his fair share of character flaws. There are no-goes for every fan regarding those flaws, enjoy who you want to and can enjoy. 1995 had such a weird vibe in the WWF. You had two guys who could arguably go as well as anyone before and since in the ring and whose gimmicks where somewhat extensions of their real life personalities. You also had loads of weird gimmicks like pig farmers, Garbage Men, Plumbers, Nascar Drivers etc.
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    Best Inside Cradles in the business, easily. 1995 was a really bad year in wrestling generally, but Bret Hart was sooooo good. And stupid gimmick aside, I actually liked Henry Godwin, I have to admit.
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    I borrowed & watched a "best of" a friend of mine had when he was trading. I unfortunately lost the tape, and I would love claim this to be my contribution to improve European wrestling, it was not on purpose. Matches were from 2000 to 2003ish I'd say and boy howdy was it bad. Back then the traditional catch scene (CWA) in the German speaking area had collapsed and a lot of guys who were into ECW flooded the scene. Lots of hitting each other with plunder, no basic skills or knowledge for actual wrestling. There was one match at a public swimming pool. Yeah, nothing good about it.
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    Even if this was the case, it doesn't make it wrong. The following is all written under the assumption that - as claimed by the man himself - Tony Kahn is really doing all the booking. Everyone can enjoy what they enjoy, but the booking, outside of a few exceptions has been questionable at the very best (I really liked the most of Punk vs MJF and Punk vs Eddie e. g.). People could make a point how Tony is giving his core audience the matches they want. This would make his matchmaking good and him a good matchmaker. The way he gets there often adds nothing to it. There is also stuff like a (not really) Texas Death Match as the first match of a World Title match, the heel getting his head flushed down the toilet in week 2 of a featured blood feud, War Games in the middle of a feud, beating the No. 1 contender in a Lights Out match on TV then claiming he is still undefeated... The booking part, for all the goodwill I can totally understand, has definitely potential to grow and improve the product as a whole. Kahn was a boatload of ventures and I can totally see him being spread way too thin to properly book a wrestling promotion. Now for the question of who actually IS out there, that's very legitimate. The only person coming to my mind that - at one point - had a good rep and from what I know is still alive & not done with wrestling, and could be available is Hunter Johnston (Delirious), was he still with ROH when Kahn picked them up?
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    I'm pretty positive it is his real name, he used a different ring name in Germany to honor his father, iirc. There are very few people naming their kid Ludwig over here these days, Kaiser is quite a common family name though.
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    There was a German Wrestler calling himself Triple C ages ago. Believe me, you wouldn't want to be associated with him as long as we talk wrestling (I'm sure he's a swell guy outside of wrestling)...
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    My favourite Kurrgan in WWF moment was the Montreal Survivor Series Match where it felt like five out of seven eliminations occurred via a Side Slam.
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    Not sure, a few years back, there were those AI-written Harry Potter chapters / floating around, the grammar seemed fine, but the contents were non-sensical. Maybe this is the evolution of AI we see, where it fumbles grammar to seem more human. That Otani situation sounds bad. Hope this isn't like the Takayama incident or even worse. Hope he makes it out OK.
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    This is actually a major takeaway for me, I had the feeling for a while that Dave Meltzer was replaced by a robot somewhere in the 2010s. I mean, there is a weird algorithm / mathematic formula, involving multipliers for numbers of people, Flips and ladders. Aswell as Tokio Dome +2*...
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    Even if there might be a base for the "bot" theory, Khan comes across as if he's lumping at least the majority of critics into this ominous bot crowd. That's an impression I get. He just seems really thin skinned and this feels like another "Big Swole" level instance, were he'd be better off not using Twitter to get his points across.
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    I for one would be shocked they had Roman and Brock in a long match.
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    I love that they are still promoting the Qatar game as the opening game when it's actually the third match played. It's like in WWE with the main events...
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    Having actually seen the very beginnings of WALTER, I really think he looks amazing. The slim face helps the gimmick imo. The namechange is still stupid.
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    Was the first Wrestlemania Batista Match a normal 1-on-1? I think yes and I really liked it back then, although it wasn't universally liked iirc. It was good as a standalone and great as a three part act that cemented Batista as a top guy.
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    Powerhouse Hobbs is an absolute star they should feature, push and pay loads of money. I'm not high on Keith Lee, unlike many others, but he's popular and still a fresh face (both just a face, but also babyface) in AEW. I would have used a month or two more of building both guys and having them win, maybe calling each other out. Still nice to see Hobbs looking like a billion dollars.
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    We lost 1-2 at home to them last year, not a one hit wonder it seems. Italy seemed in control of the group they were in for the longest time, and now this, especially after their great EURO... weird stuff.
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    Definitely. What a way to end Haru...
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    I hope Takayasu can pull himself back together, today his face looked an awful lot like Kyushu 2018, when he looked close to tears after losing to Mitakeumi and thereby the chance at a playoff against Takakeisho whom he had beaten the day before. Kotonowaka staying in the race is a big surprise. Wakatakakage seems to have the momentum and is the best of the three in head to head matchups (6-2 against Takayasu, 4-0 against Kotonowaka), he beat both already this Basho. Takayasu v Kotonowaka is at 2-1 with an additional fusenpai for the former Ozeki, so I would consider Wakatakakage the favourite in the finishing stretch. Wakatakakage is - however - facing Shodai in the final tournament match, and therefore is the only one of the 3 contenders who will be below .500 against his opponent. Both Takayasu vs Abi (4-2) and Kotonowaka (vs Hoshoryu 3-2)have slight edges against there respective opponents, but said opponents are both at 7-7 and therefore highly motivated.
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    As we are heading into the weekend... Takayasu 12-1 Wakatakakage 11-2 Mitakeumi, Kotonowaka 10-3 Mitakeumi and Kotonowaka face each other today, so one of them will be eliminated from contention, maybe both, depending on what Takayasu does. Every winner is an intriguing possibility ?
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    Wakatakakage gave Takayasu the first loss, Shodai is over .500, Takakeisho saved his rank and Mitakeumi looks to be stepping up big time. With Terunofuji out, I did not expect anyone to Zensho, a 13-2 winner seems most likely.
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    Takayasu is one ahead at 8-0, Mitakeumi, Wakatakakage and Kotonowaka are at 7-1, Abi & Takakeisho follow at 6-2. Terunofuji dropped out of the Basho after six days, knees visibly hurt. The Basho is wide open.
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    I only saw the finishing stretch on that Rosa VS Baker match, and I'm sorry, but it was really bad. I get really good vibes of both, they have good charisma and a great look. That said, this match seemed flawed in its concept, rushed and sloppy in execution. Maybe what they did before the final five minutes was good stuff, but it frankly didn't matter with how the ending went. For me personally it's a real shame, almost every time I give them a shot because there is something that should be good (or great) imo, it falls way short of my expectations. So far, Punk and MJF as a feud aswell as Cody v Dustin as a match were the exceptions to that pattern. I love cage matches, they are simple, good, violent and the logical step to end a feud where the babyface got screwed over time and again. I don't get why you need a hundred chairs and Thumbtacks. I don't get why you don't sell the bumps that look crippling. If you have time restraints, use the ONE chair bump and sell it like death, then finish the match. Whether it's AEW or WWE, all see them screwing up a great and simple concept all the time and I just can't be arsed anymore.
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