SirSmUgly
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WWE’s Talent Media Training program is conducted in partnership with Kevin Sullivan Communications.
Unfortunately you have to intern in the Dungeon of Doom.
Apparently, they don't even get hot water there.
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The first two falls of that match felt pointless. They were so quick that they felt rushed more than organic and the flash Beauty Shot didn't work for me for the second fall (though I do appreciate Corey Graves trying to get over that Breeze got the second fall by playing possum). It might as well have just been a straight one fall match with the same ending. It would have come off much better. As it was, it was an okay match, but those two have had better.
Graves continues to be great, by the way. First, it was weird how he and Tom Phillips switched roles talking about Bayley and Emma during that match, but Graves's defense of Bayley made sense since he always defends people who are showing aggressive behavior in the ring. You can see why Graves would support both Bayley and Kevin Owens if you listen to his commentary even though at first hearing, it seems inconsistent.
Plus, during Breeze/Itami at the beginning, Graves goes on this great rant about why Breeze doesn't like Itami and how Itami jumped Breeze in the line for the NXT Championship, there was enmity because Breeze thinks he's just as good, etc., etc., and Graves gets more wound up as he goes along. He finishes explaining this serious beef Breeze has with Itami, pauses, and then adds as an afterthought, "Also, Breeze thinks his hair looks stupid." It's way funnier if you listen to Graves say it, but it really had me going.
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For my birthday last month, my Sister got me tickets to see the WWE this month. My first time at a wrestling event. Guessing there will be merchandise there. Don't know what to expect, looking forward.
Wow, I never would have guessed that you had not been to a wrestling event ever in your life. There will be lots of merch. It gets super loud. It's fun to cheer. It's REALLY fun to sit near younger fans and cheer with them because they get really into it. I think that if you're going to a wrestling show, you should wear a wrestling shirt, but don't be one of the knobs in the Bullet Club shirt at a WWE show.
You'll have fun!
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This is going to sound weird, but I think Tyler Breeze should be the one to take the IC title off Bryan. I think Breeze could be a great midcard act on the big show.
Emma half-assing her entrance was great, but when she just gave up on trying to pull herself over the top rope and rolled in, I laughed. What a weird match. I thought it would be fairly even until Emma took a shortcut to win, but they went a different, yet interesting direction with uninspired Emma not taking Bayley seriously and losing.
Becky Lynch cut a good promo.
I am indescribably excited for Rhyno/Owens, and I have never liked Rhyno.
I feel like in three years, we'll be having the same contentious discussions about Sami Zayn that we are about Daniel Bryan right now. I'm sure of it. Zayn is really quite easy to root for. Love that guy.
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I love Don't Starve: CE, even if the treeguards freak me out.
Also enjoyed Rogue Legacy, Mercenary Kings, Resogun, Counterspy, Valiant Hearts, and I enjoyed Dust except for the aesthetic.
I also had my love for hard, colorful platformers reignited by Rayman Origins and Legends, so I am into a number of these offerings (though why people like Spelunky so much is beyond me).
I almost bought KZ: Mercenaries, but did not. Lucky me.
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BLOODBORNE IS NOT FUCKING AROUND.
I beat the
Cleric Beast
yesterday, but now I'm not sure where to go. I had to put it down for a few days to go out of town, so it was cool that I was still okay for beating that guy a few hours in. How far along are you?
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Typhoon of all people is a surprisingly convincing FIP in that match.
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Man, I might just vote Brock Lesnar straight through during next year's MM tournament assuming that we have one and also that I'm not banned by then.
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Heyman turning on Brock the first time didn't make any sense, and it would make even less sense this time around. Heyman is getting cheered being a dick overconfident (well, maybe perfectly confident considering his client) manager-slash-spokesperson anyway. Just let him keep doing what he's doing.
Brock is a face because he's an athletic freak who does cool shit like SUPLEX CITY, BITCH, not because he's doing the traditional act-like-a-face schtick, so no need to change what is working for him or Heyman.
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The Austin matches are baller, especially the Summerslam match because Austin just tries to beat him bloody and destroy his neck, and Angle does a great job of fighting from underneath. It felt like they were legit trying to hurt each other. Very violent stuff.
I think Angle got ruined after Angle/Benoit at the 2003 Rumble. I liked that match at the time because I enjoy bomb-throwing with little other structure and rapid escalation (like, the best part of the WWE MOTY for 2015 [at this point] was that it started at a ridiculously fast pace with Brock trying to caber toss Rollins into the twentieth row and punch Cena's face inward).
But then Angle wrestled EVERY match like that, and he can't get away with it because his offense isn't as good as, say, the Steiners Bros's offense to use another example of wrestler(s) that go with violent offense over structure. Endless ankle lock reversals aren't the same as belly-to-bellys and dangerous overhead tosses and Scotty throwing a Frankensteiner. Angle's offense just isn't good enough to wrestle that kind of go-go-go match consistently without getting old quickly.
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The Takeover part is a mistake. It's still quarterly.
I sure hope that it is.
As long as they update RAW and Nitro through '98, I'll be happy.
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At this point, I just want them to send Big E back to NXT and get him away from the stink of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.
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Also, it's really interesting that the best some folks can do is fling ad hominems to show how they are better wrestling fans than other wrestling fans. That shows a real maturity level and adeptness at argument. There are tons of mouthbreathers on earth in general, but conflating "mouthbreathers" with "people who actually connect with and care about a wrestler" is a new level of weirdness from the types of wrestling fans that want to show that they watch wrestling "the right way."
The people who chanted "You suck 'male wrestler you are dating/married to.'" are the "mouthbreathers" not the "people who actually connect with and care about a wrestler". It just so happens that this crowd was filled with both.
Exactly what I'm saying (poorly, I suppose). I mean, you would never hear that shit at Full Sail, and those people clearly care about many of the wrestlers there and are serious fans.
Big Bryan fan =/= douchebags that think chanting that shit at women is funny...but some people make that argument (or some semblance of it) because they can't handle people actually caring about who wins and loses in wrestling. Imagine that: Caring about who wins and loses in pro wrestling or sports entertainment or whatever you want to call it. I don't get why such a, you know, common thing in pro wrestling causes some people to react in a hateful manner.
People who present themselves as sane voices are getting really agitated because fans don't react the way they want fans to react.
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Big E is so good and deserves way better. They should have done the "nerd friends" thing they were going to do originally, at least going by one of the more popular rumors. Maybe WWE could have paid Donald Glover to show up and be their ultimate black nerd friend. Plus, just let Big E write his own promos because dude is hilarious to someone like me from the Homestar Runner/Adult Swim generation.
Also, it's really interesting that the best some folks can do is fling ad hominems to show how they are better wrestling fans than other wrestling fans. That shows a real maturity level and adeptness at argument. There are tons of mouthbreathers on earth in general, but conflating "mouthbreathers" with "people who actually connect with and care about a wrestler" is a new level of weirdness from the types of wrestling fans that want to show that they watch wrestling "the right way."
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Ambrose/Henry from Main Event back in 2013 is his best WWE singles match, IMO.
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So, I like and care about five wrestlers, but Lesnar is gone and Bryan is stuck carrying Sheamus's overrated ass for the next couple of months. Meanwhile, Rusev is directionless and Ambrose just had a not-good match with Cena of all people and now hasn't had a good singles match since the Shield broke up.
Oh yeah, and Sting is painful to watch in this company.
I'm going to try again when Lesnar is back for Summerslam. I bet (hope) things pick up then.
I am going to miss my boys Neville and Kallisto, though. I'll have to console myself by knowing that at least they're getting paid more on the main roster, which is more important than me enjoying them in well-booked matches and angles.
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So now that NXT Takeover is going to run monthly, I think they should put it on Sunday nights when there are no PPVs. That would give me something to do once a month on Sundays.
I am not a fan of this. Big shows feel more special being quarterly.
I know that since regular PPV is monthly, it is a good idea in practice, but...
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I watched some of this with my sister. It was fun because of her. The show was mediocre. Brock has lots of charisma. Reigns is a tough dude.
WWE needs to find a way other than finisher spamming to make meaningful near falls. This was no WM 13, but it was not near WM 17 or 3 or anything. Pretty forgettable
I am perplexed by some of the folks who seem defensive about people not loving the show. Weird, polarizing time to be a WWE fan. I had not planned on watching and ended up doing so, and I do see that maybe I just am disinterested in the shows completely and on a different wavelength than the typical WWE fan. My sis liked a lot of it too, and she generally enjoys the direction of the shows.
I will catch Bizarro RAW because of the weird atmosphere, but I think I will take a break from the main shows otherwise and stick to old shows, NXT, NJPW, etc. I am glad that people really enjoyed it, though!
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Their only saving grace during the guest host era was that Smackdown was incredibly good.
Too much Edge at the top of the card for me. Dude single-handedly killed SD for me in a couple periods.
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Obviously, WWE will advertise WM on as many of their shows as they can, but all the ads and run-downs of the matches was really getting in the way of my NXT bliss.
Looking forward to seeing Owens beat up Demon Bálor too. I thought Owens/Bálor was solid, mostly because I enjoy Owens's heel control segments because his offense + someone willing to bump and do a little selling = entertaining. I felt like they went to the chinlocks kinda early, but maybe it's my problem for expecting a longer match or something. Bálor is a guy who I don't really enjoy on offense at all, but since they obviously had less/shorter segments with him in control, it was cool. I will say that Finn pretty much ignoring the legwork to go on a flurry of leg-based crappy offense sucked, though. I know that it's part of WWE style to drop damage during face comebacks, but he could have at least immediately sold the leg after countering with the double stomp.
Banks/Bliss was great when Banks was talking shit, twisting Bliss up, and doing stuff like the rope-to-rope slap or grinding her boot into Bliss's heel. It sucked when Bliss was trying to do overly-complex offense that she's not good at. The sunset flip was crisp and the slap was loud, but other than that, she was doing stuff that she couldn't do with Sasha Banks acting as not exactly the best base for that type of offense.
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I was watching IYH: International Incident, and I have to say that the most striking thing was how much Austin got over already with the crowd. Sure, it's a Canadian crowd, but the spot where Austin suckered Mero in by pretending that his face was busted open to make Mero show concern was the spot where everyone decided to cheer for Austin. Dude got a huge pop after hitting the Stunner (no Kick Wham prelude, either).
I think this is a hidden gem of a match because Austin and Mero really get the crowd into it with their work, Austin's mannerisms especially.
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I like six man tag matches better than good, long-term booking.
WWE is much more likely to produce good six-man tag matches than they are to produce good booking.
Take what you can get, that's what I say.
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I can't remember how well his push was doing. He had those matches with Orton; did they have crowd heat? People here weren't excited about them, generally speaking.
Then, he got hurt. I feel like getting hurt really de-railed him because a) he lost important development time to get over with the crowd/up to speed as a singles in main-event/semi-main matches and b) he came back right when Bryan did, and the crowds heavily favored Bryan. My perception could be wrong, though.
Smackdown Spoilers for 4/2/15
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LOLOLOL, just have a feud where New Day and the PTPs play the dozens each week for five minutes.