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  1. supremebve
    Yeah, Mero seemed like a talented guy who had a couple of bad breaks, but people seem to hold his faults against him. In WCW he was put in a shit gimmick that couldn't last, but somehow got over. In WWE he probably could have got over if his knees held up and his wife wasn't crazy. I wonder if he was a problem backstage, because the universal hate for him seems a little over the top based on his talent.
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    I honestly thing that tag teams should be considered as a whole instead of individuals. The Usos are a really good tag team, but neither member had as good of a year as Tanahashi. I like the Usos a lot, they always seem to be in good matches, but when I try to justify one person in a tag team's performance over a year in realtion to someone who is a single's star it is hard for me to pick the tag guy. I'm not knocking any of their work, honestly I might pick The Usos over Tanahashi, but not an Uso over Tanahashi.
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    I get that, Okada is a guy who isn't your cup of tea, so by all means vote for Ambrose. Okada was one of the best 10 workers I watched wrestle over the last year and I'm hoping that he doesn't lose this match based purely on the fact that people like another guys facial expressions. I know it is harder to get guys who work outside of WWE to advance, especially if they work outside of the U.S. I personally think if everyone watched a few Okada matches most people would vote for Okada. Since he got his big push last year, he has been one of the most consistently great workers in the world and him losing in the 2nd round after the biggest year of his career just seems wrong to me. Fair warning, despite the fact I think he is going to walk into the finals, if Cesaro falls behind I may have a stroke.
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    Or, it could be like the #2 wideout on a NFL playoff team against the MVP of the CFL. And I like New Japan a lot. But c'mon. New Japan might be #2, but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near the same level. I'm not saying Okada isn't on the same level or maybe even better work-wise, but part of your argument seems to be the companies they work for, and there's really nothing to that at all. No my argument is that Okada is a starting quarterback for a playoff team, and even if his team loses, it's not because he didn't come to play. Ambrose is a really good punt returner, and while it's great to have a guy who can take a punt to the house, he is essentially a luxury item that can't compare to a franchise quarterback. Okada is the better worker in a position where being a great worker is very important. Ambrose is really good excelling in a position where he could be average and get by *cough* Eric Rowan *cough*. If all things were equal, which they're not, I'd still take Okada. Taking into account that Okada is THE GUY there isn't much of an argument other than, I like Ambrose better because he makes crazy faces and does strange things that set him apart in 6 man tag matches.
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    I like Cody, really I do, but Cesaro is the best wrestler in the world right now. I think Cody is one of the most underrated guys these days, he got over the mask, the mustache, the tag with his brother, but never seems to get over the hump. They just never pull the trigger on him, and eventually run everything he does into the ground.
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    I don't think we appreciate Cena enough, he does do a lot of the same things, but in general those same things work. Bray is a good worker, and getting better all the time, but Cena is a great big match worker even if his matches are a little formulaic. I understand people are tired of Cena, but I'd watch the best of Cena over the last year over the best of Bray Wyatt. Cena is just better.
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    We'll never know. My point is that using Okada's placement on the card is a foolish argument, because that doesn't matter when it comes to what he does in the ring. It's especially foolish when whatever belt Tanahashi is wrestling for is instantly as important, if not more so than the one Okada BEAT HIM for. So even if it was an acceptable criteria for voting for someone, it wouldn't even be that good of a reason. My pointing out his placement on the card is mostly to illustrate how much more Okada has to do in the ring as the IWGP champion, than Ambrose has to do as 1/3 of a tag team. Okada has to go out there and put on 20+ minute matches with a variety of guys, and he consistently delivers. That is much more to ask from a guy than being really good at being 1/6 of a match. Ambrose is really good, he does a lot of little things that make everything he does interesting, but comparing his body of work over an entire year to Okada's is insane to me. It is like voting for a really good punt returner for MVP over one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Yeah, the punt returner may be good, but you can't compare what he does to a player who has to lead the team.
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    I love the contrast between this match and the Okada vs. Ambrose match. They are basically the exact same guys, in the exact same positions, and Cena is winning here and Ambrose is winning their despite them being on opposite sides of the same exact argument. I voted for Cena because he was required to be great all by himself, while Wyatt who has been great also had two guys with him helping him look great. Cena can be annoying, his act is stale, and I can see why people are tired of him...but when it is time for Cena to get in the ring and get the job done, he gets the job done. Bray is new, fresh, and improving in the ring every time I see him, but if you asked him to do what Cena has to do, he would fail miserably. Cena, like Okada, should get the wins, but I wouldn't be surprised if neither actually do.
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    The difference between Orton and Okada are pretty significant. Orton as a character and in reality is a placeholder champion who isn't taken seriously. NJPW put a saddle on Okada and are looking to ride him into the future. Okada has been in multiple 4* matches, and has solidified himself as THE MAN in New Japan. He has held what is the most prestigious championship in the world for close to a year in a promotion where the belt is more than just a prop for angles. Over the last year, he has become champion, defended his title 8 times, and solidified himself at 26 years old as the future of puroresu. The Shield is a midcard tag team, like all WWE tag teams, Ambrose even has one of the "King of the Midcard" titles. I wasn't using midcard as a pejorative, just pointing out the difference in what they are required to do in their roles. Ambrose usually only has to carry 1/6th of a match and I admit that he is capable of so much more. Okada's job is to keep the belt credible by taking on all challengers and putting on great matches. Ambrose's job is to act like a lunatic to keep his team over, that is a big difference when we are talking about who had the best year. One had a really good year being the face of a company with all of the responsibilities that come with it. The other had a really good year being one of three faces in a midcard tag team that is only responsible for being 1/6th of a good match.
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    WWE and NJPW are the two biggest wrestling companies in the world, and we are talking about the IWGP Champion and the third guy in a midcard tag team. People I love Ambrose as much as the next guy, but one of these guys deserves to move on and one guy doesn't. Make the right choice. Watch some Okada matches before you vote, if you don't agree vote for Ambrose, but I bet you'll agree.
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    The Eddy/Rey match was the third match on the card, I think the first match on that card was Ultimo Dragon v. Yuji Nagata.
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    The amount of air that Okada gets on that dropkick amazes me every single time I've ever seen him do it. There is one he hits on Tanahashi that looks like he is standing on his face for a split second that made me rewind about 50 times.
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    You don't get too much better than these two. Rey/Psicosis is basically two guys who trusted each other completely doing the craziest spots they can think of to try to make a mark in WCW. I'd take that match over probably any Jr. Heavyweight match that has happened in the last 10 years, and probably top 10 all time on American soil. Owen/Bret was basically the heavyweight version of the first match. Two guys who had absolute trust in each other pulling out all the stops and putting on the best match they could. I don't know how many guys working right now will be able to develop the kind of chemistry with one opponent. Maybe Cesaro/Bryan/Generico could based on their history in the indies, but the four guys mentioned here basically wrestled each other daily for years, and these matches were basically the culmination of those years of work.
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    Maybe I'm crazy, but based on what I've seen on Twitter and Instagram he seems kind of happy about it. Who posts pictures of a celebration dinner for something that they don't agree with?
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    Am I crazy or would this have been better with at least one extra episode. The revelation of the killer and his capture seemed a little rushed, plus we could have actually made Marty's wife and daughters characters not just placeholders for his misguided emotion. There is just so much that happened that didn't get resolved. What is really up with Marty's daughter? They could have really humanized her with an extra scene or two, but instead they made here a cartoon version of a troubled child. His ex-wife is obviously still drawn to him despite everything that he has done. Is she just as much of an emotional wreck as him? When they were at their best, were they actually good for each other? Are the current day detectives actually good at their jobs? So Childress is not the Yellow King, wouldn't it have been crazy if the show ended with the new detectives finding another body to illustrate the flat circle theory? I'm probably just being greedy, but all in all I'm pretty satisfied with the end, but there are so many threads dangling that I want to pull.
  16. supremebve
    With that said, the percentage of professional athletes that get arrested is far less than males of the same age range over the entire population. The only difference is that we know the names of the athletes that do crimes, and we don't know the names of the millions of people doing crimes day by day.
  17. supremebve
    The Royal Rumble is the most fun show to watch year in and year out. I've been out of the wrestling loop for the better part of the last decade, but anytime I had an opportunity to watch The Royal Rumble I did. I've been in Royal Rumble pools, played Royal Rumble bingo, and played about 5-6 other Royal Rumble themed games that don't really have names. In a sport that I'm in purely for the fun, Royal Rumble is the event I enjoy the most.
  18. supremebve
    Sounds like standard corporate behavior completely unrelated to the Dr. V article. Yeah, it sounds like they're just creating a whole different department for things that are kind of on the fringe of regular ESPN sports stuff. Grantland, FiveThrityEight, and their film division probably don't have much crossover with any of the core ESPN reporting or programming, so it kind of makes sense. It probably is just a move to relieve the headaches of whoever was trying to balance all of their shit with whatever else they were in charge of. It sounds more like corporate reorganization, than punishment for doing something wrong.
  19. supremebve
    I thought this was a pretty good finale, but part of me hoped it would have ended with them dying in that cave. I just think it would have been more in line with the overall themes of the show. The entire case was basically about people disappearing without anyone caring. I thought it would have been a better ending if in order to stop people from disappearing they would have to disappear themselves. They kind of had it set up last week when they showed Marty eating a TV dinner alone, and Rust dismissing the former Mrs. Hart when she tried to reconnect. These were two guys that had nothing and no one, but this case, and paying the ultimate price to see it through would ahve been appropriate in my opinion.
  20. supremebve
    I'm only on season 5, but I think this is the best Star Wars product since Return of the Jedi. The way they make you care about once off characters who just how much better the writers of this show are than whoever was in charge of the prequels. I cared about the rebels of Onderon in the first arc of the 5th season than I cared about anyone in the prequels. If you are interested in Star Wars at all, I'd recommend someone to watch this over any of the prequels.
  21. supremebve
    Affalo, Lowry, and Stephenson were probably the three best guards in the East before the All-Star break. Affalo didn't make it based on where he played, Lowry didn't make it because everyone hates his guts, and Stephenson lost out because he is most likely a crazy person. I'm not really complaining because if I had to watch a basketball exhibition I'd much rather watch Kyrie Irving and Dwyane Wade, but those other guys were playing better, or at least more consistently at the time. Oh, and who knew that Thabo was such a big piece of what the Thunder do? People want to blame Westbrook fro their struggles, but giving up 40 to guys like Jodie Meeks and Gerald Green is a much bigger problem than Westbrook shooting too much. Thabo as a defensive stopper is a big part of what they do, and they really miss him.
  22. supremebve
    Dawn Marie has always looked like a bad decision waiting to happen.
  23. supremebve
    Was Perfect one of those abnormally strong guys, because it really looked like he decided to make that Perfectplex twice as hard as it needed to be just because he could. Lifting a 230+ pound man over your head and doing a controlled neck bridge is insane, especially when you don't do it in one fluid motion.
  24. supremebve
    He had a night off, last week he got a triple double in 20 minutes. He also had a 36-9-9 game that they lost. He is the best player on probably 26 teams in the league, but everyone thinks he is bringing his team down. He can't help that he isn't as good as Kevin Durant, but claiming he needs to alter his game based off of one terrible performance is a bit of an overreaction. He still needs to get his legs under him after the injury, but overhauling the game of one of the ten best players in the league is a bit much. Supremebve, Russel Westbrook apologist.
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    Cena is probably the best main event worker they've had not named Steve Austin or Shawn Michaels. He has put on great matches with a more varied group of guys than just about anyone I can think of, I can't think of a time where he didn't mesh well with whoever he was working with. You can say what you want about him and his time at the top, but he is about as reliable as they come in the ring.
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