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4 hours ago, odessasteps said:
He should have stayed at QPR.
Yep. Karma came back to bite him.....not that I'm bitter or anything....
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Anyone watch Wales/Fiji on Sunday? Great, great match. If Fiji can rein in the turnovers and maintain their aggressive power running style, they'll be dangerous.
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A PPV in Seattle to honor Antonio Inoki.....
Okay, who will be Moxley be fighting in the Bainbridge Island Death Match?
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On 7/19/2023 at 7:02 PM, RIPPA said:
Ironically I finally killed off the VP domain (and Cant Teach Speed) a few months ago
Oh man, Veteran Presence. We're getting old....
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The FTR/BC Gold match was great stuff. More 2/3 falls matches, please.
(I maintain that all Trios Championship matches should be 2/3 falls.)
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And we weren't so lucky this time out, losing to Panama 5-4 on penalties.
I'm happy that Gold Cup and Nations League Finals won't be the same summer going forward. It does us no good to split the roster for two competitions a month apart.
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I'm a sucker for Jon Moxley and Tomohiro Ishii beating people like they stole something.
When they do it to each other in a match? Yeah, that's pretty much always going to be my pick. I could have done without the shoot headbutts, though.
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Like you guys, my 13-year-old was heated at the cliffhanger. He made me promise to take him to Part 3 the first day it's out. No problem here, as I absolutely loved the movie. Striking animation, lots of callbacks, an engaging story, and a great cast....I think it's better than Part 1 - which was great - and in my Top 5 Superhero movies.
My favorite thing about the movie was how each Spider was animated somewhat differently. Being from different dimensions meant they all operated on different wavelengths, or something like that.
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On 6/19/2023 at 1:03 PM, cubbymark said:
Diego Cocca is out as Mexico manager. The FMF must have been PISSED the 3rd place game vs Panama drew flies. Although to be fair to him, he wasn’t the biggest problem. There’s no real talent pool in Mexico compared to USMNT, and the FMF is corrupt as hell and plays favorites, which explains Memo Ochoa’s corpse constantly trotted out at GK.
The 3rd Place Match and Final tickets were sold as a Double-Header, so a whole lot of Mexico fans that bought tickets decided to eat their money out of spite.
The FMF and Mexican soccer in general is a dumpster fire - the folks that hired Cocca were already gone, so he was always going to have a short leash. And as a USMNT fan that's had batteries/cups of "beer"/loaded diapers thrown at me and Osama chants in Estadio Azteca, all of this chaos suits me just fine.
(I've been Mexico City three time and gone to the Azteca more than I have Arena Mexico *and* Arena Coliseo. Pete, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I agreed to hang out when you came down into DC that one weekend.)
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8 hours ago, SirFozzie said:
Nicaragua kicked out of the gold cup and relegated to CONCACAF Nations League B after it was found they used an ineligible player in 8 matches. Trinidad and Tobago takes their spot in both the Gold Cup and CONCACAF Nations League A. (Antigua/Barbuda takes T&T's GC preliminary round spot)
https://twitter.com/SoccerInsider/status/1668441623271702529
There's no place quite like CONCACAF....
T&T will now be playing the US in Charlotte during the Gold Cup group stage. May be more of an away fan base now.
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On 6/10/2023 at 11:09 AM, odessasteps said:
Little surprised the final is on Paramount+ and not on CBS proper.
congratulations to Abu Dhabi for winning the Champions League.
It was on big CBS in the DC area, not sure where you are.
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4 hours ago, Chaos said:
Quickly looks if Atlanta United has tickets available for that one.
Go get that ticket now if you want it; prices are going to hit the roof soon.
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20 hours ago, RIPPA said:
Anthony Hudson, who was serving as the USMNT interim head coach, has left the position to "take a role with an unspecified club abroad"
Assistant B.J. Callaghan is the new interim
Callaghan will be in charge for the Nations League Final Four and Gold Cup. Add this new change to the mess that is Mexico's NT, and I have no idea what that Nations League Semi-Final is going to look like.
Also? Good for Hudson. He knows he's not getting the permanent USMNT gig and there are jobs available now that will be gone by the time the Gold Cup's over. No real point for him to stick around.
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Lucha Bros vs. Claudio/Wheeler was the winner for me this week, but I also enjoyed Bailey/Takahashi from NJPW on AXS. Always liked Hiromu and Bailey's kicks look good....except for his comical Trouble In Paradise homage where he does two full rotations before landing the kick. Woof.
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18 minutes ago, tbarrie said:
Would they climb back up to the top rope between suplexes?
I don't think so - more so float over into it. Maybe finish with the Falcon Arrow like Seth Rollins.
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On 5/19/2023 at 2:17 PM, Greggulator said:
Hey guys! I need some help making a moveset for one of my e-fed characters.
What I'm looking for: My character is a hyper athletic babyface. Think of Shelton Benjamin/Montez Ford/etc. (But white.)
But he also has a love of old-school wrestling. I want to combine some old-school 80s stuff in combos that lead to him using state-of-the-art stuff.
Example: He does a footstomp into a standing dropkick that send his opponent to the floor into some crazy dive to the floor.Example: Atomic Drop where his opponent bounces off the ropes into a Cartwheel Death Valley Driver and then into a springboard kick.
Looking for combos that could start with a bionic elbow, monkey flip, backrake, ramming someone's head into the turnbuckle a bunch of times, etc.
Thx!Maybe Airplane Spin into You Can't Escape?
Monkey Flip, Kip-Up, hit the ropes, Tito Santana-style Flying Forearm?
Superplex into Three Amigos?
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OC/Garcia for sure this week. OC's run has been fantastic.
AEW's booking themselves into a corner with OC - like with Jade, whoever beats OC will be made. Do they go with an established star or do you elevate someone?
(I kind of like the idea of Jay White being the guy, especially if MJF stays A) World Champ and B) Heel.)
(I also think Willow should be elevated with a good story to beat Jade. Or Statlander depending on when she's able to come back.)
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That is certainly a possibility, given some of the decisions on who made the WC roster. I'll never underestimate the ability of US Soccer to mess things up.
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Folarin Balogun, who's had a breakout season for Reims in France on loan from Arsenal, has a one-time switch from England's Three Lions to the USMNT approved.
US can pick Folarin Balogun as FIFA approves eligibility change from England - The Washington Post
This could be a very big deal for the USMNT. Looking forward to seeing how he does with the team.
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Just listened to the podcast. Brought back some memories.....great stuff, guys. Been a long time.
I'm pretty sure we did a Road Report for Rippa's wedding - a lot of stuff has unfortunately been lost over time.
EDIT: I have to look for the Road Reports for Wrestleforce America (DEAN~! gets his stomach signed) and the OMEGA Reunion (I think the only time we were all in the same place discussing 500 rankings).
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Went with the Dynamite 8-Man tag. Really like how everyone worked together in it.
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Can't say enough good things about Dean. I was honored to be brought into the group way back when. Lots of great times going to indy shows and talking wrestling and working on the 500 and watching a beauty pageant contestant sign his stomach at one of those indy shows and......
Get well soon, Big Man. This board, wrestling in general, and most importantly your Family needs you.
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16 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
Let me assist you by yelling at the clouds as well: When Tank Davis fought there pre-pandemic, I was so glad that the arena (then still Royal Farms Arena) still looked basically the same way it did when WWF and WCW ran there in the 80s and 90s. It was instantly recognizable. We've had this discussion before here, but I hate it when all the arenas look the same cause it does nothing to help how it looks on TV.
Could not agree with you more. Growing up in Detroit, I loved that Joe Louis Arena looked different from Boston Garden, which looked different from The Dallas Sportatorium, which looked different from Maple Leaf Gardens, MSG, etc. Variety is the spice of life and whatnot.
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AEW - JANUARY 2024
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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The only time I've seen a wrestler in the wild was late March, 2003. I was in Seattle to watch the US Men's Soccer team take on Venezuela. (Was supposed to be Japan, but SARS happened.)
So my friend and I are walking around downtown Seattle before the soccer game and we see signs and realize that Wrestlemania was the next day. Even though we were both lapsed WWE watchers at that point, we kicked ourselves for not staying in town an extra day, getting cheap tickets, and hanging out.
At that exact moment, Kevin Nash comes walking down the street. Dude looked like he just spent six hours in the hair salon. Said a quick what's up and kept it moving.