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    AUGUST WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    Saw this on Reddit...

    New Japan Pro Wrestling and TV Asahi are going global.According to Dave Meltzer, from The Wrestling Observer, NJPW has signed a deal that will bring the property to Singaporean televisions – translated in English. No details were given as to who bought the rights from TV Asahi to broadcast the events, but it is a huge step forward for ANY Japanese pro wrestling outlet. Prior to this, puroresu brands have been very reluctant to expand outside of Japan. With the rise of MMA and the level of which Japanese wrestlers compete, there is likely a connection that will prove successful for the company.NJPW took their brand to the internet this year with UStream, broadcasting shows via iPPV (internet pay-per-view) in a move that opened the doors for other companies. Pancrase also jumped onboard the iPPV train, another huge step in globalizing these brands.With the advent of streaming technology and the world shrinking in size (metaphorically speaking), it is multiples less expensive to get these types of deals done as variables such as satellites and acquiring a buyer of your content are steps that are able to be bypassed.TV Asahi recently released a 20 minute video that showcased some of their biggest names, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Prince Devitt, and champ Kazuchika Okada.

    Yeah, no shit.
    I've noticed this showing up a lot lately; apparently, the fallout from the misuse of "literally" is to now overuse the use of "metaphorically." Wish I was more committed to my forum activity, I would so attach a Punk grumpy face cap from "Grammar Slam" right'chere ...

    AUGUST WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    Bugging people for scholarly articles on the history of 80's lucha > Being the first person to ever appear on WWE programming with a homemade Heath Slater sign. FACT.

     

    I am not proud of my ignorance. I am trying to fix it. You are proud of whatever you said up there.

     

    This was the first time I think I've ever given a like to someone (jaedmc) and given it to someone else ... what a weird, wild, wonderful feeling it is~...

    The ROH Thread

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

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    I'm curious if the ROHbots now are predominantly the same as they were when they had Joe, Danielson, Aries, etc or they've left to follow something else.

     

    I went to a ton of shows (maybe 40ish) between 2003 and 2009, but followed WWE throughout.  I was into TNA for a while from 2003-2005 or so, but that burned out pretty quickly for me.  Once Joe and Danielson were gone I just didn't care as much, and I was getting older and the time and money needed to follow this niche hobby became way too much to sustain.  I followed ROH and WWE concurrently because they both gave me something I really wanted, and now WWE gives me both more often than not, and ROH, from what I've seen, gives me neither.  It would be interesting to plug the TV equation into ROH around the time Joe lost the belt to Aries.  Could they have grown into something through Summer of Punk/CZW/Best in the World Bryan Danielson?

     

     

    Yes, very much so.  And then Faction Warrrz happened, and it looked EXACTLY like what an entire company built around a Nation of Domination/ Disciples of the Apocolypse/ Los Boriquas angle would look like.  Doo.  Doo.  Butter.  I think it was a misstep that ROH didn't really recover from ... I mean, yeah, all kinds of other stuff happened during that time, but that was the herald of the downward slope.

    Raw 8-19-13

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted

    I watched the AM Raw last night, and boy, is Bryan over with the live crowd. They went nuts for him in that opening segment with Steph, just nuts. I think Bryan needs some kind of short-term help, though: Basically it's him vs. "the Corporation," which consists of Orton, HHH, Vince, Stephanie, Brad Maddox and the Shield. So it's technically 8 on 1, including the owners of the company and the general manager. If he overcomes those odds without a little help, it seems almost too superhuman. Someone or ones should step up and say "we've got your back," and the best candidates would be Big Show-Mark Henry. They don't have to form a lasting alliance, just a "common good"-type thing.

    Danielson needs to align w/ the Wyatt family. Not because Bray Wyatt is his messiah, not because he's following the buzzards; simply because they share an affinity for great beards.
    I don't know that the Bellas are all that "great," per se.
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    Raw 8-19-13

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

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    Goddammit FSW, the man is the longest reigning WWE Champion in modern history. He's defeated wrestlers like Ryback, Kane, and DVDVR darling Mark Henry. If those guys couldn't stand a chance against The Best In The World, then Brock sure as hell doesn't. Deal with it already. Because when it's time to induct Punk into the HOF, Brock will be calling him "Boss" when he personally inducts him live at the Sugarpova Arena in 2025.

    Doesn't count because he did too many "non-title match" jobs ranging from real guys like Cena and Bryan down to total numbnut non-entities like Ziggler and Kane during his bullshit longest reign. Modern history is just code for the "titles don't mean shit anymore" and stringing out Punk's reign as long as they did doesn't even make his reign anymore significant than JBL's. Besides by now cRyback's just the modern equivalent to The Warlord. And even he made Punk look like his punk bitch for the majority of those matches regardless of the end result."The Beast" gave way too much to the glorified tatted up sandwich artist. On the other hand, it really doesn't matter because by now it's clear Brock's only there to swap wins with the top guys even if they're glorified sandwich artists undeserving of the rub.
    I'm amused at the implication that Punk's reign needs an asterix next to it. Good luck with your petition.

    AUGUST WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    Posted Image

     

    http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/luther-ward-bio

     

    This dude looks like Rutger Hauer. I demand a Roy Batty gimmick.

     

    Maybe it's the similar contacts, but he looks like a super young Kane.

     

     

    Give Joey six months and he will look totally different. Never encountered a wrestler who could shift shape like him.

     

     

    I looked him up because - for some reason, ungodly as it was - I thought you might have been saying he was Joey Mercury (back off me, okay, it's been a long day ...), and I found that he wrestled a tag match against the team of ... Marty Jannetty and Sabu.

     

    .....

     

    Marty Jannetty and Sabu.

    AUGUST WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    SoCal Val is apprently gone from TNA. I like her, she's gorgeous. But I'm not really sure what they got from her that Christy Hemme doesn't provide.

     

    Maybe it's just me, but I wish they'd released Christy and kept Val.

     

     

    Hemme's at least a decent ring announcer. I'm not sure what Val was good at.

     

     

    To steal something said in another discussion, "I'm such a child."

     

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    http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/luther-ward-bio

     

    This dude looks like Rutger Hauer. I demand a Roy Batty gimmick.

     

    Another post where the avatar makes the post even better ...

     

    Also, ahem ... "Hobo with a Shotgun" ...

    TNA Impact Wrestling Spoilers for 8/22

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

    I could be totally off base here, but the one to Gail Kim doesn't look so bad; she looks like she landed alright for the move, plus, hey, Hernandez ... handful of titty, good on ye, esse ...

     

    And it's easier watching the one to Doug Williams, because he ended up okay ...

     

    But being that's the case, I CANNOT watch the one into the pool without cringing at the near-miss to paralysis.  I mean, motherFUCKER!  Both of those individuals are idiots ...

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    MOVIE COMMENT CATCH-ALL THREAD

    in MOVIES & TV

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    Cursed.

     

    I just recently rewatched that film - $1.99 for the DVD through Amazon, why the hell not? - and motherfucker what a horrible ass film.  Due to all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, I can totally understand why the film tanked, but a werewolf film without a single solid transformation scene (there's that one scene where the chick turns into ... something ... but ... c'mon, really?  If you wanna count that, be my guest ...).  Such a doo-doo film ... and YET ... likeable in its doo-doo-ness.  My favorite bit of shit dialogue:

     

    Ellie (Christina Ricci): “Can you cover for me at the opening?”

    Kyle (Michael Rosenbaum): “What? And miss Jake’s big opening?”

    Ellie: “I can’t make it”

     

    Such a redundant bit of words, it's maddening to hear them echo in my head.

     

    Definitely, for me, a so-bad-it's-good movie.

    [AUGUST] WRESTLING PHOTO THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    The Warlord/Barbarian split was obviously to create Warrior and Hogan opponents and it really never worked out that way.

     

    Shame there was no Powers of Pain vs. Hogan/Warrior Summerslam main (or at least a Saturday Night's Main Event).  I think that would be a match we'd still talk about to this day ...

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    AUGUST WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    I actually mentioned something like this on the old board, forgot how I put it but basically commented how I wondered if this wasn't a very purposeful attempt to parlay a new concept of face/heel dynamics. Greggulator says it a bit better than I did at the time though; case in point, I didn't think of him as a tweener but rather a full-fledged heel, which overlooks that he still does major face-type things. Could you imagine Flair back in the JCP days visiting terminally ill kids?

    TNA Impact Wrestling Spoilers for 8/22

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

    I don't know really where else to post this but I am really glad Brooke Hogan is gone. Now if only the other Hogan would/could officially disappear from TNA.

    Wouldn't be surprised if he's gone soon. He hasn't been on the last two weeks and the WON said Brooke was fired. Between that and being behind on pay, writing might be on the wall for the end of Hogan in TNA.
    Can't imagine that Hogan would have fired his own kid.
    From PWInsider:"The feeling within TNA was that Brooke Hogan's role on IMPACT Wrestling had run its course and they mutually decided to part ways. Hulk Hogan was involved in the discussion as well.The split was said to be amicable. Brooke wants to focus on non-wrestling projects going forward, but the door is always open for a return if it makes sense to both sides.Also, financial considerations did factor into her release. One source in the company described her contract as being "a luxury we can't afford right now."
    Well he didn't fire her....technically. :PPlus from the sounds of it Brooke Hogan was getting overpaid. I also didn't factor in the gigantic idiocy of TNA (I know,I know) to pay her anything substantial in my previous post, when all she is known for is being Hulk Hogan's daughter. I wonder what they were paying her, especially in comparison to their in-ring talent. Imagine your a guy busting his ass in the ring, only to find out that you are probably being paid less than you're bosses untalented daughter, what do you do?
    Marry her? Worked for HHHim ...
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