WrestleZAYNia XXXIX - 4/1 & 4/2/2023

[EVA]

BUT THERE ARE NO FAST FORWARD SCENES IN GOODFELLAS.

GOODFELLAS BEST.

THE END.

Edited March 28, 2023 by EVA

[The Natural]

4 minutes ago, Craig H said:

You should because it's better than Goodfellas. Just fast forward through the scenes with coked up Sharon Stone and when Sam has a late night talk show.

Cheers, mate.

On the subject of Goodfellas/Casino, the "funny, how?" scene in the former. Was that adlibbed by Joe Pesci?

I haven't seen a lot of Martin Scorsese films but I prefer Raging Bull to Goodfellas.

[Craig H]

4 minutes ago, EVA said:

BUT THERE ARE NO FAST FORWARD SCENES IN GOODFELLAS.

GOODFELLAS BEST.

THE END.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'd fast forward through the shit when they're in prison and most Edie Falco scenes.

EDIT: Except when Edie Falco is also high as fuck towards the back half of the movie. No fast forwarding through that.

Edited March 28, 2023 by Craig H

[The Natural]

WrestleMania logos through the years. Fuck Vince McMahon for removing the numbers particularly the Roman ones. Celebrate that history. My favourites are WrestleMania, WrestleMania X, WrestleMania X-Seven, WrestleMania XIX, WrestleMania XX, WrestleMania XXIV and WrestleMania XXX.

[The Natural]

Kudos to @Dolfan in NYC for using roman numbers for every PPV/PLE show thread we have here as well.

Edited March 28, 2023 by The Natural

[Dolfan in NYC]

44 minutes ago, The Natural said:

Cheers, mate.

On the subject of Goodfellas/Casino, the "funny, how?" scene in the former. Was that adlibbed by Joe Pesci?

I haven't seen a lot of Martin Scorsese films but I prefer Raging Bull to Goodfellas.

Scorcese is one of those directors you'd never dare ad lib in front of.  The point of the scene is to show that Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is a very scary psycho who they're all clearly afraid of. It's like if you were out walking and ran across a fox (since you're in Ingleterre).

You know it can be friendly so you may approach it or even like it.  But you can never, ever lose track of the fact that it is a wild animal who can and WILL bite if provoked.  And the fun part is, you'll never know what provokes it. 

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Back to Mania news, apparently the Hell in the Cell will go back to it's original color for the Balor-Edge match.  

[The Natural]

Just now, Dolfan in NYC said:

Scorcese is one of those directors you'd never dare ad lib in front of.  The point of the scene is to show that Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is a very scary psycho who they're all clearly afraid of. It's like if you were out walking and ran across a fox (since you're in Ingleterre).

You know it can be friendly so you may approach it or even like it.  But you can never, ever lose track of the fact that it is a wild animal who can and WILL bite if provoked.  And the fun part is, you'll never know what provokes it. 

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Back to Mania news, apparently the Hell in the Cell will go back to it's original color for the Balor-Edge match.  

Cheers, @Dolfan in NYC.

All for the Hell in a Cell going back to it's original colour. Thats colour spelt right btw ;).

Better still, bring back back the OG Hell in a Cell from October 1997-June 2005.  Still the best.

[odessasteps]

4 hours ago, EVA said:

The number of people on Wrestling Twitter posting some variation of “I loved the Bloodline/Goodfellas parody. I’ve never even seen Goodfellas!” is really disheartening.

Wonder if Phil has seen Goodfellas. 

[Niners Fan in CT]

11 hours ago, EVA said:

The number of people on Wrestling Twitter posting some variation of “I loved the Bloodline/Goodfellas parody. I’ve never even seen Goodfellas!” is really disheartening.

I'm pretty sure Goodfellas is one of the most rewatched movies ever, that has to be Wrestling Bubble chatter. 

[matt925]

11 hours ago, The Natural said:

Still need to see Casino.

People dismissed it as goodfellas part 2, but it is such a great movie. Highly recommended. 

[Niners Fan in CT]

1 minute ago, matt925 said:

People dismissed it as goodfellas part 2, but it is such a great movie. Highly recommended. 

It is a great movie but Goodfellas is a perfect movie.  That's the difference for me.  Plus, as good as Pesci is in Casino, he's better in Goodfellas (Won the Best Supporting Actor for Tommy), De Niro is terrifying and Ray Liotta is a better hang than psycho Sharon Stone.  Scorsese was stunting on the rest of Hollywood with Goodfellas.  The steadicam shot at the Copacabana is just wonderfully crafted.  

[Dolfan in NYC]

So I'm just going by what Wiki says is the order from now on as the nerds over there can fight and bicker all day about it. 

Anywho.... happy anniversary to this:

 

[DJ Hero Morganti]

I saw that RKO in person!

Good Times Good Times.

[matt925]

28 minutes ago, DJ Hero Morganti said:

I saw that RKO in person!

Good Times Good Times.

Me too!

[The Natural]

52 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

So I'm just going by what Wiki says is the order from now on as the nerds over there can fight and bicker all day about it. 

Anywho.... happy anniversary to this:

 

Randy Orton's most memorable RKO ever. The Diamond Cutter/RKO is my favourite finisher of all time for how it can be hit outta nowhere Michael Cole (c). The execution was so perfect, Orton was so pumped he didn't pin Seth Rollins straight away. To me, WrestleMania XXXI is one of the best WrestleMania's ever mainly for the ***** main event between Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns.

Daniel Bryan wins the WWE Intercontinental Championship in the hot opener, a multi man Ladder match including the late great Luke Harper/Mr. Brodie Lee. There's Rusev in THAT tank (what he did in it too. I love @NikoBaltimore story about he and his missus meeting TAFKA Miro last year. I love you, Nick). Having said all the good about WrestleMania XXXI, Triple H vs. Sting still pisses me off. Sting under contract to WWE, the guy who represented WCW never jumping ship vs. the poster figure of the WWE, the Undertaker who never left there. Instead Sting jobs and gets help from the nWo including fucking Hulk Hogan? Fuck that shit.

Edited March 29, 2023 by The Natural

[The Natural]

WrestleMania XIV was also on this date, 25 years ago. Jim Ross: "The Austin Era has begun" plus The Undertaker's best entrance ever, think of the ground that covers.

Edited March 29, 2023 by The Natural

[ChesterCopperpot]

Set design unveiled tomorrow night at 8pm EST 

Here's a spoiler

Spoiler

 

[DragonZombie]

The Hell in a Cell

Spoiler

Is no longer red.

 

[The Natural]

On that:

Spoiler

Good riddance, red crate (2018-2023).

 

[The Natural]

Edited March 30, 2023 by The Natural

[Dolfan in NYC]

During an interview Becky did intimate or basically says she'd be wrestling on both nights.  

It'd make sense if they added a Women's Tag Title match on Sunday as a way to get the straps off the part timer.  (Lita too.)

[Tarheel Moneghetti]

The plan supposedly was to get the tag titles onto Rousey and Baszler but Rhonda’s injury delayed that, so it makes sense.

[Lawful Metal]

Didn't realize it was this weekend!  Really haven't paid attention since Sami lost, and hadn't been paying attention to much before that either.  Anything to look forward to? Is this Edge's retirement match?

[Dolfan in NYC]

Full match order will be revealed on ESPN First Take today. 

[Just Adam Bay Bay]

1 hour ago, Lawful Metal said:

Didn't realize it was this weekend!  Really haven't paid attention since Sami lost, and hadn't been paying attention to much before that either.  Anything to look forward to? Is this Edge's retirement match?

The Usos match and the main event are both good. Edge/Balor and Rey/Dom both have good story’s. Edge isn’t retiring until August in Toronto (or so he announced last year). 

Other than that it’s a good card with a lack of build for the most part.