Infinit Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: I originally thought this question was about the Ontario vs Ontario main event of Christian vs TWFKA Edge (which is a major "angle alert" match instead of a blowoff for anybody unsure of why they're doing this match on Dynamite) Christian vs Edge in a match in Montreal where the winner is the first one to complete a coherent sentence in French At least Copeland vs Cage has storyline and history. Omega vs Ethan Page is a cold match thrown together on a promo on a show that was only shown on the TSN app in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, Infinit said: At least Copeland vs Cage has storyline and history. Omega vs Ethan Page is a cold match thrown together on a promo on a show that was only shown on the TSN app in Canada. While I obviously wish more were done with it for the rest of us non-Canadians, I gotta say, I don't hate the idea of running old school localized promos to try and help fill buildings. I wonder if there would be an easy, cost-effective technological way to get location data for YouTube users and pump in a quick 10-15 second local promo before whatever video on their channel starts. I'm thinking of something along the lines of Iron Maiden using Spotify listener data to map their tour dates (not a bad idea in itself to track on the AEW Music/Mikey Ruckus page) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 [Rumble '24] 3, 2, 1...... *awkward silence*.... ... *COINS DROP* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 That's interesting, a lot of intriguing matches no matter where he ends up. AEW seems like a natural transition but it'd be fun to see what he could do in WWE That said, my fingers are crossed for a vanity splinter promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 random Florida note: While other people might find it odd that David Von Erich and Kerry were backing up Ric Flair during David's heel run in Florida in 1982 (because I knew of evil DVE before this), the thing I found a bit odd was seeing a young Barry Windham with dark hair upon his return from a car accident also, Barry's running lariat/forearm looked pretty amazing with him irish whipping the guy and then bouncing off the ropes before running in to hit the move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Godfrey said: a vanity splinter promotion WRESTLING ASSOCIATION OKADA-GUMI WA-OG! Who would be the pull-overs from Japan? Who would be the young lions? Who would be the people stolen from US indies? BOOK IT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 One less striker for Fulham in the January transfer window now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Okada going anywhere that would require a move to the United States seems unlikely considering that his wife is Suzuko Mimori. She's not only more famous than he is, but her job isn't as likely to transfer as well to moving out of Japan as his. So I'd say either expect him to stay in New Japan or expect him to be part-time if he goes to an American group. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 "This is not time to despair, this is punk rock time...this is what Joe Strummer trained you for!" Henry Rollins referring to a certain WWE HOFer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Looks like Dutch is in the hospital for an unspecified issue. His podcast host posted they have shows in the can already, so the pod will still be coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 14 hours ago, odessasteps said: One less striker for Fulham in the January transfer window now. Okada to Al-Hilal Pro Wrestling for 200M? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourPostMassacre Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Sparkleface said: Okada going anywhere that would require a move to the United States seems unlikely considering that his wife is Suzuko Mimori. She's not only more famous than he is, but her job isn't as likely to transfer as well to moving out of Japan as his. So I'd say either expect him to stay in New Japan or expect him to be part-time if he goes to an American group. Without even knowing the wife thing I figured this was just his way of getting whatever raise he wants to resign with NJPW. Either way AEW already has more people than they can book and although the leadership has changed I’d still say the ceiling in the E for him would basically be the same as Nakamura. If Vince was still there he’d have him form the new Kaientai with Nakamura and Asuka. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Cross posting from the TV thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 hours ago, FourPostMassacre said: AEW already has more people than they can book They could always make a Dream Match Championship for him, Omega, and Danielson exclusively. I shouldn't give them any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 One step closer to the voice of Macho Man Randy Savage reading stories for an app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Being too cheap to pay for a voice impersonator is a PROBLEM. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Being too cheap to pay for a voice impersonator is a PROBLEM. Rich Little must be too expensive 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Just now, Cobra Commander said: Rich Little must be too expensive That's TWO Rich Little references in the last week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 31 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: One step closer to the voice of Macho Man Randy Savage reading stories for an app If I were in charge at Slim Jim, I'd be reaching for that checkbook with the quickness. I can think of maybe only a handful of more enduring pitch-men. "Chips?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 50 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: One step closer to the voice of Macho Man Randy Savage reading stories for an app Now I'm imagining meditating to the soothing tones of Macho Man. IMAGINE YOU'RE IN A CALM FOREST WITH A SOOTHING BREEZE BLOWING, CLEARING YOUR MIND OOOOHHHH YEEEEAHHHHHHH DIG IT 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Now I'm imagining meditating to the soothing tones of Macho Man. IMAGINE YOU'RE IN A CALM FOREST WITH A SOOTHING BREEZE BLOWING, CLEARING YOUR MIND OOOOHHHH YEEEEAHHHHHHH DIG IT Wrong cadence. Imagine you're in a calm forest, yeah. With a soothing breeze blowning, Yeah. CLEARING YOUR MIND! DIG IT! 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I wanna say they aired a Macho Man Randy Savage recitation of a Christmas Carol on WWF TV at least once.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 22 minutes ago, Raziel said: Wrong cadence. Imagine you're in a calm forest, yeah. With a soothing breeze blowning, Yeah. CLEARING YOUR MIND! DIG IT! True. Now ALL CAPS is more like if they did an Ultimate Warrior meditation: WHEN THE WARRIORS COME TO THE FOREST AND IT IS CALM THERE WILL BE NO MORE CALMNESS AS THE WARRIORS BLOW A SOOTHING BREEZE AND YOUR MIND WILL BE CLEAR BEACUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER. OF. THE WARRIORRRRRRRRR! *snarl* I mean, that's not really meditative what with all the yelling, but yeah. 53 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: If I were in charge at Slim Jim, I'd be reaching for that checkbook with the quickness. I can think of maybe only a handful of more enduring pitch-men. "Chips?!" "Chips?!" is written too tamely. Instead, think like how Shannon Sharpe said Skip Bayless's name, but replace the "sk" sound a "ch" sound, and you're closer. CHIYYYYYY-UPS?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Turtle Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 16 hours ago, Sparkleface said: Okada going anywhere that would require a move to the United States seems unlikely considering that his wife is Suzuko Mimori. She's not only more famous than he is, but her job isn't as likely to transfer as well to moving out of Japan as his. So I'd say either expect him to stay in New Japan or expect him to be part-time if he goes to an American group. 4 hours ago, FourPostMassacre said: Without even knowing the wife thing I figured this was just his way of getting whatever raise he wants to resign with NJPW. Either way AEW already has more people than they can book and although the leadership has changed I’d still say the ceiling in the E for him would basically be the same as Nakamura. If Vince was still there he’d have him form the new Kaientai with Nakamura and Asuka. I'm glad to see this was brought up. From what I'd seen, not only is Okada's wife more famous than him, (and maybe it thus goes without saying) she also makes more money than he does. On that topic, the rumors about Okada's salary have usually been that what he makes in New Japan is comparable to what the top wrestlers in WWE make. The icing on the cake that I haven't seen mentioned here yet is that Okada and his wife had a child last year. All told, I don't think he'd have a ton of incentive to move overseas unless he'd be offered a ludicrous amount of money or NJPW absolutely can't afford him any longer. I can only assume a big part of the reason why New Japan hasn't been offering foreign wrestlers contracts is so they can ensure their domestic stars can keep getting paid and won't go elswhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 “Eye guesth yuh guys aren't readeee fuh dat yettt. Butttt yer kids are gunna luv it, daddy.” 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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