Skeeball Wizard Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Triple H cares. The sadist in me wishes Vince McMahon would book NXT for the Christmas episode. I'd like to see how bad it would be.If the rumblings about Adrian Neville's Mighty Mouse gimmick are true, then you'll see really soon. I'd much rather they give Neville a Danger Mouse gimmick. Bull Dempsey can play Penfold. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Apparently all smaller guys on the main roster need a spirit animal. Bryan had the goat. Kidd has the cat. Now Neville has the mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I read it as Mighty Mouse-esque which I took as to mean Rey Mysterio-like in that he's smaller than everyone, but he uses everything he can to beat the bad guy. Only difference is Mighty Mouse never loses. Guess we know who the next LOL(insertnamehere)WINSLOL will be...and I'm okay with the LOLNEVILLEWINSLOL era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hollinger. posted this on Facebook and it's pretty awesome, titled 'Deconstructing Pro Wrestling' by screenwriter Max Landis (Chronicle) and featuring Dolph Ziggler. As Hollinger. said "This is a really fantastic explanation of why professional wrestling is beautiful." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Re: the Neville rumor - this has been his shirt almost all year, so it isn't something completely out of the blue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 That is really good. Wrestling is not "fake," it's performance art. Eh, I can dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Vince probably took one look at Neville's ears and...yeah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 That is really good. Wrestling is not "fake," it's performance art. Eh, I can dig it. That is my stance the last few years, as far as explaining it to outsiders. I have a close friend who has just never "got" pro wrestling, simply because she keeps trying to compare it to something like UFC, and I keep trying to use the performance art point of view to explain it. I'm also a strong believer that a non-fan will never respect wrestling unless they see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Vince probably took one look at Neville's ears and...yeah. My idea is to stick a mask on Neville and put him together with Kalisto on the main roster. No Sin Cara stink, and Neville's fugly head is covered up. Win-win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I appreciate the "performance art" argument, but i prefer "pseudo sport" side of the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Why don't the Globetrotters get the same amount of shit about being fake that wrestling does? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Because the Globetrotters are for kids. If I met an adult who was only casually interested in the nba but obsessed with the globetrotters I'd probably look at him funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Pro Wrestling is more analogous to an episodic, scripted television show than the Harlem Globetrotters. I honestly think that kayfabe is the biggest enemy of pro wrestling. You don't see pro wrestlers openly discussing the business on mainstream media outlets. Whenever Jim Parsons appears on late night TV, he's on there as "Jim Parsons" and not as "Sheldon Cooper." He also talks about his current projects, maybe drops some behind the scenes info. You never see a pro wrestler on mainstream TV saying "it was really fun to work with wrestler x, we should have a good performance on Sunday....etc." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 plus the Globetrotters play a few legit games every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 And lose to Division II schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Washington Generals 4 life!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I always try to explain the performance art aspect to my non-fan friends, but it inevitably ends with someone yelling "it's still real to me, dammit" and us going back to drinking the pain of daily life away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My only point of contention in that video is the guy saying stand-up isn't performed art. That's a semantics debate, though, so who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Well, he's saying it's not "performance art", which by the definition he follows with, isn't the same thing as "art which is performed", and I'd tentatively agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Vince probably took one look at Neville's ears and...yeah. Wasn't he already on NXT with a rat face gimmick? I remember Ricardo trapping him because he smelled some cheese. What the? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 That was Konnor of the Ascension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 do they do star ratings for Globetrotter games? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 do they do star ratings for Globetrotter games? No, but dave prob did for roller derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's always low because they don't have good punches. Their missle dropkicks however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Can't wait to make the case for Nikki Bella to have the best right hand in the company. Tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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