Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Any truth to the rumor that HHH made Gabe Sapalowski wear a paper bag on his head when negotiating? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 So? There's a fat people movement that landed a large woman on the cover of People magazine. Fat in wrestling has been there for a long time. Haystacks, Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch, King Kong Bundy, Viscera, Yokozuna, Umaga....and a long list of others, have all been fat and successful in wrestling. Yes, I am perfectly aware of that. And half of those names listed are some of my favorites to watch in the ring. And really, you're quoting a "fat people movement" in your argument? Seriously? The problem, as noted, is not that Hero had gained weight, but that he seemed completely uninterested in fixing it. WWE has a certain standard they want their workers to maintain, and he didn't appear to be doing so, for whatever reason (motivation, injuries, etc). That doesn't mean Chris Hero is a bad worker. It means he's not what WWE wants. My point was that the thought of cosmetics dictatating drawing power is clearly an innaccurate assesment given current cultural trends and previous history on the matter. Now that people have gone explaining it being an attitude issue, ok. Not the first guy to have that problem, just weird. The guy has dedication for what he does, but he doesn't seemingly want to do what it takes to get to that final ledge. Maybe he's just not wired that way. Or.. y'know... He was injured and couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 WON is out. No news on Sapolsky. Get the feeling somebody got worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Haven't seen Dave say anything on Twitter either. Obviously a conspiracy against TNA I'm sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 After watching Chyna on Opie & Jim, I think she has a chance at the lead role for the Maniac Cop reboot if they ever decided to make one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Haven't seen Dave say anything on Twitter either. Obviously a conspiracy against TNA I'm sure. There was this blurb So now the pressure is on Paul Levesque and that department to get guys who have potential to some day be big players into NXT and signed to merchandising deals before they go to a company (ROH or TNA) that has merchandising deals and national cable deals in North America, and create a pipeline to find the ones with potential before ROH & TNA. This all relates to the Kevin Steen ROH figure comin out or something. Apparently Dave said this was all over something petty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Triple H released a statement denying Chyna's claims he hit her. Say what you want about him, but it's very difficult to imagine him as a woman beater. Oh, and now I can imagine Hunter going "I did nawt hit her, I did nawt!" Tommy Wiseau-style. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I mean he probably did in a match at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 They actually had a surprising number of single matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I can see Chyna being warped enough for that to make him Ike Turner in her mind. Seriously though, it's a shame. Last I heard she was teaching kids in Japan English and was doing, well, OKish. Compared to before anyway. And then Russo did that interview with her and was like "Oh, you have to get back into wrestling!" even though it's obvious to anyone with a brain that that is the last thing she needs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Austin bringing her up on his podcast with Triple H gave her 15 more minutes of fame and she's been trying to make it last as long as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Haven't seen Dave say anything on Twitter either. Obviously a conspiracy against TNA I'm sure. There was this blurb So now the pressure is on Paul Levesque and that department to get guys who have potential to some day be big players into NXT and signed to merchandising deals before they go to a company (ROH or TNA) that has merchandising deals and national cable deals in North America, and create a pipeline to find the ones with potential before ROH & TNA. This all relates to the Kevin Steen ROH figure comin out or something. Apparently Dave said this was all over something petty. It's always something petty with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angel Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 On the subject of the Kofi/Brock match coming up this popped in my head. What if they have Kofi win MITB, cash in on the winner of Seth/Dean just to feed him to Lesnar for the belt at the Japan show? Bear with me if this doesn't make sense. Also if this has been talked about before. I'm halfway into this blunt right now. Been a LONG ASS month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 ...IF it doesn't make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Poor heartbroken Rusev. This is going to end with him doing vodka shots in a karaoke bar with Dean Ambrose and getting on stage to sing "She's Like the Wind". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 On the subject of the Kofi/Brock match coming up this popped in my head. What if they have Kofi win MITB, cash in on the winner of Seth/Dean just to feed him to Lesnar for the belt at the Japan show? Bear with me if this doesn't make sense. Also if this has been talked about before. I'm halfway into this blunt right now. Been a LONG ASS month... Anyone else want to hear what he comes up with when he gets to the end of that blunt? No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This thread requires less fantasy booking of Kofi Kingston as world champion, and more theme music of someone who should have been a world champion (not counting that WCW International title shit). Five glorious minutes of the greatest entrance music in wrestling history. Now hit the music! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 That theme is amazing and would only have been better if the video had five minutes of Rude hitting the Rude Awakening (best pro wrestling finisher ever, by the way) as it played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This thread requires less fantasy booking of Kofi Kingston as world champion, and more theme music of someone who should have been a world champion (not counting that WCW International title shit). He didn't have the legs for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMax46 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This will never happen but... I want the Brock/Kofi match to lead to a Brock Vs. New Day tag title match. Brock's partner will be... Paul Heyman. Brock then proceeds to destroy New Day 3 On 1 to win the tag titles. And ostensibly defend the Tag Titles by himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 That theme is amazing and would only have been better if the video had five minutes of Rude hitting the Rude Awakening (best pro wrestling finisher ever, by the way) as it played. For someone at work who can't watch the video, is the theme "Simply Ravishing"? I love that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Harms Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Did anybody in the UK watch 'When Wrestling Was Golden' on BBC4 last night? It profiled the old glory days of British wrestling. Mick McManus, Jackie Pallo, Adrian Street. Then moving on to Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks and the decline of wrestling' popularity here. The problem with the show was that it implied that wrestling fell off the planet in the 1980s when ITV cancelled World of Sport. It didn't even mention US or Japanese wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 PWInsider has a little bit more on the WWE/EVOLVE deal. Is this really such great news for Indy wrestling as a whole? I don't know. Great news for Gabe and EVOLVE, for sure, but doesn't sound like great news for PWG, CZW, Chikara and all the other Indies out there to me. Top level Indy wrestlers now have to face the decision, if they want to sign with EVOLVE, which doesn't guarantee a WWE contract at all, but does waive away the possibility of working for TNA and ROH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This thread requires less fantasy booking of Kofi Kingston as world champion, and more theme music of someone who should have been a world champion (not counting that WCW International title shit).He didn't have the legs for it. For fuck's sake, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Decent article about the monetary side of lucha in mexico. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33064625 tl:dr? Promoters and chinese taken all the pesos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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