Technico Support Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Flair's issues started long before his 11th failed marriage or Reid's death. His issue is he stopped being himself a long time ago and completely became the character "Ric Flair." I'd say that's the root of every other problem he has ever had in his life since then, as hard or cruel as that sounds. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Looks like Kamaitachi will be working for ROH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Ooh, that'd be fantastic. From what I've seen of Kamaitachi I really like him. Now is there a way we can get his super fan to go to shows with him there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 9 hours ago, Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 said: I have no idea what this conversation is about, but "Finnish on my face" is an amazing sign. If only Ludvig Borga were still alive to Finnish on her face. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 The interwebs is saying that the WWE released Rich Brennan Not really surprising considering that he lost the NXT and Smackdown gigs and they already had like 3 other people doing backstage interviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) Like it or not,everyone on some level plays a character in our every day lives, be it with our bosses, our parents, our husbands/wives, whoever. It just turns out that being Ric Flair is just a lot more rad than nurse or insurance adjuster or secretary or whatever. Is it a little bit sad? Maybe. I guess. I dunno. Fuck you. Woo. EDIT: don't drink on weeknights you guys Edited April 28, 2016 by Zakk_Sabbath 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: The interwebs is saying that the WWE released Rich Brennan He was the worst announcer on the roster whose last name doesn't start with L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Plus they cloned him before firing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Oyaji said: Plus they cloned him before firing him. Wasn't he the clone of Micheal Cole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTTW Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 19 hours ago, Phantom Lord said: Come on this is Ric Flair we're talking about. Even at 67 and being up all night and being on the tail end of a bender in Boston this was not drunk Ric Flair. Okay on the serious side, Flair probably needs some serious therapy. between Reid, his failed marriages, and probably the biggest thing in his life the fact that he was sold as a baby (he says he doesn't care who his birth family is). The guy has some serious issues. So he's a perfect fit for the screwed up world of wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 9 hours ago, The Green Meanie said: Wasn't he the clone of Micheal Cole? and Michael Cole is just the clone of Todd Pettengill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 20 hours ago, Technico Support said: Flair's issues started long before his 11th failed marriage or Reid's death. His issue is he stopped being himself a long time ago and completely became the character "Ric Flair." I'd say that's the root of every other problem he has ever had in his life since then, as hard or cruel as that sounds. Once you fill your house with giant nude photos of yourself, it's just possible that you're heading down the wrong road... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Fuck you. You don't get to judge me. ...oh you meant, uh, never mind. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Bret Hart is off his rocker again: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4gubc7/bret_hart_ive_never_seen_any_real_genius_from/ I wish Bret would just shut up and go away. HHH doesn't think Hogan is the greatest wrestler in the world FFS. Also, HHH may care about his own body, but he's responsible for bringing in the same people whose names Bret doesn't even remember that make NXT great. Yeah, HHH is such a body guy that it only makes sense that he's a huge fan of Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 14 hours ago, RIPPA said: The interwebs is saying that the WWE released Rich Brennan Not really surprising considering that he lost the NXT and Smackdown gigs and they already had like 3 other people doing backstage interviews There are consequences for interrupting Becky Lynch,while she's eating salad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 On 4/28/2016 at 9:57 PM, Zakk_Sabbath said: Like it or not,everyone on some level plays a character in our every day lives, be it with our bosses, our parents, our husbands/wives, whoever. It just turns out that being Ric Flair is just a lot more rad than nurse or insurance adjuster or secretary or whatever. Is it a little bit sad? Maybe. I guess. I dunno. Fuck you. Woo. This is my favorite post. We can yap about how Ric should stop partying or how he is "lost in the character" or how he should be embarrassed or whatever, but Ric Flair is not embarrassed. He is Ric fucking Flair and his life has been one hell of a run. WOOO. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 9 minutes ago, Jrag said: This is my favorite post. We can yap about how Ric should stop partying or how he doesn't know how to turn the character off or how he should be embarrassed or whatever, but Ric Flair is not embarrassed. He is Ric fucking Flair and his life has been one of hell of a run. WOOO. I'm kind of in this boat. Dude is 67 years old and partying it up. Who gives a rip? Should he be sitting at home and enjoying his legacy or whatever? Maybe but apparently that's not who he is and apparently not what makes him happy. It reminds me of when my aunts got mad at me for buying my 83 year old grandmother a few cartons of cigs for her bday. She's been smoking like a goddamn chimney since she was 7, she's not changing now so might as well just let her do what makes her happy and not give her any grief. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Craig H said: Bret Hart is off his rocker again: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4gubc7/bret_hart_ive_never_seen_any_real_genius_from/ I wish Bret would just shut up and go away. HHH doesn't think Hogan is the greatest wrestler in the world FFS. Also, HHH may care about his own body, but he's responsible for bringing in the same people whose names Bret doesn't even remember that make NXT great. Yeah, HHH is such a body guy that it only makes sense that he's a huge fan of Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens... Bret's also wrong about Mania being a "wrestling show." Mania has always been a spectacle show. If you got a couple of great matches out of it, that was a bonus. It's also why a lot of recent Manias have been largely forgettable as of late. It's more focused on random moments in hopes of achieving that spectacle. Plus, HHH's admittedly always been a fan of ring work to a degree, but he just had a frame that it benefited him by being a body building guy, plus he's always idolized Arnold. I would venture to guess that most males HHH's age all idolized Arnold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Quote it seems like he’s quick to push the great wrestling to the side and push the bodies, guys who have [good] physiques, all the time. They wonder why CM Punk quit and they wonder why Daniel Bryan got hurt. It’s because they squeeze so much out of those guys.” Hart said, “I’m just calling it the way it is. Triple H is a former bodybuilder. He’s all about bodies. He thought that Hulk Hogan was the greatest wrestler in the world. They think Ultimate Warrior was the greatest wrestler in the world because that’s what they’re attracted to, but he’s not really a wrestling fan like I grew up. Wow, seriously? Sentence 2 (they ran Punk & Bryan ragged) directly contradicts sentence 1 (they don't push non-bodybuilders). I legitimately can't understand how the second sentence ties to any of the rest of Bret's "points." Triple H, by all accounts, is a huge wrestling fan from childhood. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he started watching when he was 5 and only started working out because he wanted to look like a wrestler. There's no way a guy who was pushing WWE to obtain the "Wrestling at the Chase" footage thought Hogan and Warrior were the best ever. Shit, he couldn't stand Warrior. Yeah, HHH only likes muscle guys. Fuuuuuck. Owens and Joe were already mentioned here. Look at the rest of NXT. Look at the Cruiserweight Tournament, whose crown jewel is an tiny tiny English kid. HHH is nowhere near the size queen that Vince and Dunn are. Quote I don’t know how the promoter’s kid gets that kind of qualification to main event I can't even. Guys, remember when we thought of Bret as "the normal one" in that crazyass family? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 35 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Wow, seriously? Sentence 2 (they ran Punk & Bryan ragged) directly contradicts sentence 1 (they don't push non-bodybuilders). I legitimately can't understand how the second sentence ties to any of the rest of Bret's "points." Triple H, by all accounts, is a huge wrestling fan from childhood. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he started watching when he was 5 and only started working out because he wanted to look like a wrestler. There's no way a guy who was pushing WWE to obtain the "Wrestling at the Chase" footage thought Hogan and Warrior were the best ever. Shit, he couldn't stand Warrior. Yeah, HHH only likes muscle guys. Fuuuuuck. Owens and Joe were already mentioned here. Look at the rest of NXT. Look at the Cruiserweight Tournament, whose crown jewel is an tiny tiny English kid. HHH is nowhere near the size queen that Vince and Dunn are. I can't even. Guys, remember when we thought of Bret as "the normal one" in that crazyass family? He still is. It's just a sliding scale. Compared to Smith, Bruce, and Ellie he's Neil Degrasse Tyson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 42 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Triple H, by all accounts, is a huge wrestling fan from childhood. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he started watching when he was 5 and only started working out because he wanted to look like a wrestler. There's no way a guy who was pushing WWE to obtain the "Wrestling at the Chase" footage thought Hogan and Warrior were the best ever. Shit, he couldn't stand Warrior. Yeah, HHH only likes muscle guys. Fuuuuuck. Owens and Joe were already mentioned here. Look at the rest of NXT. Look at the Cruiserweight Tournament, whose crown jewel is an tiny tiny English kid. HHH is nowhere near the size queen that Vince and Dunn are. Manny Andrade is a tiny, tiny English kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 9 minutes ago, JonnyLaw said: Manny Andrade is a tiny, tiny English kid? Still a better gimmick than No Way Jose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Is there an era in WWE where Rusev's act doesn't inevitably lead to him being fed to someone or having his balls cut off? Would he have fared better in 70s or 80s JCP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 19 minutes ago, (BP) said: Is there an era in WWE where Rusev's act doesn't inevitably lead to him being fed to someone or having his balls cut off? Would he have fared better in 70s or 80s JCP? Probably not. It's all about what the company wants to do at any given time. If they gave Rusev the Brock treatment he would still be a world beater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: Probably not. It's all about what the company wants to do at any given time. If they gave Rusev the Brock treatment he would still be a world beater. What's weird about Rusev is he's a very versatile worker and is very impressive for someone who is still relatively green as far as I'm aware. He's probably in my top 5 or 10 guys in WWE that interest me at the moment. I'm a shameless mark for him. I'd keep him booked quite strongly as a heel. Thanks to WWE booking though, and some of that is just saturation due to the amount of content WWE forces itself to put out monthly, he will require probably 6 months - a year to rebuild into some kind of epic monster. His initial build up until the Cena feud was absolutely tremendous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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