Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I was watching the new Table For 3 episode with Flair, Arn, and Tully and Arn said something interesting. He said that he thinks a lot of injuries are caused because the wrestlers of today have too many days off, and their bodies never quite "toughen up"-- he said they're never truly in ring shape, in his opinion. I was really surprised by this given the way his career ended, but Arn certainly knows a hell of a lot more about wrestling than anyone here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 19 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: I was watching the new Table For 3 episode with Flair, Arn, and Tully and Arn said something interesting. He said that he thinks a lot of injuries are caused because the wrestlers of today have too many days off, and their bodies never quite "toughen up"-- he said they're never truly in ring shape, in his opinion. I was really surprised by this given the way his career ended, but Arn certainly knows a hell of a lot more about wrestling than anyone here. Arn Anderson is probably my favorite wrestler ever, but I am not sure science would agree with him. If people wrestled more like him and less like Daniel Bryan, there would be far less injuries and much longer careers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I saw that, and while I have all the respect in the world for Arn (and everyone at that table), I think that was an old-timer talking about how much tougher they were back in the old days and two other old-timers agreeing with him. I don't know a fraction of what Arn's forgotten about wrestling, but I cannot believe that wrestling seven days a week keeps you "in ring shape" better than working five. I think the difference between wrestling now and 40 years ago is that it's a crapton more high-impact now. If wrestlers today try to spend as much time working holds as they did back then, they'd get "boring" chants, or crowds sitting on their hands. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 WWE again ruining a huge NXT surprise (seriously, why?), one day I'll learn to unfollow Triple H on social media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I didn't mind Rich but if they cut Jojo it's war. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Rusev in 80s JCP gets Uncle Ivan as his mentor and gets fed to Dusty or the Roadies, but only after squash matches vs. Sam Houston and Lazor Tron that would still get talked about to this day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I think a Rusev-Magnum TA feud would have been money. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 12 minutes ago, Vader does my taxes! said: I think a Rusev-Magnum TA feud would have been money. Especially if you did Hair vs. Hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 5 hours ago, Cristobal said: I saw that, and while I have all the respect in the world for Arn (and everyone at that table), I think that was an old-timer talking about how much tougher they were back in the old days and two other old-timers agreeing with him. I don't know a fraction of what Arn's forgotten about wrestling, but I cannot believe that wrestling seven days a week keeps you "in ring shape" better than working five. I think the difference between wrestling now and 40 years ago is that it's a crapton more high-impact now. If wrestlers today try to spend as much time working holds as they did back then, they'd get "boring" chants, or crowds sitting on their hands. I think there's an element of truth... but I also think the injuries also comes from the fact that few in the current product don't know how to tell a story anymore, go 100 mph in a match and using high risk spots to get over, spend all their time in the gym getting the sexy body which leads to over training injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 This sounds awful, but I think one reason they were able to do what they did back in their heyday is the amount of drugs they were taking. Taking pain medications will be a constant in wrestling and I don't know what else they do today, but I think its safe to assume they don't abuse illegal drugs like they did in the 80s. And it is a bit ironic coming from Arn, who I also like, but retired early due to an injury. Although the high spots/style of wrestling is also obviously a huge factor, I am just not convinced if you take away all their drugs if in the 80s they could have wrestled every day either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Peck said: Especially if you did Hair vs. Hair. Oh my God. Could you imagine the riot's if in the build to the cage match with Rusev vs. Magnum, they knockout Magnum and cut off some of his hair or even worse...shave off his stache. I can just hear David Crockett losing his shit right now. Basically Rusev and Lana need to be Tully and Babydoll for today. The guy was gonna give a Maserati to anyone who could slam him that one random night. Tell me that's not a Tully move. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Bill Burr enjoying some rassling. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 9 Years Ago today... Doo-rag Vince rules. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 They should do an Ambrose/Jericho hair vs. hair match. We'd either get Bald Jericho (bwahahaha) or Ambrose wearing a bandanna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Happy heel couples in wrestling is such a weird trope. I get that babyfaces are supposed to be single so women want to fuck them and there's an idea that most male wrestling fans would be jealous of a wrestler who gets laid, but it's funny that all these heels are portrayed as having loving relationships. It's not like the Savage/Liz dynamic where a good girl is with a psycho. I mean, the whole dynamic is basically "boo these smug people in love." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Well it lends that little bit of legitimacy to a gimmick that is predicated on Miz being this huge star in that while he isn't actually a Hollywood celebrity, he DOES have a hot wife, and said wife would like you to know that you aren't good enough for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Of course - in typical current WWE fashion, they now have THREE happy heel couples So why do something once when you can do something in excess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Two are married in real life and the last couple is engaged. All of them are generally good heels. I can't really blame WWE too much on that one other than HHH/Steph being around too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Man I hope this hasn't been covered already here. Having a bad run at that Quote April 28 (Reuters) - A man wearing a white panda suit who allegedly made a bomb threat at Fox Television's Baltimore affiliate on Thursday was shot and wounded by police outside the building, authorities said. Three Baltimore police officers opened fire on the man as he emerged from WBFF and ignored police orders to take his hands out of his pockets, police spokesman T.J. Smith told a news conference. The suspect was in serious but stable condition at a hospital. Smith said the man had "displayed something that appeared to be wires and some other things inside his jacket that appeared to be some kind of explosive device." The device turned out to be composed of harmless materials, including chocolate candy bars wrapped in tin foil, he said. WBFF reported on its website that the suspect, described by police as a 25-year-old man from Howard County, Maryland, broke into the station demanding that it cover a story about an unspecified government conspiracy. The station said the suspect made a bomb threat during the incident. WBFF, which is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, said a bomb robot scanned the man for nearly an hour before officers removed his clothing, picked him up and carried him to an armored police vehicle. We knew it was bad at TNA but talk about a horrible way to get investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 40 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Of course - in typical current WWE fashion, they now have THREE happy heel couples So why do something once when you can do something in excess I am completely blanking, here. Who's the third? EDIT: Oh right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Kyle Edwards just announced that he too has parted ways with the WWE So looks like this year's Post-Mania purge is all in the announcers division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 And Lawler and JBL remain... Oh, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, hammerva said: Man I hope this hasn't been covered already here. Having a bad run at that We knew it was bad at TNA but talk about a horrible way to get investors. Why oh why couldn't it have been Dixie or JJ in the panda suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 When I started reading that news item, I honestly thought it was going to be Ric Flair in the panda suit. It's been that sort of week for Ric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 The concept of Ric as a furry is quite disturbing. There was no mention of the panda exposing itself, so it was unlikely to be Flair. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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