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SummerSlam XXXI - 8/19/2018


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12 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

Crowds being jerks and shitty for no reason is something I don't get but then there's WrestleMania XXX which we all look back at fondly and I don't think we would if the planned main event of Batista vs. Orton had gone down. 

As I grow older, the more I realize nostalgia is a terrible thing.

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11 minutes ago, Burgundy LaRue said:

As I grow older, the more I realize nostalgia is a terrible thing.

I think I would say "nostalgia without context is a terrible thing."

Personally, I'm more interested in examining historical popular culture these days than most contemporary things. Some things I remember from childhood/adolescence, some from earlier. 

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10 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said:

I know. But I was amused enough with myself to post it anyway.

I’ve seen that movie more times than I would ever like to admit...

I could never get tired of Goodfellas.

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10 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

I think I would say "nostalgia without context is a terrible thing."

Personally, I'm more interested in examining historical popular culture these days than most contemporary things. Some things I remember from childhood/adolescence, some from earlier. 

That's fair. My growing viewpoint is nostalgia convinces us that everything should be exactly how we imagine it. And that's not healthy. 

But I'm admittedly more nihilistic as the years go by.

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25 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I could never get tired of Goodfellas.

Or Casino.  I like Goodfellas more and it's the better overall film.  Some would say Casino is just a "sequel" but for me Casino is every bit as rewatchable as Goodfellas. 

Oh, right.  SummerSlam.   Well,  the Smackdown side of the show is looking pretty good right now.  I hope they add something with Rusev/Almas.

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50 minutes ago, Infinit said:

Pesci was actually the one who was told to get the shinebox.

If he'd said Samoa Joe Frank Vincent, only a few of us would have had any idea what he was talking about. 

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Just now, Niners Fan in CT said:

Or Casino.  I like Goodfellas more and it's the better overall film.  Some would say Casino is just a "sequel" but for me Casino is every bit as rewatchable as Goodfellas. 

Totally agree about Casino. I feel like Donnie Brasco is kind of the forgotten great film of the gangster genre.

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40 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said:

I know. But I was amused enough with myself to post it anyway.

I’ve seen that movie more times than I would ever like to admit...

I haven't seen it as many times as I have Blue Velvet (78 and it gets better every single time!), but I have seen it a hell of a lot of times.

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3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Totally agree about Casino. I feel like Donnie Brasco is kind of the forgotten great film of the gangster genre.

Heat is my other one.  It's not a gangster film,  it's a heist/crime/drama but it's special in my heart and if it's on I'll sit down and watch all of it. 

You could get killed WALKIN YOUR DOGGY. 

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3 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

Heat is my other one.  It's not a gangster film,  it's a heist/crime/drama but it's special in my heart and if it's on I'll sit down and watch all of it. 

You could get killed WALKIN YOUR DOGGY. 

I’ve never been in a shootout. Heat is hopefully the closest I ever get. 

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Fuck a Shield reunion. We need the Usos running interference for their cousin and the launching of the Roman Empire. Then we can get them vs Bálor Club.

Yes I'm well aware both hypothetical teams are split between the branfs

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15 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said:

Fuck a Shield reunion. We need the Usos running interference for their cousin and the launching of the Roman Empire. Then we can get them vs Bálor Club.

Yes I'm well aware both hypothetical teams are split between the branfs

From the "what could have been" file, I've always thought the Uso's/Reigns as a modern day SST, two shit talking front men and Reigns as the brooding ass kicker would have ruled. That faction would be able to heel it up like nobody's business. 

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7 hours ago, Brian Fowler said:

Fuck a Shield reunion. We need the Usos running interference for their cousin and the launching of the Roman Empire. Then we can get them vs Bálor Club.

Yes I'm well aware both hypothetical teams are split between the branfs

I would be good with either.

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Balor Club? What’s that? It’s not a wrestling faction because Finn ignored the Good Bros for like 2 years straight on Raw and AJ hasn’t gone near them since the move to SDL.

I would have loved AJ and Roman to swap in the last draft, Roman gets to heel up a little on all the “Indy darlings” steppin to his yard while AJ and Finn team up/break up/have some tension about who really runs “The Club”.

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Nah, there was like three weeks where they were actively pushing Bàlor Club as a thing, and then another month or so when they were kinda sorta keeping them loosely associated (mostly the Good Brothers wearing Finn's merch) before the draft.

There was a week or two where I was honestly wondering if Vince was thinking about a trios title. Had the Shield, Bàlor Club, and the Miztourage on RAW, and I was half expecting them to move New Day back over and call up The Undisputed Era.

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