MAY 2019 WRESTLING TALK

[Tromatagon]

25 minutes ago, notoriusvig said:

Are there any apps that let you listen to paid F4W podcasts on a cell phone?  I tried using Podcast Addicts and it doesn't seem to work.  I've got a F4W sub and I just want to start listening to stuff at the gym when I have time.

I know there's a roundabout way to get them into podkicker, but I haven't subscribed in a long time.  Basically you have to subscribe to the RSS feed manually and it works, but you have to log in and put in a password somewhere.

IIRC it puts every single show into one feed which is annoying as fuck.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Tromatagon

[AxB]

2 hours ago, Casey said:

That's kind of @SorceressKnight's gimmick, though.

Well, that and having a board name that leaves people confused as to his gender identity. I think he said it was something to do with an old videogame or something, but if it were me, I'd have gone with Sorcerous (pertaining to Sorcery) rather than Sorceress (a female Sorcerer).

[Burgundy LaRue]

We're analyzing board names now?

[AxB]

Red Wine the Road?

[nate]

11 hours ago, Technico Support said:

@OSJ mentioned Dunn claiming that they're not making "a wrestling show."  That's a huge part of the issue.  The company is lead by Vince and Dunn, two guys who are deep-down ashamed of being involved in "rasslin" so they do all they can to make it not feel like wrestling.  The problem is that people like wrestling.  You take away all the conventional stuff and replace it with bullshit and it's no wonder fans are tuning out in droves.  Instead of making a good wrestling show, they're trying to make a piss poor comedy/drama/variety show.  I can get far better programs in all those categories literally anywhere else. 

I have a fuckton of movies in physical media.  Love movies.

I've dated girls who, when gift giving holidays arrive, have told me, "I'm not going to get you movies.  I'm going to get you something you'll really like."

WWE is like those exgirlfriends.  "I know you enjoy movies and want to see more movies.  Here's a 12 piece cookware set, happy birthday."

[Tromatagon]

Maybe if said girlfriends also hired your favorite actors and then only had them do cooking shows.

[Niners Fan in CT]

10 minutes ago, Burgundy LaRue said:

We're analyzing board names now?

Sorry for the confusion.  The CT stands for Cryme Tyme. 

[John from Cincinnati]

11 minutes ago, nate said:

I have a fuckton of movies in physical media.  Love movies.

 I've dated girls who, when gift giving holidays arrive, have told me, "I'm not going to get you movies.  I'm going to get you something you'll really like."

 WWE is like those exgirlfriends.  "I know you enjoy movies and want to see more movies.  Here's a 12 piece cookware set, happy birthday."

You looking to unload a cookware set? 

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

22 minutes ago, Burgundy LaRue said:

We're analyzing board names now?

I'd like to report that, if this is indeed the case, I am an actual human and not a highly sentient robot.

Edited May 8, 2019 by Stefanie the Human

[Craig H]

17 minutes ago, nate said:

I have a fuckton of movies in physical media.  Love movies.

I've dated girls who, when gift giving holidays arrive, have told me, "I'm not going to get you movies.  I'm going to get you something you'll really like."

WWE is like those exgirlfriends.  "I know you enjoy movies and want to see more movies.  Here's a 12 piece cookware set, happy birthday."

This is why I love my wife. I asked for pipe clamps for woodworking, the Beastie Boys Book, and a couple other things and that's exactly what I got.

[SirSmUgly]

24 minutes ago, nate said:

I have a fuckton of movies in physical media.  Love movies.

I've dated girls who, when gift giving holidays arrive, have told me, "I'm not going to get you movies.  I'm going to get you something you'll really like."

WWE is like those exgirlfriends.  "I know you enjoy movies and want to see more movies.  Here's a 12 piece cookware set, happy birthday."

I just laughed at this because I had an ex who gave me the most practical gifts for birthdays and holidays. I was always grateful for the most part and would be like, thanks for these dishes, thanks for these socks, but before one Valentine's Day - maybe our last one as a couple, which in retrospect has some meaning - I basically had to campaign for her to get me that Mick Foley's Greatest Hits and Misses DVD that had recently come out instead of some dishtowels or some shit that I could pick up at a dollar store on a random Tuesday. 

OTOH, my wife gets me Tintin and Asterix books and movies that I like from the Criterion Collection and cooking gadgets that I actually really want like air fryers and other dope shit when she buys me gifts. She's the best. If AEW lives up to the lofty awesomeness of my wife, it'll be quite the alternative for wrestling fans, tbh. 

[AaronMLuke]

15 minutes ago, Stefanie the Human said:

I'd like to report that, if this is indeed the case, I am an actual human and not a highly sentient robot.

That's exactly what a highly sentient robot would say to avoid suspicion.

[SirSmUgly]

32 minutes ago, Stefanie the Human said:

I'd like to report that, if this is indeed the case, I am an actual human and not a highly sentient robot.

Honestly, whenever I read one of your posts, I always picture you as Kristen Bell because of your avi.

Which is a compliment. The insult would be if I pictured you as Arizona dirtbag Eleanor Shellstrop. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by Smelly McUgly

[JohnnyJ]

The reason Bryan v. Reigns still gets talked about so much is it was an indicator of what a post-Cena world was going to look like. Forget the discussion of Bryan's marketability, it was really a question of whether WWE would go with what was actually connecting vs. what they wanted. Cena spoiled WWE. He could drum up a program with just about anyone on the roster in a segment and whether people liked him or hated him he always connected. 

They took for granted that other performers were going to connect in the same way. That has not happened. We're now several years into the post-Cena WWE.  They've spent years pushing Lesnar, Reigns and Rollins on the audience. There is almost no interest in the main event programs.

 

 

 

 

[Ryan]

2 hours ago, AxB said:

Well, that and having a board name that leaves people confused as to his gender identity. I think he said it was something to do with an old videogame or something, but if it were me, I'd have gone with Sorcerous (pertaining to Sorcery) rather than Sorceress (a female Sorcerer).

Who gives a shit.

 

Edit: Ryan stands for something mysterious and too complicated to talk about.

Edited May 8, 2019 by Ryan

[LoneWolf&Subs]

So originally it was supposed to be Razor Ramon Vs. Goldust in a Miami Alley Street Fight at WrestleMania 12, and the implication was that they were going to have it in Miami. Were they really going to do that? Did they have actual locations scouted?

Edited May 8, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs

[AxB]

 

3 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Edit: Ryan stands for something mysterious and too complicated to talk about.

If I was feeling uncharitable, I'd suggest it was an acronym for "Rant, Yell, Add Nothing". But I'm not. So clearly it stands for "Respond: Yes; Alternatively, No".

[nate]

1 hour ago, Craig H said:

This is why I love my wife. I asked for pipe clamps for woodworking, the Beastie Boys Book, and a couple other things and that's exactly what I got.

I'm blocking you.

[nate]

1 hour ago, Smelly McUgly said:

I just laughed at this because I had an ex who gave me the most practical gifts for birthdays and holidays. I was always grateful for the most part and would be like, thanks for these dishes, thanks for these socks, but before one Valentine's Day - maybe our last one as a couple, which in retrospect has some meaning - I basically had to campaign for her to get me that Mick Foley's Greatest Hits and Misses DVD that had recently come out instead of some dishtowels or some shit that I could pick up at a dollar store on a random Tuesday. 

OTOH, my wife gets me Tintin and Asterix books and movies that I like from the Criterion Collection and cooking gadgets that I actually really want like air fryers and other dope shit when she buys me gifts. She's the best. If AEW lives up to the lofty awesomeness of my wife, it'll be quite the alternative for wrestling fans, tbh. 

Thing is - and this is kind of a catch-all reply to everyone that's mentioned my original comment - *I already had a 12 piece cookware set*.  Now, I've had exes do the "I'm not going to get you movies" thing on me, but they would follow it up with:

1) Getting me something I didn't need.

2) Getting me something I already had.

3) Getting me something I couldn't use.

4) Getting something on sale initially intended for someone else, but then opt to give me the present that was meant for that someone else after she forgot to give them the present in the first place.  I've gotten more nephew's/dad's/brother's gifts than I've gotten my own.

Jesus, I've had bad relationships.

[Burgundy LaRue]

2 hours ago, AxB said:

Red Wine the Road?

Red river runs by my door, really.

[RRR]

3 hours ago, Burgundy LaRue said:

We're analyzing board names now?

Among a dozen or so other things. 

[SorceressKnight]

4 hours ago, Smelly McUgly said:

Honestly, whenever I read one of your posts, I always picture you as Kristen Bell because of your avi.

Which is a compliment. The insult would be if I pictured you as Arizona dirtbag Eleanor Shellstrop. 

This ties into the whole point. 

You'd think an avatar based on Final Fantasy 8, which flat out has in one point Rinoa saying "I'm a Sorceress, save me", and then "Yay, you're my knight!", might possibly give an idea on what my name comes from, but who am I to know?

[Eivion]

1 hour ago, SorceressKnight said:

This ties into the whole point. 

You'd think an avatar based on Final Fantasy 8, which flat out has in one point Rinoa saying "I'm a Sorceress, save me", and then "Yay, you're my knight!", might possibly give an idea on what my name comes from, but who am I to know?

I feel bad now. I have never actually bothered to pay attention to your avatar so I never knew where you're name came from. It feels obvious now with you pointing it out.

[AxB]

5 hours ago, SorceressKnight said:

This ties into the whole point. 

You'd think an avatar based on Final Fantasy 8, which flat out has in one point Rinoa saying "I'm a Sorceress, save me", and then "Yay, you're my knight!", might possibly give an idea on what my name comes from, but who am I to know?

You're missing an apostrophe, to indicate ownership. Sorceress' Knight = Knight who belongs to a Sorceress. Sorceress Knight = Knight who IS a Sorceress.

[Jenalysis]

15 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

@Archibald I was at the NJPW/ROH MSG show and we had a great time.  I loved seeing Ospreay/Cobb,  Okada/White and Ibushi/Naito live.  Seeing Suzuki do his full entrance was awesome,  seeing Muta/Liger in the ring together was awesome,  little stuff like PCO's entrance I thought was very entertaining..  

I was saddened to see that most of the focus after the show was on the shit that sucked and the Enzo/Cass run-in and all the ROH poor booking but that's how it goes. The bad is always going to receive most of the attention and ROH put out a lot of bad.  If I was NJPW I'd be pissed that ROH shit the bed like that at MSG. 

 

I think some of it is the fans are kinda hurt that Kenny isn't with NJPW anymore, and they kinda want ROH to fail so bad that NJPW works with AEW so they can have Kenny back some.   Kenny's story is unfinished, and I think folks are afraid it will never truly finish now.

Kenny got one of the biggest pops when they showed him during the former champions montage, and he wasn't even on the show.  

 

Edited May 8, 2019 by alstein