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JUNE 2019 WRESTLING DISCUSSION - Thread 2


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14 minutes ago, Beech27 said:

Well we’ve just got one EVP taking a shot at the Blood Money concept and counter-programming. So. 

Considering that Shadid Khan bought a hotel from the Saudi royal family that is still managed by their hospitality holding corporation, Omega may be wise not to go down that road.

That's the thing about wrestling and big business in general. Everyone is dirty.

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Khan bought the Four Seasons in Toronto from Prince Alwaleed, who was one of more than a few princes detained/imprisoned by MBS citing corruption charges as part of a power play in the kingdom. Alwaleed isn't remotely the same as MBS. He may be a crooked businessman (and even then, there's not a lot to go off of), but he's not ordering the butchering of journalists. He's also donated billions to charitable foundations.

The comparison you make isn't a fair one. Purchasing a hotel from a member of the royal family, one who was imprisoned (albeit in a fancy hotel, so it's not like he was doing hard time) and stripped of any power he had by an actual corrupt part of the royal family isn't remotely the same as WWE receiving huge payouts from the Saudi government to put on shows there that are thinly veiled propaganda pieces.

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In addition, being fair, the  "counterprogramming against a show for victims  of gun violence" thing would have had more legs if it was a PPV event, with the fees going to the same charity. 

If Fight for the Fallen is being given to people for free, it's not going to be taking money out of a charity's pocket.

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7 hours ago, Craig H said:

Cesaro may be the best plug and play tag team member since, like, Owen Hart.

I might be wrong. I don't know.

You're absolutely right about Triple C, Claudio Cesaro Castagnoli. He is a king of wrestling, after all.

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42 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

I remember playing a demo of this and thinking it was awful.

Terrible video game opinions.

#cancelled

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31 minutes ago, Smelly McUgly said:

Terrible video game opinions.

#cancelled

It was only good because I forced myself to believe that it was good, having made a questionable console choice at the time, and with no money to buy another one.

Now I’m man enough to admit it was utter bollocks. 

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GameCube had Super Smash Bros Melee, so any criticism of it just makes the critic look dumb.

Starfox Adventures had a pretty nice Ocarina knock-off engine, but the gameplay got deeply repetitive.

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4 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

To be fair it’s competition(PS2) was, and maybe still is the greatest console ever. So suck it, Sega, and Nintendo fanboys.

Ehhh... I loved the PS2... but the SNES is f'n legendary. It does depend on your age group. I'm 39... when the SNES came out in 92 I was 12 and it was revolutionary. Even towards the end of its lifecycles it was still producing epic games like Donkey Kong Country that would once again change expectations. 

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On the topic of big moves only getting two counts, the week before last when Cesaro busted out the Alpamare Waterslide for the first time in awhile on Braun, got a pretty nice pop and would've been a super cool moment if he just got the three right then.

On the topic of the superplex/falcon arrow,  I've been waiting since the first time Seth did it like 4 years ago for him to complete the Davey/Eddie counter, but he only seems to do them separately, either hitting the superplex/falcon arrow or later doing a regular suplex countered over the ropes instead of the one whole sequence. If he's gonna do it, needs to go all the way like the legendary gif.

Gamecube had some pretty awesome games.

 

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3 hours ago, SorceressKnight said:

The worst part of this "pick your name from your favorite movie/TV series from 15 years ago" is that I was so deep into my anime fandom that no matter which one I picked, I'd invariably have to do the "evil Japanese ninja gimmick who is OBVIOUSLY a white dude in a mask" gimmick. 

 

Leon Hart ?

 

you'd have sold at least one t-shirt.

 

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