NOVEMBER 2019 WRESTLING CHAT.

[MORELOCK]

If a "no making fun of anyone on Twitter" rule is instituted, the entire roster gets fired except maybe Mustafa Ali, so maybe something a little bit less knee-jerk and a little bit more realistic?

Also - I think you can all refrain from personally attacking people whose outrage levels don't match your own.

 

[CSC]

And people wonder why some of us just like going into the photo thread and looking at cool pictures of wrestling without context...

[LoneWolf&Subs]

2 minutes ago, CSC said:

And people wonder why some of us just like going into the photo thread and looking at cool pictures of wrestling without context...

What, I thought most us were jerking it to Japanese women in fur boots in that thread?

[SirSmUgly]

7 minutes ago, The Man Known as Dan said:

God, remember when wrestling forums were used to talk about wrestling instead of personal dramas between two atrocious announcers?

 

Like, it’s not a shot at anyone here, because anywhere involving wrestling is talking about it and can’t be avoided, it’s just a general frustration of mine. I’m so completely over the “let’s talk about athletes and/or performers real life drama over the actual thing they do” bullshit which dominated culture now a days. It was a big part of why I zoned out from the NBA, and it’s pushing me so far into old wrestling tapes because there I can just acknowledge “yeah, most of the guys in these are probably awful people” and be over it. Social media has gotten everyone closer to the performers, when al it’s revealed is they are just as petty or flawed as anyone else. Shock of shocks.

 

Mini-Rant over, once I’m off work I’m gonna go watch some 84 AWA.

Twitter straight ruined wrestling. 

And everything, really. 

7 minutes ago, MORELOCK said:

If a "no making fun of anyone on Twitter" rule is instituted, the entire roster gets fired except maybe Mustafa Ali, so maybe something a little bit less knee-jerk and a little bit more realistic?

Also - I think you can all refrain from personally attacking people whose outrage levels don't match your own.

 

Only if you can refrain from whining about how people's outrage levels are just too damned high for you. We get it, you're a contrary thinker. If we say that we think you're very enlightened, will you stop whining about "approved lists" and insinuating that all outrage is performative?

[John from Cincinnati]

15 minutes ago, MORELOCK said:

If a "no making fun of anyone on Twitter" rule is instituted, the entire roster gets fired except maybe Mustafa Ali

Sold.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

22 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

What, I thought most us were jerking it to Japanese women in fur boots in that thread?

Some of us aren't?

I kid, I kid. Pornhub suits my needs for that just fine.

Edited November 26, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie

[AxB]

Speaking of bad announcing, Shawn Spears is going to be doing guest colour commentary on AEW Dark tonight. Now obviously there's no way I could have heard anything he said yet, so I don't know for sure it's going to be bad. I just have strong suspicions. Besides which, he's managed by Tully Blanchard. He has an elite level mouth piece. Why is he the one that gets to talk?

[supremebve]

This whole Mauro thing sucks, because there isn't really a right answer.  I have a family member who married a woman who is bi-polar and let me tell you, there is no telling what will trigger her in a way that can be downright frightening from time to time.  There was one time that she had a huge blow up because another cousin suggested they wait on someone.  When my cousin, her husband, asked her what happened, she said, "I can't believe he would do something that vile to me," before then telling him, "I was going to wait, any way."  She spent the rest of the weekend secluded, crying, and telling her husband that it's his fault for not protecting her from this situation.  Except, there is no way to protect someone from a situation that they can't possibly see coming.  Was Graves wrong?  I mean, I guess if you expect Graves to take Mauro's feelings into account before he says anything at all, but that's not really realistic.  Mauro is someone who has some pretty well documented mental health issues, but it isn't Grave's job to protect Mauro's mental health.  Mauro's mental health is his responsibility.  He can cut off his Twitter, and not listen to commentary when he's off television if that helps.  What he can't do is expect everyone else around him to censor everything they say and/or keep his feelings in mind, because his mental health isn't their responsibility.  Graves' comment was unnecessary, but so is almost every comment.  

[NikoBaltimore]

Oy, this is what happens when I take off work a couple days.  Coming back to reading pages of this discussion just sucks, man.  Heck, it even made Natural curse which aside from FHH doesn't happen often.

But whatever opinion I have on it has been well-covered many times over here so no sense saying much more about it.  Actually, tempting as it may be  I'm just not going to say anything about it at all.

Can we maybe either splinter these posts into a separate topic or at least try and pivot off of it somehow?  Anybody got some cool wrestling stories to share?   No need to end the month like this if we can help it.

[AxB]

At the show I was at in Friday, A-Kid managed to make himself the biggest heel in the building through the simple medium of entrance music. We're all standing there, waiting for him to come out, and then we hear it, booming over the PA system:

"Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort" BOOOOOOOOooooooo!

Edited November 27, 2019 by AxB
Hear not Gear

[RRR]

4 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said:

Oy, this is what happens when I take off work a couple days.  Coming back to reading pages of this discussion just sucks, man.  Heck, it even made Natural curse which aside from FHH doesn't happen often.

But whatever opinion I have on it has been well-covered many times over here so no sense saying much more about it.  Actually, tempting as it may be  I'm just not going to say anything about it at all.

Can we maybe either splinter these posts into a separate topic or at least try and pivot off of it somehow?  Anybody got some cool wrestling stories to share?   No need to end the month like this if we can help it.

I miss the spot where a dude gets up in the corner and just punches the guy ten times while the crowd counts along. Simple yet effective, the last person I remember doing it regularly was Booker T. 

[Spontaneous]

I *tried* to pivot by sharing my favorite Luther Reigns memory but much like his career it was immediately forgotten. 

[LoneWolf&Subs]

1 minute ago, Six String Orchestra said:

I *tried* to pivot by sharing my favorite Luther Reigns memory but much like his career it was immediately forgotten. 

Only man to have a stupider haircut than Corey Graves.

[John from Cincinnati]

3 minutes ago, Six String Orchestra said:

I *tried* to pivot by sharing my favorite Luther Reigns memory but much like his career it was immediately forgotten. 

Reminds me of myself in the NWA thread a few days ago. I type up a post about how bland Aldis is, but was met with nothing but Cornette talk.

The lesson: Discussions about bland wrestlers aren't the answer.

[Spontaneous]

Could be worse, I almost brought up Maven.

[Technico Support]

10 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

Only man to have a stupider haircut than Corey Graves.

I'd debate that on the basis of Reigns' hair being a simple, quick shave.  Graves' ridiculous hairstyle looks like it takes time and effort.  My wife and I watched Total Divas for a few episodes before we decided it's just garbage, and I just could not stop staring at Graves' hair like "what the fuck is that?  How does he do that?"   It's this bizarre pompadour that sort of sweeps up in a bouffant, but then tucks in on itself.  It's very precise and appears to defy some laws of physics, and it's obvious he spends a lot of time on it.  It's like Vanilla Ice's hair and Egon from The Real Ghostbusters' hair had a hair baby.

As a dude who shaves his head with a .5 guard every other week, I shouldn't be taking about other dudes' hair, but here we are.  or should I say...hair we are?

Edited November 26, 2019 by Technico Support

[supremebve]

8 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

Only man to have a stupider haircut than Corey Graves.

How quickly we forget the immortal Horshu.

OK, I typed this response and then tried to find a image of the stupid haircut and then realized Luther Reigns is Horshu which has never crossed my mind.

[Spontaneous]

I think Sheamus's look from a few years ago is worse. It got a well deserved "you look stupid" chant.

Now, good hair in wrestling? Gotta be Ric Flair. Can't get behind that just did the ice bucket challenge look Bret Hart popularized. 

[Technico Support]

Please note that, if Corey graves has deep-seated hair insecurities and my previous post gets him really down, then I did not know and I apologize.

[supremebve]

Just now, Six String Orchestra said:

I think Sheamus's look from a few years ago is worse. It got a well deserved "you look stupid" chant.

Now, good hair in wrestling? Gotta be Ric Flair. Can't get behind that just did the ice bucket challenge look Bret Hart popularized. 

I think Raven's grunge look has to be top 5 hair in wrestling history.  He looked like the burned out dudes who I remember from the early to mid 90s.  

[Spontaneous]

I think Gorgeous George gets grandfathered in on the top 5. Can't forget the folical pioneers. 

[John from Cincinnati]

10 minutes ago, Six String Orchestra said:

Could be worse, I almost brought up Maven.

I can at least remember like three things Maven did. Reigns was a nothing heavy for six months and vanished. 

[Yo-Yo's Roomie]

I remember that promo Reigns cut about how he had his throat slit from ear to ear in prison being pretty good. Guy came off as legit scary in that instance.

[Log]

5 minutes ago, Six String Orchestra said:

I think Sheamus's look from a few years ago is worse. It got a well deserved "you look stupid" chant.

Now, good hair in wrestling? Gotta be Ric Flair. Can't get behind that just did the ice bucket challenge look Bret Hart popularized. 

My wife tolerates my wrestling fandom. But there are two things that she absolutely cannot stand in wrestling:

1. Wrestlers with dripping wet hair. AJ Styles is her favorite current wrestler solely because he comes to the ring with dry hair. 
 

2. Wrestlers who wear trunks with a t-shirt or jacket. She calls it “disturbing”. 

[Ryan]

1 hour ago, MORELOCK said:

If a "no making fun of anyone on Twitter" rule is instituted, the entire roster gets fired except maybe Mustafa Ali, so maybe something a little bit less knee-jerk and a little bit more realistic?

Also - I think you can all refrain from personally attacking people whose outrage levels don't match your own.

 

The trick is, put all the belts on Mustafa Ali. The rest will sort itself out.