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Raziel

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That'd be a great combo if the bear didn't no-sell the Liger bomb and the kid didn't no-sell a Destroyer.

Meltzer gives it 5 stars because it was in Japan.  It'd be 6 if it were in the Dome.

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Technico Support

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9 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

Plus, the recent smoking gun when it came to what was funding XFL.

Well yeah, it's pretty obvious they don't want to face stockholders due to that revelation, the fact that they continue to hold shows despite how bad it makes the company look, and probably a bunch of other things (like facing tough questions about the company's profitability moving forward?).  But to hide behind coronavrus is fucking shameful and disgustingly transparent.  This is the company who took pride in running a show days after 9/11, and now they won't do a conference call because of coronavirus?  Please.

And filing for XFL bankruptcy a few weeks in like this is like the scene in Goodfellas where they burned down the restaurant.

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Craig H

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That's fucking hilarious and shameful for WWE to do this with their investors call. Those calls are always virtual anyway with people calling in. You're fucking telling me that you can't setup an Avaya call or a Zoom meeting or whatever the fuck now when that's what they've done in the past? It feels like Vince is just intentionally trying to tank the company at this point, but in his mind I'm sure he thinks it's such good shit!

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To be fair - that conference call announcement was made April 9 (you can even see in the link name itself)

That was before the XFL died. It was also before Vince freaked out and decided to run live again.

So they were only protecting the terrible financials for the wrestling side

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Craig H

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I want this SO FREAKING BAD! I know it will probably run around $150 if it were made, but my goodness is this ever totally cool.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4a705350-892c-4525-b140-c33e468c3b87

The neat thing is that the number of supporters for this set continues growing at a quick rate. Right now they have until the end of June to hit 5,000 supporters and they're at just about 2,000. The way this works is that once they hit 5,000 supports they need to then hit 10,000 supports and they'll be given extra time to hit that goal. Once they hit 10,000 supports the set officially undergoes expert review by Lego. All in all, if this happens, it probably won't be released until early next year, maybe around WrestleMania, but I'll definitely buy it. 

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Matt D

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7 minutes ago, Casey said:

Haha, CNN just did a little piece about Florida making wrestling an essential business in Florida.

I've been seeing this come up in a lot of mainstream places. Linda was trending earlier because of it.

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NikoBaltimore

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32 minutes ago, Craig H said:

I want this SO FREAKING BAD! I know it will probably run around $150 if it were made, but my goodness is this ever totally cool.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4a705350-892c-4525-b140-c33e468c3b87

The neat thing is that the number of supporters for this set continues growing at a quick rate. Right now they have until the end of June to hit 5,000 supporters and they're at just about 2,000. The way this works is that once they hit 5,000 supports they need to then hit 10,000 supports and they'll be given extra time to hit that goal. Once they hit 10,000 supports the set officially undergoes expert review by Lego. All in all, if this happens, it probably won't be released until early next year, maybe around WrestleMania, but I'll definitely buy it. 

It does look really neat though taking the F out for obvious reasons hurts my chances of buying it.  I think they'll definitely hit that goal with time to spare so if you get it have fun.  I know a couple people that would be all over this so I'll be sending the link their way.

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Craig H

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3 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said:

It does look really neat though taking the F out for obvious reasons hurts my chances of buying it.  I think they'll definitely hit that goal with time to spare so if you get it have fun.  I know a couple people that would be all over this so I'll be sending the link their way.

I don't know if I'd actually play with it. It probably would wind up being like the Back to the Future Delorean and the Stranger Things set that mainly just sit there as models. There's really only 2 or 3 large Lego sets I want, but I can't justify spending that much on any of them. One is the Ghostbusters firehouse, which you can buy at the Lego Store in Chicago or at Legoland in Schaumburg for $300 or $400, and the $800 Death Star. Maybe if my wife winds up being upper management or CEO of the hospital some day in the future I can justify getting the Death Star.

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NikoBaltimore

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1 minute ago, Craig H said:

I don't know if I'd actually play with it. It probably would wind up being like the Back to the Future Delorean and the Stranger Things set that mainly just sit there as models. There's really only 2 or 3 large Lego sets I want, but I can't justify spending that much on any of them. One is the Ghostbusters firehouse, which you can buy at the Lego Store in Chicago or at Legoland in Schaumburg for $300 or $400, and the $800 Death Star. Maybe if my wife winds up being upper management or CEO of the hospital some day in the future I can justify getting the Death Star.

The only modern rings I got recently were the Hasbro-style rings so I can put the original and retro figures in them.  It was about $20 so buying two of them was a no-brainer since the original is at least $75.  But they're just for collections.  I haven't really messed with Legos but the only reason I would consider at this point would be for when we do have a kid (we're gonna try  later this year)  But it's prices like that that make me wonder if I should have been working with Lego this whole time.  The prices for a lot of these sets is astounding you know they're making money hand over fist with these.

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Nice Guy Eddie

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1 hour ago, Matt D said:

I've been seeing this come up in a lot of mainstream places. Linda was trending earlier because of it.

It's also been discussed on the Michael Kay Show, which includes WWE talking head, Peter Rosenberg.

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Southside Jim

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5 hours ago, nofuture said:

 

Momoe is probably my favorite wrestler of the modern era, such a breath of fresh air when she took over as the ace of All Japan Women and then moved on to AtoZ, etc.

 

I wish she had stayed in the biz longer, but good for her.  

 

Does she actually train wrestlers, or is she more of a physical fitness trainer?

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Southside Jim

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I don't want to turn this into a "people are allowed to like different styles of wrestling" argument, but honest question:

 

How many of the fans who boo Roman are workrate fanatics who boo Roman becuase he doesn't have the move set of Okada, Omega, Sanada, Moxley, Young Bucks, etc.?

 

His two big moves are the super simplistic jumping punch to the face and a jumping shoulderblock to the chest.

 

Would people cheer him more if he started doing Buckshot Lariats, Stormbreakers, etc?

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5 minutes ago, Sammo~! said:

So did Florida declare wrestling essential or just WWE? 

I said yesterday that Tony should definitely be investigating this new loophole. If his promotion is officially headquartered in Florida,  he should at least be asking questions, if for no other reason than potential legal action.

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Southside Jim

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2 hours ago, Hagan said:

Meltzer going full Bix on Twitter the last few days was inevitable but still highly annoying.

 

 

Yeah, I cancelled my Observer subscription this morning about halfway through his "it used to be shades of grey, but now there are good people and bad people" rant on this morning's WOR.

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Raziel

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8 minutes ago, Southside Jim said:

I don't want to turn this into a "people are allowed to like different styles of wrestling" argument, but honest question:

 

How many of the fans who boo Roman are workrate fanatics who boo Roman becuase he doesn't have the move set of Okada, Omega, Sanada, Moxley, Young Bucks, etc.?

 

His two big moves are the super simplistic jumping punch to the face and a jumping shoulderblock to the chest.

 

Would people cheer him more if he started doing Buckshot Lariats, Stormbreakers, etc?

There's about a 50/50 split on people hating Roman.  I know there are Roman haters that think he "can't work" and sucks because he doesn't have an expansive moveset.  The rest are Vince haters that are going to shit on anything Vince "wants", so they project onto Roman.  There's also a small subset that turned on him hard because Vince pushed him instead of Bryan when Bryan came back from his post Mania 30 head issues.  

If you take Roman out and let him run free, or just be a big badass, people like him.  If he were to ever leave and go somewhere else, people will eventually warm to him.

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