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BrianS81177

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3 hours ago, D.Z said:

Raven said Billy Corgan will be shutting down the NWA.

"I think Billy’s shutting it down, from what I hear,” Raven said. “From the grapevine, I heard that Billy’s not opening it back up, he’s really disillusioned.”
 

That's a damn shame if true. I was really digging the new NWA. 

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6 hours ago, D.Z said:

Raven said Billy Corgan will be shutting down the NWA.

"I think Billy’s shutting it down, from what I hear,” Raven said. “From the grapevine, I heard that Billy’s not opening it back up, he’s really disillusioned.”
 

Thank god we know it's not true then.

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Spontaneous

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I'm not shocked NWA wouldn't survive the pandemic, sadly. Hopefully the breakout wrestlers on there can find spots in other companies. I'm surprised MLW isn't dead but I can't imagine a lot of companies won't be feeling the effects for years to come, like everyone else.

I'm thankful some companies have been able to keep going through this. Less wrestling is never good. I just wish they were better about masks and the safety of all but again I guess that applies to life outside wrestling. 

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Matt D

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8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

What would the best Road Warriors match be (that wasn't a squash)? I think it might just be the Stampede overall. 

I really liked The Road Warriors vs. Buzz/Brett Sawyer from the GCW 11/4/83 Omni show that was a WWE Hidden Gem. They weren't so calcified yet.

MD: I loved this. Earlier in the day I doubled back and caught a lot of what we have of GCW TV from November. That meant I saw the Buzz Sawyer turn. The pop when he ran back to the ring to team with his brother here was huge. They had delayed this one show with the injury angle on Brett. There was just a buzz and that initial shine with the revenge cast shots and the fans reacting to every shot was great. Considering how little the Road Warriors would give a few years later, they were great at doing what they had to here. They were completely protected by the weapon-like nature of the cast and the sheer babyface fury that Buzz brought. I thought the bearhug control bits were actually really effective, which was a testament to Brett's selling and how badly the crowd wanted the Sawyers to get revenge and the finish was pretty triumphant. The perfect match for this crowd and this moment. Between this, the Last Battle of Atlanta and the Thanksgiving show, plus some stuff we know they have back in August from previous releases, we're starting to get this real picture of the territory just like we were able to with Houston a few years back.

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The Natural

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3 minutes ago, Fighting a man with a perm said:

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1283742092926373888?s=19

Hope the link works (first time trying). Arsenal played Triple H's theme as they came out for the second half against Liverpool last night. Sadly, we were denied the sight of Big David Luiz spitting water while waving a sledgehammer. 

Here you go:

 

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The Natural

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7 hours ago, Custos said:

Edit to avoid double post being late to the party: I’m pretty sure Power Slam magazine in the UK introduced a section with humorous comments taken from DVDVR on their letters page sometime 2005-6ish and so I went to the source and mostly lurked since then. My memory may be deficient so perhaps another Brit can corroborate. I think it only lasted a couple of months, maybe because a DVDVR poster slagged off the lack of Lucha content in said magazine. 

 

5 hours ago, BurningBeard said:

I pre-emptively did this two pages ago son 

 

4 hours ago, Custos said:

Whoops how did I miss that? Sorry mate. The answer to your question is: at least one 

One of my posts from here was definitely printed. I remember Brian Fowler and Dylan Waco as well. It used be a small PowerSlam Magazine feature collecting board posts from across the 'net 

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On 7/14/2020 at 10:49 PM, RIPPA said:

It’s bugging me now that I am spacing on all the details but the all time best post around here was someone telling the story about how their grandfather pulled a Red Foxx and faked a heart attack because he wasn’t getting enough attention 

Shit I am going to have to search for that post tomorrow 

That was me ?

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Zimbra

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I haven another white whale match to add to my list: Dean Malenko vs Osamu Nishimura from 9/23/94 in ECW.  It was part of the NWA title tournament but as far as I can tell didn't make tape.

 

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1 hour ago, Andy in Kansas said:

 

It's funny: every time I see Evans on social media, posting videos or outside WWE TV, proper, she oozes personality whether she's playing the "sassy Southern belle" character but loads more personality (the arrest video, for instance) or "hard-assed Marine mom".  Yet somehow WWE tries to push the sassy, Southern belle as a face (That gimmick is 100% heel) then tones it down when she becomes a heel.  I think she's got a lot of talent/personality but her TV personality just stumbles.  This is probably one of those occasions where having a female writer (I mean one who lives on this planet and wasn't previously married to the Ultimate Warrior) would come in handy, because I think they would know where the line is between "She's sassy!" and "She's a bully!" and that line is exactly where you have to keep her, depending on her face/heel dynamic.

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11 hours ago, BrianS81177 said:

That's a damn shame if true. I was really digging the new NWA. 

Me as well,  it was the only Promotion I was watching from week to week up until a few months ago. I  was digging the old school vibes of studio wrestling with the modern talent. When this Pandemic is over I hope someone fills this void it , felt really really different from current TV wrestling. I've been rooting for any and all alternatives to WWE to succeed at some level for the health of the industry and I want WWE to succeed as well especially since they have an uphill battle with their audience viewership regardless of doing record business financially.

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Spontaneous

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Am I the only one not super interested in the demos and the ratings for the weekly shows? I get Raw did an all time low being newsworthy but the production the gets made out of NXT vs AEW... not on here nearly as much as other places but ugh.

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