Jiji Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Yeah, they used to be presented as barely civilized monsters. It's better now but they're still held to different/lower standards than natives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 They also gave AJ the belt even with that hideous tattoo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: They also gave AJ the belt even with that hideous tattoo. Hey, it could always be worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 LOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 9 hours ago, Edwin said: Hey, it could always be worse! What? I... What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2020 was an interesting year for pro wrestling , hopefully next year will be too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Somebody help me because I'm drawing a blank: I'm trying to remember an early-2000s tag team active in the NE Indies (pretty sure they were in JAPW/UCW). Big guys who were kind of a white, not-as-good Da Hit Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DJ Hero Morganti Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Somebody help me because I'm drawing a blank: I'm trying to remember an early-2000s tag team active in the NE Indies (pretty sure they were in JAPW/UCW). Big guys who were kind of a white, not-as-good Da Hit Squad. Carnage crew? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawada's Cobra Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Found these clips from a Japanese twitter user while looking for an old anime, anime Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Abby, Baba, Inoki, and more. I have no idea what it's from, but would certainly love to get my hands on the VHS tape for my collection. EDIT: Sorry I didn't notice but the rest of this page is very NSFW and best left avoided. Edited December 13, 2020 by Sawada's Cobra There's NSFW content on the twitter page and I put a warning up. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Morganti said: Carnage crew? A good guess! But I looked at some results and I was thinking of The Solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Sawada's Cobra said: Found these clips from a Japanese twitter user while looking for an old anime, anime Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Abby, Baba, Inoki, and more. I have no idea what it's from, but would certainly love to get my hands on the VHS tape for my collection. EDIT: Sorry I didn't notice but the rest of this page is very NSFW and best left avoided. I have no idea what this is either. At first I thought it was Kinnikuman, but that doesn’t appear to be the case whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 speaking of Kinnikuman, a couple years ago i found the first episode (and only the first ep) dubbed into English. now that i'm looking for it again, i'm striking out. anybody run across it recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 6 hours ago, twiztor said: speaking of Kinnikuman, a couple years ago i found the first episode (and only the first ep) dubbed into English. now that i'm looking for it again, i'm striking out. anybody run across it recently? Not dubbed, but I watched a huge chunk of it on some bootleg Fire TV channel not all that long ago, like within the last 18 months, and I know that there used to be a fansubbed torrent floating around. I have next to zero idea where you might find it now, though. That's pretty niche to be popping up on your typical trackers. I wish I would have grabbed it, because I love that goddamn show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, twiztor said: speaking of Kinnikuman, a couple years ago i found the first episode (and only the first ep) dubbed into English. now that i'm looking for it again, i'm striking out. anybody run across it recently? Probably an American pilot that wasn’t picked up. There are a surprising number of anime’s they tried to bring over to the US at one point. The majority of things that did make it through were stuff involving mechs, and European flavored shows that could appeal to young women. They might’ve planned to bring the anime over because of the popularity of “M.U.S.C.L.E.”. But realized that the anime, and manga was pretty damn weird for the US. So looking up more info about that wrestling anime, I discovered a manga that was published in the 80’s that would cover the history of real life popular wrestlers at the time. These two things might not be related, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they did ended being related, and this was the best outcome they came up with to adapt these books for this OVA(I’m assuming it’s an OVA because this looks really good for it’s time). Edited December 14, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Probably an American pilot that wasn’t picked up. There are a surprising number of anime’s they tried to bring over to the US at one point. The majority of things that did make it through were stuff involving mechs, and European flavored shows that could appeal to young women. From 2001 to 2004, I worked in the marketing department for ADV Films. Once a week, the production department would gather together marketing and the art department and whoever else was available to watch and give reviews of undubbed pilots for shows that Japanese companies were trying to get us to license. Hardly anything we watched ended up getting licensed, because a large majority of it was garbage. (So, so many shows about robot maids and the young boys who want to fuck them.) Really, really good anime is kind of rare. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) On 12/12/2020 at 8:29 AM, christopher.annino said: Signing a guy like Keith Lee and then not wanting him to look OR wrestle the way he does is as on-brand for Vince as steak wraps and Red Bull. Constantly shifting and bending to the whims of a miserable old man is wild, and I am immensely thankful there's a legit competitor now. I still get my TV wrasslin' fix without watching my favorites flounder or constantly get their legs kicked out from under them/their legs. Only WWE would sign a fat guy who can fly and do amazing things, then tell him to try to not be fat, fly, or do amazing things. WWE takes guys who do cool shit, then they remove all the cool shit from their games and make them all average. There's a great Kurt Vonnegut short story, Harrison Bergeron, that I'm always reminded of whenever I hear how WWE sands down all the edges of their workers until they're all smooth and bland. Edited December 14, 2020 by Technico Support 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 16 hours ago, Zimbra said: A good guess! But I looked at some results and I was thinking of The Solution. I was thinking them or Vulgar Display of Power from IWA:MS/DS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Technico Support said: Only WWE would sign a fat guy who can fly and do amazing things, then tell him to try to not be fat, fly, or do amazing things. WWE takes guys who do cool shit, then they remove all the cool shit from their games and make them all average. There's a great Kurt Vonnegut short story, Harrison Bergeron, that I'm always reminded of whenever I hear how WWE sands down all the edges of their workers until they're all smooth and bland. Meltzer actually put it best: Lee does some things incredibly and some things not so incredibly. Many years back Ric Flair told him that when he turned face he realized that he wasn't great at doing dropkicks (a face staple) and he decided not to do them because he's Ric Flair and he doesn't do anything average. So tell him to do the stuff he does great and don't do the stuff he doesn't do great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, sabremike said: Meltzer actually put it best: Lee does some things incredibly and some things not so incredibly. Many years back Ric Flair told him that when he turned face he realized that he wasn't great at doing dropkicks (a face staple) and he decided not to do them because he's Ric Flair and he doesn't do anything average. So tell him to do the stuff he does great and don't do the stuff he doesn't do great. Yep, I heard that show and it's a great point. My impression is that they want Lee to work more like a big man. Which is ridiculous because Lee's entire gimmick is that he's a big man who doesn't work that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Yikes. I think the infamous Cornette hot tub just made a cameo appearance in this January 03 episode of Ohio Valley Wrestling that I'm watching. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Technico Support said: Only WWE would sign a fat guy who can fly and do amazing things, then tell him to try to not be fat, fly, or do amazing things. WWE takes guys who do cool shit, then they remove all the cool shit from their games and make them all average. There's a great Kurt Vonnegut short story, Harrison Bergeron, that I'm always reminded of whenever I hear how WWE sands down all the edges of their workers until they're all smooth and bland. Reminds me of when they had Daivari do a dark match, everyone backstage popped when he did the flying carpet finish, WWE signed him, made him a generic evil Arab and never had him do the move on TV (As near as I can tell!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 He did it on a syndicated show I believe after Hassan was let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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