September 2021 Wrestling Discussion

[Infinit]

3 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:

speaking of a place name in the general area of Wales... The Isle of Man seems like it could have been a solid worked wrestler residence.

Wasn't Checkmate from World Class billed from The Isle of Man?

[BobbyWhioux]

2 hours ago, AxB said:

Doesn't JBL live in Bermuda?

 

2 hours ago, (BP) said:

His taxable income does. 

 

[odessasteps]

9 minutes ago, Infinit said:

Wasn't Checkmate from World Class billed from The Isle of Man?

Yes, I knew there was someone but I couldn't remember who it was.

[BobbyWhioux]

2 hours ago, christopher.annino said:

 

Speaking of terrible fucking names... From Viper "Piper Niven" to THAT?!

it's spelled Doudrop but it's pronounced "Buyer's Remorse"

[DangerMark]

21 hours ago, AxB said:

My AEW name is Brian Jackson. 

These are all too sensible, they need reversing so the surname is first. Brian Jackson might be a real person, but Jackson Brian is absolutely an NXT "Superstar." Could believe Harwood Jefferies and Rabble Daniels, too.

EDIT: I quoted an AEW name because I am a fool. My point stands, keep the names backwards for NXT names.

Edited September 25, 2021 by DangerMark

[Ramo2653]

On 9/22/2021 at 11:52 AM, supremebve said:

I'm a black dude who is of a roughly similar age as Big E, and joking about friends with bad haircuts has been a pretty regular part of my entire life. There is not a time in my life where any of my friends could have shown up with that haircut and not get roasted. It's just goofy looking, with hard lines, and it's also kind if a strange length.  It's to the point that it kind of looks like the barber started it and had to leave for some sort of an emergency.  I remember when Odell Beckham first came on the scene with that half blonde nonsense,  but at least that was faded and looked like it was a choice. Big E, literally looks like the phase of a haircut before the barber starts blending the lines,  except the barber just never got around to it. 

Going back to this, seeing Big E's hairstyle is a reminder that he's a child of West Indian immigrants who grew up in Florida so that haircut makes sense.

[ReiseReise]

14 hours ago, DangerMark said:

These are all too sensible, they need reversing so the surname is first. Brian Jackson might be a real person, but Jackson Brian is absolutely an NXT "Superstar." Could believe Harwood Jefferies and Rabble Daniels, too.

EDIT: I quoted an AEW name because I am a fool. My point stands, keep the names backwards for NXT names.

They already had a Brian, so they probably would got Jackson Brandon instead. 

[J.H.]

6 hours ago, ReiseReise said:

They already had a Brian, so they probably would got Jackson Brandon instead. 

"Running On Empty" Jackson Brandon!

No? Too esoteric?

James

[ReiseReise]

15 minutes ago, J.H. said:

"Running On Empty" Jackson Brandon!

No? Too esoteric?

James

It's so gonna be Jackson James, isn't it? 

Edited September 26, 2021 by ReiseReise

[J.H.]

50 minutes ago, ReiseReise said:

It's so gonna be Jackson James, isn't it? 

If only...

James

[Zakk_Sabbath]

My NXT name in the video game is Dr. Kenneth Thorndyke. I stole it from a guy I saw on a Match Game '76 rerun.

 

[nate]

NXT superstar Boyd Mirth here.

[StevieNippz]

My AEW name would be Orange Kassidy.

[J.H.]

1 hour ago, StevieNippz said:

My AEW name would be Orange Kassidy.

A little too close to the mark. Graperruit Williams!

James

Edited September 26, 2021 by J.H.

[SirSmUgly]

4 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

My NXT name in the video game is Dr. Kenneth Thorndyke. I stole it from a guy I saw on a Match Game '76 rerun.

 

I think you accidentally spelled "Falcon's Crest" incorrectly there before the word "rerun."

[Ultimo Necro]

With all the AEW names talk, it seems a moot point as 99.9% of the roster uses their Indy / non-wwe gimmick & name anyway?

Will Hobbs becoming Powerhouse is the only one I can think of where there has even been a slight change to an existing name / gimmick.

[DEAN]

3 minutes ago, Ultimo Necro said:

With all the AEW names talk, it seems a moot point as 99.9% of the roster uses their Indy / non-wwe gimmick & name anyway?

Will Hobbs becoming Powerhouse is the only one I can think of where there has even been a slight change to an existing name / gimmick.

Well, Malakai Black.

[bobholly138]

Last night was  a Bayou Independent Wrestling show in my town.

For years I heard the old school DVDVR guys talk  about Damien Wayne. Well last night he faced Vordell Walker. 

Before the doors opened I sat down and did a short interview with Mr Wayne.

 

 

[Cobra Commander]

On 9/24/2021 at 6:31 PM, AxB said:

Vince Russo would have heard Isle of Man as "I love Man" and put him in a Village People gimmick.

A Village People vs Oddities feud would be plausible in the 1998 WWF

[(BP)]

The Village People always remind me of one of my favorite stories about my grandfather: He was mostly a 40s/50s standards fan, but he had mix cassette tapes from the 70s he’d groove out to in his car that had a ton of Village People and stuff like CW McCall’s Convoy and the disco version of the Star Wars theme. One day he tells me he was just reading on the TV guide channel about the movie Can’t Stop the Music, which was described in the guide as, “A campy musical starring the suggestively gay disco group The Village People.” My grandfather, one of the savviest people I’ve ever met, book smart and street smart, looked at me slack jawed and asked, “The Village People were supposed to be gay?” 

[tbarrie]

3 minutes ago, (BP) said:

My grandfather, one of the savviest people I’ve ever met, book smart and street smart, looked at me slack jawed and asked, “The Village People were supposed to be gay?” 

I don't think they were? They certainly came across that way, but they weren't supposed to be, were they?

[(BP)]

7 minutes ago, tbarrie said:

I don't think they were? They certainly came across that way, but they weren't supposed to be, were they?

Some of the actual performers may not have been, but it was definitely an in-joke by out songwriters and producers. 

 

[Cobra Commander]

15 minutes ago, (BP) said:

 My grandfather, one of the savviest people I’ve ever met, book smart and street smart, looked at me slack jawed and asked, “The Village People were supposed to be gay?” 

Just remembered the surprise from some people in one of my High School classes when they heard that Elton John was gay. This was in 2003/04ish, about a decade after he came out.

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

My favorite thing is whenever people go "they can't be gay, they're married to [person of a differing gender]!"

As though sexuality isn't a part of a spectrum for most folks and we haven't felt societal pressure to conform to heteronormativity standards, and really the concepts of "gay" or "straight" will likely be outmoded in a couple of decades as Gen Z is increasingly some flavor of bi/pansexual (which is somehow trans women's faults).

Trust me. I have a Pete Burns avatar. I know what I'm talking about.

Edited September 27, 2021 by Stefanie the Human

[Johnny Sorrow]

2 hours ago, tbarrie said:

I don't think they were? They certainly came across that way, but they weren't supposed to be, were they?

The VILLAGE people? It was in the name.