Casey Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Dog said: Yeah, but Rey had a CARTOON! I think? I had no idea what you were talking about, until I google'd it. Looks like it still hasn't come out yet, though. Not the same company, but apparently Disney is working on a Blue Demon cartoon. What a world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Chris Dickinson got injured hitting a Frog Splash on the NJPW show on Saturday night. Dislocated his hip and fractured his hip socket. Out six months, but he reckons he can make it back in five. Brody King set up a gofundme for him without asking, because he knew Chris would refuse permission if he did ask. So between Starboy Charlie, Mance Warner and Danhausen all breaking their legs the same weekend, and now that, someone has clearly put a hex on the US indie circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 6:03 PM, The Natural said: WALTER and Cesaro talk about going at it on the WWE Live November 2021 Tour. That preview image? Superman vs. Doomsday vibes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Apparently Walter got divorced from his car, and is now willing to move to America because he's dating some other female wrestler or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo joe Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 1:50 PM, Sublime said: Danielson has a ton of dream matches, vs Darby, Okada, Ibushi, Naito, Shingo, WALTER, Dragon Lee, Rush, Dunn, Keith Lee, LA Park, the list can go on and on. Great list, but you forgot ZSJ.. I'd love to see Keith Lee and Samoa Joe slap meat for twenty minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 12 hours ago, AxB said: Apparently Walter got divorced from his car, and is now willing to move to America because he's dating some other female wrestler or something. Vince and the boys are already working diligently to plan out six months' worth of: Smart booking, hot matches, and compelling stories, culminating in an eventual big match at a PPV OR Gear changes, name changes, and updates to his work style, culminating in his eventual release  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Technico Support said: Gear changes, name changes, and updates to his work style, culminating in his eventual release Its kind of weird, I haven't even watched WWE in a long time, but I just have this gut feeling Vince is going to love Walter's no nonsense style. Part of me wonders if the Cesaro matches were not only just for the European fans, but also a clandestine main roster tryout of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: Its kind of weird, I haven't even watched WWE in a long time, but I just have this gut feeling Vince is going to love Walter's no nonsense style. Part of me wonders if the Cesaro matches were not only just for the European fans, but also a clandestine main roster tryout of sorts. Vince probably does love it, but just can't resist the urge to force WALTER to dance every week on television. Because he also finds the "mat is sacred" mantra to be sacrilegious to his Sports Entertainment. Edited November 17, 2021 by Shartnado Less pronouns, pal! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 WALTER coming in is probably confusing for Vince. How do you shorten someones name when it is already just a first name. How many weeks before he's WALT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: WALTER coming in is probably confusing for Vince. How do you shorten someones name when it is already just a first name. How many weeks before he's WALT? WALT? no no no, WALLY Von Goethe, later g=cchanged to just GOETHEE James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: WALTER coming in is probably confusing for Vince. How do you shorten someones name when it is already just a first name. How many weeks before he's WALT? Whipper Walter Watson, WwW for short. Edited November 17, 2021 by Jimbo_Tsuruta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: WALTER coming in is probably confusing for Vince. How do you shorten someones name when it is already just a first name. How many weeks before he's WALT? That, or ER. Those are the only options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 24 minutes ago, J.H. said: WALT? no no no, WALLY Von Goethe, later g=cchanged to just GOETHEE They'll cut off the final 'E' so there's a Nazi reference in the name instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: WALTER coming in is probably confusing for Vince. How do you shorten someones name when it is already just a first name. How many weeks before he's WALT? It’s all fun and games until WALT grows two feet between seasons and messes up the booking plans. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) The look on Tay Conti is the best.  Given his history this is a great troll job  Edited November 17, 2021 by hammerva 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 @hammervaI saw that yesterday and got a real kick out of it. With a little bit of time to sit on it however, what it does is really make me want to see Sammy vs Danielson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 A colleague informed me that apparently K&H has gone out of business. I would venture to say that 90% of the boots, and most of the ring gear, that was used in the Sixties, Seventies and early Eighties came from Karl and Hildegarde. It was a big deal in the indy lockerrooms if someone broke out a new pair of K&H boots, and many schools would not train you if you did not have wrestling boots at all. Their masks were quaint, but everything else was the highest quality. I remember calling up to order and Hildegarde answered, which I found out was the norm. They also had some of the last custom made shoe lasts for both rodeo boots and clown shoes, which were other sources of income and often overlapped design-wise with their wrestling customers. This news affects me much like the death of a favorite worker would, in the sense that it is the end of an era, and those that come after will never know about this facet of the biz. Well, let a thousand kick-pads bloom. (too important for the Merch Thread, too personal for the RIP thread) 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Has there been a bigger outlet to replace them? In other words were they a mom and pop that got squeezed out or what? Covid maybe? It seems like wrestling gear is a pretty niche business model and there has to be somebody out there doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 That made me check to see if Bill Ash was still alive. He has a Facebook but no posts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I guess the go to merchant is Highspots. I recall young'uns ordering from there. Did they not used to (still?) farm out some of their stuff to tailors in Mexico? I have never heard anything negative about their products. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 They made my Dr Alquimia hood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 6 hours ago, odessasteps said: They made my Dr Alquimia hood. Was going to say, I have a Hayabusa mask from them that is shockingly good quality for how little I paid. I've had it for probably 15 years at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I have a Highspots Halloween (the luchador) mask that has held up pretty well for years. The only design qualm I have about it is the stem on top of the head is too big. But hey, my six year old loves to run around the house in it and that's a fucking trip. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Technico Support said: I have a Highspots Halloween (the luchador) mask that has held up pretty well for years. The only design qualm I have about it is the stem on top of the head is too big. But hey, my six year old loves to run around the house in it and that's a fucking trip. I don't watch a ton of lucha and had forgotten what the mask looked like so I googled it, and now I feel like an absolute idiot for not knowing Halloween and Ciclope are the same person. The more you know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: I don't watch a ton of lucha and had forgotten what the mask looked like so I googled it, and now I feel like an absolute idiot for not knowing Halloween and Ciclope are the same person. The more you know! LOL I did not know that, either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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