November 2021 Wrestling Discussion

[AxB]

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.

[nate]

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.

[AxB]

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.

[hobo joe]

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.

[Technico Support]

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

 

[Zakk_Sabbath]

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.

[Shartnado]

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!

[JohnnyJ]

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?

[J.H.]

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

[Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta]

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

[Shartnado]

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.

[Curt McGirt]

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. 

[For Great Justice]

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.

[hammerva]

The look on Tay Conti is the best.   Given his history this is a great troll job

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by hammerva

[Matt D]

@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.

[thee Reverend Axl Future]

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)

[Curt McGirt]

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.

[odessasteps]

That made me check to see if Bill Ash was still alive. He has a Facebook but no posts. 

[thee Reverend Axl Future]

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.

[odessasteps]

They made my Dr Alquimia hood.

[Zakk_Sabbath]

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

[Technico Support]

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.

[Zakk_Sabbath]

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!

[Technico Support]

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.

[Doragon]

WWE has closed their office in Mexico City, not needed anymore since they want one central office and less worldwide offices.  They will still do events in Mexico.