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  1. I don't know if it is because wrestling companies can't do basic story telling now. But watching 94/95 WCW and I am really enjoying it. Stories that make sense within their own world, clearly defined characters and decent action. I suppose the Dungeon Of Doom is silly, but compared to Lucha Underground and other indies, it is UWFI. Going out and aggressively signing talent like Malenko, Benoit and Eddy along with the luchadors was a great move. Kevin Sullivan knew what the the company needed and how to satisfy various egos. That WCW went to hell after getting rid of him in creative says a lot. I think he could have righted things in 2000, since he was not trying to fix things over night.
    6 points
  2. I am so into the Iconics shtick. I love everything they do. They are such fucking assholes, and I love watching them get beat up after running their mouths. I hope they never turn. I want them to be total shitheads forever.
    6 points
  3. Mad Queen Nikki Cross could be fun. Where is Sanity?
    4 points
  4. Probably because I'm a person with many, many interests I find the single-minded overachiever to be a fascinating subject, my favorite baseball players include well-known pricks like Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and Steve Carlton. Three more unpleasant people you'd have a hard time finding; you'd also have a hard time finding three people better at what they chose to do. Wrestling, yeah, DK, Misawa, and Jumbo are my Holy Trinity. One died in the ring and one busted himself up so badly that he was in a wheelchair while I was out playing softball. (Yeah, I'm a year older than DK, but I didn't turn my bones into jelly trying entertain a bunch of marks.) Had DK not been so driven, (and I first got to see him live in Portland), wrestling would still be just lumbering oafs doing punch-punch, kick-kick, go for the absurd finish.
    3 points
  5. I read Pure Dynamite about nine years ago. I've known people worse than Dynamite with none of the pluses. To his credit he owned up to bad things he did, probably too much. Without the anger and pain, we would not know who he is and maybe he would be happy. Or maybe he would still be miserable. But that is life isn't it, we live with the choices we make. Whatever the case, Dynamite paid for every bad thing he did. But good or bad we end up in the grave. As a talent you can't really deny him. Every undersized wrestler owes him a debt. He had a good mind for wrestling. Unlike a lot of talent, he did not only care about carbon copies of himself. He could see the value in every type of wrestler. I'm disappointed the turn this thread took. I don't think we needed a crash course in the bad things he did.
    3 points
  6. It's easy to look and back and say that Dynamite should've toned it down in the ring. But in most fields of sports and entertainment, being afraid to go too far often means you won't go far enough. I mean, let's be honest. How many people would pay to see a guy who's 5'8 do nothing but stomps and headlocks? It would seem that the only reliable means of getting over without taking significant risks in the ring are to possess freakish size/strength or a physique that's impossible to maintain year-round through natural means. And going either of those routes will most likely lead to your body turning on you eventually. Bottom line, if you want to make it in wrestling, you're going to have to pay the piper one way or another. Hiroshi Tanahashi said it best: people won't buy into wrestlers who want to have a long and healthy life.
    3 points
  7. Also, Daniel's super-underrated fuck you to the "What" chants: Sith Daniel Bryan rules.
    3 points
  8. I know that "Ever Fallen In Love?" is THE most basic Buzzcocks pick, but it's such an A-1 perfect song, and such a perfect gateway into a band I probably wouldn't have explored without hearing that gateway drug, that I have to share it:
    2 points
  9. 2 points
  10. I think the phrase "All Elite" sounds awkward, with those two L-sounds right next to each other. But I sympathize, coming up with a good name for a wrestling promotion at this point is very difficult.
    2 points
  11. Holy shit yeah good times. If y'all want to piss off a whole lot of NPC go to Braithwaite manor and have fun. Robert and I spent most of the night just farting around. It was good times. I think next time we're gonna try to derail the train. Yeah I don't know 1 eminem song. It was actually 2 names. I'm with Robert, I pictured an old married couple sitting side by side with matching shirts, greasy ass unshampooed hair, Cheetos covering their face and hands and giving each other a kiss when they killed somebody and a smack when they got killed. I guess the reason I pictured this is, it's what I long for.
    2 points
  12. Dynamite is kind of pro wrestling in the form of a person, isn’t he? All the good and bad that that entails in human form.
    2 points
  13. I'm in danger of not seeing a wrestling show all calendar year for the first time since *crunches numbers* Jesus, 1991? This might save the streak.
    2 points
  14. Really enjoyed Dakota vs Shayna. Dakota sold me on the fact that she'd had enough of Shayna's shit and wasn't dealing with it anymore.
    2 points
  15. Smash Brothers is about as fun of a game as you'll ever play, but it's appeal is kind of inexplicable. It is a 4-player fighting game where you try to knock your opponents off the edge of the stage. It is super simple, so a complete novice feels like they can compete, but the gameplay is so tight and responsive that you can get really good at it. Four friends, a couple of drinks, and Smash Brothers is guaranteed hours of fun.
    2 points
  16. Hey, I don't know about you guys, but I can't review a post-92 Misawa match without using the word "excess" 6 times.
    2 points
  17. I'm gonna be disappointed if y'all tell me those were from Eminem lyrics. I was really picturing them as a middle aged couple that things wearing cheesy matching sweaters is endearing. I've heard one Eminem song in my lifetime. Two if Forgot about Dre counts. I have heard melraz do a pretty good Nate Dogg, though. Reba's lookin rough. Looks like she's down to about 90 pounds, despite eating about 10000 calories of meat per day. Getting her head bashed into the side of a post last night probably didn't help. I've worked out a pretty good system of shooting alligators in the head along with whatever else is wandering the swamps. Made more than $200 yesterday just doing that. Alligators are easy one shot kills with the bolt action rifle, and you'll usually get at least a good pelt out of it, and a bunch of meat and teeth. Got $10 from a perfect deer carcass, along with about $3 from the pelt, which didn't hurt. Kinda felt bad about shooting endangered species, but I did it anyway. Bagged a couple condors and a whooping crane. melraz's horses suck worse than mine. At least mine sticks around. His horse runs off, and won't come back, if you even think about shooting a gun. And his scrawny nag won't let you sell the pelts on its back. The nag is still faster than my shitty horse, though. Found out you can steal boats, at least the little ones. Also found out that if you shoot the lantern on a rowboat out while you're sitting in it, you tend to catch on fire. The high pitched screaming was hilarious. Didn't kill me. Being hog tied and thrown off a boat did, though. Quickly. Melraz got a treasure map looting a random dead skinner. Got like a hundred dollars and some gold out of it. Fucker.
    2 points
  18. Isn’t a wrestling venue yet, but MLW will be taping their upcoming Miami shows this month there. I can’t wait to see what this will look like on TV.
    2 points
  19. See I was just thinking Mel was misquoting Eminem
    2 points
  20. School is going well and I still have no idea what I am going to do with it. Mickey Mantle once said if he knew he would live so long, he would have taken care of himself. When I was nineteen I thought I had no future. No matter what I was just trying to run the clock out. I took care of my family and friends, but I did not care if I died. Even my writing was/is a hobby to give me a creative output. Some numb nut on here thought I was doing it to make money. Yeah I am living large on that thirty eight cents I got last month. But now I have a support system and people who think I am worth something. So I am trying to plan a future late in the game. I have created a savings account and have a plan to put a decent amount of money away. I now have good credit, so I might be able to buy a house. I can have something tangible to leave my family one day.
    2 points
  21. Punishnent Martinez rules. That is one of the best ridiculous wrestling names ever. “Hey! I’m Punishment, it’s nice to meet you.” His theme music sounds like a Suicide b-Side. I also went to a random Puerto Rican hardcore show when I was in college and Punishment looked like all those dudes. All in on a maniacal post-punk fan of Puerto Rican heritage with striking abilities.
    2 points
  22. If you're watching ROH every week, you're basically a masochist.
    2 points
  23. I'm horrified imagining a fed that's all Elite. Haven't we suffered enough?
    2 points
  24. This is me going way too school teacher on everyone but feel like saying it. Sorry in advance. I read Pure Dynamite and everyone else should even though it makes you feel pretty shitty a lot of the time. Good wrestling stories too but that's not what I pulled out of it. It kind of shows how just being miserable as a personality trait just fucking destroys you. We all get kind of shitty sometimes but you gotta get yourself out of it before it defines you. Almost every post here is about how shitty a person Tom was. Don't let that be all everyone says about you. Get help, do what you gotta do, but don't remain miserable and shut out everyone who cares.
    2 points
  25. FWIW, I was very happy with Paxton trade.
    1 point
  26. Nope. I don't see User Names. I only judge you by the content of your posts and how much I bust your chops. IT'S THE SABRES YEAR!
    1 point
  27. I'm betting the former Mrs. Sandberg can think of a few. (After all, we have the Viagra commercials as testimony.)
    1 point
  28. Yup, that was Dakota's best showing. Great selling and fire. That SAMCRO vs Mendoza/Carillo match was pretty damn nifty, too. The Sons found themselves some mean as hell offense, and Mendoza continues to steal the show whenever he gets in the ring. Dude straight up rules. Between Lorcan and Burch, Street Profits and Heavy Machinery, there's been three face teams ready to get heated up and take down UE for the tag straps and have the crowd lose their shit. Mendoza and Carillo are gonna get themselves to that level sooner than ya think. LOVED that quick pan over to Mauro during Ciampa's promo. Bad things are afoot at the announce booth. Awesome episode.
    1 point
  29. See this pisses me off. Do you feel the same about Mitsuharu Misawa? I doubt it
    1 point
  30. You know, if there's never a trailer, this isn't a problem.
    1 point
  31. 1) Giving up a 2 goal lead 2) Giving up a game-tying goal in the last minute 3) taking a penalty in overtime so you spend it 3 against 4 4) and somehow not losing the game until the shoot out I think this counts as great game for the Blues. Good job, boys!
    1 point
  32. Spaghetti and meatballs? Given how we are with player names, I'm gonna assume y'all fought people named Spartacus and Metropolis. And Robert, you have no idea how much I want to see what your character looks like. I laugh every time I read "Reba meth addict." Be prepared for me to sing Fancy the first time we get to play together. Either that or "That's the night that the lights went out in Saint Denis."
    1 point
  33. Maybe you have. Being the Elite is the best thing on Monday nights next to Seinfeld, and ROH on Fite TV.
    1 point
  34. Same here. Not only retired, but retired to go into a field trying to save others.
    1 point
  35. For some reason, whenever talk of pro wrestling comes up here at work, people always ask me am I a contributor to DVDVR and I just shrug my shoulders. In the distance, I can hear Dean say, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
    1 point
  36. Amazing how much your face got leaner. Great work, mate.
    1 point
  37. They've spent too much time building Bianca for her to be brushed aside. Not to mention she's been wrestling for only 2.5 years and brings a lot to the table already.
    1 point
  38. Some variation of this statement has been true for at least a decade.
    1 point
  39. This is a year where I absolutely haven't paid attention to new stuff from acts I don't already know. It's also been a year that's been really thin on releases from artists I dig. That said, I'd be shocked if something I like more than Sleep - The Sciences is lurking out there from this year. They picked up after nearly twenty years and immediately were fucking awesome again. And, it's really rare to see a band as heavy as Sleep getting anything close to the level of universal critical love this did, so I feel like I'm not out on some island calling it album of the year. To their enormous credit, this was absolutely not an attempt to recreate Dopesmoker (which remains a singular album that I don't think anyone will ever really replicate.) 15 years after that masterpiece finally saw a complete release (and 19 years after the edited version Jerusalem came out) they just kinda stepped back into being the best doom metal band and the best stoner band on the planet.
    1 point
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