Craig H
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See, over the course of the season, I never bought that these guys even liked each other, let alone loved each other. You'd actually have an easier time convincing me they hated each other. When Marty referred to Rust as "my friend," I was like, "WHAT? That's bullshit, man."
I'm willing to believe they are something akin to friends at the very end, going through a traumatic near-death experience together tending to create strong bonds and all, but I feel like the story of this season is less "Bro Love Overcomes All" and more like HOW I MET MY NEW BEST FRIEND.
That's kind of what I was getting at. Both of these guys came from messed up backgrounds. Rust's is particularly dramatic, but Marty is a womanizer, destroys his marriage multiple times, etc. Through that time they're these super-detectives, but while they have this common bond, this fissure grows and grows until it all comes to a head when Rust and Marty's wife get it on. I look back to that moment and I realize that Rust was particularly upset because he knew it meant the end of the one and only friendship he had, as backwards as it was.
There's another moment around that time where Marty tells Rust that he needs to go and get laid and how when he was getting some he was normal. I don't think there is any normal for Rust, but what really mattered to him was having Marty in his life.
Skip to these last two episodes. At this point, their lives have gone so far off the rails that all the distractions are gone. Marty can finally see that Rust isn't crazy and Rust knows that he himself isn't crazy because Marty validates him. When Marty asks Rust if he went light on him, he clearly knows that Rust went light on him and could have seriously hurt Marty, but he didn't. The tension and pressure builds while they hunt down the Yellow King, and at that point they're all each other have. Both of these guys went on such an incredible journey to find out that, hey, we're really the best of friends even if our relationship is skewed at times. Not once did I ever think about that journey during this season until the finale and that's what I loved most of all about this season. Looking back, yeah, the story was about catching the Yellow King and unraveling the conspiracy, but the greater story was about Marty and Rust.
Goddamn though, that re-telling of the events by Rust at the end of the episode was heartbreaking. If I lost my daughter, I would be just as fucked up.
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I feel like Javier Baez is the Ivan Drago of the Cubs. Everything he touches, he destroys.
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You know what's even scarier about Harper? He's already ridiculously good, but he's getting even better somehow. WWE needs to really find a way to make all the moneys off of Harper.
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I think what made me happiest is that it really felt like the completion of a 10 year journey between these two guys who fucked up every relationship they ever had, but somehow the love they have for each other was stronger than anything else. I find that to be incredibly touching and sweet.
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Fucking awesome. Really fucking awesome. Rust had me in tears at the end. Shit, even before that where Marty breaks down I was in tears. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
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That Adam Rose entrance was bananas. I'm all aboard that crazy train.
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Luke Harper is an absolute joy to watch in the ring.
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And KENTA is now up by one. Where the fuck is Gus Johnson when you need him?
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I don't even know what the hell that is!
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Fuck Grease.
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT.
Pretty much this. Fuck everything about that movie and every wedding reception that plays Grease Lightning at some point.
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It wasn't even a few weeks ago. It's the epitome of creative having nothing better for a couple wrestlers and they just keep sticking them out there hoping it will forward along a feud or storyline and it's lazy as hell. The match itself was fairly by the numbers, not bad, but also not that good. It reminds me of what they were doing with Cesaro as US champ with just running him out there against ADR or Orton every goddamn night with no real feud or anything.
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Happy birthday, Natch!
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I would also say Rowan is better than Batista.
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Erick Rowan has come a long way since coming up. I'm not really all that impressed with Darren Young, actually. Road Dogg has also been somewhat exposed by Billy Gunn since Billy is the better worker of the group.
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Did half the board turn into Phantom Lord socko accounts overnight? Chanting stupid shit during good wrestling matches is a shitty thing to do. I hated it during Christian/Sheamus, I hated when people chanted "boring" during any match lasting more than 2 minutes in the attitude era, and I'll even admit I hated it during Cena/Orton at the Rumble (though I understood that a bit more).
BUT OH NOES WE SAW THEM WRESTLE LAST WEEK! WE PWECIOUS WITTLE CHICAGO SNOWFWAKES NEED FWESH MATCHES!
I think what is in debate here is whether Christian-Sheamus from Monday would be classified as a "good wrestling match."
It wasn't. Moving on...
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Those are ironic likes. I sometimes give money to bums, it doesn't mean I want to go out for beers with the motherfucker.
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I'd say that Roman does just about everything well. We had a discussion on here awhile back about working for the cheap seats and how Cena is the master of that. I'd say Daniel Bryan is in that conversation as well, but Roman is getting to that point. Any time that dude is in the ring, I am captivated.
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Chanting "end this match" is a hell of a lot worse than singing a song.
So derailing a match and constantly disrespecting both guys from the very start of the match is worse than fans at one point chanting "end this match" for a match that was already run once on 2-21, again on 2-24, and again on 3-3. Fuck that, man.
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MAKE IT REIGN
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It's certainly popular with the people, my like ratio has increased significantly.
But my point is that good wrestling is good wrestling and I don't understand why a crowd that was mad at WWE for Punk leaving would shit on two perfectly talented guys working a decent match. You can say its because they're boring but aren't you supposed to appreciate good wrestling in a vacuum?
It was a shit thing to do. Especially since both guys have been good for a long time.
Both guys haven't been good for a long time. Sheamus has been boring for a long time and needs to ditch the Smilin' Sheamus routine. Christian has been treading water for who knows how long. And these two guys JUST wrestled each other on the previous Raw or SmackDown! They're just two directionless dudes. Your "theory" would hold any kind of water if the crowd shit over other matches, but honestly, I think they were just really into the show. It's certainly far less insulting than everyone humming the Fandango theme.
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No I mean that crowd on that night gave The Shield and the Wyatt's a pass they didn't give Christian and Sheamus
Dude, you are missing the point. Christian and Sheamus should not have been paired up on this night. As Johnny Srrow said, the Shield and Wyatts got a pass because "they're new, engaging, have great gimmicks, and work hard". Christian and Sheamus only have that last part down.
It sucks that the crowd looks at Sheamus as the guy who was shoved down our throat before he was ready and Christian as the guy who has hung around for the last 15 years. You throw on Christian vs. Ziggler or maybe Sheamus vs. Ziggler or something and they don't get shit on.
This is more about your anti-Punk / anti-Chicago gimmick than it is about the actual crowd.
This is beautiful man.
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Regard Matthew Perry, I'm guessing that staying busy is another way to keep himself off drugs. I like the dude a lot, more than anyone else from Friends, so I hope he finds another hit show.
As for Gotham, I want young Bruce to write a song that sounds something like, "DARKNESS! NO PARENTS!"
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I'm fine with fan "revolt" to a point, but not when they're crapping on legitimately good content.
Ehh, no accounting for taste...*cough*Cubsfans*cough*
What are you on about?
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I'm also sad that this will be the end of Marty and Rust's adventures together. Maybe a season or two down the line they'll be brought back, but I don't know how any other season lives up to this.