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7 hours ago, Log said:
If we don't get the line "Jon Moxley looks to turn Bryan Danielson's WrestleDream into a WrestleNightmare" somewhere in the lead-up to that match, what are we even doing here?
And MxM working the word “wet” into WrestleDream promos, of course.
This is probably a good place to mention that I really enjoy MxM. Dave is a massive detractor, saying it’s even worse than their WWE gimmick. I never saw it there but I imagine the difference is “laughing at” vs “laughing with,” and Vince’s idea of what makes a male model gimmick funny (HA HA LOOK AT THESE FAGS PAL) vs two young, smart, funny guys’ idea of what makes it funny (double entendres and dick jokes as far as the eye can see ). Like these two guys are in on the joke, so they are more empowered, as opposed acting out an old white guy’s ideas of why this is funny. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, check out their interview on Hey Ew. It was great.
Sometimes Dave comes off like he thinks AEW should be mid 90s All Japan.
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3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
From John Carpenter's Letterboxd account.
I was leaving my local theater and I saw two old ladies who looked absolutely baffled at the ticket machines. The theater was completely self-serve. I felt bad so I helped them. Turns out they were buying tickets to Reagan. That’s one good deed I wish I could take back.
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On 9/25/2024 at 11:40 AM, Dolfan in NYC said:
Gaga's new album "Harlequin" debuts Friday and is labeled "a companion piece" to the movie. This song is called "The Joker".
She’s covering Steve Miller?
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2 hours ago, Log said:
If I could ban two things from pro wrestling forever, it’d be evil authority figures and MitB-type “anytime, anywhere” title shots.
Also the use of “each and every one of you” and “championship opportunity.”
2 hours ago, NoFistsJustFlips said:Give me a Hobbs, Lio Rush, Lashley with MVP Hurt Business please. Feels like a good mix and a way to elevate two younger current AEW guys. If Keith Lee ever gets healthy can come back to help Swerve. Add one more guy Swerve's side and there's a solid trios title feud that feels important.
Sure, let’s throw in Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor, Lee Johnson, and The Infantry too! Or how about no? I’m like the Incredibles meme except instead of “no capes!” I’m like “no more race-based stables!”
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56 minutes ago, EVA said:
I know the roster is full, and there have been plenty of (recently discussed!) examples or ex-WWE guys being a major pain in the ass for AEW…But the idea of who could be following after MVP clearly sent a charge through the live crowd, and me sitting at home, too.
Bobby Lashley was consistently WAY more over than his push for his last couple of years in WWE, and the Hurt Business still lingers in a lot of fans’ minds as a great “what if” of untapped potential after senile Vince broke them up on a whim. I think there’s a LOT of potential in a 1-2 year run in AEW for those guys, and Lashley/Swerve would be a helluva way to kick that off. (A great way to pull Swerve away from Hangman for a while, too.)
That might be my problem. I don’t watch WWE so I did not see one second of Hurt Business. I just see them as two guys who are about my age, possibly coming onto a roster that really doesn’t need two more guys my age.
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This show was like an old time PPV. Very little in the way of promos and promo packages, just good to great matches back to back to back. All killer, no filler as the saying goes.
Danielson/Nigel, for a good part of the match, felt like there was no way it would live up to the hype. Then I adjusted my expectations and it met me in the middle, and was very good.
I concur with @Zimbra that Taven and Bennett are the best stooges going today.
Hook retiring the belt in New York with his dad was great; now let's see him move on and up.
I loved the tag match but it did have maybe two near falls too many. But I did enjoy the story and the finish. I'd love to hear some posters here articulate why they hate the Bucks so. Aside from @just drew because I know he thinks they're just too tiny to be believable
MVP as a manager? Cool. Bringing in Shelton Benjamon and Bobby Lashley, both of whom are pushing 50, when there's a whole roster of dudes who could use the elevation? Fuck no.
Mariah continues her streak of needing another person in order to be interesting, while being dull as an apartment paintjob on her own. Now Mina's involved, so we're safe for a while.
Mox kills Darby. In the end, this leads to Darby defeating Mox for the word title and it'll be awesome. Still, I feel like it's too early for Mox to beat Danielson. I'll save thoughts on that for if it happens.
Excellent show. God damn.
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lol @ Danielson’s weapon of choice being a necktie. +100 points if he took it from Justin Roberts.
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Any relation to Poundtown?
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I never saw Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe sitting buck naked on the couch, reading a magazine, waiting for their lady to get home.
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Six man tag belts need some sort of gimmick or hook. Otherwise, they’re just “our regular tag belts with an extra dude.” Off the top of my head, I’d go with actual trios rules or at least the “no tags” rules. Or every match is tornado style or elimination. Something. Put he belts on some crazy highspot workers and make it the crazy ass PWG party match title. Make it so you know that a six man title match means crazy shit is incoming. AEW does enough multi man matches that they could defend it every week.
And it goes without saying don’t let the Acclaimed and Billy Gunn anywhere near them.
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48 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
Two separate venues, or the same?
Also that led me to downloading the first two Onyx albums which I have no idea why I never have done yet. Comments forthwith.
Same venue, taping Collision tonight, too. No idea what the plan is for Rampage but TK, lunatic that he is, might just do it all tonight.
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14 hours ago, SirSmUgly said:
Therapy only works if you go in with the mindset that you need to change your life in fundamental ways and would like help figuring out how to do that.
Does any of that sound like Ric Flair to you?
Oh for sure. I mean he’s an example of why it’s necessary, not that he could do it! Somehow drinking, womanizing, and generally refusing to grow up doesn’t solve your problems. Who knew?
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lol Ric Flair getting divorced again. Trying to match his number of title reigns with his number of ex wives. My dude is the poster child for the need to destigmatize therapy.
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1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said:
Shit, I tried to find this thread last night and missed it. Anyway as I posted in the main thread I saw an endcap at Walmart with WWE figures last night and marvelled at seeing figs of Nakamura, GUNTHER and Dom (HA!) on that shelf. The guy from New Japan that dressed like Michael Jackson, the big fat German named WALTER that chops really hard, and the little kid that Rey and Eddie fought over custody of.
I'll check for AEW figures tomorrow. If they have a Kingston figure, yes I am gonna buy that.
The Kingston fig was somehow deemed a Wal Mart exclusive and they always had tons of them when the figure was new-ish. Not sure now. There’s a peopleofwalmart.com joke to be made about Eddie Kingston being the fig chosen to be the Wal Mart guy. No offense intended to anyone…I shop at Wal Mart myself because spending more money on the same shit elsewhere is dumb.
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15 hours ago, tbarrie said:
He did lose to Brian Danielson in the finals of world title Eliminator tournament in 2021. Possibly he declined to do it again later?
4 hours ago, zendragon said:He was supposedly offered Ethan Page's spot in the AEW title shot tournament where Page lost in the Finals to Ricky Starks
That was it! Thanks.
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The Outrunners were really entertaining on Jericho’s pod, despite Jericho stepping on and/or feeling the need to explain their jokes.
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12 hours ago, Casey said:
Pretty sure one of the things Miro turned down was being the last man (besides eventual winner Hangman) in the #1 contender battle royale at Rampage Grand Slam 2022.
He also turned down losing in the finals of some world title contenders tournament, but I can’t remember which one.
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I think the Acclaimed lost their edge when they became more gimmicky with the scissor stuff and Billy Gunn became their mascot.
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3 hours ago, SovietShooter said:
Maybe that is exactly why he was an issue in AEW (allegedly). He took shit while in WWE because he had no other options. But when he left, he decided he wasn't going to do anything he didn't want to do anymore, and just vetoed his way out of a push.
I’ve been thinking about that from time to time when considering Punk’s multiple flameouts in AEW as opposed to his apparent good behavior in WWE. I think some guys like Punk and Miro just need the “structure” of overbearing, controlling bosses. I could probably put on my Sydney M. Basil hat and throw out some theories.
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3 hours ago, For Great Justice said:
The Khans (and others that deserve immense respect like Jeff Jarrett) bootstrapped and ran startups as CEO. 100% of their personal skin is/was in the game, and they functioned as business owners: understanding balance sheet, EBITDA, etc.
Eric Bischoff was a middle manager. A successful one for a time that should be commended for all he did launching Nitro and the NWO, but he’s out of his depth when it comes to discussing running a business. He’s not that guy.
Bischoff wasn’t even a middle manager. He was a hustler. He sold meat and ninja star games, parlayed that into an announcer role in the AWA because he looked nice on camera, then moved up from there because he had a background in sales and nobody else was hungry in a failing, family-run organization. He used that to get to WCW, another failing company filled with people just passing time. His whole career is that of a schmoozer and hustler with not a lot of real talent, but a lot of drive. You can actually coast pretty far on that.
Bischoff is like if the Peter Principle and the Dunning-Kruger Effect had a good looking baby.
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2 hours ago, Craig H said:
I really really hope we'll get a follow up to Fight Forever with them learning from their missteps from the first game. Again, this should essentially be their WCW vs the World. The next game should take that same engine, level up the gameplay to a better, slower pace, and have it be somewhere in the vicinity of WCW/nWo Revenge or WCW/nWo World Tour at the very least and WWF WrestleMania 2000 at the most. Longer matches, more deliberate gameplay, less like the first two Smackdown games on the PS1.
They already have an engine. They have a roster. I'm hoping they get at least one more shot at this. I liked what I played, but didn't enjoy how fast matches went. I know not everyone wants the epic length matches from the N64 AKI games and folks are maybe too used to the speed of the WWE games, but this should be an alternative. At least Fight Forever gave you agency and made it feel like you were playing the game when the most recent WWE games feel like you're on autopilot too much.
Actually, that's another game that is so close to being great. If they would just make it feel like you're more in control of what's happening and have far less of the scripted or auto moments then that would get me to buy the next iteration.
I don't know. It's been forever since I played Fire Pro World. Maybe I should just re-install that and hope all of the DLC for it still isn't a fortune.
Cosign all of this. Also:
- Better tag match handling. I thought I hated computer controlled partners, but then I played Fire Pro and realized I just hate computer-controlled partners that are stupid.
- A better career/season/RPG mode than what we got. Having to play three of the same storylines multiple times just to see one different storyline was terrible.
- Better arena customization because if I can't make the Reseda VFW, what are we even doing?
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I love the unintentional or maybe intentional play on words because of course the opposite of Wrestlemania would be Wrestledepression. Personally I'm working on a happy medium, wrestle "feels allright as long as I can keep the dark thoughts at bay with exercise, rational self talk, and the occasional edible."
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3 hours ago, For Great Justice said:
With this new TV deal, Dynamite will surpass Nitro in longevity.
We are pretty close. Pretty sure when we were this many episodes into Nitro we are at/around the New Blood debut, and well, well past the show’s peak
42 minutes ago, twiztor said:yeah i believe it is sometime in April. Coach Tony K has already helmed more episodes of Dynamite than Uncle Eric did Nitro.
and i really, really love the irony in Eric calling out Tony for "using his daddy's money" when he was LITERALLY KNOWN AS ATM ERIC for using Ted Turner's money. zero self awareness.
Yeah, there was a reddit thread about AEW lasting longer and being more profitable than Bischoff and Cornette's ventures and that was the anti-AEW talking point: that TK has a blank checkbook from his dad. The tribalist weirdos and Cornette ball lickers are telling themselves TK is being allowed to just set piles of his dad's money on fire to run his own personal TNM. Ugh.
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1 hour ago, Mike Campbell said:
I just had a rather ridiculous phone call with the credit union that my car loan is through. I made my payment last week and apparently miskeyed the amount, so I was two cents (!!) short. I got a letter from them yesterday saying that my payment was short and the outstand balance needs to be payed in ten days (well technically 9 now) or they'll be tacking on a late charge. So, I call them and explain what happened. The lady, obviously reading from a script, tells me that, yes, any outstanding balance must be paid by that date or late charges are added. So I just say, in a somewhat humorous way, "So you guys seriously need me to do an electronic transfer for a total of two cents?" She snickers a bit and asks me to hold. She came back a minute later and said that wouldn't be necessary and that my payment will be marked as made and to disregard any other electronic of mail notices that I get about an outstanding balance.
Ask for an address and take two pennies to them in person. Better yet, pay the two cents by credit card so they lose money on the transaction.
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All-Purpose Health and Fitness Thread
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That is hilarious, because you can hear Luger’s NWA/WCW theme in Creepshow 2 — I guess it’s part of a free music library somewhere. Coincidence?