Technico Support

The revelation here is that wrestlers are actually very creative people who, left to their own devices, can be quite entertaining. Who knew?

Cena channeling the delivery of part Lance Russell, part Gordon Solie. Fandango is channeling Solie's other main characteristic.

AH, I see it now. And knowing is half the battle

This is a great point. They're just not going to get a 15-20 year guy. The last two booms were led by Hogan and Austin, 8 years and 7 years, respectively, though both runs should have ended before they did. 5 years is about right but this is what happens when you have a company whose management never changes. If people are worried about AJ's "bump card," I'm sure he could tone down his style a bit and be just fine. Finn will never be the guy as long as he's under 6' and under 200lbs. GOD DAMMIT PAL HE'S SO SKINNY. Aside from Samoan lineage, sweet pecs and dreamy eyes you could lose yourself in, who in the fuck looked at Leeakee in FCW and thought the same things they did when they saw the Rock on day one? Because those people are idiots.

I don't know if they ever will, though. Vince seems to have gotten even more tone deaf and stubborn in his old age, not less. Vince is a guy who thinks without a doubt that the fans will like what he tells them to like. In his mind, he alone created the 80s and 90s booms, not a combination of his own talent plus timing, luck, and having the right wrestlers. He seems to really believe he can create a star whenever he wants. If they didn't realize Roman wasn't the guy their first six coronation attempts, I don't think they ever will.

I've been on an emergency conference call for two hours explaining every way I can that the vendor is absolutely at fault.

I thought apartment wrestling pics were banned

My guess is, you take something that's an inexact science to begin with, and then you make it worse by commercializing the news industry, and here we are. I can just see a news producer asking their weather person, "well you don't know it won't be 12 inches, so could you just say there's a possibility?" And then let job scarcity and competition in the field do the rest. If meteorologists 1-12 aren't willing to lie to boost viewership, meteorologist #13 will.

I was blown away by what a con the TV weather game is. I live up north of DC and the TV stations were hyping 6-12 inches from the weekend broadcasts until Monday. Suddenly, on Monday, they started downplaying that, saying "this is a tough storm to call, folks." It was obviously a tough storm to call ever since they knew it was coming, but if they'd said that on Saturday, viewers would have changed the channel looking for a more accurate forecast. So the infotainment industry game is to hype armageddon until the last possible minute, then give out the more realistic forecast.

The only thing I've learned from this thread so far is now BOTH Wachowskis are trans. No idea how I missed that.

Years ago, someone on PWG commentary (maybe 2010 BOLA??) said, "I understand alpha and omega, but what's the 'battery half full' symbol there for?" Still unanswered.

I wouldn't go that far. "Redefined the form" makes it sound like every promotion is constantly trying to do the same style skits or that this is how wrestling will be moving forward. WWE tried it once. Count me in with the "the Hardys' schtick is fun but at some point the bell has to ring" camp. You still have to work matches and the Hardys' best days in-ring are well behind them. The name on the marquee is still wrestling and hopefully, at some point, you can't just keep voting for Youtube videos.

When in doubt, pick the guy who toured all over the world having great matches with a wide variety of people over the guys who worked mostly in front of "home" crowds in a controlled, insular system. I feel like NXT is a bit of a cheat and I'll always drop a few points from people who have only worked NXT during the voting period.

I really liked this episode but god damn, they had one trope in full effect with that kid getting killed. As soon as you take an ancillary character and give us a reason to care about him, you fucking KNOW he's going to die.

LOL "I'm Kota Ibushi and this is alleyway firework wrestling!" (twangy guitar)

A battle between two Irish lads, just in time for St. Patty's day.

"Samey, spotty bullshit" is WWE style. Gallagher is doing the same thing. He's quickly gone from "neat UK indy guy I can't wait to see more of" to "oh this fucker with his schtick goddammit."

Holy shit, same here. Like @Robert C, I had a kid late. But I'm a young 42. Or so I keep telling myself.

It's funny hearing people piss and moan about losing one hour of sleep due to daylight savings and how it somehow fucks up their whole week...I have a toddler who, at least once a week, wakes up and doesn't want to go back to sleep, and somehow I get by just fine.

Just wait til Skynet comes online. Then we'll see who got the last laugh.

? uh okay

I definitely did mean to vote for Owens. thanks

This would be tied if I hadn't clicked the wrong button and voted for Charlotte, who I think is an overrated nepotism case.

There is "I'm in an industry where there's a good chance I'll do horrible damage to my body" dumb And then there's "while I'm here, I'll go ahead and do unnecessary shit that turns that chance into a guarantee" dumb It's supposed to be a work. Running headfirst into another wrestler's head or the ringpost at full speed, because of some misguided belief that you're putting on a better match by being stiff, is just incomprehensibly stupid. It would be like an actor in an action movie asking to get shot for real because that would somehow enhance his art. This is not a person that a promoter, in good conscience, should allow in a ring. But "promoter" and "conscience" should never be used in the same sentence anyway.