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    AUGUST 2015 WRESTLING DISCUSSION!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    I can't remember a Presidential candidate who was so hated by both parties and yet here he is with massive poll numbers.  I still feel like the shoe will fall eventually but holy shit it's been quite fascinating to say the least. 

     

    I wonder if Trump would still appear on RAW at this point?  I assume he and Vince are still tight.

     

     

    There is a wrestling aspect to Trump's success, I think.  It really is a matter of being "good on the mic."  He just talks, like, normal.  Free and easy.  He jokes around like a normal person.  He says things like, "Hey, did you see Fallon last night?  Funny guy, kind of an idiot, but whatevah."

     

     

     

    There's a wrestling aspect to his success but I disagree with your assertion that it's his ability to speak plainly.  Rather, the wrestling aspect is his ability to use cheap heat.

     

    He's just going out there and saying the most outlandish, chauvinistic and racist shit possible to 1) get coverage from the press and 2) get the support of the worst part of the Republican base, the angry white guys and dumb yokels too stupid or blinded by hate to know they're being worked.

     

    I'd commend him for exposing our awful political system for the carny shitshow it is, but now his act is just getting dangerous and irresponsible.  A few days ago, two clearly well-informed Republican voters in Boston assaulted and pissed on a homeless Latino while ranting about how Trump is right about these immigrants.  Trump took no responsibility and just said the two were "passionate' about wanting America to be great again.

     

    So yeah, Trump is a heel getting cheap heat and then sneaking out the back door when the riot starts and the marks burn down the arena.

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    AUGUST 2015 PHOTO THREAD!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    Holy shit.  You guys are worse than Kevin Dunn.  Now Paige has a gut?  

     

    She's had it for a while. It's only noticeable because she was quite slim for while.  She's not fat by any means, but she's gained weight.  Could be for any number of reasons. 

     

    No one is fat-shaming her. 

     

     

    Nope, we're just discussing her "gut" and whether or not her shorts still fit.  That's much better than fat shaming.  Vast improvement.  We've come so far.

     

    (For the record, i was unaware that she had a "gut' or "had" to change shorts.)

     

     

    Funny, I thought the whole conversation about her "gut" was meant to be a sarcastic dig about WWE's image-conscious ways.  Nobody here is seriously looking at Paige going from 105 to 110 like, "woah, slow down on the Monster Thickburgers, lardass!"

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    Where you been for wrestling?!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    I've been to a great deal of live wrestling but in very few buildings:

     

    • Baltimore Arena over multiple name changes.  It's amazing it's been there since 1962.
    • The old Capitol Center for whatever 90s Survivor Series was there
    • Verizon Center (Starrcade 97)
    • Philadelphia National Guard Armory for the ROH show with the Kobashi Joe Ki Homicide tag.
    • Basketball City in NY for whatever ROH show had Danielson & Joe vs KENTA & Marufuji
    • The minor league baseball stadium in Frederick, MD, whose name escapes me.  WWE used to go there every Summer until it rained one year 2-3 matches in and they had to cancel the show and come back in September to make good.
    • A few tiny places somewhere in the Baltimore area, probably converted grocery stores, for some local sleazy indies back in the day.  I did get to see King Kahlua vs Tom Brandi!  Yay.
    • The Clarence Du Burns "arena" where ROH did a bunch of tapings when they first got on Sinclair.

    I guess I'd say the Baltimore Arena was the best purely for nostalgia reasons.  You name any legend from the late 70s and on and I probably saw him there live.  I was there for everything from the Bunkhouse Stampede shows to Attitude-era Raws.  I even saw Bruno's last match there, teaming with Hogan against Gang & Bundy. 

     

    The minor league stadium was also awesome due to the cool atmosphere of seeing big name wrestling outdoors at a small venue like that.  The main of one of the shows was Benoit defending the title against HHH and we had seats on the field itself.

     

    The Du Burns arena was fun because I knew an employee who got me in free and also because the bathrooms were in the same hallway as the locker room, so you'd always run into wrestlers when going to take a leak.

     

    Worst would probably be the Verizon Center.  We were a few rows from the very top of the arena and it was just awful.  Definitely one of those "vertical" arenas where everything above lower concourse just sucks.

    MR. ROBOT

    in MOVIES & TV

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    So anyone who had "Star Wars, Fight Club and The Sixth Sense" on their Plot Twist Bingo Card is a big winner.

     

    At least they're self-aware regarding the stuff they're ripping off paying homage to.  That subtle piano piece at the end of the episode was definitely a cover of The Pixies' "Where is My Mind," which was playing during the closing scene in Fight Club.

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    "One-Hit Wonder" Actors/Actors who never made it

    in MOVIES & TV

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    What about Sam Worthington? He had a lot of hype following Avatar but everything he's done since its like he's been slowly falling off the top

    ...because he is a horrible actor.

     

     

    Dude couldn't hide his Aussie accent if you held a gun to his head.  I just rewatched Terminator 4 (yeah, fuck you, I like that movie) and the guy still sounds like Crocodile Dundee half the time.

     

    re Dean Winters: dude almost died.  Everything after that is gravy.

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    MR. ROBOT

    in MOVIES & TV

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    Loved the meet between White Rose and Eliot. 

     

    BD Wong as White Rose = Mind Blown.

     

    Gay/Trans Asian hacker is already played out and done better with Hoon Lee as Job from Banshee.  Everybody else is just playing for second.

    AUGUST 2015 WRESTLING DISCUSSION!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    Did the Hogan Scandal ruin ESPN doing the bit of SummerSlam coverage that was assumed to happen ?

     

    Nah, Beadle getting all pissy about Triple H supporting Floyd Mayweather killed that.

     

     

    Yeah man fuck her for calling out HHH  for supporting a woman beater.  Broads, amirite?  Musta been on her period, eh?

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    AUGUST 2015 WRESTLING DISCUSSION!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    I think it's pretty clear that Kevin Dunn is a jackass. That's a constant in what every says about him. The other constant is that he is Vince's yes man/sycophant. What I don't get is the leap that Kevin Dunn is the major reason that the WWE is doing things that hardcore rasslin fans don't like. Do people truly believe that if Kevin Dunn was fired tomorrow, the WWE would be a totally different place (television production not withstanding)? Like, do you honestly think Kevin Dunn is the only person that is saying "Kevin Owens is fat and ugly" or "all diva's should be portrayed as backstabbing crazies"? If Kevin Dunn stepped down tomorrow, there would be a line out the door at Titan Towers to become Vince's newest boot licker. Nothing would change. It starts with one man, and it probably ends with him too. Kevin Dunn is Grima Wormtongue. Yeah, he's an asshole that made things difficult, but no one was like "Dude, Grima Wormtongue is the problem here. If he's gone, Sauron and Sarumon will totally come around and start letting the hobbits put on work rate classics every week".   

     

    This is a great point, and other have made it here as well.  For all Dunn's faults, this still rests at Vince's feet.  Word has always been that Dunn is lazy, taking the easy route and producing a homogenized, dull program, and he is very good at convincing Vince that this is the way it needs to be.  From everything that ex writers, etc have said, Dunn is good at playing to Vince's worst instincts and his ego to keep in his good graces (Craig's "echo chamber" comment is spot on).  All that being said, this is still all Vince's fault. 

     

    If Dunn were gone, would nothing change?  I'd like to think it would if the right person took over but do I feel it would definitely be slow.

    AUGUST 2015 WRESTLING DISCUSSION!

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    So what everyone's saying is the one thing in wrestling they'd go back in time to change would be to stop Dunn's father from ever saving those TV tapings that were in a car fire after Vince Sr. taped a bunch of shows in Allentown (I think ) which lead to Vince Sr. promising Dennis Dunn that he would take care of his family for life.

     

    Maybe just tell Vince Sr that, while Dunn Daddy is a stand up dude, Dunn Jr will be worthless, so don't do it.

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