Wyld Samurai
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2 hours ago, zendragon said:
One thing that I think is really cool is that Bret's feuds start scientific and get violent. V Bulldog at IYH with the Blood, V Austin at WM and even V HBK in 97 is a much more wild brawl than in 92 or 96
That's how feuds should be. A first match shouldn't be violent as there isn't any animosity. That builds up over time.
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Man, I'm just bummed he's not going by Sexton Hardcastle.
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22 hours ago, caley said:
I still maintain Dana Brooke could have worked out but her NXT stay was way too short. She was a heat magnet with that weird armpit rubbing flex she did and she's obviously ridiculously athletic (that flip thing she does (did?) in her entrance was super impressive). But she was just starting to lean into a muscular heel bully role in NXT and get a little less clumsy in the ring when they nonsensically rushed her to Raw to be Alexa Bliss's muscle. This was set up to fail as Brooke wasn't experienced enough or noteworthy enough to be seen as a big deal. Coupled with the fact that women like Charlotte and Nia Jax dwarfed her which kinda negated the muscle part. I thinking she'd been given another 6 months or so in NXT she might have turned out well.
Evans is somewhat similar though she had more charisma than Brooke. She was pushed too far, too hard, too fast (Those endless appearances where she strutted to the ring in weird millennial updates of old-fashioned Southern clothing, while they played her annoying theme and Michael Cole repeatedly yelled "THE SASSY SOUTHERN BELLE!" haunt me!). Like when she was shoehorned into that feud with Rollins/Becky by wearing Rollins name on her tights but she had neither the stature not the ability to be at that level. But I still think the natural thing to do was just go "She's a mom, she's a vet, U-S-A! U-S-A!" and the crowd would have cheered and you could have more talented heels look down on her and basically play her as the female John Cena: cheesy but still kind of cheerable.
Dana Brooke was killer as the goofball muscle for Emma. She has some of the best comedic timing.
Lacey Evans- I'm a little surprised they didn't try for an updated Sgt Slaughter thing.
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On 8/10/2023 at 12:06 PM, zendragon said:
bring back boot punching in wrestling
Whomever Cody is feuding with should wear a "Cody Sucks Eggs" shirt.
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4 minutes ago, Matt D said:
Rebel: Not going to lie, I miss Rebel. Actually, back to Britt, it's a bit of a shame that they went away from the Waiting Room bits. I think that's one of the things that got her over and it didn't make sense to do after the pandemic era was over, but... maybe it did, right?
Rebel is/was my favorite part of Britt Baker.
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4 hours ago, Technico Support said:
Stolen from a month-old reddit post, here's the contract between Titan and Marvel. The key points:
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WWE cannot use the word "incredible" in association with Hulk Hogan.
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WWE cannot refer to Hulk Hogan simply as "Hulk."
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WWE cannot register "Hulk" or "Hulk Hogan" as a trademark.
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WWE can license Hulk Hogan in a variety of ways, as long as it is consistent with his television character. They cannot use green or purple in association with Hulk Hogan.
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WWE cannot use Hulk Hogan in comic books, but can use him in coloring and storybooks.
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Marvel would get .9% of Hulk Hogan's gross merchandise revenues, $100 for each match Hogan participated in, and 10% of WWE's earnings of any other earnings on outside projects* using Hulk Hogan (or 10% of earnings if WWE was not involved.
I think Hulk Hogan might be responsible for keeping Marvel afloat during their lean years
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10 minutes ago, odessasteps said:
Bockwinkel and Stevens / Patterson and Stevens.
Race and Hennig
Flair and Valentine
Dusty & Murdoch
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7 minutes ago, Happ Hazzard said:
Nice game in the Scottish summertime weather tonight.
I can't believe they called it off!
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2 minutes ago, Gordlow said:
Pictured below: just a dude.
Legit could be any NXT CAW.
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9 hours ago, worldcupfever said:
And a garbage bag poncho like the Nasties in Memphis and the AWA.
Nasties were quite smart with the trash bag poncho. Think about all the beer/soda/garbage they had thrown at them at their peak.
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50 minutes ago, Kevin Wilson said:
I know that any promotor admitting something isn't working is hard, and while TK has done it a few times before and pulled the plug early on something (the original Dark Order, when Matt Hardy tried being "broken") he needs to do it more often. Saraya as an in-ring wrestler isn't working. I think the Outcasts thing is ok and if she slid into just being a manager and doing six person tags, but she just isn't a good wrestler anymore and they need to not put her in those positions, especially in the main event. Britt also looks a bit rough but I think she can rebound, Saraya I'm afraid just is what she is at this point.
Overall I enjoyed the show, a good mixture of quality promos and in-ring action. So happy to see Kris back, she's great.
Saraya as a modern day PS Hayes would be sweet as.
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9 hours ago, TheVileOne said:
So AEW Double or Nothing will be the "third" major event this weekend. The last time an AEW PPV show was the third event of the weekend, Tony Khan did this:
Last time he said he's "not going to sit back and take this ****ing ****." Ball's in your court, Tony Khan.
Coach TK is a kind of a dork.
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Oh I bet the WM Main Event turns into a three way
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7 minutes ago, zendragon said:
Honestly I think that having twice his fathers height and half the athletic ability of his father is a blessing in disguise for young Dom. gonna force him to do his own thing which will serve him well in the long run
Eddy's persona + (hopefully) El Dandy's ability would be a great combo.
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1 hour ago, Lawful Metal said:
LOL this is the Cowboys official account. Request a trade Dak
The best is that the first comment you see on that tweety from Skip is from Sheiky Baby calling him a jabroni.
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Big Sam can save them! 4-4-F'n-2 baby!
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4 hours ago, Craig H said:
How would you have turned Ted DiBiase face in the 80s in WWF? Would it have been possible. Rick Rude is the other one I wonder about, but I think I could see him pulling that off easier than Ted.
The Bushwackers save Teddy from being jumped by The Bolsheviks who are after his money. Teddy becomes an honorary Bushwacker.
Rick Rude and Randy Savage in a double turn. Rude ends up with Miss Elizabeth.
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On 12/18/2022 at 10:36 AM, supremebve said:
I had watched less than an hour of the World Cup until I sat down about 10 seconds before Mbappe made his second goal, and I feel like I got all the World Cup I could possibly want. That was as riveting of a game as I've watched in any sport this year. It's great that Messi got his elusive World Cup, but I have to say Mbappe is scary good. I honestly thought he was going to score every time he got the ball. The last time I remember an athlete making my heart race like he did is when they used to cut into every sporting event when Barry Bonds was getting close to the Home Run record. He didn't hit a home run every time it happened, but it felt like he was going to hit a home run every time it happened. He almost won back to back World Cups as a 23 year old. He's the past, the present, and the future at the same damn time. This felt like the rare changing of the guard where the veteran solidifies his spot in history, but the young guy shows that the sport is in good hands. That was an incredible sporting event.
If you think Mbappe is scary good, you need to check out Haaland. He is a machine.
Unfortunately he is Norwegian, and I highly doubt he will ever play in a WC Final.
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6 minutes ago, Zimbra said:
Post publicly-available flight tracking information. Or post about people posting about publicly-available flight tracking information.
Or post about your love for nazis
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On 12/5/2022 at 12:47 AM, Wee Bey said:
Did Liger and Eaton ever share a ring together? I'm not remembering as such- but it would have been intriguing.
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Austin would have been a bigger heel than Piper. He would have absolutely lived every second of that.
Vince woukd have absolutely put him in a cowboy hat though. He woukd have looked like a bald Black Bart.
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On 11/16/2022 at 6:34 AM, Marcel said:
If I'm reading this right, they're going to pay $780M to build the stadium, but none of that will go to buying the land. They'll pay $4M per year in rent Well, it's not like City Football Group doesn't have the money to do it.
And NYCFC needs to get out of Yankee Stadium. Having to play "home" games at RBA and in Los Angeles is a bad look for the League in general and the club in particular.
I hope that's at least a 30 year lease.
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Another big piece that the NWA is missing from when they were producing some damn good programming is Dave Lagana.
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I'd be asking TBS for a Saturday night spot at 5:05 eastern
The Wall Street Journal Vince McMahon Thread.
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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You'd think WGN would have a tie-in... but that's AWA territory. Maybe Central States?