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Sick Nick Mondo vs John Zandig, I love that the famous off the rooftop spot isn’t the finish. Lol awesome.
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1 hour ago, odessasteps said:
Do you mean a realistic sounding name? Because Buddy’s real name is Herman Rohde.
not dissimilar to JC’s name test about choosing a champion.
He never looked at their driver’s license
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I guess my comment on JBL’s rebrand wasn’t meant to imply change of character or anything overly positive OR negative. More so he was someone I only read bad things about for decades and now that he is on a show with his friend/ mentor and willing to talk publicly about the industry and opinions, it’s much more mixed and seeing the human behind the stories.
Mixed bag, like a lot of wrestlers. Reminds me of stories of Danielson with how big of a teaser he was and loving to get in. The difference being that Danielson being small and Bradshaw being both intimidatingly large and backstage politics of having a roll in things like the wrestler’s court. On the show when he is teasing people, you can tell when the guest bows how to either roll with it and joke back or is uncomfortable and awkward. One guest the author sent his book beforehand and it got lost in the mail or delayed and hasn’t arrived yet, JBL kept bringing it up to joke with the guy and sadly he was too awkward to roll with it and would stammer not knowing how to stop getting his points detained by it. It works when Gerry and John are completely playing dumb while mocking a super pompous guest (I have an episode in mind but for the life of me I cannot remember the legend’s name, he wrote press releases now or something). That’s not to make light of the locker room bullying stories. Him soaping up Edge’s butt in a shower to rub him to see if he jokes back is objectively weird. Also, Blue Meanie didn’t need to be beat up, even if he has said he was wrong afterwards. Still comes across like the dude needed to calm down more. With all the stories in newsletter, JBL loved them because he was a heel and watched the smart fans to hate him even if they were true or false.
In conversations, he comes across as a disciple of Vince that tries to ride the line between how great he is and ~if the allegations are true he had no idea and that’s bad, but hot dog what a good guy to me. Also, with him filling in for Bruce I feel Conrad phrases things to get his ideology across. The Trump parade was brought up as the criticisms were against supporting the troops and do you support the troops? Of course you’re going to get a lazy patriotic rant. There is times they are both goofs and I turn it off.
The libertarian comments are probably right about him. He gets mad about racism and there are times I’m surprised by him because I had incorrect preconceived notions for years of only reading the bad.
Take all that for what it is. I really like his show with Brisco but can produce meh episodes at times.
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6 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
Meltzer is saying the original plan was for Toni Storm and Mariah May to take their feud all the way to 'All In' and Mercedes was going to lose her first match to Athena to setup a rematch between the two also at 'All In'. Once they learned that Mariah wasn't going to sign they pivoted to Mercedes and Toni.
As an Athenian I am bummed. Toni Storm is still awesome though.
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2 hours ago, Matt D said:
Coincidentally I finished the first part yesterday and yes, it’s very good so far. Richards is able to survive Brisco better than most guests.
It helps that he’s been on a few times before and is very much a monologue speaker with clear notes on the order he wants to cover and even in order.
I like Brisco’s mumbling rambles because he reminds me of a few of the elderly people that were in my life and sadly no longer are. Plus, they often add needed perspective when it isn’t just teasing. But it often is just teasing.
14 hours ago, Log said:I should check that out. I’ve heard bits and pieces on Barnett’s involvement with University of Kentucky football, but I’d imagine they get into it more.
Pretty crazy and I knew nothing about it. Especially Rock Hudson’s involvement. It is creepy and interesting especially with the Diddy trial going on.
I will say, with it being 4 long parts, they don’t just go over that. Barnett was tied into a lot of businesses and that leads into discussions on different time periods in wrestling. I learned a lot.
52 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:The scandal hits right at the end of the first episode.
Brisco doesn't say a lot, but yeah he's old and rambles a bit. John is about as least irritating as he's ever been. Though, a known hazer and bully yelling about high school athletes being abused is kind of... well, you know.
the JBL rebrand has made this an interesting timeline
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5 hours ago, NoFistsJustFlips said:
Everyone has their preferences but I think old school battle royals like that are mostly phased out these days. Probably because its 20 minutes of punching and kicking. Or at least the first 15. Not much room to bump or hit any moves with 30 people in the ring.
Everyone loves The Rumble, but how many people love The Andre Battle Royal ya know?
They need to pull a WrestleMania 2 and have a bunch of big linebackers in their too. I don’t mind awkward when beefy dudes are having fun.
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Fun note that I’m either over-romanticizing or contextualizing:
SpoilerIn one of my favorite matches before this, Kawada vs Kobashi at Champion Carnival 95, it ends with a 60-minute time limit draw with Kenta Kobashi crawling away at the very end to not get pinned. Then in June, Kobashi is now crawling to save his hero, Misawa. Kawada finally gets the pin on Misawa and revenge on Kobashi for escaping the finisher.
I love how these matches tie together.
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Brisco & Bradshaw have a four part interview series with Tony Richards about Jim Barnett and the dealings and scandals around him and it’s absolutely riveting.
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Heaven got even more hardcore
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*runs, jumps off chair, lands on top rope, wobbles, flies into the crowd
Fuck yeah.
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Derp. Shameful plug: I’ve started an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for my next film, THE CONVULSIVE BEAUTY OF DESIRE. Feel free to also give me $325 million.
SpoilerOverview
THE CONVULSIVE BEAUTY OF DESIRE is an experimental short film by The Octopus - David Matthew Johnson with cinematography by independent filmmaker Ryan Anderson. This will be their 9th official collaboration, having previously worked in various capacities together on Ode to the Whale of Christ, The Sublime Hubris, The Ballad of Cheap Burgundy, Sisyphus & The Abraham, The Sixth Film of The Octopus; Filth, and other projects soon to be on the festival circuit.
THE CONVULSIVE BEAUTY OF DESIRE is a film where a man attempts to live his day to day existence, but is regularly distracted by another version of himself doing the same tasks. The fixated self-watching becomes more obsessive and intense as the man is unable to replicate himself’s actions and appearance.
… there will also be balloons …
THE CONVULSIVE BEAUTY OF DESIRE is the latest work of The Octopus - David Matthew Johnson.
The film is loosely inspired by Lacanian Psychoanalysis in regards to the concepts of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. This will be shot through the meditative and methodical pacing seen in films by David Matthew Johnson, yet in a much more abstract presentation compared to his previous films. The majority of this film will be shot with a void-like infinity background, instead of The Octopus’s traditional use of allegorical realism of living room and household settings.
“[David Matthew Johnson’s] drastically minimal yet passionately and often unnervingly human filmmaking marks him as a hauntingly personal outsider auteur.” - CineSalon
Filmmaker’s Personal Statement:
David Matthew Johnson: THE CONVULSIVE BEAUTY OF DESIRE is a pivotal film project I am extremely excited to start shooting. This film will require me to step outside of my comfort zone of how I direct films, while still maintaining my voice as a filmmaker. I will be stripping away the visual signatures of my previous films, while still managing to capture the same style of pacing, themes, tone, and imagination that defines me as an artist. By the time this film is finished, depending on festival selections and the future screenings of other projects, this will likely be my 10th film. This is a large project and to quote Glorilla, “they say shooters shoot.” I hope you will join Ryan and I as we work on this project. If you cannot financially support, we of course understand, and just ask you share this page with your arthouse cinema-loving friends. We also take high fives (or high tentacles).
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The new Playboi Carti album is good.
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1 hour ago, twiztor said:
Octopus = Natural confirmed
It’s like my grandma always said “You can’t spell ‘Thus … Cantaloupes Riot’ without ‘ @The Natural is … Octopus’
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Am I just a Danielson mark? I have this unquenchable thirst for Dragon that has not been met since his retirement. All food tastes like plain oatmeal now. Colors have less vibrancy. Music sounds like a monotone audiobook of an out of date printer. A cool breeze feels like a cavalcade of shirt tags slightly sticking out across my body. Have I said the color thing yet? Like bright yellow is like looking at a picture of Big Bird’s face on the computer with the display settings to the darkest option. I know he's smiling, but the twinkle in his eyes isn’t visible.
I just don’t know anymore.
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On 3/6/2025 at 2:36 PM, The Natural said:
Thanks everyone. Means a lot. Can't believe I made 40 with the Cerebral Palsy and the mental health issues, the suicidal thoughts. I've had a good un considering I'm not well with a chest infection needing two courses of antibiotics. Thanks again xxx.
A week late on my end! But I gotta say happy bday to a great person. Love you and hope you’re doing well, friend.
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Thanks guys! Got up early to sign Lil Octopus up for preschool for the school year right when registration opened. Got him in! It’s a nicer facility and will surprisingly save us a lot of money too. Win-win! Took the day and tomorrow off because I have vacation time. Going to edit and relax.
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I miss Kingston
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What’s the over-under for what month the Brock return will be?
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I’ve been calling Edge “Cope” since he’s been in AEW. Now that I’m being told to I don’t really want to anymore.
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shout out to a kind friend, @Gordi the recovering AEW f. Here’s to another year of navel gazing and great posts.
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38 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbzqy2jGAcM&ab_channel=NoGleamingLight
NME you say?
(I'm actually enjoying this record for maybe the first time ever. It is such trashy Venom worship that doesn't care at all about how dumb and repetitive it is.)
Dumb and repetitive is my middle name!
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2 minutes ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said:
Now let's get on that whole "Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale should be given the world" point. Especially if Statlander's an alien again. FORFEIT THE WORLD TO THE ALIEN AND HER FRIEND ALREADY
Maybe add an Intergalactic Women’s Title
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8 minutes ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said:
Breaks are totally fine. I take them regularly. If anything, my post about not paying attention to people whose opinions you aren't in favor of would be advocating for breaks.
What bothers me is the thought that anything critical of a product - any product, really - is "too negative". If you'll recall, I've also posted that disagreeing with someone's opinion does not make the person who posted the opinion you disagree with a troll (oddly enough, that also involved me defending Natural. What's up with people attacking Natural these last few months?). Not all criticism is automatically in bad faith, especially when most people on this board tend to analyze their wrestling rather than sit back and give it the MST3K Mantra, and if it's getting that bad for you that you literally cannot hear anything critical of a product you like without taking a triple jump-esque leap into "it's all in bad faith", then you probably should step away if you don't want to block the people making the argument.
Just to clarify, that is not a you as in Octopus you, that is a general you as in all of you. Like what you like, just don't be a jerk to others for not agreeing.
Agreed.
I like Penta’s taunting and my best internet friend hates Penta’s taunting. We tease each other about that a lot. My comment was about the general level of hate we see on social media. Less about armbars and more personal about wrestlers and their spouses.
We were both passionate and talking about parallel things and I misinterpreted. Thanks for the clarification.
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More importantly, @The Natural is great.
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Pro Wrestling Podcasts - 2025
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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Way of the Blade pod has been really fun with their current Canonical project. Starting with different Death Match companies/ areas and it sounds like it’ll go into other forms of wrestling. I listened out of order and still enjoyed it. Highly recommend and it’s my favorite pod to look forward to now.