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I'm extremely pro-World War III and no one will ever, ever change my mind

Another thing, very small to some, but I really hope all the actual physical titles look great. If it were me, I'd call Midwest belts and commission new versions of the winged eagle, IC, and tag with our logo on it smack dab in the middle. They're Reggie Parks' designs, not WWE's. Every promotion has to prey on nostalgia a little bit, right? I think it would a cool way for a promotion with absolutely zero history behind it to accomplish that. WWE fans have been clamoring for their returns for years, this is a tangible way to say "We listen to you, and we hear you" to the old school fan who is maybe a little skeptical of this upstart no one ever heard of. Plus it's a hell of a lot less sad and a shit ton smarter than trotting out old timers looking for a last pay day. Could it be looked at as a little bush league? Sure, I'd def entertain that argument. But I don't remember anyone saying anything about ECW when they did it with their tags and TV title in the 90s (though the designs were used I believe without permission and made by a different guy, I think named Mike Vartanian(sp?) I also really liked it when Billy Corgan had that promotion out of Chicago and they used an updated big gold belt. Edit: found a photo

I truly hope the whole emphasis on wins/losses is not necessarily a formal point system, but more of just the announcers putting the wins over, saying things like "(Midcarder) has won his last three bouts, and surely looks to be in line for a (IC/US/TV) title shot if he can make it past (Upper Midcarder) here tonight" or "(New Main Eventer) is looking to challenge for the World title, but first he'll have to go toe to toe with (Established Main Eventer) to earn that shot" I agree with everyone here who pointed out all the drawbacks to it and Evolve dropping it etc.

TBS I think would actually be a great fit because they show a lot of these competitive video game tournaments on weekend afternoons and overnight, so there might be some crossover there in terms of trying to grab the comicon crowd

Shit, there's an idea, why not give it to Ali? There are two belts now, he doesn't have to main event the thing.

I forgot about those guys. It's a pretty good look for wrestling, to be honest. I'm surprised no one besides Vampiro in LU has ripped off Ghost's whole gimmick yet

It's insane to me there's no bingo-machine number drawing special done on the Network, or even on TV like with those big draft...oh, sorry, Superstar Shakeup episodes. I get it if they want surprises but at least do the top or bottom 5 or 10 as a little tease

Now that WWE has a massive late 90s WCW roster, they need to turn Main Event or Superstars or whatever into a WCW C Show with like Kushida vs Randy Orton being the new La Parka vs Savage or something

I wish Alex Shelley was still wrestling. Time Splitters in WWE would be awesome, as would have been MCMGs. I'm actually surprised there's no interest in Chris Sabin for 205 like another Kendrick veteran type figure.

I have seen a lot of similar, outrageous claims made about various guys recently and I honestly think it's a combination of two things: 1) our beloved wrestling bubble 2) The posters on many other sites/boards/ugh Reddit skew a lot younger than they used to, and are trying to delude themselves into believing that because they missed out on guys jumping back and forth during the 90s

Hadn't seen his response just brought him up coincidentally as the other most genital adjacent indie worker going. But he does probably sum up my feelings best, though your own personal reaction probably does more so

Mobile site is fucking up big time

Oh yeah though how about road dog that's real real disappointing. I think dreamer had a pretty good take honestly

I'm ok with it once but if it becomes like the joey Ryan dick stuff where it's just her whole thing I'm out This is a fucked up story but one time my high School girlfriend threw one at me while I was in the shower during an argument and I really have not ever been the same so I'm real biased Edit I kinda sat here and thought about what wrestling is at heart though and that were all talking about it and that she'll at least make a little dough off it somehow and now I'm more ok with it. The only way I guess that it's a bad move is if HHH/NXT become aware/uncomfortable about it then it probably was dumb buy other than that whatever make your fuckin paper I guess

I didn't realize we had so many players here. I might have to make a sick DVDVR arena for us all to use. Anyone on XB1 here?

Yes -- MyCareer mode spoilers ahead:

Damn that's awesome, I didn't see any local channels on mine (though it's not a huge deal since I get a few of them through DirecTV NOW). Im also glad i can catch Impact on there since they're leaving Pop (the ten day delay doesn't bother me since im usually a couple weeks behind anyway)

Dude I made that picture! I posted it to a message board about championship belts back in 2006 or 2007.

That's so funny man because, again, I was a kid, so my perception was that they were looking at Sting in the rafters or Syxx or Raven in the crowd or you know Scott Norton or Hennig or someone running down the aisle to run interference. So for me, it actually did the polar opposite and added to the whole presentation.

I will never, ever forget this. I was 9 years old and a huge NWO fan-- I knew I was in for a rough day with the WCW/Sting/Luger/DDP loyalists at summer day camp that Tuesday. Macho Man backstage flipping tables and yelling "It was a fluke!!" in the NWO locker room while WCW popped bottles on Luger and Giant cleaned the NWO spray paint off the belt is etched in my memory forever. The greatest, most perfect time in wrestling IMO. I was accidentally smartened up by hanging out on AOL after Montreal about 3 months later so this is just a real precious time for me.

I like Aleister Black for this idea. I think with Undertaker part time and Roman sidelined someone needs that kind of aura. Black could be that guy.

I was watching some old WCW before and it got me wondering what Juvi's been up to. Can anyone recommend some semi-recent matches of his that might be worth tracking down?

Thanks pal same to you

Same. Part of why I got the package I did was so I could DVR Impact on Pop so now im pissed.