Zakk_Sabbath
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5 minutes ago, hammerva said:
I understand that it will get "great heat" but if Tony thinks that having the Bucks win the tag titles in Sting's last match IN GREENSBORO is a good idea then he really is losing it.
I wouldn't mind Sting retiring as a champion at all, but I don't understand why you think it's a bad idea - is it that it's the Bucks? Not busting chops, if you don't dig those guys it's fine, just legit asking
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1 hour ago, Craig H said:
Can you imagine if Sting’s one son, the taller and more muscular of the two, the one who looks the most like Sting, were also a wrestler with his dad’s same charisma and ability? He’d be the biggest draw in the country. Dude is an absolute unit. It’s crazy. He’s like a fucking action figure.
I had the thought too and was debating on posting it because I didn't wanna come off like one of those nutcases trying to bully Christopher Reeve's kid into playing Superman even though the guy's like a journalist with ABC and has zero interest in acting
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1 hour ago, Technico Support said:
If Vince coerced Grant to meet Lesnar in another state for his gross approach to “contract negotiations,” I believe that qualifies as well.
I was wondering if Vince's transmitting the materials electronically would somehow loosely qualify under any of these new revenge porn statues
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I don't remember that part of the movie
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2 minutes ago, hammerva said:
Do you think Big Johnny is so delusional that he thinks ratting out Vince is his best way to get back in the company?
No way. Panic move to save his own ass, like any rat.
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2 minutes ago, Technico Support said:
I wish Kamille would change her name. I know it's an old reference, but all I hear is Eddie imitating Cosby: "MY WIFE CAAAAAMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIILLLLLLE"
Yo same except I hear Kenan doing Cosby, and not actual Cosby
Edit: Enjoy @InfinitI think you picked a good one (and I mean it this week, dammit)
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13 minutes ago, MKERyan said:
On one hand, the last fucking thing this company needs is more belts, but, I certainly would give a lot of the women more to do (in theory). Plus they’ve got a lot of them quasi-paired up already anyway.
Stat/Willow, Saraya/Ruby, Julia/Skye, Tay/Jay, Britt/Hayter, Mercedes/Diamanté, Athena/Billie, Nyla/Marina, etc. Throw in some combo of Shida/Riho/Emi or Red Velvet/Kiera/Leila Grey. Have a monster heel team with Megan Bayne/Kamille if they bring her in. They’ve certainly got plenty of options.
Holy shit, I want that Bayne/Kamille team so badly now. Nyla/Marina and those two clubberin' in the finals, please.
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6 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
I think if AEW (or WWE) ever asked the Yankees to use the stadium anytime outside of maybe January, I think one of the Steinbrenners would shoot an executive in the face.
They hosted a show there in September 2011 with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax - late season rather than early, but worth mentioning (it was also f'n awesome, I might add).
I'm not 100% sure if it's just for concessions or for everything, but I feel like I recall reading years ago that the Yanks were somehow in bed with the Cowboys as far as whoever runs their stadiums - I have to look into that further, but i mention it just to say that it may not even be a 'team' call at this point.
George would've shot 'em, but I think Hank might at least ask what the payday is first.
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8 minutes ago, Coletti said:
Fuck TD and fuck Fleet, always gonna be the Boston Garden to me!
Haha it was more about their poor business practices than the corporate naming rights BS, but I will fully agree here - plus, my old man is a Laker fan anyway, so we always just called it "that shit hole" in our house
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Just now, GuerrillaMonsoon said:
I saw a post on social media with 50k likes advocating for Rock/Roman to be Fingerpoke of Doom II.
And it's such an absurdly bad idea I almost want to see it now.
Shit, I'll second that. The next week's "It took 25 years, but I told you so" pod from Nash would be a fun listen.
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17 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
(I'm not a football fan.)
All you really gotta know is this: it was such a bullshit call that I almost joined your ranks
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2 minutes ago, HarryArchieGus said:
I'm sure it does go deep in their history, I just know from sitting across from him hearing him argue 'the backstage skits saved WWE' that he was very into that style of TV.
I could maybe see an argument for saying that about some of the Bruce Pritchard, or Bruce-style anyway, remote segments - things like Big Show's dad's funeral, the DX 'invasion' at the Scope, Crash Holly's HC title stuff, Chyna and Eddy going to dinner or whatever - I know he worked at TNA for a spell, no idea if there's any overlap- but anything in like, the fake beige office with the ficuses in the corner, and 2K posters on the wall?? Blegh. Could not disagree harder.
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Having not been a regular TNA viewer in quite some time, I appreciate the insight @HarryArchieGus - I had assumed all that WWE-lite stuff you mentioned was a philosophy picked up during the Bischoff/Hogan era that they never quite shed, so I was a bit surprised to read that.
Edit: Actually, I should add- there was one instance pretty recently where I caught Impact, and the segment was centered around Zack Ryder and his guys doing a sort of Jericho-esque 'Sports Entertainer' deal, calling themselves WTF (World Titan Federation, naturally) - I actually thought shooting it WWE-style the way they did was part of the bit
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1 hour ago, JLowe said:
The Boston show was spoiled by a ticket sale announcement.
I just saw this as well - Fenway would've made sense for a 'huge' announcement given that it would be a hypothetical stadium show, but I don't see this Fleet Center (fuck you TD) show being the announcement unless it's somehow made clear it's for Mercedes (e.g. 'The First Dance' and accompanying Darby 'Even if you're the best in the world' promo). Otherwise, it's just kinda... not that big a deal? I mean, they just ran Blood and Guts in that building not too long ago (which drew like 9K people, pretty damn good considering how many floor seats were eliminated by the two ring set up) it's not like they're debuting in the building/area.
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12 minutes ago, Godfrey said:
My feel good moment would be Starks pinning Sting clean since it may be the last time the legend can put over an up and coming talent
Love Ricky and don't disagree, but IMO this depends entirely on whether he's WWE-bound or not. The last thing I would want to do if I were AEW is have him get that rub and then turn around and immediately take it to the competition's TV
Edit: Thinking further, I guess that the Bucks are actually a pretty good choice in that 'Verne putting the title on himself because everyone else is leaving for JCP/WWF' way, being that they're EVPs.
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7 minutes ago, Infinit said:
Anthem fired Scott D'Amore from TNA. Which is pretty shocking to me...I thought he was doing a pretty great job.
Wow, that is kinda shocking. I'd heard nothing but good things thru the grapevine about their recent FA signings - maybe they were unhappy with the rebrand back to TNA, or something? Hopefully nothing, uh, untoward.
With Callis having been gone for a while, I'm very curious who's gonna end up running the show there. I think there's definitely a market/appetite for a third national show on the level of an ECW or AWA but it really seems like anyone in contention keeps going one step forward, two back.
Edit: Thanks @Kangyou caught me while I was typing
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20 minutes ago, HarryArchieGus said:
they ever get women’s tag straps she’d be a great fit with a less charismatic but better worker. I
I was all ready to shout "Serena Deeb!" to anyone who would listen, but after her great comeback promo on Collision the other week, I'm not even sure she should be saddled with the "less charismatic" designation anymore - perhaps less charismatic than Britt herself, but very, very few in the division can match her on the mic anyway IMO.
Overall, I enjoy Baker, and look forward to her coming back refreshed - not dumping on anyone, but some of that Outcasts stuff really didn't do her or anyone involved any favors (One could argue it was necessary to get to 'Timeless Toni' but candidly, I wasn't really into the ride).
I seem to recall Britt doing a lot of posturing on social media trying to make a Purazzo match happen when she was TNA champion and the 'Forbidden Door' was first opened - maybe that's where we're eventually heading
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8 minutes ago, Matt D said:
Rated R FTR is always on the table too.
Gooood call - and the nice thing there is that you've already got the FTR/Garcia alliance in place, so if they DID end up wanting to go with Garcia/Christian for the title as you mentioned in your post, there's your path right there
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10 minutes ago, AxB said:
Yes they did. They just did it a lot later than we wanted them to.
With the Britt(sburgh) talk, now's a good time for my annual reminder that Jesse James caught that ball
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Not being funny or hanging on anyone, but where the hell is this Mercedes/Boston rumor coming from?? I must be way outta the loop - I've been thinking all week it's either gonna be a MAX deal or Okada based on the phrasing of "Huge" announcement, which I THINK is the largest possible on the Coach Tony scale ('We'll hear from' -> 'Major' -> 'Blockbuster' -> 'Huge').
Edit: Actually, if that ends up being it, maybe that should be the title of the show: AEW Left Field
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14 hours ago, Matt D said:
You could have Copeland come out for his promo on Saturday, start to lean towards being in contention for the TNT title and then do an Ospreay video challenge and run Garcia vs Christian at the PPV. But yeah they'd have to deal with it somehow.
I base this on absolutely nothing but a random trios from months ago, but my gut feeling is that we start seeing Darby team with Edge more regularly once Sting hangs it up - with that, I could see a path to keeping the Christian/Edge issue intact, but contemporaneously pivoting the TNT title to Darby and having him rekindle the Nick Wayne issue - there's also lots of nice tag/trios combinations you could do in a parallel build/singular story that ends with Edge/Christian and Darby/Wayne as singles matches, as opposed to one big tag match.
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20 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
After the atrocity of the first one, I think any thought of revisiting it was nonexistent. The lack of forethought into that thing was mindboggling.
For example, the amount of lower body injuries in the tournament cause these dudes aren't actual boxers save for Mero who was like probably a decade or more removed from amateur boxing or training anything boxing so he essentially sucked like the other dudes. So if you're off balance or don't particularly move with any grace like most real boxers would, falling involuntarily backwards or forwards is probably going to lead to a pretty serious and significant injury that puts you out several months in addition to any traumatic brain injury. Doesn't help that all those dudes are giants so it's their own body weight coming down on them. So if none of the movements you make are natural, a torn hamstring, blown out knee, or maybe a nasty ankle break ala Ezra Sellers vs. John McClain is definitely on the table.
This is also probably stating the obvious, but even with those hard-ass pre '98 rings, there's still a bit more give under the feet with the added padding as opposed to a boxing ring. When I read this, I immediately thought of Foley's first book where he said there were a few blown knees and ankles when they eventually made it a bit softer that year
11 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:PIX11 has been playing Seinfeld re-runs for quite a long time as well.
Tri-state area bedtime pro tip: at some point, the CW affiliate in CT skipped an airing or shuffled some things around, so if you're tired of whatever episode is on channel 11, there are always two different ones on at the same time on channel 20
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11 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said:
Floral Pattern Shirt got over big with me after seeing that video. Everyone else is in some sort of workout or sparring gear and she just rolls up in a shirt and regular pants and throws hammer fists at her opponent while the ref considers maybe stepping in at some point.
Yo seconded!! That was like, some early proto-MMA ground 'n' pound by her.
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9 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:
could add some questions on her favorite Civil War battles to reenact
I think the whole "I never expected something like this" cliche that pops up after someone is arrested for awful crimes has gone out of style lately but that's sorta what's happening here with the old workers and this Vince situation.
This is the reason that I'm trying to give a bit of grace to your Nashes and Foleys saying things like "I mean, I wasn't there..." or "I don't know all the facts." The entire situation has got to be hard to reconcile for any performer who was part of the machine at the level they were. I think Dolfan was on the money when he used the phrase "bite the hand that feeds" - if you take someone like Nash, who went from bouncing at nipple clubs to main eventing the Garden, or Foley, who grew up in NY with Vince calling matches, I can see the idea of hesitancy or resistance to admitting to one's self "A violent rapist enabled me to buy this house and send my kids to this really good school" or whatever it is - for others it may be a movie career, for some it could be like "I get to charge $5 more for an 8x10 since I was on WWE TV"
Edit: This is all, of course, setting aside the ingrained "One more run" or "Defend the business" aspects we discussed pages back
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AEW TV - 2/7 - 2/13/2024 - First Come, First Swerved
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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Dude, that shit cracked me up. I put it up there with the Macho-to-Hogan "reviving" elbow drop at whatever WWIII that was (except intentionally hilarious)