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    FEBRUARY 2021 Discussion of Wrestling

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    1 minute ago, The Natural said:

    Good seeing you, @Yo-Yo's Roomie. Hope you're well, matey.

    Thanks, my friend. I'm doing okay. Hope you are too.

    I really wish Sasha had left WWE during that time. I'm pretty much at the point where I selfishly want all my favourites to leave that company, because I just can't watch them anymore. What really annoyed me is that me quitting WWE seemed to coincide pretty perfectly with Sasha becoming one of the most heavily-featured wrestlers in the company. So, you know, that's about how my luck goes.

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    SOCCER - WINTER 2021

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    17 hours ago, Leonidas said:

    Holy shit. 9 - 0. A record equalling win. I remember lining my teddy bears up in a wall and kicking a plastic inflatable toy ball past them, whilst listening to Manutd beating Ipswich 9 - 0 on my Tomy Wind-Up radio when I was 8 years old. Never thought I'd see it happen again.

    I went to that game. Not a Utd fan, but my dad wanted to take me and my sister to see a big team play, and there were none bigger than them. He picked a memorable one for us.

    Raw is Krusty.gif - 1/25/2021

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

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    40 minutes ago, AxB said:

     

    I was gonna bring that up. Note how her instinct is to make sure she lands on her feet, not giving a fuck about what happens to Sasha.

    I don't know enough about it to know for sure, but it seems like she has terrible instincts.

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    JANUARY 2021 Discussion of Wrestling

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    21 minutes ago, Smelly McUgly said:

    FUCK

    I have Peacock for the EPL.

    I don't want to give these fucks my money.

    Ah, fuck it, I tried. 

    EDIT: And the market recovered and went right back up well into after hours because ROCKETSHIPS AND MONEY PRINTERS, WOOOOOOO

    This is me. I'm not giving up my Premier League.

    I just don't get how these fuckers continue to make so much money.

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    JANUARY 2021 Discussion of Wrestling

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    I continued watching for many years after I stopped enjoying it, and even then it was only really the shitty business practices/moral bankruptcy of the company that got me to stop. What kept me doing it for so long was primarily habit, the fact that the WWF was the promotion that got me into wrestling so it always felt like my 'home' promotion, the hope that it would get better, wanting to support the wrestlers I like/d (of which there are still many) and the fact that my real life wrestling fan friends watched so it was something for us to connect over. Oh, and because I hate myself. Can't forget that one.

    So I do get the hate watching, I get watching even though you know it's bad. It took me a long time to finally say enough is enough.

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    NOV 2020 WRESTLING DISCUSSION

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    It's all relative. Becky was booked like shit until she got herself over to an insane level (and that was because they made the poor booking decision to turn her heel), Bayley was booked like shit forever until they salvaged her by turning her heel, which never should have been a consideration for someone like her, Sasha was booked like shit pretty consistently, but they were happy to rely on her star power and popularity to prop p the division at various times. Alexa and Charlotte are the only two who have been booked like stars pretty much from the off and were never really made to look like shit. And I know people were argue that Charlotte's booking has been bad (and it probably has been but at least she's been booked like a star).

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    Hell in a Cell XII - 10/25/2020

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

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    Orton winning the belt here is like if Bob Backlund had cleanly pinned Shawn Michaels for the belt in 1996, having never left the company since the 70s. And then, if the rumour is true that this is building to Orton/Edge at Mania, that would be like building to a Backlund/Pedro Morales main event at Mania 13.

    The DAD Zone

    in LAND OF CONFUSION

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    3 hours ago, christopher.annino said:

    My ex wife and I are en route to an ER with our suicidal 15yo daughter, due to self harm and emergency intervention, not a result of an attempt. Meanwhile, my current wife is spending her second night at a hospital in Boston with our 2yo son, who developed a new seizure over the weekend. 

    So yeah I'm kinda of a wreck. Yay parenthood?

    I'm sorry to hear all this. I hope things work out okay for you all. 

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    SEPT 2020 WRESTLING DISCUSSION

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    1 hour ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

    I have had legit rehab centers tell me this. Now, benzo withdrawal is different from opiate withdrawal which is different from alcohol. That's pretty common sense. I've only ever suffered from opiate withdrawal and that was bad enough. I don't want to think about benzo or alcohol. But yeah, legit drug counselors have told me "It will be bad but you won't die so that's good, right?" I've never done it under medical supervision, just the "lock myself in the house and pray for death" method or the "try to tough it out at work while being the most miserable human being" method. The physical aspects are bad but like you bring up, the depression is the worst. It feels like a piece is missing and that makes you depressed. You're also depressed because you know you did this to yourself. Add in the thoughts about engaging in some criminal behavior to get a fix and then the feeling like a piece of shit for having those thoughts and it's all just a gross cycle of self-hate that could lead to the ultimate escape plan. It's bad and I would never wish addiction and withdrawal on anyone. I struggle with this stuff daily. On top of the actual drug issues, add in being in my 30s and having made no advancement in my life, seeing friends from high school succeed, seeing people who are way younger than me do well for themselves....life sucks.

    I'm glad I have this place for some escape/peace of mind. This past few months has been really rough for me. I've been considering the s-word multiple times. The day before the shut down my friend had me in their car sitting in front of the mental hospital because I was having a break. I still have those lingering feelings. This was my first full day off with no responsibilities in a while. I've neglected my mental and physical health to the point where after hanging up with my girlfriend of sorts, I put my CPAP mask on and slept for 15 hours straight. I'm still exhausted. For a little mental break and fun I jumped on here, where I've been lurking/occasionally posting since I was like 14. I feel a little better. Thank you to everyone on here. I love you all. This post has gone way too long and I doubt you all will read it but I wanted to get it out. Love this place. Love Ken the Box. Wish we had some more Comix. 

    I'm sorry that you're struggling, man. Know that so many people are struggling too right now. I mean, always, but especially right now. You're not alone. And people care about you and love you. I hope you can find some comfort. Keep posting on the board.

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    Payback VI - 8/30/2020

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

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    8 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

    True but winning the I.C. title then was like being the heavyweight boxing champion in the 2010s.  Yeah, you got a belt but... look around you. 

    Sure, but Heyman probably could have taken him further, but there were injuries and stuff, and losing Kante and Mahrez probably didn't help.

    Payback VI - 8/30/2020

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

    Cesaro and Curtis Axel dislike this. 

    Axel is proof perfect of why Heyman is the best. The guy proved to be a scrub pretty much his whole career, yet Heyman took him to the IC title, one of the most prestigious belts in all of wrestling. That's some Ranieri taking Leicester to the Premiership title shit right there.

    Cesaro, I have nothing for. 

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    AUG 2020 WRESTLING DISCUSSION

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
    Why can't I do that? Why can't I show my personality backstage? Why can't I go in the ring and do what I do? Then I was told, 'Don't look at the people, don't smile, don't do this.' Really? Everything I'm doing, it seems the people are liking it. Why am I getting over and you're telling me to do the opposite? I didn't understand, I had a conversation with Vince and he told me that with Rusev Day, they were just mocking me, they didn't mean it," - Rusev recalled.
    "[Rusev Day] was going on. There was no way the office didn't notice because it was before, after, during the show. It was everywhere. I always felt defeated because what was I doing it for? It was all competition and finally, I got to a point of, 'wow, we're doing something right.' There's no way it wasn't noticed. The first meeting it was, 'they're fucking with you, they don't mean what they're saying.' I respect and I listen because I always want to listen from Vince. He had everybody on his side. In my mind, I knew it wasn't true. They started putting my segments early so the 'Rusev Day' chants would go away. I was not even supposed to be on WrestleMania, the year I lost to Jinder. I was not on TV for three weeks. I'm sitting backstage all night and listening to people chant 'Rusev Day.' I went to one of the writers and I'm like, 'This is not right.' This is the first time I yelled at a writer, and I felt bad. He was like, 'We don't know what to do.' What do you mean you don't know what to do? Just listen. They'll tell you what to do. They're shoving me down and I don't understand why. What am I fighting for? I did everything, right? I went to acting classes, I started working on my body, I did all the extra stuff. I was just defeated. When Vince said the second time, 'they're fucking with you,' I said, 'Vince, we have sold out all of our merchandise.' 'What do you mean?' 'The shirt is sold out.' 'Well, maybe they didn't make enough.' 'They didn't make enough shirts, that's why it's sold out? Not because we're doing good? Really?' Then they didn't know what to do, good guy or bad guy, come on, man.

     Reading shit like this and, and I'm not knocking anyone who still watches for whatever reason, whether out of habit or enjoyment or what, I'm so glad I'm not enabling this shitty company anymore. It's kinda embarrassing to me, again no judgments on anyone else, that with all the scummy shit they've pulled, it was a booking decision that finally got me to wash my hands of them (to elaborate, Hell in a Cell Rollins Vs Bray is when I decided I wasn't going to watch the weekly TV anymore, and just phased down to the ppvs, with a view to stopping completely, and then firing people during the pandemic is when I finally cancelled the network). But I just want wrestling where I don't get made to feel like an idiot for buying into someone. Rusev was one of my favourite guys. The Rusev Day shirt was one of a small handful of wrestling shirts I've ever owned. I remember going to a Smackdown around the time it really got big, and that was the most popular shirt I saw. I remember that Mania when he dropped the fall to Jinder. I remember just laughing and shaking my head, because you can't believe it, but at the same time, of course you can. Just total disdain for the audience, and it finally got to be too much for me. I look at the talent there and, honestly, it just makes me sad that so many of them are wasting away.

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