clintthecrippler
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Any of you that are comedy fans are sleeping on that new Comedy Central show, Review. Very stoked to see Andy Daly finally have a starring vehicle, and he frigging goes for it. It's a very dark and sometimes morbid show, but oh man, it mines so much laughter and goodness out of those dark places, with last night's episode being an insane half-hour of making me cringe and then the cringing descending into damn-near uncontrollable giggling and laughter.
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From WWE Old School - Toronto 11/10/85:
You know what's PRO WRESTLING, MOTHERFUCKERS? A dude in a wheelchair wheeling himself up to the front row to yell at the ref to let him know that Nikolai Volkoff pulled Dino Bravo's hair to take him down in the headlock.
Second favorite crowd reaction from the old days I've seen so far on WWE Old School, next to this:
Superstar Billy Graham vs Bruno Sammartino's Hairpiece: yeah, this match was SLIGHTLY over. This was back when they used cops for ring security and you could see them say "screw the crowd, I'm watching the match." Finish is a double DQ, which leads to one fan in the front row absolutely losing his mind over it, jumping around yelling "BULLSHIT!" I want all of my wrestling like this.
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"Little Hulksters...check those popcorn boxes you got during intermission. He may have put napalm in there! Check under your seats, there could be a land mine or something laying there!"
An actual quote from Hulk Hogan hyping his "Desert Storm Match" later in the night against Sgt. Slaughter.
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I know matches from the Tokyo Dome shows they did with Super World Sports in 91/92 have ended up on DVD sets, but I'm wondering if they have any of the other random WWF/SWS tour shows they have in their collection, like the show that had the really random tag team of Shawn Michaels and The Berzerker.
Also curious if they have the entire WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit show in their vault, or just the matches that had WWF guys in it.
Would love to see that stuff pop up randomly at some point, if only to have an HQ version of the Earthquake-Kitao breakdown.
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WWE Old School: MSG 6/3/91:
Bret Hart vs The Barbarian - main storyline is that because Bobby The Brain Heenan is working commentary booth on this evening, he is allowing his protege The Barbarian to be managed for one night only by Mr. Fuji. Fuji attempts interference that backfires and causes Bret Hart to get the victory. Heenan gets upset and confronts Fuji, and then spends his commentary time on the entire next match (Jimmy Snuka vs. Bob Bradley in an extended squash) cutting an amazing, albeit racist, promo on Fuji.
And the show is headlined by a pretty great Hulk Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter "Desert Storm Match". Basically the same as Slaughter's "Boot Camp" matches of years prior, No DQ and loser must surrender. Hogan gets early advantage and busts Slaughter wide open. Slaughter eventually gets the advantage on his side, but is unable to capitalize on attempts to put the match away due to his blood loss from earlier, some awesome storytelling there. Ironically, Hogan ends up winning with the camel clutch, which I believe was the same finish as the "Desert Storm Match" they had at Royal Albert Hall that's on the Hulk Hogan: Unreleased Collection DVD set. After the match, a kid dressed in fatigues jumps the rails and celebrates with Hogan, and I am now left wondering which shitty ticket seller wrestler that kid became on Frank Goodman's USA Pro shows of the late '90s. I'm gonna make a completely uneducated guess and say it's Skinhead Ivan.
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TNA would be a waste of bandwidth that could go to something more worthy like Juggalo Championship Wrestling
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Wouldn't that be, "Do a number TWO on him?"
It was Gorilla pulling a double entendre with the "Do a number on him" phrase, that was a phrase he would use a lot when one wrestler was getting a clear upper advantage on his opponent during a match.
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What match is that Sasuke somersault into the exploding cage from? I feel like I've seen clips from that match elsewhere, but can't place seeing the actual match. It looked like it might be a fun M-Pro six-man in the exploding cage setup. Is that accurate for the match itself?
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Yep, on the Roku 2 and having the same issues with Old School Vault content not updating on the menu. I can still find it on the schedule and watch on demand through that route, but still kind of annoying that I have to dig for the Boston Garden shows that got added this week.
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From the MSG 10/22/84 episode of WWE Old School:
Sgt. Slaughter stares down his opponent for the evening, Nikolai Volkoff. Sgt. Slaughter then pantomimes picking up Volkolff, bodyslamming him, and then dropping his drawers to take a dump on him.
Gorilla Monsoon's call: "Sgt. Slaughter just motioned that he's going to pick up Volkoff, slam him, and do a number on him!"
The World Wrestling Federation truly is the recognized leader in Sports Entertainment.
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Any updates on how things are going with the Roku version of the App? I am watching on my computer and occasionally on my phone, but really want to kick back in my lounger in my living room and watch on the big screen. The only smart device I have is a Blu-Ray Player, which this isn't on yet, and I don't play video games enough to warrant getting a video game system. Was looking at the Roku LT as an affordable device to spend a little cash on so I can finally kick back and watch everything on the big screen.
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Disgusting what kind of risks these idiots are taking.
You're just a massive Care Lord aren't you?
Isn't that pretty much how Randy Savage was doing his elbow towards the end of his career?
Hell no. Savage would just protect his legs by landing with all of his weight on his elbow and upper-body and crush his opponent's lungs.
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Not sure if this is the direct link to getting GQ Money a full-time gig for WWE, but for a few years in a row he worked with the production company here in L.A. that made the Smackdown vs RAW video games, coordinating the recording of crowd noise for each of the games. One year I got to participate in the recording. He basically played director for the morning, guiding us along on the chants and directing us on levels, speed, etc. They had us record in the same room that they had the ring set up to record motion capture, so I think he may have been involved with that too.
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Maybe Hart, Nash, and Heyman can debate who is hotter, Emma or Paige.
Oh man, the day they figure out that they can fill hours of WWE Network programming with Foley and Bret debating which Diva is "the best wrestler in the company" is possibly going to be the death knell for the whole venture in one fell swoop.
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Also, apparently someone already cobbled together a wiki of TNA stupidity
My God, it makes even the CZW Follies timeline look like George Scott-booked Mid-Atlantic by comparison:
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They announced Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, and Paul Heyman as the preshow panel for the NXT live show, which could end up being awesome for all the wrong reasons.
Man, I can't wait to see Kevin Nash bury the majority of NXT roster before the audience is supposed to sit down and care about them for the next two hours.
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Fuck Meatballs. I fucking hate Meatballs. Fucking sucks. There is no conflict. Meatballs is shit.
Meatballs is awesome, simply for being quite possibly the greatest one-man comedic carry job of a movie in history. I agree that it's not a good movie, but goddamn is Bill Murray just the movie equivalent of "Ric Flair wrestling a broomstick" in that flick, and I still try to watch it every year when summer begins.
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Holy fuck. Brutus Beefcake as "Dizzy Hogan" in Portland stammering on like an idiot talking nervously how much he likes to play with "his brother Hulk's" money and count it sometimes.
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Saw The Lego Movie tonight. Yeah, it was pretty spectacular. It's been a long time since I've smiled that much while watching a movie. It has the the same level and combination of charm, fun, and heart that the best Pixar movies have.
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I don't generally mark out for moves, but when I do, it is springboard shooting star presses to the floor. The wrestlers having to take their eyes off the ground/the opponent while trying to do an accurate backwards flip generally makes them miss their mark, as Mistico shows since he over-shoots his opponent and the mats and lands chest/face first on the floor. Eh, he was fine. Absolutely no idea how, but he was fine.
Oh, yeah, the old Shooting Star Press to the outside. That always works out fine.
UGH. Will never forget the sound of Mark Briscoe's head smacking the concrete floor of the Michigan State Fairgrounds after he wiped out and didn't rotate enough after he tried a "no-hands" springboard shooting star at ROH All Star Extravaganza III. It was scary watching him get stretchered out after that. I'll be okay if I never hear a sound like that again at a live wrestling event I attend.
But on the positive side, good to see my favorite Michael McGillicuddy/Curtis Axel match ever get a shoutout. The Sheamus match from this past Monday doesn't hold a candle to their Saturday Morning Slam encounter. That may actually be high in my favorite comedy matches ever list.
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Sad to see JBL's cameo not get the love it deserves. Him immediately going back to the desk after being eliminated talking excitedly about how awesome the Rumble is, how anything can happen, and going straight into shilling for the impressive performances like NOTHING happened was fantastic.
That, and the sarcastic Pittsburgh crowd giving him a "You Still Got It!" chant was nice too.
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Anyone know what match this is from? And who is the guy in the Jets helmet?
I love that in the "bunkhouse battle royal/come in your street clothes" match that Dangerous Danny Davis wrestled in his old bowtie/dress shirt referee getup. That is a pretty spectacular kayfabe gimmick right there.
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Gary was definitely the most EVIL wrestling manager of all time.
The difference between Bobby and Gary is, Bobby would just keep finding guys to come at you. Gary would poison your home town's water supply just for fun.
I always loved that aspect to Gary Hart. In the '80s whenever a manager had foreign wrestlers under his belt, it would usually be someone doing an "anti-USA" gimmick or playing that up for his wrestlers.
But with Gary Hart, his character came off more as one of those sleazy dudes that came across these mercenaries while protecting his "business interests" in all of these far away nations like Singapore and Sudan. I always imagined that he hired Kabuki after murdering a rival international arms smuggler or something.
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It was the near-simultaneous release of Hulk Still Rules and the first two seasons of Mr. Show that finally convinced me to go ahead and buy one. That was an incredibly unproductive weekend.
2014 MOVIE OMNIBUS THREAD
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Back from a screening of Cheap Thrills at Cinefamily. Well-done and very dark psychological thriller. Performances are great, and David Koechner may have started a second career path as creepy guy in dark thrillers and horror movies. Truth be told, a very uncomfortable flick at times that goes to some very uncomfortable places, but if that's your thing this is well worth checking out. Here's the red band trailer for your perusal: