Hamhock
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1 hour ago, Eivion said:
So damn curious what will finally be the breaking point that forces Rey to accept a match.
I assume it’ll be if Rey’s wife gets threatened/attacked; similar to when Flair wouldn’t fight Undertaker until David (and Arn) got attacked.
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I always liked that scene at the end of All-Japan TV where Misawa and the gang are sitting around eating a meal and laughing as the credits roll; I can’t find it but I know it exists.
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I tried to set an alarm reminder for this, but somehow put myself in a wristlock instead.
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5 hours ago, KinchStalker said:
Ever since Matt told me this the other day I've been imagining Kawada as Fredo. Like he's in the booking meeting when Baba makes him drop the Triple Crown to Kobashi in 98 for his first defense, going "It ain't the way I wanted it! I CAN HANDLE THINGS, I'M voice crack OVER!"
Is Jumbo Sonny in this analogy?
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7 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
Is he suppose to be taking notes? Is he catching up on his reading?
My favorite Boyd Pierce non-reaction is when DiBiase turns heel on JYD. The crowd is in shock, JYD lies unconscious in the ring, and the segment ends with Boyd emotionlessly saying, “so Ted DiBiase is the new North American heavyweight champion; that means we’ll have more action, there’ll be standby matches after this commercial message.”
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1 hour ago, SirSmellingtonofCascadia said:
This is the sort of weird game that Sony of the PS1-PS2 era would put out with the chill music and the general weirdness, and I am here for it.
Yeah -similar in style/vibes with Echochrome on the PS3.
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1 hour ago, Cobra Commander said:
are you familiar with the 'spot' in Rocky II with Apollo in the corner and he almost invites Rocky in, and moves out of the corner to avoid the punch to show how fast he was?
Real-life example from Mayweather/Hatton fight:
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22 minutes ago, odessasteps said:
My favorite meta thing in the Watts Russian stuff is using a sack of grain as a foreign object
Hell yes - "he just knocked Dusty Rhodes out with that 100-pound bag of wheat!" is one of my favorite sneak-attacks.
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8 minutes ago, Mario said:
I’ll take your word for it, but I rewatched the finish a half-hour ago and didn’t really notice much of that. Crowd put heat on Roman (he is a cheating heel, after all) and perked up after KO came out and ran off the Bloodline.
Yeah, absolutely- all of the post-match stuff worked fine. And it could have just been my initial impression in real-time was skewed.
I’m totally fine with Roman retaining/dropping it to Cody - I just think there was a better way to get there last night. Hell, Sammy could have lost clean! Just have him make one little mistake that costs him. Or a tiny amount of chicanery (Sammy gets his foot on the rope; Heyman pushes it off).
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There were moments during the multiple ref bumps/interference where the crowd collectively groaned, and the reaction at the finish was sad silence more than booing; regardless of what anyone would prefer storyline-wise, these are things that should be avoided if you don’t want a half-filled building next time.
I swear there was a tiny moment right after the pinfall where it even felt like Reigns and Heyman (as people, not their characters) knew that it was a bad booking decision.
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For a refresher on all upcoming rules changes, there's this handy page: https://www.mlb.com/rule-changes-2023
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1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
I would not expect anyone to readily recognize the Jack Dempsey getting knocked out of the ring by THE WILD BULL OF THE PAMPAS(!) Luis Firpo painting. That would be unless they were either (1) familiar with Bert Sugar back when he was alive and some of the national boxing writers who were old enough to remember that story or (2) know that Pampero Firpo's name was inspired by Luis Firpo.
I am a huge mark for Jack Dempsey (I read his autobiography when I was 7), and the Bellows painting is one of my favorites, so this was in my wheelhouse.
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1 hour ago, Ultimo Necro said:
Things I’ve never noticed before
Goodfellas
a photo of Ali v Inoki is in the background at least I think that’s what it is
It is almost certainly the George Bellows painting Dempsey and Firpo.
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That’s no cane - that’s Andre the Giant’s femur bone, brother. Andre left it to the Hulkster in his will after his tragic death via bodyslam at Wrestlemania III.
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4 hours ago, Craig H said:
How would you have turned Ted DiBiase face in the 80s in WWF? Would it have been possible.
He buys a well-known toy company and hands out free toys to kids at ringside before matches, shouting his new/updated catchphrase, “Everybody’s got a Fisher-Price!”
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Comcast would be such a fitting owner - they’re also a founding-family-controlled business where the CEO has an outsized portion of voting rights via Class B shares!
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4 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:
Garrett Dylan's name has to come from an NXT name generator
It was deliberate - real name Jody Kristofferson (son of the actor Kris Kristofferson, who was in the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, along with Bob Dylan)
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On 12/1/2022 at 8:04 PM, Cobra Commander said:
Video game idea: a travelling wrestler mission on a car racing game where you have to make the next town without being pulled over as Dick Murdoch throws beer bottles at road signs
My God; I never realized how much a GTA game world could easily be a Territories-era wrestling life game. Missions are constant driving from town to town to make the shows; working your way up the card makes you more money; then at the end of a chapter the promoter finishes you up and you drive off to a newly-unlocked territory on the other side of the country. Evading the police, petty crime side missions, avoiding hostile fans. Set it beginning in 1983 and the background plot is a Vince figure going national and taking over the game map.
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I’m assuming not that many places have/had a 6-man title, so the opportunities are rare. If you allow for multiple companies, Ivan Koloff (WWWF champion, NWA tag and 6-man).
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14 hours ago, nate said:
The thing that always sticks in my brain - and I don't know if this has been mentioned yet - is, if Bret never gets screwed out of the title, Owen is likely still alive today.
Absolutely.
Further down the rabbit-hole of unintended consequences, one could theorize that Bret staying alters the timing of the chain of events that leads to HHH's 1999 push and storyline pairing with Stephanie (which leads to their actual relationship/marriage/kids). -
The way I always thought Bret leaving should have gone was:
Let Bischoff make the announcement that he was jumping to WCW. Since Bret was under contract with the WWF through the December IYH, you have him announce that he’s leaving in a month and taking the world title with him, unless someone can beat him before then. The month becomes a chase, with the entire roster temporarily turning face. And then he loses on the last night to Undertaker; he tries to walk out and the roster blocks him at the top of the aisle; usual stuff like that. Tombstone finishes him, then Taker drops the belt to Michaels at the Rumble in the casket match, and we're back on the same timeline without anyone being double-crossed, quitting, etc.
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2 hours ago, SirSmellingtonofCascadia said:
Whatever. You marks woulda loved @GuerrillaMonsoon's post if Bunkhouse Buck showed up and hit someone with a cowbell in it.
Honky Tonk Man appears as a face-painted alter-ego named The Graceland Honk, spits a mist of chewed-up peanut butter and bananas, and debuts a running version of his finisher “Shining Rattle and Roll”.
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Terrible idea: They rip-off the Wrestlemania 2000's IC/Euro match stips; it's Reigns vs. Cody vs. Sammy in a 2 Falls Triple Threat match with the first fall deciding one title and the second fall deciding the other title. Sammy pins Cody in the first fall; Cody pins Sammy in the second fall. Reigns loses both titles without dropping a fall as Corey Graves screams about the injustice.
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WWE TV - 3/13 - 3/19/2023
in WWE PROGRAMMING
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How I’d book it: