ExcellenceofAirPollution Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 I'm late to the Vince McMahon mustache party and it's slightly less important than the Endeavor news but he looks like a ferret and I can't unsee it I think it's the dyed eyebrows and the beady little eyes 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Bayley tweeted something about love stories coming to an end and signed it off by saying Bye. So perhaps her WWE contract is up and she's off with Mercedes to fight Superstars from NJPW. Just think of the classics we could see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Now that I thought about it, between Lacey Evans and last week Holly Holm using ESPN as a forum after her fight basically to discuss why we need to "protect our children", I think WWE and UFC are basically as kissing cousins as you can get. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Text to video ai out there now, in about 3 years it will be more realistic. Imagine the new fake wrestling matches, like Andre vs SCSA or Okada vs Rikidōzan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I'd joke about Muta wearing a Squid Game mask but he's probably been using that for awhile and it's better than the Ultimate Warrior busting out a paint mask and then dying the next day Somehow the AI generated matches will end up like the video game matches that plague some YouTube results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: I'd joke about Muta wearing a Squid Game mask but he's probably been using that for awhile and it's better than the Ultimate Warrior busting out a paint mask and then dying the next day Somehow the AI generated matches will end up like the video game matches that plague some YouTube results. Or like click bait like a Best Boxing KOs of all time with a terrible Photoshop of 1986 Mike Tyson doing a faceoff in the ring with 2003 Bob Sapp that has like 10 million views. Come on...we all know Sapp Time would have knocked Mike's ass out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 13 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: the WWE has enough womens wrestlers and other assorted women that they could do a lumberjack match where the lumberjacks are women with chanclas ready to hit wrestlers until they get back in the ring it might technically be appropriation if too many of the lumberjacks are white chicks that can't pass as Hispanic to someone not familiar with the product (for example, if you never heard her speak, you might think "Rhea Ripley's a Latina? right"... it's not like how some people thought Batista was Hispanic due to his name when he's Greek/Filipino) *lumberjill also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 11 hours ago, AxB said: Bayley tweeted something about love stories coming to an end and signed it off by saying Bye. So perhaps her WWE contract is up and she's off with Mercedes to fight Superstars from NJPW. Just think of the classics we could see. Well I read she’d been posting about the WrestleMania match either being a love story or a romance novel (sorry I can’t remember which). Plus if her deal was up it seems like one of the dirt sheet crew would have reported on it like they did with Drew on Saturday (and yes I know his deal isn’t actually up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 When Snoop showed up, I wondered if Mercedes might show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 GYV should have won the NXT Tag Team Titles and a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, The Natural said: GYV should have won the NXT Tag Team Titles and a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic also. Holy shit I had no idea they got such wild name changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I deadass thought that was Baron Corbin and Alex Reynolds 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Off the back of this weekend I’m going to make an observation, and I’m just curious if people agree. And I’m leaving CodyGate out of it because that’s enough talk on that Observation is that Tony Khan is the best week to week matchmaker / booker in the US, and Triple H is the best quarter to quarter booker in the US. Like I’d rather watch Dynamite over Raw and SD every single week and not think twice, but objectively the WWE under HHH has stronger and more well established champions across the board (with OC vs Theory being the one exception) and a much tighter long term narrative. Both do very well with their PPVs. But I feel like WWE kind of sucks week to week and AEW is a mess long term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I can't wait to find this out: What is CodyGate referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 minute ago, SirSmUgly said: I can't wait to find this out: What is CodyGate referring to? Presumably people pitching a fit about the result of a single match in a vacuum. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said: I can't wait to find this out: What is CodyGate referring to? All the hullabaloo about the WM finish. Not that it isn’t an important part of this, but there are a hundred posts in the WM thread already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Oh, gotcha. I didn't watch WM. Welp, on to that thread, then. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I feel like the principal reason for reading the Observer then and now is reading about all the changes month-to-month when it came to WCW between Post Dusty to when guys like Nash got the book. Granted, most of it involves Dave reading in between the lines going back reading some of the back issues. A lot of it is purely inference, but it's fascinating. When you're analyzing it in real time, it's a lot less fascinating cause the imperfections are clear. People are going to overanalyze the shit out of everything like they booked their own red hot territory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 One of the values of Between thr Sheets is seeing just how many of Dave’s opinions have aged poorly and many of his biases can now be documented, especially regarding sources. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, odessasteps said: One of the values of Between thr Sheets is seeing just how many of Dave’s opinions have aged poorly and many of his biases can now be documented, especially regarding sources. Here's the thing about Dave's opinions, they're clearly opinions, except since he was one of the few people covering wrestling seriously, a lot of people take his opinions as fact. Dave has probably done more for people critically thinking about wrestling than anyone in history, but that doesn't mean anything he says is right. Dave can be a fucking moron about a lot of shit, and I'm fine with that, because everybody is a fucking moron about a lot of shit. The fact that there is value in going back and reading his opinions 10+ years after the fact days everything about his opinions I need to know. His opinion might differ from mine, but after I watch some random wrestling match, he's the only person who's opinion I'd seek out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 minute ago, supremebve said: His opinion might differ from mine, but after I watch some random wrestling match, he's the only person who's opinion I'd seek out. This is MattD erasure, dammit! 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said: This is MattD erasure, dammit! Lol, you're right, but I feel like the board doesn't count. I care about the opinions posted here, but this is more about me discussing wrestling with friends. Dave is something that doesn't really exist in any other sport. He's THE opinion worth seeking out, just to see if you agree or not. Discussing wrestling around here is not me seeking out an opinion, but a back and forth discussion even if I just read it and move on. I didn't even realize I did that, because I feel like one is active, and the other is passive. Searching for Dave's opinion is like going to the library and checking the microfiche to read about football from the 50s. Reading you guys' opinions feels like something that would get me kicked out of the library, lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I could watch Snoop Dogg run the ropes all day. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 4 hours ago, SirSmUgly said: I can't wait to find this out: What is CodyGate referring to? 4 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: Presumably people pitching a fit about the result of a single match in a vacuum. Yeah, people can get pretty upset when others have different opinions. A few emotional posters misquoting and random whataboutism. Classic internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Wait, are we still jumping the barricade at Raw and attacking Roman Reigns? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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