piranesi Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hmm. Anyone willing to give up two rounds of Lesnar votes for me to NOT pick Alberto? This is going to work I know it! Well now that you're trying to bid me up: Vote for Alberto or I vote for Bryan. Are we really playing this game? Vote for Gulak or I vote for Bryan, and if Lesnar advances, I'm voting against him every round till he's out. THIS IS MARCH MADNESS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 voted alberto, fuck chikara forever the FSW position was eliminated, not vacated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Like FSW knew what Chikara was. I'll check out the Busisk match later. And probably something from the Ant this year just to see his range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That primal scream Gulak let out at 6:17 of the AR Fox match was cringeworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 voted alberto, fuck chikara forever the FSW position was eliminated, not vacated haha totally fair I'm going to be a little more articulate on why fuck chikara forever, because I got asked about this by someone on the board in PM a few months ago and went into deep detail, so, here. "It started around the mid-point of the BDK story-line when it started to spin its wheels a little but at least I was still capable of enjoying some of the guys in-ring (namely Jimmy Olsen, Helios, Pinkie Sanchez, & Osirian Portal pre-viral video). I lost interest in the story, and then at some point their tone changed really dramatically, away from wrestling storylines and towards heavier more comic-like storylines. Like, shit, what got me interested in Chikara was everything around Kingston/Dorado and Vin Gerard/Shane Storm's whole story arc. They were uncommon wrestling stories, but they were ultimately still wrestling stories. Kingston treasures feeling strong, and Dorado took that from him by getting up, so Eddie flipped the fuck out. Gerard lied and said he was a luchador he wasn't because he felt he wouldn't get an opportunity otherwise. Shane Storm too got sold out after his own aspirations lead to people getting hurt, although more literally. That's some weird shit for a wrestling program to get into, but they did it and they did it well. This thing they do now, with "alternate timelines" and the whole Archibald Peck thing feel more rooted in improv comedy and sitcoms than it does in pro wrestling, even if the central conceit is wrestling instead of dialog. This grates against me in the same way that a lot of that stuff grates against me. The best summary I have for that is "whimsy is the death of culture." Not that I'm asking for the SUPER EDGIEST BLOODY WRESTLING ever, but Ronald Reagan would think that stuff is A-OK and that's not ever gonna be my scene. My people are margin walkers and survivors. There's not a lot of room for "boo, he splashed the stuff bird" in my world. Although that is pretty much a perfect way to get heat in that context, it's a context that makes me think I'm surrounded by drones and makes me anxious enough to try to run through a wall if that's my only way out. so, yeah. Chikara's stories got whimsical while its wrestling got worse. Not for me." ALL THAT BEING SAID- even when I liked Chikara, I didn't think Soldier Ant was that great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 And your point still makes little sense because were basing the vote for the most part on his work outside of CHIKARA, and outside the mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I dunno man, he ain't changed that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I will post "agree to disagree" in an attempt to not get myself banned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I dunno man, he ain't changed that much This is just not true. On any plane of existence. He wrestles differently in basically every promotion he is in, but nothing he does as an ant looks even close to how he works elsewhere. I'm glad you trolled in order to set yourself up to pontificate about Chikara, but at least try and have a leg to stand on moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 MARCH MADNESS IS HERE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I dunno man, he ain't changed that much This is just not true. On any plane of existence. He wrestles differently in basically every promotion he is in, but nothing he does as an ant looks even close to how he works elsewhere. I'm glad you trolled in order to set yourself up to pontificate about Chikara, but at least try and have a leg to stand on moving forward. The thing that gets me is he's doing it in the year were this is the one guy from CHIKARA in the tournament, and the reason he's in is not CHIKARA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I watched the matches that got posted in here and saw a guy be an unconvincing ham in a wrestling ring. What changed was that now none of his spots are memorable at all, as opposed to the three or four salute spots I remember. I'm sorry for not being blown away. and I didn't troll to set myself up or whatever. the FSW thing was to dump and walk without explaining. I'm trying to explain where I'm coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Russian youtube is your friend Rutube This isn't the best Busick v. Gulak match but it is very good Segunda Caida review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That was pretty good! Drew still hammed it up a little bit- he's got good facial expressions for a venue that seats thousands but since he's not in front of that he looks like a guitarist doing Townsend windmills in front of a dozen people and at least one parent- but that was a significantly better and different match than the other stuff in here. I came away from it feeling more about Biff Busick though, who I am stunned to learn is not another British comedy guy. I still probably would've voted for Bertie, but hey, I was wrong on Gulak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 March Madness has become a uniter, not a divider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Okay Russian YouTube is a game changer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 RUTUBE... CRUSH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Isn't Rutube where all the NXT presentations skills videos were leaked to? That's where I saw them after they got pulled from Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 voted alberto, fuck chikara forever This is the kind of spite I like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Isn't Rutube where all the NXT presentations skills videos were leaked to? That's where I saw them after they got pulled from Youtube. Strangely meta: http://rutube.ru/video/83dc33a4db52cce4f8b27426cc07e9a8/?ref=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Alberto - 40 Gulak - 50 In what turned out to be the closest matchup of Day 1 - Drew Gulak advances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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