Brysynner Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I'm interested in who goes farther this year Roman or Dean
Dog Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I don't participate in "March Madness," whatever that might be, but changing eligibility rules on the fly doesn't seem very on-the-level.
Matt D Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Still more legitimate and transparent than the WON HOF voting rules. 2
Ramsey Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I lurk and like March Madness but leave the arguing to kids at the big table. Also, I watch so little Lucha that I find I'm out of my depth. 1
Patrick B. Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Think I'll pass. I'd just write in a bunch of STL indie guys that only I've seen.
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I don't participate in March Madness either, but I think it's great if for no other reason that people are so busy being hateful and irrational in there that the rest of the forum becomes a calmer, saner place. 5
RIPPA Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 Oh this is going to be a gloriously torturous 2 months 1
Hollywood Cibernetico Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I am sorry to hear of Bret's illness and I hope it all works out for him. I hate to see the good ones go.
Tromatagon Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 How edited are LU matches? Seems hard to judge guys based on clipped up matches. They don't edit that much, despite what Del Rio said on Twitter.
Matt D Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I mean Seth was pretty good against Sting and Kane. Shame about the rest of the year. My experience with LU, 22 episodes in, is that MOST matches are worked like your 8 minute Nitro lucha/cruiserweight matches, without much in the way of transitions or long-term selling, though with callbacks, and counters, and its own brand of psychology and build towards dives, and in the best ones, a clear sense of escalation. In general though, you're fine watching a bunch of animated gifs instead of the matches. There's nothing really wrong with that for what it is. But clipping sure wouldn't matter too much really. The best stuff transcends that in a big way though. 1
SorceressKnight Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 RIPPA mentioned having a separate tourney for the women last year post-March, but decided against it due to it being a foregone conclusion. It would be a foregone conclusion this year, too, but so would a March Madness tourney that included Sasha. Yeah, it's hard since, since women's wrestling was on such a high level this year and there's so few challengers who are justifiably March Madness-worthy, should one half-regional or full regional be dedicated solely to women (or 8/16 women on the bracket, with only the best of the best making the final 8/final 4 where there'd actually be some real questions)?
Matt D Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Scatter the women throughout. A wrestler is a wrestler. Have at it. 5
JonnyLaw Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I don't participate in "March Madness," whatever that might be, but changing eligibility rules on the fly doesn't seem very on-the-level.You should join in. It's amazing.Go back and read the great "Cesaro Scandal" from 2014 and you will see what it does to people. The only Cesaro Scandal is that people think he didn't deserve to win!
SirSmUgly Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I wish that I liked LU. I am fully aware that I'm missing out, but after having finally finished the first season, it doesn't connect for me on any level. Though from a pure physically aesthetic standpoint, I could watch Prince Puma/Ricochet do cool dives all day.
Ramsey Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Scatter the women throughout. A wrestler is a wrestler. Have at it. This....100% this. 3
Brian Fowler Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I don't participate in "March Madness," whatever that might be, but changing eligibility rules on the fly doesn't seem very on-the-level.You should join in. It's amazing.Go back and read the great "Cesaro Scandal" from 2014 and you will see what it does to people. The only Cesaro Scandal is that people think he didn't deserve to win! It's the only year Bryan actually deserved to win.
RIPPA Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 I was going to post a meta joke but then I realized in ten minutes I would be the one responsible for the thread closing in less than a day 4
RIPPA Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 THINGS MARCH MADNESS IS GOOD FOR 1) Discovering new wrestlers/matches to watch 2) Making my list of who to ban 3) Seeing who will make the dumbest comment (last year's champion - Brian Fowler) 6
The Z Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I don't participate in "March Madness," whatever that might be, but changing eligibility rules on the fly doesn't seem very on-the-level.You should join in. It's amazing.Go back and read the great "Cesaro Scandal" from 2014 and you will see what it does to people. The only Cesaro Scandal is that people think he didn't deserve to win! You bastards stole my pick-em tournament win that year.. especially Big Fresh! 1
Brian Fowler Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 My defense of my title went really poorly.
JCM Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Is Cena in, for instance, since he probably has the strongest year this year by a pretty long way. Cena's act got old by May so I'm really not seeing how he had the strongest year by far. It felt like he just kept getting worse and worse until that awful and phoned in match with Del Rio. Hell I think Kofi had a better year.
JustJay Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Question regarding Lucha Underground. I have seen the first couple episodes of season one. Should I continue through the whole season or just watch big matches and pick up on season 2? If I should watch just the big matches, which matches should I watch?
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Get well soon Bret. Fuck man. I have no words. Prayers for the Hitman. 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Man, all the best to the Hitman. Put cancer in the Sharpshooter. I would have gone with "give cancer a Hart Attack." 1
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