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April Wrasslin' |OT| A Max Landis Production
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UberTag
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Part of me would enjoy having segments like this on RAW instead of WWE.com.
Except for the fact that USA would contend that casual fans will tune out anything that isn't some 50/50 matchup in the middle of the ring interspliced with commercial breaks.
UrbanDandy
Member
Sadly, yes.
RIP Chyna, can't imagine the troubles she has gone through.
Their old podcast, Talkin Shop was insane. Sad to see it go. That Nigeria story from Gallows was just as insane though.
Their old podcast, Talkin Shop was insane. Sad to see it go. That Nigeria story from Gallows was just as insane though.
Bluekaveli
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Explain the Nigeria stiry, I saw the match.
Er, not sure what match you are talking about but apparently its the same type of thing that Mick Foley talked about in his book, Basically Nigerian military higher ups would pay to bring over wrestlers, have them either beat the hell out of each other or have one of the military brass beat them up, with tons of blood involved. They would then tape this stuff and use it as footage to extort people (look what we can do to you!) or for some bizarre entertainment factor because there was never any actual people at these shows, maybe one or two military officers.
Anyway one time Gallows goes over with a few indie buddies, via a liason who used to work for the WWWF. They get to Nigeria, wait around for a week, have one night of matches at 2am or something, make no money. Then the liason says "The General wants to see you fight". So they get a flight to where the General is, Gallows takes one of the indie dudes with him to "be a ref" (he doesn't want to go alone basically). So they have a terrible match, both are told to get color, they do.
They are on a very tight schedule to try and get back to Lagos to catch a flight to America. So when they try and get to Lagos, this liason guy tells them he has no money and can't fly them back. Gallows uses his credit card to fly back, turns out the liason guy is in first class of the same flight lol.. Gallows gets really pissed at him, corners him but ends up with a bunch of guns pointed in his face.
Gallows has to go get the other indie guy who they left behind in Lagos from the hotel - he's been robbed of all his money because the liason didn't pay for that either and the staff made him hand over all his cash by gunpoint. Of course they get to the airport to get home and they don't have any tickets, Gallows gets out the credit card again. When he gets home he gets a call from the State Department saying that they heard what had happened and to never go to Nigeria again, saying how corrupt and dangerous it is,
I highly recommend you listen to the Art of Wrestling podcast with Domino telling his trip to Nigeria if you haven't already.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I can confirm that story. I know the guy who was brought over "to be a ref". It was Micah Taylor who was in WWE developmental for a bit in the mid-2000s. The liason was Power Uti, a wrestler from the 70s and 80s. Mick Foley talks about him in his book.
Here's video of the match Gallows is mentioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAeMNScjpyw
Here's video of the match Gallows is mentioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAeMNScjpyw
I believe Domino is the guy who got robbed. God what a story.
Gallows was freaking the fuck out here because Power Uti took ages to get ready, ages to come to the ring and poor Doc was terrified he'd be stuck in this Nigerian town for a week or something.
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Can we expect a Chyna tribute on Raw next week?
giancarlo123x
Banned
Rip Chyna. Wonder if they will go far enough to acknowledge her before Smackdown and raw.
But what if H's kids Google Chyna, klonere? What then?
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I just googled Chyna and it said she's a former professional wrestler and pornstar on the first thing. Trips kinda has a point. Ish.
Wonder what happens if I google Hall of Famer Sunny.
Edit: Yeah that's not a Hall of Famer WWE will be mentioning ever again.
British Monsoon
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What a pathetic, drunken joke Octagon is. Flamita deserved better than to be associated with that piece of shit.
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newdayrocks
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How do they do this stuff
I love Jack Evans so much.
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Chyna's hall of fame chances now?
WWE are doomed either way from a PR point imo.
If they do:
"You just wanna capitalize of her death"
If they don't
"You are blackballing the most famous female wrestler of all time"
The WWE has an award named after somebody who died asking for an award so that Steph can use people who died by cancer to try and sell the company to advertisers.
They have no problem capitilzing on people deaths.
Improved but probably not for next year. I feel a little sick typing that out but I honestly think WWE can warm up to the idea now that they can control the narrative. They can wash over any bad blood they have with her from the past along with any complaints from the fanbase.
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The biggest reason they wouldn't induct Chyna is not because of H's kids or the porn thing, but because Chyna was a fucking mess and you can't give such a person an open mic on a live show.
Now that that is no longer an issue, I'd say her induction is pretty much guaranteed.
It's a shame it couldn't have ended like Hall and Jake, who got clean and sober and were able to get inducted before passing.
Now that that is no longer an issue, I'd say her induction is pretty much guaranteed.
It's a shame it couldn't have ended like Hall and Jake, who got clean and sober and were able to get inducted before passing.
Given that the BBC headline is "Former wrestler and porn star Chyna dies", it's going to be very difficult to control the porn star aspect of her life. I suppose Sunny dropped her clothes a while back before the HoF and that didn't get in the way of her getting in, but still...
JamieOD just retweeted this
I assume it's about McGregor. That'd be like....Gary Lineker, or some older statesman pundit of British soccer making a similar comment.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-i-would-start-watching-the-wwe-34645614.html
I found the article and it's about a recent Premier League game where there was plenty of pushing, pulling and shirt grabbing among the players as well as a lot of yelling at the referee.
Her chances definitely went up and the WWE has no morale's when it comes to exploiting someones death (Hi Eddie in Hell) so I think they will put her in at some point.
Did she do porn? Well yeah, but this is a company that's done some pretty racist things, had Vince McMahon getting women to strip constantly, bark like a dog (Trish) and have a "Live sex scene" between Edge and Lita in the middle of the ring some time after the whole Matt/Lita thing happened. Lita also accidentally showed a nipple. And Kat who the King once was involved with fully exposed her boobs at a PPV which was definitely planned.
So yeah, focus on her achievements. If they focused on everything outside they wouldn't have anyone due to the potential rapist and murderers who have been put into the Hall of Fame or been in the WWE at some point.
I think it's the stunner.
She also took one of the WORSE stunners ever saw.
Jesus. I was just gonna post how I'm watching yesterday's NXT, then I see the RIP Chyna's up in here.
Awful. She was not in a good place, obviously. I always hoped she'd come out the other end at some point. It was really sad hearing her and X-Pac talk on a radio show last year, him just pleading with her to cut the shit and wake up. RIP Chyna, you were one of the most intimidating women ever in WWE/WWF. Haitch's self righteous ass better recognize you after this.
Awful. She was not in a good place, obviously. I always hoped she'd come out the other end at some point. It was really sad hearing her and X-Pac talk on a radio show last year, him just pleading with her to cut the shit and wake up. RIP Chyna, you were one of the most intimidating women ever in WWE/WWF. Haitch's self righteous ass better recognize you after this.
No Mercy let you have a finisher from 9 different positions not just the front and back.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Damn, I was looking forward to him calling McGregor a good fighter but not a great fighter.
ThreePiMatt
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How is Jericho's podcast? I started watching the Austin podcasts that went up on the network and then went back and started listening to his other stuff he does on his own.
Skip the long extremely annoying intros and only listen to the interviews that interest you.
Horrible podcast, but some great interviews.
do you like Fozzy, ads and Fozzy?
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Unbearable. Worst wrestling podcast, worst person, worst wrestler, worst everything, fuck Chris Jericho.