The match with Joe from this past week's NXT was NXT main event worthy. I think the issue with his ring ability is he was never really tested in NXT and hasn't been given much of a chance to prove it.
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The match with Joe from this past week's NXT was NXT main event worthy. I think the issue with his ring ability is he was never really tested in NXT and hasn't been given much of a chance to prove it.
Seth would just turn the other cheek Beef.
and raise his right arm at a 45 degree angle, extending his fingers straight out....
BUT HE'S SO BIG
Didn't know NJPW did gimmick macthes.
Apollo Crews is the most perplexing of the NXT call ups that happened. Corbin was ready. The Vaudevillains were ready even though their gimmick still feels like it's doomed on the main roster. Sami was beyond ready. Crews has no character, his mic skills are rough, and while he's good in the ring he needs a better finishing move than a poor mans Blue Thunder Bomb. Crews has all of the potential in the world but I could easily see him getting Roman'd if he gets too much too soon.
He's a big guy with a great look and loads of potential.
If it happens it will be the very first one, so who knows if it actually will. It'd be a huge story in itself..
inb4 "shitty overrated gajin ruins puro with terrible American stip matches smh ofc"
Here's the thing about 1998 WCW: it definitely had some crappy, drawn-out dreck. But it still had a ton of entertaining stuff going on here and there. One of the biggest problems, I'd say, is that there was just too much content -- sound familiar?
Anyway, here's the most surprising part: I feel that WCW still could've righted the ship at this point. If management would've just said "oh, WWF's beating us in the ratings now? Well, whatever. Let's just do what we do and not worry about them", then WCW would've been fine. They should've just focused on logical, realism-based wrasslin' and not bothered so much with attention-grabbing storylines like the nWo, Goldberg being accused of sexual harassment, etc. Too many egos involved for that to happen, though, I guess. Always chasing that rating.
I just don't like that he was called up with no plan put in place for him.
Enzo and Cass were called up with the intent of putting them initially in a feud with the Dudleys and getting involved in the tag-team tournament.
Zayn gets called up in order to mix it up with Owens on the grand stage.
Crews gets called up..........and gets put into random lower-card matches with no backstage promos or character-building hype videos (different from just showing some highlights of him from NXT).
Might as well just keep him in NXT until they think through an actual plan for him.
British Monsoon
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New Japan very rarely do gimmick matches - there was a lumberjack match a few years back between Devitt & Tanahashi, while Onita challenged Chono to a exploding barbedwire deathmatch in the late 90's. Before then, gimmick matches were practically unheard of for New Japan, as they went against Inoki's sensibilities (didn't stop him from having a hundred ridiculous martial arts matches, or that awful Fire Island Deathmatch though) and gimmick matches were seen as the sort of thing low-level indie promotions booked. That goes back to renegade promotion IWE, who introduced the cage match to Japan.
spindashing
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Breeze, too.
Crews should just steal the MADE IN JAPAN from Shingo/Haskins, best finisher in the biz right now. Although he'd probably have to tone it down a bit, it can be done a lot safer than the one in this gif.
So whadda think? Good idea? Bad idea? I can't think of a worse stip for Tana's back but I'm sure they could put together a magical match if everything clicks.
So whadda think? Good idea? Bad idea? I can't think of a worse stip for Tana's back but I'm sure they could put together a magical match if everything clicks.
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Deleted member 47027
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E3 doesn't really mean anything anymore. It's for console stans to go crazy and that's about it.
Nintendo needs all the help they can get to get the NX over though since the Wii-U went the way of Raw's ratings.
Also, I vote we get the term "stan" a bannable term on GAF
TarpitCarnivore
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Summerslam 2002
The Fink / Trish moment in this is just cringe worthy, woof.
The Fink / Trish moment in this is just cringe worthy, woof.
Nice to see you're alive and hating fun, NVM.
Wouldn't want any of that hype building up for your coming last-resort gaming system, damn skippy.
British Monsoon
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E3 may not be the huge deal it once was, but I was looking forward to seeing what Nintendo has in store and to deciding whether I need to put some money aside. If my PS4 dies between now and the NX launching (kinda betting it will, the fans are super loud recently), I'll probably just end up getting a new model PS4.
At this point, I don't think Tanahashi's slowing down until his body forces him to - perhaps a ladder match isn't wise, but I loved Omega & Tanahashi's last encounter so I'll be definitely looking forward to this.
At this point, I don't think Tanahashi's slowing down until his body forces him to - perhaps a ladder match isn't wise, but I loved Omega & Tanahashi's last encounter so I'll be definitely looking forward to this.
E3 is the reason the PS4 is still kicking the shit out of the XB1 in sales, though*. Sony used that as a platform to go hard in the paint on Microsoft and it worked.
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Note: The XB1 is still a decent system that's selling well, though. It's just that E3 put the PS4 on a whole different level
blackaroni
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Glad you made it through the storms.
Why? I find that week pretty fun.
Thanks, blackaroni. I really appreciate it.
Naw ,it was because the ps4 launch at 399 and the use games is the reason.
(which they announced at E3)
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I actually bought one from Japan on the 14th and I just got it yesterday. Fuck PWT with their cheap ass shirts.
By time you add the back print and a non shitty shirt quality, its the same price.
blackaroni
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I used to like it but...I don't know, I don't give a diddly about consoles anymore and from that perspective it seems like a lot of obnoxious pomp and circumstance with lots of corporate cheerleading from the peanut galleries. Also overuse of the term MEGATON or what have you.
Remember that time Seth beat Kane?
Seth and Kane only brings back bad memories DM....
Rumble 2001? The one that gave us the bleeding Austin staring at shook Rock gif, seems like the whole affair would have been worth that moment alone.
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Deleted member 47027
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Appreciate it, it ended up not being so bad. Friday is another set, supposedly. Fuck Tornado Alley and this time of year.
They didn't need e3 for those announcement.
blackaroni
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I'm hating other people, not fun. You crazy? You think I hate fun!?
E3 is absolutely insufferable on kideo game forums. People who only have a pittance of money desperately casting bets, like these companies give a fuck. A sucker is born every minute.
Shit I'm actually curious about:
How Sony will justify a shitty little performance bump with new hardware while simultaneously ensuring its policies hold it back from what little it could do. I have zero faith consoles will continue to be relevant. Sony, MS, and Nintendo to a far lesser degree are fighting wars over peanuts while everyone else who broadens their horizons on what games are played on are taking the entire country out from around their shitty little fiefdom.
If you want consoles to continue, they need a massive shot in the arm - to be far less like PC than they are now. Says a lot that the mobile space, with zero of the drawbacks of current consoles (have to be in front of a TV to play it, installation is ZERO effort, patches automatic and DONE beforehand as opposed to when you boot it) have eaten their entire lunch. The little inconveniences people dealt with on PC are replicated on consoles now. There's just no tradeoff.
This gif works as a metaphor on so many levels
- Kane dragging Seth's matches down to his level
- Kane and Seth dragging ratings down
- Kane dragging Seth's career down via injury
- Kane dragging Seth to Hell, where you live out your worst nightmare, which for wrestlers is a feud with Kane
- Seth constantly being dragged down by the Authority storyline
A true work of art A+
Wait wait wait.
Not being able to play games on a 50 inch screen and instead a 4 inch screen is seriously being used as a positive?!
notworksafe
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I'm excited for Payback, excited for NX, excited for Zelda, and excited to fire up the grill since it's finally getting warm here. It's a good week, friends.
Meanwhile PC game developers/publishers have been making a concerted effort to make things easier over time.
I said the first thing but not the third thing! Don't put words in my mouth!
That reminds me - I need to get around to buying a grill finally. I need me some good cooked steaks
I love how the security guy looks like he could give a flying fuck at this carny fake shit.
Professor Beef
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Yup. NX and Zelda will get here when they get here.
notworksafe
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Oh and I almost forgot, I'm excited for Cena to return as well.
Exactly, no rush. I still gotta play Paper Mario and my lady wants that Jpop RPG. In the end I'll get a Nintendo console cause it's the way to play Nintendo games. NX/PC will just replace Wii U/PC for me.
Exactly, no rush. I still gotta play Paper Mario and my lady wants that Jpop RPG. In the end I'll get a Nintendo console cause it's the way to play Nintendo games. NX/PC will just replace Wii U/PC for me.