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April Wrasslin |OT| DO DO, DO DO DO-DO-DO, DO-DO-DO, DO-DOOOOO DO-DO
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Mr. Luchador
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Hope all our Boston people are still safe.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
There's a whole world of worse shit happening, I wish people over here would do more international awareness and help abroad.
funkystudent
Member
Oh god cena is giving a super patriotic promo tonight isn't he.
He is from Boston and everything
He is from Boston and everything
mechashiva
Member
Probably and it will be a good use of that type of promo. There's probably a lot of kids who may hear about this that it will help.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
They should just cancel RAW honestly, seems in poor taste to do the show on the same night.
funkystudent
Member
Yeah totally right.
They should open with cena in the ring and giving a speech.
Heck maybe RAW will be canceled?
Maybe we just get "a very special RAW".
They can't do a normal show
slightconfuse
Banned
Why would they cancel raw?
Why would they? That would mean all sporting events should be cancelled as well.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
I think the most abnormal thing you'll see tonight is a heartfelt Cena speech and maybe a splash graphic. It's bad, but it's nowhere near as bad as a lot of other things that have happened.
Out of curiosity, what did WWF do when there were the OKC bombings? 168 dead, 680+ injured - that was quite a horrible thing.
Out of curiosity, what did WWF do when there were the OKC bombings? 168 dead, 680+ injured - that was quite a horrible thing.
funkystudent
Member
Have any big sporting even been events been canceled?
Any football games on or anything.
Where is RAW tonight anyway?
funkystudent
Member
That bombing happened on a Wednesday and not hours before a live TV show. Completely different situations
According to Jericho in his Book it wasn't Vince idea but the Mayor of Houston to do the show to take people minds off 9/11.
edit: Only the Bruins game in Boston has been postponed.
Keyser Soze
Member
WWE will not cancel RAW as long as they are not directly affected at very short notice.
Cole will do the regular "The people of Boston, and America as a whole, have been hit with a real life tragedy today that is still ongoing. The WWE: hopes our brand of Entertainment can take your minds of what has occurred in out country today." line when the show opens.
Cole will do the regular "The people of Boston, and America as a whole, have been hit with a real life tragedy today that is still ongoing. The WWE: hopes our brand of Entertainment can take your minds of what has occurred in out country today." line when the show opens.
HarryDemeanor
Member
In Boston. They postponed the Bruins game tonight due to this. The Red Sox finished a game an hour or two before this happened and Fenway is almost two miles away from where it happened.
slightconfuse
Banned
that comic looks amazing. going to track it down
Mr. Luchador
Member
That comic is amazing and has better writing than current WWE! I hope that's some sly internet hint at things to come, but my hope is often misplaced.
Speaking of Rude and Austin
Ravishing Rick Rude, Ron Simmons, Stunning Steve Austin vs Ric Flair, Sting, The Boss
It's really shocking all the similarities between surfer Sting and Cena. Guy who's completely competent but not much else. Boring, predictable matches, sells well but only for like 3 seconds and constantly wins. Though Austin was beating him pretty bad during their 1v1.
Also, I love that you have to use a guy like Rude to make Flair a face in the 80s in anywhere but the Carolinas. Flair's character just didn't work as a face. Though at this time, Rude was getting so much heat that he couldn't even cut promos sometimes.
Ravishing Rick Rude, Ron Simmons, Stunning Steve Austin vs Ric Flair, Sting, The Boss
It's really shocking all the similarities between surfer Sting and Cena. Guy who's completely competent but not much else. Boring, predictable matches, sells well but only for like 3 seconds and constantly wins. Though Austin was beating him pretty bad during their 1v1.
Also, I love that you have to use a guy like Rude to make Flair a face in the 80s in anywhere but the Carolinas. Flair's character just didn't work as a face. Though at this time, Rude was getting so much heat that he couldn't even cut promos sometimes.
100% agreed. Surfer Sting ruled. Modern Day Cena couldn't carry Surfer Sting's bags.
Keyser Soze
Member
I saw a few tweets saying they wish he died in the explosion.
Wow, I thought we were a bit harsh at times, but WTF!!!
Mordern day Cena can barely carry modern day Sting's bags. Cena at his best can't touch Sting at his best.
Mr. Luchador
Member
strobogo curled up in a ball hugging his Surfer Sting cuddly toy thingy.
Actually, just had a look through google to find what I was looking for, and I can't see it, but some of those old action figures were really good. Wish I had kept them now.
British Monsoon
Member
This. Surfer Sting was and forever is Best Sting.
Had the best theme music, too;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHQ69yLVGI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_uY6KiFN4
Mr. Luchador
Member
It's so 80s! Reminds me of Judas Priest.
I don't know about best Sting....when he came back as Crow Sting, that was pretty awesome.
The first one sounds like an RPG boss battle...Final Fantasy to be exact. Just that chugging bass. Mm-mm.
Even though I was always a WWF kid, I was always a little Stinger, more than a Hulkamaniac, or Warrior, or Kliq member.
Lambda Pie
Banned
Surfer Sting was fuckin awesome, anyone who says otherwise was a WWF mark at the time.
dude worked some fantastic matches in the early 90s.
dude worked some fantastic matches in the early 90s.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Me and my mate had a big bucket full of wrestling figures. Some of them where the 'ACTION' ones, some where these horrible molded ones, but we used to have Royal Rumbles with them.
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This was last week!
(I wish).
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Deleted member 47027
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Sting Theme 3 was the best, and Surfer Sting was awesome as hell. AND IT AINT BECAUSE I WAS A KID~
Perspicacity
Banned
I'd imagine it's probably chaos and there will be production meetings right up until showtime. Looks like every wrestler has been Twitter silent since just before the bombings.
Professor Beef
Banned
Instead of Raw, I'm gonna see if The Last Samurai is on Netflix. A friend convinced me to look for it, and I've always wanted to see it.
It's pretty good.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Anyone here really useful with Photoshop who wouldn't mind doing a little project for me? It's just putting a face on a picture, and changing the wording here and there.
yeah, not cool
British Monsoon
Member
Surfer Sting was the very first character I actually took notice of in wrestling. Must have been about 4 at the time and I watched WCW on Sunday afternoons primarily because of him. Then, when they stopped showing WCW over here, I found WWF and Macho Man, Jake Roberts & Roddy Piper became my favourites. I liked the Hulkster, too, but I hated the Mega Powers Collide angle, as I always thought it came off like Macho was in the right.
It's not bad, if a little too over-wrought and schmaltzy in places for my tastes.
If you like it, do yourself a favour and check out the TV series Shogun (or even the book it was adapted from), as Last Samurai is pretty much based on Shogun, but lacks the same depth;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoTGQffgifo
Professor Beef said:
It's not bad, if a little too over-wrought and schmaltzy in places for my tastes.
If you like it, do yourself a favour and check out the TV series Shogun (or even the book it was adapted from), as Last Samurai is pretty much based on Shogun, but lacks the same depth;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoTGQffgifo