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April Wrasslin' |OT| Porsha! Get my damn shoe!
- Thread starter Vylash
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* That we've been able to upload
will that include Papa Shango and Mr. Hughes matches? I'm planning to call my cable provider for this dubba dubba e network thingy.
British Monsoon
Member
Yep, pretty good show, the tag title main event was great and the whole card was pretty fun, as you'd expect from a DG show in Korakuen. Worth a watch.
avengers23
Banned
Relive your favorite Chris Benoit moments for $9.99 per month.
Sold.
blackaroni
Member
with the inevitable return of our great punjabi overlord let's take a moment to relive some of his more classic moments.
I'm legit happy this team is back together
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
You know what's missing in WWE? Real relationships. And I don't just mean romantic, although some guys could benefit from an on-screen girlfriend or two.
What I mean is that outside of who people are currently feuding with, or a current tag team partner, nobody seems like they give much of a shit about anybody else. For someone like RKO or Rollins, who've treated everybody like shit, that makes sense, but for most others, it just makes for a very sterile, uninvolving program. Roman and Dean are best friends, in kayfabe, but outside of that great moment at the Rumble, you wouldn't know it, especially considering how often the two have been beaten down without the other coming out to help. John Cena has been there for over ten years, yet there's nobody that you can really say he's close to, in kayfabe. Daniel Bryan's best friend turned heel and totally repudiated him, for no particular reason, and his wife is a heel, so they can't acknowledge their relationship.
That's one thing that was kinda nice about the Ziggler-Rowan-Ryback alliance for a few months after Survivor Series - they seemed to care about each other. Wrestlers being connected to each other on a personal level both raises the stakes, dramatically, while also providing a convenient and consistent way to establish feuds and interweave different stories so the show doesn't feel as compartmentalized and flaccid.
What I mean is that outside of who people are currently feuding with, or a current tag team partner, nobody seems like they give much of a shit about anybody else. For someone like RKO or Rollins, who've treated everybody like shit, that makes sense, but for most others, it just makes for a very sterile, uninvolving program. Roman and Dean are best friends, in kayfabe, but outside of that great moment at the Rumble, you wouldn't know it, especially considering how often the two have been beaten down without the other coming out to help. John Cena has been there for over ten years, yet there's nobody that you can really say he's close to, in kayfabe. Daniel Bryan's best friend turned heel and totally repudiated him, for no particular reason, and his wife is a heel, so they can't acknowledge their relationship.
That's one thing that was kinda nice about the Ziggler-Rowan-Ryback alliance for a few months after Survivor Series - they seemed to care about each other. Wrestlers being connected to each other on a personal level both raises the stakes, dramatically, while also providing a convenient and consistent way to establish feuds and interweave different stories so the show doesn't feel as compartmentalized and flaccid.
funkystudent
Member
Me too! And those promos ripping apart other teams have been real good.
I wonder if they where given a bit of freedom for them because its much more natural then a lot of comedy promos these days.
John Cena and Zack Ryder were best friends! I know because WWE told me they were! That made it much more dramatic when Cena stole Ryder's girlfriend.
Cena stole his girlfriend, his title shot, his WrestleMania moment, and his working tyre iron.
Midday body shaming and admiration? Wonderful!
Contest over btw.
Shame he's not wrestling anymore.
Best physique goes to The Rock and I won't take any other answer:
Runner-up Seth Rollins.
I can put up with a lot but I won't stand for insults against the integrity of Quest Bars.
Midday body shaming and admiration? Wonderful!
Contest over btw.
ìs that David Otunga then?
I'm saying THEIR quest bars are laced, not ALL the quest bars.
Oh Whey Oats natty bawdy
The Ascension must be eating the ones they bought themselves.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
Yes, because social justice work is totally a hypermasculine dick-waving contest of performative bravado. Thanks for proving my point in its entirety.
WWE is terrible and you'd have a much better time watching Lucha Underground.
He doesn't say his prayers though because he's from a country of God-hating heathens.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
The Rock's physique was better back in the early 2000s - muscular, but still lean. His current look is a total caricature by comparison.
Otunga has a great physique. Neville's is alright, but it honestly just contributes to how strange of a look he has because it doesn't really suit his body type.
Finn's physique is good, as is Rollins', and honestly, RKO still looks like he was carved out of marble.
Edit: Oh, and Brock at Rumble had a great look. Just a fucking beast.
Otunga has a great physique. Neville's is alright, but it honestly just contributes to how strange of a look he has because it doesn't really suit his body type.
Finn's physique is good, as is Rollins', and honestly, RKO still looks like he was carved out of marble.
Edit: Oh, and Brock at Rumble had a great look. Just a fucking beast.
He's cleared WWE's stringent drug testing program time and time again, so we have no right to accuse or speculate.
Same goes for Kane, the 47 year old man with 6 pack abs.