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April Wrasslin' |OT| Porsha! Get my damn shoe!
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bitesnintendog
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Neville and the Lucha Dragons are pretty big losses for a roster that has like 10 really good wrestlers and a bunch of guys who aren't ready yet.
GFW needs New Japan pretty bad. AJ and the Bullet Club guys are people he could build around, Roderick Strong and Chris Masters would be good guys to get but I can't see building a promotion around either of them.
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Booker T is getting a podcast per meltzer
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Also for those who have been bullish. Some type of English version of NJPW world is coming soon.
Pretty sure Carny was gonna celebrate his wife's birthday with the NXT Universe.
that would be amazing. I'm dying to see how they would dub Yano.
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Everybody in the business to have a podcast by 2020.
Look man don't ruin my dreams.
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Flair's podcast should be interesting.
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Change her name as a reference to Baywatch in 2015 brehs.
With all the reboots going on baywatch could be back in 2016
Change her name as a reference to Baywatch in 2015 brehs.
Well the ratings are the lowest they've been since 1995, might as well book like its 1995 too!
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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NXT's main problem is that it basically spent a whole year building the promotion around the rise of Zayn, only to have him yanked off TV for the last set of tapings. You can tell they don't really want to get fans invested in Balor being on the show because they want him and his merch on the main roster, and Itami is still limited in what he can do until his English gets better and he gets fully acclimated to the WWE style. Meanwhile, the Dubstep cowboys are alright, but bland, Dempsey and Corbin are both green and boring, Solomon Crowe has one of the most catastrophically bad looks I've ever seen, Alex Riley is a pointless waste of space, Sasha can only wrestle the same small group of actually ready women so long before it gets stale (she is absolutely wonderful though, no question), Enzo and Cass are just treading water until they fire Los Matadores to make room for a comedic tag team on the main roster, and bringing in over-the-hill midcarders as the NXT equivalent of "grumpy old men slapping the young ones around" doesn't really work. Kevin Owens does good work, but a glowering schoolyard bully heel can't really carry a show the way a likable underdog like Zayn can.
Sports Illustrated article that talks about WCW/NJPW's trip to North Korea in 1995:
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...estling-north-korea?page=6&devicetype=default
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...estling-north-korea?page=6&devicetype=default
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Also, given it took Sami a whole year to finally "win the big one", having him lose the title in his first defense to a guy he's been feuding with for like a decade, while somewhat interesting in an abstract storyline sense, really deflates the emotion of his win, as it makes it seem like it was more of a fluke dependent on him facing another vanilla midget than a display of true skill. Might have been smarter to have both guys feud with other guys leading into that February special, let their friendship develop on-screen, then do the Owens betrayal after Sami's first defense, when you've established that he's a true winner and a real champion. Storyline works basically the same - Owens is trying to work his way up the card before his time, Zayn is betrayed by his friend right after a big win, all that good stuff.
Sibersk Esto
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sorry rusev, you were pretty cool there for awhile.
Make sense, the dude elevate every thing he is apart of.
I'm such a sucker for Carmella's trashy Staten Island Italian Princess look. Fuuuuck.
Bro there's a Baywatch movie in the works now from Paramount. For 2016.
dr3upmushroom
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everyone interviews everyone.
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New stiners
Professor Beef
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When I read "turn Lana to CJ" all I can picture is Cena revealing that she's really American and I just get sick to my stomach.
That's his secret, he IS an open bar.
I hope they do more specials for him. I enjoy hearing his "Behind the scenes" stories. I went to one of his shows live last year, same format, but he was talking about going to a gay stripclub in Europe.
Sick to your stomach with excitement because you just can't wait!
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
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THANKS
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FallingEdge
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All you had to do was pull the damn chain.
lovely ladies
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You gotta check out Baywatch Nightz.
bitesnintendog
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Pretty much my thoughts on it as well. If I wasn't a big Foley fan I doubt I would have enjoyed it though.
Tonight's NXT felt like a noticeable step up from the last few episodes they had. Didn't feel like they were spinning their wheels nearly as much and finally found some traction for the May not-PPV
Edit - WWE 2k15 PC already got the best mod
Edit - WWE 2k15 PC already got the best mod
lovely ladies
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The game needs some natural belt physics.
It needs so many things
tbh i was surprised the curbstomp was allowed. right before the ban i was telling someone the wwe must be loosening up for allowing it. Guess they're not, or one of their sponsors didn't like it.
oh well, at least we got that great Orton wrestlemania spot with it before it was gone
oh well, at least we got that great Orton wrestlemania spot with it before it was gone
cr_blah_blah
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Wasn't tonight's episode the first one taped since before Wrestlemania? or do I have that wrong?
travislopes
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Tonight's episode and the next two leading up to the special are all from last week's taping. All three episodes were a lot better than the last batch since they actually have something they're building to now.