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Maybe there was another capsule on the grassy knoll
bean breath
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A blood capsule. Tied to the ring post.
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I suppose if the capsule was painted the same color as the post, it might be plausible.
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I suppose if the capsule was painted the same color as the post, it might be plausible.
I respect your opinion, so don't belittle mine. Do you work in Hollywood? Who knows how far practical effects have advanced.
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Brock doesn't have a chin. Dude get cut too easy
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I am certainly not on #teambloodcapsule, but how about this possibility: within the blood capsule was a razor that cut Brock on impact with the ring post.
I feel this is a nuanced, fascinating middle ground between all three possibilities.
Except it's not a triangle choke, a wrestling hold's main goal is to give the illusion that the opponent has to struggle to get free.
My favorite holds are the ones that minimize this. Holds like the crossface or STF make it easy for the opponent to inch forward. Cattle Mutilation, the rear naked choke, and even Hell's Gate make it difficult for an opponent to struggle.
Cattle Mutilation, your arms are tied up in a way that is difficult to move them without strain, and while you can still swing your legs around, you can't see where you're going most of the time.
Rear naked choke, sure you can power out of it, but that takes a lot with a guy like Joe on your back....and once he gets you on the ground, if you can't fight out, it's over.
Hell's Gate: Same as Rear Naked Choke, you have to either power out of it or fight out of it. If you can power out of it, it will take a lot to get out, if you can fight out of it, it's just not applied right.
He didn't get cut anywhere near his chin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodgate
Look, similar things have happened in sports before. It is not out of the realm of possibility. The precedent has been set.
I never posted my Mania impressions so here they are.
- Bryan winning the IC title made me happy. Hopefully he'll be back in the Main Event scene within a year or so, but again, I'm happy he won the IC title.
- Orton and Rollins was good. While I've never shared the love for Orton like Dream has, he is good, and the Curbstomp to RKO was awesome. When he is not going through the motions at times, Orton can be better than what others think of him. It's a shame though that he doesn't give the aura of someone who is a 12-time champion.
- Sting-HHH was fun. I loved it. While the kid in me is disappointed that Sting lost, I understand why HHH won. One thing I wish happened instead of the nWo coming out (though I understand why they did) would be if this played instead and Flair, Arn, Tully, and Barry Windham came out. Also, the entrances were great.
- I enjoyed the divas match too despite AJ being dead for most of it.
- I liked Cena vs Rusev. If you asked me a year ago if Rusev would be one of my favorites on the roster, I would have said no, but he is great. Where does he go after this though? Another thing I wish is that Cena's entrance was more grandiose.
- I didn't care for Bray vs Taker. One reason why I didn't care about this match is that the streak is broken. I will say that Taker looked great compared to last year.
- Brock vs Reigns was good. I wish commentary did a better job of trying to show why Reigns was laughing instead of "Why is he laughing?!?!?!" The ending was great, and there was many times where I thought both men could have won it.Although I will say that I assumed Roman was winning especially because of the Today Show graphic in the beginning that said the winner will be on it. Rollins coming in was fantastic, and it's definitely the best cash-in.
It was a great Mania. Thanks for reading my impressions.
- Bryan winning the IC title made me happy. Hopefully he'll be back in the Main Event scene within a year or so, but again, I'm happy he won the IC title.
- Orton and Rollins was good. While I've never shared the love for Orton like Dream has, he is good, and the Curbstomp to RKO was awesome. When he is not going through the motions at times, Orton can be better than what others think of him. It's a shame though that he doesn't give the aura of someone who is a 12-time champion.
- Sting-HHH was fun. I loved it. While the kid in me is disappointed that Sting lost, I understand why HHH won. One thing I wish happened instead of the nWo coming out (though I understand why they did) would be if this played instead and Flair, Arn, Tully, and Barry Windham came out. Also, the entrances were great.
- I enjoyed the divas match too despite AJ being dead for most of it.
- I liked Cena vs Rusev. If you asked me a year ago if Rusev would be one of my favorites on the roster, I would have said no, but he is great. Where does he go after this though? Another thing I wish is that Cena's entrance was more grandiose.
- I didn't care for Bray vs Taker. One reason why I didn't care about this match is that the streak is broken. I will say that Taker looked great compared to last year.
- Brock vs Reigns was good. I wish commentary did a better job of trying to show why Reigns was laughing instead of "Why is he laughing?!?!?!" The ending was great, and there was many times where I thought both men could have won it.Although I will say that I assumed Roman was winning especially because of the Today Show graphic in the beginning that said the winner will be on it. Rollins coming in was fantastic, and it's definitely the best cash-in.
It was a great Mania. Thanks for reading my impressions.
I've always liked Tajiri's tarantula hold, myself.
Put the arguments to rest? I mean, this is America Bean Breath, and i respect your opinion. You're quite entitle to #TeachTheControversy if you so desire. But Capsulution is the widely accepted theory.
Put the arguments to rest? I mean, this is America Bean Breath, and i respect your opinion. You're quite entitle to #TeachTheControversy if you so desire. But Capsulution is the widely accepted theory.
The most plausible explanation is a stagehand was waiting off camera to throw a bucket of fake blood on Brock. During the seven second feed delay between the show and PPV broadcast, they played a loud noise above the stadium (possibly a Brock screech for maximum attention) which drew the crowd's attention skyward for a moment.
During that time the stagehand did his work, and they simply edited it out in realtime seamlessly, so the viewers at home would be none the wiser and Brock would simply suddenly be bleeding.
During that time the stagehand did his work, and they simply edited it out in realtime seamlessly, so the viewers at home would be none the wiser and Brock would simply suddenly be bleeding.
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Kane then now forever
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Glad to see you're opening your mind to the possibility. Notice how the alleged point of "contact" is never on camera? It's possible that you wouldn't even need to paint the capsule, as it could be tied to the inside of the post. Some clever camera work from veteran producer Kevin Dunn? I wouldn't put it past him.
While I don't necessarily agree, I respect your opinion and acknowledge the possibility.
Wow, a little left field, but sometimes you have to pull off new tricks to keep the audience guessing. The perfect time to debut it? You guessed it, WrestleMania.
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There's a difference between friendly shit-talking and the more genuine contempt or condescension many in there lob at the folks in the thread. Sure, someone COULD come in there, but why would they want to if they're not really wanted?
Again, I go on chat and enjoy it, but I can also be honest about what it is and say that letting it spill over into the thread is probably not healthy for the community.
This makes so much sense. I wouldn't be surprised if they use this technology to mute the blood in most other matches.
No one is wanted in there, but everyone is welcome. We talk about all kinds of shit in there. Not just about what posters we don't like or what some dumb guy with a newsletter said. There is more music talk than anything.
I'm not trying to say people shouldn't have a place offsite to talk to each other and bullshit. This is a large community with a lot of people and of course some smaller groups are going to naturally form. That doesn't mean you have to bring that to this thread and try and use it to completely direct the tone of the entire thread. The nerdchat group gives Jpeeples posts more notoriety than their worth by trying to dog pile every time he posts screen caps.
For instance, what purpose does it serve to use the pictures of three posters in an avatar such as stro has done? I'm excited to see what convoluted explanation there is that isn't the honest "I'm mocking them."
For instance, what purpose does it serve to use the pictures of three posters in an avatar such as stro has done? I'm excited to see what convoluted explanation there is that isn't the honest "I'm mocking them."
What about Vickie?
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* Damn you Tyson*
Really? She has the body of a troll/hobbit. I'm not feelin her at all.
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What a shoot battle I just witnessed between Dixie Carter and Linda McMahon. Green mist, repeated low blows, Linda smuggling in a scythe, Dixie with the ground and pound and a twisting brainbustahruuuu. Incredible action.
https://youtu.be/4Tfrq4kHBB8?t=32m59s
https://youtu.be/4Tfrq4kHBB8?t=32m59s
So uh why did he lift up someone to put them back on their feet to lariat them?
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It's April. It's hobbit month.
Uno Venova
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I'd prefer if we didn't shame women's bodies in here.
By the way guys have you seen how fucking sad Baron Corbin's stomach looks?
By the way guys have you seen how fucking sad Baron Corbin's stomach looks?
Liquidsnake
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Dude did you not see that episode of total divas where she wanted to get Tyson's attention and she came out in lingerie?
Dude Jokim Noah OOOOOOOOOOOO face
This might be a bad time, but can I ask what you meant when you said you didn't know about posting in this month's thread at the end of the March thread?
Look at the impact on his knees!!!!!
I saw the episode where she thought she was tripping balls. Then crashed her svu 2 mph into a garbage bin. I dislike her, that's all. I'm offending people here so I will refrain from posting derogatory things. On topic. WWE keeps fucking over dean.
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Anyone going to watch F7 tonight?
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What a novel theory.
I'm of the opinion that the ring post was made of shark skin, myself.
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This Justin Roberts post is a good read
https://medium.com/@JustinRoberts/b...ee-and-portions-of-what-you-hear-296f34743af4
https://medium.com/@JustinRoberts/b...ee-and-portions-of-what-you-hear-296f34743af4
Of course it's nice for them to honor a sick kid and his family, but I really feel like the stuff with Connor went past honoring and in to exploitation territory. I also found it pretty shitty that they perverted what Warrior said last year and turned it into something to make themselves feel good. This year might just be an anomaly because of the circumstances with Connor and maybe next year will be about a behind the scenes person.
I think its perfectly fine to support them doing something special for the Michalek's while at the same time questioning the motives behind it.
Walking into the thread ought to be more like this:
And less requiring of this:
Agree completely, Ithil.
Just know that when I point out JPeeples83 going through wrestling events frame-by-frame to pick out the perfect shot of a WWE Diva spread eagle or bending over to promote his wrestling reviews as creepy, then questioning the status quo of WrassleGAF's acceptance and enjoyment of this kind of practice, I'm doing it on my own accord and not to entertain others. It's insular, skeevy behavior.
Hopefully now that Vylash has created a fun and accepting thread, we'll be seeing a new age of WrassleGAF where everyone's opinions can be questioned, yet also respected, and our sentiments are directed at the entertainers, not the fans on WrassleGAF.
OT3 in April, here we come. Thank you, Vylash!
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Rewatched Mania 31's main event.
Everyone looked like a goddamned star. 0 complaints.
Everyone looked like a goddamned star. 0 complaints.
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I am. Which reminds me, I should probably take a shower today before embarking on this endeavor.
Before that, however, I am curious as to what this community's views are on the franchise in light of women's month. Anyone who has seen the trailers or previous films will know that women are used to market the Furious films, often with shots of their asses. There's been times watching these movies where I felt it was gratuitous, but the reality of these movies is far more nuanced as they allow women to also kick ass and take names. Look no further than Michelle Rodriguez who is able to disarm multiple dangerous thugs on a number of occasions.
In many ways I see this balanced approach as the secret to these movies successes, and why #7 is currently sitting at 82% on rotten tomatoes, a franchise best.
LP shows up to nerd chat usually every Monday or PPV night.