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It's a gimmick post Plywood, the Tweet is even too long.
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It's a gimmick post Plywood, the Tweet is even too long.
Ninja Scooter
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Against Taker?
Carnby
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Because it's Let's. Do. Thiiiis!
Would be a slobber knocker.
FallingEdge
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Don't Sweat the Technique
Singles Match
Biff Busick vs. Brian Cage
Singles Match
"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Trevor Lee
Non-Title Tag Team Match
World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan - Champions) vs. Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
Singles Match
Tommy End vs. Chris Hero
Singles Match
ACH vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Tag Team Match
LOVE GUN (Chris Sabin & Matt Sydal) vs. Monster Mafia (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)
Singles Match
Andrew Everett vs. Ricochet
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match
Roderick Strong (Champion) vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. (Challenger)
card looks stacked! Any impressions from last night?
Singles Match
Biff Busick vs. Brian Cage
Singles Match
"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Trevor Lee
Non-Title Tag Team Match
World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan - Champions) vs. Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
Singles Match
Tommy End vs. Chris Hero
Singles Match
ACH vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Tag Team Match
LOVE GUN (Chris Sabin & Matt Sydal) vs. Monster Mafia (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)
Singles Match
Andrew Everett vs. Ricochet
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match
Roderick Strong (Champion) vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. (Challenger)
card looks stacked! Any impressions from last night?
FallingEdge
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GHC Heavyweight Championship: Takashi Sugiura(c) vs Togi Makabe
I had no idea Sugiura had the second longest GHC Heavyweight reign after Kobashi. I was curious how he did as a draw as I figured it was some short lived reign, but nope, he held the title for 581 days. The current record holder would be Kenta Kobashi at 735 days which is considered one of the best championship reigns in the history of pro wrestling and a big part of what helped get NOAH on the map for a lot of people, myself included. This match is long as fuck. Togi vs Sugiura seems pretty obvious on paper what kind of match it'll be, brawling with some technical wrestling. Probably a lot of punching, headbutts, and suplexs. I'm so glad Sugiura dyed his hair black and got rid of the weird boxer shorts. The blonde hair is such a shitty look. I actually didn't get into Sugiura until recently because I just thought his look was so shitty I wouldn't even give him a chance. It's sad, but I really do value a wrestler to have some kind of distinct look be it cool, weird, flamboyant, whatever.
Prior to this match, Makabe pinned Sugiura in a non-title match, so it definitely plays up Makabe having that on him. I only know a little bit about the events prior to this match, but I picked it up fairly quickly just from watching them in the ring. Makabe does a good job of looking like a threat to Sugiura as he's just as tough as the champion and is still on the hunt for his first world title win at this point. (He doesn't win the IWGP title until a few months later.) The camera frequently cuts to Makabe's chain resting in the corner of the ring. It's amazing how illustrious of a career Makabe was able to make ripping off Bruiser Brody. Maybe Joe Doering got inspired. Makabe starts the match off working Sugiura onto the ground while it constantly teases the chain. It's kind of strange to see a foreign object emphasized so much in a NOAH match. Misawa would have been like, 'What's this gimmicky bullshit?' The two get face to face and, you guess it, they have a forearm exchange. Who would have thunk it? The actual surprise however is how handily Sugiura wins it. Sugiura continues to beat on Makabe in the corner like he owes him money with the ref having to pull Sugiura off of him including the Engrish use of, "Let him go!" And the ref is immediately taken out by Makabe pushing Sugiura into him. Time to brawl on the outside. Does any NOAH title match post-Kobashi NOT have brawling on the outside?
I GO BACK IN TIME 5 YEARS AND I STILL CANT AVOID THIS FUCKER! Do you know what else is required in every GHC title match post-Kobashi reign? Apron spots.Makabe gives Sugiura that move where you drop them on their ankle on your knee or whatever off the apron through the table. It looks awful, so I didn't gif it. Makabe hits him in the ankle with a chair which looks a lot better, so the ankle of Sugiura is now the focus of the match. Prolonged working of the ankle by Makabe. Sugiura finally gets himself up and gets some momentum back. Throws Makabe into the corner and proceeds to charge but doesn't God Mode and realizes his ankles been worked on which sets up Makabe to cut his head off with a lariat.
Disappointed in himself for not being able to do the Yakuza kick in the corner before, Sugiura mans up and does it. Twice followed by a brutal knee. Makabe runs the ropes to hit a lariat and Sugiura counters it by just running into the corner. I think this is the smartest count I've ever seen in the history of professional wrestling. I thought it was a botch at first. Makabe whips Sugiura into the corner but Sugiura can't make it as he falls over clutching his ankle. That might be one of my favorite 'little things' spots in wrestling. When they're took fucked up to even get thrown and be carried by momentum. Makabe performs a very nice looking chopblock. Sugiura tanks a King Kong Lariat, and it looks great. Makabe is unable to get Sugiura up for a powerbomb and you even hear the crowd kind of laughing about it, so Makabe says 'fuck it. Lariat.' Then attempts it again.
This heelish action surprisingly gets a 'Ma-Ka-Be!' chant which is kind of funny.
Go doing the Misawa thing.
Sugiura fights his way out of a Spider German Suplex and repays it with a tree of woe knee. Sugiura goes for his own top rope german but Makabe fights it off. Sugiura attempts a superplex, but Makabe fights that off as well. Makabe attempts a king kong knee drop and ends up with an indy wrestling german
Makabe eats some knees and a dragon suplex but kicks out of both. Makabe regains control, but can't put Sugiura down with a king king lariat or a german suplex so he finally hits him with the spider suplex. Top rope Angle slam. Sugiura wins. Crowd pops huge.
This match is over 30 minutes long. I watched it to see how well Makabe would do in that length of a match, and neither Makabe nor Sugiura ever look anywhere close to winded the entire time. But Makabe should not be doing these long of matches and this match could have been better if it was done in half the time. A ton of it felt like filler and a lengthy match just exposes Makabe's limited moveset. I lost count of the number of lariats in this match from him . I wouldn't mind seeing Sugiura show up at NJPW randomly and challenge Makabe for his NEVER title in a rematch, but it'd definitely need to be around 10-15 minutes instead of 30+.
Dope man. I enjoy these one shot reviews. Keep em up and I will continue to read and watch.
bean breath
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You can apply the same logic in this thread: the people with a current NXT Superstar as their avatar are genuine non-gimmick posters.
Well I guess now we have both people that like and dislike members that post like they're cutting a promo so we'll let a moderator rule on whether or not it's acceptable.
How we would phrase this question and finding a mod that would even know what we're talking about might be a challenge.
Maybe a precedent has already been set in a different community that will apply to this. Like people in animeGAF posting with Japanese words, honorifics, and emoticons. Or people in hip hopGAF using the n-word because they're quoting a lyric from a song in their post.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurzeGvPrQ
Just catching up on Smackdown. It seems kind of funny that the sole reason for Sheamus beating up on Ziggler so long on Raw was so that they'd have enough footage to make up a new titantron video for him.
Also this promo sounds like it was written straight by Vince McMahon lol.
Also this promo sounds like it was written straight by Vince McMahon lol.
BronsonLee
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That HolyBaikal tribute thread makes me want to moonsault into lava
Perspicacity
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Pretty forward of Brad Paisley inviting a rap musician onto his album. You never see hip hoppists doing the opposite and inviting country acts to their shows reminds us all that racism is a two way street right folks
Pop-O-Matic
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Which thread is this?
Don't Sweat the Technique
Singles Match
Biff Busick vs. Brian Cage
Singles Match
"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Trevor Lee
Non-Title Tag Team Match
World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan - Champions) vs. Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
Singles Match
Tommy End vs. Chris Hero
Singles Match
ACH vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Tag Team Match
LOVE GUN (Chris Sabin & Matt Sydal) vs. Monster Mafia (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)
Singles Match
Andrew Everett vs. Ricochet
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match
Roderick Strong (Champion) vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. (Challenger)
card looks stacked! Any impressions from last night?
It was fucking amazing. Tommy End and Chris Hero beat the shit out of each other. I hope Monster Mafia and Beaver Boys keep coming back.
FallingEdge
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Awesome. PWG doesn't come out with many shows but they are always on point. I think I will do my best to see if I can make it out to BOLA this year. Have a grand ol time.
Perspicacity
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Wow. I just learned that schooling was for more than just eggheads like Obama
Sibersk Esto
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bean breath
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Bronson, this totally does not bother me personally and I have no beef with you whatsoever, but some posters here have mentioned before that they don't like when people use this thread to complain about other threads. Just giving you a friendly heads up.
Gaf meet up at BOLA!
CreeperBlocks
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slightconfuse
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Bloodborne is pissing me,off
FallingEdge
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heh, I want to make a trip out of it. Spend some time in LA or by the beach or whatever. I need to figure it out.
Just beat the 2nd boss. Awwww yeah.
lovely ladies
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Have you paid a visit to your local barbershop this weekend?
Apparently if you leave the game on for 10-15 hours, it makes the bosses easier.
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Deleted member 47027
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I went back and watched a lot of the Brock promos right before the Royal Rumble, and it's VERY obvious they were planning Rollins to be the guy at Mania, hands down. Obviously they wanted to "make" Roman as well in the buildup but he underdelivered. Brock is an unbelievable babyface even before the Rumble.
Yes, it was all planned in advance, easily. Everyone was just paying attention to Reigns.
Yes, it was all planned in advance, easily. Everyone was just paying attention to Reigns.
BronsonLee
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1023565
oh god
Kill me now.
Bean you're already on my shitlist for your goddamn CJ Parker thread
I'll take your ass to court in a second!
I'd also like to take this time to call FallingEdge a butt for not coming to the ROH
/NXT
Finished it the other day. Where are you stuck at?
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Deleted member 47027
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I missed a CJ Parker thread?! Where?!
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Deleted member 47027
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Great thread. Sad I missed it. I was grieving. I would have supported it and lent an air of legitimacy supporting your OP.
Carnby
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Any tips for us?
bean breath
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I guess it's my fault for believing people here who say that NXT is more popular than ever, has huge crossover appeal and is better than WWE. If all that were true, why would a mod lock it and say the release of an NXT Superstar doesn't merit an OT thread?
slightconfuse
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Just started the game. Keep dieting in this s sewer area.
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Deleted member 47027
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Yeah. It might be more popular than ever, but it's still in the shadows. I am surprised April Brooks' retirement thread only got a rise out of around 300 people. Not too impressive.
#StandWithHolyBaikal
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Deleted member 47027
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I miss HolyBaikal.
Perspicacity
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well she is a woman
Ah, are the rats giving you trouble or is it the henchmen?
BronsonLee
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I miss going into a thread after Baikal has wreaked havoc all around it, leaving only a smoldering crater in their wake
They are an ethereal being who's only concern was to confuse the shit out of everybody
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Deleted member 47027
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You can't diet properly on rats.
slightconfuse
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Just getting used to the controls. Hard to,crowd control,in the game
Perspicacity
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What do you do when you fuck up a new relationship after 3 weeks because you said the wrong name in bed but you still wanna keep having sex with her and she hasn't really accepted your apology and moved on yet. Asking for a friend
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Sibersk Esto
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You're supposed to do that before you make the OT thread
FallingEdge
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If I can get things figured out, count me in.
Patience. Keep your distance and I always tended to land one or two hits and just run away. Always rolling too. When he gets into his final form, play the music box, backstab while stunned, R1 stab thing, then run like hell. He should almost be dead at this point. I threw a cocktail, landed a few more hits and it was gg.
Perspicacity
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Print one of these
And don't say peoples' names in bed. That's creepy.
What, my friend was saying f+p shit with his lady friend, not fucking yet
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Deleted member 47027
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But names? You need to use pet names, like "Sugar Bear" or "Sweet Cheeks" or "Mud Hole" - something truly fnp.