August Wrasslin’ |OT| When Russo Shoots, He Shoots To Kill

Honestly, they're like the most perfect cannon fodder you could possibly ask for. Entertainment from top to bottom.

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Alucard said:
Gail is great in the ring, but let's be honest and stop kidding ourselves...her voice grates on the nerves and her promo "style" is too forced and often comes across as condescending.
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She just needed a manager... oh wait, WWE also used to not care about managers, but at least that is changing.
 
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PRESENTS


RANDOM INOKI ERA 2

This set includes:

  • Sting/Keiji Mutoh vs Road Warriors 7/16/1996
  • Shinyna Hashimoto vs Naoya Ogawa NWA Championship 10/11/1999
  • Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka
  • Dean Malenko vs El Samurai 6/14/1993
  • Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid 8/5/1982 WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • Vader/Tom Prichard/Tony St. Clair vs Riki Choshu/Masahiro Chono/Jushin Liger 11/1/1989

Hashimoto/Ogawa was straight up almost exactly like Brock/Cena, if Cena had a little more offense. Pretty much the whole match is Ogawa beating the fuck out of Hashimoto, dropping him with many STOs and judo throws, until Antonio Inoki steps in to stop it. Hashimoto never gives up, but dude was getting fucked up and Inoki wouldn't stand for it anymore. After the match, Hashimoto would say something to Inoki and then collapse in his arms as Inoki cried. It was weird as fuck.

Dynamite Kid vs Tiger Mask was the most restrained match between the two that I've seen. It was still super fun and fast paced. It's really disconcerting how Benoit was EXACTLY like Dynamite. Every little movement was identical. Tiger Mask is one of the fastest wrestlers I've ever seen. The last match made me desperately want to see a Vader vs Liger singles match, but I don't think one exists.

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All of these can be found at INOKI ERA.
 
Those Maryse gifs are going to make me late for work.

I already have the day off - hooray! Not like that...

Edit: omg Hasney - that gif is brilliant!!!
 
So when TNA goes, I take it Jeff will be back in WWE? I know they didn't want Kurt, but they always seem to love Jeff and his money-printing ways. Both the Hardys seem healthy for once right now.
 
God damn, I was not prepared for Diablo III to be as good as it is. It's hard to believe there were people concerned how it would translate to a controller. It plays so well.
 
jred2k said:
God damn, I was not prepared for Diablo III to be as good as it is. It's hard to believe there were people concerned how it would translate to a controller. It plays so well.
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Platinumed on PS3, and already just as addicted on PS4. With the game actually getting patches like on PC with this version, I can imagine I'll be playing this game on-and-off for at least another 10 years (like I still do with D2).
 
WWE SUMMERSLAM POLL RESULTS

Thumbs up 318 (93.3%)

Thumbs down 14 (04.1%)

In the middle 9 (02.6%)

BEST MATCH POLL

Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena 206

Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose 69

Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton 42

WORST MATCH POLL

Stephanie McMahon vs. Brie Bella 91

Paige vs. A.J. Lee 51

Bray Wyatt vs. Chris Jericho 46

Rusev vs. Jack Swagger 24

Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton 23

Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose 21


Reigns/Orton ****
Cena/Brock ****1/4
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Alberto Del Rio is said to be financially well off. One vague question that wasn’t addressed in his termination letter would be whether he could do autograph shows, but since that wasn’t specifically prohibited, one would think he could do so. However, people representing Del Rio have contacted independent promoters in the U.S. and said that Del Rio would be taking both autograph signing bookings and wrestling bookings in the U.S. starting very soon, because he didn’t believe a one-year non-compete where he wasn’t getting paid at all could hold up. His asking price for outside bookings is said to be extremely high, described to me as “Bret Hart level.”

He said that his contract expired in February 2015, and he was considering leaving WWE at that time before this happened. He said that he and his wife at first decided against suing to get his job back because he was going to leave anyway, but when he got the termination letter that included the one-year non-compete in both wrestling and MMA, that changed his position.

Those close to the situation said Paul Levesque told him when he was being let go to just keep his nose clean and when the heat died down, they would bring him back in six months. He said that he wasn’t interested in coming back.

The situation, as those close to him believe, is that there is a lawsuit out against WWE and Big Show from a former guy in production who is suing Show for allegedly roughing him up during a filmed interview segment. WWE felt that having another incident like that, that if Del Rio wasn’t fired, it would strengthen the case and strengthen a potential case by Barbierri that WWE provided an unsafe working environment. Those close to the situation have said that John Cena, Big Show and Randy Orton all told Del Rio they would push to get him his job back because most of the locker room was sympathetic to his position, but Del Rio made it clear that he doesn’t want to come back. Del Rio has become a big-time hero in Mexico, where the basics of the story broke in mainstream news, although he would not confirm them.
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Daniel Bryan has been doing almost nothing but rehab on a daily basis. He joked and said that he actually feels fine, but his right arm has almost no strength, which is the troubling issue. He was going to undergo surgery on 8/19, near his elbow as they believe there’s a nerve issue there which isn’t allowing the arm to regain strength. But then this past week, they postponed it and wanted to do more testing and see if they can fix the problem without surgery. He’s pretty frustrated because he wants to be wrestling. He’s been told that after surgery, he would probably be able to return in three months, so maybe as early as the end of November. But by delaying the surgery, they delay the return. He goes to two different physical therapy sessions, as well as gets acupuncture treatment and goes to an Active Release Technique class. Bryan was actually told in 2013 that he was going to need neck surgery because of his wear and tear. It was not a question of if but when. He didn’t tone down his style as best we can tell, particularly doing the missile dropkicks and diving head-butts. He was hoping to go as long as he could without needing the surgery and is now happy he made it through WrestleMania. He also said that he thinks Yuji Nagata is the best wrestler he was ever in the ring with, said one of the best matches of his career that was never taped was with Minoru Suzuki, and thinks Shinsuke Nakamura is the best wrestler in the world, and when he said this, was only through day one or two of the G-1 tournament. He also noted in an interview with us at how crazy it was that the band of thieves who broke into his house were caught last week, figuring that after the one guy he tackled was caught and they knew the police were after them after so many burglaries and you’d think they’d lay low for a few weeks.
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Kurt Angle made inquiries recently about coming in and was pretty much blown off. Mark Madden reported, and we were able to confirm with a couple of sources, that Angle spoke to HHH and was pretty much blown off. Angle then called Vince McMahon, but McMahon, playing good cop/bad cop, said that HHH makes the talent decisions. Madden reported that HHH wasn’t happy that Angle tried to go over his head. Angle pushed the idea of returning on a schedule similar to what Michaels worked his last several years, where he’d come in for specific shows and work very limited house show dates. Angle, 45 had told Madden that he felt he could do at most eight dates per month. Vince still seems pretty adamant about it not being worth the risk, saying in the past that absolutely nothing is worth putting the company in the position where an Olympic hero dies on their watch, because of the negative news stories that would follow. The fact Angle, whose contract expires in one month, is approaching WWE probably says something about the Jarrett promotion in the sense that with Angle’s contract expiring with TNA, Angle would seem to make the most sense as the “foundation” star for Jarrett if he had something, and there’s really no other foundation star out there. Angle has claimed TNA has offered him a new deal and he turned it down because he wanted to end his career in WWE and felt this next contract would be his last one. If Angle had a chance to come back, and there were no indications McMahon had changed his mind, they weren’t helped by the reports from various WWE talent that were on a flight with him that he was passed out. Angle claimed he was just sleeping on the plane, and has claimed to be clean after going through rehab several months ago. But in the last year, between the rehab and two knee injuries, he’s had a lot of down time.
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Santino Marella is already talking about possibly coming out of retirement. He said he’s got a lot of neck problems and his stenosis has increased to the point he needs to get it taken care of. He said the severity of his spinal stenosis is such that he can’t do any physical contact right now. But he said that if he gets double fusion surgery in his neck, he may be able to return.
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One of our readers who subscribed to the network, and then his credit card expired, called customer service to renew. He was told to just start up a new subscription as his old subscription was closed after the card expired and he didn’t respond to e-mails letting him know. When asked about the four months left, he was told, “Don’t worry bout that. When people cancel or stop paying, we just close their account and don’t charge them anything.” He questioned that, saying he didn’t want to get a surprise bill after subscribing. He was told the company policy at this point was not to enforce the six month agreement (not wanting to get a negative reaction from consumers on the network most likely) but they “just hoped people didn’t know they could cancel at anytime.”
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-Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 
Just watched The Shield Special on the Network and my goodness what a fucking Doc. WWE is killing it with these specials and they need more of them.
 
I may have missed a post about it, but what's going on with the three weekly matches project? Have any matches been chosen, or are we waiting until the September OT to start it.
 
So, with Gabe Sapolsky doing interviews on the Network doc's and them consistently mentioning the indies and what not, why aren't WWE jumping into the gaping hole Ustream is leaving?

Off the indies a chance to run their i-PPV's through the WWE Network? Hell, they could even offer to produce them or run their shows in Full Sail or something. Surely that would increase WWE's Network numbers are minimal cost increases. I guess they could offer a deal where WWE owns the right of showing the repeats on the Network forever (or even outright owning that footage).

I dunno, random thought, but why wouldn't you move the WWE Network into an area where it's the single place on the internet where people can consume as much wrestling as humanly possible?
 
WWE are on cocaine if they think that non-compete will stick without paying. You either sit Del Rio for a year and pay him his downside, or you let him go right now.

I bet he comes back though, full of piss and vinegar. And the first thing he does is punch the guy in the face again
 
Holy shit, this Terry Taylor / Seth Rollins / Triple H stuff in this doc.

Wow, so good.

Much better than the Bryan Mania doc, which was good, but had way too much kayfabe shit in it.
 
Aiii said:
So, with Gabe Sapolsky doing interviews on the Network doc's and them consistently mentioning the indies and what not, why aren't WWE jumping into the gaping hole Ustream is leaving?

Off the indies a chance to run their i-PPV's through the WWE Network? Hell, they could even offer to produce them or run their shows in Full Sail or something. Surely that would increase WWE's Network numbers are minimal cost increases. I guess they could offer a deal where WWE owns the right of showing the repeats on the Network forever (or even outright owning that footage).

I dunno, random thought, but why wouldn't you move the WWE Network into an area where it's the single place on the internet where people can consume as much wrestling as humanly possible?
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Diminishing returns on production quality, having to deal with a third party for your content, etc. It's fine when you're buying tape libraries, but it's not fine when something fucks up on a random indy iPPV, and the Network gets the blame
 
BronsonLee said:
Diminishing returns on production quality, having to deal with a third party for your content, etc. It's fine when you're buying tape libraries, but it's not fine when something fucks up on a random indy iPPV, and the Network gets the blame
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Yeah, plus the WWE would have to ensure they pay these companies out, no?
 
Alucard said:
Yeah, plus the WWE would have to ensure they pay these companies out, no?
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Indies would be happy with peanuts. It wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Edit: I am fucking dying laughing at that Spirit Squad gif. Dolph/Kenny talking shit while the other three do the dumbest dances I've ever seen in my life=gold
 
BronsonLee said:
Indies would be happy with peanuts. It wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Edit: I am fucking dying laughing at that Spirit Squad gif. Dolph/Kenny talking shit while the other three do the dumbest dances I've ever seen in my life=gold
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Yeah, still think there would be more hoops to jump through. What happens if one of the companies starts growing and potentially becomes a legit competitor to WWE? (big if) Then you'd havve WWE partially financing their own competition.
 
BronsonLee said:
Diminishing returns on production quality, having to deal with a third party for your content, etc. It's fine when you're buying tape libraries, but it's not fine when something fucks up on a random indy iPPV, and the Network gets the blame
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Fair enough, so what if WWE produces it for them? I mean, you don't need a huge production crew for this, would you? They have a ring, lighting, etc. plenty in their warehouse I'm sure? Of course, this would mean a lower pay-out for the indy fed, but also much lower cost to run an event?

Just thinking out of the box here, of course they won't do this.

Alucard said:
Yeah, plus the WWE would have to ensure they pay these companies out, no?
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A company with the size of WWE should have no problem paying a handful of extra bills. It's unlikely there isn't an entire department of people dedicated to handling billing and pay-outs.
 
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