Professor Beef
Banned
It was doing you a favor.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
August Wrasslin |OT| When Russo Shoots, He Shoots To Kill
- Thread starter Hasney
- Start date
It was doing you a favor.
Can't say that I do. Thank You Windows Media Center.
bean breath
Member
Aren't you the OP of the Sonic the Hedgehog community thread?
British Monsoon
Member
Ohmygod, someone's upped a pack of all CZW's shows from '99. I've only seen one show from that era, it was extra shitty. Can't wait.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Mr. Luchador
Member
P or X?
Mr. Luchador
Member
All?
FallingEdge
Member
Hell yeah, got my YTR VTR DVDs along with some Kinpuro cards!
my copy should be here Friday! can't wait!
BronsonLee
Member
Anything Pre 2011 is Smart Mark Video.
Anything Post 2013 is RF Video.
Anything Post July 2014: I have no idea who's filming for them now.
funkystudent
Member
Do they talk about his exit from WWECW during that thing? Also any mentions of Punk?
The fuck, you can what boring as fuck AWA, but NWA with the Horsemen, Dusty, Sting, Midnights, Rock N Rolls, Nikita, Steamboat, Funk is too boring for you?
Professor Beef
Banned
Still better than being a Konnan fan.
British Monsoon
Member
FallingEdge
Member
Got the DVD and three shirts. Redink, YEAOH, and Bullet Club. Think I got a bandana as well.
Paul Heyman isn't a genius. As much as I hate to admit it, 90% of ECW was crap.
riskVSreward
Member
Objection!
Heyman mentioned during the interview yesterday that there is a Blu-ray extra that is quite flattering. It apparently made him tear up. Maybe they just didn't get that much good footage from her.
I wonder how much money he owes people...
Like everyone in his life. Probably was ripping kids off in Kindergarten.
Professor Beef
Banned
I honestly find it more mortifying to say "I'm a fan of Konnan in 2014" than it is to say "Sonic the Hedgehog has had some enjoyable games over the years."
But that's just me.
riskVSreward
Member
I honestly find it more mortifying to say "I'm a fan of Sonic in 2014" than it is to say "Konnan has had some enjoyable matches over the years."
But that's just me.
Professor Beef
Banned
I just find this funny because this entire thread is scared of being associated with wrestling by their IRL peers. Just look at Sandman, who didn't want his hat being associated with TNA.
riskVSreward
Member
Are you implying that your IRL peers associate you with Sonic?
Being associated with TNA is arguably worse than being associated with wrestling in general.
Yeah, this nonsense about Paul being his booking genius is nonsense. ECW never had any good storylines. Just a bunch of idiots willing to put their bodies through hell for the sake of a paycheck that had a good chance of never coming through.
You mean folks here don't send out office wide emails inviting people to WWE PPV..I mean.. WWE Network Special parties??????
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
So you're telling us that wear your shirt where Sonic and Shadow are making out in public. Good to know.
Professor Beef
Banned
They know that I know a lot about Sonic's history, which is true thanks to the community thread. I don't know anything about weird fanart or that other gross shit because I'm not someone who actually sits by a rule 34 website just to see how long it takes for a character to show up there (yes, someone admitted to doing that in a recent GAF thread).
riskVSreward
Member
Bravo man. Life's too short to care what people think about your hobbies. I promote my wrestling vids and my buddy's promotion on my Facebook all the time. Believe me when I tell you it goes over a lot better than when I promote my atheism!
What you hate Jesus????
riskVSreward
Member
Yes. I usually recite chants against him at my satanic altar every night.
FallingEdge
Member
you nerds wont even wear wrestling shirts in public
#notallwrestlingfans
#notallwrestlingfans
His best booking period was the first year or so of the brand split. There were a lot of interesting ideas in ECW, certainly an interesting editing style, but he was so hampered by the talent he had to work with. I bet ECW wouldn't have been anything like it was if Paul was working with a roster as good as Smackdown 2002 and not guys like Sandman/Dreamer/Gangstas/Axel Rotten and so on.
Do you like Black Metal?
He had a tremendous roster for a good deal of time in ECW, and they produced great matches, but that didn't require Heyyman. You don't need Heyman to get Benoit and Eddie to have a great match.
He is a good writer, sure, but genius? No.
riskVSreward
Member
To be fair, I only own satirical wrestling shirts. Can't be taking this too srsly if you know what I mean ;-)
Net_Wrecker
Member
SoulPlaya pls. Wrestling has had like 2 "good storylines" in history. Like ever. All that matters is that the vibe of the show is exciting, and that the characters are engaging. ECW had both in spades. It's easy to look back now and nitpick everything as if we've come out of the 90s wormhole looking back on the other side with disgust, but at the time it was fresh, and grungy, and felt spontaneous. Not just because they were killing each other, but because of the vibe of the product, the music, and the "MTV generation" feel to the whole thing. And that was with a roster full of mediocre or flat out bad wrestlers at the top.
So please, fall back with the Heyman hating. He was terrible with money, but he's always had a good mind for structuring compelling shows.
I only ever bought one wrestling shirt and that shrunk down after the first was in a way that it doesn't fit me anymore. I would have worn that in public.
Hurt and Scared
Member
Everything is discussed, good and bad. Punk is on there and even mentions at one point the entire reason he was still in WWE at that moment (messy hair, baggy eyes, crappy beard, so at the end of his run) is because he was working with Heyman and that is what kept him going. I was amazed that soundbyte made it in there tbh.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Oh nice.
Good post. It's true. Same reason why Attitude Era was so much more enjoyable than the shit they put out today, even if we get 4 star matches more often on Raws and PPVs these days. Everything now is so sterile, boring and predictable.
90s were the fucking shit, man.
Tremendous roster over all, sure. At any given time, ECW had 4-5 really good guys and the rest were garbage. In 1994, they had Dean, Scorpio, Benoit, Shane Douglas, and Cactus Jack. Maybe Sabu, but his good-greatness is based entirely around how often he crashed and burned. The rest of the show was guys like Dreamer/Sandman/JASON/Mikey when he could do nothing but bump/Tommy Cairo/JT Smith/Chad Austin and whoever was on their way between companies for a weekend. The great guys never stayed for long.
But if you look at an over the years point of view for ECW's roster, it was great. No doubt. Year to year definitely not.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
found a copy of the getaway and decided to load a last save. that was one of the most painful experiences of my life. i have to answer this phone MILES AWAY with both cops and gangsters on my ass. WITH 2002 NON-GTA CAR PHYSICS. i feel sick now.
BITCHIN SOUNDTRACK THOUGH
BITCHIN SOUNDTRACK THOUGH
Heyman introduced Brock and made Punk bearable. Good enough for me.
Hell he even made 5 ft tall Taz seem like he was some kinda monster which they still can't replicate today with guys like Rusev and Big E.
Just not a fan of them sticking random lame wrasslers with him and hoping they'd break out (Cesaro, Hennig, Big Show, etc)
ECW was pretty shitty in hindsight but staying up till 3AM so I could catch a glimpse of Kimona Wanalaya on top of the ECW set was awesome at the time.
Hell he even made 5 ft tall Taz seem like he was some kinda monster which they still can't replicate today with guys like Rusev and Big E.
Just not a fan of them sticking random lame wrasslers with him and hoping they'd break out (Cesaro, Hennig, Big Show, etc)
ECW was pretty shitty in hindsight but staying up till 3AM so I could catch a glimpse of Kimona Wanalaya on top of the ECW set was awesome at the time.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
That game had some of the fucking hardest missions I've ever played in a game. Absolutely ridiculous.
I really enjoyed it though in a sadistic way.
