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August Wrasslin |OT| I'll tout it to the papers if I have to
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My pick.
BillRiccio
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Go with KOT it's time for the real wrestling fans to shine!
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Deleted member 47027
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Glad you have found the direction you were seeking! A lot of wrasslegaf may give you shit, Heavy, but I'm personally glad you've made some decisions and know what you're doing. Right on brother. Keep us posted! I know we all want good things for ya.
September 14 - 15 - 16
It won't air live on iPPV and we'll determine a schedule for it based on how fast they get the events up. We may watch it that weekend if the events are posted 24 hours later or the next weekend if they're posted during the week.
funkystudent
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September Wrasslin |OT| Hustle, Loyalty and FUCK YOU I WANT A TITLE SHOT!
BillRiccio
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Alberto Del Rio's son is a huge Kane fan?Summerslam was a great surprise for me yesterday. I doubt anyone remembers this but in Feb when they came to San Diego I got to go to the show for free and hang out with Del Rio after the show because my cousin is good friends with him.
Well same cousin called me up yesterday morning and said he had an extra ticket if I wanted to go. Of course I said yes we drove up to LA for the event.
Got to Staples ( my first time going there) was really impressed with the size of it compared to the Sports Arena in San Diego. LA just tends to do everything bigger and better in that sense.
The view from our seats, the crowd was pretty hot overall and pretty smarky. ( Kobe Bryant chant when the Prime Time Players were wrestling) Our whole section was family members of wrestlers we had Titus O'neil's family right in front of us and some of C.M Punks either friends or family directly behind us. There was a pretty funny and awkward moment for me when Punk was celebrating and jumped up on the guard rail and was signaling to the person right behind me and I totally thought it was for me. *shame*
As great as all that was the best part was having dinner with Alberto and his family after the show. ( No Ricardo Rodriguez this time which is too bad cause the guy is hilarious and just goes on and on about the other wrestlers ) We went to a Korean BBQ place in Little Tokyo which was fantastic. Del Rio remembered me from the bar in Feb and was super cool and totally down to earth. I was really surprised how cool and candid it all was. ( He even apologized about the seats he got us saying they weren't that great. I was like no way those are easily the best seats ive ever had, guess they were sold out and he had to go to Vince personally to get them)
His little boy is a total Kane mark which was really funny as he kept imitating him and playing the theme song off Alberto's phone. Heard some really cool stories and talked all kinds of wrestling and even football ( soccer ) with him. Had a really REALLY great time.
Reminds me of me when I was a boy. *Cries*
And I'll take your advice, Bootaaay. I'll give the indies a better chance.
Btw everyone I was the mystery touter.
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Deleted member 47027
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Holy shit Razor, now THAT is a SCOOP
That's fine, You know how I feel about your MMA-gaf anyways.
I don't get that, how does wrestling put someone in a bad mood? I've never been in a bad mood because of what happened in match or anything. Maybe I just don't care enough...
Of course not, they can't afford him.
WWE does, a LOT.
It affects me in such a way that it brings out the worse in me. WWE is worse than drugs. (probably)
Now that I won't be able to watch wrestling, I'm sure my life will improve. As will my mood.
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Deleted member 47027
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I think I take it too lightly to ever be put in a bad mood. "Whatever, who cares" is how I feel.
Perspicacity
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What if I told you that wrestling was a cable TV show!?
Wuthering_Heights
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Anyone have a Prime Time Players: Millions of Dollars .gif?
British Monsoon
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First round match announced for the 2012 CHIKARA King of Trios;
Also, this weeks CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go features highlights of two matches from the Chikarasaurus Rex iPPV - Sara Del Rey & Saturyne vs The Batiri and UltraMantis Black vs Ophidian;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKoq4lWc48
Also, this weeks CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go features highlights of two matches from the Chikarasaurus Rex iPPV - Sara Del Rey & Saturyne vs The Batiri and UltraMantis Black vs Ophidian;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKoq4lWc48
and yes Ultramantis Black is awesome.
Even though I haven't seen him in action yet.
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BillRiccio
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Who needs Kane?
We have The Great and Devious Ultramantis Black!
Quoting for the shear awesomeness of Ultra Mantis Black!
spindashing
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WHERE WAS I FOR THIS SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV STUFF??? DAMN IT.
So yeah, I'm thinking the September wrestling topic will be...
September Wrasslin |OT| Team WWF vs The World
It will feature the three big US tournaments which are happening/concluding in September.
Chikara's King of Trios
PWG's Battle of Los Angeles
Impact Wrestling's Bound For Glory Series
I'll throw something about Dean Ambrose, Triple H and John Cena in there as well.
The thread will go up August 29th.....feel free to post in it early or not, I'm on vacation that weekend so it has to go up early.
Also, I'll reserve the second post for the Hall of Shame and Sunflower's fave five for September (both to be posted when I return) .
September Wrasslin |OT| Team WWF vs The World
It will feature the three big US tournaments which are happening/concluding in September.
Chikara's King of Trios
PWG's Battle of Los Angeles
Impact Wrestling's Bound For Glory Series
I'll throw something about Dean Ambrose, Triple H and John Cena in there as well.
The thread will go up August 29th.....feel free to post in it early or not, I'm on vacation that weekend so it has to go up early.
Also, I'll reserve the second post for the Hall of Shame and Sunflower's fave five for September (both to be posted when I return) .
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Perspicacity
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I'm gonna call dibs on making the thread for December.
Wuthering_Heights
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Does this work for ya?
Awesome, thanks!
British Monsoon
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Sounds good. Don't forget, there's a few iPPVs in September too;
. CZW - Down with the Sickness - September 8th, 8PM EST
. EVOLVE 17 - September 8th, 5PM EST
. ROH - Death by Dishonor X: State of Emergency - September 15th, 7:30PM EST
Barack Lesnar
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Summerslam:
- Dolph/Y2j match was good. Y2j won because WWE wanted Dolph to win on Raw because it has 4-5 million viewers compared to a couple hundred thousand who bought Summerslam. That's my theory anyway
- KAne/Dbry was ok, not great. Abrupt ending with the roll-up
- Rey/Miz, surprisingly good match
- Sheamus/Del Rio, Smackdown match not PPV
- Tag team match, didn't watch/care
- Big Show/Cena/Punk, big show completely ruined the match with his slow, methodical pace. He's a plague on this company and is unwatchable in the ring. Almost the entire match was Big Show roaming around like a giant tortoise while the other two on the ground
- HHH/Brock, a really bad match. There were times where i stopped watching and just listened. Compare this to Extreme Rules where our eyes were glued to the screen for the entirety of the match. HHH is another plague on this company. I loved it when he got those you tapped out chants after and didn't get the reaction he wanted. Nobody cares dude, just go away with your fat gut and catcher's mitt forehead.
I give the show an Edge 4/10 rating since both the last two matches were really bad but there were a couple good ones before that.
Raw, 08/20/12:
- It was just on last night and I'm having a hard time remembering it, not a good sign. I listened to the audio instead of watching the show for probably 70-80% of it. Only good parts I remember:
Heyman's epic "Brock Lesnar" at the end of the promo (everything else was boring and alt-tab worthy)
- Kaitlyn winning. The match really sucked even for a divas match tho. There was like no good spots at all, just really really bad and I'm one of the most tolerant people of these diva matches.
Those were the only two good moments of the show for me. I read the recap here to try to remember other things that were good: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-august-20-fan-041000458--spt.html but there weren't any.
When Orton's music came on to fight Del Rio I almost turned off the show and WWE altogether. I dunno why that moment specifically... it's just the same shit over and over and it left an awful taste in my mouth.
All the matches were bad except for Dolph/Y2J. All the promos were bad except for Heyman's part. The ending promo which led to a 15 minute overrun was alt-tab worthy, just pointless inane banter we've all heard before with the word "respect" spammed into every other line.
This move to 3 hours has really hurt the show IMO. All the flaws and boring moments and lulls become more apparent because the show is so much longer so they get more spotlight, compared to when it was 2 hours when a boring match or segment happened you knew a new one was gonna start fast...the pace kept up. But here with the 3 hours all these shit segments and matches linger with the viewer and leave a bad taste in your mouth and hurts the show a lot.
I give this Raw an IGN 3/10.
- Dolph/Y2j match was good. Y2j won because WWE wanted Dolph to win on Raw because it has 4-5 million viewers compared to a couple hundred thousand who bought Summerslam. That's my theory anyway
- KAne/Dbry was ok, not great. Abrupt ending with the roll-up
- Rey/Miz, surprisingly good match
- Sheamus/Del Rio, Smackdown match not PPV
- Tag team match, didn't watch/care
- Big Show/Cena/Punk, big show completely ruined the match with his slow, methodical pace. He's a plague on this company and is unwatchable in the ring. Almost the entire match was Big Show roaming around like a giant tortoise while the other two on the ground
- HHH/Brock, a really bad match. There were times where i stopped watching and just listened. Compare this to Extreme Rules where our eyes were glued to the screen for the entirety of the match. HHH is another plague on this company. I loved it when he got those you tapped out chants after and didn't get the reaction he wanted. Nobody cares dude, just go away with your fat gut and catcher's mitt forehead.
I give the show an Edge 4/10 rating since both the last two matches were really bad but there were a couple good ones before that.
Raw, 08/20/12:
- It was just on last night and I'm having a hard time remembering it, not a good sign. I listened to the audio instead of watching the show for probably 70-80% of it. Only good parts I remember:
Heyman's epic "Brock Lesnar" at the end of the promo (everything else was boring and alt-tab worthy)
- Kaitlyn winning. The match really sucked even for a divas match tho. There was like no good spots at all, just really really bad and I'm one of the most tolerant people of these diva matches.
Those were the only two good moments of the show for me. I read the recap here to try to remember other things that were good: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-august-20-fan-041000458--spt.html but there weren't any.
When Orton's music came on to fight Del Rio I almost turned off the show and WWE altogether. I dunno why that moment specifically... it's just the same shit over and over and it left an awful taste in my mouth.
All the matches were bad except for Dolph/Y2J. All the promos were bad except for Heyman's part. The ending promo which led to a 15 minute overrun was alt-tab worthy, just pointless inane banter we've all heard before with the word "respect" spammed into every other line.
This move to 3 hours has really hurt the show IMO. All the flaws and boring moments and lulls become more apparent because the show is so much longer so they get more spotlight, compared to when it was 2 hours when a boring match or segment happened you knew a new one was gonna start fast...the pace kept up. But here with the 3 hours all these shit segments and matches linger with the viewer and leave a bad taste in your mouth and hurts the show a lot.
I give this Raw an IGN 3/10.
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Deleted member 47027
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Good writeup Heavy. With a little more elaboration on it, we can call it "With Satin: The Shittiest Bits of Raw"
I wonder why you had a hard time remembering...
I miss when Heavy pretended the shows were good. It's not like the quality has decreased since you were still calling them the best show every week.
I won't, September is a big indies month.
Net_Wrecker
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Oh snaps. All over this. Thanks.
The winds of change are blowing through this thread. Even Heavy's finally making sense.
Barack Lesnar
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I might have been exaggerating, probably like 50-60% but anyway do you blame me when these are the matches:
- Kofi/truth/botch vs PTP/cody (i just can't watch kofi and truth like this, they are a tag team made for little kids)
- Ryback vs 2 local jobbers (no thanks)
- Del Rio vs Orton (as i mentioned above, i almost quit WWE when orton's music came on)
- Clay vs Sandow (this i watched, but muted Clay's entrance and exit which accounts for about 70% of any given Brodus Clay match)
- Otunga/Show (watched because i'm an otunga mark, very short tho and Big Show made it almost unwatchable)
- Kane and Ryder vs. Dbry and Miz (only reason to watch is Dbry)
- Divas battle royale (really bad like i said and even the eye candy was kinda meh except for Kaitlyn. No Kelly Kelly, no Layla in ring.)
- Dolph vs. Jericho (good, watchable match).