I still watch it. Need to catch up with last week's NXT though.
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August Wrasslin' |OT| I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU-LY
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I still watch it. Need to catch up with last week's NXT though.
British Monsoon
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I haven't watched any WWE since Mania, and even then I only watched the Owens/Jericho match. Decided it was just not worth wasting my time on when there's such a ridiculous wealth of good wrestling to watch from the world over.
Got a couple of major problems with WWE that conspire to keep me away - firstly, the presentation, it's so fucking sterile, so safe and big. There's no edge, and I'm not talking about Attitude Era bullshit, but rather the atmosphere. Secondly, the matches, more specifically the road agents laying out the same boring-ass matches with the same tired ideas. It's been years since WWE have had such a strong crew of in-ring talent, but a lot of the time it goes to waste.
Got a couple of major problems with WWE that conspire to keep me away - firstly, the presentation, it's so fucking sterile, so safe and big. There's no edge, and I'm not talking about Attitude Era bullshit, but rather the atmosphere. Secondly, the matches, more specifically the road agents laying out the same boring-ass matches with the same tired ideas. It's been years since WWE have had such a strong crew of in-ring talent, but a lot of the time it goes to waste.
I watch the events New Legacy inc commentate over. they're the entertainment though, not WWE.
half a moon
Banned
I enjoy wwe for the most part. I have issues with it but not enough to get me to stop watchong.
half a moon
Banned
How the mighty have fallen
half a moon
Banned
Who was phone? I missed the kurt angle storyline. His son?
British Monsoon
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FlammableD
Banned
Crippler Cockface!
Also I think the jump to block the mandible claw is hilarious, come at me
Psst that's the idea
Also I think the jump to block the mandible claw is hilarious, come at me
Psst that's the idea
reptilescorpio
Member
Yep, dropped Network completely.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Three things.
1. Twin peaks was amazing last night, Mr c is always awesome and the ending made me mark out.
2. Had the weirdest dream of AJ styles vs Vader in some weird public Rooftop match. It began with Vader striking AJ with a guitar Jarret style. Then fast for towards the end there's some other building nearby and for some reason he jumps between the two doing a 900 splash and barely grabbing the rail, he will die for the business.
3. Good morning
1. Twin peaks was amazing last night, Mr c is always awesome and the ending made me mark out.
2. Had the weirdest dream of AJ styles vs Vader in some weird public Rooftop match. It began with Vader striking AJ with a guitar Jarret style. Then fast for towards the end there's some other building nearby and for some reason he jumps between the two doing a 900 splash and barely grabbing the rail, he will die for the business.
3. Good morning
half a moon
Banned
Morning
British Monsoon
Member
The Joey Ryan dickflip spot is 1000x better than Lio fucking Rush acting like he's indestructible. Glad he's fucking off to NXT, won't have to see his overrated ass shitting up any shows in the future.
half a moon
Banned
Racist
British Monsoon
Member
He's a tiny human being who's been wrestling for 4 years and decided his gimmick should be "I'ma zombie who can't feel pain, lol". Fuuuuuuck that guy. Hope he has fun on 205 Live.
half a moon
Banned
So he no sells literally everything?
British Monsoon
Member
avengers23
Banned
Pretty much, yeah. A friend and I have tickets to go to TakeOver: Brooklyn 3, but I'm going in cold about the matches and storylines.
He didn't pull this type of bullshit in the matches with Sabre in Evolve, so he was actually bearable.
half a moon
Banned
lol stupidLike a package piledriver off a ladder, through a table?
Yep.
reptilescorpio
Member
Oh damn I assumed he just booked the no sell spot as a 'fuck you I'm off to WWE' thing.
Wish it was Joey Janela going to WWE, I think he'd be great
British Monsoon
Member
He's 'Blackheart' Lio, so he comes out with bodypaint like Finn (because of course he does) and stalks his way to the ring like a zombie...then wrestles exactly the same, except he now can take a shit-ton of damage now and that's OK, or something. Because he's 'blackheart'. Oh, and he wins with a pedigree and does HHH mannerisms, haha. What an original guy, definitely haven't seen that before from a newly signed WWE wrestler.
And yeah, Janela's immeasurably better in every aspect but athleticism. And it's not like WWE's lacking for overly-athletic guys at the moment, so would't be at all surprised to see Lio lost in the NXT/205 mix.
And yeah, Janela's immeasurably better in every aspect but athleticism. And it's not like WWE's lacking for overly-athletic guys at the moment, so would't be at all surprised to see Lio lost in the NXT/205 mix.
excelsiorlef
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Use a different word
FlammableD
Banned
Fuck Lio Rush
half a moon
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Ok sorry
FlammableD
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Barry's tweet was my thoughts exactly on this: https://twitter.com/TheBarrylad/status/894124682827501569
I have a super high tolerance of fighting-spirit/no sells/1 counts/whatever but that is some next level shit. Awful.
I have a super high tolerance of fighting-spirit/no sells/1 counts/whatever but that is some next level shit. Awful.
half a moon
Banned
Who the fuck is Barry.
British Monsoon
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Barry. Y'know. Barry.
He does post here occasionally, perhaps all this Barry talk will summon him...
*waits for Barry*
Yup, I could even forgive that shit if the storyline's good enough - Ospreay kicking out of a burning hammer onto a chair, for instance. Totally egregious no-selling that I can see why someone might get annoyed about, but at that point in the match and in the story I didn't really care because I was too invested in the outcome. Perhaps the CZW crowd who've followed the whole thing are the same, but from that tepid crowd reaction and split opinions online post-show, I doubt it.
He does post here occasionally, perhaps all this Barry talk will summon him...
*waits for Barry*
Yup, I could even forgive that shit if the storyline's good enough - Ospreay kicking out of a burning hammer onto a chair, for instance. Totally egregious no-selling that I can see why someone might get annoyed about, but at that point in the match and in the story I didn't really care because I was too invested in the outcome. Perhaps the CZW crowd who've followed the whole thing are the same, but from that tepid crowd reaction and split opinions online post-show, I doubt it.
half a moon
Banned
What's his username?
Empyrean Heaven
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Daryl LIVES!!
You can't keep a beautiful boy like him down!
Fale, watch your back.
I love this post
slightconfuse
Banned
Commentary and camara work are at an all time low in wwe
excelsiorlef
Member
Daryl LIVES!!
daryl forever
half a moon
Banned
Now who is Daryl and the cat?
Edit: I see pics on google
Edit: I see pics on google
I view WWE as my sports team in that I'm always going to be following them through the good times and the bad. With that said I don't have it in me to watch much of the TV anymore. Watching a Youtube clip or two the next morning is a much better use of my time. I came to this conclusion all because of Road Dogg's tweet about how wins and losses don't matter. That is such a bullshit mindset to have if you're booking wrestling. If you want to say winning isn't always good and losing isn't always bad then I'm right behind you on that but if none of it matters at all then why should I care enough to get invested in the story? There's still things I like about WWE but none of them are enough to make me watch anything close to a full episode of Raw or Smackdown anymore.
half a moon
Banned
There's wrestlers I like so I'm going to watch them. The womens division is actually good. I love AJ. So, yeah.
Tho, I haven't watched any from 2002-2014 so maybe I'm in a different situation. 14-16 was a good amount of fastforwarding.
I wish I didn't need to go back and rewatch so I'm just saving myself trouble for the future cause I know I want to follow X wrestlers on raw and sd so I'll stop myself from needing to rewatch 2017- X year as well in the future
Tho, I haven't watched any from 2002-2014 so maybe I'm in a different situation. 14-16 was a good amount of fastforwarding.
I wish I didn't need to go back and rewatch so I'm just saving myself trouble for the future cause I know I want to follow X wrestlers on raw and sd so I'll stop myself from needing to rewatch 2017- X year as well in the future
TarpitCarnivore
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Not to keep harping on "back then" but look at this RAW card for 1996:
All compacted into an hour long show. The hour long format is just so good and I'm knocking out a RAW, Nitro and half of a next show in the time it takes to get through some of modern RAW.
I also know it'll never happen again, but I just love the look and feel of a venue like the Stockton Civic Auditorium or Manhattan Center:
All compacted into an hour long show. The hour long format is just so good and I'm knocking out a RAW, Nitro and half of a next show in the time it takes to get through some of modern RAW.
I also know it'll never happen again, but I just love the look and feel of a venue like the Stockton Civic Auditorium or Manhattan Center:
half a moon
Banned
90 minute raws on hulu go by quick
I like the huge set and large crowd
I like the huge set and large crowd
TarpitCarnivore
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Switching to Hulu helped a ton, but to Monsoon's point the large sets are just so sterile and safe in presentation.
half a moon
Banned
It's my favorite set. That old titanron with the huge leds was ugly. The ppi on the screen are really good and I love the floor screen
BronsonLee
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Big fan of Boots hating Lio as much as I do, fuck that oaf
RE: sets, the new one is incredible but I still miss the show-specific ones like the Backlash one
RE: sets, the new one is incredible but I still miss the show-specific ones like the Backlash one
Sibersk Esto
Banned
They don't care, so why should I?
funkystudent
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half a moon
Banned
lol that kid
Empyrean Heaven
Member
We are united in the love of the best part of NJPW
Although I still beat you at GWF 5...