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August Wrasslin' |OT| Make a.. make a good...uh...a good wrestling thread

OG Sin Cara now working on Disney Cruise Lines


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korly

Member
In kayfabe logic was the mandible claw supposed to be a choke out move or Mick pushing his fingers down into the bottom of your mouth for intense pain?

I think it's supposed to be him pressing down on the nerve under your tongue and gripping under your chin and it paralyzes the opponent which is why they don't bite his fingers.
 

gun_haver

Member
Rusev's only problem is that...you might not be able to turn him face at this point. Like, what kind of face would he even be?

Rusev is still the best, though. Better than Roman, Seth and Dean for sure. The complete package.

Rusev can easily be allowed to turn face if they drop the anti-USA comments (which, christ, wrestling crowds really reveal themselves booing him for that), and just emphasize the already observable fact he is the funniest performer on the roster. The man makes feuds as weak as Dolph/Lana and Titus entertaining with his antics. He can be the brute or the lovable goof and actually be both within the space of 3 minutes on the mic.

He's got a friendly looking face. He also modulates his accent to be just exaggerated enough to sound convincingly broken, but not so much that it loses any comedic nuance. He knows what words to drop and what ones to emphasise - and he doesn't even need the accent to get his lines over, it's just a product of the xenophobia gimmick. He can deliver a funny line off the cuff. There are very few people on the roster who have these kind of instincts today.

He's also good fun in the ring. Rusev should have a heel WWE Champ run, and a good face run otherwise. I hope Rusev will be with us for a long time. Rusev Machka.
 

gun_haver

Member
But Million Dollar man supporting Trump is PERFECT. In that sense, the character keeps on giving.

edit: NEW, NEW NEW, NEW, NEW WORLD ORDER

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So it's come to this. Big Sexy, trawling for pops in the jerky aisle from people who don't know who he is.
 

korly

Member
I ordered one of these on the night of the first Smackdown Live:

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They're saying it won't even be in stock until August 22nd, so I probably won't get it until September.
 
Re: Raw's ratings
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The blame will fall on Daniel Bryan for failing to pop the rating in the face of competition from Olympics coverage.
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Then
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gun_haver

Member
Have we seen a consistently below 3 million so far?

For once I'm hoping they don't take it to mean anythingl. I mean, I didn't watch Raw this week and don't intend to, it sounds uneventful, but I don't want any swerves out of the interesting lane they've taken since Roman got suspended.

These goddamn Olympics. Who cares about a bunch of people running around on mats trying to win meaningless contests.
 

kiguel182

Member
I liked the Dean podcast. He made it obvious he didn't want to talk about his childhood and Austin kept pushing so Ambrose just didn't say anything.

When Austin cut his promo you could see he just didn't give a fuck. Because he doesn't.

His wrestling talk was great and he knows his shit. I like him more after this.

And yeah, fuck scripted promos.
 
WrassleGAF Power Rankings | Aug. 9, 2016

1. Zach
2. Anth0ny
3. TarpitCarnivore
4. DoctorWho
5. Chamber
6. Sibersk Esto
7. Bluekaveli
8. Fox318
9. korly
10. blackaroni
11. Aiii
12. NeoGAF Vince McMahon
13. Hasney
14. FlammableD
15. UberTag
16. Raw64life
17. slightconfuse
18. Kaladin
19. whatevermort
20. Kurita
21. Recall
22. mariachi507
23. avengers23
24. Morfeo
25. 31GhostsIV

Dropped from the rankings: klonere

Ranking, after a lengthy hiatus and just a couple of posts? You may say it's undeserved, I say DEAL WITH IT

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Just started my G1 catch up, loved watching Ishii put Okada down. My money is on Naito, but I know better than to count out the Tanadough.

'Genius of Kicks' is just one step down the ladder from 'PHD in street fighting'.
 
As Sunny said, red flags don't go away.

Late nomination:

Browny
FlammableD
Klonere
Menome

The British Invasion

Hasney can be Chelsea :)

Boots is too good and is thus William Regal.
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Couple of real fun main events at ENDVR tonight, TK Cooper vs Hanson was really worth a watch.
 

KingBroly

Banned
WrassleGAF Power Rankings | Aug. 9, 2016

1. Zach
2. Anth0ny
3. TarpitCarnivore
4. DoctorWho
5. Chamber
6. Sibersk Esto
7. Bluekaveli
8. Fox318
9. korly
10. blackaroni
11. Aiii
12. NeoGAF Vince McMahon
13. Hasney
14. FlammableD
15. UberTag
16. Raw64life
17. slightconfuse
18. Kaladin
19. whatevermort
20. Kurita
21. Recall
22. mariachi507
23. avengers23
24. Morfeo
25. 31GhostsIV

Dropped from the rankings: klonere

Zach Rider is more over than this list
 
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