TarpitCarnivore
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Corey Grave selling the fuck out of Glorious is cracking me up.
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August Wrasslin' |OT| Make a.. make a good...uh...a good wrestling thread
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It was slick and had good music. The characters weren't great. Lots of "uuh, why?" and "erm, how?" And not because of the sci-fi stuff. Just mundane crap that didn't make sense.
Anyway, 5 out of 10.
Oh and
f'ing Steve lives AND saves the day?!
newdayrocks
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This, on the same week as those gay jokes used to open Raw on Monday.
funkystudent
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This... can only lead to amazing things.
I feel sorry for the poor person WWE will try this out on.
Because you know they won't even imagine picking anyone that's not already out to play a gay character.
newdayrocks
Member
Don't tell that to SomewhatGroovy.
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Better hide them from Cass and the Rock
I have no faith that they will be presented in any such way that will get over with the Raw crowd beyond some fat sweathogs desperately screaming themselves deaf trying to get a "FIGHT FOREVER" chant going
I've probably gone way too cynical on this but that's just my gut feeling on the whole endeavour.
I'm pretty sure everyone I've seen talking about the CWC has been very positive on the whole?
Here is an entire page of people hating the CWC.
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$4500 to book RYBACK
Also might be going to NJPW
Also might be going to NJPW
Found out about a Lucha Underground spoiler that involves a dream match I never ever would have though of. Said match will also for sure widen the divide between fans over a common criticism for the show. Still it sounds mental. All I'll say is it's a handicap match with some stars in it.
Oh alright, the match I'm talking about is
Oh alright, the match I'm talking about is
Pentagon Dark Vs Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani from Stardom! The girls are from Black Lotus' clan in the storyline.
BewareTheBatsie
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I'd be fine with Young so long as they just do something where they point out his boyfriend in the audience like they would if a wrestlers wife or girlfriend is in the audience and not as something where Backlund makes accidental offensive comments which is precisely what they are going to end up doing.
Because you know they won't even imagine picking anyone that's not already out to play a gay character.
Mickdundee96
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Seems like a good card for our first show then. TBH Vader/Ospreay is mainly why I booked the tickets but I'm hoping the rest of the night is why I'd go back.
I'm gonna try get to more live shows, theres no excuse for me not to get to any in and around London. I'll keep an eye out! If you see a tall fella with a good lookin skinhead on the balcony, I'm the skinhead haha
Cheers! I'd rather have decent seats than stay in the pub for another pint. Thankfully the train strikes over so shouldn't have any problems getting up there.
I agree the match probably isn't gonna be great, but wondering if Vaders gonna shoot and if theres real beef between the two will be the best part... until it starts.
It'll be cool to see Vader as WCW was my first regular exposure to wrestling, recording it at 2 in the morning. He was with Harley Race at the time and other greats such as Van Hammer and P.M Dawn
Bluekaveli
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Khloe, I'll rip your fucking head off.
Mickdundee96
Member
I mean there's high flying moves but I wouldn't call it flippy shit. There's nothing worse than when wrestlers are taking ages to set up moves or the other guys staggering around like he's drunk but I think during the CWC the high flying stuff has been balanced with actual wrestling.
Basically Lance has got a personality and opinion 20 years too late.
Well I can't imagine any way WWE could possibly do this wrong.
Royal wedding rumble
BewareTheBatsie
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Ouch about that Paige injury. Nerve damage on the back and shoulders can't be good. I really hope it doesn't result in an early retirement, she's only 23.
In an ideal world, this is how it would work, yes.
However, in the real world, I think you run into a number of problems.
First of all, WWE and Vince Mcmahon. we still get immature "gay jokes" straight out of 1999, as we saw on raw. i'm pretty sure vince and friends don't have the ability to present a LGBT character that isn't a comedy act. because "lol they're gay"
Second, most couples in WWE are heels. You have the somewhat goofy male heel with the gorgeous supermodel wife. Just the visual alone creates heel heat. Then they build to the make out spot, which always draws boos from the crowd.
Do you want to present a homosexual couple as heels? I feel like that would be criticized right from the get go. Undeservedly, but I can see WWE shying away from presenting a gay couple like how they present Miz/Maryse or Steph/HHH or Rusev/Lana. This is a safe choice that would likely result in boring characters, boring storylines and a failed "experiment".
So lets say they do go the Miz/Maryse heel route, presenting a gay couple in the same way, with them making out at the end of segments as a way to build heat. You now have the wrestling audience to worry about, both as a live crowd and on social media. This audience is simply not accustomed to taking a gay character as anything but a comedy character. If you present two men kissing live, you will get boos and groans and "eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww" from the crowd. If you present two women kissing live, you will get cat calls and cheers from all the neckbeards and perverts in the crowd, which is a good 90%.
In my mind, the best way to go is present a heel, gay couple in pre-recorded vignette videos. Have them kiss and be intimate without the crowd audio making a fucking joke out of the whole thing. In time, hopefully, they can condition the crowd enough to not shit all over them when they finally bring their act live. It would also be very wise to try this out first on NXT, with a far superior creative team at the wheel and a crowd that would probably be a lot more welcoming to such an idea.
Just my two cents. There's a lot of work to be done if they want to pull it off, and I honestly don't think the current main roster WWE brass would even come close to executing it correctly.
Papi will take care of her.
That's bad since she already have a fuck up back.
who says the nerve damage is from wrestling?
but seriously hope it's not too bad and she makes a full recovery
BewareTheBatsie
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Scoliosis is a tricky thing. On Breaking Ground they even sent a girl home during tryouts because she had a really bad case of it since it wouldn't let her bump well at all. I guess that means Paige doesn't have a super severe case of it if they gave the okay for her to wrestle with it.
Bluekaveli
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blackaroni
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You guys can be so ridiculous at times. I'm sure the WWE will handle the LGBT character just fine.
Bluekaveli
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This gif is even funnier when you know what you know about Seth. Even more when you learn about curb stomps and neos.You guys can be so ridiculous at times. I'm sure the WWE will handle the LGBT character just fine.
spindashing
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Sibersk Esto
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Remember Billy and Chuck?
We gonna get
A) Two teasing lesbians. They are heel, not delivering the "fanservice" will get heel heat.
B) Face gay/lesbian who is getting his/ her hopes up because a heel lies to him/her
C) R-Truth running around in women clothes, wondering if he was born into the right body
Bluekaveli
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How could we! They were only one of the greatest tag teams ever.
BewareTheBatsie
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I'm surprised GLAAD don't seem to. GLAAD got super pissed at WWE because they promised the Billy and Chuck wedding was meant to be a serious moment since they helped WWE get some media coverage over it.
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Looks like mma fighters are going to unionize
Check out @FightersAssoc's Tweet:
https://twitter.com/FightersAssoc/status/763735459306496000?s=09
Check out @FightersAssoc's Tweet:
https://twitter.com/FightersAssoc/status/763735459306496000?s=09
You just know Vince is scared as fuck right now.
whatevermort
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HEIDEN --
Mickdundee96
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Convenient timing after Zuffa just sold up
spindashing
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Whoa.
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Sweeney Tom
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Hell yeah, this is awesome to see
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Actual current impressions: C : I haven't had much time to play it this week because work has been kicking my ass