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August Wrasslin' |OT| Make a.. make a good...uh...a good wrestling thread
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Austin on MLW is pretty good
Full on shoot mode
Full on shoot mode
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Dana right now
Dana sold out last month and made millions.
We can't blame WWE for Seth shooting like that.You guys can be so ridiculous at times. I'm sure the WWE will handle the LGBT character just fine.
We know his history, after all.
FlammableD
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That requires people to actually join the Union. There's a reason every wrestler's union has failed so far.
FlammableD
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EVOLVE VS PROGRESS
EVOLVE VS PROGRESS
EVOLVE VS PROGRESS
EVOLVE VS PROGRESS
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That leaked WWN LIVE MANIA schedule was true.
That's a lot of wrestling
That's a lot of wrestling
wild wild rice
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I honestly don't know what people were expecting. It looked like a monotonous tech demo from the first reveal. I think people generally get too hung up on first impressions without imagining what actually playing any given game would be like.
FlammableD
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I'm totally not anti union, I'm a dirty lefty through and through, just pessimistic that fighters will overlook self interest to band together. That's why the wrestling union never worked, Vince could just shitcan the instigators and bring someone else in tomorrow. You'd basically need the entire UFC roster on side from day 0, otherwise Dana just says I'm not hiring any Union fighters.
friends, on this day 25 years ago:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26dq8d_keiji-muto-vs-masahiro-chono-g1-climax-1991
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26dq8d_keiji-muto-vs-masahiro-chono-g1-climax-1991
Nocturnowl
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FlammableD
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It shouldn't be a more than once or twice a year thing. Maybe we commemorate Sunny's ban.
Ryo Hazuki
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TarpitCarnivore
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2-3 hours in
Only explored 2 planets
Flying in space and the hyperdrive stuff is great
Survival mechanics are a bit much and going to make the game feel like a drag
C
wild wild rice
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My perspective may be skewed here by only having Hulu, but is Smackdown not the "make wrestling great again" of the brand split? So much pandering, so many Daniel/Shane promos (way more than Steph, surprisingly), weird booking and, most importantly, very little actual wrestling? As long as they can get the crowd YES! YES! YES!ing can they pretend they're putting on a solid show?
Just surprised that I'm enjoying Raw more than Smackdown because I thought it was gonna be a given the other way around.
The week before last almost seemed like an exercise in absurdity with, I think, only 2 matches having actual finishes and the rest being overly long promos and non-finishers.
Just surprised that I'm enjoying Raw more than Smackdown because I thought it was gonna be a given the other way around.
The week before last almost seemed like an exercise in absurdity with, I think, only 2 matches having actual finishes and the rest being overly long promos and non-finishers.
Between the WWN Live stuff with Evolve, Progress, Chikara, Beyond, FIP and Shimmer, Ring of Honor, Revolution Pro Wrestling, CZW and probably others I'm forgetting, they're starting to load WM weekend with too many shows. Fuck, that's not even including NXT running a large arena.
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Probably a dumb question but did tickets for MANIA go on sale?
Nope. Regular tickets will go on sale sometime in November if it's on the usual schedule.
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Cool might try to make a weekend of it.
Most of the big Smackdown guys were on the Australia/NZ tour so the show was always going to be a total lame duck. Not much they can do about it sadly.
Ya but WHO WINS
That's the way to go if you can afford it. I'd recommend scoring your indie wrestling tickets now or asap. Hotel too, those can book up quickly when there are so many events that weekend.
FlammableD
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WRESTLING
Bluekaveli
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Don't get worked by DMWhere did this happen? He seems to have enjoyed it on Twitter?
It isn't so much the way the WWE would handle an LGBT storyline I'm worried about (although yeah, in all likelihood it would be pretty terrible), it's the reaction of the crowds to it. I don't think the majority of the audience are going to be too happy about having The Gay Lifestyle paraded in front of them. You've got a cross section of low income white males, older people and families with young kids. The reactions would vary from 'ugh, that's kinda gay' to 'haha look at these gays prancing around' to 'this is corrupting my innocent child! don't turn him gay!', etc.
I'm all for something low key to begin with, ie as people have said, if Darren Young gets a big win, have his boyfriend on screen as occasionally the wives and girlfriends of wrestlers are, in the crowd, celebrating the victory, and have commentary put it over.
I mean these people are just BARELY ready to put women as a whole over, it's gonna take some time.
So I dunno - what should be done? A light touch, gradual approach? A heavy handed full scale assault that will backfire but might be good in the long run? Or just, nothing?
I mean romantic storylines in wrestling are far more often than not some of the worst things they do anyway, so putting aside the LGBT aspect, it's probably still gonna kinda suck unless we get on board with it in a patting ourselves on the back for moving forward kind of way - which like I said, I don't see happening with the current (and eternal, so far) WWE audience.
WWE dug themselves into a deep hole with the Attitude Era. A profitable hole but you can't just come back from that like nothing happened. This would take some serious doing.
But this is probably just more of Steph's philanthropy is how we are going to win strategy, might never actually materialise.
I'm all for something low key to begin with, ie as people have said, if Darren Young gets a big win, have his boyfriend on screen as occasionally the wives and girlfriends of wrestlers are, in the crowd, celebrating the victory, and have commentary put it over.
I mean these people are just BARELY ready to put women as a whole over, it's gonna take some time.
So I dunno - what should be done? A light touch, gradual approach? A heavy handed full scale assault that will backfire but might be good in the long run? Or just, nothing?
I mean romantic storylines in wrestling are far more often than not some of the worst things they do anyway, so putting aside the LGBT aspect, it's probably still gonna kinda suck unless we get on board with it in a patting ourselves on the back for moving forward kind of way - which like I said, I don't see happening with the current (and eternal, so far) WWE audience.
WWE dug themselves into a deep hole with the Attitude Era. A profitable hole but you can't just come back from that like nothing happened. This would take some serious doing.
But this is probably just more of Steph's philanthropy is how we are going to win strategy, might never actually materialise.
So uh, ESPN just launched a PR release recycler section on their website. I'm expecting the kiddiest of kid gloves interviews and a lot terrible fluff bullshit
http://www.espn.com/wwe/
http://www.espn.com/wwe/
HarryDemeanor
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You know. Since Shelton isn't healthy enough to wrassle, maybe they can bring Maven back.
BewareTheBatsie
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We want to cover it like we do with any other sport such as the NFL, major league baseball, the NBA and everything else that we cover with credibility and authenticity.
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Will ESPN cover the G1
So uh, ESPN just launched a PR release recycler section on their website. I'm expecting the kiddiest of kid gloves interviews and a lot terrible fluff bullshit
http://www.espn.com/wwe/
lmao these headlines
jeeeeeeeeeeesus
Glory Fades
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This is why ESPN struggles. They lose face with their fans, and audience. Its looked at as carny.
https://twitter.com/scottsteiner/status/763594301376958465
Big Poppa Pump ‎@ScottSteiner
The @WWE can remember my birthday. ...let's see if they can remember to put me in 2k17 and beating Goldberg a**...
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Big Poppa Pump ‎@ScottSteiner
The @WWE can remember my birthday. ...let's see if they can remember to put me in 2k17 and beating Goldberg a**...
12:34 AM - 11 Aug 2016
Tom Nook
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So uh, ESPN just launched a PR release recycler section on their website. I'm expecting the kiddiest of kid gloves interviews and a lot terrible fluff bullshit
http://www.espn.com/wwe/
Woah, an E60 mini doc on Cass.
Sweeney Tom
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lolespn
ESPN burying the small guy following him around, I wonder why
Shoemaker hasn't been employed at ESPN since April.Head writer/podcaster of the new ESPN initiative people
