Man he really is a god.
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August Wrasslin' |OT| Make a.. make a good...uh...a good wrestling thread
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2016-0...sal-champion-finn-balor-injured-at-summerslam
Now confirmed.
Fuck that powerbomb to the corner.
Now confirmed.
Fuck that powerbomb to the corner.
Jimmy King
Member
I wish
slightconfuse
Banned
Seth is protecting his spot like a 70s wrestler.
#shoot
#shoot
It's Joe's time.
blackaroni
Member
Goddamn.
I can't defend these injuries or his crying on Twitter, uce. Sorry breh. We still hate Dean/Bray though...I back you up on Roman Reigns and this is how you repay me?
Marvel
could never
Yes pls.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Time for the Big Cass push to begin!
Jimmy King
Member
How does chanting about a belt make it about themselves? It's very clear they made it about how ugly the belt is. Now Mick and Seth are making it about the fans.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Where's Blue? He needs to hear that the real Demon King outlived another indy guy trying to take his throne
Life is temporary. Kane is forever
Life is temporary. Kane is forever
KANE IS LIFE. KANE IS ENTERNAL.
serenewarfare
Banned
The real news this week is when we find out Strowman has literally been killing these jobbers with that reverse chokeslam.
Exactly. Its a shit move. Stop doing it!
Surprised at the level of dislike for The Lapsed Fan. It's the one wrestling podcast that doesn't bore or annoy me too much. I can't listen to those weebrain LAW people, and things like how2wrestling are fine but too cutesy for me, lost interest in that schtick after a few eps. OSW is similar to Lapsed Fan but less funny and a bit dumber, seems a bit anti-women too.
I can totally see the point about things like them doing impressions and going off on self-indulgent tangents but honestly those bits hit as often as they miss. It actually makes me laugh sometimes. Sometimes the Vince voice kicks in and Jack has got nothin', but JB doesn't like, prop him up, he gives him shit for it, and then other times it kicks in and he's got something just perfect.
I dunno where the long fan emails talking about women they banged 10 years ago thing comes in - it's really not that kind of thing. I think it's being misrepresented.
Like has been said, they can be obnoxious, but they're fucking wrestling fans, what do you expect. I think they accurately poke fun at the ridiculous nature of this stuff and leave plenty of room to appreciate the good stuff as well while still being entertaining. And I like that they are so fucking long - I can download one episode and juist stick it on my earphones whenever I've got menial labour or walking around to do.
I can totally see the point about things like them doing impressions and going off on self-indulgent tangents but honestly those bits hit as often as they miss. It actually makes me laugh sometimes. Sometimes the Vince voice kicks in and Jack has got nothin', but JB doesn't like, prop him up, he gives him shit for it, and then other times it kicks in and he's got something just perfect.
I dunno where the long fan emails talking about women they banged 10 years ago thing comes in - it's really not that kind of thing. I think it's being misrepresented.
Like has been said, they can be obnoxious, but they're fucking wrestling fans, what do you expect. I think they accurately poke fun at the ridiculous nature of this stuff and leave plenty of room to appreciate the good stuff as well while still being entertaining. And I like that they are so fucking long - I can download one episode and juist stick it on my earphones whenever I've got menial labour or walking around to do.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Shit. My boy could be out for half a year if he needs that surgery.
Three of Seth's four major hits have come from him doing powerbomb variants.
Barrage
Member
"WE WANT SLATER" when two great wrestlers are working their ass off is self-indulgent trash that has nothing to do with the belt and everything to do with getting their chants off. The belt was an excuse for certain sections of the crowd to verbally masturbate. Ive long said how pathetic CM Punk chants are, but at least the crowd managed to shout that down.
Three of Seth's four major hits have come from him doing powerbomb variants.
To be fair, Wyatt and Harper both got injured while in the ring with Reigns.
slightconfuse
Banned
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I thought the We Want Slater chants were for Rusev vs Roman.
Right now it's the most legit finisher in the sport.
Broken clocks yadda yadda
Jimmy King
Member
Fairly certain you've got the wrong segment, bruh. That was Rusev/Reigns.
Crowd were into Balor/Rollins by the end.
SallyIsNow
Banned
They were. Maybe his feed wasn't synced.
I'm not defending the fans but doesn't this speak to resentment of how the company was run since post 2002?
I mean NXT introduces a new talent on a PPV and fans accept it.
There isn't any brand trust in the WWE espically when fans are used to things like the Reid Flair angle or the confusing nature of a popular talent like Sandow just getting losty in the shuffle.
NXT is HHH making aproduct he thinks fans will like, WWE is Vince making the product he wants. They could have come out with the best belt design of all time and fans may have still rejected it.
The only good that would come of that is Rollins will try to powerbomb him and injure himself again
Then don't buy a ticket to go to a show you won't like.
Jimmy King
Member
Orton/Brock but with Rollins/Joe
serenewarfare
Banned
It's an interesting point. NXT gets the benefit of the doubt in a lot of cases because they've shown willingness to change and shift to figure out what works and what doesn't. WWE has burned fans so much that fans will come down on them immediately once bad shit happens because of how hard it is to get them to change anything.
oneofthose
Banned
samoe joe vs seth rollins in a career ends match pls
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I guess no Demon King when I go to RAW.
Finn is specifically booked to show up anyways, which suggests to me they don't think its going to keep him out as long as say, Zayn.
Bluekaveli
Member
YOU SEE EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET DOWN AND PRAISE KANE!
He doesn't hurt others, vanilla colby can't even cut the mustard when it's all being handes to him.
SallyIsNow
Banned
If Finn is injured, then the pile is most definitely growing, pals.
No they aren't cos comedy isn't a participatory format while WWE's style of wrestling 100% requires crowd participation to function effectively. You want them to make noise, cool. You want to them make noise that helps tell your story, then you better be good at manipulating them.
Obviously the crowd didn't give enough of a shit about Balor/Rollins, so they wound up chanting some nonsense. Sure they're all dumb assholes but you can't blame the fucking fans, they came to enjoy the show and do it the right way - which they did almost the entire night. It isn't like they were chanting for puppies during the women's match or something. I don't care what the belt looks like really, but I guess enough of the audience had stronger feelings about that than the match in those moments.
We can sit here and criticise them but it seems pretty lame for the performers to do that.
Still watching through Summerslam unspoiled. Not surprised the Miz retained, Crews is just not ready for this level.
Anyways, was it just me, or did Cena and AJ seem not to gel as well early in their match? This improved though, and the atmosphere during the match was of course great, and alot of the spots, the psychology and story-telling too. AJ is just on another level with alot of the stuff he does, such a deserved victory and a GREAT MOMENT when he won. Awesome match!
Anyways, was it just me, or did Cena and AJ seem not to gel as well early in their match? This improved though, and the atmosphere during the match was of course great, and alot of the spots, the psychology and story-telling too. AJ is just on another level with alot of the stuff he does, such a deserved victory and a GREAT MOMENT when he won. Awesome match!
slightconfuse
Banned
Jericho and Brock got into a SHOOT
Sweeney Tom
Banned
He even tried to add Kane to the injury pile and hurt himself instead. Karma, god, whatever you want to believe it's clear evil was stopped that day. And Kane, the good, stood tall
serenewarfare
Banned
Interesting to see Triple H standing up for Jericho. But Brock would legit kill Jericho.
Sounds like Chris got worked