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

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Hasney

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Big Dave M on Ambrose's promo on SD.

Ambrose had world champion presence. When a world champion faces a face, he has to make the match work. He has to do this fine line, in which he doesn't want to be fake, and play too much as a heel. Especially, when the champion is a babyface because that would be ridiculous to their character. So, you have to play this subtle heel because the psychology is that you want to see a title change. When you have a babyface challenger if you don't want to see the title change, what is the point of the match? I thought he was so great at not being fake and the things he was saying to Ziggler made sense for his character. He shut down Ziggler when Ziggler tried to portray the both of them as victims of the system, and how he mocked Ziggler for complaining about his situation and glorifying the fact that Ziggler steals the show, but Ambrose wins the matches.

The way he came off, and the way he walked out at the end, was all subtle stuff. He got a few boos at the end, but he obviously wasn't booed out of the building, nor was that the goal. The goal was to get the fans behind Ziggler, and Ambrose did so, by being a little bit of an asshole. However, at the same time, he wasn't turning his back or being fake to his babyface character.

His delivery and presence were just so good. He felt like more of a champion than Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns ever did. I can't say more than John Cena ever did, but more than John Cena at that night, so I thought Ambrose was very good.
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Pretty much agree. Shame SD has a weakish mid-card, because the top of the card is working well right now.
 
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Strax

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Bluekaveli

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Hasney said:
Yeah, I think it was the best match on NXT TV for a long time, but it didn't have enough time to really go places and the ad break was dumb.

Joe/Nakamura at Takeover though has the potential for something special. I feel like there's a few matches between Takeover and Summerslam that could really deliver.
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I don't understand why in the fuck do they do commercial breaks on the network when you'd think that's the main reason for having the network. Also everything goes off five minutes before the next so show your stupid oh oh here we go bullshit during that. If people don't know what's on the network by now then they're dickless foolish idiots who should get rid of it.

That match could steal the entire weekend, this is almost shaping up to be similar to WM weekend but let's hope Vince doesn't allow his developmental territory upstage him again.
 
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Syder

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Hasney said:
Big Dave M on Ambrose's promo on SD.



Pretty much agree. Shame SD has a weakish mid-card, because the top of the card is working well right now.
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I still think Dean needs a visual repackaging. The 'Lunatic Fringe' moniker is the worst thing about his persona, I like seeing him in the leather jacket but the fucking jeans need to go. Seth and Roman looked good with the belt. Even Sheamus looked better with it than Dean.
 
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klonere

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korly said:
Don't most of these shows air on traditional television internationally?
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Hasney said:
Yeah, but there's no reason why they can't do a "network edit" or whatever.
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They already do a bunch of stuff differently in NXT that makes the transition to the main roster difficult but starting to have matches with no commercial breaks would be a terrible, terrible idea in getting people ready for Raw or Smackdown.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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John Cena, AJ Styles, Erick Rowan, The Usos, and Apollo Crews will miss next Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live
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So that's two story-lines put on a halt for Tuesday. Maybe three if the Rowan thing was gonna lead to a tag match with Bray before this and the injury for the next episode. Could be a good thing since it could give more time to other story-lines.
 
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Hasney

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BewareTheBatsie said:
So that's two story-lines put on a halt for Tuesday. Maybe three if the Rowan thing was gonna lead to a tag match with Bray before this and the injury for the next episode. Could be a good thing since it could give more time to other story-lines.
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And we don't even have The Usos to pick up the slack. What's the fucking point.
 
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klonere

Banned
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

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Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
 
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Kurita

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klonere said:
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

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Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
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Vince must be rock hard
 
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mariachi507

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Just finished the first episode of the CWC, I swear that Ibushi is purposely trying to make me cringe by landing on his neck so much. Also, I've never stepped foot in a ring, but I've got a feeling that I could out wrestle Ho Ho Lun easily.
 
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klonere

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mariachi507 said:
Just finished the first episode of the CWC, I swear that Ibushi is purposely trying to make me cringe by landing on his neck so much. Also, I've never stepped foot in a ring, but I've got a feeling that I could out wrestle Ho Ho Lun easily.
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but could you get the people on your side like he did

#HoHoTrain
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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Hasney said:
Big Dave M on Ambrose's promo on SD.



Pretty much agree. Shame SD has a weakish mid-card, because the top of the card is working well right now.
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It's a shame he's so bland and boring in the ring. Supposedly the guy can wrestle and if that's true they need to ditch the lunatic fringe / "he's SOOOO CARAZY" angle. Get rid of the jeans and the brawler look all together.
 
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Kurita

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TarpitCarnivore said:
It's a shame he's so bland and boring in the ring. Supposedly the guy can wrestle and if that's true they need to ditch the lunatic fringe / "he's SOOOO CARAZY" angle. Get rid of the jeans and the brawler look all together.
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I don't know if I want to see Ambrose wearing regular wrestling gear. Would just be weird now since we're used to this look.
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
I'm seeing spots, my joints hurt, I'm running a slight fever.

Why does medicine make you sicker before it makes you better. It's 2016, we should have self-repairing nano-bots in our body by now damnit.
 
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klonere

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Aiii said:
I'm seeing spots, my joints hurt, I'm running a slight fever.

Why does medicine make you sicker before it makes you better. It's 2016, we should have self-repairing nano-bots in our body by now damnit.
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As soon as self-repair nano bots are a thing I expect the world to immediately end in a grey goo apocalypse.

BewareTheBatsie said:
Ambrose wearing regular trunks wouldn't help the complaints people have that he is too skinny and has no definition.
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I know he probably has his reasons for cutting down on working out or juicing and it's probably better for him in the long run but yeah, he's not got the best body to be going around shirtless with.
 
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Ultratech

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Aiii said:
I'm seeing spots, my joints hurt, I'm running a slight fever.

Why does medicine make you sicker before it makes you better. It's 2016, we should have self-repairing nano-bots in our body by now damnit.
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You know, I complain about not having Flying Cars and shit.

It's 2016! They predicted that shit back in the 50s!

Probably better off since dumbasses would crash into buildings and who knows what. Death by Flying Car would suck.
I mean, people have enough issues driving regular cars!

But yeah...I've been sick the last two days. It's not fun when medicine makes you feel worse off.
 
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Deleted member 47027

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klonere said:
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
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He looks wonderful. Should be here any minute now. Good looking guy. Lots of mass. Good definition. Muscle Grade is an A.
 
Barrage

Barrage

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klonere said:
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

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Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
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I am hyped for that Finisher like a motherfucker.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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klonere said:
I know he probably has his reasons for cutting down on working out or juicing and it's probably better for him in the long run but yeah, he's not got the best body to be going around shirtless with.
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I remember an interview where he said that he doesn't really lift weights, but just rides a bike most of the time. Guy used to be pretty big around the time he was with the Shield in the earlier days but has really dropped off since then, my guess is it was easier to maintain that size before hitting the road with the constant traveling.

Him a couple years ago and him now.

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jmdajr

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It's Friday!

edit: Most superstars look phenomenal after an injury or debuting. But once you hit the road it's game over.
Not enough sleep, fast food, not being able to find a gym. Etc.
 
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Zach

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Matthew Gallant said:
So, say you or someone you were married to worked for Bioware Austin and you/they are moving to a new office building. What would you expect to find in the offices of the company that runs a Star Wars MMO on moving day?



Of course, you'd expect to find a bunch of Acclaim WWF games from the late 90s and a corporate report on the reviews for one of them. In Your House for Sega Saturn! What?



This thick ass report is basically a print out of every review this Acclaim jabroni could find, with a short summary of what's good/bad about Warzone in the beginning. I don't know the chemistry of 18 year old toner, but the way the it had fused the pages together I think it's possible this report has never been read before. And who could blame everyone?

I took a look at the summaries and there's some funny stuff there:

GOOD:


BAD:
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"LAF!" and "enuff". Wut.

But they got this one right: "Bad tag team choice (Headbangers)". >_>

Oh crap, "WCW/NWO freak". Amazing.

It was me, Austin.
 
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Ninja Scooter

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klonere said:
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

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Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
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They can package he and Cesaro together as a tag team. Call them "The Guys Jason Statham Kills In A Direct To Netflix Movie"
 
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Ithil

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klonere said:
Cagey/Sunny just wanted to let you know that the 6"9 300lb Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler dude has started wrestling on NXT house shows and it looks like his finisher is a Torture Rack into a modified F5.

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Can't wait till the Strowman feud.
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Also his name is KING CONSTANTINE.
 
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