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August Wrasslin |OT| The Sunday of Summer

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Fox318

Member
Sephzilla said:
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Robocop was a work?
 
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Data West

coaches in the WNBA
I wish I saw that punchable face thread earlier because I just got done watching Singles and man, Matt Dillon has the kind of face you want to take a non-gimmicked folding chair to
 
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real_slime

Banned
Frecklestein said:
Wrestling is something that is built heavily around looks and not to mention it having a predominantly male viewership as well as those running things. Not to mention it's human to find other beings, especially those in the limelight to be attractive. There are a lot of women who are attracted to these guys. Hell, just the past weekend, there was a girl with that "Face Fuck Me Finn" sign at Takeover.

For me, as a straight male, I look up to a lot of the males in wrestling in terms of inspiration for fitness and athleticism. There are plenty of lookers there as well. For the women, being a straight male, I am attracted to quite a few of them. But for the most part, that's extremely secondary to the talent of the women. During Sasha/Bayley's match, I wasn't thinking about how hot they were or furiously masturbating, I was enjoying a really good match from two women who I find attractive. That's it.

Western wrestling, WWE mostly, had put themselves in a position for a long time with the women's division where they were simply trophies to be gawked at and brought out for bra and panties matches and used as prizes for the men. They're feeling that now as they try to tone down the sex appeal aspect and focus more on the entertainment/wrestling part of things. Just as there is with the men. There is sex appeal there, but it's not the focus. And it'll take a while for the general audience to shift that way of thinking about the women as well.

Selling someone on a performer based on their look, be it because they're attractive, ugly or badass, is a key thing in professional wrestling and is damn near unavoidable. And women are going to have to deal with it a lot more due to the fact that WWE had marketed them towards a lot of people as sexual objects for such a long period of time.
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yip. see now we're starting to shake some of this stuff loose. the bogus sex appeal only attitude that has been applied to the women wrestlers is, i hope, in the process of fading, but it's going to be a bit ugly in the time we spend transitioning. that's why we need to deal with crowds like the one on raw last week, and a few months ago with the 'you suck punk' chants etc - and i'm not just putting it on the crowds. the booking is STILL shit, and that encourages this kind of thing from people who have grown up with the idea women's wrestling is either a piss break or softcore porn. so the change in attitude has to come from both sides, and something at least does seem to be happening.

we're in a position right now where, in my opinion anyway, we're got three potential megastars in sasha, bayley and becky (sasha and bayley in particular) and i just don't want to see them wasted after seeing what great shows they can all put on in the ring on NXT. they should have huge feuds which should one day - i hope - main event a ppv or two. these three fuckers have it.

sex appeal does apply to the men too yes, but it isn't the defining trait of many wrestlers. i think we should look at it the same way with the women. of course sasha is hot and that's cool, but that isn't why we give a damn. so let's take the women as seriously as we take the men. that's all.
 
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Deleted member 47027

Unconfirmed Member
SomewhatGroovy said:
I can reach out to a couple of mods re: Bronx-Man. Was he just having a laugh at Sunny that was misinterpreted?
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That is exactly what it is, but I heard back. The fact is that whether it's a joke or not doesn't matter--it's that you can't be calling people that, even in jest, or people will think it's ok. He'll be back soon. No worries.
 
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DeathyBoy

Banned
real_slime said:
yip. see now we're starting to shake some of this stuff loose. the bogus sex appeal only attitude that has been applied to the women wrestlers is, i hope, in the process of fading, but it's going to be a bit ugly in the time we spend transitioning. that's why we need to deal with crowds like the one on raw last week, and a few months ago with the 'you suck punk' chants etc - and i'm not just putting it on the crowds. the booking is STILL shit, and that encourages this kind of thing from people who have grown up with the idea women's wrestling is either a piss break or softcore porn. so the change in attitude has to come from both sides, and something at least does seem to be happening.

we're in a position right now where, in my opinion anyway, we're got three potential megastars in sasha, bayley and becky (sasha and bayley in particular) and i just don't want to see them wasted after seeing what great shows they can all put on in the ring on NXT. they should have huge feuds which should one day - i hope - main event a ppv or two. these three fuckers have it.

sex appeal does apply to the men too yes, but it isn't the defining trait of many wrestlers. i think we should look at it the same way with the women. of course sasha is hot and that's cool, but that isn't why we give a damn. so let's take the women as seriously as we take the men. that's all.
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Exactly. I think Bayley is staggeringly hot, but ultimately that's based in personality/wrestling more than anything.
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
Datazord, thank you for hyping up Until Dawn. I would have probably ignored it die to MGS5 hype if it wasn't for your posts. What a great game.
 
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Mr. Luchador

Member
I think we need a roll call of fallen comrades, as I've shamefully forgotten some of them already. I have, however, not forgotten 'simplythebest' as he was a role model to us all.
 
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Kaiterra

Banned
Aiii said:
Yeah, but I had to (latest ep spoilers)
pull the plug on my paralysed friend
so yeah, fuck that too!
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You didn't have to do shit! I didn't do it! I bet all those people who
hurt the dog
in the third one said they had to do it too!
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
Kaiterra said:
You didn't have to do shit! I didn't do it! I bet all those people who
hurt the dog
in the third one said they had to do it too!
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But I did, if the roles were reversed I would want the person to do it for me. How could I possible reject that request?

The dog is fine btw, I just threw the bone and let it run off.
 
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