Wow well good...and you know she wasn't too bad in Expendables 3 either.
I'm thinking if she were in WWE's hands they'd mess it up somehow. They'd make her get pinned by Stephannie or something. I wouldn't put it past them.
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Wow well good...and you know she wasn't too bad in Expendables 3 either.
I'm thinking if she were in WWE's hands they'd mess it up somehow. They'd make her get pinned by Stephannie or something. I wouldn't put it past them.
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So far their use of her at Mania was right on. Built her up HUGE and she brought a lot to WWE. It was a heck of a segment, they tore the house down.
Sibersk Esto
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I'd like to but I can't justify it. I'm STILL high off of the end of Ultimate Lucha. It was very good.
Yeah, she looked good...but the entire package felt unnatural to me. Did it really have to be the Rock? Couldn't it have been someone else? Triple H too? It seemed like an obvious stunt to get the WWE noticed, and maybe put them on magazine covers...I had David Arquette WCW vibes. I'm not comparing the two, but it's what it felt like. I know WWE would do better job, hell they are really good at setting things up...but as far as overall execution? Sometimes it's good sometimes not...Maybe I'm just "paranoid" but WWE made me this way, lol.
Either way, time to look up more Ronda stuff.
I'm seriously considering it. Rey V. (original) Sin Cara sounds like it will be interesting, and Alberto is on the card (big fan) I just need to see what is available.
dream
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I think I get Lucha Underground now. It starts with the premise that pro wrestling denies its own stupidity; its operating principle is to pretend it's real. Lucha Underground not only embraces the stupidity of pro wrestling, but it pushes it, it extends it, it builds on the stupidity to enable new forms of storytelling within the medium. By not pretending it's real, they're free to go much further than other wrestling shows have done in the past. I think I need to watch all of season 1 from start to finish, rather than just the final episode, to figure out the implications of this philosophy. But I think I get it now, and I am glad it exists.
Exactly.
I kinda hope that people will actually watch lucha now instead of pretending they actually like lucha, like half the people attending PWG shows
Yeah, the main events sound pretty great
Sweeney Tom
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This post makes me even sadder that there's probably no season 2 happening :[
Arrowgigantic
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slightconfuse
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I've come around in rocket league
Sunny, or anyone else who liked the Vampiro/Pentagon match, that is what me and tm24 talk about when we talk about Pentagon in the indies. That is much closer to his style of indie matches that I find even better than his AAA/usual Lucha Underground work.
Man would have been an FMW champion before FMW went to shit.
Man would have been an FMW champion before FMW went to shit.
But then they have to watch El Mesias instead of Mil Muertes, and they'll be turned off immediately.
dream
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Thank you Sibby. I will watch this after I turn Fox News off.
Yeah that's basically it...I guess just think of it in terms of a movie in a way in that, here are these mythological characters with Aztec backgrounds going out there and giving a lucha...the super hero concept. I think someone compared it to the show Heroes not too long ago. I think it's still somewhat ridiculous, but at the same time it's really cool. Maybe if they had a bigger budget? But Rodriguez likes that type of stuff. I think it works well for them, I really like their take on the backstage stuff. It's lit really well. The wrestling is good too.
Sibersk Esto
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Sunny and/or Heel, I'm gonna need a Don West sales pitch version of this
Petition Netflix to pick it up.
Right on both points regarding pentagon and mil.
Sweeney Tom
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It didn't work for Hannibal. I've had enough failure :'[
Gross dude! No thanks,
Those last three are great.Avatar lottery? I'm in. Not sure if there's a limit on avatar subs, but i'm codeined up after a day of migraine so here's five:
Ninja Scooter
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Watched WM8 last night. Piper/Bret delivered. Great match. And Bret gets busted the fuck open. The rest of the PPV was strange. The whole co-main event thing. The title match getting 2nd billing after Hogan. The strange finish to Flair/Savage. The stranger finish to Sid/Hogan. What a fucking PPV.
The ending was fucking hilarious.
Fucking Godfather was late on his cue, forcing Sid to kick out of the Legdrop.
First man in WWF history to kick out of it, and it's because of Godfather's fat ass not running fast enough.
slightconfuse
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Cruise Missle with that crossover appeal!!!!
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Lol lol lol
Sweeney Tom
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Not surprising. I think Rey's supposed to be doing a Mission Impossible entrance to promote the movie (they also did one to promote the Terminator one, not sure if it was also for him)
slightconfuse
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Is Cruise a worker or shooter?
Once again, if you enjoyed that match, watch what is easily Pentagon's best match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxY4p2gzQY
Also, you're right about Mesias. Goddamn Mesias. Then again, Mesias was involved in the best angle ever
slightconfuse
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Man pentagon being the necro butcher of Lucha is kind of disappointing. That match is not doing it for me.
Reneledarker
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That Muerte Cibernetica angle in AAA is legendary. I remember I was playing pokar with my friends while watching Triplemania and we just stopped playing to watch the end, it was so bad is was great.
Barrage
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Just finished watching the Randy Orton doc on the Network.
It's got a really odd pacing,and unfortunately theyre following him during the decent-but-not-great CM Punk feud, but it's still got some interesting stuff.
Randy Orton was an acne-covered nerd who didn't lose his virginity till after high school.
He thought about commiting suicide in the mid-aughts.
He was in OVW the same time as Lesnar/Cena/Batista. All guys homegrown by WWE..I wonder if there's a class that talented out there, or if this was a once in a lifetime thing?
It's got a really odd pacing,and unfortunately theyre following him during the decent-but-not-great CM Punk feud, but it's still got some interesting stuff.
Randy Orton was an acne-covered nerd who didn't lose his virginity till after high school.
He thought about commiting suicide in the mid-aughts.
He was in OVW the same time as Lesnar/Cena/Batista. All guys homegrown by WWE..I wonder if there's a class that talented out there, or if this was a once in a lifetime thing?
dream
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How do you talk about WrestleMania 8 without mentioning Sid Justice's awesome theme?
Professor Beef
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Was Mick Foley present at the final episode of The Daily Show?
31GhostsIV
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Ah, ok. I'll make a new one to PM you this evening and leave these out in the wild - if anyone wants to join the lottery but can't make their own avatar for whatever reason, they can feel free to sub one of these to you. If that's ok with you Sunny, of course.
31GhostsIV
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Thanks, man.
They're up for grabs for the lottery - if you want to take part but don't have time to make your own feel free to sub one of them.
Rafa=FedKilla
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so pretty much like a Randy Orton match...