That would kill nxt cause there would only be old guys who aren't that popular and really greens wrestlers.
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December Wrasslin' |OT| Dreaming of a Vanilla Christmas
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You make plenty of money being a mid carder.
I don't believe Tye would be mid carder on the main roster, he is just so similar to Breeze
Uno Venova
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I do miss the days when someone like Tyler Breeze winning the title wouldn't be seen as out of the ordinary, some even expected it. Once Finn got in it became for indie superstars only.
I'm hoping that once Nak & Joe leave NXT becomes more low key, and turns back into being a building ground for lesser known stars, but expectations are too high for that now.
Worthintendo
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Heck even for a time it looked like Tyson Kidd could have been NXT champion.
When Nak & Joe do leave NXT who would be the next big get for NXT from the Indie scene, I don't follow other promotions all that much so who would they need to get to replace the star power of them.
Speak of NXT, I really wish WWE would put all of the back catalogue of NXT on there, I'd love to see stuff from the days of Big E & Seth as champions there
SallyIsNow
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Gotta edit out those curb stomps.
avengers23
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God knows WrassleGAF hungers for the days of Bo Dallas championship defenses and Ascension squash matches.
Uno Venova
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Bo Dallas was pretty entertaining.
Still the main reason NXT was better in those days is because they had character work, though I still enjoy it now because of the current women's division.
It really is a shame no media cares about the state of wrestling unless somebody kills their wife.
Sweeney Tom
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Being a non-straight wrestling fan is hell, AMA
Thoughts on Big Vito or The Chuck and Billy tag team growing up?
Bluekaveli
Member
That was 2002
Sweeney Tom
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The Chuck and Billy thing was so fucked up. Chuck Palumbo had always been one of my favorite wrestlers so I was excited to see him get a push. Even more than that, GLAAD was so excited to see a positive LGBT+ portrayal in mainstream TV at the time, especially within wrestling. WWE strung them along for mainstream media attention with the acceptance hype, and GLAAD has (justifiably) been pissed at them ever since for being lied to
WrassleGAF, what are your favorite wrasslin' gifs (that are not gifs of moves/spots)
I'm partial to the WCW one with the road agents running towards the camera. I never got the context which makes it 10 times funnier when I see that popping in here.
nashlaughing.gif is a good contender too
I'm partial to the WCW one with the road agents running towards the camera. I never got the context which makes it 10 times funnier when I see that popping in here.
nashlaughing.gif is a good contender too
I'm always shocked there are so many LGBTQ and minority wrestling fans in the US.
I mean the company even now uses xenophobia and racism to get heat and try to make money.
Sweeney Tom
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Fuck Kevin Nash (fuck HHH) but
Will always love both the ridiculously long pyro, and the quick look back he gives after the big explosion of it like "really, this shit's still going?"
Uno Venova
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SHOOTMAS Day 10
WWE's Mark Henry vs The Inch Dumbbell
Part of the thing I'm trying to focus on for Shootmas is authenticity and realism in both the style/fight and demonstrating pure athleticism and skill. No other person on the WWE roster and in history demonstrates that more than "The World's Strongest Man".
That was a shoot. While Henry may have let himself and his nation down with a poor showing in the olympics nothing will demonstrate his power than the clean press of the inch dumbbell.
But before you watch the clip lets go over the dumbbell.
The dumbbell weighs about 172 lbs. For people who don't lift that may seem heavy but 172 lbs is nothing to really sweat when it comes to lifting weights. The thing that makes the dumbbell so hard to lift is its handle. It's like holding a can of sofa that weighs 172 lbs and makes it almost impossible to lift nevermind press above your head. The dumbbell was created by a carny strongman to bring around and challenge people to lift just off the ground. People train just to lift it off the ground. Prior to Mark Henry pressing it no man alive had ever accomplished that.
He did it with 1 hand. On his first try. First man since the dumbbells invention in 1909.
Only 1 other man has been able to do it since Henry did it.
The lift:
https://youtu.be/H0lvfvxckxU
Henry Talking to Students and Lifting the Dumbbell this year
https://youtu.be/VOxW7iCq9Vg
Articles and videos on the lift:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ironhistory8.htm
https://youtu.be/DZh-yVanH-c
http://www.stack.com/a/inch-dumbbell
Mark Henry Dunking
https://youtu.be/-UIFzTv8LA8
Past Days
Bluekaveli
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I think the "running agents" gif you're talking about is from a weird backstage segment where Rick Steiner's dogs attack Sting. Or something. I don't know. Google that foolishness.
Bluekaveli
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So hmmm maybe it's because standards are different now idk but one newspaper actually ran the picture of Owen's body on the stretcher in the newspaper.
I say standards are different now because we would be under fire for running something like that on our website or even in the news story. Kind of tasteless. I want to run this by one of my professors because it screams unethical to me.
I say standards are different now because we would be under fire for running something like that on our website or even in the news story. Kind of tasteless. I want to run this by one of my professors because it screams unethical to me.
funkystudent
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Bluekaveli
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Ecu has had 2 fucking shows this year, Knoxville only 1. I need to move back to pirate land.
SallyIsNow
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Ask to reschedule appointment sooner after they canceled for no raisin. Get call back. It's gone from 7pm on Thursday to 4pm on Thursday.
OwensIsNow am winning again. Truly, I am the greetest.
OwensIsNow am winning again. Truly, I am the greetest.
excelsiorlef
Member
I hear ya, throw in being a non straight trans women lol...
It's why I don't really care that Sasha and Charlotte keep fighting each other tbh, they're putting on great matches and get to be people instead of sex objects and there's no cheap trashy lesbian shit (ala Mickey James v Trish) either, it's just two women fighting over a belt.
I was crushed at the end of that angle. It started my initial falling out with wrestling
It's because unlike a movie or tv series or whatever, there's no other option, even when WCW was around, so if you love wrestling, you kinda have to just deal with it, or give up on wrestling entirely.
UrbanDandy
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The Andre wide stare is a particular fave of mine
As a Black man watching WWE, it's actually been real nice to watch the current product and see so many Black people at the forefront and treated like a big deal.
Real talk, The New Day are what got me back into wrestling. I randomly decided to check out Wrestlemania this year and fell in love the instant they came out of that giant Booty O's box dressed like Vegeta. It was hilarious and made me curious to check them out on Raw the next couple of weeks. (I also thought they were interesting cause Kofi was in the group and I floored that he was still around and apparently in a hot act). Seeing them was one of the main motivators for me going to Raw this year.
It's why I root for their success even if I don't agree with how they're being booked or when I have to acknowledge they are in a garbage segment. Same goes for Sasha Banks, Rich Swann, etc. Back when I was growing up, the only Black wrestler I saw on a regular who was treated like a big deal was The Rock and WWE barely acknowledged his blackness. Booker T came later, but he was a WCW guy and we know how they got treated. Plus, Wrestlemania 19.
Granted, the company still has a loooooooong way to go. Change is glacial, especially in the WWE, which often feels like it's even further behind the curve than other media companies. They only just started to acknowledge women as people and still haven't made good on their promise to include more LGBT+ friendly stories. But at least they learned something.
Real talk, The New Day are what got me back into wrestling. I randomly decided to check out Wrestlemania this year and fell in love the instant they came out of that giant Booty O's box dressed like Vegeta. It was hilarious and made me curious to check them out on Raw the next couple of weeks. (I also thought they were interesting cause Kofi was in the group and I floored that he was still around and apparently in a hot act). Seeing them was one of the main motivators for me going to Raw this year.
It's why I root for their success even if I don't agree with how they're being booked or when I have to acknowledge they are in a garbage segment. Same goes for Sasha Banks, Rich Swann, etc. Back when I was growing up, the only Black wrestler I saw on a regular who was treated like a big deal was The Rock and WWE barely acknowledged his blackness. Booker T came later, but he was a WCW guy and we know how they got treated. Plus, Wrestlemania 19.
Granted, the company still has a loooooooong way to go. Change is glacial, especially in the WWE, which often feels like it's even further behind the curve than other media companies. They only just started to acknowledge women as people and still haven't made good on their promise to include more LGBT+ friendly stories. But at least they learned something.
serenewarfare
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lol Wade Keller salty on Twitter about the VICE article.
https://twitter.com/thewadekeller/status/807457220501901312
https://twitter.com/thewadekeller/status/807457220501901312
Uno Venova
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I'm in a similar boat and it's endearing seeing the women they're behind the most are wrestlers like Ember & Sasha. Still want to see someone in the main even scene though.
excelsiorlef
Member
I mean technically you are Banks/Charlotte is getting a lot of main event work on Raw. Which in itself is pretty exciting.
But I know what you mean
Sasha and Charlotte feel more like main eventers than the actual Raw main eventers, tbh. Hot potato-ing or not, I certainly care a hell of a lot more about the Women's title than the Universal title right now.
I'll be honest and admit that the cynic in me always wondered if a darker skin black woman could get pushed the way Sasha has. So seeing them all but say outright that Ember Moon's got next has been really heartening. We'll see how she does on the main roster when that time comes, though.
Would love to see one of The New Day guys get the main event shot but I don't think it's ever going to happen. Hopefully they'll build up someone like Apollo Crews or let Cedric or Rich escape crusierweight hell.
Bluekaveli
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No dude until we get big e in that main event there will be no sleep. I haven't slept since last December, I know E will be the cream of the crop that rises to the top. Oooooh yeah!
Yep.
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excelsiorlef
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Kane needs o start putting people over or go away... Him connstanly beating Luke Harper might be the most annoying thing in WWE right now for me.
shaowebb
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I'm actually cool with this except...god I hate saying this...Roman.
He is booed so hard. Just turn the guy fucking heel already. If folks want to hate him then turn that into profit. They'll cheer ANYONE who fights him. Even HHH. This guy might work to get a few guys over enough to tackle the main roster.
excelsiorlef
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Roman also can work, his work has been great lately, his character is shit that's the problem.
kunonabi
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excelsiorlef
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What?
sf2fanatic
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I'll agree with this. Granted, that opinion is informed entirely by the fact that I've never liked the Bella Twins. I acknowledge they've worked hard and improved or whatever, but I don't care. I want both of them gone.
Professor Beef
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As a native american, I fucking hate tatanka lol
sf2fanatic
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T-Hawk for SFV?