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That's just racist!
I hope Bad News Barrett is able to finally reveal what the bigger picture was during the Nexus run.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Mike Tenay must have seen a lot of crap in his time. I'm going to call him 'The Janitor' Mike Tenay from now on.
Mike Tenay is terrible. I don't know why people online ever liked him. He was terrible in WCW and has been significantly worse in TNA. Is it just because he was a smark and knew names of moves? Knowing the names of moves doesn't mean dick when you have an annoying voice, are ultra corny, and have no idea how to tell a story without pointing out the most obvious things and screaming for no reason.
bean breath
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Mike Tenay is the Pat Summerall of Pro Wrestling.
I don't know what this means.
I heard AJ turned down a WWE deal because he couldn't slide under their guard rails.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I like Mike Tenay in WCW because he appeared once in a while and gave some insight into the Lucha scene. He was like the 4th man on commentary, not the main guy on screen pulling 'Kermit the Frog' faces.
God, Larry was also awful. Dude spent entire shows burying EVERYONE and putting himself over constantly. I have no idea why fans chanted for him every week. Tony/Brain/Dusty was the best WCW commentary team. Well, I really enjoyed Tony/Ventura as well. Ventura/JR was okay, but they didn't have a whole lot of shows together. Scott Hudson was decent until he insisted on making smark references constantly. Mark Madden was awful. Eric Bischoff was awful. Mongo was awful, but at least he said some unbelievably stupid shit from time to time.
80s WWF had the best commentary teams of all time. Vince/Jesse, Vince/Brain, Gorilla/Jesse, Gorilla/Brain. Unbeatable, even if they weren't big on calling all the moves. King has ALWAYS sucked at color. Go back to the pre Attitude Era WWF and listen to his shows. He was unbelievably corny and unfunny (and racist/sexist). Then the Attitude Era came along and all he did was scream and talk about tits. Post Attitude Era, he's been even more corny and unfunny, plus stopped giving any semblance of a shit by 2003. I wish JR had a competent partner in WWE. JR was great. King was always bad. Dude was PERFECT in Memphis, but god awful as a color guy. He was always a low rent Bobby Heenan without the wit and with more dick jokes.
It's so weird because when you see King in Memphis in the early to mid 80s, he's amazing.
I also like Lance Russell. I think I like him more than Gordon Solie. Joey Styles was hit and miss. Sometimes he was great, and sometimes he had way too many smarky references and was calling shitty shows.
80s WWF had the best commentary teams of all time. Vince/Jesse, Vince/Brain, Gorilla/Jesse, Gorilla/Brain. Unbeatable, even if they weren't big on calling all the moves. King has ALWAYS sucked at color. Go back to the pre Attitude Era WWF and listen to his shows. He was unbelievably corny and unfunny (and racist/sexist). Then the Attitude Era came along and all he did was scream and talk about tits. Post Attitude Era, he's been even more corny and unfunny, plus stopped giving any semblance of a shit by 2003. I wish JR had a competent partner in WWE. JR was great. King was always bad. Dude was PERFECT in Memphis, but god awful as a color guy. He was always a low rent Bobby Heenan without the wit and with more dick jokes.
It's so weird because when you see King in Memphis in the early to mid 80s, he's amazing.
I also like Lance Russell. I think I like him more than Gordon Solie. Joey Styles was hit and miss. Sometimes he was great, and sometimes he had way too many smarky references and was calling shitty shows.
I thought JR/Heyman was pretty great while it lasted. Unfortunately, when King came back in late 2001, he was creepier than ever...
Yes, Heyman/JR were great in WCW and WWE. I wish Heyman had stayed on as a full time commentator.
A couple of random TNA gifs:
Elix doing the cage walk rana is still one of the craziest spots I've ever seen. It's even crazier when you consider that Elix almost fell 3 times before he even did the walk.
A couple of random TNA gifs:
Elix doing the cage walk rana is still one of the craziest spots I've ever seen. It's even crazier when you consider that Elix almost fell 3 times before he even did the walk.
Remember the super long XXX vs SAT/Red match that had Don West standing on the announce table and screaming for Red?
SEX as a group was weird in general. It was like TNA's NWO/New Blood, but even more random. And within SEX, there were sub-stables. And I swear there was a plot point where Russo said he owned the trademark and the remaining guys couldn't use it.
SEX as a group was weird in general. It was like TNA's NWO/New Blood, but even more random. And within SEX, there were sub-stables. And I swear there was a plot point where Russo said he owned the trademark and the remaining guys couldn't use it.
That would make so much sense and I hope that's how the last episode of Impact ends. I hope there is a explanation for why Abyss loves crane camera shots so much. And what his fascination with thumbtacks is. Remember when Abyss did bumps on to thumbtacks almost literally every PPV for 3 years?
TNA is one of the weirdest promotions. It's a bizarre mix of basically every US promotion since 1980 all rolled into one company and done on a sound stage.
An even better last episode of Impact would be Vince Russo waking up in a rehab center with the past 15 years of pro wrestling having been coke withdraw dreams.
TNA is one of the weirdest promotions. It's a bizarre mix of basically every US promotion since 1980 all rolled into one company and done on a sound stage.
An even better last episode of Impact would be Vince Russo waking up in a rehab center with the past 15 years of pro wrestling having been coke withdraw dreams.
British Monsoon
Member
Gordon Solie and Bob Caudle - now THERE was a classy announce team.
Why haven't their been any non-white announcers besides Coach? It's kind of weird. I know black people enjoy pro wrestling. I know Asian people enjoy pro wrestling. I know Europeans enjoy pro wrestling. Yet in America, I can't think of any black/Asian/Euro/African/South American/non white dude commentators besides Coach.
Stevie Ray!
SUCKAS GOT TO KNOW
EDIT: There's that Byron Saxton character on NXT as well who Antonio is currently abusing.
So good
Defended the XB1 too hard apparently.
British Monsoon
Member
This match was so much fun;
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan vs Lord Alfred Hayes - (AWA 01/13/80)
The Battle of the Managers! Bobby & Alfred bust out pretty much every dirty trick in the book.
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan vs Lord Alfred Hayes - (AWA 01/13/80)
The Battle of the Managers! Bobby & Alfred bust out pretty much every dirty trick in the book.
He should know better,
that the PS4 is superior in every way
That was a joke, please don't snitch on me!
I missed Shao Kahn.
I can't believe I forgot about Straight Shooting Steve Ray. Byron Saxton is a little easier to forgive, but after all the WCW I watched and forgot about Stevie? Damn. I'm so sorry, Stevie!
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah JR/Heyman combo in 2001 was amazing!
Stevie was a TERRIBLE wrestler, but he was so enjoyable in every other aspect of pro wrestling.
As for Elix, dude could barely handle walking on the ropes. I'm not sure he ever had a match without botching something. He was so sloppy. He was in a lot of good matches in early TNA, but he was so dangerous. Probably more to himself than opponents. If I had been the agent for that match, I definitely wouldn't have approved that spot even if he hadn't been super sloppy and botchy in the past.
A. He was super sloppy and was pretty prone to slipping off the ropes when doing that move.
B. The cage actually had the links sticking out on the top, which meant he wasn't even walking on a level surface.
C. The possibility for him falling into the crowd from the above points was pretty significant.
D. The cage was higher than the normal WCW/WWE cage.
E. Even if he slipped and fell in the ring, the odds of injury were huge to both men.
It went off without a hitch, but it was so dangerous for a non XPW/CZW promotion to do. He actually slipped at least 3 times climbing the cage/trying to figure out a way to stand on the top of the cage. And not only that, the whole match was extremely sloppy and messy from both teams and the production crew, who missed many spots due to TNA's obsession with crane shots. It's really amazing neither guy were hurt from that spot. But really, the older I get, the less I like those super dangerous spots. My knees hurt more every year from jumping off of one step. Seeing all the crazy spots and especially chair shots from mid 90s-2007 are really not nearly as enjoyable to me anymore.
As for Elix, dude could barely handle walking on the ropes. I'm not sure he ever had a match without botching something. He was so sloppy. He was in a lot of good matches in early TNA, but he was so dangerous. Probably more to himself than opponents. If I had been the agent for that match, I definitely wouldn't have approved that spot even if he hadn't been super sloppy and botchy in the past.
A. He was super sloppy and was pretty prone to slipping off the ropes when doing that move.
B. The cage actually had the links sticking out on the top, which meant he wasn't even walking on a level surface.
C. The possibility for him falling into the crowd from the above points was pretty significant.
D. The cage was higher than the normal WCW/WWE cage.
E. Even if he slipped and fell in the ring, the odds of injury were huge to both men.
It went off without a hitch, but it was so dangerous for a non XPW/CZW promotion to do. He actually slipped at least 3 times climbing the cage/trying to figure out a way to stand on the top of the cage. And not only that, the whole match was extremely sloppy and messy from both teams and the production crew, who missed many spots due to TNA's obsession with crane shots. It's really amazing neither guy were hurt from that spot. But really, the older I get, the less I like those super dangerous spots. My knees hurt more every year from jumping off of one step. Seeing all the crazy spots and especially chair shots from mid 90s-2007 are really not nearly as enjoyable to me anymore.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Arrowgigantic
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Waitaminnit
Nerdkiller
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I AXE YOU! I AXE YOU! I AXE YOU!
Nocturnowl
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AWWWW HERE WE GO!
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING 'BOUT *insert wrestler here*
DEM FLYIN' WALINDAS
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING 'BOUT *insert wrestler here*
DEM FLYIN' WALINDAS
British Monsoon
Member
OH MAH GOODNESS! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT RIGHT DERE!
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
TELL ME HE DID NOT JUS SAY DAT.
You know what bugs me? AJ used to do some nice acrobatics to lock in the Black Widow, and nowadays she just hooks it in from a standing position. I wonder why that is, given the reports from former Divas that they're told to not look so flashy, could it be some idiot backstage told her to stop?
Or is it just because she's been fighting the Bella's for four months and they can't take the move the right way because of their weight/inability to wrestle properly and asked her to do it this way instead?
Or is it just because she's been fighting the Bella's for four months and they can't take the move the right way because of their weight/inability to wrestle properly and asked her to do it this way instead?
FallingEdge
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http://instagram.com/p/h2EJ3EioKD/#
Big E is the best
Also, what is going on with the year end awards? Sunny, you killed it for us!
Big E is the best
Also, what is going on with the year end awards? Sunny, you killed it for us!
FallingEdge
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Someone said a month.
BFIB
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Which ever one is with Cena I'm sure made some side comment about how AJ locks it in. Cena demanded that AJ not show up anyone, and she was reprimanded and asked to look worse to make the Bella's look better.
At least that's what is going on in my head.
Perspicacity
Banned
Snack Ryder.
British Monsoon
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He said he'll be back in time for Wrestle Kingdom and also that he's working a new angle :O