Serpentine
Banned
some fucking Age of Brock
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December Wrasslin' |OT2| I dec-declare this territory owned by the Holy Roman Empire
Jimmy King
Member
It wasn't a bad idea in theory.
Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs Terry Gordy (1989, Triple Crown Championship)
Watch this. Terry brutalizes Tenryu. Depressing fact: Terry Gordy died a day before the anniversary of Brody's death
Watch this. Terry brutalizes Tenryu. Depressing fact: Terry Gordy died a day before the anniversary of Brody's death
To give arguably the most monumental loss in the history of wrestling to a part timer that you only had under contract for another year?
He could have made a instant main eventer out of anyone that night by passing the streak to a younger guy. Lesnar didn't really benefit from it anyways, he was already a beast that kills stuff, his entire current program would've worked just as well without that particular accolade.
not to mention brock's momentum was brought to a complete halt at night of champions, thanks cena
Jimmy King
Member
I don't know. You give the streak to someone who could just end up like Lesnar - catapult them to the top and they leave not longer after. It's risky. Lesnar is a monster and could have been a GOAT heel had they used his run properly.
Or he could have made someone completely irl hated by the fanbase and never able to recover their career from ending the Undertaker's streak. I can't believe we're still having this conversation.
I have no problem with Brock beating Undertaker and ending the streak, the reaction was amazing and showed such disbelief can still occur. The problem is there was no real plan to use it beyond that specific shock moment.
No build up to a new guy beating Brock to really making it special, no Undertaker passing the torch to another wrestler who will get his revenge for him, no focus on making WWE feel like anything could happy again, and in essence no impact on WWE at all past Paul Heyman constantly mentioning it.
Undertaker's streak being broken I don't mind, but I hate the fact it means nothing now that it has ended and no one gained from it. Not even the Network. Which honestly, is a greater issue for many things in WWE of the past several years.
No build up to a new guy beating Brock to really making it special, no Undertaker passing the torch to another wrestler who will get his revenge for him, no focus on making WWE feel like anything could happy again, and in essence no impact on WWE at all past Paul Heyman constantly mentioning it.
Undertaker's streak being broken I don't mind, but I hate the fact it means nothing now that it has ended and no one gained from it. Not even the Network. Which honestly, is a greater issue for many things in WWE of the past several years.
This.
It also doesn't help that the build towards the match AND the match itself was terrible. Only good part about it how legit shook everyone was when the pin happened and the streak broke.
Jimmy King
Member
I mean, in the current WWE climate, we're lucky the streak ending led to that glorious SummerSlam match. That's more than we should have expected.
slightconfuse
Banned
Legit heat to last a career sounds like a wrestlers dream. Some Ric flair style heat
Marvel
could never
Also Rick was weird looking in UWF
Buff Show
I find it hard to believe anyone turning on one of the Shield guys over that, or on Cesaro, could have even given it to Cena if you're afraid of giving it to a guy with a risk of walking out.
Crowd would only really turn on guys they already hate with a passion, like a Miz, or guys that are booked as undercard talent, I doubt anyone would have turned on a top guy.
Jimmy King
Member
This conversation reminded me how funny it was when Punk fans were pissed Lesnar ended the streak.
Serpentine
Banned
Especially since, apparently, if Bryan hadn't been injured, that match would've been exactly the same except with Bryan instead of Cena
Jimmy King
Member
I don't doubt it. Once again WWE clusterfucks their way into something great. The only reason that match works is because Cena is Cena.
What reactions? His son tried to assault his family and Nash dealt with it.
He's clearly not happy about it. Do you want people to make dumbass quad jokes or something?
I am returning to reading and never writing about video games. These people value their console allegiances more than their personal information. Unbelievable.
Keep questioning the status quo, Joeki11a. Don't let them paint you as a concern troll for giving a damn.
Has yottsume put those kinpuro videos back up yet? He said he was going to... then nothing.
I want to believe that the match would've been different if Bryan was the champ and they simply chickened out and had to make Cena stronger on the second match.
But maybe I'm giving them way too much credit.
Mr. Luchador
Member
OK, so I've checked and I have nearly all CHIKARA and TNA shows from 2002-2006, that's halfway there! That's also a ton of wrestling to watch in one year, not sure if it's possible.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Re: Brock
Yet another one of those things that would have been fucking phenomenal if only they had done more than just Step 1 and Step 2 and then fucked off leaving it alone, to the point where now the only people looking good will be Cena when he beats him or Reigns when he beats him
Yet another one of those things that would have been fucking phenomenal if only they had done more than just Step 1 and Step 2 and then fucked off leaving it alone, to the point where now the only people looking good will be Cena when he beats him or Reigns when he beats him
Only time Nash hasn't been happy to go over.
The Dos Caras Jr. rumors flared up again recently, too.
Coker is elbow deep in the Viacom coffers, friends. Someone prepare the joint Sports Entertainment thread.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
no one else could have credibly beat the streak. none of the shield guys, not bryan, not wyatt, nobody was booked that strongly.
Surely the obvious answer would be to book them strongly then? Hell, they could have used that as a springboard for someone.
It wasn't as if Brock was booked super-strong before that. He jobbed to HHH before, needed Heyman to save him against Punk and then beat up the Big Show.
BronsonLee
Member
LOOK WHAT YOU DID HEEL
YOU ENABLED JOE AND NOW HE'S DED
YOU ENABLED JOE AND NOW HE'S DED
Jimmy King
Member
I've never seen such perfect avatar/username/personality (or "gimmick," for you non-believers out there) synergy than Heel.
The Shield next to never lost, they even beat Cena clean. Bryan could have, easily.
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007 THUNDERBALL
It's a multimedia review. I talk about the movie itself, the cool shit I liked, and Sean Connery beating the SHIT out of dudes at the end of the movie. I also talk about stuff referenced by Austin Powers. Included are gifs, pictures, and audio/video of the title song. This movie has sharks, a jet pack, more sharks, a dog pissing in the road in a scene, and a most impressive giant underwater battle with 30-40 people stabbing, shooting spearguns, choking each other. It's pretty cool. Also one of the more violent Bond movies in the sense that there is actually blood in this. Someone gets shot, you're going to see blood for sure.
BronsonLee
Member
Joe is too daft to survive here
bean breath
Member
Lucha Underground is not real Pro Wrestling.
FallingEdge
Member
Nothing of value has been lost.
BronsonLee
Member
*shoots off fingerguns*
Serpentine
Banned
the presentation of it as a wrestling show when it is not a wrestling show is carny as fuck, don't you think?
Pro Wrasslin' isn't real, you goof.
Serpentine
Banned
Its race problem is
Where does it rank as a telenovela then, bean breath? We need an expert to weigh in.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Why do you still have that avatar friend serpentine?
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