Professor Beef
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As long as The Rock is back, I don't give two shits about making new stars.
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Mr. Enigma
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Glacier and Meng just bein bros at a buffet
By the time WrestleMania 29 rolls around, Rock will have been back for 3 WrestleManias and the only person to have pinned the man will be Cena. What might be worse is that it's really not going to change anything. People aren't going to magically start cheering Cena. The ones who hate him have already made up their minds. I'm not even saying Punk should beat Rock cause he doesn't really need it that much either.
Just feels like the whole time Rock has been back, it's been a wasted opportunity. The only part of Rock I enjoyed since he came back besides the Punk program were his single segments with Bryan and Cody/Sandow. He should have spent a little more time on the mic with guys like those.
Just feels like the whole time Rock has been back, it's been a wasted opportunity. The only part of Rock I enjoyed since he came back besides the Punk program were his single segments with Bryan and Cody/Sandow. He should have spent a little more time on the mic with guys like those.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
All Vince seems interested in these days is bouncing from one WM to the next.
If he can pull of a decent buy-rate he figures he can fend off the shareholders for the rest of the year.
If he can pull of a decent buy-rate he figures he can fend off the shareholders for the rest of the year.
HarryDemeanor
Member
If I could be serious for a minute...
I'm looking forward to Twice in a Lifetime.
I'm looking forward to Twice in a Lifetime.
Nocturnowl
Member
My sleeping pattern has been buggered since Royal Rumble, and after I spent the month fixing it somewhat...oh well, at least EC is an easy watch.
I missed the return of Drunktropia.
But Sandman got screwed.
HEY WRASSLEGAFFUUERS Wheat haopend to the sandman?!?O((((((((9999
I missed the return of Drunktropia.
But Sandman got screwed.
That is what it should be. Either Rock vs. Ziggler, or Rock vs. Cesaro, Bryan or Lesnar. I don't care if he were to face Punk or Cena again. Need something new.
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Imagine where this whole show would be without him. It would be under Cena vs. Punk for the umpteenth time creating more eye-rolling results yet again. Or it could be the ever-so endearing matchup of Punk vs. Ryback, the wonders of that would be, yet again. This, at least, puts Rock in there to face off against both Cena and Punk (I'm assuming) and it allows for them finally end the charade and just get Cena his win. At least for the Punk fans in here, it won't give Cena the opportunity of beating Punk in a one on one match which is something, at the time being, Punk has something over him.
worldrunover
Member
I'm cool with Rock being around, but as champion it just seems like such a transparent publicity stunt, so Rock can take the belt on all the talk shows with him. It devalues the belt, and I thought Punk did a nice job of building it up over the past year (even though WWE didn't help by putting Cena in every main event at PPVs). I would say the Rock's desire for the belt helps elevate it too, except that he just wants it to promote movies and WWE just wants it on him to promote WM while he's promoting movies.
He's got it to promote the company and give it some prestige. Also it's on a big star, Vince loves that. The title use to go to your moneymakers - that times come and left because they've lost all their big stars. The titles have been junk for so long, it doesn't matter if Cena, Punk, Bryan, or Sheamus has it, it won't have a higher honor until the show itself becomes better and the talent pool isn't filled with mostly jobbers (all on the dirty hands of awful booking, tada). It would be nice if they unified both the WWE/World titles, and the US/IC and be done with it. It's been said a million times but it's necessary especially now.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Well he doesn't really come back to wrestle or put any guys over, does he?
Doesn't sound like someone who is back because they love This Business
BillRiccio
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I need your help Wrassle GAF. I woke up this morning and decided I wanted some wrestling art. Here are some things I've found. Help me choose one of these bad boys.
The poster features 1023 cube characters representing wrestlers who competed in the then WWWF through the then WWF between the dates of April 29, 1963 and December 9, 2001.
The significance of those dates is that Buddy Rogers (#1 on the poster) became the inaugural champion on April 29, 193 and Chris Jericho became the first ever Undisputed World Champion unifying the WWF and WCW titles on December 9, 2001. The other 1021 characters all fall between those dates.
Title Reigns of all WWF Heavyweight Champions from 1983-2002, the golden age of pro-wrestling history. The statistics visualized include each champions reign length and number of reigns. Title changes are also documented by event, win method and weight class.
This 16x20 poster is a celebration of one of my favorite Saturday afternoon pastimes. I have fond memories of them coming on after the cartoons and all of these crazy old school characters.
They include some of my favorites, Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior, Andre the Giant, Jimmy Superfly Snuka, HonkyTonk Man, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jake the Snake, Ted DiBiase...and many many more. Which one was your favorite? Each poster will also come with a character legend, so you can follow along.
Print of original pen & gouache illustration, "Art Thou Bored", in honor of the late Macho Man Randy Savage
Signed edition
Printed on 11 x 17 Poster card stock paper
"Gigantic", a portrait of the legendary Andre the Giant, is a signed and dated reproduction of original mixed media artwork by Jeff Mitchell on a heavyweight satin paper.
Four of wrestling's greatest titans: Andre the Giant, Macho Man Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, and the Ultimate Warrior join together in this tribute to brotherhood.
Each piece is printed on the beautiful Hahnemuhle Bamboo warm-tone paper. We chose this paper because it is certified archival and is made of 90% bamboo, a naturally renewable material. On top of that, it is gorgeous paper and it really makes the prints come to life.
DKehoe
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All of his appearences have been building to him losing to Cena this year at Wrestlemania. The Rock never gave a shit about losing to anyone and would be fine with putting anyone over, why would he start caring now?
Because him wrestling every week is going to devalue his appearences. The Rock wrestling is a big attraction for PPV buys. If he is wrestling matches on every Raw then people are less likely to pay to see him wrestle when they have already seen it for free. It's what makes the most sense.
DKehoe
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I guess that's just a matter of opinion then, I enjoyed it.
Awful match tbh.
Where are the days when two top wrestlers traded finishers, blows etc.
Don't recall Punk using a Rock Bottom on Dwayne.
Then the crap Shield interference and then the even crappier People's Elbow finish.
What a disappointment.
Kane is rather out of place here.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Heels doing "Do not Try this at Home" videos is kind of odd. I would think kids would rather take advice from a face.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
Yeah his promo this week was bad. But his promo on Smackdown was good. I'm not saying he's 100% pure hits at the minute, but you're greatly devaluing just how much better he is than pretty much anybody else at making people think what is happening is important.
worldrunover
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Chris Jericho just cut awesome promos on both Del Rio and Big Show this week while also putting both guys over and making the EC match sound like the most important thing going at the moment. He had me almost wanting a Big Show/ Jericho feud for the title at WM. And that's impressive, because I haven't given a shit about the Big Show since... probably since he was tag teaming with Jericho.
I'm not saying Rock doesn't make things sound important, and he has done a good job of talking Punk up and letting him get in some offense, but it all falls flat to me. You can't have a champion who isn't even at half the Raws between RR and WM. I'm not saying he has to wrestle every Monday, but show up! If you're the champ you should be on every Raw, there's no excuse.
I thought I was the only one... the way he was talking
I'm just thinking... they wouldn't really do a Show/Jericho match at Mania... but the way he says it.. so much built in history... haha
I have no doubt he can do that--when he's on, he's good. My main complaint is that with Twinkie tits and crack addict, he's both coasting on past popularity because there's no other way I can explain why that was on the go-home RAW for EC and when he coasts like that, it devalues the show itself. Sure, it might be entertaining, but it's also embarrassing. In the "I hope no one is watching me watch this" kind of way. If the point of the Rock is to draw in new fans, throwing out PG is probably a good start, but when he replaces blood and pissed off swearing from people who have in-story reasons to be pissed off with guitar-playing 'look at the swears I'm so cool' and anecdotes about crack addicts, who among these new fans is going to stick around? It's reaffirming some of the annoying preconceptions people have about the WWE.
And again, we have him for a limited amount of time. About half of his appearances have included nonsensical promos that have nothing to do with anything until the brawl happens in the overrun. It's not just a waste of time, it's a waste of an asset the WWE could be using to sell PPVs by building up gravitas and having him engage with the opponent instead of circle jerking the audience.
Put it this way, you can only do so many of promo tugs with some run in by the heel/face and expect it not to become so stale quickly. If these guys were wrestling every week (making the feud look engaging, writing sparking some memorable moments; to note, I don't think these have been that much), I'll buy into it. Fact is, no matter what happens it's not going to (neither does with Taker), and I doubt it would with Austin, either. Only person that somewhat resembles this feeling is Lesnar, but I'd say part of that is perhaps from him being a heel or silent type.
WCW Thunder 11/15/2000
The only confirmed match for the card is Sting vs Steiner for a shot at the WCW Championship.
TO THE BACK Steiner arrives in a bad mood.
Big Vito vs Reno
Stevie Ray is like both Briscoe Brothers mixed together and dipped in chocolate. Booker T is like 8 Biscoe Brothers mixed together, dipped in chocolate, and trying to speak in a foreign language. They are the blackest dudes ever in wrestling and I love it. Stevie wasn't as batshit crazy and unintelligible as Booker was on commentary, but he also wasn't as annoying nearly as often. But they were both genuinely into what they were calling, which is nice. This match was really short. The NBT distracted the ref and Reno hit the Roll of the Dice for the win. Reno calls out Crowbar for Mayhem.
TO THE CEO'S OFFICE. Flair expects Sanders to defend or relinquish his title, Crowbar vs Bam Bam for the highly prestigious WCW Hardcore Championship tonight, and Lance vs Hugh will still happen for the last time at Mayhem.
TO THE BACK. Gene is with Team Canada. Lance challenges Booker for the title tonight. Gene says Gunns is a self serving bitch.
Bam Bam Big Yellow vs Crowbar WCW Hardcore Championship
Bam Bamm pulls 3 tables out to start the match. Bammer goes through the first table, then body slams Crowbar on a trashcan. Crowbar tried to slam Bam Bam. Didn't work. Bam Bam was in awful shape for this run. He was in pretty bad shape before the fire thing, but he looks like he hadn't had a single work out in 6 months while he was out. GROSS chair shot that was mostly on the back of Crowbar's head. Yikes. Bam Bam puts Crowbar under a table and was going to splash it, but Mike Awesome came out and shoved Bam Bam off the ropes through the table. Um, what if Crowbar hadn't have rolled out of the way? I don't think Mike was really helping his buddy at all. All he did was just have Bam Bam do the move he was planning on doing earlier. Maybe if he had grabbed Bam Bam's foot or crotched him instead of just shoving him onto the table that Crowbar was under, it would have made more sense. Crowbar retains.
TO THE BACK. Gene asks Booker about hitting Sting on Nitro and his title defense tonight. Everyone is getting to Booker. He's stick of not getting respeck.
TO THE BACK. Bam Bam attacks Awesome and Crowbar in the back. MIA meeting. They are sad. Chavo suggests they should split up after Mayhem. They argue until the General sets them straight. Stay the course, bitches.
Kwee Wee vs Rey Jr vs Kidman vs Lt. Loco vs Cpl. Cajun vs Prime Time 6 Person 4 Corners Match
Yes. 6 person 4 corners match. Stevie doesn't understand how that works. Tony explains it. I still don't get it. Is this like a tag match where Kwee Wee and Elix don't have partners? Tony says there are 3 YAKS at ringside and Stevie pops huge for it. The YAKS get into it, Wall comes out and tries to grab Gunns. Security sends all 3 YAKS and Wall to the back. We're YAKless. The first 2-3 minutes of the match were spent with the cameras not in the ring at all. Lash and Chavo are DQ'd for pushing the ref while double teaming Elix. Now it is actually a 4 corners match. Kwee Wee eliminates Kidman. He also eliminates Rey after Elix hits a springboard spin wheel kick. Meng distracts Elix and Kwee Wee is the number one contender for the cruiserweight championship.
TO THE BACK. Gene talks with the Boogie Knights. They have a tag match with Konnan. Konnan will have to find a partner. Gene then talks to Sanders. Mike talks about being a vet and how things aren't the same as when he broke in. He also calls Paisley an ape that belongs in a cage. Um. Flair shows up and books Sanders in a title match tonight.
TO THE INTERVIEW. Tenay talked with Buff Bagwell. Buff is frustrated with how the company is going and how he feels he isn't getting what he deserves after 9 years in the company. He just wants a chance. He challenges Jeff Jarrett to a match at Mayhem.
TO THE BACK. Sanders is on the phone with Buff. He's going to do Jeff a solid and make Buff's life terrible. I think Judy beat you to it, Mike.
Lance Storm vs Booker T WCW Championship
I really don't understand why WCW Championship matches don't main event anything. What the hell. This is probably the 6th show in 2 months where a number one contender match was the main event over the title match. I mean, the champion can't even main event Thunder? Some asshole with an air horn won't let the fuck up. Fans popped huge for the Maple Leaf, but even bigger for Booker getting to the ropes. Booker completely no sells the knee work after the hold. Missile drop kick to Lance who was holding a chair. Lance then hit a DDT on the chair. Lance gets caught in a Book End. Booker retains. Gunns slaps him after the match. The rest of Team Canada come out and get taken out by Booker. Gunns then hits Booker with the Canadian flag. Book gives her a Book End and the crowd loses their shit. It's been so long since I've seen a crowd popping for a man hitting a woman that I forgot how weird it is. Stevie cackling his ass off, Tony and Mike being positive about it, and the crowd cheering.
TO THE BACK. Boogie Knights I think are about to pay off Kronik again.
Mike Sanders vs Kevin Nash
Ric comes out and says he'll make this match a non-title match, because his opponent missed the weight limit by a bout 100 pounds. It's Kevin Nash! OMG! Total squash match. Flair had security hold the Thrillers in the back. They made it out anyway and Nash fought them off for awhile.
TO THE BACK. Trainer checks on Nash.
Boogie Knights vs Konnan/The Cat
Jimmy Hart vs Mancow Twice in a Life Time is signed for Mayhem. I don't want to see Konnan or Cat wrestling. Ever. A ref bump brings Kronik out. They give Konnan High Times. Charles Robinson couldn't hear Kronik's music or see their laser light show? Boogie Knights win.
TO THE BACK. Lex is reading Goldberg's book when Gene walks up.
Buff Bagwell vs Goldberg
This is what happens when you bitch about how you're booked. Buff actually got offense when he hit his double arm DDT, but Goldberg no sold it, speared him, then hit the jackhammer for the win. Goldberg sure made some funny faces.
Sting vs Scott Steiner
I've seen this too many times this year. Not interested anymore. Sting wins with a death drop out of nowhere and looks pissed at the finish. Sting will get a title shot after Mayhem. Midajah won't let him leave the ring. Steiner then attacks him with the pipe. They put Sting in a straight jacket and Steiner just murders Sting with a pipe. Like 10 pipe shots at least. You know, for this giant scary bad mother fucker, Steiners loses all the time and always needs to cheat to win.
The only confirmed match for the card is Sting vs Steiner for a shot at the WCW Championship.
TO THE BACK Steiner arrives in a bad mood.
Big Vito vs Reno
Stevie Ray is like both Briscoe Brothers mixed together and dipped in chocolate. Booker T is like 8 Biscoe Brothers mixed together, dipped in chocolate, and trying to speak in a foreign language. They are the blackest dudes ever in wrestling and I love it. Stevie wasn't as batshit crazy and unintelligible as Booker was on commentary, but he also wasn't as annoying nearly as often. But they were both genuinely into what they were calling, which is nice. This match was really short. The NBT distracted the ref and Reno hit the Roll of the Dice for the win. Reno calls out Crowbar for Mayhem.
TO THE CEO'S OFFICE. Flair expects Sanders to defend or relinquish his title, Crowbar vs Bam Bam for the highly prestigious WCW Hardcore Championship tonight, and Lance vs Hugh will still happen for the last time at Mayhem.
TO THE BACK. Gene is with Team Canada. Lance challenges Booker for the title tonight. Gene says Gunns is a self serving bitch.
Bam Bam Big Yellow vs Crowbar WCW Hardcore Championship
Bam Bamm pulls 3 tables out to start the match. Bammer goes through the first table, then body slams Crowbar on a trashcan. Crowbar tried to slam Bam Bam. Didn't work. Bam Bam was in awful shape for this run. He was in pretty bad shape before the fire thing, but he looks like he hadn't had a single work out in 6 months while he was out. GROSS chair shot that was mostly on the back of Crowbar's head. Yikes. Bam Bam puts Crowbar under a table and was going to splash it, but Mike Awesome came out and shoved Bam Bam off the ropes through the table. Um, what if Crowbar hadn't have rolled out of the way? I don't think Mike was really helping his buddy at all. All he did was just have Bam Bam do the move he was planning on doing earlier. Maybe if he had grabbed Bam Bam's foot or crotched him instead of just shoving him onto the table that Crowbar was under, it would have made more sense. Crowbar retains.
TO THE BACK. Gene asks Booker about hitting Sting on Nitro and his title defense tonight. Everyone is getting to Booker. He's stick of not getting respeck.
TO THE BACK. Bam Bam attacks Awesome and Crowbar in the back. MIA meeting. They are sad. Chavo suggests they should split up after Mayhem. They argue until the General sets them straight. Stay the course, bitches.
Kwee Wee vs Rey Jr vs Kidman vs Lt. Loco vs Cpl. Cajun vs Prime Time 6 Person 4 Corners Match
Yes. 6 person 4 corners match. Stevie doesn't understand how that works. Tony explains it. I still don't get it. Is this like a tag match where Kwee Wee and Elix don't have partners? Tony says there are 3 YAKS at ringside and Stevie pops huge for it. The YAKS get into it, Wall comes out and tries to grab Gunns. Security sends all 3 YAKS and Wall to the back. We're YAKless. The first 2-3 minutes of the match were spent with the cameras not in the ring at all. Lash and Chavo are DQ'd for pushing the ref while double teaming Elix. Now it is actually a 4 corners match. Kwee Wee eliminates Kidman. He also eliminates Rey after Elix hits a springboard spin wheel kick. Meng distracts Elix and Kwee Wee is the number one contender for the cruiserweight championship.
TO THE BACK. Gene talks with the Boogie Knights. They have a tag match with Konnan. Konnan will have to find a partner. Gene then talks to Sanders. Mike talks about being a vet and how things aren't the same as when he broke in. He also calls Paisley an ape that belongs in a cage. Um. Flair shows up and books Sanders in a title match tonight.
TO THE INTERVIEW. Tenay talked with Buff Bagwell. Buff is frustrated with how the company is going and how he feels he isn't getting what he deserves after 9 years in the company. He just wants a chance. He challenges Jeff Jarrett to a match at Mayhem.
TO THE BACK. Sanders is on the phone with Buff. He's going to do Jeff a solid and make Buff's life terrible. I think Judy beat you to it, Mike.
Lance Storm vs Booker T WCW Championship
I really don't understand why WCW Championship matches don't main event anything. What the hell. This is probably the 6th show in 2 months where a number one contender match was the main event over the title match. I mean, the champion can't even main event Thunder? Some asshole with an air horn won't let the fuck up. Fans popped huge for the Maple Leaf, but even bigger for Booker getting to the ropes. Booker completely no sells the knee work after the hold. Missile drop kick to Lance who was holding a chair. Lance then hit a DDT on the chair. Lance gets caught in a Book End. Booker retains. Gunns slaps him after the match. The rest of Team Canada come out and get taken out by Booker. Gunns then hits Booker with the Canadian flag. Book gives her a Book End and the crowd loses their shit. It's been so long since I've seen a crowd popping for a man hitting a woman that I forgot how weird it is. Stevie cackling his ass off, Tony and Mike being positive about it, and the crowd cheering.
TO THE BACK. Boogie Knights I think are about to pay off Kronik again.
Mike Sanders vs Kevin Nash
Ric comes out and says he'll make this match a non-title match, because his opponent missed the weight limit by a bout 100 pounds. It's Kevin Nash! OMG! Total squash match. Flair had security hold the Thrillers in the back. They made it out anyway and Nash fought them off for awhile.
TO THE BACK. Trainer checks on Nash.
Boogie Knights vs Konnan/The Cat
Jimmy Hart vs Mancow Twice in a Life Time is signed for Mayhem. I don't want to see Konnan or Cat wrestling. Ever. A ref bump brings Kronik out. They give Konnan High Times. Charles Robinson couldn't hear Kronik's music or see their laser light show? Boogie Knights win.
TO THE BACK. Lex is reading Goldberg's book when Gene walks up.
Buff Bagwell vs Goldberg
This is what happens when you bitch about how you're booked. Buff actually got offense when he hit his double arm DDT, but Goldberg no sold it, speared him, then hit the jackhammer for the win. Goldberg sure made some funny faces.
Sting vs Scott Steiner
I've seen this too many times this year. Not interested anymore. Sting wins with a death drop out of nowhere and looks pissed at the finish. Sting will get a title shot after Mayhem. Midajah won't let him leave the ring. Steiner then attacks him with the pipe. They put Sting in a straight jacket and Steiner just murders Sting with a pipe. Like 10 pipe shots at least. You know, for this giant scary bad mother fucker, Steiners loses all the time and always needs to cheat to win.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Why did WWE upload this today.
Samoa Joe vs. Essa Rios: Jakked, March 3, 2001
http://youtu.be/fG5ONc6aWac
Samoa Joe vs. Essa Rios: Jakked, March 3, 2001
http://youtu.be/fG5ONc6aWac
bean breath
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I didn't know Vince McMahon posted here!
slightconfuse
Banned
This is happening
Have you seen Snitched yet? Planning on seeing the next Fast and Furious movie? How about that body building movie with Mark Wahlberg?Coincidence that they are all coming out when the Rock is appearing on WWE tv?
Don't forget he's been gone almost a year and won the WWE title with no reason to actually be in the match since he didn't win MITB, or the RR. Now he's headlining Wrestle mania(again) as champion, and getting paid more money for random appearances then guys who work their ass off every day.
Or maybe the Rock just loves to Wrestle?
Meanwhile Ziggler has been walking around with the MITB case and hasn't done anything with it, Punk got stuck with a Ryback and Tensai feud because Cena got injured/busy with the Rock.
But the Rock just loves to wrestle?
edit: you look at a guy like Flair or Jericho, who have come back numerous times to promote shit, either a book, show or concert. I know neither are as big as the Rock, but at least both are willing to put young talent over. The closest we've come to that is the Shield hurting Rock at the end of Raw.
I think it is fair to by cynical when Rock spent most of the past 10 years distancing himself as far away from pro wrestling as he possibly could and tells the wrestling fans that wrestling is his full time job when he's obviously a movie star first.
Now he's finally doing a bunch of action movies and comes back to wrestling to promote them.
Now he's finally doing a bunch of action movies and comes back to wrestling to promote them.
Professor Beef
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LiquidSolid
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If you seriously think that he's only in a ton of movies because of his WWE return or even that they've been timed to coincide with his WWE run, you're an idiot. 3.5 to 4 million people watch Raw each week. That's nothing, especially for a Michael Bay film and Fast and Furious sequel. And it completely overlooks the fact that Rock's movies were already really successful before his return and yes, that includes the Tooth Fairy.
As for his WWE title win, shocking fucking news: The Rock isn't the one booking these shows. If the WWE wanted to make new stars (or even knew how), they would and Rock has nothing to do with that decision.
Oh shit, I forgot how shitty the early Nitro announce crew was. Eric, Mongo, and Brain? Yikes. Eric and Mongo are worse than I remembered and Brain had no one to play off of. Why wasn't Tony the head announcer from the get go on Nitro? He was only the lead announcer for like a decade up to that point for the company, why wouldn't he be the lead on their new TV show?
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British Monsoon
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Yeah, I'm definitely pulling for Kong to win the Grand Championship. Battle to see who has the better spinning backfist!
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Also, Michael Elgin continues to find ways to impress me with his freaky strength, goddamn;
It's Kong
Also, Michael Elgin continues to find ways to impress me with his freaky strength, goddamn;
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