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February Wrasslin' |OT| WrassleGAF. In 2016.
- Thread starter FallingEdge
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When I started watching wrestling (2005), everybody loved HHH. He wasn't Cena but we loved him. The nu-DX run was huge.
The myth that HHH was never a big deal is bollocks.
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HarryDemeanor
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How much did Vince pay for this WWE.com redesign?
sf2fanatic
Member
Na. If he started wearing Jersey style shirts...
sf2fanatic
Member
9.99 gif?
shanafan
Member
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, its not any better or worse than the old one, I guess. I mean, other than the fact it loads slow as shit.
Didn't they have Lesnar just squashing people at house shows? I think the Network special is just a house show and the last two times they did one of these....he just squashed someone and collected a paycheck.
slightconfuse
Banned
HOSS
slightconfuse
Banned
Riccochet with Fan
Vince is going to separate them from their "buddies" as fast as he can killing all their value.
But they are fantastic as "hot tags" indeed.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't know what the deal is but it seems like everyone on NXT gives promos where they're looking at cue cards behind the camera. It's not just Finn and Corbin. The only guys who don't do that are Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn, which is probably why they're likely to get promoted.
That will be a time to be alive: Samoa Joe and AJ Styles team up to fight Kevin Steen and El Generico, live on Raw on the USA Network.
The dusty finish on NXT was fucken horseshit as fuck by the way. I mean, not quite "corbin gets double submitted' level horseshit, but it was pretty fucken dumb. Like, all Joe did was sorta drape his arm. They probably could have spent like ~10 minutes coming up with a plausible double pin where it actually looked uncertain who was being pinned because that happens all the time with stupid package rollups.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Those color swaps are cool, give me a street fighter style game with them.
This is an insult to Jason Jordan.
Yeah, that finish was bullshit. Joe had an arm over Zayn's wrist and Zayn clearly did a move on Joe before the pin.
They are streatching this angle really thin with all these false finishes.
Haha, Triple H. What a lucky, overachieving wrestling nerd. He's just the guy at work who sticks around long enough to be elevated to management because, well, I guess he deserves it.
Incredible stuff.
I went looking for Public Enemy gifs, and found these (courtesy of Legitshook...):
I love Regal.
Regal should be in everyone's top ten.
Reigns was a great hot tag in the Shield matches.
What have we seen from Jordan outside of being the hot tag? He was nothing before being paired with Gable.
Dick Justice
Banned
Does he have the wettest hair? DIDN'T THINK SO.
This is true. But he's something now and ain't nobody putting the toothpaste back in the tube, daddeh!
But seriously, I hope Gable/JJ don't break up any time soon. They're the best together. I very much hope to see them at NXT Dallas.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Just wait until you watch Fastlane and you find out they were just testing reactions for a Roman/Ambrose disputed submission on Brock.
Followed by Reigns/Ambrose matches on Raw each week to determine the #1 contender.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Gable & Jordan. If he keeps improving, he will be bigger on the main roster than Gable.
I just think it's unfair that people keep forgetting that Reigns was a significant part of those great Shield matches.
Ravensmash
Member
This is absolutely not true, at least not in my opinion.
I am of the opinion that Triple H got over by repeatedly working with some of the most over guys in the business during the biggest era of the business.
Still a Jeff Jarrett-tier talent, though.
Yeah, and it's super annoying to us who lived through the Attitude Era. But it makes sense, right? I mean, I understand why they act like he was the biggest thing ever.
slightconfuse
Banned
LU had a great finish
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
HHH did what everyone here would do if it was possible: fuck the boss's hot daughter and leverage nepotism into a position he wasn't necessarily qualified for. I don't *really* blame him at all for doing it if he could get away with it and on the plus side he seems pretty competent at the wrestling exec gig.
And sure, you can say he's "overrated as a wrestler," but so many of the big stars were overrated as wrestlers. For every Randy Savage there's a Hulk Hogan. For every Seth Rollins there's a Roman Reigns.
And sure, you can say he's "overrated as a wrestler," but so many of the big stars were overrated as wrestlers. For every Randy Savage there's a Hulk Hogan. For every Seth Rollins there's a Roman Reigns.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The weird thing is that they redesigned the main website in a way that gives NXT a lot more presence there (the list of current champions and superstars has NXT people on it, as do the splash banners) but then they didn't change anything about the Network site which makes NXT stuff kind of difficult to actually find since they don't group NXT as an actual label on the front page.
I think you're misconstruing a bit. This isn't just about in-ring skill. Triple H didn't have top-shelf in-ring skill, look, promo ability, charisma, etc. He's average-to-good in every department.
But that, of course, is just my opinion.
shanafan
Member
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Dick Justice
Banned
I like Alex Riley's new "Crazy Hobo" look.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I really hope Seth Rollins comes back with a different theme that is not generic butt rock. His current theme ain't hype.
2000 - mid 2001 HHH was awesome. Everything else was OK to good.
If anyone else got hurt as often as HHH did in 1998, they would be tagged as "too injury prone" and shoved down the card
shanafan
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He has a new one on Spotify. It's his current, but has a remix feel to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVEPDvMAiTI
Not good quality, but it resembles it.
funkystudent
Member
NXT Alex Riley looks like he is on the drugs.
I like the look but I wonder if its actually just "a look".
I like the look but I wonder if its actually just "a look".
I'm too cool to click that.
I'm not saying there are. I'm saying Triple H doesn't excel at anything.
And it's possible that I watch 2000-2001 Triple H in the coming year or three and HE BLOWS MY MIND.
But I doubt it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
He looks like a walking wellness violation
As soon as he starts his feud with Foley he starts to really get it IMO. He had a really fun match with Taka Michinoku on SD or RAW that surprised me. I think he was a completely different wrestler back then.