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[jmdajr]

It's a wrestling thread, there are no new, young, wrestling fans.

Didn't they do some stat that more old people than young people watch it these days? You figure Golden Era has the peak in pre-teen fans, while attitude era peaked with the 18-25 or whatever.

I'm sure they still attract them in that age group but not at the levels as before. Now it's mostly people who grew up with it that didn't quit.

Kind of like Nintendo.

 

[British Monsoon]

Someone needs to remake BraveStarr;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMo4k7iG7s

Kids today are sorely deprived of (questionable) quality animated entertainment (designed solely to sell toys).

 

[Hasney]

It's a wrestling thread, there are no new, young, wrestling fans.

Yes there are. They're just not allowed to use the Internet unsupervised yet.

 

[Heroman]

It's a wrestling thread, there are no new, young, wrestling fans.

I'm a new and young wrestling fan.

 

[Scottify]

Surely I can't be the only one here over 40, right? right?

 

[Alucard]

Just a reminder that Joe can still be great.

Was this from his first booking after leaving TNA? Has he wrestled yet since leaving?

 

[FallingEdge]

I'm a new and young wrestling fan.

 

[jmdajr]

Surely I can't be the only one here over 40, right? right?

Soon enough you won't be.

 

[sf2fanatic]

My man. Why the fuck we talking about children's shows in here today? Did all of you sell out and produce a bunch of babies? Is this "old man gaf" now? For god's sake.

Lol coming from a poster name Vince McMahon.. Old lol!! J/k


Speaking of old, is Ronnie Garvin in the HoF yet?

 

[TheBrain76]

Anyone gonna see?

Probably not, but I am in for the Scooby sequel.

 

[Penguin]

Anyone gonna see?

I'm ready to check it out this week.

And make Xater suffer with me!

 

[British Monsoon]

Was this from his first booking after leaving TNA? Has he wrestled yet since leaving?

Nah, the gif was from his match in PROGRESS last September, which TNA kindly allowed to be released on the DVD. They also let him wrestle at JAPW's 18th Anniversary show last November, but he hasn't wrestled anywhere since the Impact taping in London last month.

 

[Patryn]

Yoshiko has been suspended indefinitely. Also stripped of the World of STARDOM Title.

http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/womens_prores/371114/

Also, Rossy Ogawa (owner), Fuka Kakimoto (General Manager/Booker) and Nanae Takahashi (Player Representative) are self-punishing themselves - they're all taking a 30% pay cut for three months.

Ok, I get the basic gist of what happened, but I think I missed the initial discussion when this happened. I've been reading your thoughts on some of the aftermath, but can someone just give a quick full rundown of the situation? Did Yoshiko go into business for herself? Was it all planned (although why a beating that savage would be planned is beyond me)?

Anyone?

 

[Alucard]

Nah, the gif was from his match in PROGRESS last September, which TNA kindly allowed to be released on the DVD. They also let him wrestle at JAPW's 18th Anniversary show last November, but he hasn't wrestled anywhere since the Impact taping in London last month.

Cool. I've seen him have good matches in TNA in 2014, so I'm not surprised. Looking forward to seeing him wrestle 15-20 minute matches in ROH.

 

[Scottify]

Soon enough you won't be.

So, is it happy almost 40th birthday to you? If so, happy early birthday. 40+ ain't so bad.

 

[jmdajr]

So, is it happy almost 40th birthday to you? If so, happy early birthday. 40+ ain't so bad.

in 2 half years I will be.

I think most people don't feel like complete shit until they hit mid 60s. At least that's what my folks told me. Once they hit that age just can't do normal stuff like you used to.

 

[sf2fanatic]

in 2 half years I will be.

Class of 96 for me

 

[Scottify]

in 2 half years I will be.

lol, damn.

This leads me to think of a question. How many wrestlers have had top careers after the age of 40? Seems like it could be a lot. Flair, Hogan, HHH, Nash, maybe Sting?

 

[dream]

Ok, I get the basic gist of what happened, but I think I missed the initial discussion when this happened. I've been reading your thoughts on some of the aftermath, but can someone just give a quick full rundown of the situation? Did Yoshiko go into business for herself? Was it all planned (although why a beating that savage would be planned is beyond me)?

Anyone?

Well, the only way a stiff work will be convincing is if it's actually stiff enough to look like a shoot. Think of Mick Foley bumping off of the cage, or RKO going into thumbtacks. Why would anyone subject themselves to that? Because you have to sell the angle. Act loves pro wrestling so much that she's willing to take a beating to sell the angle, knowing that the payoff will come in the rematch. Which I hope will be contested in a no-ropes barbed wire match.

 

[bitesnintendog]

I started watching random Ring Ka King episodes and I find it hilarious when the American wrestlers pretend to understand what the Indian authority figure says. In the last episode I just watched there is a scene where he's giving his team a pep talk and Chavo just nods while looking mildly confused and Matt Morgan yells "yeah" or "hell yeah" after every sentence.

 

[Coach]

Happy Birthday Nature Boy!

 

[jmdajr]

lol, damn.

This leads me to think of a question. How many wrestlers have had top careers after the age of 40? Seems like it could be a lot. Flair, Hogan, HHH, Nash, maybe Sting?

Staying hot at 40 is gonna be much harder now with dudes doing far more flippy shit than before.

Too many retired or dead to get big at that age.

I think we will get less dead going forward but more "the MRI shows I have to retire."

 

[jmdajr]

Happy Birthday Nature Boy!

66! Miracle considering the life style.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I started watching random Ring Ka King episodes and I find it hilarious when the American wrestlers pretend to understand what the Indian authority figure says. In the last episode I just watched there is a scene where he's giving his team a pep talk and Chavo just nods while looking mildly confused and Matt Morgan yells "yeah" or "hell yeah" after every sentence.

Hell yeah. I loved Ring Ka King's Jazzy Lahoria. Dude had the LOOK.

A look like that can get over huge in Lucha Underground, friends.

 

[Vestal]

lol, damn.

This leads me to think of a question. How many wrestlers have had top careers after the age of 40? Seems like it could be a lot. Flair, Hogan, HHH, Nash, maybe Sting?

DDP

 

[Sephzilla]

lol, damn.

This leads me to think of a question. How many wrestlers have had top careers after the age of 40? Seems like it could be a lot. Flair, Hogan, HHH, Nash, maybe Sting?

 

[Scottify]

Damn, I dunno how I didn't think of DDP & Taker.

See kids, when you get older your memory slips.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

lol, damn.

This leads me to think of a question. How many wrestlers have had top careers after the age of 40? Seems like it could be a lot. Flair, Hogan, HHH, Nash, maybe Sting?

Bateaster. Negro Casas.

 

[jmdajr]

Damn, I dunno how I didn't think of DDP & Taker.

See kids, when you get older your memory slips.

But there isn't that many.

Would you say Big Show and Kane have top careers? Mark Henry? Jericho? R-Truth? Rock? Batista?

HHH is still relevant for sure.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Damn, I dunno how I didn't think of DDP & Taker.

See kids, when you get older your memory slips.

Nah, back then wrestling had too many good wrestlers to follow. We still young. Forever Young!!

 

[Sephzilla]

But there isn't that many.

Would you say Big Show and Kane have top careers? Jericho? Rock? Batista?

HHH is still relevant for sure.

I could make an argument against Batista simply because he left the company not long after turning 40. If you ask me Jericho stopped being relevant before he hit 40.

 

[jmdajr]

I could make an argument against Batista simply because he left the company not long after turning 40. If you ask me Jericho stopped being relevant before he hit 40.

Yeah guess you have to decide what relevant is. Like the Rock is relevant even though doesn't wrestle.

 

[Striker]

Jericho's run in '08-'10 was easily one of the best things in the past ten years and he was 38 or 39 at the time.

 

[Scottify]

But there isn't that many.

Would you say Big Show and Kane have top careers? Mark Henry? Jericho? R-Truth? Rock? Batista?

HHH is still relevant for sure.

I would say yes to Big Show & Kane. They're still involved with a lot of the top stars, whether that's a good or bad thing is debatable. Maybe Rock, Batista & Jericho in mediums other than wrestling. Rock is top for sure, less so the other two.

 

[Heroman]

okay shitting on darkwing duck is too far

TOO FAR

Darkwing duck was ducking lame, it was always the show that I would turn the channel if it was on.

 

[Recall]

the WWE network has ran like hot garbage for I for over a month, anyone less with weird freezing issues while try to watch the archived stuff?

45 gb down speed internet. issues on pc, ps4, ps3, ipad and iphone. every 2 mins, it stops, then carries on. its like the dynamic resoltion they use isnt doing anything, just freezing the stream :/

 

[Deleted member 47027]

the WWE network has ran like hot garbage for I for over a month, anyone less with weird freezing issues while try to watch the archived stuff?

45 gb down speed internet. issues on pc, ps4, ps3, ipad and iphone. every 2 mins, it stops, then carries on. its like the dynamic resoltion they use isnt doing anything, just freezing the stream :/

no problems at all for me

 

[Uno Venova]

the WWE network has ran like hot garbage for I for over a month, anyone less with weird freezing issues while try to watch the archived stuff?

45 gb down speed internet. issues on pc, ps4, ps3, ipad and iphone. every 2 mins, it stops, then carries on. its like the dynamic resoltion they use isnt doing anything, just freezing the stream :/

It freezes on the PS3, and 4, and 'continue watching' has been broken since I signed up.

 

[Bandini]

I use it on PCs in Firefox and that seems to work the best for me. Using it on Xbox/PS3 resulted in tons of issues, especially during PPVs.

 

[Chamber]

the WWE network has ran like hot garbage for I for over a month, anyone less with weird freezing issues while try to watch the archived stuff?

45 gb down speed internet. issues on pc, ps4, ps3, ipad and iphone. every 2 mins, it stops, then carries on. its like the dynamic resoltion they use isnt doing anything, just freezing the stream :/

My problem is with the live streams, especially on the XB1 app. Constant crashing, buffering, freezing, skipping, almost always 30-45 seconds behind what's going on.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Man, how the hell am I doing ok? I have no issues in any of my browsers or off of my Bone, or phone, or ipad. Fuck, I'm a lucky dude.

 

[Bowser]

lol at that Reigns rumor

If he's on gear, homeboy needs a refund cause that shit ain't workin

 

[Psykoboy2]

Here's the original post of that rumor on reddit:

 

[Masquerader]

66! Miracle considering the life style.

Most people seem to forget that he's one of those people who's just too tough and durable to simply die like everyone else would. I bet he'll keep going until his 80s.

 

[British Monsoon]

The no.1 thing that should've tipped everyone off to that rumour being shit was the "Lesnar has demanded that [thing fans really want] happens" line.

Man, how the hell am I doing ok? I have no issues in any of my browsers or off of my Bone, or phone, or ipad. Fuck, I'm a lucky dude.

I updated Chrome and the network stopped working, for some reason. Works in other chromium browsers like Vivaldi, though. I mostly just play it through the PS4 app, works perfectly for me.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

The no.1 thing that should've tipped everyone off to that rumour being shit was the "Lesnar has demanded that [thing fans really want] happens" line.



I updated Chrome and the network stopped working, for some reason. Works in other chromium browsers like Vivaldi, though. I mostly just play it through the PS4 app, works perfectly for me.

Oh! If you go Incognito mode you'll be fine. Requires a login, but I had that issue once with Chrome. Eventually I fucked up and nuked my history and saved google sign-on and it fixed itself, but that kind of nuking will fix anything.

 

[funkystudent]

Hopefully that rumour grabs some more attention and WWE respond one way or another.


If its a baseless rumour one would think after it gets on a few more sites WWE would just issue a quick statement saying its bullshit.

 

[Heroman]

What happening to the wwe right now? There been a lot shit happening in a short amount of time.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Most people seem to forget that he's one of those people who's just too tough and durable to simply die like everyone else would. I bet he'll keep going until his 80s.

 

[Fox318]

Here's the original post of that rumor on reddit:

The drug stuff does make sense considering everyone in ufc getting popped.