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January Wrasslin' |OT| Big Month John
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welp nevermind
FlammableD
Banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2irquds7X58
Not CCK like was expected. Any of the OTT lot give us the rundown?
Barrage
Member
Absolutely agreed on every point, Grimace. To many wrestling fans, their relationship with WWE is like a bad marriage- every slight or dissapointment is so vividly remembered that the baggage cant be lifted. Things that used to be liked are now hated, and the smallest annoyances are dwelled upon and blown up (like when a wife is driven crazy by how her husband sips his coffee). While a new relationship (with a new promotion) is seen with rose-tinted glasses and the exact same annoyances completely forgiven.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Hey, I give my thoughts on all the big shows :/.
The problem is that NJPW doesn't really have weekly shows that push forward a narrative like wwf does, so the discussion is bunched around 10-15 shows a year.
wwf has like 5 shows a week that push forward a narrative now, which is insane.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Maybe because it's actually entertaining?
I never found any of that WWYKI schtick to be anything novel even though that was en vogue with "fourth-wall" breaking stuff with the rise of Punk and Bryan.
The Madden Tourney is some good stuff and reaffirms to me that Kofi is a cool ass dude. Not only Kofi; Neville, Rusev, and even Roman Reigns comes off as a likable in that show.
People talk about lucha stuff, UK indies, etc, all the time in this thread. I wouldn't have subscribed to PROGRESS if I didn't read these threads. People are talking about the launch of the DDT streaming service today. There's a bunch of non WWE talk here.
Woods did it with WWE cooperation.
Plus unlike Ryder they don't want to bury their top merch seller and most notable black performers on the roster.
Look at Del Rio. The guy was around for 2 weeks and he was postered on every truck, billboard, and TV ad they produced
Kofi's smack talk game is legit. The dude never stops talking.
[UUDD Madden Raw Finals spoiler]
That loss he took to Rollins was brutal since Kofi played a legit game up until that fumble.
And yeah, everyone who comes onto UUDD ends up seeming like a cool ass dude. The only guy who seems kind of annoying on there is Zayn
FlammableD
Banned
expecting a PROGRESS announcement soon, otherwise it's quite poor form on their part.
The Montreal Canadiens have been mediocre since before you were even born and to this day you still watch their games.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Makes you really think about the heat he's probably getting. I see him as the Miles Teller-type person in Whiplash. Dude's gonna climb the mountain in spite of everyone. There's a million things he hasn't done....just you wait. Just you wait.
Also, FUCK I shouldn't have read that spoiler, forgot the Madden Raw Finals are up!
Can we talk about Whiplash? What a fucking movie. Talk about going into business for yourself. Top 5 ever for me maybe.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
If you go into something with the mindset that you won't enjoy it, you won't.
I've never seen anything that suggested Sami Zayn has backstage heat. I think that's just an assumption the IWC makes because he isn't pushed to the moon. But it's not like WWE has the wrong idea about Zayn's character (even if the execution isn't particularly good).
and I never paid to watch a game. I don't have Cable TV
I did go to a couple of games though, oh crap i'm the problem
Zayn strikes me as a guy who's a bit of a stealth douchebag.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Totally, I shouldn't say those are confirmed. Zayn is never supposed to be a badass. That whole backstage skit with Roman and Rollins was right for him. He's Nathan Drake in a room full of Marcus Fenix's.
Just like Miles Teller.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's not that I disagree that WWE puts out a disproportionate amount of content, but I find it hard to believe people literally enjoy nothing about it.
It's not that he's a douchebag from what I understand, he's just in his own world. I think the story is mostly that he get comfortable too quickly and tends to be unfiltered.
The El Generico meets Axl Rose story: https://streamable.com/1nsg
Sami Zayn telling the story from his own perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Vj7owIhNY
Both versions are pretty funny.
i should have hinted what it was aboutBewareTheBatsie
Member
Charlotte needs to destroy Bayley's balloon friends to give real heat to their feud.
No.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The biggest reason that feud doesn't have heat is because its insanely implausible that Bayley wins.
Yes.
Ill be at the rumble this sunday. Cant wait. First ever PPV. Also going to PAX South on saturday. Gonna be a bad ass weekend for sure. I hope the crowd is hype. I always feel bad when I stand up at a wrestling show because I think I get a little more excited than the people behind me usually. I feel like I might be standing for the entire AJ Cena match.
But oh well fuck em.
But oh well fuck em.
Bluekaveli
Member
Yep, they're hiding now.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Well if they say that then they just don't like wrestling. Raw is garbage, but NXT feels like NWA wrestling which I love, and smackdown is pretty entertaining. Talking Smack is sublime.
I think an issue is that to a lot of people (which may or may not include vince), wwf = raw, and raw still sucks.
Barrage
Member
100 percent.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
You can still like a product's beginnings without liking what it is right now. LU caught lightning in a bottle and failed to maintain the momentum. Things can change.
LU season 1 was great though
Sweeney Tom
Banned
It happened, and then season 3's taping and their utter failure at every aspect behind the scenes killed interest
How to peak and self destruct in a year
Such as?
Even now they're putting on a more entertaining show than WWE though.
BronsonLee
Member
1: WHERE IS THE RUMBLE OT
2: RUMBLE POOL, LET'S GET IT (1$ each to pop in)
2: RUMBLE POOL, LET'S GET IT (1$ each to pop in)
slightconfuse
Banned
This is Steve Austin's telling you about this 20 x 20. Switch.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Just to name a few
Continuing to overpay for each episode of taping which crippled their budget and gave them less leverage to work with when it came to resigning talent like Ricochet, who bolted
Continued drama with AAA which affected both companies' relationships with other talent like Sexy Star and Pentagon
Continued overvaluing of their own product leading to them resisting low deals from the only places they got offers from like Netflix, which would have significantly and immediately boosted their audience and benefited them in numerous ways if accepted
Dave just did a big article on this stuff like a week or two ago that gets a lot more in depth about a lot more issues, including legitimately putting hope into fucking movies
Thanks to the Brexit conversion rates, 1$ is nearly a week's wages here.
Barrage
Member
Smackdown is so much better than LU Season 3.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Holy shit lol
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Is Sasha vs Nia even gonna end in a match at this rate? I keep getting the vibe they'll just have Nia continued to beat her up and then just drop it.
I wonder if the fatal four way at Wrestlemania rumors end up true for the Raw women's division.
I wonder if the fatal four way at Wrestlemania rumors end up true for the Raw women's division.
It drives me up a wall how long it took them to realize how charismatic Kofi and company are, and it still drives me up a wall that they managed to make Reigns look so uncharismatic in the ring when he is immensely likable elsewhere.
Reigns on UUDD is charismatic as fuck and it makes me understand why he probably gets the super push he gets
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Roman's twitter makes me feel like he could be an amazing heel.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
How the hell is the RR gonna be 4 hours? There are 4 matches plus the Rumble itself.
maybe we'll get a last minute announcement tonight that the Rumble is being upgraded to 40 people?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Or they'll announce the Ladies' Rumble.
(I assume there's gonna be a SmackDown women's match added plus a tag team match).