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January Wrasslin' |OT| The Assassination of Daniel Bryan by the Coward Vince McMahon
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spindashing
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What is up with Hogan's health these days? Should he not be wrestling?
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Deleted member 47027
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Ready for Fantasticamania. It sounds, uhuuuuuuu..............
FANTASTIC
FANTASTIC
Khrysler Jerikho
Member
Welcome back Mr. McFlower!
That Naomi fall eerily reminds me of the same one the Ascension did to one of the Pitbulls.
That Naomi fall eerily reminds me of the same one the Ascension did to one of the Pitbulls.
funkystudent
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I think I might actually watch some TNA now. I mean who knows how long they have left. I want to be there when it comes crashing down. Maybe Stro and review weekly impacts now. Save him from doing it down the road.
He could probably do something but his back is so held together with screws and tape that if he does wrestle again it wont be in WWE or any organisation with a decent health / wellness program.
Speaking of didnt TNA trot him out a few times to take some bumps after his back op?
He could probably do something but his back is so held together with screws and tape that if he does wrestle again it wont be in WWE or any organisation with a decent health / wellness program.
Speaking of didnt TNA trot him out a few times to take some bumps after his back op?
Lambda Pie
Banned
RINGS, "MEGA BATTLE TOURNAMENT '95", 1995.10.21
International Center, Fukuoka
5,050 Fans
01. Mitsuya Nagai vs Gigitedze Bkouri
lovely Karelin Lift, Bkouri threw Nagai like a ragdoll the whole match.
you know, i'm gonna call this a Rolling Splits Leg Hook Scissors Hold. yeah, that should do it.
02. Ilioukhine Mikhail vs Nikolai Zouev
good mid-kick counter into a kneebar.
an awesome rolling neck crank for the finish, really smooth.
03. Bitsadze Ameran vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
angry ass sleeper hold for the finish, after an hilarious Rolling Thunder miss.
04. Hans Nyman vs Buzariashvili Ramaz
HUGE belly-to-belly.
great striking sequence for the finish.
05. Grom Zaza vs Andrei Kopylev
yikes. hmmmmm, i'm gonna call this a Roling Inverted Omoplata Knee Hook.
06. Volk Han vs Pieter Oele
Volk Han, who look like the shy uncle that's into plumbing, drags Oele to mid ring for a sweet armbar finish.
07. Dimitri Petkov vs Bitsadze Tariel
holy shit, this is the most entertaining worked shoot i've ever seen. Tariel is hairy as fuck and Petkov is FAT. FAT ASS does a judo throw into neck crank.
FAT ASS pulls a single leg boston crab out of counter.
CAN HE DO IT KING, CAN HE LIFT TARIEL, CAN H... OH MY GOD HE DID IT, HE DID IT, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT TO TARIEL, WHAT POWER, WHAT STRENGHT!!!
THE SPINNING KICK THAT BEAT FAT ASS PETKOV!!
08. Akira Maeda vs Dick Vrij
Maeda eats a stiff kick.
nice kneebar counter to knee strike for the finish.
you owe it to yourself to at least watch the full Petkov vs Tariel match, Petkov does everything at fat speed:
http://youtu.be/c650Epoc7-o?t=1h29m21s
International Center, Fukuoka
5,050 Fans
01. Mitsuya Nagai vs Gigitedze Bkouri
lovely Karelin Lift, Bkouri threw Nagai like a ragdoll the whole match.
you know, i'm gonna call this a Rolling Splits Leg Hook Scissors Hold. yeah, that should do it.
02. Ilioukhine Mikhail vs Nikolai Zouev
good mid-kick counter into a kneebar.
an awesome rolling neck crank for the finish, really smooth.
03. Bitsadze Ameran vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
angry ass sleeper hold for the finish, after an hilarious Rolling Thunder miss.
04. Hans Nyman vs Buzariashvili Ramaz
HUGE belly-to-belly.
great striking sequence for the finish.
05. Grom Zaza vs Andrei Kopylev
yikes. hmmmmm, i'm gonna call this a Roling Inverted Omoplata Knee Hook.
06. Volk Han vs Pieter Oele
Volk Han, who look like the shy uncle that's into plumbing, drags Oele to mid ring for a sweet armbar finish.
07. Dimitri Petkov vs Bitsadze Tariel
holy shit, this is the most entertaining worked shoot i've ever seen. Tariel is hairy as fuck and Petkov is FAT. FAT ASS does a judo throw into neck crank.
FAT ASS pulls a single leg boston crab out of counter.
CAN HE DO IT KING, CAN HE LIFT TARIEL, CAN H... OH MY GOD HE DID IT, HE DID IT, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT TO TARIEL, WHAT POWER, WHAT STRENGHT!!!
THE SPINNING KICK THAT BEAT FAT ASS PETKOV!!
08. Akira Maeda vs Dick Vrij
Maeda eats a stiff kick.
nice kneebar counter to knee strike for the finish.
you owe it to yourself to at least watch the full Petkov vs Tariel match, Petkov does everything at fat speed:
http://youtu.be/c650Epoc7-o?t=1h29m21s
I like this idea.
Angle was their last really good WWE signing, though they're making Bateman look good, nobody can top Christian Cage though
A animated represenation to my reactions today:
Went to StroMomo's to pick up the old iPhone. Got a giant tub of chicken and noodles.
Went to the grocery near by to pick up some chips and salsa. I went to the salsa aisle and found Herdez. I looked down one and saw a 2 pound jar.
I looked down again and saw a 4 pound jar.
Artist rendering of what I may look like later tonight.
Went to StroMomo's to pick up the old iPhone. Got a giant tub of chicken and noodles.
Went to the grocery near by to pick up some chips and salsa. I went to the salsa aisle and found Herdez. I looked down one and saw a 2 pound jar.
I looked down again and saw a 4 pound jar.
Artist rendering of what I may look like later tonight.
CALLING ALL CARS CALLING ALL CARS
Only if he comes out to the Men on a Mission theme and he comes out with Mo and Oscar.
spindashing
Banned
One of my favorite theme songs of all time.
edit: how do I have more followers on Twitter than this guy....
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Watched a gaki no tsukai batsu game from 2011 in an airport the other day. Enjoyable to watch Masa Chono slap the shit out of one of the hosts.
Mr. Luchador
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TNA aren't safe until Dixie Carter posts on WrassleGAF just like Mr. McMahon does.
Mr. Luchador
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Briscoe Brother branced out to be Professional Footballer
British Monsoon
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I'd like to see what Jay, Mark & Papa Briscoe make of Carroll's geordie accent.
Khrysler Jerikho
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Either the Mabel or the Love Machine gimmick please.
Mr. Luchador
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Cousin Andy!
"Alreet man, Markie man! How ya deeing? Who's that knacker ow'er there who's been givin' ya jip all neet, man? Al' gan ow'er thair and deck the little shite. Ho'way, man!"
Lambda Pie
Banned
Briscoe Brother branced out to be Professional Footballer
Carroll smilling? must've seen a bag of cocaine.
To be fair, get a week free.. and sure we'll have someone give us a full report before everyone jumps in!
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Mr. Luchador
Member
That's just around the corner on my Wrestling Rewatch - November 2001!
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
do it noooowwww
Mr. Luchador
Member
APW King of Indies 2001 first, which so far has been pretty decent.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
El Pescado
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WHAT?
*AustinTearingOffAHeadsetAndStandingUp.gif*
Edit: That's a pretty cool article.
Mr. Luchador
Member
King and Toe Knee Shay Varnish combo-dallas commentary team!
Mr. Luchador
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That 12 month gap between WCW dying and TNA starting is pretty surreal for the sheer amount of start up feds that attempt to get something going and pretty much ALL of them having the exact same roster!
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
It's the only thing that WILL work. If you want to be competition to WWE, you need to be like WWE. You can't be an indie, you can't be ECW, you can't be anything but exactly what the mainstream crowd wants and that's WWE-style. Bisschof understood this, to beat WWF, he had to be WWF and be better at being WWF than WWF was. And that's what he did with Nitro until WWF reversed that years later and became better at being WCW than WCW was.
Though to be fair, WCW helped alot with that by being absolute shit from halfway through 98 and beyond.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I still feel like TNA could have been bigger if they had stayed true to their 'beliefs' and didn't chop and change every 2-3 years for a quick fix. People were starting to invest in the Divas Division, The X-Divison, etc and then they blitz it all to be WWE-Shite.
British Monsoon
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Aiii said:
I don't buy that all the mainstream wants is what WWE gives them, not for one second. I highly doubt you'll ever see another "me too!" sort of promotion get anywhere close to WWE's business, so the only alternative IS to provide an alternative - sure, you can list all the alternatives that HAVEN'T worked, but one day there'll be an alternative that does things differently and garners hype and generates buzz and forces Vince to change what his promotion is, just like ECW & WCW did in the mid-90's.
TNA needs to hurry up and die, leaving a gap in the market that hopefully someone, ANYONE, will pick up on and use to challenge WWE. Competition breeds success, the only think a lack of competition breeds is complacency.
If you want to rival WWE? For sure you need to bring a WWE type of wrestling program.
If you're happy with 1.0 ratings, then sure, you can be different. ECW was different and had buzz, but it was never a ratings or PPV buyrate draw by any means. They barely made 1.0 in a time when wrestling was a lot hotter than it is now. Not to mention getting a TV deal was near impossible because the networks didn't like the content.
If you're happy with 1.0 ratings, then sure, you can be different. ECW was different and had buzz, but it was never a ratings or PPV buyrate draw by any means. They barely made 1.0 in a time when wrestling was a lot hotter than it is now. Not to mention getting a TV deal was near impossible because the networks didn't like the content.
slightconfuse
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Mr. Luchador
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I agree, it'll happen one day probably due to the WWE slipping up and resting on it's 'success'. Sure they're making a ton of money year on year, but ratings, buy rates and general opinion seems to be decreasing year on year. I get the feeling that more and more people are starting to become aware they've watched the same show for a decade more or less.
The cynical side of me thinks WWE are taking so many top indie stars just so they're no longer in the indies (and in turn hurting the promotions they're with).
I'd be really interested in seeing how a foreign promotion would do in the US if they ever managed to get a TV deal.
The cynical side of me thinks WWE are taking so many top indie stars just so they're no longer in the indies (and in turn hurting the promotions they're with).
I'd be really interested in seeing how a foreign promotion would do in the US if they ever managed to get a TV deal.
slightconfuse
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It's not about wreslting it's about stars. People needs names they know . WWE has the biggst names.
Are you going to see diesel bret and HBK or hogan, flair and savage??
Are you going to see diesel bret and HBK or hogan, flair and savage??
There will never be a competitor to WWE in America. They've reached the same level as the NBA for basketball and NFL for football. There are other leagues, but they don't matter. Alternative and competitor aren't at all the same thing. TNA says they are an alternative, but think of themselves as a competitor and that's why they suck. You can't compete and trying is a pointless and costly endeavor.
Mr. Luchador
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That was sort of the point I was making with TNA's constant changes. Each time it looked like they had built or established a star from within their own roster, they went and changed direction, bought in a bunch of old-WWE names and dumped the other guys back down the roster.
If they had just stayed true to their original plans, I think TNA would have grown and people would have become educated to TNA's own style - the whole THIS IS WRESTLING bullshit they preached for like 5 years then dropped it as soon as they became 'popular' on Spike.