I'm down with getting along. Shit would suck if they shut this place down. The atmosphere is a lot different from the rest of the board, OT especially.
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July Wrasslin |OT| The Rings a Field, the Field of War, Thats Where We Lay the Law
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HarryDemeanor
Member
They're probably going to hold it hostage until August.No archive for the first MNW episode? That sucks.
If TNA can survive, then so can we.
bean breath
Member
It's my time then because I've been clean from day one!
But friend Heel is cool
that stardust theme tho...
WrassleGAF New Generation starts with Sokantish!? You are our Diesel.
WrassleGAF New Generation starts with Sokantish!? You are our Diesel.
The Fronde
Member
Really enjoyed part 1 of the Monday Night War doc. Man, a TWENTY part series is a lot! Like a Ken Burns documentary about the Monday Night War. Pretty epic. Gonna be a fun ride.
I was a 12 year old kid and loyal WWF fan in 1998 who hated WCW just out of principal. The only time I watched Nitro was after Russo went over and the show started getting crazy, ha.
I was a 12 year old kid and loyal WWF fan in 1998 who hated WCW just out of principal. The only time I watched Nitro was after Russo went over and the show started getting crazy, ha.
bean breath
Member
I liked the part where he announced that he was in the Intercontinental Battle Royal at the Battleground Pay-Per-View, while shaking his hips in time with each syllable.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Don't. We need to just drop it. Pointing fingers will obviously help no one.
I think right about now we could all use a good old, gif filled Strobogo review post
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friskykillface
Banned
Watching the first episode of Legends house and its ok so far
Howard Finkel the god
Howard Finkel the god
bean breath
Member
That was the best dance performance I've seen since Shawn Michaels at In Your House.
Wow that's exactly the kind of thing a gimmick poster would say. I think we need to get these witch hunts started RIGHT NOW.
bean breath
Member
Alucard's nipples are hard, ya'll.
Serpentine
Banned
Starting a witch hunt sounds like something a gimmick poster would do in order to save face, Sokantish
Serpentine Heel cannot be trusted. Thanks to him, my good friend sien916 is no longer among us. I would advise all of you to watch it.
bean breath
Member
What the Dust brothers were looking at off screen.
Thanks for the spoilers, Ithil /Carnby
Long past due. I don't think it's going to help though.
Gimmick post accusations come from the fact that people come into the thread just to shit on things that a majority of people here seem to like. Then when someone calls them out it gets turned into a joke that gets repeated for the next month. Nothing's going to change if that keeps happening.
Gimmick post accusations come from the fact that people come into the thread just to shit on things that a majority of people here seem to like. Then when someone calls them out it gets turned into a joke that gets repeated for the next month. Nothing's going to change if that keeps happening.
Officerrob
Banned
You're right, I was going to make a list, but it really serves no purpose.
Just got home from Raw. Pretty good experience overall, but those first two hours were very hit or miss.
Good stuff:
-Opening segment (I think Reigns does what he needs to on the mic)
-Usos vs. Wyatts match
-Jerry Lawler intro and Bret Hart promo (great fire from Bret)
-Jericho vs. The Miz match (good story of Miz protecting his face)
-Jericho and Bray Wyatt promo exchange (amazing live)
-Rollins vs. Cena
Random observations:
-Cena is over. Now. Then. Forever.
-Cena merch is everywhere...TONS of kids, and even some women and...grown men. There is really no reason to have a Cena shirt as a grown man unless you have kids
-Kid beside me gave me the stink eye when I yelled "Come on, Seth!" during the main event
-WWE's pyro could make a person legit deaf
-still lots of Bryan merch around
-nobody gave a shit about Alicia Fox
-People want to like and cheer Cesaro, but he's being wasted with Heyman
-still too many CM Punk chants for my liking
-saw a woman in a Cena t-shirt, jean shorts...and sparkly high heels
The biggest thing I learned tonight is that the current WWE is definitely for kids and families. There's nothing wrong with that, but it really limits the verbiage older fans can use. Didn't like having to restrain myself for fear of parents reaming me out.
Also, the average fan doesn't really care about analyzing the product, but just saying "Wow, did you see that?" and then walking home with their new wrestling merch. That's the heart of fandom, but it makes for lazy writing.
Can't believe that show was 3 hours. Felt so much longer with all the filler from the thirty minute mark to the top of the second hour.
Good stuff:
-Opening segment (I think Reigns does what he needs to on the mic)
-Usos vs. Wyatts match
-Jerry Lawler intro and Bret Hart promo (great fire from Bret)
-Jericho vs. The Miz match (good story of Miz protecting his face)
-Jericho and Bray Wyatt promo exchange (amazing live)
-Rollins vs. Cena
Random observations:
-Cena is over. Now. Then. Forever.
-Cena merch is everywhere...TONS of kids, and even some women and...grown men. There is really no reason to have a Cena shirt as a grown man unless you have kids
-Kid beside me gave me the stink eye when I yelled "Come on, Seth!" during the main event
-WWE's pyro could make a person legit deaf
-still lots of Bryan merch around
-nobody gave a shit about Alicia Fox
-People want to like and cheer Cesaro, but he's being wasted with Heyman
-still too many CM Punk chants for my liking
-saw a woman in a Cena t-shirt, jean shorts...and sparkly high heels
The biggest thing I learned tonight is that the current WWE is definitely for kids and families. There's nothing wrong with that, but it really limits the verbiage older fans can use. Didn't like having to restrain myself for fear of parents reaming me out.
Also, the average fan doesn't really care about analyzing the product, but just saying "Wow, did you see that?" and then walking home with their new wrestling merch. That's the heart of fandom, but it makes for lazy writing.
Can't believe that show was 3 hours. Felt so much longer with all the filler from the thirty minute mark to the top of the second hour.
Macho Madness
Member
Check out my review of the Monday Night War:
Basically I thought it was really good, and showcases what kind of original content WWE needs to be producing for the Network.
Basically I thought it was really good, and showcases what kind of original content WWE needs to be producing for the Network.
Serpentine
Banned
I didn't even know what it was until you made me google search it you son of a bitch
actually... i still don't know what it means out of context so nvm
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
dang... I don't float in water so I can't even be a witch
Macho Madness
Member
Thanks for post, Sunny. I'll chill out.
This totally stood out to me when I went to Raw last year, too. Either it doesn't get across on TV, or it's only in certain towns, but I was fucking amazed at how many parents and their kids were decked out in FULL Cena gear. Headband, shirt, wristband, towel, cap, t shirt, jean shorts... fuck.
There's a reason why his entrance is a walking commercial for his merch. Insane.
bean breath
Member
I like Layla better.
sonikokaruto
Banned
VVe are
bean breath
Member
Same here. He's been great since he came back.
bean breath
Member
Yeah, he has like a Johnny Cage type gimmick, I like it. Plus he's the funny third wheel in the Jericho-Wyatt feud, he's not above humiliating himself for entertainment.
Yeah, it really is an unbelievable phenomenon. Considering the staleness of the character, I don't get it, but live tonight I thought that Cena did a good job with promos and in the ring against Rollins.
Highlights for me tonight were definitely the Hart and Jericho segments. I think Jericho looks much better than his last run, and he moves quicker and smoother than that run too. The contrast between him and Wyatt is also intriguing, and his match with Miz was wonderfully worked. Best storytelling match of the night IMO.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Bry-Force will shoot when shot from here on out. Aight?
Agreed, but there's a greyish area, too. When it's not outright threadshitting, problem's when people hit the line where you can't tell if they're trolling with their legit opinion or not. My "gimmick poster" complaints rarely had to do with the opinion itself, just the way it was presented; nothing wrong with having a dissenting opinion, but posting it like you're "Best Webpage in the World" Maddox then passive aggressively needling people who take issue with that creates a 'hostile environment' that led us here.
You're talking sense, and I totally agree with you. I just hope he's able to keep himself relevant once he moves away from being the third wheel in this feud. I'm not sure how they're going to do that unless this somehow leads to Miz and Jericho working together as multimedia stars to take out Wyatt. But that would give Miz face pops, which I don't think you want out of him as long as he's this Hollywood douche character.
bean breath
Member
I wonder if he'll bring his Baby Mama /JR
I sure hope so. You're fighting shadows, Duncan. Come back to us.
bean breath
Member
Wooooooo!
Keyser Soze
Member
I agree this thread needs fixing, but part of me feels that things have already gone too far.
I have been posting in wrestling threads on GAF since 2004, and I literally have lost track about what this thread even represents anymore. Sometimes it is hard to understand what people in these threads are talking about as some in-jokes go so deep. At other times, people are seemingly acting grumpy for the sake of been grumpy, and others seemingly obviously happy about everything. These are not the reactions of normal humans, they are childish creations someone made up in their own head to get attention.
Sure, I fall into the same trap at times (making nonsense Maryse posts), but at least I take a break from it.
Having these threads active on GAF was one of the few reasons I continued watching WWE when the product was in a dark place, as it was fun to pick apart the nonsense that was on TV with others. Now it is more of a hassle to browse this thread to find the good posts than anything else.
The whole thread honestly feels like one big in joke that lost its appeal years ago. Trying to look at it from the outside, it is arguably one of the most unwelcoming communities on the entire forum, and at its worst it pushe old regulars out that were a source of great material,
None of the above can help the community thrive in the long run, which is disappointing as I feel the main wrestling product this thread talk about (WWE) is very welcoming to newcomers at the moment. We should try to be the same
I'm in.
bean breath
Member
If either of you can summarize that Bray Wyatt promo and give me the overall gist of it, I will be very grateful.
already lost NBAgaf and it has never been the same since, so yea I'm in
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Or you could just be the bigger man about it. And if by Bry-force, you mean getting super-defensive about Bryan when someone says something negative, maybe it's best that you just let some criticism slide -- or at least realise that differences in opinion are fine.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
ok look, i wanted legit debate out of Bryan stuff. I.e. wanted to root out the "cause he sucks" argument. That's what really grinds me, and wanted to explore such reasoning. But I guess it's just some type of brick wall and really, you're just not gonna please everyone. Fine, whatever.
bean breath
Member
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Haha, that's great. I don't know how long Ambrose's look can go though. It looks a bit generic -- reminds me of the Brooklyn Brawler, actually.
I know some people like it, but it still seems off to me. Maybe with a bit of revision, it will hit just the right note.
slightconfuse
Banned
Seems I missed an eventful night . Thread has been a bit crazy
how was Raw?
how was Raw?