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Wow, this is really great.
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Wow, this is really great.
Rick Rude said wrestling is an upper body business. Rick Rude is one of the greatest. I'm siding with Rick Rude on this one.
That's brutal.
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Banned
Glad y'all enjoyed my descent into madness.
Marketing Executive will be my official title. I'm going to lie with a smile on my face which is about as close to prowrestling I'll ever get.
I'm going to wear the Becky Lynch one that implies I beat women. Both very Irish things.
Well that's alarming. When is Cena getting hotshotted back into the title picture?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The June 30th event last year was the day after Money in the Bank that had a ladder match for the championship vacated by D Brine. This is a random Raw in the middle of a 5 week stretch between PPVs - its the straightforward equivalent of a recap episode in the middle of an anime series or a clip show in a sitcom.
At least that's what I assume. The product seems basically the same as it was last year outside of some super cringeworthy shit with Rusev right now.
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So, here's a pretty general question, but what's your favorite promotion from all time? And if you do have one, any particular years you absolutely LOVED?
I can ride hard with the nostalgia on the late 80s WWF. That shit always, ALWAYS hits me in the heart and despite most of the matches being dogshit, the atmosphere is what I loved most, along with the characters.
I gotta admit though, WCW in 1996 or 1997...that was some incredible shit. That might just be my favorite.
I really loved NJPW in 2011, that was a hell of a year, then it just ramped up even more. 2012 was also a banner year. I got a lot out of AJPW in 1987, but I didn't see it as a kid. I still really appreciated it.
Honorable mention to Wrestling Society X. Lots of stupid fun that'll never happen again.
I can ride hard with the nostalgia on the late 80s WWF. That shit always, ALWAYS hits me in the heart and despite most of the matches being dogshit, the atmosphere is what I loved most, along with the characters.
I gotta admit though, WCW in 1996 or 1997...that was some incredible shit. That might just be my favorite.
I really loved NJPW in 2011, that was a hell of a year, then it just ramped up even more. 2012 was also a banner year. I got a lot out of AJPW in 1987, but I didn't see it as a kid. I still really appreciated it.
Honorable mention to Wrestling Society X. Lots of stupid fun that'll never happen again.
Here the thing when pushing new talent your going to have growing pains before people catch on.
The problem though is that the Authority needs to disband or get rid of Kane and start introducing new talent into the Main event.
Its just gotten stale. They need brock to get rid of everyone in the next two weeks and just leave it Seth vs Brock.
What is the excuse now?
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I watched the first ep, but not the second. Ended up watching the new The List at lunch. I like it, it's basically Countdown.
I grew up on WWF/E and loved 98-2001 then I really really enjoyed Heyman's Smackdown era of booking. Eddie, Edge, Kurt, Brock, and Benoit were all must see.
Looking back and watching WCW makes me wish I channel swapped more instead of staying on WWF.
Only thing that's really holding me back from getting into NJPW is that I feel like I need English commentary to really enjoy it.
WCW is the greatest wrestling promotion of all time and it's the reason I like wrestling so much.
From the early 90s to pre-Hogan and from 96-97 are some of the best wrestling ever done and my favorite 'kind of wrestling.' 96-97 for how fresh it felt and the amazing amount of variet. early 90s for the perfection of the old school 'wrasslin' format.
Honorable mentions to 80s AJW, 90s NJPW, 70s-early 80s AJPW with Baba, Jumbo, the Briscos, the Funks etc, 90s FMW, 2004-2007 NOAH, and New Generation(as rough as it was), but nothing else comes close to WCW. I find most eras of WWE especially boring. Even New Generation was a thing where it felt right for the time and it relied heavily on one or two guys rather than the overall state of the company as opposed to WCW where I had favorites in each division.
From the early 90s to pre-Hogan and from 96-97 are some of the best wrestling ever done and my favorite 'kind of wrestling.' 96-97 for how fresh it felt and the amazing amount of variet. early 90s for the perfection of the old school 'wrasslin' format.
Honorable mentions to 80s AJW, 90s NJPW, 70s-early 80s AJPW with Baba, Jumbo, the Briscos, the Funks etc, 90s FMW, 2004-2007 NOAH, and New Generation(as rough as it was), but nothing else comes close to WCW. I find most eras of WWE especially boring. Even New Generation was a thing where it felt right for the time and it relied heavily on one or two guys rather than the overall state of the company as opposed to WCW where I had favorites in each division.
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2000-2001 WWF was the only time I had regular access until like 2008. That's my defining period, with a splash of 2005-7 ROH as well.
I guess 1PW helped as "local" indy.
I guess 1PW helped as "local" indy.
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Mine (and I know it's cheating a bit) is Smackdown from Heyman era up to the exact second that Triple H was drafted over.
slightconfuse
Banned
pantsattack
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Awesome, a million more people watched a cut down rerun. Get the hint WWE? LOL
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I've still got a gap in my wrassle-history for Heyman's Smackdown era. I badly want to see it, but I want to see it intact on the Network.
WCW 2001 was interesting, but just as a curiosity. Seeing where they planned on taking it was fascinating.
I had a hard time with New Generation because so many wrestlers there had "change the channel" heat.
In the early 90s I watched GWF on ESPN (Global Wrestling Federation, Texas-based, grew out of WCCW) and it stoked my enjoyment of wrestling. I did catch a lot of WCW in the early 90s as well and felt they were more professional, more of a sport. Really dug it, but didn't watch long enough. I think Missy Hyatt gave me my first boner as a young kid.
WCW 2001 was interesting, but just as a curiosity. Seeing where they planned on taking it was fascinating.
I had a hard time with New Generation because so many wrestlers there had "change the channel" heat.
In the early 90s I watched GWF on ESPN (Global Wrestling Federation, Texas-based, grew out of WCCW) and it stoked my enjoyment of wrestling. I did catch a lot of WCW in the early 90s as well and felt they were more professional, more of a sport. Really dug it, but didn't watch long enough. I think Missy Hyatt gave me my first boner as a young kid.
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Oh shoot. Heel, pick a time.
Mr. Luchador
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To this day I'm still trying to work out what the appeal was of Mike Sanders (I had to google to remember his name). He was like a watered down Jeff Jarrett.
The problem is the authority angle is stale. A year ago the Authority still existed
Dick Justice
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People on the first page bitching about the Swing?
Deal with it, the move's as ridiculous as The People's Elbow, and over as fuck. So is Cesaro, judging by the reactions he was getting last night and recently in general.
Deal with it, the move's as ridiculous as The People's Elbow, and over as fuck. So is Cesaro, judging by the reactions he was getting last night and recently in general.
People on the first page bitching about the Swing?
Deal with it, the move's as ridiculous as The People's Elbow, and over as fuck. So is Cesaro, judging by the reactions he was getting last night and recently in general.
Cesaro is saving his final form swing for mania
Mr. Luchador
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Potatoes gonna potate
Second is weaker but the Kofi prank made for it.
Does The List have The Miz saying faking his reactions to everything?
pantsattack
Member
What did backstage say about Cesaro's birds? Back to losing on Superstars?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
:jnc at the latest observer live podcast. even beyond the lana/rusev/dolph/summer angle shitting-on
Bryan: "It's Tuesday, so there's probably going to be some huge news that makes your life a living hell."
Dave: "My life's already a living hell ... oh, sorry, not supposed to say that."
Bryan: "It's Tuesday, so there's probably going to be some huge news that makes your life a living hell."
Dave: "My life's already a living hell ... oh, sorry, not supposed to say that."
I like it
WCW for me because that promotion really got me into professional wrestling. I remember seeing my first wargames and went like damn...this is amazing. I used this metal thing that carries paper as a wargames cage match for my toys. Honestly, when the promotion died, so did my heart for wrestling. I found myself not even giving a shit after the inVasion. It took ECW ONS 05/06 for me to even give a damn about wrestling. To this very day, no promotion will never come close to capturing my heart like WCW.
NJPW is a contender because of the fact that it cares about the history of wrestling, but keeps it FnP.
I used to think ECW was a good promotion, but rose tinted glasses proved otherwise. Looking back at it, the promotion was pretty much WCW/WWF leftovers bitching and moaning, while the vanilla midget try to kill each other for bounce paychecks. There were some good things to come out of the promotion like Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Sandman, Sabu, New Jack, RVD, and Public Enemy...but there was a whole lot of bad as well.
Bottom line:
GOAT Wrestling Pormotion- WCW
Current Best Wresting Promotion- NJPW
Mr. Luchador
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WCW is what we got free over here in the UK for a bit alongside out good old World of Sport. So I guess early 90s WCW is what I remember, alongside mid 90s WCW. I only got to see WWF whenever I went to my Grandma's house, or if I caught Livewire.
I remember good times going to my friend's house on a Friday night with the intention of staying awake through 3 hours of Nitro and 2 hours Thunder or whatever it was. We rarely managed it.
WCW 92-96
World of Sport repeats
Then we got a bunch of early 00s WWF on Channel 4 for a bit (Mainly Sunday Night Heat & a random PPV).
I remember good times going to my friend's house on a Friday night with the intention of staying awake through 3 hours of Nitro and 2 hours Thunder or whatever it was. We rarely managed it.
WCW 92-96
World of Sport repeats
Then we got a bunch of early 00s WWF on Channel 4 for a bit (Mainly Sunday Night Heat & a random PPV).
blackaroni
Member
Amazing.
When I was exposed to WWF, I thought it was ok but rather corny. I marked out for dudes like the Repo Man for crying out loud. Even during the Attitude Era days, I used to watch it off and on, but stayed glued to TNT. I used to hope for the damn dog show to come on so I won't have to keep changing channels.
Dick Justice
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avengers23
Banned
He was above average. That's all anyone can hope for.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
You fuckers got me to try watching Swerved and that's the dumbest shit I've ever witnessed.
slightconfuse
Banned
avengers23
Banned
Is Stone Cold balding too?
I think it's fair to describe Austin as a balding individual who embraced the bald look.
To steal a joke from Maffew: "It's funny because the Romans DID reign when Jesus was cutting promos."
pantsattack
Member
I think it's fair to describe Austin as a balding individual who embraced the bald look.
And also Cesaro.
avengers23
Banned
I came back into wrestling with WCW right after Bash at the Beach 1996, so WCW from then until probably 1998 would rank up there. I also have a fondness for ROH from Generation Next in 2004 to about 2007. God bless disposable income and time.
Roland_Gunner
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RAW under 3.5 million viewers? Next week will be AMAZING. Vince is going to write the entire show himself. 10% chance HHH leaves with the belt.