Jimmy King
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And what's so astounding about that is how they do none of those things well at all.
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And what's so astounding about that is how they do none of those things well at all.
How's my man Juvi looking? Has he gotten old and slow like Rey Mysterio? Anybody ate some Juvi Drivers?
Buckethead
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Wouldn't be surprised if WWE lurked this thread for ideas like that one Tosh.0 writer does for their show.
You guys ever check out any other wrestling forums? I think pound for pound Wrasslegaf is full of good posters and team players.
I click on this thread (Rusev Angle Makes Me Angry) on another forum and expected this guy to be upset about all the black WWE wrestlers jobbing to Rusev, BUT NOOOOOO. Got this "Boo-hoo, Russia's not a bad guy, guys!" crap.
Wrasslegaf #1. Everywhere else sucks.
I click on this thread (Rusev Angle Makes Me Angry) on another forum and expected this guy to be upset about all the black WWE wrestlers jobbing to Rusev, BUT NOOOOOO. Got this "Boo-hoo, Russia's not a bad guy, guys!" crap.
Wrasslegaf #1. Everywhere else sucks.
Right.
Maybe if I were laughing, emotionally invested on personal relationships, and on and on, I think I wouldn't be pinning for good old days I never lived in. On the other hand, it just seems like you're not using what you have correctly. Wrestlers can act, do comedy or whatever in a very limited way, but their actual training is to fake punch people.
It's like, you sacrifice the base of your product in order to do stuff that, if you are very lucky, you maybe can make it work.
One thing that annoys about WWE documentaries that deals with the Attitude Era: "We were lucky. Oh, we were so lucky. It was the perfect storm. Something like that will never happen again because we had Steve Austin. And we had The Rock. And we Mr. McMahon as a character. And we were so lucky. Oh my god. The luck we had. We would be out of busisness if the almighty starts wouldn't have aligned the exact precise way"
Why are you so proud that your incompetend dumbasses had everything going right at the right time in spite of you being pieces of shit? And even with all the luck in the world, you were still number 2 in the audience (of a race that had only two participants) until the perfect shitstorm hit your competition. What are you proud of? Existing in the same time-space coordinates as Steve Austin?
So you were lucky so lucky fucking lucky you got the perfect talent at the perfect time and you still only managed to come out on first in a race that had two participants because your one opponent, who was ahead of you constantly, broke his leg on the final stretch of the race. Yeah, you have plenty of reason to be arrogant.
FallingEdge
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RIP Mullet
That is a valid and fair complaint. I myself love it. Every match is go go go. I really want to go to BOLA 2014 this year.
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Chavo Sr wrestled at the Indie show I was at.
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Deleted member 47027
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I'd love to stay up for it but I'm already falling asleep.
go KUSHIDA go go go
go KUSHIDA go go go
How many hours from now that is?
I quoted the wrong post. Those Damn brainphones and their touch screens and whatnot.
FeedMeAStrayCat
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Mostly caught up on NXT (didn't watch the main event, yet). That Tyler Breeze music video was simply fantastic!
I believe so. 15 Yankee moneys?
FallingEdge
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Steep. I'll see if can find some place that explain storylines to me before deciding.
Ten dollars mmatters.
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Here, have a Harley Race
Here, have a Harley Race
Is it worth it 10 dollars?
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So, it's a tournment. Cool, no storylines.
Help me understand this card, please:
http://www.njpw.co.jp/english/match/card.php?e=850
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Just in case I forget, someone remind me to re-follow Beefers on Twitter tomorrow.
All right. I'm sold. I've been bitching and annoying so much these days, might as well support those fine folks.
Edit: I thought it was a cute anachronistic term, it turns out it is actually a slur. I'm sorry. :X
I'm just too dumb today.
FallingEdge
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that Last Guardian thread is hilarious. Who knew people are so damn attached to a game that we have little to know info on.
FallingEdge
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also this gif
THIS GIF
THIS GIF
Jimmy King
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Good gif.
cr_blah_blah
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also this gif
THIS GIF
Don't let Sblargh see this. I'm terrified of what he'll say next. He's a loose cannon.
Just rewatched the Bray/Bryan match from the RR and it's as great as I remembered it. Wow.
It's matches like these that why I respect Bryan and Bray as wrestlers. Sure, there were a few botches but the rest of the match was incredible. It gave credibility to Bray as a singles wrestler and showed that he didn't need help from Harper or Rowan to win.
It's matches like this that make me love wrestling.
It's matches like these that why I respect Bryan and Bray as wrestlers. Sure, there were a few botches but the rest of the match was incredible. It gave credibility to Bray as a singles wrestler and showed that he didn't need help from Harper or Rowan to win.
It's matches like this that make me love wrestling.
Bryan puts on some really spectacular work. Going to be sad if he has to drops the title.
Jimmy King
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I was lucky enough to be there live. It was incredible to be a part of, if I could make such a claim to be a part of it. There was just so much optimism for Bryan at the start of the night and that match was so fucking killer. The ensuing mess is a funny story I get to tell now, in the light of Mania, but it was so fucking discouraging then. And to add salt to the wound they handed out Daniel Bryan flyers as we exited to advertise Smackdown coming to town.
Yeah
That's awesome man. Believe it or not you did have a part in it, a tiny one (cheering him on), but it still counts. Were you expecting Bryan to win because I was and was shook to see Bray come up in the end.
That flyer sounds like such a fuck you. It's like "hey you know that guy you really like who didn't win the rumble and will never have a chance at the title? well you can check him out and other superstars on smackdown on syfy!" That's what you wanted right?
I'm glad they actually woke up and gave him the titles. It sucks that he may have to give them up after all that time and effort he put into getting them. I wouldn't mind him giving up the titles if he isn't at 100% though; I'd rather him be healthy than the champ at that point. That rehab report is super worrying.
Also Bray deserves better.
I don't think I'm gonna make it - caffeine is doing nothing. Will have to catch the VOD tomorrow.
British Monsoon
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Awake just in time...hope it's a good show today, the tournament's been rather lacklustre so far. The injuries to Koslov and Shelley didn't help, but the Jr's division really needs some more new blood. Also, Jado & Gedo's booking of tournaments is becoming rather predictable - one block always has an out-and-out leader, while the other block is parity booked so it's not clear who'll come out on top until the penultimate show of the tournament. It's a solid method of booking a two-block tournament, but I wish they'd change it up a bit sometimes.
Let's go Ricochet!
Let's go Ricochet!
Jimmy King
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I wasn't expecting Bryan to win but that was OK because a) Bray needed it and b) I fully expected him to win the Rumble. Everyone was cheering for Bryan like mad but when he lost there weren't really any boos, just an ovation because it was so damn good. Bray looked so legit after that. It's actually pretty impressive he's still as over as he is after this Cena feud.
Found this pic of the flyer
I guess he won't be making that show after all.
British Monsoon
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Mascara Dorada is goddamn amazing.
Yeah, some of the rules can be confusing to a first-time viewer - it's best to assume the referee has a very small amount of control over the match and very rarely will you ever see a DQ finish. Some of the basic rules to watch out for;
. 20 count on the floor
. it'll probably be a DQ if someone uses a weapon in the ring (and the ref actually sees it), but it's entirely down to the ref's discretion
. using weapons on the floor is frowned upon, but the ref won't DQ anyone for doing it
. tags are required in tag matches, but when things get heated the ref's quickly lose control so you'll see lots of pin-breaks and double-teams
. in tag team matches it often becomes more about one team keeping the other from saving their partner currently in the ring, which is a bit different from the US formula of tag wrestling, but it's mostly the same
Regarding the wrestlers, in the semi-finals you've got; KUSHIDA, a fan favourite high-flyer going up against Taichi, who remains fairly popular in spite of cheating a TON in his matches. Then there's Ryusuke Taguchi, a veteran Jr wrestler who isn't the most exciting, but the fans seem to love and Ricochet, a exciting gaijin high-flyer who's very over with the audience. As for the rest, I'll give a bit of context where necessary; match 3 has a little backstory as old man Nagata and Shibata have had a couple of run-ins before and generally don't like each other, so expect some hard-hitting exchanges between the two. Match 6 sees Yano get his hands on Iizuka, who turned his back on CHAOS and joined Suzuki-gun, beating the crap out of Yano in the process. Matches 7 & 8 both feature the Bullet Club, who have managed to piss off just about everyone in New Japan, whether they're heel or face. That's about it really, this isn't a storyline heavy show.
Sblargh said:
Yeah, some of the rules can be confusing to a first-time viewer - it's best to assume the referee has a very small amount of control over the match and very rarely will you ever see a DQ finish. Some of the basic rules to watch out for;
. 20 count on the floor
. it'll probably be a DQ if someone uses a weapon in the ring (and the ref actually sees it), but it's entirely down to the ref's discretion
. using weapons on the floor is frowned upon, but the ref won't DQ anyone for doing it
. tags are required in tag matches, but when things get heated the ref's quickly lose control so you'll see lots of pin-breaks and double-teams
. in tag team matches it often becomes more about one team keeping the other from saving their partner currently in the ring, which is a bit different from the US formula of tag wrestling, but it's mostly the same
Regarding the wrestlers, in the semi-finals you've got; KUSHIDA, a fan favourite high-flyer going up against Taichi, who remains fairly popular in spite of cheating a TON in his matches. Then there's Ryusuke Taguchi, a veteran Jr wrestler who isn't the most exciting, but the fans seem to love and Ricochet, a exciting gaijin high-flyer who's very over with the audience. As for the rest, I'll give a bit of context where necessary; match 3 has a little backstory as old man Nagata and Shibata have had a couple of run-ins before and generally don't like each other, so expect some hard-hitting exchanges between the two. Match 6 sees Yano get his hands on Iizuka, who turned his back on CHAOS and joined Suzuki-gun, beating the crap out of Yano in the process. Matches 7 & 8 both feature the Bullet Club, who have managed to piss off just about everyone in New Japan, whether they're heel or face. That's about it really, this isn't a storyline heavy show.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, it's a couple of feet smaller than a WWE ring.
British Monsoon
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Shame about the botchiness at the end there, good stuff from Omega & Dorada. A little too much Tenzan & Nakanishi for my liking, though.
Nope, that was Mascara Dorada - Mascara Don was the older, fatter Japanese dude in a mask (Manabu Nakanishi). He becomes Mascara Don when he teams with luchadores for some reason.
Incidentally, Kenny's finisher there was called Croyt's Wrath.
Nope, that was Mascara Dorada - Mascara Don was the older, fatter Japanese dude in a mask (Manabu Nakanishi). He becomes Mascara Don when he teams with luchadores for some reason.
Incidentally, Kenny's finisher there was called Croyt's Wrath.
British Monsoon
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Give the page a refresh. It occasionally happens when they turn off the free pre-show after the first match.
*edit, no worries.
Rocky & Gedo are awesome.
*edit, no worries.
Rocky & Gedo are awesome.