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June Wrasslin' |OT| Layin' the law, once again, prepare for war. C! Z! W!
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Pretty sure you just posted in the wrong thread, bro.
So what's a shining wizard?
This?
Or this?
Both? Or something else?
The latter is more accurate to what the creator Keiji Muto does. Maybe this will help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5RB8RivY8
British Monsoon
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So what's a shining wizard?
This?
Or this?
Both? Or something else?
The second one is a shining wizard, sorta, although Punk's was always kinda shitty. The first is one of many variations that play off the original shining wizard, that one in particular being a step-up enziguri.
Thank you. Didn't know it was a move that Muta pioneered. I'll watch the full video a little later.
British Monsoon
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If it's the one Eddie Edwards does that you're thinking of, that's a backpack stunner.
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Loved this variant by meko satomura
So many "new" wrestling moves that I wish I knew the names of. Like this...
Watching an ROH DVD and I just heard Kevin Kelly call this a pumphandle neckbreaker. Agree? Disagree? I see a lot of guys using it...dropping the guy's head onto a knee.
Really would like to be better versed in the actual names of moves. I know a lot, but not a lot of the ones that have cropped up more over the past 5-10 years.
I'd say Fisherman Brainbuster onto the knee.
Wrestling moves are now like skateboard tricks. The ones getting made now are combinations of other moves and set-ups. Unless someone gets a name over you're stuck with something that sounds like a mess. Saying something like the Over The Shoulder Back-To-Belly Piledriver is like calling a 450 Kickflip McTwist into an Olly (no idea if that's an accurate skateboard trick).
British Monsoon
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Loved this variant by meko satomura
Scorpion Rising, one of my favourites. Joshi wrestling's great for innovative moves.
That's the one.
Just saw Edwards perform it in a match against The Forever Hooligans.Watching All-Star Extravaganza V from last year. The ME is The American Wolves vs. The Forever Hooligans. Pretty long match with a lot of nice spots, but some awkward pacing at times.
El Pescado
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Umm. Is the WWE Network down? I can't log in on my iOS devices...
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If you wanna learn moves, throw a WWE game in and play with CAW sets.
I haven't bought a new gaming system since the Wii. Before that, I had a PS2. No time to play video games these days.
That is how AJ learned them.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It's funny how literally every single one of Punk's moves is either sloppy or shitty looking, and this guy held the belt for 434 days. Maybe the crispest, cleanest, most credible looking move I've ever seen him do was that illegal piledriver on Cena.
He actually could've been the Best in the World if he tightened up his work a lot.
He actually could've been the Best in the World if he tightened up his work a lot.
British Monsoon
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Punk's never been a particularly crisp wrestler, even when he was at his peak. But he's often been able to rise above it thanks to his eye for telling a story. He had some amazing matches on the Indies, but goddamn he was often very sloppy in the ring. There's one match with BJ Whitmer where Punk tries an exploder off the apron through a table and manages to KO both himself and Whitmer.
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John Cena suffered an eye injury And Adam Rose suffered a bad cut above his right eye. Bad weekend for wrestlers eyes.
Did they both fight Big E?
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I always found Punk at his crispest vs Rey. It helps being able to manhandle someone but still.
PHOENIXZERO
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I forgot where I was going with this, fuck I need sleep...
Honestly I think I would have liked Punk a lot less if he was crisp and tidy in the ring. That just goes completely against the guys character. The sloppiness fit his style if you know what I mean.
I said before that being a wrestler is doing three things: moves, character and acting/promo's. And as long as you're great at at least two of those things, people will forgive you not being the greatest at the third, Punk is one of those cases.
I said before that being a wrestler is doing three things: moves, character and acting/promo's. And as long as you're great at at least two of those things, people will forgive you not being the greatest at the third, Punk is one of those cases.
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Orton is one if the crispest wrestlers out there
John Cena suffered an eye injury And Adam Rose suffered a bad cut above his right eye. Bad weekend for wrestlers eyes.
it seems like house shows are open to injuries :/
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I don't mind sloppy wrasslers though, like Aiii said sometimes it fits the character. If Dean Malenko was sloppy I probably wouldn't have enjoyed him at much, but if say, Kamala was a technical workhorse I'd look at him a lot different. Punks work made him look like what he was, a scrappy underdog. No problem there.
Jimmy King
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Punk is at his best when he's a heel because it's seems too be the closest to him personally. When he says he's Best in the World, he knows he's not, and it's fun to watch him use instinct and wits to get the win because he knows he can't beat Cena. When he's a face it's just doesn't fly for me. That Lesnar/Punk match is incredible, but I can't stand the parts where Punk has to pretend he can do MMA or Lesnar is selling his sloppy offense way too much. Not to mention the fucking ending that is arguably worse than the Cena/Brock one, especially in light of The Streak. Ugh.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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The worst are Punk's kicks. It's bad enough when Bryan does it to an opponent who just fucking sits there, but at least Bryan puts his weight into it. Punk just rested his leg on his opponent's shoulder, like he needed to stretch.
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Punks faux MMA is not that bad.
Look at Eva, taking the initiative and trying to make another WWE(TM) Special Event, such a pioneer ;___;
FallingEdge
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Those gifs wouldn't nearly be as bad if there wasn't that damn filter applied to it.