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avengers23
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Catching up on Lucha Underground. Famous B is going to turn on Mascarita because he and Brenda are getting together, right?
Why are we getting a hype ad for Taya weeks after she debuted?
Wait, Cuerno, have you thought out making Mil Muertes a piece of your treasure room?
Why are we getting a hype ad for Taya weeks after she debuted?
Wait, Cuerno, have you thought out making Mil Muertes a piece of your treasure room?
avengers23
Banned
I hope NXT brings back the little shot of the participants in the title match backstage as they walk through the curtains. We've missed that in the last few TakeOvers.
I guess the RoboCop theme would be harder to clap even if it would make more sense than the Terminator theme for Cage.
Seph: Cage vs. RoboCop. Your pick?
I guess the RoboCop theme would be harder to clap even if it would make more sense than the Terminator theme for Cage.
Seph: Cage vs. RoboCop. Your pick?
This fucking commentary. Who allowed Dolph out there?
god I hate this gif so much, it affects me so much more than all of those dumb CZW gifs and I don't know why
British Monsoon
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I love that a wrestler sees blood pumping out of their body and their first instinct is to do something cool for the camera.
http://i.imgur.com/MBuwq11.gif
http://i.imgur.com/MBuwq11.gif
avengers23
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Speaking of blood, who gets more red during a match: Cage or Lesnar?
"cool"
slightconfuse
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What a difference a few years makes.
avengers23
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Jack Evans is a tremendous shit heel. Who knew out of Generation Next that he would be the most entertaining?
avengers23
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Hey, it's the Geico Gecko in the Temple.
Wait, it's Dragon Azteca Jr.'s stupid head dress.
Wait, it's Dragon Azteca Jr.'s stupid head dress.
slightconfuse
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Yea it looks pretty bad.
Back from injury, takes a bump off the ring-post.
This girl will retire in 2 years.
I really would love to know if that's the agent or the talent trying to prove to Vince they aren't injured.
Same with Bryan using his neck for heat when he came back before.
avengers23
Banned
A pretty good indictment on the state of NXT as a weekly program: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2016/06/01/nxt-takeover-the-end-column/.
esmith08734
Member
She was definitely out of it after that. She didn't even throw her hands up when Summer was throwing her into the turnbuckles immediately after.
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Deleted member 47027
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again? Where's the NEW blood jiffs?
avengers23
Banned
PJ Black, Jack Evans, and Johnny Mundo's key to victory:
In honour of Squared Circle Gazette Radio Podcast's episode this week:
First Memories of Wrestling
What are WrassleGAF's earliest memories of the world of spandex and (alleged) steroids?
For me, I always knew of Hulk Hogan as he was everywhere in the early 90s. Plus, half a dozen boys at primary school had a WWF backpack with Hogan, Legion of Doom and two others on it.
My first time ever watching it would have been about 1991. We didn't have satellite TV, so WWF was impossible to watch. A friend's family did however and whilst I was visiting one day, he was watching wrestling on the TV, so I also watched waiting for Hulk Hogan.
I can't remember if he ever actually showed up and that was it for my wrestling-watching for another decade until I caught an episode of RAW at another friend's house.
First Memories of Wrestling
What are WrassleGAF's earliest memories of the world of spandex and (alleged) steroids?
For me, I always knew of Hulk Hogan as he was everywhere in the early 90s. Plus, half a dozen boys at primary school had a WWF backpack with Hogan, Legion of Doom and two others on it.
My first time ever watching it would have been about 1991. We didn't have satellite TV, so WWF was impossible to watch. A friend's family did however and whilst I was visiting one day, he was watching wrestling on the TV, so I also watched waiting for Hulk Hogan.
I can't remember if he ever actually showed up and that was it for my wrestling-watching for another decade until I caught an episode of RAW at another friend's house.
PJ Black, Jack Evans, and Johnny Mundo's key to victory:
So you're saying 50 year old Undertaker made dick kicking cool again?
First program I think I ever watched - Big Van Vader vs Marcus Alexander Bagwell was the main event.
Awesome squash.
esmith08734
Member
I've been saying for a while that Becky is way more ready than Sasha to take the title from Charlotte. I know WWE is stalling for Sasha to recover and get some reps in but I think she's too raw right now. I think it's because she's been injured too much or protected. She really hasn't wrestled much since her debut. Becky has been a workhorse and consistently puts on technically sound matches. But this company seems set on Sasha so to keep her in the picture I would have a WM rematch between the three of them at SummerSlam but have Becky get the title. She is the underdog that will always be over because of that.
EDIT: I don't think it was either Sasha or Summer's fault that Sasha took that bump. She slipped but still - bad bump to take from someone recovering from a head injury.
EDIT: I don't think it was either Sasha or Summer's fault that Sasha took that bump. She slipped but still - bad bump to take from someone recovering from a head injury.
avengers23
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The first clear memory I have is Warrior getting trapped in the room full of snakes from Superstars: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nM7T-GI-5uQ
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I can agree with this. Haven't watch NXT in months. Nakamura vs the drifter doesn't cut it
avengers23
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I guess I have to agree with Matt Striker: Daga telling the ref to count faster is the first sign of personality he's shown.
newdayrocks
Member
Sadly, can't really argue with that at all.
slightconfuse
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Daga is 2013 Naito
avengers23
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It's the loss of undercard storylines that really hurts. I don't miss the days of Bull Dempsey matches underneath the main events, but at least there were stories and personality growth. Now, NXT relies on viewers recognizing wrestlers and transferring their personalities from outside, which is great for someone like Nakamura and not so great for a guy like Aries.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
FlammableD
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I mean that's not what the article says at all, but good try
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Deleted member 47027
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Mine:
http://www.wwe.com/videos/the-road-warriors-blind-dusty-rhodes-nwa-worldwide-dec-3-1988
Road Warriors spike Dusty Rhodes' eye. Animal gets him. It was etched into my brain. My first wrestling memory!
mine was probably parts of the Austin vs McMahon in 1998? I was 8, I think I watched some wrestling before that but I really can't recall
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The article is horrible and just waxes nostalgia for an imaginary vision of an NXT that wasn't filled with squash matches.
plagiarize
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Dolph's commentary on that Sasha Banks match was dire. Good lord.
I'm not sure why you're all freaking out about that bump though. It didn't look like anything to me.
I'm not sure why you're all freaking out about that bump though. It didn't look like anything to me.
Sweeney Tom
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Best wrestling article I've seen in years from a non-Dave. VoW does it again
It must be tough to have a daughter more beautiful than anything you've ever pulled. Damn society and its rules.
It was a match in first half of the 80s between Jim Duggan and Abdullah the Butcher. I remember it because Abby was sticking him with the fork, so he went to the back and came out with a 2x4. Blew my mind. Years later, I've never been able to find footage of this match, or even any evidence that it ever took place. So maybe they were different guys, but a fat guy in pajama pants with a fork versus a mentally challenged looking dude with a big piece of wood. Who else could they be?
plagiarize
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I hated wrestling as a kid. No, really. My earliest memory is some stupid Papa Shango stuff, when my friends still thought it was real. When he was feuding with the Ultimate Warrior and there was some oil on Warrior's face. My friend were legitimately scared by the whole thing, and I couldn't believe how dumb they were for believing it.
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJ49gc7ksY
I didn't get into wrestling until I was about 20 when I saw Beyond the Mat and I suddenly realized what wrestling really was.
It was guys risking life and limb to give a kid in the front row something to believe in. My eyes were opened pretty wide that day.
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJ49gc7ksY
I didn't get into wrestling until I was about 20 when I saw Beyond the Mat and I suddenly realized what wrestling really was.
It was guys risking life and limb to give a kid in the front row something to believe in. My eyes were opened pretty wide that day.
British Monsoon
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For anyone thinking of ordering that lucha world cup trios iPPV tonight, Josh Matthews is calling it.
Probably earlier memories,but around 85/86 the Horsemen jumped on Sam Houston and broke his arm.
Chiming into agree with this as well and i'm an enormous NXT fan. TV product has been really subpar for a long time now and its actively harming my enjoyment of even the Takeovers. It's a superindie surviving on names alone now, even if the Balor/Joe program is good, everything else I could give a fuck about.