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June Wrasslin' |OT| Welcome to the Family, Disregard my Brother

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Ithil said:
I think the obvious conclusion to leap to is Bryan, but really, Bryan IS making Vince money and has been since early last year, and he's currently getting a push at long last. I mean, it's ultimately Vince's call, if he didn't see money in Bryan, he wouldn't be getting this push.
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Don't you
b
ow who he is talking about?
 
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Kaladin

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Sami Zayn should have went straight to Raw. If they would have done Zayn vs Cesaro on Raw, introducing Zayn as a nobody with something to prove, it would have everyone talking. However on NXT, it's just another debut.....a stellar debut, but Zayn is just another guy.


Also, Bailey's character is weird.
 
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Kaladin

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I can't help but laugh at a pair of trailerpark rednecks who are managed by a french carnie who discovered them at the CMA Music Awards.

I don't even have to ask who came up with this....

What was Dusty smoking when he came up with this gimmick?
 
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Ultratech

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Dragonzord said:
He already used up his 'keep talentless/annoying friend employed' cards on Kofi.
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Spittin' that truth.

Entropia said:
Lunchbox with a huge heel post - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=64933616&postcount=15

(via @NeoGafShitPosts)
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lol nice

Mr. Sandman said:
I can't help but laugh at a pair of trailerpark rednecks who are managed by a french carnie who discovered them at the CMA Music Awards.

I don't even have to ask who came up with this....

What was Dusty smoking when he came up with this gimmick?
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I hear cocaine's a helluva drug.
 
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Ithil

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Mr. Sandman said:
I can't help but laugh at a pair of trailerpark rednecks who are managed by a french carnie who discovered them at the CMA Music Awards.

I don't even have to ask who came up with this....

What was Dusty smoking when he came up with this gimmick?
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He was probably thinking NXT didn't look like 1980s NWA enough and needed some rednecks and a wacky manager.
 
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Kaladin

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Ithil said:
He was probably thinking NXT didn't look like 1980s NWA enough and needed some rednecks and a wacky manager.
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These guys even have the wrestler or gay porn star look from the 80's going on. They're even marks to boot. One of them carries a can of JR's BBQ sauce to the ring.
 
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Serpentine

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Anybody else watching this? I'm interested, I'm a sucker for rumbles, plus Kendrick vs. Williams sounds like fun

http://wwnlive.com/event-fwe-06-21-13.html

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FWE presents
Welcome To The Rumble 2!
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Corona, NY
Belltime - 8:00 PM

FWE Heavyweight Championship Match
Carlito defends vs. John Morrison

No Disqualification Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Tommy Dreamer

Maria Kanellis & Ivelisse vs. Angelina Love & Katarina

FWE Tri-Borough Championship Match
Paul London defends vs. Akio Yang

Brian Kendrick vs. Petey Williams

The Young Bucks vs. Anthony Nese & Jigsaw

30 Man Rumble - Rumble winner gets a future shot at any FWE title!
Rumble Participants:
-The Patriot
-Jorge Santi
-Paul London
-Mike Bennett
-VSK/Ej Risk (Adrenaline Express)
-Sam Shields
-Matt and Nick Jackson (The Young Bucks)
-Joey Ace/Jason Gotti (Diamond Inc.)
-Bandido Jr.
-Alex Reynolds
-Chris Mordetzky (fka Chris Masters)
-Damien Darling
-StoneCold ET
-Wesley Draven Turner
-Akio Yang
-JKO
-Plus MORE!
 
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Serpentine

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Some people in the crowd even turned their backs to the ring to show disapproval. I thought they were using it to turn him, but he's still acting like a babyface?
 
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Kaladin

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Now that that travesty is over, time for this week's NXT.

Adrian Neville vs Bray Wyatt time :)

Also, Brad Maddox extremely sucks as color commentator.
 
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bangai-o

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if Brian is to become WWE Champion, that would mean has to win it from a heel. Which means, Mark Henry is going to win the next PPV and become WWE Champion?
 
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Arrowgigantic

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bangai-o said:
if Brian is to become WWE Champion, that would mean has to win it from a heel. Which means, Mark Henry is going to win the next PPV and become WWE Champion?
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Sure, only if Cena gets a worked injury to do another bomb of a movie. Last time they dressed him up like he was from Wyoming, maybe this time he'll be Chinese.
 
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QueenOfThorns

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Microsoft backtracking on the Xbox One made me laugh the hardest I have all week.

Also, I'm two pages late but in my defense I do talk a lot more than I do here in the IRC!
During pay per views. Once a month. But still.
 
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British Monsoon

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Gif of the spot that injured Taguchi;

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Not the worst spill I've ever seen, but you can tell from the look on his face as soon as he hits the mat that he's injured. Also, Tiger Mask IV - when he isn't botching, he's injuring people. Isn't it about time for a Tiger Mask V already?
 
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Jamie OD

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Bootaaay said:
Gif of the spot that injured Taguchi;

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Not the worst spill I've ever seen, but you can tell from the look on his face as soon as he hits the mat that he's injured. Also, Tiger Mask IV - when he isn't botching, he's injuring people. Isn't it about time for a Tiger Mask V already?
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MMA fighter Minowaman briefly became Tiger Mask 5 in 2010 but that was scrapped when he suffered head trauma. He might have wrestled under the gimmick a few times since then. There is a brand new Tiger Mask movie being made so this year will be a great time to upgrade the gimmick.

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British Monsoon

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I dunno...trashy Ariel is kinda hot.

Jamie OD said:
MMA fighter Minowaman briefly became Tiger Mask 5 in 2010 but that was scrapped when he suffered head trauma. He might have wrestled under the gimmick a few times since then. There is a brand new Tiger Mask movie being made so this year will be a great time to upgrade the gimmick.
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Ah, I vaguely remember Minowaman doing the gimmick, although I think he only had one or two matches under the mask. Would be nice to see someone new under the mask, as Tiger's been pretty forgettable for the past 3 years or more.

I had wondered if they'd bring NOSAWA back as Black Tiger, now he seems to have sorted himself out. That would be a fun feud to at least make Tiger IV interesting again, if only for a while.
 
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Serpentine said:
Anybody else watching this? I'm interested, I'm a sucker for rumbles, plus Kendrick vs. Williams sounds like fun

http://wwnlive.com/event-fwe-06-21-13.html

fwe_06212013_ippv.png
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I'm helping with staging/lighting/the iPPV on Friday. You should order it! It'll be fun!

...And pray for me to be able to get home before 4 in the morning! :mad:

Serpentine said:
wait a minute, i just noticed the StoneCold ET in the rumble listing

what
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Razorskin said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaIqw8a48G4
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Serpentine said:
that sure was... something. crowd wasn't into it at all though
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I was there for this live too.

It felt like a half an hour.

You couldn't hear the dude talk over the mic because of the mask.

I wanted to tackle a moving car
 
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British Monsoon

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The opening two matches on the Best of the Super Juniors finals are really fun - first one's a 10 man tag with gaijins vs masked dudes & KUSHIDA. Total spot fest, but I feel it's justified with ten men in match and everyone gets a chance to shine over the seven minutes or so. The crowd love Titan, dude's crazy impressive. The second match is Hiromu Takahashi's farewell as he heads to the UK for a year and he teams with Nakanishi against Nagata and New Japan's other prominent young lion, Takaaki Watanabe. I really enjoyed this, Watanabe & Takahashi beat the crap out of each other and watching them try and stand up to Nagata & Nakanishi was a lot of fun. It'll be interesting to see how Takahashi has improved in a year or so. Both matches did their job and entertained, a great example of undercard bouts done right. The TenKoji & Captain New Japan vs CHAOS brawlers tag match, not so much, but it was blessedly short.

Ricochet being amazing;

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Watanabe with a nasty backdrop driver;

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Takahashi gets Nagata'd;

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Alucard said:
I've missed all of this.

Is there a youtube or dailymotion channel which uploads NXT episodes?
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Here's the first match; http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10asiv
And the second; http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1124xe
 
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jmdajr

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Shawn Michaels relayed a recent conversation with WWE head Vince McMahon about talent evaluation. Michaels set it up as feeling what current new stars feel because he struggled to gain acceptance as an undersized wrestler who was given the WWF Title when others in the company felt like he wasn't worthy.

"I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago with the man in charge," Michaels said, "and we were talking about a certain individual and he goes, 'I just don't see money in him.' And I said, 'You said the same thing about me.' He said, 'I did not.' I said, 'Yes you did!' (laughs) I said, 'And it's okay. It's just one of those things.'"

Michaels continued: "I wasn't your prototypical - heck, I wasn't anybody's protoypical main event guy. And I knew that. So, you just do your absolute best. Yes, I was very scared and very worried, which had a lot to do with how bad I handled stuff because I spent a great deal of my career waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because it was a very real view of me and my ability and my talent. I'm a firm believer that talent does rise to the top, but you have to be patient. So, I spent a great deal of time worried, intimidated, and concerned that with each passing storyline, it might be the last
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GIVE SIN CARA A CHANCE!
 
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Bootaaay said:
Man, I'm so bummed to hear about James Gandolfini dying. What an amazing fucking actor and such a terrible way to go. RIP. Time to rewatch The Sopranos again.
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Pretty much. We'll never get that last movie, although we didn't need it because (series spoilers)
Tony dies at the end of the show, and it's obvious.
 
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Sunflower said:
Pretty much. We'll never get that last movie, although we didn't need it because (series spoilers)
Tony dies at the end of the show, and it's obvious.
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I know the theory well and it's pretty much impossible to refute, but I like to believe that Chase was fucking with us to a degree. You read some of his interviews leading up to the final season and he talks about being disgusted with how the fans were clamouring to see Tony's death, despite laughing with the man, emoting with him and revelling in his brutal actions throughout the series. He also disliked the idea that, because of the genre in which the show was set, that it had to follow the typical 'rise and fall' archetype of the gangster movie. Of course, he could have just been attempting to dissuade people's almost certain suspicions that Tony would die at the end, or preparing them for the fact that they might not ever actually *see* Tony die. But, regardless, the final scene is a masterpiece of tension building, direction and editing and, probably, my all-time favourite ending to any TV show ever. Chase laid everything out there and there's so many visual and audio cues that leave the viewer on a knife-edge. They know what's going to happen, but they're denied the satisfaction of ever seeing it and, despite all the evidence to the contrary, it's still, ultimately, ambiguous in the end. Fucking genius
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Aiii

So not worth it
To be honest,
If Walter survives
the end of Breaking Bad I will be pissed.
Bad guys either need to die or get arrested and convicted at the end, even if we follow their lives. They need their due.
Same goes for Dexter.
 
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Bootaaay said:
I know the theory well and it's pretty much impossible to refute, but I like to believe that Chase was fucking with us to a degree. You read some of his interviews leading up to the final season and he talks about being disgusted with how the fans were clamouring to see Tony's death, despite laughing with the man, emoting with him and revelling in his brutal actions throughout the series. He also disliked the idea that, because of the genre in which the show was set, that it had to follow the typical 'rise and fall' archetype of the gangster movie. Of course, he could have just been attempting to dissuade people's almost certain suspicions that Tony would die at the end, or preparing them for the fact that they might not ever actually *see* Tony die. But, regardless, the final scene is a masterpiece of tension building, direction and editing and, probably, my all-time favourite ending to any TV show ever. Chase laid everything out there and there's so many visual and audio cues that leave the viewer on a knife-edge. They know what's going to happen, but they're denied the satisfaction of ever seeing it and, despite all the evidence to the contrary, it's still, ultimately, ambiguous in the end. Fucking genius
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Truly one of my 3 favorite shows. That kind of cocktease about taking what people wanted to see at the end and giving it to them, but stealing ALL the base satisfaction out of it is genius, I agree.

Cmon Deadwood, let's get season 4...
 
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ROH are uploading classic matches each Thursday and today's one is a real corker;

Low Ki vs Samoa Joe - (ROH 10/05/02)

This was Joe's debut and one of the matches that helped put ROH on the map in their first year and, although the commentary's awful, it still holds up for the most part. Proper hard-hitting match, well worth a watch if you haven't seen it before.

Sunflower said:
Cmon Deadwood, let's get season 4...
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Yeah, Deadwood still stings, but I can't ever see it coming back. Real shame.
 
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