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March Wrasslin' |OT| Forecast for Wrestlemania...cloudy with a heavy chance of Reigns

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Deleted member 47027

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Aiii said:
Mweh, their whole gimmick is that they're an underground fighting league. They shouldn't be too flashy, while still being flashy enough to be a proper TV show.
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I can still wish to see a little better when they're up high, etc. Just a wish.
 
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bjork

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klonere said:
Holy shit Austin actually turned up to the Raw the next night after Summerslam 97? Wasn't he nearly paralyzed after that botched piledriver? That's like dream levels of messed up.
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He says temporarily paralyzed, and the feeling came back enough to where he could finish the match. I don't know a lot about neck injuries, but he couldn't get cleared to wrestle, so they just had him do stuff besides have matches for awhile. So maybe it was broken in a way that he could heal without giant headgear or whatever?
 
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Browny

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bjork said:
He says temporarily paralyzed, and the feeling came back enough to where he could finish the match. I don't know a lot about neck injuries, but he couldn't get cleared to wrestle, so they just had him do stuff besides have matches for awhile. So maybe it was broken in a way that he could heal without giant headgear or whatever?
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I can't watch that match. Ever. I remember watching it live at stupid o'clock in the morning and thinking "your neck isn't supposed to do that".
 
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bjork

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Browny said:
I can't watch that match. Ever. I remember watching it live at stupid o'clock in the morning and thinking "your neck isn't supposed to do that".
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It's a bummer for me because Owen was my favorite dude and the Harts had kind of a rep for being safe workers, at least in WWF. To hear later that Owen never called Austin after that, is kind of the one black mark I put in my opinion of Owen.

But it made me wonder about neck injuries in wrestling. Like when Pitbull 2 had the big metal thing attached to his head and shoulders, I thought it was a legit deal. But someone (maybe Franchise?) grabbed it and shook him around by it, so I was always ready to not believe injury storylines after that.
 
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klonere

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Browny said:
I can't watch that match. Ever. I remember watching it live at stupid o'clock in the morning and thinking "your neck isn't supposed to do that".
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I was listening to his podcast yesterday where he explicitly mentions the incident (He said he was a quadriplegic for 15 seconds) . I thought it was at Survivor Series 97 not Summerslam. As soon as Owen just gets right up from the move and crosses his arms (is this a signal or something?) it just feels completely off. How Austin even managed to finish was a miracle.

Doesn't stop him from showing up next night AND them showing the injury again selling how brutal and awful it was was. Ick.
 
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klonere

Banned
bjork said:
It's a bummer for me because Owen was my favorite dude and the Harts had kind of a rep for being safe workers, at least in WWF. To hear later that Owen never called Austin after that, is kind of the one black mark I put in my opinion of Owen.

But it made me wonder about neck injuries in wrestling. Like when Pitbull 2 had the big metal thing attached to his head and shoulders, I thought it was a legit deal. But someone (maybe Franchise?) grabbed it and shook him around by it, so I was always ready to not believe injury storylines after that.
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Did he really not call after that? Austin really talked up Owen on the Network podcast with HHH, when they were talking about underrated workers.
 
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I remember seeing it and having forgotten that was the match where it happened. Threw my goddamn drink when it did, came out of nowhere for me.
 
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bjork

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I kinda wonder what they would've done if he had been permanently paralyzed. Like right in the middle of a PPV, what do you do? Just end the match and forget the stipulation and then that's it?
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
bjork said:
I kinda wonder what they would've done if he had been permanently paralyzed. Like right in the middle of a PPV, what do you do? Just end the match and forget the stipulation and then that's it?
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X-sign and match over, sure.

You can exactly pick him up and roll him into the ring or anything. So, just call for the bell and call it a KO-win or whatever.
 
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Fox318

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Big Show we need you to work a match 4 minutes long...

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bjork

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Just probably undid all the good I'd done for my body lately with one giant-ass meal. It's always been the habit to eat a ton on a shitty day... how do you break that kind of habit?
 
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Deleted member 47027

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Every day is No-Gimmick for me, but some people have a hard time believing I love huge dudes.
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
I just realised it's March 20th, and we're still in OT1 with only one week from Mania.

Shameful effort, friends.
 
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No Gimmick post:

I love how Kobashi looks in a suit. He always looks like he's about to hulk out of it. A real Superman if you wheel, big daddah.

Bonus pic of Kobashi with admirer:
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ElectricBlanketFire

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Welp, I re-bought the network for $9.99 for rasslemania. Spent a total of $20 on pay-per-views this year (Including Summer Slam and free Survivor Series...watched Royal Rumble at a friend's house who also paid $9.99 and cancelled).

Pretty nice deal compared to the $69.99 we paid last year.
 
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Hasney

Member
There's only one head I am, people

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I dabbled in it back in my sales job, fun times but not something I'd want to keep doing
 
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jmdajr

Member
bjork said:
I've never tried a non-prescription drug, I've had alcohol in shots maybe five times ever, I don't like beer. I do love sleeping pills, though.
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I'm sure I've gotten somewhat affected by second hand pot smoke at a concert here and there. But no illegal shit for me either.

Worst has been almost dying from alcohol poisoning/blacking out. I only needed that lesson once.

Ambien is a trip. Thanks Doc.
 
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Man God

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Ambien makes me anxious and puts me in a near suicidal funk, I learned that a few weeks ago. Worst thing is it lasts for about a week. Zzzquil works fine.
 
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Cagey

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No-Gimmick Fridays sounds like a gimmick.

Who gimmick posts and who would cop to doing it?

I actually enjoy Roman Reigns and dislike the Young Bucks, so no, that's not a gimmick.
 
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bjork

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Man God said:
Ambien makes me anxious and puts me in a near suicidal funk, I learned that a few weeks ago. Worst thing is it lasts for about a week. Zzzquil works fine.
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Temazepam is the king. I toss and turn a lot in my sleep, wake up repeatedly, etc. I took one temazepam after I'd been up for about six days and couldn't sleep... woke up 16 hours later without a single wrinkle in the sheets. I must've been dead. It felt great.

The problem is, I started with a showstopper. When I was taking OTC sleeping pills, I could pop like 4-5 unisom and not get a wink. So frustrating.
 
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sf2fanatic

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I'm gonna live on the edge and try a 502 from L.A. Pastrami..
Basically chilli fries with pastrami and roast beef. Gonna go Big Show on it.
 
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