Japanese guys work way less shows. The reason why the WWE has a toned down style is due to their travel schedule. If they wrestled a puro style, they'd be dead after a few shows.
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March Wrasslin' |OT| The NXT Era Has ArRIVED
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British Monsoon
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For every physical wreck like Kobashi who destroyed his body through the strong style he was working, there's an anomaly like Masato Tanaka - dude took some of the most reckless bumps I've ever seen in his ECW/FMW stuff, but is in better shape now than at any point in his career. Madness.
Random unrelated gifs, god I love Harley Race's ridiculous selling;
Random unrelated gifs, god I love Harley Race's ridiculous selling;
Battlezone
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Isn't it three?
Mr. Luchador
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Starman? Patrick Swayze is under the mask!!!
That guy done fudged up his facts! Then again that was the American Bad Ass, not Undertaker.
British Monsoon
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There's not actually a huge difference in the number of shows they work, it's more to do with the 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off tour schedule and the fact that they don't have anywhere near as much travelling to do as WWE wrestlers.
Matches wrestled in 2013 -
John Cena; 142
Hiroshi Tanahashi; 116
Incidentally, Bryan is a goddamn work horse - nearly 230 matches wrestled last year.
I don't think Triple H was a face at WM19.
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Oh right, duh. I dunno, some of these nerds have been tricked into thinking Reigns is a good wrestler.
You mean Jeff Bridges?
U mean 17? But I held up a sign for him!
Mr. Luchador
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... ask yourself - who is under the Jeff Bridges mask..?
El Pescado
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They're airing a WCW PPV as part of the live stream on the WWE Network right now? What the hell?
Re-host it at a site that isn't banned.
Is it Halloween Havoc?
El Pescado
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It's Bash at the Beach something or other. Opening match has Johnny B Bad. :x
Edit: Ooh! Vs. Regal!
Bash at the Beach!
Oh here comes Lord Steven Regal.
edit: Lol Marc Mero.
Regal had a great interview with Austin. He said he was kind of mortified when he got to WCW and the likes of Marco Mero and Buff the Stuff were more interested in their tans than the work rate.
in his words, "what did I get myself into"
This would only be cool if it was Dean's belt he stole.
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Mean Gene has fleas!
BronsonLee
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If Carlito isn't number one on that list I'm calling foul!
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Cena should watch some Chono tapes.
Tighten that STF
Tighten that STF
I'd like Wrestlemania Rewind a lot more if they had alternate commentary or pop up facts from the participants. I have no desire to watch the matches straight when I could just watch them on their actual cards whenever I want.
Seems like an idea. Just hit Steph up on da Twitta
Nearly 30 less matches is a lot less to me, but whatever. Either way, the WWE schedule being so brutal is why they wrestle the way they do, and we agree there.
El Pescado
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This is actually something I'm surprised they didn't do.
Though I did watch HBK vs Austin in its entirety in their episode.
It was fucking lame Marc Mero.
Mr. Luchador
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Senator Antonio Inoki!
It just seems weird to me that they all say "See the match like you've never seen it before" and then they show you the match exactly like you've seen it before. That led me to believe there would be new commentary or pop up facts or something.
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Damn, Regal put Senator Antonio Inoki over in like 2 minutes! Crowd are eating this up, wanting Senator Antonio Inoki to knock Regal's head off.
Just checked my watch: It's Vader Time.
Just checked my watch: It's Vader Time.
If Cena wantsEd to grow some balls and finally turn heel, he should every damn Chino tape he can get. Hell, steal the whole gimmick. It would work well for him.
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I appreciate that I'm in the minority with wanting to see a lot more territory stuff on the network, but I'd also appreciate it if they could at least upload the few episodes we get in some sort of chronological order.
New Japan would likely run more shows if they could but, as we've both pointed out, the differences in wrestling styles prevent them from doing so. Gotta give guys time off to recuperate.
Other than New Japan sending their young lions overseas on year-long learning excursions, not very often - although there are some who make selected appearances in the US and Europe, plus New Japan have their deals with CMLL and now ROH that see them talent exchanging wrestlers.
New Japan would likely run more shows if they could but, as we've both pointed out, the differences in wrestling styles prevent them from doing so. Gotta give guys time off to recuperate.
Other than New Japan sending their young lions overseas on year-long learning excursions, not very often - although there are some who make selected appearances in the US and Europe, plus New Japan have their deals with CMLL and now ROH that see them talent exchanging wrestlers.
He created The Shield.
Lol. But for real. Guardian Angel? How many Gimmicks has he had? Never heard of this one.
Where it mattered? Only one.
Went to WCW as The Boss, which was the Big Boss Man with a black shirt. Vince threatened to sue, so they went with The Guardian Angel for a while. Then he went back to Big Bubba. Then to Ray Traylor. Then back to the WWF as Shield's Daddy.
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Positive Role Model for young children wishing to become Male Strippers. #equality
Marc Mero was black?
He has a funny quote that was something like people threw a fit over him playing an ambiguously gay guy, but no one had a problem with a Jewish guy from New York pretending to be a black guy for years.
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I always wondered what his ethnicity was myself...
Well that's not what I expected.
Mr. Luchador
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Razor's Edg... Vader's Edge!
lovely ladies
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Johnny B Badd scared me a little bit. He had that streamer gun.
Mr. Luchador
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Guardian Angel was a member of the Illuminati!!
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