Lambda Pie
Banned
i genuinely hope he's getting some monetary compensation.
"TNA" and "awesome" in the same sentence should never be uttered for free.
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i genuinely hope he's getting some monetary compensation.
"TNA" and "awesome" in the same sentence should never be uttered for free.
Only Vince Russo would try to book a faction as babyfaces and call them 'millionaires club.' Because those are the guys fans can relate to.
I'm sorry, you guys say TNA is looking like Russo is writing there again, but I totally disagree. Copying WWE is boring. It's not stupidly entertaining enough to be Russo. It's just stupidly boring
I'm sorry, you guys say TNA is looking like Russo is writing there again, but I totally disagree. Copying WWE is boring. It's not stupidly entertaining enough to be Russo. It's just stupidly boring
British Monsoon
Member
Mikey Whiplash promo;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T62LPrWqoaY
Seems like the start to a good angle - Whiplash impressed in his PROGRESS debut last year against Tommy End, where he wrestled a more physical style without his usual cross dresser get-up, while Grado just finished his sort-of feud with Mad Man Manson, so seems like these two will be feuding in the near future. Another storyline from PROGRESS that is well grounded in reality - the promotion is meant to be about strongstyle wrestling and showcasing the best of British wrestling talent, but yet the crowd still go nuts for a comedy character like Grado.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T62LPrWqoaY
Seems like the start to a good angle - Whiplash impressed in his PROGRESS debut last year against Tommy End, where he wrestled a more physical style without his usual cross dresser get-up, while Grado just finished his sort-of feud with Mad Man Manson, so seems like these two will be feuding in the near future. Another storyline from PROGRESS that is well grounded in reality - the promotion is meant to be about strongstyle wrestling and showcasing the best of British wrestling talent, but yet the crowd still go nuts for a comedy character like Grado.
British Monsoon
Member
Perhaps he was a fan of Whipwreck, there had to be at least a few of them out there.
Anywho, it's all incidental, as that promo was him announcing he's dropping the character and going by Michael Gilbert now.
Anywho, it's all incidental, as that promo was him announcing he's dropping the character and going by Michael Gilbert now.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Wait, the Chikara card is announced????
British Monsoon
Member
Just two of the seven matches, so far;
. CHIKARA Grand Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs Icarus
. The Batiri (Obariyon, Kodama & Kobald) vs The Odditorium (Sinn Bodhi, Oliver Grimsley & Qefka the Quiet)
Like it or not, that's the storyline they're going with - Icarus is the hero of this thing, who had his chance at the CHIKARA Grand Championship snatched away a year ago when CHIKARA 'perished', so I'd be very surprised if they didn't do the whole feel-good moment thing with him beating Kingston at the end of the show.
avengers23
Banned
They can tell the story they want to tell, but putting your title on Icarus and making him the focus of the company in 2014, much less any year, is like WWE programming a Ryder/Miz main event feud.
The John Cena Version of Wrestlemania III Build-Up
Andre: "I'm challenging you fo da World Heavyweight Champyunship"
Cena: "FUDGE MUSTARD AND PRETZEL STICKS! We're supposed to be friends, Andre! Some people here think you can beat me and that's ok. That's what's great about World Wrestling Entertainment, people can boo or cheer whoever they want. At Wrestlemania, it will be a grand production and we will have several major mainstream outlets there."
The John Cena Version of Wrestlemania XIII Build-Up
Austin: "IT'LL NEVER BE OVER, JOHN. It'll never be over 'til I look down on your grave and it says 'Here lies John Cena, the biggest piece of crap that ever walked the Earth'!"
Cena: "Well, clearly, some people here agree with you and that's okay! That's what great about sports entertainment. People can cheer whoever they want! Apparently, you don't like my shirt colors or that I like rap, I guess that's your problem with me. Well, the only rattlesnakes you like are the ones that rattle around Brokeback Mountain!" :oints to Wrestlemania sign::
The John Cena Version of WM 11 Build-Up
Shawn Michaels: "I will give you a show like you've never seen before. Why? Because I CAN."
Cena: "Shawn is right. It will be a great show. A great night of pageantry.
The production will be unbelievable and it's the culmination of a year's worth of episodic television. Some people want Shawn to win and that's okay, people should boo or cheer whoever they see fit."
I just saw this. This is amazing and can imagine exactly just this happening. Thank you.
British Monsoon
Member
Maybe so, but they're stuck on this course and have been for a good long while now. Icarus might not be the greatest in the ring, but the CHIKARA fans bought into his Technico turn, bought into him beating Kingston for the belt and bought into him being the saviour of the company - this is clearly a situation where character is more important than technical ability, at least for the hardcore CHIKARA fans.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Disney Fair brah. So goddam adorbale.
And kudos to Matts Legacy for PMing me the NXT Diva photoshoot.
Did you see the photos of Flair wrestling Andre from like 1975 that got uploaded?
British Monsoon
Member
Nope, whereabouts? On the F4W board?
Ithil said:
I'm not even sure what to call that, as you'd usually call it a handspring, but with no hands...
I call it lucha.
Marvel
could never
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Alright even though I wasn't told to watch it, I watched it.
Reminds me of the Crow 2. Some 1999-era ish. And I think that's something TNA should capitalize on - the people with JNCOs and Korn t-shirts. Instead of thinking TNA can't keep up with the times, embrace it with this kind of stuff.
It was alright, a step in the right direction.
D
Deleted member 47027
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Good Andreisms.
British Monsoon
Member
It's hard to get excited about anything in TNA, as you know that what seems like a cool turn of events could become entirely terrible with just one episode of Impact or moment of PPV idiocy.
That's a great shot of Andre looking like he's about to damn well snap Ric's leg! Also, I always love seeing him doing the Irish whip, looks so crazy in still shots.
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
The good news is that when it's so over-the-top on purpose like this, it has the potential to be endearing. We'll see though. I'm not going to start watching TNA. I just had to adjust my Spider From Mars/Alucard filter as what they were saying was getting to me.
Here, have a sweet Brody pic.
EDIT: Have this Hansen too
spindashing
Banned
....holy shit.
No hands on the springboard, crazy.
BronsonLee
Member
JESUS CHRIST @ that Tomodatchi thread, holy shit that thing is a minefield
Why on earth are people asking Nintendo to get involved in that nonsense
Why on earth are people asking Nintendo to get involved in that nonsense
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Deleted member 47027
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Hey Laserfrog
British Monsoon
Member
Japan...;
His sky high leg drop thing's pretty awesome though;
His sky high leg drop thing's pretty awesome though;
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Everybody wants to be famous. Nobody wants what it comes with nowadays (having to leave buildings through the back door or in disguise if you don't want a billion cameras in your face, childish rumors spread involving anybody and everybody you're seen with, very little sleep, even less privacy, etc)
D
Deleted member 47027
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How's that thread evolved?
I can't help but think all this outcry will make Nintendo think "Good god, we'll never localize whimsical stuff again" as the takeaway instead of what we're trying to tell them. They're getting a completely different message.
BronsonLee
Member
People want Nintendo to make a statement coming out in favor of gay marriage and such. They want them to put themselves out in front.
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
But don't they realize just doing that would serve no real progress?
Marvel
could never
Ohhhhh shit son!
slightconfuse
Banned
Nintendo is like Vince , 10,years behind the times
Vince isn't bleeding money
British Monsoon
Member
Karl Gotch, Andre & Billy Robinson with some big-ass medals in IWE;
Andre & Giant Baba, SWAG;
Andre & Giant Baba, SWAG;
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Vince has a product that's priced correctly
slightconfuse
Banned
Eh seems like money is getting a little tight in WWE with the recent finacals.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Boots, I'm gonna ruin your afternoon if you haven't seen it before.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=114467381
The first handful of pages have a lot of broken images, but then it starts getting really good.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=114467381
The first handful of pages have a lot of broken images, but then it starts getting really good.
BronsonLee
Member
I think people want blood over something that, while I believe it is an issue, got completely overblown, with some thanks to Nintendo's response to it, which seems to have been hit with a Lost in Translation
British Monsoon
Member
Awesome, I was going to watch Smackdown, but I'll browse this instead - I follow a couple of other threads like that on other forums, definitely some I haven't seen before on there though.
ANDRE SMASH!
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Deleted member 47027
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What was Nintendo's response? Nothing? Because that's what I'd expect.
