He doesn't rap anymore and so he won't make himself a new theme song.
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BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Indeed. After a three week break, I'm gonna take classes all throughout the summer ;_;
Needs to happen.
DyslexicAlucard
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While I haven't heard those, I'm still skeptical. After all, I've listened to Michael Cole since his WWF debut and have never liked him, even when the commentary was good overall.
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Are they planning of unifying the midcard titles?
No. It's brought up all the time but they're not planning for it right now.
If it ends up happening it's because they decide on doing it two weeks before SummerSlam, not because they decide to do it now.
DyslexicAlucard
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They should, and then have the champion actually win matches.
British Monsoon
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Cole actually knows the names of moves. Their proper names, as well. So, while he CAN correctly call a saito suplex or a backdrop driver, what he's ACTUALLY going to call them is a 'throw'.
Really can't wait for Vince to let H's take over the whole shebang, for good or worse.
Really can't wait for Vince to let H's take over the whole shebang, for good or worse.
They had the chance and they used it to further the Undertaker vs Brock feud.
ONE. MORE. TIME.
It's really weird that Punk's situation has really not been mentioned on screen except for that one Paul Heyman promo, which only made sense if you knew why he wasn't on TV, which hadn't ever been mentioned on TV. It really hasn't even been mentioned in passing. Punk just vanishes off TV and no one talks about it. No injury angle, no one taking credit for it, no explanation whatsoever.
DyslexicAlucard
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While I have no doubt that Cole could be better, I'm still skeptical of his ability to be all that good.
Also, what's the idea behind not calling the moves properly? Is it just to make it easier to get into?
If they'd used the CM Punk situation for heat a couple of times I don't think people would be thinking about is as much as they do. Instead I'd be expecting constant CM Punk chants for Payback and that's not helping anyone.
Commentators go through phases where they're told to not call the match and call the storyline surrounding the match instead. Of course most matches on Raw don't have storylines surrounding them in the first place so that's kind of ridiculous today.
Can you point me in the direction of what constitutes "good" chain wrestling? I generally like the chain work I see in ROH. The first 3-5 minutes of AJ Styles vs. Jay Lethal were magical.
DyslexicAlucard
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That's how it usually happens, to be honest. People just disappear. It's what happens when people get injured, go on vacation, or switch companies back in the day. The only time I feel like it's super-obvious is when someone gets injured on TV or they are gone to shoot a movie.
That's more Boootaaay's bag. I think it's all pretty awful, but it's exceptionally worse by a lot of indie guys who just think chain wrestling is holding the opponent's hand while you do something
Vince doesn't want his wrestling company associated with wrestling.
I mean Vince is a billionaire and I don't even make six figures so maybe he knows better than I do, but even as a kid I loved when they called the moves. I loved learning what they were so that I could eventually call them out myself when I saw them. I also enjoyed figuring out what made a move a "suplex". I feel we are robbing the younger generation of this joy.
Okay. I would say Mike Quackenbush is a much worse offender of this style of chain work than Alex Shelley.
Seriously. Vince wants to say that black is white. He wants to call a duck a chicken. It makes no sense.
"It's not wrestling! Seriously!"
British Monsoon
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Dat chain wrestling;
Terry Funk (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta - NWA World Heavyweight Title - (AJPW 1976/06/11)
It's partly because they only want named moves they can copyright (so you end up with guys like Sheamus having half a dozen named moves) and partly because Vince is fucking weird about wrasslin'. I think he associates detailed play-by-play with the southern style, which he's known to despise.
Terry Funk (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta - NWA World Heavyweight Title - (AJPW 1976/06/11)
It's partly because they only want named moves they can copyright (so you end up with guys like Sheamus having half a dozen named moves) and partly because Vince is fucking weird about wrasslin'. I think he associates detailed play-by-play with the southern style, which he's known to despise.
Cesaro said this weird thing on Jericho's podcast. He said that the legendary German WWF/WWE commentator of 30 years had told him that because of German anti-violence policies, he was at one point told to call the storylines around the match instead of the moves.
That was clearly Vince (indirectly) telling him that and not some kind of German censorship board, but Cesaro and perharps the dude himself clearly understood it as the latter.
That was clearly Vince (indirectly) telling him that and not some kind of German censorship board, but Cesaro and perharps the dude himself clearly understood it as the latter.
DyslexicAlucard
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Are these Yoshi Tatsu chants on NXT because they actually respect him and want more for him? Or are they because they're smarky smarks who are trolling? I suspect the latter, but hope for the former 
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Yoshi really does deserve better.
.Yoshi really does deserve better.
Instead, watch Jack Brisco wrestle Dory Funk Jr for an hour with Bruno reffing
Jack has great selling and bumping. And not 'great because he does a million flips' but actual, realistic selling and bumping.
Jack has great selling and bumping. And not 'great because he does a million flips' but actual, realistic selling and bumping.
Are these Yoshi Tatsu chants on NXT because they actually respect him and want more for him? Or are they because they're smarky smarks who are trolling? I suspect the latter, but hope for the former
Yoshi really does deserve better.
I don't think it's smarky smarks because they also did respect most of the dudes who were in the ring at the same time. They loved all of the last three dudes.
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Hi friend Gr1m
DyslexicAlucard
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Thank you for not saying who the final three are; I'm not there yet
.Edit: Okay, that is an awesome final three!
British Monsoon
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Should be Y2J lights jacket and then a turn around pose.
This could be when someone's alt account gets exposed, since IT WAS ME AUSTIN was ruined by gaming.
I got you
...I like it.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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DyslexicAlucard
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How about that time Triple H returned in 2002 with the torn jean jacket and was just flipping out on the entrance ramp?
DyslexicAlucard
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"The crow-- or the NXT Universe (tm) is firmly behind Sami Zayn!"
Ugh, fuck that nomenclature so hard.
Ugh, fuck that nomenclature so hard.
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DyslexicAlucard
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Okay, this gets my vote.
El Pescado
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Those people are usually not the second biggest star in the company when they vanish.
Vince actually IS a mark for that style, as he grew up in the South and with that style. But it isn't what made money for his dad and himself.
I have a few that might work:
OMG this needs to happen!
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If we could replace the Buried Alive part with "BANNED" we could have a real winner here.
I really like Wesker's gif for long bans, like 1+ month.
This is when someone links to a gaming forum thread.
Also, we really need a gif of that moment on Raw when Sid came out during Bret's crybaby promo and randomly yells out "I DONT KNOW SHIT CRYBABAH!"
This is when someone links to a gaming forum thread.
Also, we really need a gif of that moment on Raw when Sid came out during Bret's crybaby promo and randomly yells out "I DONT KNOW SHIT CRYBABAH!"