You're right. The stairs gif is played out.
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You're right. The stairs gif is played out.
avengers23
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Yes, God forbid anyone wants to break away from yet another Punk discussion that circles down the drain.
blackaroni
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Stairs gif doesn't get posted as often.
Isn't it kind of different, though? Like, people in wrasslin' are happy to take a spot, etc. etc. Right? And they're happy to have less competition for said spot? Yeah?
This doesn't apply to professional wrestling.
I don't remember the exact details of him walking out, but when you have a show planned and a person who is supposed to be on the show decides to not be at the show, that fucks stuff up for everyone; regardless of the validity of dirt sheet claims that the show gets rewritten at 7pm on Monday.
How in the world does it not?
You think the promoters are happy having a main event guy built up and just having him vanish into the ether out of nowhere? How about the fans that bought tickets to see Punk?
slightconfuse
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Big Match Nagata
Tom Nook
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I am.
The promoters already got their money so that doesn't matter. Also Punk not being there means other people get to work longer matches or someone who wasn't even supposed to be on the show gets a chance to be on TV. Oh no, the horror.
It's pretty different than a typical job where if someone no-shows or calls in sick you get dumped with a bunch of other work on top of your current shit you still need to get done.
slightconfuse
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Lol even Tana is like chill dude
Kevin Nash put in his notice and even put Undertaker over on his way out.
What a hero, sacrificing himself so other wrestlers can get banged up in longer matches to cover for him no-showing. So he can go steal someone else's spot in the UFC.
They got some money so they should be happy? They shouldn't want to make more money and build more stars off of established ones? Or does that not apply to Punk?
What a hero, sacrificing himself so other wrestlers can get banged up in longer matches to cover for him no-showing. So he can go steal someone else's spot in the UFC.
Oh no, wrestlers get more time to do shit that gets themselves over in a job that's all about trying to get over.
plagiarize
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Card subject to change.
Although I tend to agree with you. I think the absolute ethering of people who no show isn't baseless. Yeah, plans change at the drop of a hat sometimes, but that doesn't meant that there isn't a cost to having to change everything.
I mean, all that money spent on Payback promotion centered around the Wyatt's... if Bray hadn't been injured and had just no showed. That would have seemed like a slap in the face, and a complete sabotage of the event. Sure, it was worse when Stone Cold did it given where he was in the company... but I don't think it excuses it completely either.
I like Punk. I enjoyed his work in and out of the ring, and I wish him the best in the UFC (although I think he's going to get beaten handily)... but yeah. I think people arguing that there aren't any negative repercussions of having one of your main stars no show on the company or the other talent are blinkered.
FlammableD
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Independent contractors and all that.
PWG Prince card looks pretty good, though I'm not a fan of the Brits facing each other again
Michael Elgin vs Zack Sabre, Jr. - PWG World Title
Dalton Castle vs Adam Cole
Drew Galloway vs Brian Cage
"Mr. Athletic" Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto) vs Chris Hero
Mark Andrews vs Marty Scurll
Sami Callihan vs Roderick Strong
Andrew Everett vs Trevor Lee
PWG Prince card looks pretty good, though I'm not a fan of the Brits facing each other again
Michael Elgin vs Zack Sabre, Jr. - PWG World Title
Dalton Castle vs Adam Cole
Drew Galloway vs Brian Cage
"Mr. Athletic" Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto) vs Chris Hero
Mark Andrews vs Marty Scurll
Sami Callihan vs Roderick Strong
Andrew Everett vs Trevor Lee
FlammableD
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Nah, isn't he always complaining about flippy headdroppy indy shit?
plagiarize
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Hypothetically:
Imagine you're a mid carder, booked to fight a main event star who no shows, and instead find yourself facing another mid carder. You can't rightly bitch about it?
New episode of Stone Cold podcast:
Stone Cold really really liked Styles/Reigns, and praised AJ a lot.
http://www.podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=542&pid=1648108
Stone Cold really really liked Styles/Reigns, and praised AJ a lot.
Next thing you know Tana will have a move named after Meltzer
blackaroni
Member
It takes some serious mental gymnastics to be a Punk stan in 2016.
Klonere, where are these gifs from?
Klonere, where are these gifs from?
wild wild rice
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Deleted member 47027
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The day it stops working people is the day it's old and tired.
He endorsed the Young Bucks as having sound psychology in an interview. And he did his post match promo to setup the ladder match all in English. He's a MARK.
The Dragon Screw Leg Meltzer
Today's NJPW Dontaku show, I'll title the posts from now on in case people don't know.
Not enough ref bumps to be true WCW 2000.
Reigns is pretty good in hardcore matches, plus a bunch of legal interference spots.
BFIB
Member
I'm trying to figure out if it was more Roman stepping up, or proves just how good AJ is at carrying anyone.
It was a great match, despite the McMahons using it to get themselves over ahead of the belt, sorry, strap.
blackaroni
Member
Thanks!
I still need to gah dang watch that.
Maybe they just work well together. And that can be a totally acceptable answer.
wild wild rice
Member
100% the latter. Roman looked winded like 5 minutes in and didn't do anything he doesn't normally do in a shitty Raw match.
BFIB
Member
His spots with AJ though were fantastic. jmdajr might be on to something. They just work really well together. Kind of like Cena/Punk.
Not only that, he can just walk into a ROH event and be treated like a god for a one off anytime he felt like it even if he didn't wrestle because of the legacy.
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Deleted member 47027
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It's both. Lots of people will say Roman wasn't shit but he did everything he was supposed to in there and also looked great. Pay no attention to the people that'll the Reigns no matter what he does. It was a joint effort.
Empyrean Heaven
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So based on today's events, the card for DOMINION is looking like...
Naito vs. Okada
Omega vs. Tanahashi - Ladder Match
Nagata vs. Shibata rematch
KUSHIDA vs. whoever wins BoSJ (my pick is Ospreay)
RicoSydal vs. either reDRagon or Young Bucks (my pick is reDRagon)
GOD vs. Tenkoji (which is pretty much the only other team in NJPW right now, which is pretty damn sad)
Probably an Ishii/Goto vs. EVIL/SANADA tag match
And some crap involving Fatass Fale and that cunt Yujiro.
Omega vs. Tanahashi - Ladder Match
Nagata vs. Shibata rematch
KUSHIDA vs. whoever wins BoSJ (my pick is Ospreay)
RicoSydal vs. either reDRagon or Young Bucks (my pick is reDRagon)
GOD vs. Tenkoji (which is pretty much the only other team in NJPW right now, which is pretty damn sad)
Probably an Ishii/Goto vs. EVIL/SANADA tag match
And some crap involving Fatass Fale and that cunt Yujiro.
SparkleMotion
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Even when Roman Reigns has a good match, a lot of people here do Chinese Olympic gymnast level gymnastics to avoid saying anything good about him.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Look at this man.
So awesome that NJPW worked out a deal to use his theme in NJPWworld instead of his shitty dub theme
Lol even Tana is like chill dude
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