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Tom Nook
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Why WWE? WHY?
Sandow is a good worker and can make any character you give him work.
BoboBrazil
Member
Bobby Roode was briefly advertised for the NXT UK tour by the WWE's Twitter this morning, but the tweet was later pulled.
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Deleted member 47027
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Dutch deserves a legends contract and should help push to get some of his Puerto Rico footage up on the Network if he can, or be a middleman to make it happen. Lots of crazy shit down there.
Dutch is a legend.
FlammableD
Banned
A+ post. In it's spirit, Freelance Wrestling are streaming a show for free tonight at http://www.freelancewrestling.com/Big weekend for independent wrestling this weekend.
Friday, May 6:
AAWrestling's Take No Prisoners 2016 in Merrionette Park, IL
AAWrestling's pretty good about putting shows up on VOD quickly, and they even put up that Periscope video of Pentagon Jr. vs. Chris Hero last year. With Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix, this becomes a pretty a hot show.
- AAW Championship Match: Sami Callihan vs. Tommaso Ciampa
- Pentagon Jr vs. Fenix
- Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson
- The Hooligans & Buck Nasty vs. Detective Dan Barry & Chuck Taylor & Colt Cabana
- Candice LeRae vs. Jessicka Havok
- Silas Young vs. Donovan Dijak
- Heidi Loveless vs. Kimber Lee
- AAW Tag Team Champions Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett vs. AAW Heritage Champion AR Fox & Moose
Evolve 60 in Joppa, MD
On iPPV and later VOD, I'd hesitate to get this show only because Evolve and WWN don't always have great luck when they're running in a venue for the first time. And this is their first show in Joppa, MD. Hero vs. Sabre should be great, as should Gargano vs. Scrull. Lio Rush vs. Konley should be an interesting match. I don't like the Bravados, but it should be a good showcase for the Devastation Corporation.
- Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match: Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams (c) vs. TJ Perkins & Fred Yehi
- Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Page
- Johnny Gargano vs. Marty Scurll
- Lio Rush vs. Caleb Konley
- Matt Riddle vs. Anthony Nese
- The Bravado Brothers vs. The Devastation Corporation
Chikara Live at First Energy Stadium '16
Nothing says independent wrestling like wrestling after a minor league baseball game. I wonder if this gets recorded and put up on VOD by SmartMark.
- Dasher Hatfield vs. Proletariat Boar of of Moldova
- Thunderfrog vs. Hallowicked
- Team Sea Stars vs. Los Ice Creams
- Fire Ant vs. Officer Warren Barksdale
Saturday, May 7:
Evolve 61 in Queens, NY
The better Evolve show this weekend, I'll probably catch this on iPPV if I don't go see it live. Gulak vs. Williams should be very good, and I'm curious about TJP vs. Yehi even if I've been cool on TJP. Sabre vs. Scurrll has very high expectations, but Riddle vs. Rush is the dark horse match of the card.
- WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier: Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams
- WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier: TJP vs. Fred Yehi
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll
- Matt Riddle vs. Lio Rush
- The Bravado Brothers vs. Milk Chocolate
- Ethan Page vs. Chris Dickinson
Chikara Whisper House
- Princess Kimberlee vs. Jaka
- N_R_G vs. Juan Francisco and Prakash Sabar
- Silver Ant vs. Frightmare
- The Batiri vs. The United Nations
- Hallowicked vs. Soldier Ant
Chikara The Distant Future
It's a day-night doubleheader for Chikara. I believe that Snitsky is involved in the battle royale in the evening show.
- The Infinite Gauntlet match (#1 Contenders Battle Royale, 2 Participants start in the ring, and every 88 Seconds, another competitor enters. You can be eliminated by being thrown over the Top Rope or by getting pinned.)
- Osirian Portal vs. Mathieu St. Jacques and Thomas Dubois
- Officer Warren Barksdale vs. Argus
- Team Sea Stars vs. Orange Cassidy and Swamp Monster
Sunday, May 8:
ROH Global Wars, Chicago IL
Live on PPV and iPPV and available later on VOD, this could be a really fun show. Ishii vs. Fish should be great, and O'Reilly vs. Naito is a surprising match. You have the spot fest in the eight man tag, and the Elgin/Tanahashi vs. Okada/Moose tag match should be very good.
- ROH World Championship match: Jay Lethal (c) w/Taeler Hendrix vs. Colt Cabana
- ROH World Tag Team Championship match: War Machine (Raymond Rowe and Hanson) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Mark and Jay Briscoe)
- ROH World Television Championship match: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Bobby Fish
- Michael Elgin and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada w/Gedo and Moose w/Stokely Hathaway
- Kyle O'Reilly vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Matt Sydal, and KUSHIDA vs. The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) and Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
- Jushin "Thunder" Liger and Cheeseburger vs. The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)
- Preshow match: Kelly Klein vs. Crazy Mary Dobson
Release wise, Wade's the only one I'll miss.
Me no brain how post
I enjoy Sandow in bursts, but I have doubts about his ability to remain funny and interesting for long periods of time with the same gimmick. So you'd constantly have to find new funny things for him to do and try to fit them in. On top of that, joke characters seem to be kind of fading away. There was never really a replacement for Santino, and most other comedy dudes have been cut.
Still, I'm going to miss him. I think he worked hard, tried hard, loved what he did, and turned some really bad gimmicks into something entertaining.
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Deleted member 47027
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Sandow should absolutely be gone. He spent a lot of WWE's money in developmental and couldn't get the job done. He'd had plenty of chances.
The Brothers of Funstruction sound amazing.A+ post. In it's spirit, Freelance Wrestling are streaming a show for free tonight at http://www.freelancewrestling.com/
Release wise, Wade's the only one I'll miss.
funkystudent
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Remember when the blowoff for 6 month long Miz break up was losing a battle royal to The Big Show?
Bluekaveli
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You're a nurse, now you're a fighter. Let's put you in a big match for the title.
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Deleted member 47027
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Terrible post and ideas when Wade Barrett exists, and Cena doesn't bury people.
Professor Beef
Banned
Christian, maybe?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Can't imagine how anybody could blame him for that
Wade Barrett is a case of dropping the ball, though. Sandow isn't.
Barrett actually kept getting pushes and either couldn't do shit with them or kept getting hurt.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Ugh, why oh why did I click and then look at his Twitter, the morons, so many morons.
Bluekaveli
Member
Lol! That's brutal. What's the scholar doing in the impact zone?
He'll be a star over there, good for him
if he can collect the money they'll owe him
sf2fanatic
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Coming soon to
Lucha as Marty's wacko friend. The idol Aaron Stevens
Bluekaveli
Member
Dude is probably set for life. I'd take a break and rest before going anywhere at the moment. Definitely wouldn't go to TNA just yet until they get their shit together.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
How is that Battlefield 1 thread so big?
I'm psyched to play.
I'm psyched to play.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Sad to see Sandow go but cant blame the WWE really. He got a lot more looks and chances than most guys who fail do, just never really worked out.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
People are thinking of stuff that might be in the game and trying to convince themselves it will.
Bluekaveli
Member
If you're 496 lbs, you're 500lbs. Just let that shit go.
Sounds like a wrestling thread.
Eanan
Member
Just in case you didnt see...
click ortons superstar page
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/randyorton
Uh oh
click ortons superstar page
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/randyorton
Uh oh
hmmmm
The pages for those released today are still up, they just aren't listed on the Superstars roster anymore.
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/damien-sandow
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron
etc.
Not sure what's up with Randy's page.
EDIT: Also, WWE.com has horrible url standardization; half the superstars have hyphens between first/last names and half do not
El Pescado
Member
Holy shit what is this? Does TNA have a stockpile of themes for people they think might get released that someone stumbled upon? XD
Feeling blue. Put some music on. This track seems appropriate.
http://youtu.be/RRKpzNllBgw
It's real good. Really speaks to the emptiness and heartbreak inside me.
http://youtu.be/RRKpzNllBgw
It's real good. Really speaks to the emptiness and heartbreak inside me.
But he was successful every time they gave him a chance.
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Deleted member 47027
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Bluekaveli
Member
The Kat out did Jacqueline almost a year after her expose. And of course she's the champion now. Ffs.
it's from some random ass wrestling game, filled with WWE stars ripoff
El Pescado
Member
Really? This is some next level Jimmy Hart version stuff. Amazing. Who else does it have?
Edit:
Holy shit! Ragnabrök!
https://youtu.be/_6HAjhxgEjY
sf2fanatic
Member
Kinda of like Seff's going to be doing? Out a year and first PPV he's champ?
FlammableD
Banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dKA4auDmds
Also real Rey Mysterio is supposed to be in at some point
FlammableD
Banned
I mean, it means the guys at NXT still rate him and WWE had literally nothing for him to do
Didn't he just wrestle A-Ri?
Bluekaveli
Member
Hmmmm very debatable. I wonder how they'll play his return.