Joe Shlabotnik
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Laptop GM sounded like an email BNB would send, if you ask me.
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November Wrasslin |OT| Ask Not The Jobber How John Cena Wins
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FlammableD
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I saw that theory on Reddit, a bit tenuous but that would be the best outcome.
Sibersk Esto
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Undertaker drawing is lazy as hell. Shitty hair, swirls for tattoos, no design on the tights.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, Lionheart admitted he screwed up, but he also said he felt nervous about taking the move before the match but didn't want to offend AJ by saying so. It sucks that it's happened a bunch of times this year, but I think the onus is on AJ to make sure his opponents know what they're doing ahead of time - especially now he's working a lot in a foreign country with a pretty big language barrier.
I'd believe that if one of the early "things" with the Raw GM wasn't intentionally making emails sound like they were from various superstars.
My question is why do we constantly need an authority figure on the show? The late 80s and early 90s survived perfectly fine when they only trotted out Jack Tunney for special appearances. The authority figure trope is super played out in WWE, the heel authority figure is even more played out.
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Deleted member 47027
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Probably still pissed about "The gay community" comment.
I actually like that approach. Let things play out as they do. You can say matches are booked by the board of directors or whatever, but no on screen authority is needed.....except in special cases that call for special handling. It makes the authority's appearance feel more real and have more weight to it.
I'm still holding out for GM Punk.
BronsonLee
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Nah man, AJ's godlike, especially this year. The Clash is fucking dangerous though. It's a move that makes you go against your instinct a bit when you take it. Couple that with him being a very big fish in smaller ponds now, and guys aren't going to want to ask him about it.
I'm not sure there's a funnier thing I've seen involving AJ than this. The question, his legitimate and sincere confusion at the question, and it being a thing now is pretty hilarious to me.
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Deleted member 47027
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I don't remember this. :/
Exactly. Look at any time Vince shows up on TV in the last few years - people treat it like it's a big deal.
BronsonLee
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tldr version;
AJ is on a radio show, taking questions. Random dude calls in, asks AJ how he feels about his huge following in the gay community.
Cue confusion from AJ and the host cutting the guy off, saying that wasn't the question he said he was going to ask.
It's basically a thing because AJ's Christian, and got legit shook by the most out of nowhere question ever
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Deleted member 47027
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loooooooool at least he didn't embarrass himself. Any AJ/Ibushi match is a dream for the gay community.
Wasn't that on the Wrestling Observer radio?
BronsonLee
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Nice, Ithil found it.
AJs pretty smart about this stuff. He seems more concerned about making money and supporting his family than getting involved with this sort of stuff.
I believe so. Alvarez, maybe?
AJs pretty smart about this stuff. He seems more concerned about making money and supporting his family than getting involved with this sort of stuff.
I believe so. Alvarez, maybe?
FlammableD
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I hadn't heard that he had nerves about the move, fair enough. I don't know, I'm starting to come round to the "He at least needs an alternate for people uncomfortable taking it" camp.
Just not the Hollowpoint.
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Deleted member 47027
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Well, if CM Punk does it, it must be ok. And Owen Hart, and many more..except for the indie show bit.
British Monsoon
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This happened at a house show and now Japanese fans are shipping AJ/Naito; https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2V0HOdCMAEf3d2.jpg
come on, yukes
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I dunno why anyone would get a boner for Naito. Dude's legitimately ugly. I like him but let's be honest. Naito has an ugly face.
Imagine that threatening your dick. No thanks.
Sibersk Esto
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Indie shows bring out the worst in wrestlers
Not just wrestlers. I have also seem some very dumb chants. The homophobia at some wrestling events weirds me out.
BronsonLee
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It was his go to smack talk phrase for a while there, ya
I dunno why anyone would get a boner for Naito. Dude's legitimately ugly. I like him but let's be honest. Naito has an ugly face.
Imagine that threatening your dick. No thanks.
Let's take advice on attractive faces from the guy who thinks the juicy juicy juice and psicosis are good looking
FallingEdge
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Go watch the opening segment of The Era of Honor Begins from ROH in 2002.
BronsonLee
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Please don't make me watch old ROH
Stang is in WWE!
The Authority is out of power!
Daniel Bryan is back*!
*for one night only
WWE is good again, right guys?
Ugh. It's like they're trying to make WWE the worst it can be without The Authority being around. No Sting, just proves he's another part time player who only shows up on special occasions. No Authority? No problem! We'll do GM Of The Week. Ugh....the fuck is this shit. Okay, so we got Daniel Bryan on the first week, Anon Raw GM week two, what is next? Is Adamle going to be brought back? What about Maddox or Vickie?
Do they want Raw to suck?
You said it Stang, you said it.
BronsonLee
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Was Maddox ever GM proper? Give it to him
slightconfuse
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Billy and chucks theme still GOAT
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FallingEdge
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They are though
Two attractive-ass men. Far better than Naito's bug-eyes.
nope nope nope
2002-2004 Paul London was dope!
Cena made him do it. I posted the entire after show segment.
The whole thing was Cena bullying the stooges, a ref, a trainer, and then Cole.
I think they hate him, but it would be an awesome swerve.
He's done stuff but I think he doesn't want to take up their air time.
Goldust could do some fun shit in NXT especially if they let him act a little more like OG Goldust.
Other odds and ends from the show:
The ring crew changed ring aprons 3 times during Raw. Every time an angle with something leading to TLC would have a special Raw apron with tables, ladders, and chairs on it. Then they would change it to the standard apron for things like Gabriel/Fandonger and the interspecies tag match. Seemed really weird to me.
When the flag drops for a Rusev segment, they don't roll it back up, but release it and let the ring crew catch it, who then carried it to the back through the crowd like a log.
I got hit with the patented "Wrestling fan musk" while exiting the show. A musk that smelled very similar to the smell of my mom's dog after having a few seizures and shitting all over herself in that weird yellow messy dog shit kind of shit. Strikingly similar.
The Wrestlemania 31 bus has Brock on one side, and Taker on the other. With Taker chokeslaming Vladimir Kozlov for some reason. I also saw the Cena bus as seen on Total Divas.
The ring crew changed ring aprons 3 times during Raw. Every time an angle with something leading to TLC would have a special Raw apron with tables, ladders, and chairs on it. Then they would change it to the standard apron for things like Gabriel/Fandonger and the interspecies tag match. Seemed really weird to me.
When the flag drops for a Rusev segment, they don't roll it back up, but release it and let the ring crew catch it, who then carried it to the back through the crowd like a log.
I got hit with the patented "Wrestling fan musk" while exiting the show. A musk that smelled very similar to the smell of my mom's dog after having a few seizures and shitting all over herself in that weird yellow messy dog shit kind of shit. Strikingly similar.
The Wrestlemania 31 bus has Brock on one side, and Taker on the other. With Taker chokeslaming Vladimir Kozlov for some reason. I also saw the Cena bus as seen on Total Divas.
But they don't let dudes cut promos anymore.
They are all reading scripts that have been rewritten 6 times on Vince's orders.
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That's neat, about the flag.
British Monsoon
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Ah, c'mon. It was a golden age of awesome wrestling meets questionable booking ideas and ridiculously convoluted ranking systems. Where else could you see a show so diverse as to have the top proponents of strongstyle in the US beating the shit of each other, fat dudes who shouldn't be doing flips beating the shit out of scrawny dudes who do nothing but flips and the likes of Chad Collyer and Matt Stryker boring audiences to death with their dull as dirt mat wrestling? Also, storylines like 'Doug Williams can't shake hands any more' and 'just who pooped in the Carnage Crew's bag?'
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