British Monsoon
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I'm sure the international poster will mention the date, but in Japan the January 4th Tokyo Dome show is synonymous with New Japan. It's the WrestleMania of Japanese wrestling.
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I'm sure the international poster will mention the date, but in Japan the January 4th Tokyo Dome show is synonymous with New Japan. It's the WrestleMania of Japanese wrestling.
So, the Observer this week mentioned the name of the actor that plays Dario Cueto.
<--- That guy, for those of you who still haven't watched LU.
It's Luis Fernandez-Gil.
And he has a demo-reel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siLArIqP3T0 and it's glorious!
<--- That guy, for those of you who still haven't watched LU.
It's Luis Fernandez-Gil.
And he has a demo-reel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siLArIqP3T0 and it's glorious!
Eh, we'll see. Because of the season structure of it and the fact that it's very deliberate, I have much more faith in it than I do the WWE.
Mr. Luchador
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You realise everything thinks you're the serial killer bloke that does this thing.
Probably, but if they have a plan for a 20 odd episode season with a blow off, then come back next year, it could have some staying power. I think an hour for Raw and Smackdown each could really benefit them to keep them more focused as well. As much as I used to enjoy Nitro (probably because of the ridiculous roster).
I've forgiven the bad of NXT and this seems tighter and more focused. I think it could work in the long term.
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The Dragon Gate show was really good, awesome 8-man tag main event.
Sad that KES isn't on there. Well, not that I expected it...
BronsonLee
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El Rey is a very new network, and Lucha Underground seems to be performing far above everything else on there. It'll be around, especially if they can get money from Hulu or Netflix for it (I'm assuming this is the plan).
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Cornette adds nothing to Owen. In fact, it brings Owen down to be associated with this waste of space. The Yokozuna association is fine because Yokozuna still had his beast top of the food chain aura, so he was like Owen's Diesel or whatever while letting Owen help carry him through matches so he could take breaks.
But Cornette's inclusion feels like it was there to get Cornette over. Which is the exact opposite of what a manager should do.
Also this Diesel/Taker feud is pretty funny. It just proves Bret can't beat Taker or Diesel and it's pure luck of the two hating each other that he still has the belt. And Bret's supposed to be the face.
But Cornette's inclusion feels like it was there to get Cornette over. Which is the exact opposite of what a manager should do.
Also this Diesel/Taker feud is pretty funny. It just proves Bret can't beat Taker or Diesel and it's pure luck of the two hating each other that he still has the belt. And Bret's supposed to be the face.
I dunno, for the From Dusk Til Dawn show they sold the rights of same-day airing to Netflix outside of the US, but they either didn't do this for Lucha Underground, or Netflix didn't care for it.
The Duck Til Dawn show that is/was(?) on El Rey has shown up on Netflix. I think another show from that network is up there as well.
Robert Rodriguez is pretty notorious for managing to make shit work on shoestring budgets so I imagine he runs his network with the same philosophy.
Ultimate Warrior is the Kane of the 90s
Watching WWF in 1996?
"Jesus Christ, Warrior's still around?"
Watching WCW in 1998?
"Jesus Christ, Warrior's still around?"
He's like the Daemon Kane, but a Daemon Kane you can't even avoid by switching channels.
Edit: Jannetty reminds me of Ziggler. Like I know that you're a good wrestler, and I know that you're kind of over, but I have no time for you. You're just time slot filler to me. I have no interest in what goes on with you or your character.
Watching WWF in 1996?
"Jesus Christ, Warrior's still around?"
Watching WCW in 1998?
"Jesus Christ, Warrior's still around?"
He's like the Daemon Kane, but a Daemon Kane you can't even avoid by switching channels.
Edit: Jannetty reminds me of Ziggler. Like I know that you're a good wrestler, and I know that you're kind of over, but I have no time for you. You're just time slot filler to me. I have no interest in what goes on with you or your character.
But that's something the WWF/E has done for years since Jr. became the Chairman, and that's make non-wrestlers top heels. He did it with Heenan, Corny, Vickie, himself, and his family. It's part of the signature Titan booking style. It's something I've always hated, but when it works, it really works.
slightconfuse
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Damn missed some Lucha underground talk. It's really off to a great start. Love the hook they have to make,you comeback. Reminds me of what that wrestling tv kickstarer was going to be
Also Matt striker saying De Moan is so annying.
Also Matt striker saying De Moan is so annying.
Smackdown is moving back to Thurs in Jan
NXT moves to Wedn
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/wwe...ursday-night-in-january-exclusive-1201347349/
NXT moves to Wedn
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/wwe...ursday-night-in-january-exclusive-1201347349/
On the plus side, you do know Ziggler will usually be at his best. Obviously he's had bad matches with people he doesn't click with, but he's never had a bad match purely because he's fucked up.
EDIT: Thinking about that whole post, Angle might be back one day. I mean, Warrior got so many chances, even his very last one when he buried the hatchet and Jannety was even hired semi-recently when Angle was feuding with HBK. Only reason he didn't last is because he wasn't legally allowed to work in every state...
Of course. And thanks. The first five minutes have me thinking it's a mixture of TNA Impact, reality television, and Bloodsport. I'll probably watch more later.
Will people care more about SD on Thursdays?
You just know know Vince was high fiving himself in the middle of the night over this one. 'Hahaha! He has a lot of money! Way more money than I ever will! I got that son of a bitch good by advertising his product and his wealth every single week on my show for 1/6 of the entire show's length and even on my pay per views!'
IT'S MARCH AND THEY ARE STILL RUNNING THIS SHIT
Friday night is the absolute death slot for any TV program, so yeah, it will almost definitely increase Smackdown ratings.
Thursday night football and primetime comedy will hurt it.
Just finished watching. That was really good. I love their wrestler intro packages so damn much. And the backstage stuff with Konnan and Puma was excellent by wrestling standards.
WWE will for a few weeks.
Right around Rumble/Mania season so we may get two shows that they actually try on!
NXT moving to Wedn though.. Impact vs WWE Network!
I think the start date begins after the last NFL Thursday game of the season.
You just know know Vince was high fiving himself in the middle of the night over this one. 'Hahaha! He has a lot of money! Way more money than I ever will! I got that son of a bitch good by advertising his product and his wealth every single week on my show for 1/6 of the entire show's length and even on my pay per views!'
IT'S MARCH AND THEY ARE STILL RUNNING THIS SHIT
The irony of the whole Billionaire Ted shit was that Vince was salty that someone was doing to him what he did to the territories.
Is Impact even still around then?
Apparently Rock/HHH were suppose to be WM30 until plans changed. The idea was for Vince and Steph/HHH to have a power struggle over the company, that will put Vince vs Steph/HHH. Vince will have to turn to his best friend The Rock to represent him in a match vs HHH at WM.
It was all set to go, but Rock couldn't do it. The beginning of the program that was written last year was done on Raw last Monday, so Meltzer thinks that's where its heading.
Do you think Cena will stack them on top of each other to pin them or will he lay them side-by-side and lay across them to win?
spindashing
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Just started Lucha Underground right now. Vampiro's really dry on commentary. Striker's ... Striker, really. Half of the time I'm annoyed by him, half of the time I applaud his play-by-play. I wish Vampiro was better on commentary.
I think the fact that this all isn't live takes some enjoyment out of it for me. It's one of the many reasons I rarely watch Smackdown, too. But, I appreciate that it's doing its own thing.
I think the fact that this all isn't live takes some enjoyment out of it for me. It's one of the many reasons I rarely watch Smackdown, too. But, I appreciate that it's doing its own thing.
slightconfuse
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Lucha underground vs NXT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARS
The WWE Universe.
Dirtyshubb
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Sadly I didnt get to attend the event myself, I work for DFE and my colleague organised the whole event, contacting WWE etc. so a couple of my team went along to facilitate it.
And...
- John Cena defeats Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship and awards himself as the retroactive man who defeated The Undertaker.
-John Cena goes on to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania.
-Common belief is that Cena will put over Reigns to catapult Reigns as the next #1 guy.
-WrestleMania 31 ends with Cena's music
-John Cena goes on to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania.
-Common belief is that Cena will put over Reigns to catapult Reigns as the next #1 guy.
-WrestleMania 31 ends with Cena's music
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