slightconfuse
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# TMF
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October Wrasslin' |OT| Running around in our underwear making ugly faces
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A classic rivalry which should be experienced every year after year.
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# TMF
Totally TMF
Would you happen to be referring to the ending of the Nitro episode on August 26th, 1996?
Because that ending is amazing.
LEGITSHOOK.COM PRESENTS
WCW MONDAY NITRO 9/2/96
Nitro has been on officially on the air for a year now.
Listen, you can skip everything up to Steiners vs Lex/Sting. And that only because it leads to a set up where Sting and Lex ended up stealing a police car to chase the nWo limo, which allowed the nWo to strike in the building. And that shit was BONKERS. Giant joins the nWo. Macho gets a yellow streak of paint down his back. Nash is trying to fucking REK fools for real. Then the nWo thinks everything is over so they head to the announce booth. But the DoD/Horsemen strike back and have the wildest and realist looking brawl I think I've ever seen in wrassling. Shit was pandemonium. It was HYPE. Mongo definitely drilled Hall in the mouth. TMF hit Nash in the face with the edge of a giant plastic chair. Arn and Sullivan were throwing those chairs full force with reckless abandon. It was just chaos and it was fucking rad.
WCW MONDAY NITRO 9/2/96
Nitro has been on officially on the air for a year now.
- DDP vs Alex Wright
- Harlem Heat vs Greg Valentine/Buddy Valentino WCW Tag Team Championships
- That Motherfucker Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho
- The Giant vs Brad Armstrong
- Ron Studd vs Randy Savage
- Sting/Lex Luger vs Steiner Brothers
- Four Horsemen vs Dungeon Of Doom
Listen, you can skip everything up to Steiners vs Lex/Sting. And that only because it leads to a set up where Sting and Lex ended up stealing a police car to chase the nWo limo, which allowed the nWo to strike in the building. And that shit was BONKERS. Giant joins the nWo. Macho gets a yellow streak of paint down his back. Nash is trying to fucking REK fools for real. Then the nWo thinks everything is over so they head to the announce booth. But the DoD/Horsemen strike back and have the wildest and realist looking brawl I think I've ever seen in wrassling. Shit was pandemonium. It was HYPE. Mongo definitely drilled Hall in the mouth. TMF hit Nash in the face with the edge of a giant plastic chair. Arn and Sullivan were throwing those chairs full force with reckless abandon. It was just chaos and it was fucking rad.
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Macho Madness
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another entirely depressing episode of impact. there is no one there.
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This sounds like the Nitro to end all Nitros. I can't wait to rewatch this one, you got me hyped as fuck for this.
It kind of was the Nitro to end all Nitros. Cruisers, bullshit finishes, many limo shots, SWERVES, spray paint, and a crazy brawl to end the show. Shit got real. RULL. Nash looked like the meanest dude on the planet during all of that shit. Dude looked like he was legit trying to hurt people.
I forgot to mention that it was also the debut of the nWo logo shirt.
A shirt literally so iconic that Vince brought in those three high priced motherfuckers to introduce a lethal dose of giant merch sales,,,and it worked.
It's the daily comic.
-Pyromaniac-
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Even the ladders in TNA have low production value.
simplythebest
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The best day's of WWE. Now the total opposite the worst days of WWE.
If only someone could gif Vince's expression at 5:46 into the video.
If only someone could gif Vince's expression at 5:46 into the video.
Macho Madness
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That Full Metal Mayhem match was really, really good.
Pop-O-Matic
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Kinda wish they'd sell that version of the Attitude Era belt (blue strap & classic logo). Probably my #3 fave after the Undisputed belt and the current one.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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John Sina
In
2014
Is still the best damn sports entertainer in the world.
In
2014
Is still the best damn sports entertainer in the world.
This is fantastic. Dick husband heel is a great gimmick.
Hmm, I guess we'll see. The WWE tag division is pretty barren right now.
Net_Wrecker
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If that was your first move, I'd vote "No Confidence" in your ability to lead.
The term "Sports Entertainment" is the least of their problems.
Carnby
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An episode of nitro ends with garbage and spray paint. This does nothing for me.
Serpentine
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Usos being 3rd in arena merch sales actually doesn't surprise me too much. They seem like they're better as a fun team to watch in person and pop/warm up a crowd. A solid opening act, if you will.
How about that Age of Brock, eh
lmaooooo
How about that Age of Brock, eh
lmaooooo
Dr Duncan Steel
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Also I might be in the minority here but, Sports Entertainment isn't exactly the worst term in the world. In fact I think it's quite honest. At it's very core yes they are wrestling but purely for entertainment purposes. It gets too much of a bad stigma for something that isn't offensive at the least.
funkystudent
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The best thing about the term Sports Entertainment is that no one uses it expect WWE employees.
30 years of it being pushed yet it has never caught on with anyone outside the company.
30 years of it being pushed yet it has never caught on with anyone outside the company.
We've had the sports entertainment debate before. Terms I've suggested a few times as replacements:
Athletic theatre
Athletic drama
Sports theatre
Sports drama
But sports entertainment works, too. I do wish they would actually use the word "wrestling" more on the shows, though.
Athletic theatre
Athletic drama
Sports theatre
Sports drama
But sports entertainment works, too. I do wish they would actually use the word "wrestling" more on the shows, though.
slightconfuse
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Sports entertainment is so redundant. Like entertainment is implied in the word sport
It's like EA calling its games, video game entertainment
It's like EA calling its games, video game entertainment
Dr Duncan Steel
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I don't know, maybe cause I've actually had this conversation at a bar with a bunch of people who just close mindedly say "oh look how fake that is" or why is it called wrestling when it's fake when a Raw replay was playing on the screen. Like I say scripted and they respond by saying, "yeah it's fake" and I say, "No they don't try to really hurt each other but the impact can be real" and they just say it's fake again because they can't think of another argument. And yes I pull out the "Do you watch movies" card. Then I call it sports entertainment in a fit of concession.
Let's just say i'm around assholes all the time. I wish I was Dr Death instead of Dr Duncan sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ
Let's just say i'm around assholes all the time. I wish I was Dr Death instead of Dr Duncan sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ
Sibersk Esto
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I like watching rougher wrestling around people the best. When they see Shibata spin slap Tanahashi's soul out of his body it conflicts with their idea of wrestling and all they can think is "HOW is this fake?!"
Net_Wrecker
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Well, it IS fake. Jackie Chan has broken like every bone in his body but that doesn't mean you suddenly call his movies "scripted" because that brings some class to him putting his body on the line. Trying to defend wrestling against the term "fake" just gets away from he important part of the argument which is: So what? Yeah it's fake, so is 90% of the nonsense on TV. It's people in conflict fake fighting without stunt men. It's gladiator theater + performance art. I don't know why people get so worked up over these things.
That term had gotten pushed more than their talent.
It's indicative that they see their core product as something that needs to be looked down upon or that it's just needed too support their movie buisness.
If the WWE was formed today would it be called the wwf? Or would wrestling even be in the company name?
Because if they want to sell their product solely on it's entertainment and story lines they are gonna get their ass handed to them.
Net_Wrecker
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Considering it's been around since the 80s, and on throughout the Attitude Era, I think it's pretty clear that "sports entertainment" isn't the problem no matter how much they push it. The WWE has terrible, horrible, no good, very bad writers/booking. Point blank, period. That's where the problem starts and ends.
lovely ladies
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The sparse crowd in this episode of TNA, oh my gawd.
Doesn't hit you until you actually watch it.
Doesn't hit you until you actually watch it.