Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Job Ziggler in the top 3.
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September Wrasslin' |OT| because Triple H is good for business
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British Monsoon
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First day of the AJPW Royal Road Tournament;
AJPW, "ROYAL ROAD TOURNAMENT 2013 - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP", 2013.09.11
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http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x2u0yd
01. Osamu Nishimura & Masao Inoue vs KENSO & Hikaru Sato
02. D-Lo Brown & Bambi Killer vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki
03. Suwama & Kazushi Miyamoto vs Takao Omori & Kento Miyahara
04. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Low Ki vs Dark Cuervo
05. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Joe Doering vs SUSHI
06. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Go Shiozaki vs Kotaro Suzuki
07. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Jun Akiyama vs Akebono
Don't fuck with Bono-chan;
Also, Joe Doering...goddamn, now that's a powerbomb;
Yeah, Santino's mostly a comedy wrestler, but he's a great character and I love his crazy powerwalk to the ring, lol. He's not a regular at present, though, as he's set up a training academy in Canada.
As for TNA...no, don't bother. Honestly, try some ROH. It's better weekly TV than TNA and you can watch it for free on their website;
www.rohwrestling.com
LOL! I can't keep up with this CHIKARA stuff, I just don't have the will for it any more. I actually kinda feel bad for the nerds so wrapped up in this ARG shit.
AJPW, "ROYAL ROAD TOURNAMENT 2013 - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP", 2013.09.11
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
865 Fans
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x2u0yd
01. Osamu Nishimura & Masao Inoue vs KENSO & Hikaru Sato
02. D-Lo Brown & Bambi Killer vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki
03. Suwama & Kazushi Miyamoto vs Takao Omori & Kento Miyahara
04. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Low Ki vs Dark Cuervo
05. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Joe Doering vs SUSHI
06. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Go Shiozaki vs Kotaro Suzuki
07. Royal Road Tournament - Round 1: Jun Akiyama vs Akebono
Don't fuck with Bono-chan;
Also, Joe Doering...goddamn, now that's a powerbomb;
Yeah, Santino's mostly a comedy wrestler, but he's a great character and I love his crazy powerwalk to the ring, lol. He's not a regular at present, though, as he's set up a training academy in Canada.
As for TNA...no, don't bother. Honestly, try some ROH. It's better weekly TV than TNA and you can watch it for free on their website;
www.rohwrestling.com
LOL! I can't keep up with this CHIKARA stuff, I just don't have the will for it any more. I actually kinda feel bad for the nerds so wrapped up in this ARG shit.
Should've been replaced by the end of Dude Love vs. Stone Cold at Over the Edge 1998.
BronsonLee
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I have lots of friends going there to support the fans and all that jazz...
But it is still the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
I'm like, 5 blocks away from the Art Museum, but have zero interest in going to deal with that. If I'm going to the Art Museum, it's to go look at art, not fucking show solidarity to something that is dead
Sir_Crocodile
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Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apCYdZ9KUL0
The return of Grand Master Sexay is top 1 material
The return of Grand Master Sexay is top 1 material
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Guys, that Ziggler moment was fucking GREAT. The crowd was as into it as I've ever heard a crowd be, and Ziggler being such a jobber meant I was legitimately convinced he might actually be the first to lose on his cash-in. That Ziggler has subsequently fallen to the US Title hunt doesn't make the moment, itself, any less amazing.
I can imagine a reality where Ziggler went on to get that kind of reaction everywhere, but alas, that reality is not this one.
I can imagine a reality where Ziggler went on to get that kind of reaction everywhere, but alas, that reality is not this one.
I think number 1 is also a great case for not always needing your big star on EVERY episode.
I believe Austin was gone for like 3-4 weeks by the time that took place. Don't think written off, just time off after a grueling match
#6... the crowd reaction wasn't that huge...
top comment, lol
Where is Christan when he came back in 2013
I guess in that reality, Ziggler can work a mic and a crowd.
Moment deserves the top 3 spot though, reaction was loud as hell.
BronsonLee
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He blue himself, obviously
British Monsoon
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I just don't really get what the point is - if CHIKARA is well and truly dead, wouldn't a better way of showing solidarity for the wrestlers and that style of wrestling be to actually attend some Wrestling Is shows? Because they're still drawing pretty damn badly, despite CHIKARA no longer being around.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Ziggler can work a crowd just fine, physically. With proper booking, and a charismatic manager, he could've overcome the mic deficiency, but WWE seems to have forgotten the Heyman rule of hiding someone's weaknesses, instead of booking into them.
He's basically the perfect scrappy underdog face, in terms of getting a crowd into his matches by bumping and selling like a champ. Few better offensive moves, and he could've been a real star.
Hell, maybe we'll be surprised and see him make a comeback, but considering that Bryan/HHH will be tangling around the WWE title for many more months yet, and we're still awaiting a Damien Sandow cash-in (which will undoubtedly herald Cody's triumphant return), I just don't see room for him at the top of the card until at least after Wrestlemania. And by that point, you have to wonder why WWE would even give a shit when they could give guys like Zayn and Neville the same kind of push without having to deal with backtalk and Twitter grumbling.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Hah, they edited out the moment of impact when
Austin hit Rock with the chair
Have you ever checked this site out?
http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/billy-kidman-333.html?year=1998&res=2000
I don't know how comprehensive it is, but it seems to list most matches.
BronsonLee
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Because that'd make sense!
But no the whole thing is just a HUGE storyline it's been planned for years they're a genius woopwoopwoo-NOAP
I can just hear the backstage complaints one night:
XXXXX: Why am I in a match with yyyyyyy again? We just wrestled two weeks ago....and several times this year...what's the deal?
Booker: The deal is the fans like it....get out there and don't complain about it or I'll throw something on a pole....fans love things on a pole and you haven't done one of those matches yet.
XXXX throws hands up and storms off shaking head.
British Monsoon
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Insane CHIKARA fans will retcon anything to suit their purposes and if CHIKARA's ever to return in some form, or if Quack ever promotes another show, you just know they're going to have it all tied in, storyline-wise, and people will convince themselves that the months of inactivity and bizarre ending to Anniversario: Never Compromise were just audacious, ground-breaking storytelling tools used to further The Almighty Quackenbush's master plan.
I used to like the fact that they paid attention to continuity in CHIKARA, but I never saw it as something so intricately planned - the way some fans go on about it, you'd think Quack had the Anniversario ending written the day the Eye of Tyr was introduced into CHIKARA. Ridiculous. This shit is just as on-the-fly as any promotion out there.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Quack has a Chikara bible with all of this in there. He even knew you would react this way. Quack knows all.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Moving outside of wrestling, I'd like to see someone make... Agent BOmez:
But only if they can get his face on the GIF. Not as funny otherwise.
BronsonLee
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Well, like I said when I first rolled into Wrassle-GAF, the whole conglomerate thing was being setup, but I'm certain it just got retconned into being a way to end the company instead of a 'We're closing, but one last night for funsies' deal.
I heard best case scenario was NPWD 2014 being the start of something, but that it was more a pipe dream than anything. And the Wrestling Is stuff isn't doing so hot either. D:
I won't go into it further since there's personal bias there, but I think they should've just announced the closing and gone out with a bang, instead of this shit.
British Monsoon
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I have never watched an episode of Breaking Bad. Guess I'll give it a go once it's finished.
Hopefully it's not as horribly overrated as The Wire *runs for cover*.
Same here, they could have storyline explained it however they like, but telling the fans CHIKARA was closing and putting on one last, spectacular show would have been a much better way to handle things, in hindsight. They could even have retconned the whole thing at a later date with the 'multiple Archies' and 'bad timeline' stuff that was going on.
The bizarre ending only served to create interest in an angle with no obvious pay-off and, if there is ever any pay-off, by that time I wouldn't be surprised to find that significantly less people give a shit than they did back in June. Myself included.
Hopefully it's not as horribly overrated as The Wire *runs for cover*.
Same here, they could have storyline explained it however they like, but telling the fans CHIKARA was closing and putting on one last, spectacular show would have been a much better way to handle things, in hindsight. They could even have retconned the whole thing at a later date with the 'multiple Archies' and 'bad timeline' stuff that was going on.
The bizarre ending only served to create interest in an angle with no obvious pay-off and, if there is ever any pay-off, by that time I wouldn't be surprised to find that significantly less people give a shit than they did back in June. Myself included.
It is not, and if you end up thinking it is, your opinion is wrong.
BronsonLee
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It's a mess. Honestly, the worst part of it all was when rumors were rampant about it being the last show and such, and what went out, news wise?
'Don't believe everything you hear! People are just trying to bring us down.'
And then...derp.
So basically you've pretty clearly publicly shown yourself to be a liar, and for what purpose? To try and throw people off?
And that ending? It was a bad idea. Period. And I've had tons of people try and convince me of the good parts. Nope. Not happening. ESPECIALLY on iPPV.
Just a shitshow all around. The fact that they're still toying with the hardcore fans with these stupid rallies and stuff is just patently insulting. It's pro wrestling, not fucking LOST.
In more amusing news, the HTC commercials with Robert Downey Jr. make no fucking sense. And are still hilarious.
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The Wire is a show for white liberal males, nothing more.
Tanner1495
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School has really been cutting my time into this thread, was the New Japan iPPV any good today? Main Event tag looked pretty good on paper
I actually think it is, but for me....it's because Breaking Bad is one story from start to end. The Wire is more like the story of a city, told in sections with a different section in each season. With Breaking Bad however, you get the true evolution of evil in a tight six season arc.
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Paid for it but haven't watched yet. Boots' Twitter was lit up, sounded like a heck of a main event...
Fuck. So you're telling me I spend about 5 hours over the past two days making a spread sheet of every match when there is already a data base? Fuck.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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The Wire is a very good show that was inexplicably hailed as the greatest of all time.
Breaking Bad is a fun roller coaster, but it's the much less substantive show.
Breaking Bad is a fun roller coaster, but it's the much less substantive show.
British Monsoon
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Lol, report from the CHIKARA meet-up;
"About 25-30 people showed up at the steps and at around noon, Icarus came and greeted us all. He took out a small megaphone and (after a bit of trouble turning it on haha) he made a speech about how one man inspired an entire city at that location (the Rocky steps), and so to will he inspire something something something CHIKARA. Then he handed out a petition to be signed by everyone (just names. no phone numbers, etc.) and handed out I AM CHIKARA t-shirts to everyone who didn’t own one from the first Easton meet-up (more people came than expected so he didn’t have enough shirts). He then said something about how we can make a difference and how our voice is our weapon and handed out slips of paper (not business cards. “I’m on a budget, son” haha) with Wink Vavasseur’s personal email: w.c.vavasseur@titorconglomerate.com. After that, he left, leaving behind a rolled up poster. A girl called out to him saying he forgot his poster and he said back something to the effect of “I don’t need it anymore” or “It’s yours now” or something like that. The poster said “#13Y19T5R9U13P”. Afterwards, people just kinda stood around and hung out."
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Shit, I should have loved it then. And I'm proper liberal, not any of your wishy-washy US liberalism, no sir!
The main event was great, I very much enjoyed it - overall, the 2nd half of the show was good and worth a watch, the rest not so much. Although, the young lions did good in the opening match.
"About 25-30 people showed up at the steps and at around noon, Icarus came and greeted us all. He took out a small megaphone and (after a bit of trouble turning it on haha) he made a speech about how one man inspired an entire city at that location (the Rocky steps), and so to will he inspire something something something CHIKARA. Then he handed out a petition to be signed by everyone (just names. no phone numbers, etc.) and handed out I AM CHIKARA t-shirts to everyone who didn’t own one from the first Easton meet-up (more people came than expected so he didn’t have enough shirts). He then said something about how we can make a difference and how our voice is our weapon and handed out slips of paper (not business cards. “I’m on a budget, son” haha) with Wink Vavasseur’s personal email: w.c.vavasseur@titorconglomerate.com. After that, he left, leaving behind a rolled up poster. A girl called out to him saying he forgot his poster and he said back something to the effect of “I don’t need it anymore” or “It’s yours now” or something like that. The poster said “#13Y19T5R9U13P”. Afterwards, people just kinda stood around and hung out."
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Shit, I should have loved it then. And I'm proper liberal, not any of your wishy-washy US liberalism, no sir!
The main event was great, I very much enjoyed it - overall, the 2nd half of the show was good and worth a watch, the rest not so much. Although, the young lions did good in the opening match.
Every time I see that ad I'm wondering "Is that really Robert Downey Jr? Why is he doing this?"
As for Chikara, I loved the mystery stuff but now it's just embarrassing and I don't care that the company is dead.
Becuase they payed him tons of money!
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Melter saying dusty on raw Monday. Will randy go 3 for 3??
So weird that they're building up both Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan.
I would say they're giving Cody Dolph's push for whining so much, but I imagine this is a push that's been a long time coming for Cody, they've likely been talking to him about it for a while.
I would say they're giving Cody Dolph's push for whining so much, but I imagine this is a push that's been a long time coming for Cody, they've likely been talking to him about it for a while.
Think again, according to Meltzer nobody told the creative team Cody got time off for his weddigg, so they had a storyline planned out for him with Sandow. What you are seeing now is something that just happened last minute after they found out Cody was leaving.
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funkystudent
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This Rhodes storyline seems pretty good for something that was reportedly pulled out of their ass at the last minute because they forgot to give a story reason to let Cody have time off.
Pretty great list. Totally agree with the top 3. Post mania crowds nowadays are so great. Is it wrong that I want to go to post Mania Raw more than Mania itself at this point?
But nothing, and the Rock means nothing, will top that pop for Foley on January 4th. So damn good.
Kinda surprised Punk at MITB isn't higher. The cheers for Punk and the BOOS for Cena gave me legit goosebumps.
Mr. Luchador
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I love this, I don't care if people hate it, I love it. It's full on CHIKARA ARG. People might not like it, and it might be wasted on such a niche regional promotion, but I welcome 'new' and risky ideas.
https://twitter.com/MysteriumP
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As some one who was a fan of majestic back in the day. ARG's are pretty cool
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Mr. Luchador
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I remember wasting a summer following the LOST ARG.