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September Wrasslin |OT| The one night a year when every table will be on the line
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serenewarfare
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Part of me wants the Raw rating to just keep going down. Vince is always at his best when his back is against the wall. Plus if the rumors from a few months ago are true, it could mean the end of Dunn.
Carnby
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You noticed too.
slightconfuse
Banned
Want to State for the record I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE WCW Saturday Night
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Maybe wait for an example of the problem you're imagining before criticising others for getting outraged over everything?
For what it's worth I seem to remember Cole calling Josh a fag on Twitter along with Punk calling a fan the same at a house who and fuck all came from those events after they apologised for it. So unless the policy has changed I think folks will be alright as long as they steer clear of celebrating Nazi iconography *and* trying to justify it rather than apologising for it.
slightconfuse
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Big Dave teaming up with John McClaine
lovely ladies
Member
Right now, Batista might be a bigger star than Bruce Willis lol. His recent movies are 99% redbox.
serenewarfare
Banned
I'm not sure I get the hate around Dana. Her character work is fantastic and she has charisma. She's also as good in the ring as someone with her level experience would be expected to be and she's improving. I see a lot of potential in her to be a star. A hell of a lot more than Eva for damn sure.
Also feel the same, to a lesser extent, about Carmella.
Also feel the same, to a lesser extent, about Carmella.
Oh, I just watched the trailer for this. I went to this thing.
Tank was rad. It was hot as fuck.
brisk tacos
Banned
Yeah Dana's not bad for like...6 months of training if that. She's got her character down 100%, which goes a long way. I find it weird that people think she's this big muscle woman. She's smaller than Emma and has a body more similar to Nikki than Beth Phoenix or Chyna. She's basically a bigger version of Alexa Bliss. Fitness model, not power lifter type.
Yeah, the Dana hate isn't justified. Overall she's ahead of where someone with her experience should be. I'd argue that she's ahead of the pace Charlotte was at.
The Funny thing about Dana is she is very similiar to Alexa Bliss. They were both did Gymnastics with Dana doing it for 18 years before turning to bodybuilding.
The only difference is Dana kept some of the bodybuilding physique while Alexa did not when she went to NXT.
People better like it though because it looks like she is getting the title shot unless they add Emma for a 3 way after that fluke win.
edit: John is in A form for review a wai. Plus the review they are doing for the anniversary show lol
The only difference is Dana kept some of the bodybuilding physique while Alexa did not when she went to NXT.
People better like it though because it looks like she is getting the title shot unless they add Emma for a 3 way after that fluke win.
edit: John is in A form for review a wai. Plus the review they are doing for the anniversary show lol
The Shapesmith
Member
As a huuuuuuge fan of WCW Saturday Night and Main Event I enjoyed the squashes on NXT tonight. Dana Brooke looked pretty decent and had a solid promo, she also ate a big boot from her opponent who had 33 foot long legs so that was fun. Enjoyed the two Dusty Classic tags and the tournament in general. Gargano I thought looked really solid tonight and enjoyed him bumping for Bull. It's a shame they are gonna get flatlined when they take on Corbin/Rhyno.
serenewarfare
Banned
The whole tag team tournament is a mechanism to show the non-believers that Gable is God.
This is NXT so assume logical booking:
Cause right now if look at the brackets the semifinals is going to be this:
I turned on TNA. Chris Masters looks like fucking shit now Jesus he looks terrible. Like Rene Dupree in Japan terrible. And how many times has TNA given Eric 'Never Drew A Dime' Young a push? That dude's character at this point feels like a TNA fanfic character. Fuck off.
slightconfuse
Banned
So weird seeing Gargano and Ciampa on NXt even weird is that they won their Match.
I heard monday's raw was down 1 million viewers from last year's labour day raw. pretty crazy. here's hoping football pushes ratings down even further.
brisk tacos
Banned
WWE needs to bring in more indie guys under their indie names as "free agents". Then people look them up, might get into the indies they work for, and now WWE has a whole new crop of people with a built in reputation without having to spend months building them up. Good for WWE, good for the wrestlers, good for the indie promotions, good for the fans. A win all around.
As if the Authority needed an excuse to stay.
Watched the Bret Hart interview on the Fight Network.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgoEIdSeB4E
At least it's engaging, regardless of where you stand on Hart's opinions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgoEIdSeB4E
At least it's engaging, regardless of where you stand on Hart's opinions.
The Shapesmith
Member
It was pretty surreal to see them on WWE television. Gargano's rope assisted spear on Breeze looked fantastic and he arguably made more of an impact than Ciampa. Love both guys though and hoping they play the long shot underdog and last a few more matches in the tourney.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
I think it also contributes to the feeling of WWE being the real "major league" by having top indie talent dipping their toes into developmental.
Plus, it lays the groundwork for that fabled NXT x NJPW crossover show someday.
slightconfuse
Banned
Can we talk bout how great Dana Brooke is and in a perfect world she would be Scott Stiner on the main roster
serenewarfare
Banned
I just praised the hell out of Dana, but the idea of her being the female Steiner falls apart completely when she stands next to Charlotte.
Frecklestein
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slightconfuse
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Dana's personality is wayyyy batter than "cheer me I'm ric flair so Daughter"
Frecklestein
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bitesnintendog
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I haven't really followed TNA since Styles and Sting left but Eric Young was always pretty solid and salvaged some serious shit he was handed. Also, who in TNA was ever a serious draw? They had a lot of talented wrestlers but I don't think you could consider anyone a draw.
So I was doing dishes and watching ROH again. The match was The Young Bucks versus The Addiction for the titles, and while the match itself was pretty okay the way it was framed and ended pissed me off. TYB cheat the entire first half of the match by not tagging and spending a decent amount of the time out of the ring yet when The addiction hold onto the tights at the end they are called out for cheating by the suited authority figure so they get inserted in a three way at their next show.
Professor Beef
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Joey Samoa
WWE need to find to stream raw and smackdown live, we are in a era where are people are cuting the cord and wwe needs to adapt to that.
slightconfuse
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No he trained and wrestled in California, I assume that's why he got the role
So I'm not going to say this in the Apple thread because I don't want to be strangled by a million white ear bud cables, but Apple is basically charging money for an overpriced iPad that comes with a few extra things Microsoft already did first. And they're going to get away with it because Apple.
Goddamn. I actually don't hate their products bit everything that surrounds that company drives me fucking nuts.
Goddamn. I actually don't hate their products bit everything that surrounds that company drives me fucking nuts.
They recently made PPV providers not happy. I don't think they want to do the same to television companies too.
slightconfuse
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Feel the same Data. Maybe kamaitachi will help get things going. Also they need to book Dorada better dude needs to do more than random tags.
funkystudent
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Is Eric Young still being pushed as store brand Danial Bryan over there?
FallingEdge
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He's kinda a cross between Bray Wyatt and what Ambrose would be if he was a heel.
slightconfuse
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Considering that the only reason WWE is profitable is their escalating Tv rights fees that would be dumb. They get paid regardless of ratings. They are fucked when it comes time to find a new deal.
Also the network is around 1.3 million don't see around 2 million. People getting the network for Raw
Reneledarker
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Agree 100%
NJPW should build their Jr. division with juniors from NOAH, some of the recent young lions like Kamaitachi and El Desperado and CMLL wrestlers.
serenewarfare
Banned
I mean from a physical perspective. She carries herself well enough, but she couldn't be the "genetic freak" when there are multiple people in the same division who tower over her.
And I hate this idea that Charlotte only ever got over on account of being Flair's daughter. Revisionist history like a motherfucker. She has charisma and she did good character work on NXT. The problem is the main roster writers who want her to embrace the Flair stuff.
Sweeney Tom
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Jimmy King
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Don't worry, it'll only be so many months before Ric is outed as a racist and they'll jettison Flair from her persona.
bitesnintendog
Member
Gunner was on TV for like 4 years and has one passable match to his name. He's lucky that Hogan thought he looked cool.
brisk tacos
Banned
With hindsight, you can see how well Charlotte was protected, and the match with Nattie was literally MONTHS of work. I assume the match with Sasha had a similar time frame to work on. Since she dropped the title, she's been completely exposed as someone who is still very new to the game and only in the spot she is due to her family connections. She's looked the worst out of anyone in the Divas Revolution, and that makes sense, since she has by far the least amount of experience.
The second she stopped getting protected treatment, it became obvious she wasn't as ready as everyone initially thought. The power of good booking. Everyone fell for it.