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September Wrasslin |OT| The one night a year when every table will be on the line
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BronsonLee
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Yo that Doink German
DAMN
DAMN
also i've said it before but i fucking love Doink
He is THE man in WWF in 93. They fucked his gimmick up so bad in under a year I don't even know where to start
Heel Doink was one of my favorites. I remember being really pissed when he started hanging with the good guys. I haven't seen all of the Bourne Again stuff from ECW, but I liked that too.
The only black marks that come to mind is basically everything Hogan from that year, and the Doinks Survivor Series match.
He's easily the best wrestler in the WWF that year.
I like when Heel Doink did...anything. If it involves two Doinks, but NO MORE THAN TWO DOINKS, it's also pretty good.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Does anyone know if that episode of RAW that Scott Hall talked about where 1-2-3 Kid was knocked unconscious is on the Network?
Was that the match for the money? If so it's on the June 21, 1993 Raw.
It was actually featured on a recent Botchamania, maybe 287.
Edit: It was 286 https://youtu.be/XHprC9mpTKs?t=580
BronsonLee
Member
I know it's on the first wrestling video tape I ever bought, the Coliseum Video Release WWF's Most Unusual Matches
Also it probably is, it was early 93
Why do you think Cena would turn heel in MSG?
Ninja Scooter
Member
holy shit I have no idea how the 123 Kid was walking after that. He faceplanted right into the concrete.
BronsonLee
Member
I remember watching that match when I was like 9 and bought that tape at a pawn shop in Cali
And even THEN I knew it was a botch
Monday Nitro December 11 1995 -
Live from Charlotte, North Carolina. obviously, as it's Flair's home town, they were hot as FUCK for the heel Flair and Arn Anderson. Made for an awesome show. Seeing damn near EVERYONE in the crowd throwing up the symbol of excellence was amazing.
Here are some gifs I made of Arn Anderson being awesome and the crowd LOSING THEIR SHIT:
To top it all off, this show brings us one of the all time great wrasslin gifs:
Legendary.
Live from Charlotte, North Carolina. obviously, as it's Flair's home town, they were hot as FUCK for the heel Flair and Arn Anderson. Made for an awesome show. Seeing damn near EVERYONE in the crowd throwing up the symbol of excellence was amazing.
Here are some gifs I made of Arn Anderson being awesome and the crowd LOSING THEIR SHIT:
To top it all off, this show brings us one of the all time great wrasslin gifs:
Legendary.
BronsonLee
Member
Yo, the NBA 2K16 MyCareer Mode is basically Tony Hawk Underground but Spike Lee'd
And so many long cutscenes, holy shit
And so many long cutscenes, holy shit
Dental Plan
Member
Arn Anderson does the Spinebuster so fluid. It's a work of art.
We getting Radio Raheem DLC or what?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
The jobber match is a lost art
Dean Ambrose wearing a mid 90's jobber gear.also i've said it before but i fucking love Doink
He is THE man in WWF in 93. They fucked his gimmick up so bad in under a year I don't even know where to start
I think it's amazing that Kane's been with the WWE for like 40 years and his only title reign was 1 day long (the WHC doesn't really count as that was always the secondary title), I'd say he deserves a month with the belt and give it back to Rollins at Survivor Series or something.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Horseshit. WHC was, for the most part, at least equal to the WWE Title prior to the later half of 2011, especially when it was the Raw brand's belt.
Hello Wrestling-Gaf.
I come bearing gifts. Someone leaked WCW Talent Contracts.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/282738951/WCW-Talent-Contract-Database
Biggest shockers.. Flair making 500k. Abbot making 650k
I come bearing gifts. Someone leaked WCW Talent Contracts.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/282738951/WCW-Talent-Contract-Database
Biggest shockers.. Flair making 500k. Abbot making 650k
The DDT and spine buster look devastating. That's some good stuff!
Hello Wrestling-Gaf.
I come bearing gifts. Someone leaked WCW Talent Contracts.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/282738951/WCW-Talent-Contract-Database
Biggest shockers.. Flair making 500k. Abbot making 650k
Ralphus making $78k
Stacy Keibler making $15k, but Torrie making $200k
What the hell
WWE will be bringing SummerSlam weekends back to the Barclays Center in both 2016 and 2017
Good, I know which tickets I'm getting this time around.
Good, I know which tickets I'm getting this time around.
inb4 Ticketmaster shits the bed again
FlammableD
Banned
That sounds oddly specific.
avengers23
Banned
Fuck, that would be good.
British Monsoon
Member
Shiozaki leaving AJPW is weird as fuck, only highlights how thinly stretched the talent is between AJPW, NOAH & W-1 - one of the three needs to fold, ideally W-1 but Mutoh's crazy and doesn't seem to care about money, or NOAH because of the state it's in.
Guaranteed a quarter of tickets sold on day 1 will immediately be on StubHub.
I believe the reason they hired Sanshiro Takagi in the first place was just to have someone to stop them from bleeding so much money.
avengers23
Banned
Those Ryback matches were really the most recent jobber matches we've had, if we don't count a lot of NXT matches.
Is he going abroad (NXT...) or is their a chance he heads to NJPW? He's definitely one of my fav AJPW guys and it'll really hurt them to see him go. He looked and wrestled like a star which a lot of the guys there struggle to do.
Roland_Gunner
Member
Isn't it more that Mutoh, like Inoki, is able to attract outside investors who will subsidize him even if the company isn't making money. Takagi seems to be someone who can attract interest in a promotion so I actually have somewhat more hope for W-1 than All Japan, which seems to just run smaller and smaller venues every year.
British Monsoon
Member
Here's the King of Pro-Wrestling card;
NJPW, "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 2015/10/12
Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & Mascara Dorada vs Juice Robinson, Yohei Komatsu, Sho Tanaka, David Finlay & Jay White
2. Tomoaki Honma vs YOSHI-HASHI
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Kota Ibushi & Captain New Japan
4. IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles: reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) © vs RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Baretta)
5. IWGP Jr. Title: Kenny Omega © vs Matt Sydal
6. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
7. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe © vs Tomohiro Ishii
8. IWGP no.1 Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs Tetsuya Naito
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs AJ Styles
W-1 & AJPW both run their share of tiny venues and both do similarly poorly at Korakuen Hall, W-1's biggest problem is that it all feels so aimless, but AJPW's biggest problem is they have no depth to the roster. It's hard to say which is doing better than the other, because they're both in a state. Also, while you may be right about Mutoh's ability to attract investors, one of the reasons AJPW hasn't folded is because they've got some solid financial backing from a regional broadcaster.
No idea, as of yet - he's just said he's going freelance, but also said he needs to find a promotion to sign with so he can provide for his family.
NJPW, "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 2015/10/12
Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & Mascara Dorada vs Juice Robinson, Yohei Komatsu, Sho Tanaka, David Finlay & Jay White
2. Tomoaki Honma vs YOSHI-HASHI
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Kota Ibushi & Captain New Japan
4. IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles: reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) © vs RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Baretta)
5. IWGP Jr. Title: Kenny Omega © vs Matt Sydal
6. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
7. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe © vs Tomohiro Ishii
8. IWGP no.1 Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs Tetsuya Naito
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada © vs AJ Styles
W-1 & AJPW both run their share of tiny venues and both do similarly poorly at Korakuen Hall, W-1's biggest problem is that it all feels so aimless, but AJPW's biggest problem is they have no depth to the roster. It's hard to say which is doing better than the other, because they're both in a state. Also, while you may be right about Mutoh's ability to attract investors, one of the reasons AJPW hasn't folded is because they've got some solid financial backing from a regional broadcaster.
No idea, as of yet - he's just said he's going freelance, but also said he needs to find a promotion to sign with so he can provide for his family.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
LOL, for real though, that fucking 'hot tag > clothesline > clothesline > clothesline > pander to the crowd' babyface spot is the fucking dirt worst.
Rip has some good stories. I wish I got to hear them.
also i've said it before but i fucking love Doink
He is THE man in WWF in 93. They fucked his gimmick up so bad in under a year I don't even know where to start
Heel Doink was awesome, WTF were they thinking? Probably just Vince being Vince. Also miss jobber matches and the ways those guys would get killed to make the talent look good.
slightconfuse
Banned
Dorada in his usuAL curtain jerker spot. No idea why he was bought in
British Monsoon
Member
It seems more and more that this year has been a learning excursion for Dorada - he stays in the dojo with the young lions, works undercard tags most of the time and isn't exactly protected when it comes to pinfalls. But, despite an impressive showing in the BOSJ, he hasn't done jack all since - I was hoping they'd have him defend that CMLL Welterweight belt a few times against Komatsu or BUSHI when he finally returns, but it doesn't look like that'll happen.
slightconfuse
Banned
He can do 6 mans in cmll all the time. Should have him team up with one of the young lions. Would love to see him and reddragon face off.
slightconfuse
Banned
MASTIFF vs LASHLY!!
British Monsoon
Member
Xander Cooper is such a shameless rip-off of Dalton Castle, awful. Looking forward to seeing Ligero vs Ciampa, Dar vs Drew should be good as well.
True, but the point of a learning excursion is that you get to work in a completely different environment and work with a ton of different wrestlers, whose experience and wrestling styles aren't similar to your own.
True, but the point of a learning excursion is that you get to work in a completely different environment and work with a ton of different wrestlers, whose experience and wrestling styles aren't similar to your own.
Roland_Gunner
Member
I think its pretty well accepted that Dorada was brought in when Ricochet decided to sign with LU instead of New Japan. He did get one championship match against Omega and it was good, if not great. With Ricochet coming back the top guys are going to be him, Omega, and Kushida and there are only so may top spots so Dorada's pushed into the background.
Awesome jawesome
Brooklyn will play host to Summerslam for 2016/2017
Can't wait
http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/summerslam-barclays-center-brooklyn-2016-2017-27967171
Brooklyn will play host to Summerslam for 2016/2017
Can't wait
http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/summerslam-barclays-center-brooklyn-2016-2017-27967171
Just two days until NXT, friend.
British Monsoon
Member
7 months after the fact? I'm not so sure there's any connection there and I don't think NJPW had any intention of using Dorada as they would have used Ricochet, had he signed with New Japan.
If that means Takeover is there as well I'm happy.
It's the same 3-night event
NXT/Summerslam/Raw
I'm stoked... selfishly
But was hoping avoided the LA Trap of having the same venue every year
Kind of gets samey