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[Lothar]

It's not the first time the Miz had to put Bryan in his place.
http://youtu.be/TTilxxfSK3A

Hey guys, I wonder if this was real too.

 

[Tom Nook]

I'm really liking these talking smack shows, this is their 3rd hour in the show where they "shoot".

 

[Trojan X]

Talking Snack is awedome next to cwc, nxt, stone cold podcast and now... smackdown. RAW is so bad it's embarassing.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Talking Snack is awedome next to cwc, nxt, stone cold podcast and now... smackdown. RAW is so bad it's embarassing.

Is this KO and Samoa Joe's new show?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Is this KO and Samoa Joe's new show?

 

[MrPressStart]

Actually he shouldn't have trusted Rollins. That was the mistake. He should have seen how Rollins injured Sting with the dumb move. As Bret pointed out months ago.

Sting was already broke down and should have never wrestled that match to begin with.

 

[Aiii]

Sting was already broke down and should have never wrestled that match to begin with.

And Cena's nose was way too big to begin with and Balor's shoulder shouldn't be up that high anyways.

 

[bjork]

I showed this to my dad. He said it was fake because he never once said "bitch" or "motherfucker." I was like... you have seen WWE before, right

 

[Nekofrog]

Again, HHH went up against 2000 Taka and made the crowd think Taka had a serious shot of being world champ.

2000 Taka was beyond a jobber

Probably my favorite RAW match of all time. I had forgotten about it until I saw it again on my raw rewatch 6 months ago and I was still believing that he was going to win 16 years after it happened.

 

[Gorillaz]

OP, what does "mark" mean?

someone called me that before and I told them my name isn't mark

 

[bean breath]

OP, what does "mark" mean?

someone called me that before and I told them my name isn't mark

Mark:

A wrestling fan who enthusiastically believes that professional wrestling is not staged, or loses sight of the staged nature of the business while supporting their favorite wrestlers. Also sometimes used by industry insiders to describe a participant in the wrestling industry who believes that any aspect of the industry is more important than the money they can earn; for example, being preoccupied with holding a title belt rather than being paid more. Although this term has lost most of its original meaning over time; the term has been also known to be related to people have little or no knowledge in about the backstage, the industry as a whole or overzealously defends a major company or product while ignoring all other to ever exist. This sub term is called a "product mark". (e.g. WWE mark, TNA mark, ROH mark; etc.)

 

[Roger Dodger]

I can never see this clip or hear this song without my mind going to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zKdkBOLSs

And now neither can I. Haha.

 

[bjork]

OP, what does "mark" mean?

someone called me that before and I told them my name isn't mark

Only a mark would call someone else a mark. Next time just be like

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Again, HHH went up against 2000 Taka and made the crowd think Taka had a serious shot of being world champ.

2000 Taka was beyond a jobber.

And regardless of who he went up against, his 2000 was full of great matches. Proving Bret wrong. And dude's match with Bryan at WM 30 was choice too, he could've half assed that to make Bryan look bad but did everything he could to make Bryan look like the man.

Also, Bryan's first great WWE match was with Miz.

Taka was a great wrestler who has had tons of great matches that the WWE treated like a joke. The fact that he was able to get himself over in a 5 minute match when the WWE finally let him actually do something interesting says more about him than it does HHH.

 

[SaviorX]

100%
Work

 

[Verendus]

That's right Daniel Bryan fans.

Your hero failed you. All that energy and passion you showed meant nothing. Now he's stuck arguing with someone who doesn't even have a real name.

 

[VanquishUK]

Is this what happens when you give a superstar like Miz the mic and let him say what's on his mind? This seems so freaking real man. You can see the tears of anger in his eyes.

 

[Mechanized]

That was one of the best promos in the last 10 years, holy fuck.

 

[norm9]

Miz is boring other than his personality and finisher and that's fine with me.

 

[kirblar]

Taka was a great wrestler who has had tons of great matches that the WWE treated like a joke. The fact that he was able to get himself over in a 5 minute match when the WWE finally let him actually do something interesting says more about him than it does HHH.

Except that this was just one of many similar good matches HHH had in that time period w/ various wrestlers with the same theme.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

That's right Daniel Bryan fans.

Your hero failed you. All that energy and passion you showed meant nothing. Now he's stuck arguing with someone who doesn't even have a real name.

How's the Roman Empire doing these days?

 

[Leona Lewis]

Except that this was just one of many similar good matches HHH had in that time period w/ various wrestlers with the same theme.

Yeah, he even made Maven look good.

Just a reminder that WWE has always been mostly trash

 

[JesseEwiak]

Except that this was just one of many similar good matches HHH had in that time period w/ various wrestlers with the same theme.

Triple H was a perfectly good wrestler in 2000. He wasn't the second coming of Flair even pre-quad tear.

 

[Cagey]

How's the Roman Empire doing these days?

Three time world champion about to complete the calendar grand slam.

We're eatin but remain hungry.

 

[FDC1]

You can immedialy see the difference with the hundreds of totally scripted promos we watch weekly on Raw and Smackdown. Let the guys talk with their own words, let the emotions be genuine. Sure, some will sink but at the end you'll have better TV

 

[DeathyBoy]

Taka was a great wrestler who has had tons of great matches that the WWE treated like a joke. The fact that he was able to get himself over in a 5 minute match when the WWE finally let him actually do something interesting says more about him than it does HHH.

Taka was a great wrestler who was a jobber at the time, until HHH sold for him like a motherfucker and made people believe Taka could win. I'm not knocking Taka, I'm just saying HHH's selling did equal work. Same way Flair in RR 1992 got battered all match and made people look like tanks. Selling is half of wrestling.

Triple H was a perfectly good wrestler in 2000. He wasn't the second coming of Flair even pre-quad tear.

People called Flair past his prime in the early 90s, and the guy was still having decent matches in 2008 with the occasional classic. Best wrestler of all time, hands down.

I mean his "last match" with Shawn is excellent in general, but astounding when you consider Flair's age. Last stretch with Flair begging for SCM is as good as wrestling gets storytelling wise.

 

[Discotheque]

Is this KO and Samoa Joe's new show?

Lmao oh my goodness

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I can never see this clip or hear this song without my mind going to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zKdkBOLSs

I just had to quote this because omg it completely killed me for some reason.

Bruhhhh, it's too early to be this dead already

EDIT: wtf I'm still laughing send help

 

[mingoguaya]

I can never see this clip or hear this song without my mind going to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zKdkBOLSs

Lolllll! I'm dead. That's amazing.

 

[meppi]

I know.
I got this in a update email from Twitter.
Adam Boyes Tweeted it a couple of months ago and I just can't get it out of my head still.

A bit like that "I wanna be neenja" clip from a while ago.
It's one of the most cringe worthy videos I've seen in a long time, yet also the most catchy one for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgSS1pDkMgQ

 

[Striker]

Look... I have been watching wrestling since Flair broke his back in a plane crash... I like old school wrestling but if guys wrestled that way today most would be booed out of the ring. Look no further than Dean Malenko. Great old school grappler and they would chant boring during his match. Wrestling has evolved into flips, and crazy gimmicks.... Just the way it is. Miz doesn't rely on crazy moves.

#movez

 

[Tunahead]

Mark:

A wrestling fan who enthusiastically believes that professional wrestling is not staged, or loses sight of the staged nature of the business while supporting their favorite wrestlers. Also sometimes used by industry insiders to describe a participant in the wrestling industry who believes that any aspect of the industry is more important than the money they can earn; for example, being preoccupied with holding a title belt rather than being paid more. Although this term has lost most of its original meaning over time; the term has been also known to be related to people have little or no knowledge in about the backstage, the industry as a whole or overzealously defends a major company or product while ignoring all other to ever exist. This sub term is called a "product mark". (e.g. WWE mark, TNA mark, ROH mark; etc.)

Addendum:

The term originates from carny lingo, because of course it does. True to its roots, wrestling is the carniest industry, after all. What the term originally meant, and some would argue still means, is a target for a scam.

 

[Seijuro]

Just seen the promo for the first time. Not sure where the notion is coming from that this was a shoot. It was a normal promo with the intention of getting a heel and a formerly prestigious title over.
This is very ordinary business, a heel (Miz) preying on a face's (Bryan) weakness. Probably culminating in a title defense against an opponent of Bryan's choosing.