Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 946982 times)

Tripon · « **Reply #9360 on:** February 14, 2020, 02:30:02 PM »

Quote from: Stro on February 14, 2020, 02:06:55 PM

Quote from: Tripon on February 14, 2020, 01:50:54 PM
The PPV already sold out. AEW afans already shown that they buy the PPV. Even full gear sold around 100,000+

My point was more what's the fucking point of having such long gaps between PPVs when you're just going to scramble and put most of the show together 2-3 weeks beforehand anyway?

I don't disagree. I think AEW still has pacing problems, so their long term planning is also affected by their inability to Pace this stuff.

nachobro · « **Reply #9361 on:** February 14, 2020, 05:10:29 PM »

I think Mox knows when he can coast and when he can't. That's why he let his look go to shit over the years in WWE, he knew he didn't have to workout to get pushed and get paid. Same for AEW, he knows he'll be cheered just for showing his face and maybe saying something into the mic so why bother working hard?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #9362 on:** February 14, 2020, 05:23:08 PM »

Meh he's trying harder there than he was in WWE anyway.

dkdk · « **Reply #9363 on:** February 14, 2020, 08:06:33 PM »

Nikki Cross 👀👀👀

Since when

Tripon · « **Reply #9364 on:** February 14, 2020, 09:04:28 PM »

Quote from: TVC15 on February 13, 2020, 10:49:51 PM

1. Disco Inferno has a podcast? Who would listen to that? He was a shitty ham-and-egger.
2. Cornette is going to have everyone thinking Meltzer is autistic now. Jim Cornette knew exactly what he was doing. This list needs to be updated with “Convinced wrestling industry Dave Meltzer is autistic”: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1171870-15-targets-of-verbal-and-physical-abuse-from-jim-cornette

Quote from: Stro on February 13, 2020, 09:26:32 PM
at the women's match turning into a Kenny Omega tribute and 98 pound Riho doing snap dragon suplexes on a 200 pound woman just landing on her head both times, then hitting a northern lights suplex as well

Next week’s commutes are looking pretty sweet!

IMO, I actually the Konnan/Disco Inferno podcast. They talk about modern stuff, AAA (interesting to hear what Konnan has to do being the main booker, trying to make a show work), and other lucha stuff. And its a look at late 90s Nitro.

Tripon · « **Reply #9365 on:** February 14, 2020, 09:29:14 PM »

THey moved the cuck angle to Otis/Mandy/Dolph!

https://streamable.com/ac46h

TVC15 · « **Reply #9366 on:** February 14, 2020, 10:02:35 PM »

Okay, is there a must-listen weekly wrestling podcast aside from Cornette’s work?

bork · « **Reply #9367 on:** February 14, 2020, 10:13:32 PM »

Quote from: Stro on February 14, 2020, 09:38:09 PM

SEAN MOONEY has a podcast

team filler · « **Reply #9368 on:** February 15, 2020, 02:30:21 AM »

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1228578834452140033

Shuri · « **Reply #9369 on:** February 15, 2020, 12:42:41 PM »

I watch AEW every week but damn, the show is getting super repetitive. They REALLY need more talent, because jeez..

bork · « **Reply #9370 on:** February 16, 2020, 10:05:18 PM »

Gargano heel turn

El Babua · « **Reply #9371 on:** February 16, 2020, 10:17:37 PM »

That main event was overbooked to hell

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #9372 on:** February 16, 2020, 10:38:16 PM »

Quote from: El Babua on February 16, 2020, 10:17:37 PM

That main event was overbooked to hell

So it was an Adam Cole match is what you're saying

Tripon · « **Reply #9373 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:24:19 AM »

nachobro · « **Reply #9374 on:** February 17, 2020, 09:05:05 AM »

Best match was Lee/Dijak. Everything else kinda felt like Too Much. Too many pin attempts and over the top moves in too long matches with too many fuckery bits and interruptions and ref distractions. Good moments in the other matches but also they all felt overbooked except for Balor/Gargano which was stock standard and kinda boring.

It was a pretty good show though. Not the best Takeover of all time or even top 5 but still a solid show that out does any other company's PPV.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #9375 on:** February 17, 2020, 09:17:53 AM »

For as much as I like Adam Cole, I feel like his NXT main event run has been way too, for lack of a better term, "ROH-y"

The woman's title match was solid but not great, but at least they've figured out that booking Rhea as "face in peril" doesn't really work and she should just be killdozer'ing her competition, who should either try to outslug her (Bianca) or cheat (everyone else probably)

Lee/DD was great but absent a DD heel turn I feel that's over with, so not sure where they go with either guy now

I guess we're gonna get Balor/Cole on the mania takeover? Finn Balor matches are like empty carbs

nachobro · « **Reply #9376 on:** February 17, 2020, 09:20:37 AM »

TVC15 · « **Reply #9377 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:22:42 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on February 17, 2020, 02:24:19 AM

Holy shit. This looks ludicrous.

TVC15 · « **Reply #9378 on:** February 17, 2020, 03:29:44 PM »

Quote from: Stro on February 17, 2020, 03:03:23 PM

I watched the first ep of the Ruthless Aggression doc and lol that they're still running with the narrative of "We started Raw and ruled the wrestling world and then Ted Turner decided to buy himself a wrasslin' company and compete with us" as if Ted Turner hadn't been running wrestling on his network since before it even went national and actually bought JCP in late 1988. It's also always conveniently ignored that prior to Raw and Nitro, ratings weren't particularly important and WCW traditionally had always had higher ratings on their weekend shows than WWF. There's really never ever been a discussion about ratings on pre-Monday Night Wars shows, even from WCW guys.

Well, I mean, Jim Cornette discusses at least 3 times per podcast that he used to be on shows on Saturday mornings at 2am in the 80s that got 10x as many viewers as today’s AEW Dynamite episodes.

nachobro · « **Reply #9379 on:** February 17, 2020, 04:20:53 PM »

i like the part of the doc where they talk about changing the name to wwe cause vince thought it was time for a rebranding to freshen up the joint and no other reason.

nachobro · « **Reply #9380 on:** February 17, 2020, 05:14:40 PM »

prichard went deep into on his pod, but also he wasn't back working with them at the time so maybe that's why. i was honestly surprised they didn't try to pretend the invasion was a huge success, i guess even their pr machine can't spin that

i saw episode 2 is up and all about cena so that didn't take them long

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #9381 on:** February 17, 2020, 05:18:42 PM »

lol imagine sperging about a Fed doc and not just letting the bullshit wash over you like

nachobro · « **Reply #9382 on:** February 17, 2020, 05:20:58 PM »

i didn't mind most of the doc but the line about the wwf name change was just too much to handle, i had to laugh

Tripon · « **Reply #9383 on:** February 17, 2020, 07:58:26 PM »

https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX/status/1229547266307850240

This better not be the final lineup

nachobro · « **Reply #9384 on:** February 17, 2020, 08:09:51 PM »

so...no matt hardy and randy match. watching raw is already a mistake

Tripon · « **Reply #9385 on:** February 17, 2020, 08:18:39 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on February 17, 2020, 08:09:51 PM

so...no matt hardy and randy match. watching raw is already a mistake

I don't think Orton wrestled a match since the Rumble.

nachobro · « **Reply #9386 on:** February 17, 2020, 08:21:11 PM »

ok i'm already out

TVC15 · « **Reply #9387 on:** February 17, 2020, 10:10:10 PM »

This is terrible. I’m glad RuPaul is back soon so there will be some quality gender performance television on. The hypermasculinity of wrestling has gone limp aside from Cornette.

dkdk · « **Reply #9388 on:** February 17, 2020, 10:12:19 PM »

Seth is really shit at this cult leader gimmick

team filler · « **Reply #9389 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:45:11 AM »

https://twitter.com/Nader723/status/1226691395181830152

TVC15 · « **Reply #9390 on:** February 18, 2020, 10:57:01 AM »

Caught up on Corn Daddy. I’m surprised he’s dropping NXT for Raw. He never seemed as big as everyone else on NXT, but he seems to have really rapidly cooled on it over the past month.

Anyway, if he’s only covering Raw and AEW now, his AEW reviews are going to start sounding significantly more positive. Unless, you know, Jim happens to be irrationally insane.

Also we should have a WrassleBore meetup at this. We can have a classic Backstage Betty contest like teen girls used to in the 70s, and see who can groupie it up best and bed the most old wrestlers. They’re probably all CTE’d so it probably won’t be much more difficult than it is for you guys at the playground.

I personally can’t wait to get London Bridged by Bushwacker Luke and New Jack. Also: Kevin Sullivan a2m.

nachobro · « **Reply #9391 on:** February 18, 2020, 11:01:33 AM »

Raw probably gives him more to rage about

Trent Dole · « **Reply #9392 on:** February 18, 2020, 01:22:19 PM »

Haha meet Papa Shango AND The Godfather!

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #9393 on:** February 18, 2020, 02:21:15 PM »

I thought it was accepted that raw is p decent these days. I don’t watch it so I don’t know for myself.

will hate it tho no matter what cuz it’s booked by one of his mortal enemies

TVC15 · « **Reply #9394 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:02:23 PM »

I think he said fairly positive things about Heyman on a recent podcast. I’d imagine they probably can’t get along because they seem to have at least some similar traits. Some of my life’s mortal enemies are those that I share certain traits with.

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #9395 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:22:06 PM »

Tbf they’re more ideological enemies than anything.

TVC15 · « **Reply #9396 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:28:15 PM »

I meant more in attitude moreso than wrestling philosophy. I guess I can’t really define it much beyond that.

nachobro · « **Reply #9397 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:29:23 PM »

supposedly raw is on an upswing but three hours is too much to watch of anything. having to write that show is an unenviable position.

team filler · « **Reply #9398 on:** February 18, 2020, 07:36:59 PM »

Quote from: TVC15 on February 18, 2020, 10:57:01 AM

Caught up on Corn Daddy. I’m surprised he’s dropping NXT for Raw. He never seemed as big as everyone else on NXT, but he seems to have really rapidly cooled on it over the past month.

Anyway, if he’s only covering Raw and AEW now, his AEW reviews are going to start sounding significantly more positive. Unless, you know, Jim happens to be irrationally insane.

Also we should have a WrassleBore meetup at this. We can have a classic Backstage Betty contest like teen girls used to in the 70s, and see who can groupie it up best and bed the most old wrestlers. They’re probably all CTE’d so it probably won’t be much more difficult than it is for you guys at the playground.

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I personally can’t wait to get London Bridged by Bushwacker Luke and New Jack. Also: Kevin Sullivan a2m.

wonder if any of them have cte bad enough to benoit me

nachobro · « **Reply #9399 on:** February 18, 2020, 07:39:03 PM »

new jack has ended a few lives before, he's your best bet

TVC15 · « **Reply #9400 on:** February 18, 2020, 09:41:59 PM »

Did anyone watch this new NWA show? Normally I’d just watch it but I see that Mall Bump kid is on it and I don’t want to endorse that nonsense unless it’s worthwhile.

Tripon · « **Reply #9401 on:** February 19, 2020, 03:19:42 PM »

Quote from: TVC15 on February 18, 2020, 09:41:59 PM

Did anyone watch this new NWA show? Normally I’d just watch it but I see that Mall Bump kid is on it and I don’t want to endorse that nonsense unless it’s worthwhile.

Let it play in the background. It wasn't good or bad. I'd pass on it just because it seems the mall bump was made for the NWA show. They show highlights of it during the show.

team filler · « **Reply #9402 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:09:44 PM »

mall kid needs to roid up

TVC15 · « **Reply #9403 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:13:20 PM »

Quote from: filler on February 19, 2020, 04:09:44 PM

mall kid needs to roid up

He needs friends. He’s in a tag team with his dad. (It’s a WFH day, I half-watched it this morning. The match wasn’t anything special, but this could be a good idea for a show.)

team filler · « **Reply #9404 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:24:38 PM »

his dad could beat up your dad!

TVC15 · « **Reply #9405 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:25:57 PM »

My dad’s dead and he spent the last 20 years of his life so depressed that he barely ever got out of bed.

team filler · « **Reply #9406 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:36:59 PM »

sorry to hear that, breh

TVC15 · « **Reply #9407 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:41:32 PM »

I’m a lot like my dad

I worry about that a lot. His sister had early onset alzheimers in her 40s, so I probably have that coming too. She was Budd Dwyer’s secretary, but she wasn’t in the room when the incident happened.

team filler · « **Reply #9408 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:51:29 PM »

already outlived pops by about 3 years

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #9409 on:** February 19, 2020, 05:09:29 PM »

Oh no

is gonna watch the debate and not aew this week

nachobro · « **Reply #9410 on:** February 19, 2020, 05:09:49 PM »

again with pac vs omega?

team filler · « **Reply #9411 on:** February 19, 2020, 05:11:39 PM »

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #9412 on:** February 19, 2020, 05:11:52 PM »

I still find it hilarious that kenny Olivier has booked himself worse than wwe would have even if they were trying to bury him

TVC15 · « **Reply #9413 on:** February 19, 2020, 05:21:51 PM »

Quote from: filler on February 19, 2020, 04:51:29 PM

already outlived pops by about 3 years

My dad made it to 62. There was an instant cam pic of him taken at 40 (I’m 39 now) moments after he learned that my mom was surprise pregnant with me. He had his hand on his head with that 1000 yard stare. When I saw this pic in an album, they were upfront that it was a surprise. They somehow didn’t realize that finding out I was a traumatic surprise to my dad, a man I have complicated feelings about, would give me a lifelong series of complexes.

TVC15 · « **Reply #9414 on:** February 19, 2020, 08:01:47 PM »

ALL PETITE WRASSLIN TIME

TVC15 · « **Reply #9415 on:** February 19, 2020, 08:03:47 PM »

What the hell is up with Angelico and Jack Evans’ ring gear? They’re dressed like special edition Mountain Dew cans. And why does their tag team have such a lame name?

bork · « **Reply #9416 on:** February 19, 2020, 08:44:31 PM »

NXT, HERE IS AUSTIN THEORY!!!

***Destroyed by Ciampa without having a match***

remy · « **Reply #9417 on:** February 19, 2020, 08:55:08 PM »

Quote from: TVC15 on February 19, 2020, 08:03:47 PM

What the hell is up with Angelico and Jack Evans’ ring gear? They’re dressed like special edition Mountain Dew cans. And why does their tag team have such a lame name?

For real. Whenever they do something cool it makes me angry because they're dressed like motocross themed jobbers

Tripon · « **Reply #9418 on:** February 19, 2020, 09:11:55 PM »

bork · « **Reply #9419 on:** February 19, 2020, 09:39:29 PM »

Bianca Belair interrupting a match now with a 'Kanye at the MTW music awards' promo

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Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 946982 times)