Author Topic: Pro Wrasslin' Thread: I don't know what I just saw (Read 939090 times)

bork · « **Reply #7800 on:** October 15, 2019, 03:02:14 PM »

LOL, supposedly? Also saw rumblings back in the summer that Fox execs were not thrilled to be working with Bischoff and that they wanted Heyman instead. Maybe this has more to do with them than anything WWE.

This is all way more interesting than any current WWE storyline.

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #7801 on:** October 15, 2019, 04:20:59 PM »

Always seemed a weird appointment anyway, it’s not like Eric was ever really a booker.

I wanted it to last just to see if Hogan carnied his way into one last title run.

nachobro · « **Reply #7802 on:** October 15, 2019, 05:41:34 PM »

GODDAMN PAL HOW ABOUT THAT RIB WE GOT HIM GOOD RIGHT PAT?

also this explains yesterday's pod being a best of...but there is a proper pod that dropped today so i'm curious if this is mentioned

TVC15 · « **Reply #7803 on:** October 15, 2019, 08:01:52 PM »

I know you’re all dying for an update on my pro wrestling viewing habits. I’m going only AEW/NXT/occasional NJPW if the other shows are good that week and I’m hyped for more wrestling.

I’m dropping WWE because, well, it’s shit, but more importantly, shifting Smackdown to Friday’s means I can no longer watch it live, and god knows I’m not wasting my free time to watch a dvr replay. Since I can’t watch both shows, I’m just using it as a convenient excuse to drop WWE.

I like AEW TV so far. It’s not perfect, but it’s brisk and I don’t get bored. And even though I hate Cody, watching a new promotion develop (or collapse) in its first real year just sounds more intriguing than the alternatives. NXT is great enough for me to dvr. But it’s kind of predictably great, you know? I think a part of why AEW is more attractive to me because you can never expect the first year of a live show to go smoothly, I guess.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7804 on:** October 15, 2019, 08:35:45 PM »

Yeah, I also have to admit AEW gets some good will for filling my Tuesday wrestling gap. This is time where I’m almost always brain dead after work and I need to see men hitting each other in any capacity.

I’m watching my first ep of Powerr right now, and it’s early going, but this has its charms. If the roster is mostly competent this is different enough that I could watch it. What’s the deal with it—is this an ongoing thing or a couple of test episodes? And what’s Corgan’s involvement at NWA? Is he just an owner or does he actually do booking or producing or some shit?

nachobro · « **Reply #7805 on:** October 15, 2019, 09:10:48 PM »

he's working with dave lagana, former wwe writer

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7806 on:** October 15, 2019, 10:46:49 PM »

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/10/15/20916545/alexa-bliss-nikki-cross-traded-smackdown-raw-wwe-backstage-news

Quote

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross have been moved over to SmackDown for “considerations and draft picks down the line.”

Translation: "we forgot to give SD a women's division, we do everything by the seat of our pants with no planning"

Tripon · « **Reply #7807 on:** October 16, 2019, 12:28:30 AM »

I'm watching AEW Dark, and is SCU supposed to be the heel or face team? They keep on changing it week to week.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #7808 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:36:27 AM »

SCU are a heelish team that the crowd cheers for.

Sideshow Raheem · « **Reply #7809 on:** October 16, 2019, 05:33:35 AM »

This is really weird, and if anyone has any insight into this, or can put it into context, it would be awesome. Asuka goes to the hair salon and is eating throughout the video as her hair is being cut and dyed, etc.

Is this a real thing? I mean, is it some kind of weird salon/diner fusion? Do people commonly eat when they get their hair cut? Is this a Japanese thing?

I am perplexed by this. And I am wondering why the video does not conclude with Asuka spitting green mist on the stylist.

nachobro · « **Reply #7810 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:33:36 AM »

Quote from: Sideshow Raheem on October 16, 2019, 05:33:35 AM

This is really weird, and if anyone has any insight into this, or can put it into context, it would be awesome. Asuka goes to the hair salon and is eating throughout the video as her hair is being cut and dyed, etc.

Is this a real thing? I mean, is it some kind of weird salon/diner fusion? Do people commonly eat when they get their hair cut? Is this a Japanese thing?

I am perplexed by this. And I am wondering why the video does not conclude with Asuka spitting green mist on the stylist.

getting your hair cut, bleached, and dyed multiple colors can an hours long process and has a lot of downtime where you just sit around waiting for the bleach/dye to set. i've seen salons that have coffee shops inside/next door or serve wine for people to have to pass the time.

even bleaching/toning my hair at home has 40min-1hr where i just sit around and wait for stuff to happen.

bork · « **Reply #7811 on:** October 16, 2019, 12:31:25 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on October 16, 2019, 08:33:36 AM

Quote from: Sideshow Raheem on October 16, 2019, 05:33:35 AM
This is really weird, and if anyone has any insight into this, or can put it into context, it would be awesome. Asuka goes to the hair salon and is eating throughout the video as her hair is being cut and dyed, etc.

Is this a real thing? I mean, is it some kind of weird salon/diner fusion? Do people commonly eat when they get their hair cut? Is this a Japanese thing?

I am perplexed by this. And I am wondering why the video does not conclude with Asuka spitting green mist on the stylist.
getting your hair cut, bleached, and dyed multiple colors can an hours long process and has a lot of downtime where you just sit around waiting for the bleach/dye to set. i've seen salons that have coffee shops inside/next door or serve wine for people to have to pass the time.

even bleaching/toning my hair at home has 40min-1hr where i just sit around and wait for stuff to happen.

The video title is basically "Dinner at an American beauty salon." Not really a Japanese thing to my knowledge- Asuka loves her some food. Showing food being eaten on camera (with text added) is a Japanese thing, though, lol.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #7812 on:** October 16, 2019, 12:34:18 PM »

Chris is old and busted so that's not super surprising. I'm kind of baffled as to why Omega would put himself in a suicide fest with Janela for the fucking youtube show. Joey did a no dq iron man at Americanrana '19 with David Starr so constantly dying is just his thing I guess. Dude is gonna be more crippled than Foley in his later years.

bork · « **Reply #7813 on:** October 16, 2019, 12:48:16 PM »

Jericho played a pretty good klansman in Jay and Bob reboot.

nachobro · « **Reply #7814 on:** October 16, 2019, 12:48:19 PM »

i made that chanko asuka showed on her last vid. was pretty goddamn good

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7815 on:** October 16, 2019, 01:01:27 PM »

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 11:30:09 AM

I tend to agree with TVC that NXT is reliably good and AEW is still up in the air and could turn into a trainwreck at any moment so there's more excitement to watch it head to head than NXT for a while at least. The first year or two of TNA in retrospect was must see shit because you never knew what the fuck would happen and some weeks you'd have like 45 minutes devoted to X-Division matches or old school blood baths and other weeks you'd have AJ Styles chasing Disco Inferno with a chainsaw and calling him a taco.

Or the single greatest promo in the history of our sport.

https://www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling/clip/WrongResoluteCheetahM4xHeh?filter=archives&sort=time

Trent Dole · « **Reply #7816 on:** October 16, 2019, 01:04:58 PM »

https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1184469014749368321

bork · « **Reply #7817 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:00:37 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on October 16, 2019, 12:48:19 PM

i made that chanko asuka showed on her last vid. was pretty goddamn good

My wife, who cares nothing for wrasslin', was very into that video.

bork · « **Reply #7818 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:02:41 PM »

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 01:33:42 PM

Scuttlebutt now is that Bischoff never had any creative influence whatsoever, that he didn't learn most of the talent names, and would just leave on TV days and not answer his phone when anyone had questions

He was hired to be a fall guy for when Fox got mad at ratings drop and shitty shows and that happened sooner than expected

Fox was already mad because they wanted Paul Heyman

I don't believe the part about him just being there to be the fall guy, but it would be amazing if true!

I gotta say though, after the draft...it's like Fox may have wanted the A show...but they got the B show.

nachobro · « **Reply #7819 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:04:32 PM »

im gonna make it again this sunday (cause its gonna be cold) with cabbage, pork belly, tofu, carrots, and mushrooms. those sumos know their grub, no shock there

bork · « **Reply #7820 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:06:23 PM »

Kikutaro isn't a sumo, but he knows his Chankonabe it seems! Wife was grossed out that they didn't wash anything, though- Asuka just cut those mushrooms and added them all to the stew.

nachobro · « **Reply #7821 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:09:05 PM »

i thought it was bizarre they cooked outside on a camp stove but i guess she just doesn't want to show her house to the world (or its not set up in there yet)

re: draft - i saw on reddit that smackdown has 10 singles wrestlers, two of which are bork and the fiend who aren't weekly appearances. no becky or charlotte who were all over every ad leading up to smackdown on fox. plus like four tag teams and barely any women...though now nikki cross and alexa got "traded to smackdown for a future draft pick"

bork · « **Reply #7822 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:24:49 PM »

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 02:11:27 PM

Man, Mr. Kennedy with his jiggly gut bouncing over his trunks

Trevor Murdoch looking absolutely disgusting even by his standards

NWA running a PPV in December

Man, they need to turn those announcer mics up. Still getting drowned out by studio noise.

bork · « **Reply #7823 on:** October 16, 2019, 02:32:02 PM »

Damn, Stro's not kidding- Mr. Anderson needs to lay off the tater tots!

bork · « **Reply #7824 on:** October 16, 2019, 03:49:52 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7825 on:** October 16, 2019, 05:09:32 PM »

Whoa stop the presses, Bryan has a negative take on WWE, massively unexpected development

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He's not WRONG per se, but I long ago tuned him out

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Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7826 on:** October 16, 2019, 05:41:21 PM »

I mean no, but criticism to me is more credible when it's not what the person does all the time anyway, no matter what. Basically, I don't take Armond White's film reviews seriously, and I don't take Bryan Alvarez seriously when it comes to WWE criticism. I also don't listen to Bryan or Dave when it comes to AEW cause they're waaaaaaaaay too up those dudes butts.

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...sadly I can decide for myself, since until recently I was watching every fucking week $:-\$

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nachobro · « **Reply #7827 on:** October 16, 2019, 05:53:29 PM »

Smackdown still had higher highs than Raw up until recently but being a shorter show helped with that. i even enjoyed the weird as fuck roman/rowan/bryan/fake rowan angle for a bit until wwe just gave up on it.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7828 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:29:54 PM »

Oh god a Cody video thing. It’s already oozing with ego. He’s the worst.

bork · « **Reply #7829 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:31:25 PM »

I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean ego? ~~Triple H~~ Cody is just showing how driven he is.

nachobro · « **Reply #7830 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:33:44 PM »

NXT is currently playing a Gargano video package. Io next though

bork · « **Reply #7831 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:39:40 PM »

Riho looks like a little girl in there. Never noticed how much smaller she was than everyone else.

bork · « **Reply #7832 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:40:45 PM »

AEW women's division needs a lot of work.

nachobro · « **Reply #7833 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:40:52 PM »

"the joshi judas, io shirai" mauro pls

nachobro · « **Reply #7834 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:42:45 PM »

don't remember seeing kayden carter before but damn she got ass

TVC15 · « **Reply #7835 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:47:09 PM »

Quote from: bork on October 16, 2019, 08:40:45 PM

AEW women's division needs a lot of work.

But that’s where Kenny’s been putting all his effort!

TVC15 · « **Reply #7836 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:54:55 PM »

Jurassic Express has their TV debut without Luchasaurus. They shoulda bumped their debut.

bork · « **Reply #7837 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:57:06 PM »

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 08:54:46 PM

I wonder if Double Talk Dave will say anything about AEW not delivering on TWO promoted matches for this show, in addition to effectively doing that on the debut main event as well.

What were the matches?

bork · « **Reply #7838 on:** October 16, 2019, 08:57:26 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on October 16, 2019, 08:54:55 PM

Jurassic Express has their TV debut without Luchasaurus. They shoulda bumped their debut.

Gotta have them for the tournament.

Tripon · « **Reply #7839 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:09:55 PM »

Marko Stunt should not be wrestling. Give the guy some steroids.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7840 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:10:01 PM »

I love Lucha Bros. I think they’re my favorites.

Tripon · « **Reply #7841 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:13:59 PM »

Jon Moxley is a face that will intentionally fuck over another face. Sign him to NPJW.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7842 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:20:45 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on October 16, 2019, 08:42:45 PM

don't remember seeing kayden carter before but damn she got ass

She was in the Mae Young Classic last year and has worked a couple matches since as Lacey Lane. They had to rename her because NXT is on USA now and there's another Lacey and I guess wrestling fans are stupid and can't tell the difference between the 5'0" black Lacey with dreads on NXT and the 5'9" or whatever whitebread Liberty Belle clone on Smackdown.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7843 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:21:31 PM »

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 09:19:47 PM

Lol AEW booking:

Britt Baker gets a title shot after winning...tag matches, not even against the champ
LAX don't ask for a match at the PPV with the tag tournament winners, but against the Young Bucks, a team eliminated in the first round and who now have a 50/50 record
Lucha Bros taking out SCU, who isn't even in their bracket...wouldn't it make more sense to have them take out the dinosaur dude in the team they were actually facing?
There's still actually no explanation at why Kenny and Mox hate each other so much

Moxley offends Kenny's tender artistic sensibilities.

Tripon · « **Reply #7844 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:22:25 PM »

Why is this a 2 v 1? A 3 way would actually sorta make sense here.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7845 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:24:27 PM »

Meanwhile NXT is gonna give y'all ungrateful fuckers a Keith Lee-Dijakovic-Roderick Strong triple threat for the NA title next week but you'd rather watch shitty cosplay wrasslers

Tripon · « **Reply #7846 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:27:26 PM »

WTF. Where did Page come from?

TVC15 · « **Reply #7847 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:33:14 PM »

Match is p. hot.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7848 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:39:56 PM »

Britt Baker again next week. Three weeks in a row, right?

bork · « **Reply #7849 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:50:52 PM »

Main event sponsored by Hot Topic

TVC15 · « **Reply #7850 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:57:38 PM »

Quote from: bork on October 16, 2019, 09:50:52 PM

Main event sponsored by Hot Topic

I was going to say that JR plugging hot topic is funnier than Doritos pope.

Darby and Jericho really aren’t a good match.

bork · « **Reply #7851 on:** October 16, 2019, 09:58:18 PM »

https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/1184629659234795520

Tripon · « **Reply #7852 on:** October 16, 2019, 11:29:13 PM »

https://twitter.com/WrestlingSheet/status/1184653657020731392

Tripon · « **Reply #7853 on:** October 16, 2019, 11:59:40 PM »

Quote from: bork on October 16, 2019, 02:02:41 PM

Quote from: Stro on October 16, 2019, 01:33:42 PM
Scuttlebutt now is that Bischoff never had any creative influence whatsoever, that he didn't learn most of the talent names, and would just leave on TV days and not answer his phone when anyone had questions

He was hired to be a fall guy for when Fox got mad at ratings drop and shitty shows and that happened sooner than expected

Fox was already mad because they wanted Paul Heyman

I don't believe the part about him just being there to be the fall guy, but it would be amazing if true!

I gotta say though, after the draft...it's like Fox may have wanted the A show...but they got the B show.

Did Heyman stay on Raw so he could bring the cucking angle to its conclusion?

bork · « **Reply #7854 on:** October 17, 2019, 12:42:51 AM »

More draft:

Raw:

No Way Jose
Mojo Rawley
Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins
Peyton Royce & Billie Kay
Sarah Logan

SmackDown:

Luke Harper
Cesaro
Drake Maverick
Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose
Dana Brooke

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7855 on:** October 17, 2019, 01:22:52 AM »

The only ones of those that are actual switches from previous roster assignments (which were, of course, rendered meaningless by the wild card rule which is supposedly gone but now they are advertising Bray Wyatt vs Seth into NOVEMBER so who knows) are IIconics to RAW and Cesaro, Dana, and I guess Drake to SD. The big news is that they apparently are keeping Luke Harper around enough to advertise him as being on a roster.

bork · « **Reply #7856 on:** October 17, 2019, 07:29:54 AM »

Unless this is for 205 Live, I don't get keeping Drake Maverick on SD- he's been a big part of the 24/7 title thing.

nachobro · « **Reply #7857 on:** October 17, 2019, 08:27:00 AM »

November for Seth/Bray makes sense since that's Survivor Series, the ONLY NIGHT where Raw and Smackdown Superstars go head to head

nachobro · « **Reply #7858 on:** October 17, 2019, 08:35:59 AM »

That big Japan news is Bushiroad (NJPW owner) buying Stardom

"Bushiroad acquires the female professional wrestling organization "Stardom"! Under the same umbrella as Nippon Pro"
https://twitter.com/bushi_PR/status/1184652817203482624

nachobro · « **Reply #7859 on:** October 17, 2019, 08:58:12 AM »

I imagine they would bring joshi matches on a future US tour, right?

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