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I wonder where you can get the best overall sample of what an average wrestling fan's viewpoint. This place is great, I like DVDVR, smarkschoice I still consider my home and so on but none of these sites really have the opinions of a typical fan. We're all super hardcore fans. Yup, you see this a lot too with the 80s wrestling. It ruled and today's wrestling is horrible. I've seen the same throught process for other TV stuff besides wrestling too. Yup, I get such a kick out of these guys. They're just so smart.

More than the rest of ROH to be sure. More than most of the wrestling world? That's a bit of a stretch. I'd say over 67% which is pretty good. From what I've seen of them, they're not forcing their charisma which is good. Gallup has it at 63%. WO.com feedback has it at 61%. I'm not sure which to believe. At times like this Loss, just go with your heart. Just go with your heart.

I know everyone here has probably watched wrestling on youtube and than read the comments about the match. I know a lot of people like to diss youtube comments. However, I love reading them. Yes, there are some stupid comments but there are also some great ones. But what I like is that I think it's a better sample of what the average fan or even non average fan thinks of a certain match or wrestling promotion than the overall opinions you'll get on a message board.

I've watched some Malenko lately and I've been pretty impressed. I saw him vs Bret Hart and that big 6 man tag ECW tag with the Steiners. You watch some current WWE and than throw in a tape of Malkeno and you notice how much smoother and at home he is in the wrestling ring. His WCW run is pretty strong as I feel his top of the line matches against Dragon, Benoit and Rey which I like more than most are among WCW's better matches of the 90s. No matter where he wrestled he was a guy who if you were watching a tape of could never fast forward a bout because you knew he was always capabale of having a classic. Great wrestler who could just rile the crowd up as a heel which is impressive because being a great wrestler like Malenko is often leads to cheers. Some of my favourite matches of his would be New Japan vs Benoit BOSJ 94 WCW vs Dragon Clash and Starrcade, vs Rey numerous times, vs Ohtani from Worldwide, vs Bret from Nitro, his matches vs Benoit and some of those great tags. ECW with Benoit vs Sabu/Taz for the straps, one of his matches vs Eddie and I loved the Malenko/Scorpio/Jack vs Steiners/Eddie bout All Japan Malenkos vs Bulldogs

Yeah, the Macho Man without a doubt belongs in there. He's one of those 5 guys or so who should've been inducted right off of the bat.

That is classic. How long did Nick Gulas last with Tojo as his main draw in 1988? Yeah, the nicknames fit them well. Rogers as an overall preformer did his job as good as anyone else out there.

I'll respect your opinion on the WM III match but let me ask you, don't you think an Andre from 1984 would have been able to give a better match to Hogan than he did in 1987? I think he could have strictly on the idea that 1984 Andre was way more mobile and could do more than 1987 Andre. Well yes. Being physically able to do stuff better always helps in making a match possibly better since wrestling is an extremely physical activity.

Why is the thought hilariously off-base? So you're basically saying here that the WWE fans more open to new ideas than the ROH fans? Why's that? Not arguing any side but just wondering why your thoughts are the way they are.

Hogan and Andre had an excellent match at WMIII and they've had very good work in New Japan too. I know I've seen another good match they had in North America as well.

More than the rest of ROH to be sure. More than most of the wrestling world? That's a bit of a stretch. I'd say over 67% which is pretty good. From what I've seen of them, they're not forcing their charisma which is good.

Well, the WWE is a pretty tasteless show. It's very South Parkish/Family Guyish in that it's not something you want to watch with your family because of the nonsense content.

The Briscoes also have more natural charisma than most of the wrestling world.

Found this at deathvalley. An article from the Baltimore Sun http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wre...text_again.html Was Cena taken out of context again? Some readers who have listened to the audio of John Cena’s interview with The Sun (U.K.) have commented to me that Cena’s statements about The Rock were not nearly as harsh as they seemed in print. One reader also expressed disappointment in me for not listening to the interview before I reacted to the story. I just finished listening to the interview, and I do agree that Cena’s comments were not nearly as vitriolic as they appeared. In hindsight, I wish I would have listened to the interview instead of just relying on the printed story. Considering the British tabloid’s reputation for sensationalism, I should have known better. I also should have learned from the incident that occurred last November, when CNN took Cena’s quotes about steroid use out of context. There are similarities in how The Sun (U.K.) and CNN presented Cena’s quotes, although I think CNN’s actions were more egregious. When CNN asked Cena if he had ever used steroids, the network aired an ambiguous sound bite from Cena that came across like a veiled admission. What CNN failed to do was air Cena’s initial response to the question, which was, “Absolutely not.” CNN completely misrepresented his answer. The Sun (U.K.) also left out some key elements of Cena’s quotes about The Rock disassociating himself from wrestling. Not only that, but the paper published a story based on one small portion of a 30-minute interview and slapped a sensationalistic headline on it. The headline was “Cena: The Rock p***es me off.” The intro under the headline said: “WWE superstar John Cena has blasted ex-WWE champion The Rock for turning his back on the business.” Cena’s quotes in the article, which I published yesterday, were mostly accurate, and he did indeed criticize The Rock. But, once again, segments of his statements were left out – segments that would have softened his comments. Here are some of Cena’s thoughts on The Rock that were on the audio interview, but were conveniently left out of the story: “He’s genuinely a nice guy. I’ve met him. And a fantastic human being. “Like I said, he is a great guy. But I think we all know now that he wants to be an actor. And there’s nothing wrong with that, because he’s truly found another passion. He’s good at acting. His films make money.” Cena also was quoted in the story as saying, “At one point Rock loved wrestling and wanted to do this all his life. So explain to me why he can’t come back.” The Sun (U.K.) ended the quote there, but what Cena actually said was: “So explain to me why he can’t come back for our 15th anniversary show or why he can’t make an appearance at WrestleMania. I wish he’d just show up, say hi and leave. Do the eyebrow once and get out of town.” The harshest thing Cena said was: “Just don't [expletive] me around and tell me that you love this. That's the only thing that gets me really [ticked] off. Our fan base have so much admiration for him, he's got to respect that. He doesn't give anything back.” It should be noted, however, that Cena said this in a calm, matter-of-fact tone, so categorizing what he said as “blasting” The Rock was quite a stretch. I still think Cena’s criticism of The Rock is off base, but he certainly is entitled to his opinion. After being taken out of context for the second time in three months, however, I wouldn’t blame Cena if he decided to start keeping his opinions to himself from now on. As far as this incident is concerned, I regret if I exacerbated it.

I think the crux of the problem here isn't that Cena thinks steroid abusers should go to jail. It's that Cena IS a steroid abuser, and thus this line is bullshit. Man, I can just see Bix drooling at the mouth in anticipation of Cena possibly getting caught some day. Probably already drowning by now. Well, maybe he thinks he should go to jail too? If he thinks so, than the line isn't BS . I will personally say no comment on wether he's on or not. Btw, I very much doubt Cena thinks steroid users should go to jail though it's certainly possible he can think that. He was just using exaggeration to try to make a couple of points.

Are you aware that alcohol is legal? Yes. I know a lot about alcohol since my family has a lot of alcoholics in it. To some people it's illegal -- If you're too young for instance Roids are legal for some people But that's beside the point. Being legal or not has no meaning on what I'm trying to say and that is that the effects of other drugs are much, much more of a problem to society than roids. So other drug users are the ones that should go to jail first on a moral basis if were were to theoretically live in a society where drug users went to jail. I'm just fooling around Loss.

I find the idea (granted it comes off as exaggeration to make a point) of putting roid users in jail interesting but before we'd do that that means we'd have to put all wine/beer drinkers and smokers/other drug users to jail too since those drugs are a much worse problem to society. Tha

Yes, it was harder on a body per match. The WWF guys would've been ever more crippled if they copied the AJPW style. They train the wrestlers bodies to take punishment better in Japan. For example if Misawa only wrestled the WWF/WWE, he would last longer than your average wrestler here if they both did the exact same thing. When I think about it, Stampede with its tough schedule and very, very rough style around the Dynamite Kid era may have been the toughest go at it ever. But you when factor in the schedule and compare AJPW to WWF and what's harder on the body? Who knows as the schedule thing is a tough variable to consider. The WWF schedule would really, really screw your body up. I don't talk much about AJW anymore because I don't like the thought of girls possibly wrestling pregnant. However, AJW fits this discussion well. When you look back at the 90s they had the tough schedule AND the rough, stiff, painfull submissions, hard hitting style. So I would say they and Stampede are definitely on the top of the list for leagues that were toughest on the body. The WWE diva's bodies probably wouldn't last in that climate. There's something to be learned about this. Not only do I think Japan conditioned their wrestlers better I think they picked out ones that would survive better as well. Look at Manami Toyota. How many wrestlers have had a harder go at it than her? How her body is still going is incredible.

To clarify, when we say MMA, what organizations and time eras are we talking about? Hasn't wrestling always incorporated stuff from MMA? That's always what it was. A "more exciting" version of MMA to make fans watch because "real wrestling/fighting is not as predictable (in its excitement) and exciting".

So ROH fans are just like the 1998/99 Attitude era fans? How ironic. I think ROH's biggest problem is the problem any other small wrestling organization faces. They simply have to work an uphill battle against organizations that are already rooted on the top of the hill.

I hope Nagata recovers as well as he possibly can. Brain damage is more of a problem in wrestling than I think most have ever realised in years past. You read about what happened to Nagata and you make a quick connection to Bret Hart. Did someone die the last couple of months in one of the indy companys? I seem to remember reading so.

No names. I'm just venting out frustration. Feels good.

It boggles the mind but I am now of the opinion that WWEBots are more annoying than ROHBots by a good margin. ROHbots still have more annoying chants though.

Which one is this? I know they had one on Raw which was really good at the end of the year which might've been their best match ever. Maybe 2003? And yeah, Mero was underrated. He was better than most of the WWF roster back than.

I'm guessing it was a combo of his speed and athleticism, and because the Tiger Mask character was popular with the kids. Did Sayama ever do any jobs as Tiger Mask? All of his title losses were him vacating due to injury and/or retirement. He was chosen to be the ace because there was nobody even close to approaching his wow factor. Over 20 yrs have past and there is still nobody who has surpassed his wow factor with the audience. Just imagine what it was like to watch him THAN. Bret Hart may have said it best. He is the Bruce Lee of wrestling. Sayama was just untouchable in what he did. It's kind of like how Bruce Lee will never be surprassed. The same thing with Tiger Mask. Speed, athleticism, innovation, mind blowing awesomeness and a great gimick based off a popular show that Sayama took to very well. Nobody else could've made it believable that a superhero could come to life because they just wouldn't seem like a superhero. Sayama did because that guy could do things that others couldn't just like a superhero can. He could do anything. And stuff like the dance he would always do in the ring just added to his presence. To my knowledge, he was never defeated except for a DQ loss to the Dynamite Kid. Maybe there was some kind of disputed ending with Black Tiger too. I don't know. That was the way it had to be though. The guy couldn't lose. It was part of his legend, his superhero presence, the myth of Tiger Mask. It wouldn't be believable for him to lose. That's why he was the ace.

Who is the KS fellow? Bret and his brother getting urinated in his mouth, face and eyes by his brothers. That is just so wrong.