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Timbo Slice

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  1. I think if you look closely in the Kawada/Kobashi TC match, you can see the leash Kawada uses to carry him. God, what a horrible booking decision that was by Baba.
  2. Timbo Slice

    Current WWE

    Man, that sucks. First time I saw that vid, it warmed my heart.
  3. Timbo Slice

    Current WWE

    Not really, especially considering that Roman has long been considered the top guy in the group. The guys you mentioned weren't pushed as singles guys for years. Hunter putting over Reigns works well enough, although now that Bryan has beaten him and he's the top guy, you wonder how they would even make a match between him and Reigns mean much.
  4. I'd still put Aja's 94 above 95 for the Kansai match in January, the amazing Queendom tag and then the match with Toyota in November. Bryan's year was great, but Cesaro's was better from an in-ring standpoint in 2013.
  5. Rey in 09 is pretty ridiculously awesome. Flair and Luger in 89. Kobashi in 93. Hokuto in 93. Aja in 94. Taue in 95 is a good one, too. Lyger had a great 96 that was kind of unsung, as did Ohtani. There's some people who loved Mariko Yoshida in 98 (IMO, she was fine, but nothing too crazy to write home about). US is tough once you get to the 1990s. Eddy in 95 maybe? Scorp in 93? Samoa Joe in 2004 was really fun but I don't think it's up to snuff. Danielson in 06 maybe? I always loved this question. A definitive list would be neat to see.
  6. Thought that was assumed by this point anyways, that DTV only agreed to carry WM at basically the last minute and that after that, no more?
  7. Timbo Slice

    Current WWE

    Renee's superb. She's a huge fan of the business, knows how to keep things fresh, I really like her as an interviewer. http://regressing.deadspin.com/wrestlemania-xxx-box-score-every-suplex-chair-hit-an-1560958251/+kylenw So Mookie might find this interesting. It's really basic, but this is actually some of the stuff I'm interested in from a statistical standpoint, where you actually look at the content of everything from ring entrance to final bell. Gives you a good idea of what to think about when you see matches and how they like to be built.
  8. Hall looked great here. You could tell he was amped, gave a good speech. Nash was good here, too. I was actually expecting a lot more, but this was enjoyable.
  9. This might be the weirdest thing I've ever seen from the WWE. T gives a heartfelt speech while setting up that it might be long-winded (giving people a reason to think he's going to talk for a long time) and then he gives this really awesome, heartfelt speech that everyone loves...and then they send out Kane to tell him to wrap it up. It was odd, it was surreal, then again, you have to think they might have sent Piper up there to knock him around given what he thinks about him.
  10. Yeah, I said right after it happened that this was Triple H's match. There's such a huge backing of Bryan that a lot of those fans dismiss right away what the "other guy" does in his matches, but Trips was incredible in this match. Obviously, the holy shit spot is the Tiger Suplex (which Bryan takes right on the shoulder because why the hell not?) but there are some awesome cutoff spots and for a 25 minute match, this sure as hell didn't feel like it was that long. I had watched the Bret/Owen match as part of the WrestleMania Rewind series they have on the Network, and while I Iiked the match, I don't think it's better than this. It's definitely a career match for Triple H, as I'm hard pressed to find a straight, non-gimmick match of his better than this off the top of my head. Bryan was fantastic as he normally is, but it's weird to think that in 2014, with Bryan being on the run he's been on, that he's the second best guy in a match with Triple H.
  11. That and the Final Battle Fight Without Honor are pretty incredible matches. The pipe dream for many is Bryan having an Extreme Rules match with Brock along the same lines of the Final Battle match. You know, without the detached retina and all.
  12. I think that's just the style. There aren't really a lot of big tandem signature moves in the WWE right now (which I'm with you on, it's weird). Hell, The Shield's biggest tandem move is something they do when they beat someone down, not even in the context of the match.
  13. I thought they started doing it after Extreme Rules once that became the April PPV.
  14. Solid gold. Bo will be a fun guy to have up.
  15. I don't know if it's gonna necessarily make any money, but it's going to be entertaining seeing Rose on the big stage. The vignettes are fun to watch.
  16. I really hope they team up more and incorporate the Batista Bomb/RKO tandem finish because while they might hate being booked as a tag team, them being pissed they can't have the belt and deciding to run amok through the tag division is actually a pretty good storyline. Plus, it would just get the Usos over more when they eventually go over them.
  17. This got the biggest pop of the night from me. Even more than Heyman's incredible promo. I think it can only help Cesaro.
  18. Great segment. Put over the idea that maybe it'll be the same old song and dance with Bryan even as the champion, but now that The Shield have turned, it evens the odds. Ended a night of truly turning a page over to the up and coming guys and solidified these four at the top of the card. Well done stuff here. And if Trips is a stickler for details like we think, four on four, saying "I don't want this to turn into a war" and all that...Battleground WarGames would be incredible.
  19. Happy to see Wade back in the ring. Rey getting booed is pretty bad (and seems to be a product of fans who just think because he's been around a long time he needs to be booed) but they had a pretty good little match. If they have something in store for Wade, I'm interested.
  20. Quickly becoming one of my favorite things in wrestling right now. Bryan was awesome here. Totally genuine. Great stuff.
  21. AJ can talk. I'll give her that. But Paige coming out like that for her first time, it was kinda odd that she was, well, Santino-ish in challenging for the belt like that. Finish was somewhat botched, too. What is good about this is that with her up, AJ will have someone she can work a longish match with.
  22. I mean, why the hell does anyone other than Heyman talk in the ring? Bryan has been great the past few weeks and Renee going in to do the post-match stuff is great, but for a showcase promo that for years has been one of the most unappealing aspects of the WWE product, Heyman absolutely destroys everyone on the mike. I mean, he's digging down deep into the promos he cut backstage for the boys in ECW and pulling some shit out that is unreal. He has becoming appointment viewing in the last year, and this might be the crowning achievement since his return a couple years ago. I can't wait to see what he does to help push Cesaro over the top.
  23. Halfway through it right now, but so far, it's been really well done. The frankness of the guys Bryan has worked with really puts him over as something huge and they're showing it from so many different perspectives that I don't see how you don't buy him as a top guy.
  24. Great match. Depending on how you like your match layouts, you might put this above the Raw match (For instance, I think OJ would probably like this match a bit more than the Raw match) as this was really all about the in-ring action and not really about the chaos. It's weird to see the Shield go over clean as a sheet here, looking actually somewhat dominant during the stretch run when only six weeks ago they were being put on equal footing, but they're definitely poised for big things. Work is great, but it's not as chaotic as the first two matches, which really gave it a different feeling. Tag team heat segments are starting to become my favorite thing in the current era of WWE because all these guys do them so well, and there's some great stuff with Ambrose in peril here.
  25. Timbo Slice

    Current WWE

    Check out Shield/Wyatts from The Main Event last night if you get a chance. It's a great match, gets about 20-25 minutes to work with. Still don't know why they have commercial breaks for Main Event considering it's being pushed on the network, but whatever.
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