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Everything posted by sek69
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Teagan has been high on Hunter's get-back list but IIRC she was tangled up in visa issues.
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He's right tho, no one can deliver that with the same spice Regal does. Also I wonder if they made some kind of deal with New Japan to let Karl drop the Never title in exchange for being able to use Bullet Club history for the Finn/AJ feud.
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Not to mention it might be the one thing that makes babyfaces having the advantage in War Games not be completely weird.
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That WWE just now is finally having Ronda and Shanya teaming up going around murdering people is the biggest indictment that Vince totally lost the plot at the end.
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The Brawling Brutes at the merch table was like most of my Irish family's get togethers
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Again left wondering if anyone in WWE has actually listened to the lyrics of War Pigs.
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The Man is a million billion times better than Big Time Becks. Seth does that gimmick better anyway.
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lol, normies in a non wrestling Discord I'm part of found the Dom/Rhea/Rey video and are loving it
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Smackdown here got pre-empted to the MyNetworkTV affiliate also owned by Sinclair (who owns the Fox station) here in PIttsburgh in order to show some special on the Michigan/Ohio State game.
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Yeah it almost came off as if WWE is like "hey it'd be cool if you came back, but if not I totally get it" mode.
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(actually Bale is my homie since he won the MLS Cup for my favorite team in the greatest final ever, but for he next couple weeks I have to go full MURICA on him)
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US holding their own against England so far, it would be the most US mens team thing possible to pull off an upset like that after pissing away a tie to Grandpa Gareth.
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My mind won't stop picturing 2022 Don Callis doing this gimmick and it's killing me every time
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There's also that making the company a heel, you just train the audience that even when the babyface gets a win they'll just rug-pulled because management always has final say. Vince knew that at one point, since he put in the greatest heel performance ever getting Austin over.
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There's also a fundamental change in how wrestling is presented that for some reason goes unmentioned. When I was growing up, Ric Flair would talk shit and then get embarrassed by the babyface challenger on TV. More often than not, he would win the match but since it was predominantly a house show business, most of us only saw the babyface show up the heel on TV. Unless you paid for a ticket or bought the show when the VHS dropped (which most people didn't since them bastards were expensive in the 80s) you'd almost never see Flair take an L. Even on TV, most of the time he was in a match that wasn't a squash we'd get the TONY WE'RE OUTTA TIME before the finish. Nowadays we see the heel talk his shit, and even if the babyface gets one over in the build, everyone sees him eat a loss at the end. Since the Monday Night Wars demanded PPV quality matches every week, it's been infinitely harder to create a babyface since you're going to see them losing on TV a ton. The only person in history who could lose frequently and not really lose popularity was the Rock, since it takes otherworldly levels of charisma to not get hurt by that.
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I guess Maximum Male Models didn't titillate your juices? Funny how ol' man.soor went from token hometown guy for the Saudi shows to someone who probably wouldn't be allowed on them with this gimmick.
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The only downside is that Fite's website organization is a two pack of ass. Best bet is to just search for GCW (or anything else you want to find) in the search bar instead of trying to navigate the pro wrestling section.
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If Punk could swallow his pride, this could be one of the biggest feuds ever, but all available evidence shows he's way too stubborn/petty/dickheaded to do it.
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It's interesting seeing the reactions AEW gets nowadays. People complaining that Bryan is being "wasted" despite him saying on multiple occasions that this is what he wants to be doing in this stage of his career. The Elite knew they were going to get booed out of the building in Chicago and leaned into it and people are upset that it was "low rent".. I've noticed in this era of Prestige Multi-Star Matches, people get really fucking mad online if heels do heel shit to get heat. LIke somehow that became a distasteful thing to do.
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I was stuck on how dumb it is to want to associate oneself with Kayne in this current climate, and I didn't even think about who he's going to be going up against soon. ffs.
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So I jumped on that Fite+ gimmick and have been watching some GCW shows, and I have to say this is the closest I've seen anyone recapture the vibe of prime ECW. From the cable access aesthetics to seemingly every show having both great wrestling and violent bullshit, I half expect to see Paul E come out and cut a promo on each show. Another thing that stands out is the love the fans have for everyone that is on the show. I know Nick Gage isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but the GCW fans fucking LOVE this guy. He has such a great redemption story for pro wrestling and him doing things like doing inspirational Cameos for people and having that Eddie Kingston real-as-fuck mentality make him such a perfect avatar for the company.
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I thought Pac was doing a Mankind gimmick for a second.
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Kittle/Penta is the best bromance in the biz right now.
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Not a happy reaction to the Elite in Chicago, lol
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No, it wasn't the best way to kick off the new era but I suppose at least Regal was getting heat and the whole Bryan/Mox dynamic was great.