WingedEagle

Yeah leaving aside the Mania match what they put together wasn't bad. I just don't think it rates at all compared to what was going on in Japan or the NWA. Can't speak to other US offices though. Just doesn't feel like that era of WWF produced a ton of high end work.

Its a pretty terrible year for WWF. Worker of the year there is like winning NBADL mvp.

I watched a bunch of random Bryan this weekend. A few new matches as well as a couple I hadn't seen in a while and came away thinking he has to place top 5, at worst, on my ballot.

Where is this available? Been hoping to check it out but haven't come across it. The absence of Suzuki has definitely been a loss in njpw this year.

Part of that is being wrestling.

Can anyone familiar with it skim this playlist and let me know if its missing anything important RE Final Conflict? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL595E9941A3B9850C

That's pretty funny. Last night I went out of my way to check out Dragon Gate's recent big show specifically because I did not want to hear anyone speaking English at me via any medium. Had enough of that nonsense at work. Almost halfway through the show and its been a breeze.

Yes. It would get some backlash at first, but if used right attention to the time limit and time limit draw could do wonders to mix things up. Yes, and without hammering it home beforehand by hyping a time limit. You could even introduce it by bell ringing at the 10 or 20 minute mark of a match to introduce the concept. The key is mixing things up and not relying on the same tropes hour in and hour out.

Yeah, apparently a slight change in the impact or had it happened to someone with weaker neck muscles and we'd very possibly be discussing a real tragedy.

Amazing. TNA is like a any law firm / bank / fill in the blank company that has people jazzed for their upcoming career only to want out. Except it doesn't make money or compensate anyone.

I'd add the Akiyama matches from 2/27/00, 4/11/01 and 7/27/01, vs. Takayama from 4/15/01 (legit MOTYC in my eyes and even better than the Kobashi match the previous year) and 9/23/02 for early decade work.

Thanks. Plugging some highlight matches into a youtube playlist I can run through soon enough. Zero patience to put myself through the whole thing but I'm game for the greatest hits.

Entirely possible. Its not just how many up and down the card, but where they're mixed in.

Can't imagine anything other than a babyface Rusev with the booking last night. Intriguing.

That Brock/Taker brawl was spectacular. Made the most out of a common angle and the match feels like a huge deal now . Throwing a little shade at it, its very clear from looking at who was involved in keeping them apart that the only people on the roster that matter are Reigns, Orton, Cena, Wyatt (and Harper), maybe Rusev for some reason. Anyone else I'm missing? Everyone else was out there as part of the job squad keeping the main eventers from getting their hands on each other -- Cesaro, Ambrose, Owens, etc.

Those jumpsuits New Day wore were FIRE. There's nowhere in public I could wear them but I love it.

Scarily enough, I actually think Vince would be less crazy and troll-ish. 100%. He'd rather win than make noise. Plus sensitive enough about his image outside of wrestling to temper it down.

Fucking a. They could've at least given us 15-20 minutes of Lesnar-Rollins instead of 10. I respect trying to turn Taker heel and imagine we'll get a promo from him from the biker Taker era, but this needed a middle finger to the fans (literal, not killing dead a great main event) or something a little more concrete to cement him as a heel. And does he ever look old. Ugh.

Correction: I'd rather hold it in all night than have the Miz even as a bathroom break.

Nice babyface pop for Cena's win. That looked like it was clearly the best match of the night but I enjoyed Orton-Sheamus more because it somehow felt fresher. No clue if that makes sense. At least Owens should now really feel like part of the team.

Yeah. Its a good match, but third time in what, 6-7 weeks? Its overkill without time to breathe. EDIT: The thing tonight does have going for it is I'm not sure about the finish, unlike the second match. But it feels like watching the same match I enjoyed a months ago and again 2 weeks before that.

Yeah. Basically a more athletic version of the same divas stuff as before with some new faces. Remains a bathroom break. I will say they do work stiff. I think in genral they are all too skinny though, need more heft in my wrestling. Definitely stiffer. But between the choreography and presentation I'm missing something that makes me care.

Yeah. Basically a more athletic version of the same divas stuff as before with some new faces. Remains a bathroom break.