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    RIP Jackie. Moondogs are out pretty quickly in a Jarrett/Lawler squash, and Fargo is out to even the odds w/ trash can. Promo afterwards setting up a cage match w/ Fargo as ref.
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    Christopher picks up a homeless guy (I can't believe that was a shoot) to do household chores for food, mixed with clips of him in the ring. He's eating a big meal and gives the homeless guy spam. That is how you do heel.
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    LOD & Ellering find Rocco. Amazing to see them turned into a comedy act.
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    Razor dismisses a chica who's bothering him. This is more like it.
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    Tatanka goes to some Native American festival. Completely stereotypical, and the mic is not his strong suit.
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    The studio voiceovers in place of the crowd almost killed this for me. The workers go hard early, with Hokuto's assault on Yamada and brawling really standing out. Toyota & Yamada eat a double pin in the first fall after they miss a dive. The highlight was definitely Yamada's whirling dervish routine in the second fall, laying into Hokuto with a fury of spin kicks before closing it out in under 2 minutes with a suplex. Toyota went to the well on bridging out of pins a bit too much for me in the final stanza. I get it, the fans go for it and I'm cool with that, but this was overdone. Toyota was also a little sloppy towards the end, but we're judging things on a pretty high curve here. ***1/2
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    Bigelow works well here, using his athleticism and the Steiners as as a base to show off at a level he wasn't always up to back in the states. Its really something how over the Steiners are. Vader took the frankensteiner like a real pro. Not as good as some of the Steiners other matches this year, but still solid, especially given the Liger & Hase/Sassaki matches. Hell of a show that night. ***1/4
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    NBA playoffs are done which means I can get back to documenting the set. A shame the finals ended the way they did but it was a great run. Weekends may be a problem as the wife likes to get outside then during the summer, but I'm hoping to wrap this up before football season. Which means it'll definitely bleed into it.
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    That's really unfortunate. You knew there were family issues but that probably explains most of the quirks you hear about him. Just have to hope he's able to find some normal.
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    Funk, Steamer and Morton/RNR. Yes I'm cheating on that one and proud of it, as it'll let me include a lot of other horsemen material.
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    Current WWE

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    From today's WON update: How about that? Clean win for Bryan would've been awesome there.
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    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    If Lesnar is still a draw, that should have zero bearing on how one looks at a Punk/Lesnar match up. The entire Lesnar aura is based on him being this ridiculously strong and athletic powerhouse from UFC who has the WWE backstory and NFL bit to amplify his star power. If the HHH feud has any impact on him as a draw, the ratings for his appearances and buyrate for summerslam should will show it, and the opponent won't matter if the idea is that he's been castrated. I just don't think that's at all the case.
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    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    And this is how you finish the show. What a well booked episode.
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    WingedEagle replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    The Henry segment is exactly why you don't always need to rewrite scripts or be unpredictable. As soon as Cena was out you knew where it was going. It was further telegraphed through every shot during Henry's promo, and not the least bit surprising when it climaxed. And it was the best angle in months.
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    This is literally Bischoffian. We can argue about whether or not it's wrong or right, but your argument is straight out of ATM Eric's playbook Except it isn't anywhere near as big as the main events / angles Bischoff might've given away. They were undefeated as a unit. That point had been mentioned, maybe even hyped to some extent. They'd gone down in singles and tag matches, as well the DQ loss as a unit to Cena. Had that not been the case, and had their undefeated run been consistently promoted and shoved in the audience's face as one of the biggest things happening in the company, this would be a different scenario. But that wasn't at all the situation here for better (because I don't believe this loss was giving away anything that had been built up as a draw) or worse (because it could've been built up as just such a draw).
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    On the other hand, its a random episode of Smackdown. If its not followed up on and not hyped in the weeks and months to come, what harm was it? I'm not saying I necessarily agree, just offering up a counterpoint.
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    I don't *think* I mind it just yet. They're putting the rocket on Bryan for the short term so keeping him hot through MITB / Summerslam, or as far as they're going with him, makes sense. I don't see the Shield dropping their titles this weekend or any time soon. If Cena/Taker is the plan for next year, they may very well keep them hot to set up a Bryan/Cena/Taker six man for summerslam.
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    Love this thread, as even if it doesn't matter much any more, Joe's plight is one of the really unfortunate misses and what ifs in recent years. I remember discovering ROH back in the day and waiting on line in the lobby outside the hotel ballroom, watching Foley and then Joe make their way to the back. He was cool as hell with the fans, had an awesome presence, especially for ROH, and then brought the heat in the ring. I knew better when he jumped to TNA, but nonetheless held out hope he'd have an awesome run on top and really change the promotion. The first Angle match is still the only TNA PPV I've ever bought, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. What a lost opportunity.
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    I still watch it most every day so I could probably help you out. They brought back a lot of the vets like Laura, Scotty, Anna, Kevin, Lucy etc. after Edward Quartermaine died. Most of the show was written about the Mob storyline with Sonny and Carly until a year ago when they fired the writing team. Then a bunch of people from One Life To Live came on the show but they had to be rewritten when OLTL became a web show. If One Life To Live and All My Children can last on Hulu, that's probably the future of Soap Operas, online only. I think they only post 2 episodes a week instead of daily. Do Any of you guys watch Breaking Amish? That's my new favorite reality show now that Hoarders/Intervention/Jersey Shore have been canceled. It's pretty obvious that that show is scripted as hell but it's still entertaining. Wow they really went old school. I remember hearing that they drew out the Sonny/Jason/Carly bit for years longer than seemed plausible even on a soap, with a variety of heels shuffling into the territory. I can't imagine how they'd integrate folks from OLTL & AMC but could be fun. What I can't deal with is when they decide that every child from the show needs to jump from about ages 5-8 to 16-20 overnight and become headline acts. Just doesn't cut it for me.
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    Haven't watched since college, which finished way back in 1988. I am even further out of date. A few less trips to TJ and hours spent watching AJ and maybe you'd be of some use!
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    Anyone want to bring me up to speed on General Hospital over the last 10-15 years? My babysitter got me hooked one year when I had the flu and stuck with it it for years afterwards, but fell off during college and grad school.
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    I've always considered Kobashi one of the best ever, if not the best, at using his facials and body language to dictate and control emotions. The way he'd crawl or hobble around while taking a beating but not going down, the fist pump before the moonsault, the ability to withstand a ridiculous amount of punishment before finally losing a fall, he had such a unique charisma that got people behind him unlike just about anyone else booked the way he was.
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    That's what I thought. It didn't make sense as an 11 year old why these stories were being crossed and still doesn't today.
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