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I thought for sure he was going to turn on the crowd, seemed planned after the reaction he got. Then he cut that promo and I understood why he got booed out of the building.

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Holy shit, Miz was over as fuck. Why does the crowd hate Jordan that much?

Here's the full Flair interview on The Lebatard Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkZNIN9PN3o

Holy shit

Last week it was RAW, this one is Smackdown... Taken by Wade Keller during Shane's promo. A question no related to the photo....can we atribute SD becoming less interesting after the "superstar shakeup" - even though having a better roster than before - to the change from Ward to Road Dogg as lead writers or nah? I mean, NXT took a similar dive in quality when Ward was taken from the top writing position.

https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/910344255037673473 So a promotion with one of the most taxing styles decides to give their talent more rest, good to hear.

That was a nice video put together by WWE, did they do another were people talked about him? Would love to hear Vince again. I remember watching the "Greatest Managers" DVD back in the day and being mind-fucked by Vince praising Bobby's wrestling abilities saying "he could have a 5 star match any day of week" or something along those lines. Never in my life I expected Vince to utter those words. People don't want to have this discussion in a RIP thread, why or how is that hard to understand?. You were told you could continue to have this discussion elsewhere. Why the fuck would you still try to post about the same subject again in this thread? It blows my mind you chose a Bobby Heenan RIP/Appreciation thread to derail the discussion for a really meaningless take about 1 wrestler not liking the guy.

Hard to find a more entertaining guy in the history of the business. GOAT manager. He fought cancer for a long ass time, RIP.

This is from Monday, yikes.

I agree, but to me that's a completely different discussion than him HAVING to win the title against Brock because that's his only chance to ever be "the man".

Austin wasn't pushed up then down and is also may be the most charismatic wrestlers of all time. He's feuded with the brand's top star for months, got out over huge in the Summerslam main event and is working Lesnar for the title at the next PPV. The trigger has already been pulled. He loses to Brock at No Mercy and he will never be the man in the company again. You can't tease someone to the top, have them fail, then expect to get that back again in the future. This is sarcasm, right? No. Look at anybody they brought in pushed to the top, given some huge matches, lost them, moved down the card, then tried to make a star. It doesn't work. Mark Henry. And Braun isn't gonna be booked like a joke for years before getting a huge push again so he doesn't even have to worry about that. This

He's feuded with the brand's top star for months, got out over huge in the Summerslam main event and is working Lesnar for the title at the next PPV. The trigger has already been pulled. He loses to Brock at No Mercy and he will never be the man in the company again. You can't tease someone to the top, have them fail, then expect to get that back again in the future. This is sarcasm, right?

This is sounding like The Rock/Cena promos arguments that made the internet go crazy when they were feuding.

I feel he's seen more as a company puppet because even though he's been adamant about Bryan's health, he hasn't been with any other talent. Shit, Tommy Dreamer had a damn tables match in 2015

Oh yeah of course. I just find it kinda funny when the one time Corbin might be the "good guy" in a backstage story is when he finally gets in trouble.

Fucking awesome match, exactly what I expect from an interpromotional encounter. A hot crowd, hate and clear faces and heels. Korakuen is firmly behind Strong BJ and Hama uses this to deliver THE performance of his career up to that point (and it may still be it). It's worked refreshingly smart considering who is in the ring and the fact that it's a title match.

First minutes are kinda slow but the match starts building in intensity until Daisuke decides to slap Kota...from then on these 2 went BATSHIT CRAZY, from elbows to stomps to the absolutely brutal headbutts. Man, I wish this had one last Ibushi comeback before getting killed by the champ, but given that Sekimoto had to wrestle a few hours earlier for Big Japan, I was more than pleased with this.

Daisuke smash puny Masa! But Takahashi has a plan and lots of fighting spirit to counter that, he may go a little overboard with his facial expressions and fighting spirit spots but I was so into the match that didn't really care, loved everything this match.The crowd eats up this incredible underdog story that is pretty great for any fan of "David vs Goliath" type of matches.

Haven't rewatched this but this were my thoughts in 2012... Brilliant, just brilliant. I was disappointed with Daisuke's work in the semis against Bad Bones - specially his control section - but man did the guy stepped up in the final. And Yoshihiko....oh man, his work as the underdog was fucking beautiful. Sekimoto gains control in the first minute and proceeds to work over Sasaki's neck, from then on it's all about Yoshihito working from behind trying to overcome Daisuke's brilliant work over that body part. Both men executed their roles to perfection and Korakuen understood what this was all about. The final minutes are outstanding and if you are not rooting for Yoshihito then you don't have a fucking soul.

Haven't rewatched this but this were my thoughts in 2012... So yeah, this was great and oddly enough met my high expectations. Heated as a interpromotional matches between two aces should be. Suwama, aware of Sekimoto's freaky strength, takes out his back and leaves him helpless. Locking in a crab, whipping him in to the barricade, just making him his bitch basically. This is all fuel to Sekimoto's comeback. He sells the back well and leaves you on the edge of your seat whenever he attempts a big power move.

Match of the year? At least is in the discussion for me. This was a fucking battle for survival, with Shuji doing an awesome job at being the dominant champ and Kento being an outstanding underdog Ace. Better than their match from May, mainly because the first half was way more compelling and fun to watch. Miyahara's selling was fucking great, it made you think "how the hell is he going to overcome this" all match long while at the same time doing enough to give you hope that there was still a chance. Sumo Hall was game for this, specially a lady that sat near the commentary booth who screamed during the whole damn match for her beloved Kento (a lot of women in the crowd and they were the ones starting the chants for the young Ace). This was so good it had the first suplex trading spot I've liked in more than a decade - it fit the story and it was only one move instead of three or four - and a one count kick out that had me thinking "it kinda makes sense". The finish might be the weakest part of this whole thing as it felt a little out of nowhere withing the context of the match, I thought it need one more bomb before the three count. But all in all this was fucking great, go watch this as Miyahara once again shows us you can have an incredible match in a reasonable amount of time (25 minutes). Fuck what you heard, Kento is my performer of the year.

Considering it's Maroon, isn't Corbin the "face" in this situation?

Welp, they did it again. This was the Nomura showcase in a Strong BJ formula match, and of course it works like a charm. Fun shine segment with Naoya and KAI getting the upperhand over the two beasts before the young kid gets pummeled by Daisuke, from then on we got the always awesome "small team tries to come back against Sekimoto & Okabayashi" comeback story, with Nomura being the stand out, showing great fire and good offense while a really good Sumo Hall crowd rallies behind him. This had dope spots and nearfalls and kept building drama until the end. Fucking awesome tag match, what a year for Strong BJ, best fucking tag team in the world.

Yeah, this was worked like a regular "veteran vs young guy" match instead of an important title match. I was impressed by Daichi's matwork but after that he kinda went through the motions and didn't start to pick things up till the final sequence, and then the match ended quickly. There was no drama and not a lot of space for Daichi to even sell and mount an interesting comeback. It was a fine match but kind of a waste of a title shot imo, I was hoping we would get the Daichi that faced Sekimoto last year and Okabayashi this year but this was more of a Suzuki showcase putting the kid in his place without much problem.