BigBadMick
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Agreed. Will was civilised and easy going about it all. Dylan would have eviscerated the poor bastard. Aubrey Sitterson Benedikt: If you thought this Facebook post is harsh, you should see the pages of message board posts about what a shill, idiot, Russo-loving mark I am, and how in a REAL podcast, these guys would "eviscerate" me! FAME!!!!!
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Ok, now that you mention it - what about Animal in the mid 90s?
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Yeah Steven, listening to it too. It's been giving me the gradual kick up the ass to get back to All Japan.
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I wonder what's being said about Will on Aubrey's forum.....
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I probably will just start from 1990. I've watched quite a bit of this over the years, but with tape trading costs way back when, never chronologically. I was going to try to just hit the big famous essential-viewing matches, but the more I look at it the bigger this project becomes. Not that I'm complaining.
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Listened to this earlier in the week. The big thing that I took from it was the collective cynicism about the severity of Michaels back injury in 1998. Never really heard that before - is it a widespread belief?
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'you do know it's scripted, right?' was my breaking point.
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Agreed. Will was civilised and easy going about it all. Dylan would have eviscerated the poor bastard.
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Have you listened to any of his shoots? He's absolutely barmy but lovable too.
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Thanks Chad.
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Thanks. Another quick question - are there many surrounding matches that really need to be seen to get all the context? Really, I'm asking do you have to watch nearly everything from AJPW in order to appreciate the pimped matches?
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Yeah, that's true. Just pulling your leg mate.
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Jealous?
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He's a tool alright, but I'm sticking with it.
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Misawa and Kobashi v Kawada and Taue Ok, I've found June and December '93, May '94, January, June and December '95. Is that it, or have I missed some?
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Yeah, I was going to skip it but it's next on my list now! -
One thing about Brock as a face - wouldn't a lot of fans still resent his limited dates and have a hard time getting behind him?
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'individuals like Brock and others in history have entered pro wrestling as a career and not a passion project'. But couldn't that be said about almost everyone that entered the business before 1990, or so? It was regarded as a business in which it make good money. Upon entering, many fell in love with the spotlight and fame, but the first incentive was the dollar. I'd say Luger is different in that he didn't move to that second stage, and always felt he'd prefer to be bodybuilding. I get the impression that Vader was fully committed, and didn't yearn to return to football by 1991. By the way I pick 1990 as roughly a time when lifelong fans like Jericho would have been breaking in, and had grown up in the 80s peak.
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Just getting started with this. Chad, what was your point about the difference between Luger and Vader's passion for wrestling? If I heard you right, you were suggesting it was similar. I disagree - Vader was willing to work extensively in Japan, and has stated he studied tape of opponents in order to see what they did well and didn't do well to help with calling matches. I think his improvement as a worker from 1987-91 is considerably better than Luger's.
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'AJ's been around less than Brock Lesnar' That's a hell of a line.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
BigBadMick replied to Loss's topic in Megathread archive
All the stuff about him being painfully insecure - you don't think that would/should bother him? No, it's about the character, not the performer. I think things like the Triple H squashes everyone video last year show that they're pretty good at making fun of the difference. Too meta for me, Matt. -
Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
BigBadMick replied to Loss's topic in Megathread archive
All the stuff about him being painfully insecure - you don't think that would/should bother him? -
Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
BigBadMick replied to Loss's topic in Megathread archive
Fuck, are they THAT desperate for any mainstream attention that they'll endorse the video? It's an absolute burial of HHH - 'but hey folks! we're such good sports!' -
Escalation is another good term in assessing the quality of matches and workers. Haven't really heard it used a lot but I think I understand Kurt being viewed as anti-escalation. It's about protecting moves essentially, right?
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Finished it this morning - superb. More please.