...TG
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Only wanted to add here that while the last two matches weren't classics by any means, they were tons of fun and I loved the camera angle on them. Being so close to the ring, I could see how physical these guys actually are, and the handheld allowed the crowd noise to come through. Those two things don't always come through on the regular broadcast matches of the lucha I've seen.
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So Dave reports LU results like he does every other wrestling company he's ever covered, but it's part of his single-minded vendetta against Matt Striker and LU in general? You said yourself there's plenty of stuff to rip Dave on lately, so this is strange.
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Just an amazing display of stamina from you guys, and a good listen besides. HOWEVER, damn you Loss for getting the Charles In Charge theme song stuck in my head for a week. -
Big news guys, Scott Steiner heard about his surprisingly high placement and called up his crew to celebrate:
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Because he writes a short novel of a newsletter every week and doesn't have an copy editor.
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Gabe's twitter feed says that we're getting a Hero/ZSJ rematch at Evolve 60 on May 6, plus Johnny Gargano v Drew Galloway at Evolve 61 the next day.
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Haven't seen any Evolve before this weekend, but I'm a confirmed fan now. 58 and 59 were great shows, and the supershow was pretty fun too, if a bit too long. I was super impressed with Matt Riddle - for a dude with like 10-15 matches ever he's amazing, not just with the athletic stuff but also his selling was really good too. The only disappointment was Timothy Thatcher. His work was technically really good but for whatever reason it didn't connect with the live crowd in the way that Hero, Ricochet, TJP, ZSJ, and Ospreay did. Anyway, tons of great matches and I'll definitely order the next show.
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All of them, but you forgot: Brooklyn Brawler Multiple Doinks, including the zombified corpse of Matt Borne Boogeyman Gobbledygooker Ole Anderson In other words, the greatest match of all time
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One of these guys is an evil political genius, and the other is Henry Kissinger: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/715004128880099328.
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WrestleMania Weekend: What Shows are you Watching?
...TG replied to Grimmas's topic in Pro Wrestling
If my friends' flights get in on time, I'm going to try to make this lucha show on Friday night in Fort Worth: (Thanks to KrisZ for posting in his lucha report.) We'll also be going to Kaiju Big Battel on Friday, and on the Evolve show on Saturday afternoon and the WWN supershow on Saturday night. -
I'd love to see an Anthony Bourdain-style travel show starring Brock. Except every episode ends with Brock giving an F-5 to his local guide and immediately going to the airport and back to Minnesota.
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Loved this the best of the three Lawler/Bock matches on the DVDVR disc 3. Just a super-intense, stiff brawl from start to finish. Is there a better sound in wrestling than a packed crowd in the Mid-South Coliseum doing the "hoo!" in unison with each punch during a King comeback?
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[1982-10-18-CWA-Mid-South Coliseum] Nick Bockwinkel vs Jerry Lawler
...TG replied to Superstar Sleeze's topic in October 1982
Watching Bock is always a treat. A nice, long slow-building match with some great spots - my favorite is Bock lying on the apron to the outside, and King gets onto the floor and does a running punch, knocking the hell out of Bock. Then he did it again! Lack of heat I felt may have been due to the WWE mix - Lance seemed very loud, and the crowd much less so then on the usual tapes. -
Maybe he just wanted the time off?
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I couldn't find anything in a quick scan of p. 219 in that document you linked, but there's a text exchange that came out between Bubba and Hogan in which Hogan is pissed at Bubba for not knowing this was filmed, and Bubba seems to confirm. I'd link but alas, I can't find it. (Not to put Bix on blast here, but he mentioned it on BTS this week and I'm pretty sure he tweeted it last week.)
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Who says Hogan's sex life is "legit news"? The way I understand Gawker's argument, it's because Hogan was on Bubba's show a bunch and Stern's show talking about it. And since he's brought his sex life into the public sphere, it's "legit news" Though I'm certainly no legal expert, so anyone, please correct me if I've gotten this wrong.
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As much as I and everyone else here loves New Day, their segment was just brutally bad. It may have just went too long, but babyface New Day isn't off to a good start. The match was fine, of course.
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The jury just came down with punitive damages for Gawker - $25m, including $10m from Nick Denton personally, and $100k from AJ Daulerio. I'm certainly no legal expert, but everything I've read seems to indicate that the verdict is questionable at best. Even if it survives on appeal, the judgement will probably be reduced dramatically.
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Well I had never seen this before and holy hell it's awesome. The match itself is pretty good (I'm pretty new to Brody so his quirks haven't started to bother me) but the Hansen angle pushes it over the top. The brawl at the end is amazing as well - loved seeing a fired-up Jumbo and Baba making the save for Dory.
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I expect Jimmy Snuka to look like a monster about to burst, but Steamboat was pretty well jacked up here too. I'm really only familiar with the mid-to-late 80s Steamboat, and he's nowhere near as thick and heavy as he's been in 1980-81.
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[1980-12-11-AJPW-Real World Tag League] Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson
...TG replied to Loss's topic in December 1980
The first disc of the AJ set has been a bit of a slog for me. The late 80s-early 90s grumpy Jumbo is my favorite of all time, but the bland boring Jumbo on display was just not connecting. This was the first match that (IMO, obviously) felt like it had some personality in the work, like I could determine these guys' characters from watching them wrestle. I wish I had more time/energy/attention span for the GWE - Bock and Robinson would definitely be two guys I'd like to do a deep dive on. -
I'll nominate Brother Love. I have no opinion about Bruce Prichard himself, but that character is just the absolute worst. I get what it's supposed to parody, but goddamn that voice and makeup is just makes my skin crawl. Why they felt the need to give him so much TV time in the late 80s-early 90s I have no idea.
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*sigh* If I didn't have friends coming into town, I sure wouldn't be going.
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Wrestling's most shameless, most glorious exaggerations
...TG replied to MoS's topic in Pro Wrestling
Interestingly, the @WWEArchivist twitter account posted a photo of Harley Race bodyslamming Andre a few months ago. For a WWE employee to post something like that is a breach of the few kayfabe lines they have left. -
Wrestling's most shameless, most glorious exaggerations
...TG replied to MoS's topic in Pro Wrestling
Yes! That's a great one.