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EDGE POINTS AT SIGN MOFOS ! HE POINTS AT SIGN !!!!!!

Oh... well.... that was... worth going through that Elimination Chamber match... right ?

@KawadaSmile, did you hack @Coffey account ?

I wish I had those powers. I would use them to force some people watch Kenny Omega's matches 24/7, Clockwork Orange style ! Wait... It's time for Bryan to get that win. You know, now that there is no audience anymore.

Don't tell Vince... Cesaro winning is such a given.

You're so mean spirited, people... Zayn & Owens should at least speak French when they engage together.

Since there aren't any audience, when the cam stays for a long time on two guys, I guess the other can just chill out.

#ACTING The padded Chambers really hurt the aura of the gimmick anyway. I know, it's egoistical.

As soon as I posted the review, I KNEW this one was coming ! Talk about terrible timing to make such a point, ah ah ! (the Taker reviews have basically been written last month, I had a good laugh when I re-read this today after I went ballistic on "BUT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT !" yesterday) But anyway, yeah, I'm for more freedom as long as it makes the match better. Here the main issue is that his offense is really dull whatever he does, it's just not conducive to making things exciting and building a sense of drama or threat. Apart from the RKO and the Daddy Orton spot, I never bought for one second Orton was doing any real damage to Taker.

They should juts pair him with Taya like he was in LU and IMPACT, that's the best version of Johnny *Insert Last Name There*.

Morrisson's only 41, what do you complain about ?

Well, I'm sorry, but there are actual facts about the Bucks & Omega in term of their actual status in pro-wrestling, which is something Cornette (and other) just don't want to accept. Stating those facts have nothing to do with an opinion. But maybe we should accept the idea that none of them are stars, that they did not matter in NJPW, that AEW is actually not a success and whatever inane point Corny (and others) makes about them. As far the defending them as workers, well, I don't do any different from what I do and has always done with any other worker I love. I guess it's always easier to agree than disagree... No one begins their tirades about this or that with "In my humble opinion" (which actually means the opposite anyway)... As far as "to some degree AEW", come one now. I've criticize plenty of stuff like the early Dark Order gimmick, the awful push of useless Swole, JR's announcing, the bad wedding segment, but hey, I'm mostly a big fan so guess what, I have a positive outlook on them because they deliver something I usually like a lot. Silly me.

At this point, it's almost as if he's working a heel gimmick. The audacity ! I have no doubt many will take their pictures and be all proud because they are "rebels".

You know he would have used the Orient Express music theme. You know it.

So, no women Elimination Chamber this year ? What's up with that ?

Tenryu was in not one but two Royal Rumble. I remember a Tenryu vs Kimchee (I guess Brooklyn Brawler) match actually too in 1993. Little did I knew then...

Nope, I don't do that. Sorry. I'm not mad. I don't give a fuck. And really, you've made nothing but terrible points. You accuse me of stating opinions as facts then say shit like "1978 was not a great year for punk rock anyway" or "THAT IS modern wrestling", which is the picture perfect occurence of opinion stated as fact. When confronted about your bullshit (me "stanning Omega" when he was barely if at all part of the ongoing discussion), you very conveniently no-sell because, fuck, why apologize when you say stuff that isn't true, right ? I mean, watch me stan Omega when I *actually* do it... Can we put this to rest now ? I mean, it's as boring as Corny talking about modern pro-wrestling. Still, if there's some irony somewhere, is that for years and years I was a Corny fan and defender when he did not have a crowd of followers. Yeah, this is irony, because over the years I've agreed with Corny a lot. Comes a point in time where his and my opinions on current pro-wrestling just went on totally opposite directions, the fact he can't keep himself from using racist, homophobic and sexist shit in his rants lately basically drives the point home that no, the right quote would not be "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole", it would rather be "It doesn't matter if you're wrong or right anymore, you're just an asshole."

That's rich coming from you. I just made a joke and you choose to respond to this with long-ass reply to a *joke* with a long-ass post in 4 points which basically was "ohhh the irony". That's always a good start for a "decent conversation", yeah.... That Laz passive-agressive reply to my joke about "pro-wrestling not being very punk rock" was lame as fuck, basically. I mean, there was really nothing to debate or talk about, it was just... a joke... like, I wasn't saying anything serious there. I have no idea why this needed a long-ass put-down response which included the FACT that 1978 actually ISN'T THE BEST YEAR for punk-rock... Ok. Cool.

No. Because the fact that I'm referencing something from 40 years ago has nothing to do with the notion that I would think something from 40 years ago would be inherently better than what happens today. It would have been ironic if I referenced something from 40 years ago as the golden age or something. Plus, I don't picture Corny as a guy who would be pissed for instance by the rise of the bubblegum-bass scene in the 10's (to talk about something I do care about and have listened to a lot and followed closely), I think it's a pretty safe bet he has never even heard the word... Pro-wrestling is always way behind the times in term of pop culture relevance (yeah, Bad Bunny, I know...), so really, dad rock vs punk really came naturally as a joke. That's about it.

Wow, this is a blast from the past. I haven't heard much less thought of that name in... like, another life it seems.

Yes, it's showed in the pre-match video, and he really comes off as a full fledge heel all along, including the swerve angle with Daddy Bob Jr.

I don't see what's the issue with her. I really don't. She seems really charismatic. As a worker, this match was pretty good, nothing special but still much better than some girl on weekly US TV for sure. BTW, it was cool to see Aja kick someone in the gut again. She is kinda immobile, but she can still throw a mean kick and drop that elbow.

Chapter 6 : Who can beat the Streak ? WrestleMania 21 (2005) – Undertaker vs Randy Orton The most interesting thing about this match is that the legendary status of Taker, and Taker being undefeated at Mania, is the focus of the angle with Legend Killer Orton. So in essence, this match is the very first where it’s clearly all about beating the Streak. Classic entrance with druids, torch and gregorian chants, Taker now has this makeup all around his eyes, does the revulsed eyes thingy after he removes his hat to the sound of thunder, the whole presentation is now pretty much fixed until the end, with only minor changes. Orton dressed in just short tights and boots, sporting tribal tattoos, coming down the ramp to the sound of generic as fuck alternative metal sound, not exactly oozing charisma : he's the picture boy for 00's WWE aesthetics. There’s something to be said about his offense, he’s deeply rooted in the 80’s/early 90’s style : back body-drop, dropkicks, using a sleeper countered into a side-suplex (like he’s Jeff Jarrett in WCW) and even much later in the match doing the whole punching the guy in the face while standing on the corner as the crowd counts, which btw is mostly typical babyface style stuff. Hell, at some point Taker has him in a dragon sleeper (yeah, wtf ?) and they do the old bit of lifting the hand twice before he breaks the hold. Again, total babyface 80’s shit. So, as far as psychology goes, it’s pretty bad when he's supposed to be this heel Legend Killer, supposed to be a legit threat to the biggest unbeatable legend at Mania... and he's basically working like Sam Houston on the undercard of a JCP house show. They sure work a lot of pinfall attempts including early ones, but nothing Orton does has any urgency not brutality to it. He’s just doing « ok » old-school pro-wrestling, and by « ok » I mean his execution is not even that great. Bad ring-placement to bump off the rope-walk and very vanilla bumping in general (the corner bumps in particular look really soft and not crisp), nothing interesting in term of actual offense. Meanwhile, Taker does his whole bit, which now include some of Kevin Nash's spots like the damn Snake Eyes, the classic quick punching sequence and usual middle-match spots like the legdrop on the apron while the guy is halfway outside the ring. Occasionally Orton displays some decent reactive spots, but it’s really, really not compelling nor interesting at all and like I said before, the guys doesn’t ooze charisma, it’s really hard to look at him then and think he had been a world champ already. When he acts all shocked that he did not break the all-mighty Streak with a *powerslam*, that’s just plain lame... The ending basically is a retread of the Flair match, with Daddy Orton doing the cast shot after a ref bump for the one big nearfall, bigger than the RKO which came earlier from a chokeslam counter, basically the one big Orton spot of the match, once again demonstrating he was a total one-move wonder. The Orton Jr. Spot came after a totally screwed up Last Ride fail/counter (no idea if they just fucked up the spot or fucked up what was supposed to be a counter but it looked quite shitty), so ironically that’s also kinda like in the Flair match. Tombstone reversal spot for the win, Randy really never looked in danger of doing anything to Taker, he came off « ok » at best while Taker was carrying the heavy load in term of dynamics and spots. Not a bad match, the finish worked very well for a crowd who really wasn’t very much into it before the RKO. Pretty good but nothing special, kinda dull. Yeah, so, a Randy Orton match apparently. 5-8

Speaking of which, sort of, Mox is now gonna face Josh Barnett at Bloodsport on Mania week-end. So, it feels weird but it feels good too.

"Greed id good". WWE business practice is fascinating (and repulsive) to watch because it's über-capitalism in a nutshell.