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Awesome. A veteran heel needs to make this his gimmick.

Well, yes, that too, but then again, I didn't want a reply that would include the letters CM Punk in it, so I passed. Well, I got the "ya old" reply instead, which is worst. I guess since I'm not on Twitter ("ya old" etc), I'm missing on The Ryback's best work. He'll probably do a boring Youshoot in the months to come.

Well, I've always been consistent about my steroid bashing, even for guys I really enjoy. Notice that I also pointed out his awful RVD-like tights and Goldy-rip-off character as part of my lashing out. That's 2/3 of non steroid-related (yeah, Goldy is all about the Goldyness) elements. And yeah, Neville is a bloated spot monkey with no personnality and I don't get the appeal (is there ?) either.

Ah, goc doing his usual "anti flippy-floppy" run-in, because god knows it's not dated by know. As far as small guys using roids, yeah, I was all over Benoit and Eddie's ass like 12 years ago at least (yeah my fellow Euro friend, I'm old, kinda). How do they say ? Beating a dead horse ? Well, you're running a genocide on the hippodrome here. But hey, yeah, The Ryback (feel that fine The Summerslam vibe from that name) sucks, never got the appeal at all. And in an age where apparently, we're all for "wellness", it's kinda crazy that a steroid guy like this still gets lauded to some degrees. But whatever. Feed some more I guess.

The "ya old" line ? Really ? Come on, fellow shoot-style fan, that's as lame as a Fujiwara headbutt.

The last thing Lucha Underground needs is a second rate steroid-ladden Goldy rip-off with awkward color scheme RVD-like tights. Keep this kind of throwback-to-shittier-times away from my favourite promotion please, it took me forever to come around Cage, who's a machine apparently. (the "anti-smarky" attitude is the brand new über hipster smarky attitude)

This thread has totally spiraled out of control into insane contrarianism, snobish trolling and revisionnism (among some good points made). Poor guys wanting to put a podcast ouf of this.

Going trough the painfull TNA Summer of 2004 (seemingly got really bad with the anniversary show after a bunch of really good shows), Petey Williams seems like one of the worst laws-of-gravity offender ever. The Canadian Destroyer is obviously a dumb as fuck move (while the Code Red can pass for playable if you do it with enough momentum), but he does something even worst. I wouldn't even know how to describe it. He gets like a reversed front face lock, like a reverse DDT position, then seemingly pushes the other guy... upside (???) so the other guy does a flip onward to bumps on his face and belly, while Williams himself bumps backward on his ass. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ? Even Edge would find this shit stupid.

Couldn't agree more.

Tony Schiavone at his best >> Jim Ross in general.

Raven is great.

Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Prince Puma. MOTYC. What ? Wanna play-by-play wanker analysis ? A podcast maybe ? Watch the fucking match ! And yeah, movez, motherfuckers. I'll love the day when Ricochet gets signed to WWE (because he's money if anyone is) and we get the old "he must learn how to work" bit. And Rey. Well, what to say about Rey ? 41, banged up body, barely any knees, and he had that match in him. A Top 10 best wrestler ever if there's one. This was the dream match the two years of Lucha Underground manage to produce, and it delivered from a to z. Great job people. Oh, and that post-match. I guess Vampiro has a clause in his contract that forces him to bleed like a pig at every Ultima Lucha show. Oh, ad that cliffhanger !!! I saw *that* smile coming. Dario is da boss. This is also the proof that today, pro-wrestling should be a seasonal serie (not a neverending flow of dullness boredom like the last 16 years that WWE gave us). Thank you Lucha Underground for that 40 years old fan having fun watching again, for a while.

On the other end, Taya vs Ivelisse was much better than I expected, good brawl between the two. I've grown to love Taya, no one wears Berzerker's boots like she does, and I find her rodent little teeth adorable. Plus you can see she's got strong basics (gotta credit Lance Storm I guess). The ending saw the sexiest run-in ever. Well, not run-in, rather, Catrina appeared like Sabu (yeah, fuck anyone who doesn't love this) to deliver the greatest lick of death she's done thus far. Hey, more of this shit in Season Three, I'm fucking there.

The trios match was a really fun opener for the Ultima Lucha Dos. However, I thought the whole Black Lotus debut felt flat, as it basically was used as a backdrop for Pentagon Dark showing up. I guess the whole Black Lotus vs Angel Azteca Jr. feud will happen in Season Three now. Better do something special with it, as this has been built forever. She seems like a fine worker, but hard to judge on just what was done there. They don't give a fuck about gender anymore I guess. Good for them. Pentagon Dark vs Matanza was a good little match, but nothing spectacular and comapred to the previous Matanza title defense and considering this was the title match on the final show, I'd call it a minor disapointment for not being an over the top bloody brawl, which I expected. Still, good match. Matanza has been a total success to me, which I didn't expect. The guy wouldn't fare well in WWE because of his size, call it the Tazz-syndrome, but in this setting, he's quite the monster.

The Gft of the Gods match was a fun clusterfuck which really got together in the last stage, with Sexy Star facing her old enemies Mariposa and his creep brother Marty. I'm not a big fan of Star, I don't find her work compelling at all (not even that good to be honest) and the character in itself leaves me cold, but you gotta dmit they did a much better job with her in term of feminism and not giving a shit about gender than WWE's transparent "Diva revolution" this year. Marty & Mariposa did work well with her at the end, making a single punch mean more than any big spot you can think of. Mil Muertes gets another one under his belt. Although less crazy than some of his big matches, this deathmatch (really a garbage brawl) with Cuerno was very good, with a quicker, more "babyface"-like Muertes. Tha shall not fuck with Catrina, I guess is what you should get out of this match. One lucky bastard in teh front row ended up with the hottest woman in wrestling on his lap. One thing I really like about LU is that they treat death spots as such and not just vehicules to get cheap pops. When a guy gets destroyed, it's for good. Also, I guess Mr. Cisco's contract with LU wasn't renewed for Season 3.

The two first garbage match of Ultima Lucha were insanely fun. This is ECW mixed with IWA Japan mixed with the LU pulp taste. That bar fight was ridiculous in a good way. Gotta love how beer spilled on the floor played a role in the ending of the first match too. After that, the final was kinda anticlimatic and too clean, but they worked it the way they should in that they were already spent. The surprise was neat I guess, but I'm not too sure what they'll do with a 50 year old guy in the future. Dario is a wonderful asshole.

Because it's a two hour tribute show to a guy who brutally murdered his wife and kid ? And that's it's totally offensive and hurtful to the living relatives ?

Very seldom do I think comedy in modern pro-wrestling is actually funny. Yet, this bit made me legit laugh. You have Gilberti wearing a leprechaun costume, following the loss of a "humiliation match" against Pat Kenney & Sonny Siaki, arguing with David Young (who has been a legit funny guy to watch for months as Gilberti's flunky) while Swinger, wearing a cliché female samoan outfit, complete with coconut bras, is flexing is muscles, Lex Luger style, in the forefont. The real fun part, aside from the good comedic timing of both Gilberti and Young, is that no one ever adresses the fact Swinger seems to enjoy himself quite a bit in this outfit, including regularly fixing his bras. He's playing it totally straight too, without an once of wink-wink irony, which makes the whole thing the funniest bit I've seen in quite a while.

Who doesn't want to watch that awkward (as in "Something's fucked up, guys") Regal tribute again ?

Usual non-finish ? All X-div matches had finishes at this point, it's totally an exception to the rule here. What is also an exception to the rule since AJ got his belt back, is that this match just isn't very good. Hardy looks sloppy, and the six-sided ring excuse doesn't fly, he always looked sloppy anyway. AJ had memorable matches with about everybody in TNA (with the exception of some bad Double J Specials and Ron Killings, who's a shitty worker) and this isn't one of them. Hardy sure brings "name recognition" as the heat it terrific, with dueling chants which were welcome as I would hate people forgetting about their ace AJ just because a WWE guy shows up. He doesn't bring much more though. When you got execution machines like Sabin, Kazarian, Dutt and even guys like Michael Shane, not to mention great workers like Chris Daniels, Hardy just look bigger and sloppy. Sure was a nice addition to the roster as far as "star-power" went (although he really was not a star in WWE at this point, way before his main event stint and after the ladder stunt shows were kinda forgotten at this point), but as far as work goes, he's in the low tier of the promotion judging on this match alone. Sure has a lot do to gain stock with me. AJ was ace though, acting a little annoyed and flying around the big goof (yeah, Hardy looks big here, because he's actually a rather tall guy). I'm pretty sure Kid Kash would have looked better.

Fuck yes. Dario is ridiculously great. The bit with the women, especially once Catrina did her disappearing act, was total pulp. And pretty much agree with everything said about the matches too. Ultima Lucha is gonna be so much fun to watch. This Season Two has been twice as fun as Season One.

You totally don't make me want to check that out.

Renting video tapes ? It sure is.

Of course he does. Because they didn't had any in 1999, which was the best year ever in pro-wrestling thanks to his genius.