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    Raven

    El-P replied to Grimmas's topic in Nominees

    The Raven Dog & Pony show made me eat nearfalls more than 10 years after the fact when I went through ECW TV & house shows. Not to mention some really good WCW stuff against Goldberg, DDP, Benoit and the terrific Saturn match which made a dead crowd at the beginning go crazy at the end. Love the character, and the guy can be funny as hell. One of my all-time favourite wrestler.
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    Yep. The NAO were really fun for the first months, before they got associated with DX and got stuck with a unique a sing-along catchphrase. That stuff gets old quick and tends to get the audience to only pop for the entrance. Lenny Lane & Lodi. That's who they remind me of. That's not a compliment. Damn. I knew that reminded me of something, but I havent watched any joshi puroresu in more than ten years. Oz ! Of course !
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    Banks vs Lynch easily takes the MOTN. Sasha Banks I love. Damn, that entrance by Enzo & Cass ! Are these guys the new NAO ? It's cute, but I'm pretty sure it actually gets annoying pretty quickly since they have to say the exact same thing everytime. Like the NOA. And they have that goofy sing-along spot. Like the W.O.R.M. Ok, I'm not sure I could handle this for very long. But since it was the first time, it was funny in a total WTF way. The entrance of Tyler Breeze on the other hand. Brillant, and so totally current. I'm already bored with Balor's overlong entrance to be honest. I dunno, he reminds me of the Boogyman. The match was really fun and perfect for an opener. Enjoyed Owens vs Zayn a lot, although the ending was kinda weak. Regal's intervention was nice and Samoa Joe debuting was a bit surreal, in that he's actually called Samoa Joe, and was treated as a star despite being really a TNA guy (ok, a ROH guy too, but still). Yeah, really good show overall. (just put Regal in the announcing both)
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    WWE announcing (no, I don't mean in general, although it works too ) : "For the title !", "For the championship !", "For the victory !" when there's a pinfall attempt = this is not the end of the match. This is so stupid and annoying.
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    One of the legit funniest WTF segment in prwrestling history. Sunny was not only ridiculously hot, but she was also wasted (no, not in that way) doing pretty much nothing. And as demonstrated by this segment, she should have been given a meaningful role. In contrast, Sable's acting earlier in the night during the Mero/Rocky scuffle was awful, not to mention her grating voice and delivery. Yet, she was gonna be pushed harder than the two better looking, more talented Sunny and Marlena. I never understood the rationale behind the use of Sunny at that time, getting her off managerial duties when she had been the hottest one (pun intended) in the previous months.
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    The "pre-Attitude" version of Tuesay Night Titans / Saturday Night Main Event goofyness. Kinda funny. The Head Bangers were a cool decent little team with their own kind of charisma.
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    Oh yeah. But damn, that ending was so random and poorly executed, complete with Steve Austin showing up when the cams are on Sid backstage. The match itself is pretty good, but you can feel they work it for exactly what it is, a TV match that's used for angles backdrop. (Mankind and Owen had fun TV match on the same show, much better than this) Sid's "heel" push felt totally forced, indeed, as Sid had been really popular until then, and will remain a babyface afterward anyway. Poor booking this week.
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    Indeed. But the rest of the promo was such a mess. How many grammatical errors there ? And Shawn. Well, DX couldn't come soon enough, really, when you think about it. At least, the heel turn.
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    Shotgun Saturday Nights, the first episodes, in nightclubs, bars and giant subway stations. And pretty much every pro-wrestling shows in funky locations, including one of my all time favourites, Nitros in Club La Vella. And FMW outdoor shows with aerial subways passing by in the background. And Wrestle Mania in a Vegas casino parking turned into a "roman coliseum". You get the drift.
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    The Nomination Thread

    El-P replied to Grimmas's topic in 2016

    I nominate Raven. Come one. If I don't, no one will. I mean, litteraly. So yeah. Scott Levy in all incarnations.
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    Yes. Probably because Goldust just had turned babyface after answering an emphatic NO to the homophobic question by Lawler (so since he's no "queer", he can be a babyface now… well…). Marlena looked amazingly hot at this point, and yeah, her exposing herself (only filmed from the back, although a bunch of pictures were obviously taken judging by the flashes (pun intended)) is an "iconic" moment. Plus it follows an as-good-as-it-can-be-in-that-small-ring match between Goldust and the Sultan, during which you can hear chants like "Fatu !", "Let's go Dustin !" and then "Fatu sucks !". Gotta love Backlund almost having a seizure when Marlena exposes herself (she did had her tits covered though) and Todd Pettengill announcing Marlena as the winner of the match, to the dismay of Sunny, acting all bitchy and jealous. Yeah, if stuff like these had been only part of that kind of show, once a month, it would have been quite fun instead of having sleaze and nonsense all the time during the Attitude Era.
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    ECW chants while the Godwinns are in the ring. WWF was going through a total identity crisis period, with some ultra-cartoony gimmicks from the mid90's still being around in this sort of very "late 90's" ECW setting and atmosphere. Brother Love totally didn't fit either.
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    I loved Shotgun Saturday Night. Awesome idea, looks totally different from anything else. Backlund being batshit insane is always fun. Actually he should have been used more. The Flying Nuns, although, was an atrocious gimmick. Reeks of the crap early TNA would put on. Who the hell came up with it ? The Head Bangers already had their identity in SMW, there was no need to change them. One thing interesting in the credits, you can see Taker looking more or less like The American Badass.
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    Yes. Nitro is a lot of fun to watch on so many levels. Up until Starrcade 97, WCW is must watch TV to me, with an amazing peak in the summer of 96 during the high point of the nWo angle.
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    The use of the term "character work", that has seemingly spread like crazy lately. The idea that legit headbutts = good work.
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    WWE TV 5/18/15-5/24/15

    El-P replied to Strummer's topic in WWE

    That's the first thing I thought about to be honest. Which is kinda sad, really. And really, what is the reason for Lana to kiss Ziggler out of the blue ? Well. None. Well, yes. We need two blonde good looking babyfaces together. Are there actual *writers* behind this, or is it just Vince pulling his strings ?
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    Business is about to pick up. Litteraly. Bret's promo is excellent and you can really see the first steps of his new bitter character showing up there. And then the match, which is a terrific brawling style, with vader looking like Vader because Austin isn't afraid of taking it and giving it back and looking awesome in the process. Then there's the angle, in which Bret kinda looks like a dick, and it's great. Vader vs Austin was a great pairing, it's too bad they never got to work on top of the card together, it would have been an amazing feud. The WWF main event scene is seriously getting hotter at this time.
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    Okay, so I watched the two matches I wanted to watch. Loved the tag team title match. Really good stuff. Much better than the NJ clusterfucks. I really didn't mind the finish, it was all about the oldest heel trick ever, so why not. Terrific chemistry. Funny how the New Day went from being one of the worst act in the company to actual very good heels. Cena vs Rusev was garbage. First off, the "Do you wanna quit ?" question after every fucking spot makes it annoying as hell and kills the pace of the match. Second, I stupidly assumed it would be about trying to make your opponent submit and not have a mic stuck in the face of your opponent every thirty seconds (I guess I'm at fault for not being up to date with he way gimmick matches are worked in modern WWE). So yeah, garbage over-gimmicky and choregraphed Attitude era match with a ridiculous explosion spot and an awful finish reminiscent of that godawful Mankind vs Rock match in 99. Rusev loses again, and Lana is turning into "Baywatch Babe" soon enough. Ugh.
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    Not a remarkable interview by any means.
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    WWE TV 5/11 - 5/17/15

    El-P replied to goodhelmet's topic in WWE

    Well, at least that's two match I can watch, although I fear Rusev vs Cena could be infuriating (but nowhere as bad as the chain match though).
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    That's what is striking here. After losing the belt, the smiling babyface kinda gets passive agressive and talks about having lost his edge in the process and whatnot. Shawn sure wasn't likeable at all here, you could almost swear he would turn back heel actually if not for Jose talking about his heart condition earlier on.
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    Kitao has pretty much been a disgrace everywhere, including sumo.
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    Yoshiaki Fujiwara

    El-P replied to Grimmas's topic in Nominees

    Somewhere in the second half of the 80's to me. Fujiwara was past his peak in UWF 2 already (although still excellent at that point). Best opponent would probably be Maeda.
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    Good debut for Jack Evans, although I question the sanity of doing a 360 from the crowd to the floor in your first match, although I like the fact Aerostar sold it like for a long time even after escaping teh next spot from Evans. Finish looked insane and sold as such, so happy with that. The Seven way cluster was exactly that, but fun for what it was. The right guy won too, and I look forward to the comeback of Mil Muertes (damn, that vignette). The final match was more of an angle, but was pretty terrific. And again, sold as death, so yeah, good stuff. Maybe I'll enjot Mundo as a heel more, although I doubt he'll change his in-ring style much if at all (not familiar with his WWE work). I really hope they won't disapoint the day they unveil Cueto's "brother".
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    Brodus Clay ? The Young Bucks ? Ok, my interest dropped off a cliff already. Really, Jeff Jarrett should beat AJ Styles in the main event of the first card to crown the first GWF World champion after six Bullet Club run-in and Karen stripping to her G-string. Ok, maybe that's harsh, but still...
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