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Matt D

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  1. Matt D
    That's how you book any TNA card.
  2. Matt D
    Ignoring the star rating you just gave, watch the match vs Martel/Zenk. I love that thing.
  3. Matt D
    You are the Papa Shango of wrestling statistics.
  4. Matt D

    Current WWE

    Matt D replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    They think most people need to trade wins due to the amount of TV/exposure. They had figured out a great answer last year too: 6-man matches on every show.
  5. Matt D
    The make-a-wish thing is a little tricky.
  6. Matt D
    I agree with all that, but I do think there's something to the counter point: if you plotted every move being done in WWE on a graph, and tried to plot the level of reaction that move had gotten, I think you would see a move towards escalation over the years, but there's nothing innate that says it has to be like that.
  7. Matt D
    I actually have been wanted Swagger to be a face forever. Yes, sure, he's Biff, but so is 40% of America. There's something endearing and corny about him. I miss him as the All American American. I miss the Eagle. I think there was a natural face run that would have happened that year or the year after if they didn't abort the experiment. I think they could ride the babyface rush of patriotism for a few months and then he could be a mid-card babyface gatekeeper for a while. Also, he could be a pretty good hot tag for a babyface tag team with someone smaller.
  8. Matt D
    That's a good question. You'd hear about some things, like how he wouldn't work with Rude because Rude was too stiff or how he attached himself to Demolition at Survivor Series 89 because they were very over when it made more sense for them to be on Warrior's team vs the Heenan family, or his role in Warrior's celebration at Wrestlemania VI(which, interestingly enough is looked at as a terrible thing now but at the time, Dave thought it was a perfect gesture and good for Warrior). I think it was all really after he lost to Yoko at King of the Ring 93 though. 93 in general I guess. Right around then is when you have him not wrestling Bret at Summerslam, but he was so much worse after 93. He didn't give Flair a single win in their program. The Butcher program is INSANE for how it was set up not to draw anything. He only removed the mask after he definitively legdropped Beefcake. He had it so Vader beat up Bockwinkel instead of himself. He got right up after the power bomb. Etc.
  9. Matt D
    Obviously, no one would care about explosions in Michael Bay movies if they didn't create better storytelling.
  10. Matt D
    I probably never had more fun at a live show than watching sandow in 2000. We went to shows just to see him be hilarious.
  11. Matt D
    Like Goldust in ECW in 09. (Not even Regal or Christian but Goldust, who could help Sheamus get over and get better).
  12. Matt D
    I think Christian should probably be an announcer. He's got a pretty quick wit and understands how to put a match together as well as anyone.
  13. Matt D
    Weirdly, i'm more interested in Jericho than I have been in years due to his podcast.
  14. Matt D
    Stewart's promo on Lana was pretty funny.
  15. Matt D
    It's not really any different than his bios which you sort of learn how to read and I'm sure we all have. The real difference was the larger cast of characters. The big knot to me was when he started to go on about all the different people who owned the territory and why they did and it started moving around in space and time too much.
  16. Matt D
    Yeah exactly. A narrative doesn't have to be realistic but it does have to be consistent with itself. At the same time I think there is an artistic value to confounding the expectations your narrative has created (thinking of the ending to Magnolia, the one scene in Funny Games...) though I'm not sure where that fits into wrestling. That Triple H vs Orton Wrestlemania match where they started with the finishers?
  17. Matt D
    It's all about narrative tools. Wrestling is storytelling and storytelling is neater and cleaner than real life most of the time.
  18. Matt D
    Going to listen to some of this now. I kind of like the "comprehensive look at the roster" way of getting at things. It reminds me how much i loved these magazines as a kid:
  19. Matt D
    The same. If I had a bit more free time, I'd reedit the thing into something that's actually readable because the info contained within is very good.
  20. Matt D
    Wrestling is really symbolic. It's all about selling and presentation. The Cobra can be as legitimate as Kawada kicking someone in the skull if it's sold strongly and consistently over time. That said, complicated moves that take a lot of obvious cooperation do sort of bother me. That's about it, past a lack of selling.
  21. Matt D
    To me wrestling has its own physics. It also has its own norms and rules. Something like both guys hitting the hot tag at the same time works for me for the same reason that (and this is a terrible, but pretty distinct example) a true love kiss can wake up a cursed princess in a fairy tale. That said, there are some rules or laws of physics I like more than others.
  22. Matt D
    "smaller podcasts" Kelly says. 2:20:00
  23. Matt D
    The Georgia stuff from this week's WON is probably the single worst written article I can remember Dave writing in ages. It's in almost reverse chronological order for a huge chunk and is pretty incomprehensible which is frustrating since there is so much good info in there.
  24. Matt D

    Current WWE

    Matt D replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    They should bring up CJ Parker as a smark.
  25. Matt D

    Current WWE

    Matt D replied to Smack2k's topic in WWE

    Was out picking up food. What'd he say?
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