smkelly Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Are we Facebook friends? I ask cause I wrote this on my whatever it's called: "The irony behind Austin's neck injury is that he had done the same move to a Japanese wrestler back in '92. Broke his neck too." Wrote that four hours ago. I was asking cause some wrestler got all pissy that I supposedly called it the wrong maneuver and that because he's a worker, he knows more than me. "It's actually a just a reverse piledriver or a thunder driver. And that's coming from a worker." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 It was pretty surprising to me at the time that they allowed Rikishi to use that as his finisher (Island Driver I believe it was called) When was it exactly that the "official" ban on piledrivers and the like was instituted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 It was pretty surprising to me at the time that they allowed Rikishi to use that as his finisher (Island Driver I believe it was called) When was it exactly that the "official" ban on piledrivers and the like was instituted? Rikishi did it pretty safely. He has pretty fleshy, thick legs so the other wrestlers head never hit the mat from what I remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Are we Facebook friends? I ask cause I wrote this on my whatever it's called: "The irony behind Austin's neck injury is that he had done the same move to a Japanese wrestler back in '92. Broke his neck too." Wrote that four hours ago. I was asking cause some wrestler got all pissy that I supposedly called it the wrong maneuver and that because he's a worker, he knows more than me. "It's actually a just a reverse piledriver or a thunder driver. And that's coming from a worker." I don't think we're FB friends. A friend of mine, a few years ago now, put a video up of the Austin/Chono spot and commented that nobody should feel bad for Austin's neck problems because of that. I quickly set him straight and told him that Austin didn't want Owen to drop that way because of the Chono situation. Regarding Mr. Worker, he's right that it's technically called reverse piledriver (I've never heard Thunder driver, personally) but does it really matter? It's a perfectly accurate description of the spot. It's not like you degrading Austin's legacy by declaring that he injured Chono and got injured by a 'sitout tombstone' and not a 'reverse piledriver.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 It was pretty surprising to me at the time that they allowed Rikishi to use that as his finisher (Island Driver I believe it was called) When was it exactly that the "official" ban on piledrivers and the like was instituted? Rikishi did it pretty safely. He has pretty fleshy, thick legs so the other wrestlers head never hit the mat from what I remember? Rikishi's version was done with the victim being draped over his shoulder though, which is much safer, unless it's a short guy doing it to a tall guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 When someone leaves WWE for say, TNA, if they show footage of that person at all it's usually just footage of that person losing or taking a beating. When someone who was in TNA for a cup of coffee makes it big in WWE, they use it as a centerpiece to hawk their online On Demand subscription site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 That is one of the smarter things TNA has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm disappointed that they didn't go full carny and do something like CM PUNK IS COMING TO TNA on demand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 That is one of the smarter things TNA has done.Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Gail Kim has quit WWE. Also Melina, DH Smith, Koslov and, most idiotically, Chris Masters have been released. I'd not be surprised to see another few go today as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Dylan Waco on suicide watch. Seriously what a crock about Masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm really hoping he comes to the UK and does an extended tour for All Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm really hoping he comes to the UK and does an extended tour for All Star. Probably AWR most likely Also lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 The writing was on the wall for Gail when she eliminated herself from the Diva battle royal just to see if anyone would notice, wouldn't you say? Maybe they'll bring her back to feud with Kharma. I really don't understand the WWE's treatment of Masters. He can go in the ring and is totally jacked to boot. If someone unfamiliar with the current product were shown a picture of Masters and The Miz and asked to guess which one was main eventing Wrestlemania and which one was pulling Superstars duty, what do you think they'd say? Maybe he forgot to shake HHH's hand backstage once or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 * Being brought in with huge hype and a planned huge push that goes away quickly * Losing weight after getting clean and developing depression in the process * Undertaker roughing him up at house show * Developing into a good hand in the ring * Getting released There's a really good blog post somewhere in all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 wwemasterp chris mordetzky Watch any match I've worked in the last year and tell me I wasn't one of the best in ring guys in the company.I'm just saying! http://twitter.com/#!/wwemasterp/statu...560011822411776 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well time for some new blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I wouldn't say I'm happy about the Masters release, but the prospect of him working for a local indy like he did a few years ago makes me happy and it's beyond obvious the WWE was never going to do anything with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 "According to a shocking report" which is a report that can't be verified, right? Same "reports" indicate that the main event might not happen, but it probably will happen. How is this even noteworthy whatsoever? "Yeah, this could happen..." That's not news. Wild speculation where you can't use exact quotes or name sources is not credible or even worth reading. It is why wrestling "journalism" is a joke. "According to my SECRET SOURCES something might happen. Maybe!" That's basically what the entire thing said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 As an aside how the fuck does Primo Colon still have a job when Masters doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Supposedly there are more cuts coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 * Losing weight after getting clean and developing depression in the process * Undertaker roughing him up at house show Haven't heard eiter of those stories, anyone have details? Also someone point me in the direction of a really good Chris Masters match, i've watched like 10 current WWE shows in the past few years and only remember him during his really shitty initial run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Whats wrong with Primo? Anyway they'll get him on the next sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Whats wrong with Primo? Probably next to man don the Max Moon I mean Sin Cara suit: As was noted on the front page last night, Sin Cara's official first night back will be this coming Tuesday night at the Smackdown tapings. The decision for him to return was only made a couple of days back, and prior to that his future was very much up in the air with the company. He will be returning just three weeks after he was given a four-week suspension for a Wellness Policy violation. To get around this fact, there is talk that they might put developmental wrestler Hunico under the mask for a week until the real Sin Cara's suspension date hits. Credit F4WOnline Kinda funny replacing the guy who failed for steroids with a bigger guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I was asking cause some wrestler got all pissy that I supposedly called it the wrong maneuver and that because he's a worker, he knows more than me. "It's actually a just a reverse piledriver or a thunder driver. And that's coming from a worker." Firstly, I've never once heard it called a "thunder driver". Secondly, he's completely wrong about the "reverse driver". When describing a wrestling move, "reverse" refers to the movement, not the body positioning. Like, a Flatliner is basically a reverse STO, and the Stroke is a reverse Russian legsweep. What he thinks he means is would really be called an "inverted piledriver", because "inverted" refers to which way the person taking the move is facing. In this case, the Flatliner is an inverted Russian legsweep, and the Stroke is an inverted STO. Or for better proof, think of the most common call involving these words, the Inverted Atomic Drop. That one merely involves doing the same move, but turning the guy around to face the other way. So yeah, this worker is an ignorant egotist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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