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February Wrasslin' |OT2| Where TNA Careers Never Existed

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"We're going to make Daniel Bryan act like a dick to make him unlikable. That way, people will like Reigns MORE."

This may have worked if Reigns also wasn't scripted like a dick.
What's sad I was thinking last night. I don't think there is anything they could do to turn Bryan full heel in this buildup.
 

Data West

coaches in the WNBA
got my sweater ready for the cold
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Imagine if they had a bunch of other wrestlers stealing his catchphrase afterwards.

"Savio Vega 3:16 says I just whooped your butt!"
"If you want Hunter Hearst Helmsley to open up a can of whoopbutt, gimme a Heck Yeah!"

best stone cold was before he constantly spewed catchphrases anyways so i'm fine with it
 
FREE TODAY! Wrestling Observer Live 2/22: Punk vs. Amann, Fast Lane preview, tons more!

Saturday, 21 February 2015 11:21

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full preview for Fast Lane tomorrow, thoughts on CM Punk and Dr. Chris Amann, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!




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Fox318

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FREE TODAY! Wrestling Observer Live 2/22: Punk vs. Amann, Fast Lane preview, tons more!

Saturday, 21 February 2015 11:21

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full preview for Fast Lane tomorrow, thoughts on CM Punk and Dr. Chris Amann, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!




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Have you been able to get pocketcasts to play nice with their podcasts?
 
I find it weird that a character like Mankind was able to openly acknowledge that he had a wife and children and used it in promos.

Regardless, Foley cut some damn good promos back in the day
 

Alucard

Banned
How are everyone's Match of the Year lists looking? I've decided to keep mine updated in my Google docs. Here's what I've got so far:

Jan 4th AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito 3.75/5 (NJPW - Wrestle Kingdom 9)

Jan 4th Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 5/5 (NJPW - Wrestle Kingdom 9)

Jan 4th Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 4.25/5 (NJPW - Wrestle Kingdom 9)

Jan 7th Aztec Warfare Match 4.5/5 (Lucha Underground)

Jan 14th Aerostar vs. Argenis vs. Angelico vs. Cage 4/5 (Lucha Underground)

Jan 25th Seth Rollins vs. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar 4.5/5 (WWE - Royal Rumble)

Feb 14th Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii 5/5 (NJPW - The New Beginning in Sendai)

Feb 14th The Young Bucks and AJ Styles vs. Matt Sydal, ACH, and Cedric Alexander 3.75/5 (ROH - TV ep.178)

I'm hopeful that Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns will surprise the hell out of me tomorrow night. Also need to watch more of the NJPW New Beginning shows.
 
I really like what they're doing with Ishii and the NEVER belt. Really elevates the title.

Makes what they're doing with Barrett and the IC belt look stupid
 
I find it weird that a character like Mankind was able to openly acknowledge that he had a wife and children and used it in promos.

Regardless, Foley cut some damn good promos back in the day
Maybe it was that he was semi normal while he was Cactus Jack but then something went off in his head which lead to Mankind... Ehh idk.

What are some top moments of Real ass Stone Cold, jabronies? I want to watch some 96' 97' PPVs.
 

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"We're going to make Daniel Bryan act like a dick to make him unlikable. That way, people will like Reigns MORE."

This may have worked if Reigns also wasn't scripted like a dick.

He was also dickish in the build up to the Summerslam, the problem is this is what Daniel Bryan character should of been doing the minute he got screwed by The Authority. Now that he has been built as this 'no nonsense' babyface its jarring - but to act as though this character has never been a dick whilst being a babyface is wrong.
 
People complain about RAW matches these days ending in DQs holy shit these 97 raws almost never end clean

I remember this. You basically only got clean finishes at PPVs. Made sense in a way, since the only way to get a payoff was to pay for it. I went on a 10 year hiatus after the Attitude era and I was frankly shocked at all the clean finishes on TV they were giving away each week. But I do like them better.

Also, I've been getting into NXT more and more lately, and I have to say, the fact one of the female wrestler's names is Blue Pants is completely ridiculous and awesome. I know she's a bit player, but it's fantastic. Also, she has the easiest heel turn potential in history: red pants.
 

Alucard

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I really like what they're doing with Ishii and the NEVER belt. Really elevates the title.

Makes what they're doing with Barrett and the IC belt look stupid

Don't worry, brother. After Barrett loses the IC title this weekend, Sheamus is going to come out and turn full heel by clotheslining and Brogue kicking Ambrose. It'll be one of the greatest feuds in IC Title history.

Plus, this will free up Barrett to team up with Adrian Neville, or at least ease Neville onto the main roster. Right?

Btw, Neville is awesome, but I fear him ending up like Evan Bourne due to his own lack of character and mic skills.
 

hamchan

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I remember this. You basically only got clean finishes at PPVs. Made sense in a way, since the only way to get a payoff was to pay for it. I went on a 10 year hiatus after the Attitude era and I was frankly shocked at all the clean finishes on TV they were giving away each week.

Also, I've been getting into NXT more and more lately, and I have to say, the fact one of the female wrestler's names is Blue Pants is completely ridiculous and awesome. I know she's a bit player, but it's fantastic. Also, she has the easiest heel turn potential in history: red pants.

Blue Pants is hilarious. I love that her entrance theme is just Big Cass singing the Price is Right theme.
 

Alucard

Banned
He was also dickish in the build up to the Summerslam, the problem is this is what Daniel Bryan character should of been doing the minute he got screwed by The Authority. Now that he has been built as this 'no nonsense' babyface its jarring - but to act as though this character has never been a dick whilst being a babyface is wrong.

Agreed, but that was at a time when fans were more openly spewing venom at Cena, and Cena is someone who's been around a long while. People agreed with Bryan. Reigns is a new guy, seemed to be over, and then they scripted him like a comedy character, and now a dick. Regardless of that, there's no reason to be sympathetic towards Bryan, like there was when he fought Cena.

While the brawl to end Raw this week was pretty great, I don't feel like I want to cheer for either guy at Fastlane. I kind of want both of them to lose because neither character is connecting with me on an emotional level, and certainly not on a level that makes me feel sympathy towards one or the other.
 
People complain about RAW matches these days ending in DQs holy shit these 97 raws almost never end clean

A lot of the Attitude stuff is trash wrestling wise, but because the characters and story are so damn good you don't give a shit. Plus the finishes sort of make sense and are justified/followed through later.
 
Wish there was a way to watch pre nitro wcw outside of ppvs

What the fuck cornette? he tells jr and honky tonk about a man who died after his parachute didn't open and says "if god meant for man to fly, he would've given him wings."
 

Terrabyte20xx

Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
Blue Pants is hilarious. I love that her entrance theme is just Big Cass singing the Price is Right theme.
Blue pants deserves her spot on the roster if only because she's proof that you can be so over, that the no name jobber get's a contract just because of on screen association.
 

Alucard

Banned
Watching the promo package for Styles vs. Tanahashi from The New Beginning. They translate Styles' finisher as "The Styles Crush." Love it.
 
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