That Globetrotters/Generals comparison was excellent.
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That Globetrotters/Generals comparison was excellent.
Professor Beef
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I respect the use of the FFVIII Boss Battle theme in the video.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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You're going to put all these burials on retainer at this rate.
Only if he comes back as Spanky though.
bean breath
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Yeah, me too. Although, Carl Edwards did ease my pain slightly.
Yeah, Kane & Taker were using sledgehammers for a while then. They even had a few sledgehammer matches with Mankind.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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It's a bit awkward when guys who can shoot fireballs have to use sledgehammers.
No one holds it against you. The end was near when he admitted to his hygiene habits.
Professor Beef
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I guess we'll find out come Smackdown. Heavy can like whatever he wants, but he can keep his posts about asses and his dirty god damned genitals out of the thread.
I think that was a work.
I...wait.. what?!
They have to recharge fireball/lightning bolt powers. In the meantime, they use sledgehammers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQh2jGn5bZo
You missed the post about him washing his nuts in the sink?
Meltzer says they are.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35418856&postcount=12733
"It had to be meant for The Undertaker" even though he just stood there and made no attempt to dodge it.
dream
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Raw on 2/27 featuring the return of The Rock did a disappointing 3.14 rating and 4.64 million viewers. The rating was actually down from the previous week, although viewers were basically identical.
In the demos, Teenage boys did a 2.7 (down 4% from last week), Males 18-49 did a 2.8 (down 3%), Teenage girls did a 1.1 (down 8%), and Women 18-49 did a 1.2 (up 9%). The show was third for the night on cable. The show did 67.3% male viewers.
In the segment-by-segment, the C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho dueling promo did a 3.22 opening quarter. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan lost 289,000 viewers. The HHH/Undertaker video package gained 526,000 viewers and did a 3.38, which is excellent because video packages to build matches usually lose viewers and are considered more necessary evils to ratings. Kelly Kelly vs. Nikki Bella lost 816,000 viewers. John Cena vs. The Miz gained 388,000 viewers, which is weak for the top of the hour, doing only a 3.09. Primo & Epico vs. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth & Kofi Kingston lost 221,000 viewers. The Eve Torres interview gained 225,000 viewers. Big Show & Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes & Mark Henry and Rhodes showing the Floyd Mayweather-Show clips gained 3,000 viewers. And as noted before, the Rocks promo pre-Cena gained 643,000 viewers to a to a 3.53, which is nothing remarkable for the overrun. And the Cena promo and him leaving and Rock finishing up lost 349,000 viewers and the show finished at a 3.30, which has to be considered a surprise.
In the demos, Teenage boys did a 2.7 (down 4% from last week), Males 18-49 did a 2.8 (down 3%), Teenage girls did a 1.1 (down 8%), and Women 18-49 did a 1.2 (up 9%). The show was third for the night on cable. The show did 67.3% male viewers.
In the segment-by-segment, the C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho dueling promo did a 3.22 opening quarter. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan lost 289,000 viewers. The HHH/Undertaker video package gained 526,000 viewers and did a 3.38, which is excellent because video packages to build matches usually lose viewers and are considered more necessary evils to ratings. Kelly Kelly vs. Nikki Bella lost 816,000 viewers. John Cena vs. The Miz gained 388,000 viewers, which is weak for the top of the hour, doing only a 3.09. Primo & Epico vs. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth & Kofi Kingston lost 221,000 viewers. The Eve Torres interview gained 225,000 viewers. Big Show & Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes & Mark Henry and Rhodes showing the Floyd Mayweather-Show clips gained 3,000 viewers. And as noted before, the Rocks promo pre-Cena gained 643,000 viewers to a to a 3.53, which is nothing remarkable for the overrun. And the Cena promo and him leaving and Rock finishing up lost 349,000 viewers and the show finished at a 3.30, which has to be considered a surprise.
dream
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There was an altercation on 2/21 at a show in Largo, FL involving Brian Knobs, 47, and New Jack, 49. Knobs came into the dressing room after the show was over and was telling a lot of the wrestlers that they didnt know how to work and didnt get it. He then went to New Jack in specific and told him that he didnt know how to wrestle. New Jack punched Knobs in the face, knocking him into the wall. Knobs then came back and pulled New Jack to the ground, but New Jack got up before Knobs could, and kicked him in the face when he was down, knocking him out in front of everyone. Knobs didnt get a lot of sympathy given his demeanor in running people down before New Jack threw the first punch.
Undertaker had both shoulder and hip surgeries over the past year. When he showed up last week it was estimated he was lighter than before, maybe 275-280 pounds. At one point the feeling was that he would retire after this year and going 20-0, but that is no longer the feeling, particularly since its not being hinted at. A lot will depend on how his body holds up after this match but the betting line is hell be back, perhaps for a few years since hes now down to probably doing one match per year.
[re: punk vs y2j]
There is an interesting note where Jim Ross is pushing that they open the show, and strategically, that would be the best place for them. If they open and are given, say 23 minutes, theyll get the 23 minutes. If they are put on right before Undertaker and Rock, and guys go long as always happens, Jericho and Punk will be the ones who have their time cut, and they wont be able to go accidentally long and cut into HHHs time. Great matches at Mania often depend on how much time you are given.
WWE has come out with a line of what they are calling Kayfabe T-shirts inspired by Ziggler having heel on his trunks, which at first got a lot of negative reaction internally. The shirts have words like Heel, Jobber, I Love Heat, Im So Over, and Whats Your Finish? Ill just say this, there are a number of people in wrestling who were furious about this, both in and out of the company. Its already on the web site being marketed by Ziggler, but we were also told a decision may be made this week one way or another about whether or not to drop the line and it was said that somehow this got out due to a lack of communication as a lot of people werent aware that the line was going to be released.
Because of having Rock and Cena do a verbal confrontation, the show ended at 11:21 p.m., roughly 16 minutes longer than usual. The lesson here is that people got tired of wrestling. While I found the segment one of the best things on Raw in a while and a great promotion for Mania, the first part of the segment gained 643,000 viewers to a 3.50 rating, mostly for Rock doing a promo. That is average overrun growth, a far cry from the 1 million plus that Undertaker and HHH brought it up for their segment the week before, and the kind of numbers Rock did for almost every segment he was on last year. Cena came out and did his own promo, with the most talked about aspect being when he pointed out that Rock had written notes on his forearm, which, in fact, he had, with shorthand reminders of different thing he was going to talk about. Its hard to know whether in the big picture, bring this up mattered or was good or not. It got a lot of people talking for a few hours, but it seemed a day later, people moved on so it didnt seem to have a lot of effect either way. What did happen is a sizeable number of people tuned out while Cena did the promo, about 349,000, for the last six minutes of the show. It wasnt because of what he brought up, and I dont think it was because of Cena or Rock, but simply people are creatures of habit and the show went longer than they expected and they moved on to whatever they switch to before it was over.
The thing that has to be realized is WWE of course wants Mania to do as much money as possible. But the world doesnt end with that show. And when Rock leaves after the Raw the next night, its back to Cena being the top babyface in the company. So each week they are cleverly putting him in segments, whether it be blowing off hot user Eve Torres, or constantly bringing up that Rock doesnt really love wrestling and is also a self-centered user and that he is the guy who will be there week in and week out. For two weeks, Cena has been booed out of the building like usual when he comes out, but has managed to somewhat quiet the boos with his promos. Whether that will work with the Mania crowd, and in Miami, is doubtful. But they are trying.
Cena mentioned Rock having interview notes on his forearm, and cut another strong promo saying that he grew up as a fan of The Rock, until he met Dwayne Johnson, calling him a self centered egotistical son of a bitch. One person close to Johnson noted to us he didnt think Johnson would go for the latter line because of the son of a bitch implies something about his mother and he and his mother are very close. Cena said that come Mania day that Johnson will be afraid because Cena will beat the hell out of him. Cena left and Rock did seem slightly flustered the rest of the interview. Either something was said he wasnt expecting, or he is a great actor and he wanted at least some people to think something was said that he wasnt expecting. It had that tinge of reality that almost nothing in pro wrestling has these days. The ratings dont indicate the biggest PPV show in history, but ratings usually dont directly correlate to the next PPV number or house show numbers. Still, advertising Rock in a city hes never been to should have sold out for Raw, particularly since the city is historically a strong wrestling market. And why people tuned out of the show when Cena came on and was doing his promo is not what you would expect.
Mania is going to be interesting, not just to see if the two of them can pull together and have a good match, which they likely will, but the crowd reaction to Cena, the crowd reaction to Rock in a long match as opposed to just coming in for short spots that he did at Survivor Series, and the finish. What they should do has been debated to death. The logical wrestling side is that Cena is staying, Rock isnt, and Rock cost Cena the title at last years Mania and so it should be his turn to win. But how they are going to pull that off in front of a crowd that came to see Rock beat Cena and will largely hate Cena may mean distraction or interference, which may not be what theyll want out of the biggest match of all-time.
Undertaker had both shoulder and hip surgeries over the past year. When he showed up last week it was estimated he was lighter than before, maybe 275-280 pounds. At one point the feeling was that he would retire after this year and going 20-0, but that is no longer the feeling, particularly since its not being hinted at. A lot will depend on how his body holds up after this match but the betting line is hell be back, perhaps for a few years since hes now down to probably doing one match per year.
[re: punk vs y2j]
There is an interesting note where Jim Ross is pushing that they open the show, and strategically, that would be the best place for them. If they open and are given, say 23 minutes, theyll get the 23 minutes. If they are put on right before Undertaker and Rock, and guys go long as always happens, Jericho and Punk will be the ones who have their time cut, and they wont be able to go accidentally long and cut into HHHs time. Great matches at Mania often depend on how much time you are given.
WWE has come out with a line of what they are calling Kayfabe T-shirts inspired by Ziggler having heel on his trunks, which at first got a lot of negative reaction internally. The shirts have words like Heel, Jobber, I Love Heat, Im So Over, and Whats Your Finish? Ill just say this, there are a number of people in wrestling who were furious about this, both in and out of the company. Its already on the web site being marketed by Ziggler, but we were also told a decision may be made this week one way or another about whether or not to drop the line and it was said that somehow this got out due to a lack of communication as a lot of people werent aware that the line was going to be released.
Because of having Rock and Cena do a verbal confrontation, the show ended at 11:21 p.m., roughly 16 minutes longer than usual. The lesson here is that people got tired of wrestling. While I found the segment one of the best things on Raw in a while and a great promotion for Mania, the first part of the segment gained 643,000 viewers to a 3.50 rating, mostly for Rock doing a promo. That is average overrun growth, a far cry from the 1 million plus that Undertaker and HHH brought it up for their segment the week before, and the kind of numbers Rock did for almost every segment he was on last year. Cena came out and did his own promo, with the most talked about aspect being when he pointed out that Rock had written notes on his forearm, which, in fact, he had, with shorthand reminders of different thing he was going to talk about. Its hard to know whether in the big picture, bring this up mattered or was good or not. It got a lot of people talking for a few hours, but it seemed a day later, people moved on so it didnt seem to have a lot of effect either way. What did happen is a sizeable number of people tuned out while Cena did the promo, about 349,000, for the last six minutes of the show. It wasnt because of what he brought up, and I dont think it was because of Cena or Rock, but simply people are creatures of habit and the show went longer than they expected and they moved on to whatever they switch to before it was over.
The thing that has to be realized is WWE of course wants Mania to do as much money as possible. But the world doesnt end with that show. And when Rock leaves after the Raw the next night, its back to Cena being the top babyface in the company. So each week they are cleverly putting him in segments, whether it be blowing off hot user Eve Torres, or constantly bringing up that Rock doesnt really love wrestling and is also a self-centered user and that he is the guy who will be there week in and week out. For two weeks, Cena has been booed out of the building like usual when he comes out, but has managed to somewhat quiet the boos with his promos. Whether that will work with the Mania crowd, and in Miami, is doubtful. But they are trying.
Cena mentioned Rock having interview notes on his forearm, and cut another strong promo saying that he grew up as a fan of The Rock, until he met Dwayne Johnson, calling him a self centered egotistical son of a bitch. One person close to Johnson noted to us he didnt think Johnson would go for the latter line because of the son of a bitch implies something about his mother and he and his mother are very close. Cena said that come Mania day that Johnson will be afraid because Cena will beat the hell out of him. Cena left and Rock did seem slightly flustered the rest of the interview. Either something was said he wasnt expecting, or he is a great actor and he wanted at least some people to think something was said that he wasnt expecting. It had that tinge of reality that almost nothing in pro wrestling has these days. The ratings dont indicate the biggest PPV show in history, but ratings usually dont directly correlate to the next PPV number or house show numbers. Still, advertising Rock in a city hes never been to should have sold out for Raw, particularly since the city is historically a strong wrestling market. And why people tuned out of the show when Cena came on and was doing his promo is not what you would expect.
Mania is going to be interesting, not just to see if the two of them can pull together and have a good match, which they likely will, but the crowd reaction to Cena, the crowd reaction to Rock in a long match as opposed to just coming in for short spots that he did at Survivor Series, and the finish. What they should do has been debated to death. The logical wrestling side is that Cena is staying, Rock isnt, and Rock cost Cena the title at last years Mania and so it should be his turn to win. But how they are going to pull that off in front of a crowd that came to see Rock beat Cena and will largely hate Cena may mean distraction or interference, which may not be what theyll want out of the biggest match of all-time.
Buckethead
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When They Were Cool: Wrestling Edition
So your in the miniority with dream then. He is the most over heel they created in a long time. The heat he gets is amazing.
Ask beans to do a recap on fermented nuts-gate.I don't read this thread as often as I'd like toCatching up on that shit now.
Nah, he's not really that over yet because he doesn't do typical heel stuff yet. Plus the AJ storyline is stupid so the crowd doesn't know what to think yet.
The YES! gif is just amazing though. Probably my favourite gif right now.
Just read his post on his balls at the sink. Gross.
BUT!
I don't want him to stop posting here. Come back Heavy!
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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If Rock is actually going to have a match at Summerslam and WM 29, they'd probably be willing to put him over Cena cleanly and have him win the rematch at Slam.
Net_Wrecker
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Are we reading the same posts? The guy was LEGIT pissed, and in a blathering rage. Unbelievable how oblivious and blind you are, G-Fex. Go watch Yugioh or something. Weirdo.
I wonder what makes Heavy think he won't be belittled at a wrestling forum
Also, Chuck Taylor has an internet show now too. So if you love some Chucky T, watch!
http://youtu.be/LajRaNVAZV8
Also, Chuck Taylor has an internet show now too. So if you love some Chucky T, watch!
http://youtu.be/LajRaNVAZV8
Lies are a part of his game, they won't help him out in this duel.
And go watch Archer you heel.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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G-Fex is still mad that he was never THE MAN like Eraldocoil is.
lessthananth725
Member
Heavy is the best heel going in the business...fuckin marks
Pristine_Condition
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There's something in the law called Tortious Interference, which prohibits companies from tampering with guys under contract with other companies. Not sure how it works with independent contractors though, or if these ROH guys are actually ICs or not, considering, last I heard, that ROH was getting the guys health insurance, which is pretty unique in the business.
Professor Beef
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HE'S SHOOTIN
excuse me? I made Eraldocoil the man, I put him over big time.
Getting hot in here
HarryDemeanor
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Are you saying you created Eraldomania?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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We're living in the Reality Era. PIPE BOMBS FOR ALL
Did you invent Canada too?!
Mr. Enigma
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Hall of Fame notes:
HarryDemeanor
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I hope they do a stream of the Hall of Fame for the website. I'd like to see it all.
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