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In a PWO2K thread discussing Takayama vs Akiyama, Loss posed the intriguing question: Is there a better match where the participants have rhyming names? After thinking about it for at least 20 minutes, I think I came up with a reasonable suggestion, but since then the idea has been rattling around in my brain non-stop. Did this one ever happen? ...because it could be right up there: Jack Brisco vs Larry Zbyszko Dick Togo vs Mr. Pogo I think the following might have happened at some point, but probably would not have been as good as Akiyama vs Takayama (or Jushin Liger vs Black Tiger): Porkchop Cash vs Kevin Nash Black Bart vs Bret Hart I…

https://www.destructoid.com/a-new-fire-pro-wrestling-game-may-be-on-the-horizon-420779.phtml

so a Dusty finish where we thought La La Land went over but turns out that we have a reverse decision by Warren Beatty giving the W to Moonlight OR a mindless Vince Russo swerve that will build to nothing and just done to pop a rating on a stale show? Discuss

Figured this might amuse a few of you - I write and perform sketch comedy and NYC. Linked below is video of a performance of a sketch I wrote about a wrestler who comes through very literally on his threats to opponents.

A friend of mine has started a Royal Rumble pool. $10 per entry. Instructions are on this Google Doc. He doesn't post on PWO but he's on Twitter. I can vouch for his trustworthiness. (Mods, feel free to delete this post if this sort of thing is not allowed.)

THIS THINGS SHOULD BE IN THE WWE 2K GAMES: Names in the Create a Superstar mode: Nicknames: The Rock Tribulation Revelation Dangerous Dancing Sticks Bones Bricks Wrath Iceman Grubster Grubworm Grubber Grubbie Grubby Danster The Dancer Ballroom Master Dancing Master Dingo Warrior Glacier Test Punk The Franchise Franchise Skinny Sexy Mr.Magnetism Rebel Bruiser __________________ First Names: Glen Chole Carrie Loretta June Nina Rita Amelia Fred Erica Kris Kristen Ralph Carissa Danny Lisa Breanna Vilppu Romeo Surnames aka (Last Names) Grubb Grub Grubbs Grubs Grubbe Grubba Grubbeaur Grubbitron Grubben Garrison O'Neal O'Neil Philbeck Brinkman Hartman Harmon E…

https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-switch-full-details-launch/ Towards the bottom they mention Suda51 is developing a wrestling game for the system. They previously made Super FirePro Special.

If some one could find them and post them on this thread. If you want to. You could throw the ECW & WCW Intros as well in this thread.

Hi All So I wanted an iOS app to develop and work on a bit here and there, and decided to build something to track matches I have watched, assign ratings, etc. And then build some analytics on the results, as well as filter the results (by promotion, rating, wrestler, year, etc). Thought it might be more assessable and useful on my phone than in a notebook, in a spreadsheet on my computer, etc. I will post it for free in the app store when done. Anyway, 2 questions: 1) Anyone interested in beta testing? First testable version should be ready in a couple of weeks. 2) Anyone interested in helping me sort out some UI design ideas? For example I am strugg…

I began the biggest fight of my life earlier this week when I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. If ya'll have any spare positive thoughts, prayers or good vibes, could you please send them to my family and I? We need all the positivity we can get right now. I wasn't sure if I should mention my dilemma here, but decided to post something because 1) Like I said, I need as many positive thoughts/prayers/good vibes as possible and 2) I've been coming to PWO forever. There are some really good people here and I'm sure this site and the podcasts will help me take my mind off of things when this upcoming battle gets really tough. If you'd like a blow-by-blow acco…

I was watching Jesse on RT America and he basically asked why the people that criticized and called Trump names would now support him. I yelled back at the screen "Its kayfabe Jesse!"

That's if you're too myopic to listen to non-white performers like Ray Charles or James Brown, or to listen to music from different eras like Bing Crosby or Louis Armstrong. The goal should be to expose yourself to a larger net of candidates from variety of cultures and eras.

I have just learned over the last few days of the conspiracy theories surrounding Hillary Clinton. For those unaware, she either died at the 9/11 memorial or vanished for real that day, depending on your point of view, and has two body doubles now pretending to be her in public. Her campaign rallies have often taken place in fake venues against green screens, sometimes with a laugh track and with phones in the audience that are on her but not even picking her up in the shot. This is because the Rothschild Family and other New World Order globalists plan to stage an assassination against one of the body doubles before the election so that Barack Obama can declare martial l…

I think you have the wrong movie analogies. It should be: John

Go to iTunes and type in "NJPW" and there is a 3D NJ wrestling game for free!! It seems to be all in Japanese but I haven't finished all of the downloading just yet. I will keep you posted.

Found this today. Thought of you guys. http://www.apollo-magazine.com/jousting-is-closer-to-performance-art-than-an-olympic-sport/

Did anyone else see this? The whole thing reeks of Russo.

Maybe this has already been pointed out multiple times but it would be a first for me. Egomaniac owner who had huge success in the 90s Drug related problems with talent Owner continues to tank their own product to satisfy ego Hires experts (coaches, former great wrestlers) only to let that talent go to waste because owner knows better Continue to have successful brand name despite shitty on air product Still living off past glories Hardcore fan base of support despite weak product I guarantee you guys can come up with more specific comparisons but I think Jerry Jones and Vince McMahon are the same person.

Like I tweeted to Meltz earlier when he was talking about it....there are a lot of pundits who believe that soccer will be the #2 sport in the US in 10 years. Soccer as a brand is growing big

Rudimentary observations in these parts, but worth highlighting nonetheless: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/magazine/is-everything-wrestling.html

As a big fighting game geek I've noticed a very common trend of characters that are clearly based on one wrestler or another. Going to name a bunch from memory here and others can chime in with theirs. Was originally going to restrict this to video games but I know this is common in at least other Japanese media since copyright laws are pretty lax there, so why not bring other media into it too? I'm gonna avoid wrestling games since pretty much every character in every unlicensed wrestling game is based on some real wrestler, but others are welcome to chime in with those if they wish Zangief (Street Fighter): Victor Zangiev Hugo (Street Fighter): Andre the Giant Alex …

so this weekend we have one of the biggest tournaments for fighting games (Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, that kind of thing), Final Round in Atlanta. IIRC both Xavier Woods and Kenny Omega are there to compete in Street Fighter 5, and both have made public appearances in the past for that scene as well. The main live stream for the tournament is at http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky, in case anyone was curious. so hey, let's have a thread to bring up other random stuff along these lines! i think i've posted about Samoa Joe's personal Twitch stream here in the past, though that went on hiatus once he went to NXT obv. Cody Rhodes's Zelda fandom, CM Punk & the Gre…

This thread has no purpose except to laugh at ourselves for GWE. It's been a great project, but probably ripe for parody at times too.

http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/ Since this is site the major source for the majority of podcasts linked to on this forum, I thought I'd spread the word some here. SoundCloud is facing a $44 million loss last year despite striking up a partnership with Universal Music Group, and is going to be dependent on heavy investment and/or additional revenue streams to stay afloat. This may be totally premature, but it may not hurt for podcasters and musicians to be thinking about a backup plan now.

Short version for the non US members of the site, Martin Shkreli is a trust fund dudebro turned Pharmacy executive who made news for jacking up the price of life saving medications by 1000% or more just because he can. Also for being the winning bidder for the only pressed copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album. I mean, just look at the guy in the video seen here: http://gawker.com/martin-shkreli-invokes-his-fifth-amendment-right-not-to-1757080115 His smugness, the perpetual smirk on his extremely punchable face, he's every bad guy in an 80s teen movie come to life grown up to be a CEO. He's out-heeling anyone in the business today.