Everything posted by Al
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WWE TV 08/24 - 08/30 HUGE News!
Cachorro Grande sounds like a 1940s era Mexican wrestler.
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NWA Powerrr
In 2002 WWE was the only other game in town and streaming wasn’t a realistic option. There’s so much free wrestling out there right now that I don’t know what kind of demand this possibly has.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
The biggest crime bust since Steve Sax.
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Under-the-radar wrestling book recommendations
I’m through three chapters and I’m convinced.
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Under-the-radar wrestling book recommendations
The Laprade authored Andre bio is $4.99 as well on Kindle.
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Mark Rocco passes away
https://twitter.com/realkingregal/status/1289160535892729856?s=21
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Is Claudio Castagnoli/Antonio Cesaro the best tag worker of this century?
Bobby Eaton had to team with George Gulas. No one is touching him historically.
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Billy Goelz and other 50s finds
A jobber in 1985 used the name Jim Londos. The chutzpah is admirable.
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WWE TV 07/06 - 07/12 I'm not a citizen. I'm a civil engineer. A graduated one. Better than you.
If they can pay off a wrestler getting an eye ripped out, why the hell would I ever want to watch that?
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WWE TV 07/06 - 07/12 I'm not a citizen. I'm a civil engineer. A graduated one. Better than you.
Villano LXIX?
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Is the empire crumbling before our eyes?
You're not wrong, but most teams are holding Spring Training (Summer Camp?) in their home cities.
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#SpeakingOut: Industry-wide sexual misconduct (assault/harrassment/grooming/etc) accusations and their repercussions
One of the biggest concerns for me as a fan is going to a local show and not knowing if the local promoter acts ethically towards the talent. I mean, I know the answer is usually "no," but still.
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#SpeakingOut: Industry-wide sexual misconduct (assault/harrassment/grooming/etc) accusations and their repercussions
Quoted this on mobile.
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#SpeakingOut: Industry-wide sexual misconduct (assault/harrassment/grooming/etc) accusations and their repercussions
A few months ago I watched some 1993 ECW and Angel caught my eye. Read up on her backstory, she alleged quite a bit of abuse a year or two ago. She really got a raw deal for it all. In naming so many names I’m not certain she’s 100% accurate, but everything she said is entirely plausible.
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#SpeakingOut: Industry-wide sexual misconduct (assault/harrassment/grooming/etc) accusations and their repercussions
That whole thing misses the best part. The first version the lawyer posted was printed on a sheet of labels.
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Wrestling parallels w/ wider cultural trends
Razor Ramon was way ahead of his time.
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RIP Johnny Walker, aka Mr Wrestling II
Growing up with PWI he was always talked about as a national star as it was.
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NXT TakeOver IN YOUR HOUSE PPV
Ditto. Gargano is too small to credibly move Lee.
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WWE Network... It's Here
Could honestly do a real interesting Hogan piece if you collected all of his media appearances.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
Hillsborough was April of '89 and certainly had an effect on how stadiums operate in Britain. Don't know if or how that carried over to Japan though.
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WWE TV 05/25 - 05/31 I dunno I just feel sad
I wouldn't make it five minutes. But the logical end is a wrestler breaking the spirit of the match. Ala Kirschner/Volkoff's "Peace Match" on SNME.
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1970s Apter Mag Match of the Year winners
One I've been curious about before, one of the 1977 runners up. Andre the Giant vs. Ric Flair. When was that match, and why was that hyped up?
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AEW Double or Nothing 2020
The only thing I didn’t like about the stadium brawl is the logic that you can beat someone down well enough to roll a chalk liner over him, but you don’t bother to pin him. Cinematic stuff, I think until normalcy returns wrestling is in a bizarro world where everyone needs to scrape the barrel. I don’t mind if the normal rules are bent because we’re kind of in uncharted territory.
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Hana Kimura passes away
Could vary by home country though. If harassment came from an outside country with laws on the book...
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Hana Kimura passes away
I didn’t see what Hana tweeted but if Kairi went on twitter and saw her friend essentially tweeting her suicide, that has to leave a lasting impression.