
Everything posted by El McKell
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Netflix creating a comedy series based on G.L.O.W.
When Don left New York and is the middle of nowhere he goes to some fundraiser with war veterans in the PWG building.
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Netflix creating a comedy series based on G.L.O.W.
PWG only runs in one building now and yeah that was it. That building also appeared in the 2nd last episode of Mad Men.
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Have you ever cried watching wrestling?
Plenty of times. Literally just cried on Saturday seeing Mark Haskins celebrating after beating Ryan Smile live at an OTT show. This decision was then reversed which killed the moment.
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Best Squash Match ever?
How is that a squash match? If a commentator at one point in the match says that the person who ultimately won showed 'great resiliency' there's no way it's a squash
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Favorite 3 -5 year peak from a worker?
It's gotta be Kenta Kobashi 2003 to 2005 for me
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Dave Meltzer stuff
This. He just wanted a rating to say it was a little better than the Dome match, don't think about what it means about how much better he thinks it is than other 5 star matches or if you could have a *****1/2 star match or whatever
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[1982-04-01-NJPW] Tiger Mask vs Steve Wright
Wright gives Tiger basically nothing in the match, dominates the whole thing, kills the Tiger Mask aura by outshining Tiger, doing cartwheels and shit to get out of holds and even gets out of the way on the outside so Tiger can't do a dive
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Buddy Rose vs. Jay Youngblood (2/3 falls) (4/11/81)
Gotta give these guys enormous props for finishing a fall with a side headlock and making it seem like a believable and dramatic finish. Also, this is almost definitely the best Buddy Rose singles match i've seen
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Weirder smark obsession: Roman Reigns or Women's hair?
'Sports Entertainment' is also term that WWE characters are not allowed to say on screen anyway
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Weirder smark obsession: Roman Reigns or Women's hair?
I wouldn't give a shit if it was just medical facility instead of hospital but because there's dozens of this little things that everyone has to say characters in WWE end up coming across as weird and unnatural.
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Weirder smark obsession: Roman Reigns or Women's hair?
The way they clearly have to use a nickname every time someone is mentioned when they first come up with a nickname now and calling Hogan 'Hulkster' is not the same thing. The problem with this stuff is that it makes the way people speak seem very unnatural. Saying the full name of the PPV every time is bizarre especially if it's got a name like 'Fastlane: End of the Line'. Calling the crowd 'The Universe' even in the context of wrestlers brawling into the crowd. Not using the word belt no matter what, Jinder Mahal stole the belt from Randy Orton and a commentator told us that Orton is the champion but Mahal 'has the title'. That makes no sense 'This past week' instead of ever saying last Monday or last Tuesday. 'Medical facility' instead of hospital. You can never say US champion it's United States champion every time. Everybody having to say things in a particular way makes it obvious that everything is a script and not feel real.
- [2000-05-07-WCW-Slamboree] DDP vs Jeff Jarrett vs David Arquette (Cage)
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MOTD by Decade
1950s Buddy Rogers vs Lou Thesz (1/26/51) 1960s Giant Baba vs The Destroyer (3/5/69) 1970s Harley Race vs Terry Funk (7/1/77) 1980s Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (4/2/89) 1990s Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toskiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (6/9/95) 2000s John Cena vs Shawn Michaels (4/23/07) 2010s Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (4/7/13)
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WrestleMania Weekend!!
Joey Jannela's Spring Break featured what was by far the best Dan Severn match i've ever seen
- [1980-04-12-WWF-Philadelphia, PA] Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko
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New World of Sport on ITV
If the one new world of sport episode around christmas last year is anything to go by this won't be good
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Stacey & Elliott's Bogus Journey #2: Crimes Against Humanity
I wanna take issue with Elliot repeatedly saying there were only 3 empty arena matches. The NWO did all those Saturday Night squashes that nobody should every watch.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
I firmly believe that wrestlers and fighters have roughly the same goals when it comes to the categories they're voted on together: best on interviews, biggest draw, most charismatic. There are separate awards for Fighter/Wrestler of the year, most outstanding and best match because when they step into the ring/cage they have totally different jobs. The job they have outside of that are largely very similar.
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The greatest match of all time
yeah probably. I think if a poll was held clash 6 would have the plurality. And i think Chi-Town is better than WrestleWar for what that's worth
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The greatest match of all time
Everyone's already said 6/9/95, but it's my pick too. With Clash 6 a close second
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JvK reviews pimped matches from late 90s-10s
vs. Tomoaki Honma - 8/3/14 was about to post this match as one to watch but of course case beat me to it
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
Is there ever a pin or submission in the 4th or 5th minute of round in world of sport match? Does this bother anyone else? Can the wrestlers not be trusted to keep track of time so 90% of the falls must come in first 90 seconds of a round?
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Why does puro get so much love? Why does lucha get so dismissed?
Who in lucha should have won MOTY/WOTY/Most Oustanding Wrestler but didn't? lots of people would say Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero as the 2014 MOTY. You could argue for Mistico as wrestler of the year in 2005 or 2007. Maybe Hijo Del Santo in 1997. Negro Casas for most outstanding in 1992.
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Wrestling in unusual contexts
"like I’m working baby face out of Mid-South in the ‘80s. I kept a blade hidden in my wrist tape" is a lyric in this Wonder Years song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Z3IQqKbdQ
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NXT talk
c'mon this is ridiculous all grimmas is saying is that you're wrong to think they'd cover up Hero's body because the company has changed its position on stuff like that. I haven't got a dog in this fight, I'm not really on Grimmas' side i guess they probably wouldn't make him wear a singlet or whatever but i wouldn't be too surprised if they did or if they asked him to lose some of the weight.