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I'm convinced 80% of moves used today were invented in French catch in the 50s/60s. I've seen Asai DDTs, Roll of the Dice/CrossRhodes, ganso bombs, missile dropkicks, Hiromu's DVD stampede, multiple powerbomb variations, multiple ranas and frankensteiners, saw a bulldog driver and snapmare driver, superkicks

Bryan doing a Regal in 1993-1994 TV Title run would be wonderful

Meltzer believes anything and everything told to him at face value when it comes to puro companies

Shibataism will save New Japan

What was Gabe actually doing with NXT? His name seemed to never come up with all the other booking and agent crew of HHH's group.

It was nice to see Shibata back, and both Okada matches were real strong, but man the rest of these shows straight up sucked. Two nights for Wk never made sense due to NJ's small roster that was overstuffed with rematches and multiman tags, and that was before COVID took away most of the gaijin talent that they heavily relied on.

Oh man what the fuck Fenix really just Sid'd his arm christ

Brian Pillman's best run is definitely the Hollywood Blondes run and that's like 14 months or something. The Loose Cannon run is the most overrated angle and gimmick in history. It was literally Pillman just making cartoonishly over the top wacky faces for a couple of months and Bischoff saying he was gonna be in trouble and then he's gone and Benoit assumes his position in the feud with Sullivan. It's the ultimate work the smarks angle and somehow is still held up as some incredible thing. It wasn't. It sucked.

Getting rid of Regal is crazy to me. Why on earth would you NOT want him with such a young and inexperienced group that they're running with now in NXT?

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Shingo/Okada was the only thing worth watching. I'm sure Okada/Ospreay will be good but man Ospreay looks and sounds like such a gassed up meat head. Dude looks like the gear has aged him 15 years in the past year and a half. In regards to Kevin Kelly, I think he's always sucked as an announcer and doing a 4 hour show via Zoom at a weird time isn't going to be good for anyone

I definitely do not think there is any attempt at Mr. Khan, just TK unforced stepping on his dick again, which has happened multiple times because he's a shit poster at heart and is probably drunk/high when he does it. This is a pretty ugly one, though.

It's really interesting how common tap outs were for submissions in the 50s, all over the world. You'll see it in US, JWA, and French Catch pretty regularly in the 50s. I wonder when and why that went away in pro wrestling. I wonder why that went away in pro wrestling for so long before returning once MMA popped off in the US.

The quality of her in ring ability has nothing to do with her comments and feelings about representation in the company. TK making a shitpost about her personally because he's mad someone had an issue with not even him but that there aren't people in the company in upper levels that look and sound like her is wildly unprofessional and unbecoming for the guy running the whole company.

I predicted when Toni got called up that they'd push her hard for a few weeks and then Vince would decide she didn't have the right look and stop using her. Didn't think she'd be out so quick, though. It will be a good thing for all companies and talent if WWE performers start realizing their worth and leaving, including WWE, as it will force them to actually try to give their own talent something to work with to keep them happy.

I agree with Jetlag. I was through 1986 or so in the AJPW Archive and I think I saw all of 2 matches with Rusher that weren't either terribly boring or just terrible.

I don't think Sammy is a likeable face in the least so I'm not surprised his title run didn't amount to anything. In general, getting dragged back into Inner Circle stuff completely killed Sammy and LAX.

Can't be any cases if you don't do any testing has been Trump/various GOP governors' talking points for a year and a half now.

I don't at all disagree that he looks and moves like a real athlete. He just has a literal babyface and doesn't at all have that angry man who will try to break your neck aura that Taz had, imo. He's very very chill.

Hard disagree about Hook looking like a guy who could fuck you up. He looks like a teenager. Maybe in a few years when his face starts to mature. He doesn't have that aura of fuck you up that Taz had despite being taller and in better shape. It might come as he matures and gets more experience, though. Certainly looks like he's going to have a high ceiling but I'm not buying him doing all the Taz no selling shit at all yet.

Some more moves you start seeing in 1950-1953: An accidental RKO: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bEEwJ54mN4RiycMv8 An accidental Rock Bottom https://photos.app.goo.gl/m4xsJ6dGfz2ZSguA6 The wrap arm in ropes and kick the ropes spot https://photos.app.goo.gl/sQkiNAx6Be6igvoE9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/eDMkwUxAGADUHA997 Piledrivers https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tq2XwvYMxjaHvjiH6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/bJg718H1yu9STcgDA https://photos.app.goo.gl/gwkQVPaxT4nC56SYA https://photos.app.goo.gl/iAps4pMvBYKtKaJv5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/sFDZTNs8kJ4MfDxp8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/eR4NuCsuLPwig6Bs9 The Backdrop https://photos.app.goo.gl/XqvabyDek5EKFABP7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTGAxpPzRVE7ohJF8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/iuSvgH45VjP5xG2N9 Mounted corner punches https://photos.app.goo.gl/CtdZhAF3KqQTcxfX9 Powerbombs https://photos.app.goo.gl/kcK7f1dNA85zzzAx9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/JCsaXWgwcwHNB8Yq6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/6ubaQK8iQinhbSqMA https://photos.app.goo.gl/KCeGgNCYHsiAFWss6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/T61p2SA5zg6m1nLx8 The bulldog https://photos.app.goo.gl/uGkKytzRix1DFDXPA https://photos.app.goo.gl/VhkZrkbg1PxEFQRE6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/znBjQZ7hXUiHWUfZ9 You also start seeing the cobra clutch and torture rack, but one thing that REALLY stands out is EVERYONE had an absolutely brutal knee strike. Be it like a clinch knee strike or more like a knee lift, even the shittiest dudes had knee strikes that could easily be a finish today. Also Gorgeous George has the greatest headlock takeover of all time and Lou Thesz was a hell of a bumper. I would also say it's interesting how many falls end in hitting a finish or big move 3-5 times in a row.

Lmao Ricki Starr out here doing ballet, Goldust spots, and Big E tier horny hips stuff in the 50s against a Nazi. At different points he appears to perform an oil check, at others he basically tea bags the dude before doing a backflip. Some of this would be pretty wild even today, let alone for sometime in the 50s.

Oh man, I love Russ Davis. Quickly becoming one of my favorites of all time. Might even put him in my top three with Schiavone and Lance Russell.

I'm baffled that a dude like Barone Leone was apparently a huge star. Dude is the shits. Would have been a comedy jobber in the 60s-80s.

NWA Chicago > New York > Southwest >>> LA. The stuff from LA sucks, imo. Just do not enjoy their group of guys that don't seem to make it out of that area as much, like Mr. Moto or Freddie Blassie or Baron Michele Leone