Everything posted by Johnny Sorrow
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If not Cena, then who?
I'd credit the team not one guy. Who watches a wrestling show based solely on who's on top? It's a TV show, the supporting cast and quality of the entire show are just as important, if not more important ,as who the top guy is Johnny Sorrow seyz: There are no draws. Now tackle "Workrate dogmatism." I can't get that to sink in yet. edit: Never mind, it was true,, but mean. Answer the question. Has there ever been a wrestling show you watched or didn't watch based only on who he top guy was?
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Dave Meltzer stuff
And I still never heard of these people , What "public" is Dave going on about? The evening news isn't ever talking about fake wrestling OR "real" wrestling / UFC.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
Who the fuck is Chris Weidman? And what public is this?
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If not Cena, then who?
I'd credit the team not one guy. Who watches a wrestling show based solely on who's on top? It's a TV show, the supporting cast and quality of the entire show are just as important, if not more important ,as who the top guy is
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
I was just at a house show last week and I met ONE dude who was a fan like me. I complimented his Steen and Generico shirt and started up a convo. He looks at his friend and explains that he was trying to explain the idea of "smart fan" to him and the friend was all, " What?" He showed me to him saying " See, this is what I was trying to explain to you ". Everyone else I saw were either kids who thought it was real, fans who know it's fake but had NO IDEA about booking or anything of the sort , and parents of the kids booing and cheering to have a good time and enjoy the show. Shit I almost got in a fight with two twenty something's because I was cheering Del Rio.
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
Very few back then. I'm doubting there were lots of people giving a shit about the inner workings of Pro Wrestling during the Depression, World War Two, and Happy Days.
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WELCOME TO RAW IS...Oh, sorry habit, TALK IS JERRRIIICHO!
What he was getting at is that Regal and Henry are guys with very different styles and skills, and Christian is so good he can have good matches with anyone.
- Titans of Wrestling #29, Part 2: The 'Birds Go Down to Georgia
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WWF Magazine Memories
"Hey Kids, this clown you've never heard of is saying bad things about your heroes, like Bret .
- Titans of Wrestling #29, Part 2: The 'Birds Go Down to Georgia
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WWF Magazine Memories
Wasn't it called Victory? It was the program you bought at shows and there'd be a loose mimeographed page with the night's card tucked in.
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
I hate it Wrestler X is actually pushed down our throats. Why can't it be Wrestler Y? Wrestler KY goes down smooth.
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
All I hear when someone says that is Billy Batts telling Tommy to go get his fucking shine box. Haha, me too, no shit.
- Titans of Wrestling #23: Continental Wrestling
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The Trial of Triple H
"Douglas Wambaugh, for the Son In Law Your honor, I move that these charges be dropped on the basis of Double Jeopardy Or Millionth Jeopardy, as the case may be."
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
I still say good guys and bad guys, with no sense of irony. It's how I grew up. I even hated it when the Apter Mags used "Scientific Wrestler " and "Rulebreaker".
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
I find "shine" racially offensive since I'm old.
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Commonly used words and phrases that annoy you
I love that most wrestlers will most likely plan out a match backstage by just saying "Ok so then you do your bullshit, I'll do my bullshit, yada yada, then we'll go home."
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Current WWE
What I'm saying is that no one was really advertised for this show I was at. At the end of the day it was "COME SEE THE WWE!" I saw Cena vs Del Rio at a house show here 4 years ago that didn't sell out and wasn't advertised either. It's all "COME SEE WWE!" But if they play the Pepsi Center they sell out. So how can we accurately judge what wrestler draws based on who's actually there? Cena drew people to the show I was at and he wasn't even advertised. I've been to shows where people thought Rey was gonna be there based on the fact that he works for WWE. By the way, the house show I saw Saturday? The Rollins/ Ambrose match was amazing and Shaemus/ Del Rio LMS was fucking awesome. And Big E is super over with the kids.
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All The Things Podcast: The Return of Jack and Johnny
Hey, it's the newest addition to the PTBN, and it's All The Things. Hosted By Me and Jackson Crowley, the geniuses and innovators of internet radio, the hosts of the late and lamented WHATAMANOOVER!, and two sexy ass motherfuckers....All The Things. Wrestling, Music, TV, Movies, Life and wherever we end up on our ever changing lonely Incredible Hulk road of being awesome and two funny motherfuckers. Abbott and Costello, Hope and Crosby, Seals and Croft, Haldeman and Ehrlichman, and Crowley and Sorrow. Here's a sample, http://placetobenation.com/all-the-things-podcast-episode-0-the-norml-ducks/ Welcome to the All The Things Podcast, featuring Johnny Sorrow (of Titans of Wrestling fame) and Jackson Crowley. There was actually enough good stuff from the sound test to make a pilot episode of All The Things so here we are. In episode 0, Jack and Johnny talk about cutting the cord and leaving cable TV behind, pop culture and even a bit of pro wrestling. Listen, enjoy, and join the Things.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
It's all the Wallets Will has stolen during his pick pocket days.
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Current WWE
Considering they don't really even promote the house shows with what matches are gonna happen or they run radio ads promoting "Come see this guy " even after those guys are hurt and not around, the idea that wrestlers are draws for house shows is passé. I just went to a house show on Saturday that still was being promoted on the radio with spots saying "See Daniel Bryan!" and there were people there saying "Is Cena gonna be here?" They promote the name WWE. Shit, apparently on the website they eventually said the show was gonna have Ambrose vs Rollins and a main event of Shaeumus vs Kane Last Man Standing and it was actually Shaemus vs Del Rio. And the place wasn't sold out. But if it was a RAW 20 minutes away in Denver than it'd have been sold out quick. Even the house shows Im Denver sell out. So basically, Judging guys by how house shows draw is done.
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WWE Trivia - Cool Finds
"Neck problems ", ok. Hahaha. So basically, Bobby got drunk on a plane, passed out and they found his weed and bowl.
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Whose rep was particularly boosted by the Apter mags?
PWI taught me that you could run a magazine with fake writers. Liz Hunter almost getting a story from Nikita and Matt Brock being the original kayfabe memories old pain in the ass.
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Pro-Wrestling Super Show: The Wrestler Snapshot #6 Chris Adams (June 25, 2014)
Wasn't that made completely obvious and explained by Lowrence?