Everything posted by El-P
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Is Charlotte Flair the most overpushed WWE wrestler of the century?
When you speak "overpushed", you gotta factor in talent. So yeah, Baron Corbin seems right. Or Kane.
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WELCOME TO RAW IS...Oh, sorry habit, TALK IS JERRRIIICHO!
Like it's been said about Martha's interview by Jericho. He is an awesome host and Martha comes off as such a gentle, genuine human being. Great stuff. (And since it is an uplifting show, the less said about the WWE actually suing her the better. But yeah, gotta say it again, these people are complete dirtbags for doing that after her husband died working for them)
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NWA Powerrr
That one sucks for NWA. He was one of their better young talents. So I guess we won't see him in Carnyland, whatever that is...
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
I'm not saying you're either anti-AEW nor anti-Omega. But if you really think Kenny Omega is a goofy midcard guy in AEW like Orange Cassidy or Marko Stunt, I dunno what to tell you. He main-evented Double or Nothing last year against Jericho. He main-evented Full Gear against Mox. He was part of arguably the double main-event of Revolution with Page vs Young Bucks. That's more main-event matches than Cody on big cards.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Wait, isn't AEW arguably the third biggest pro-wrestling promotion in the world now ? Haven't they been active for a year at this point ? And having selling quite a bit of tickets to live shows, and are making quite decent ratings on a major network TV, and having a few successful PPV's ? And hasn't Kenny Omega been one of the most over act in the company ? I mean, I understand having that kind of reaction last year, but it really gets silly at this point to say that Kenny Omega is not even a little bit of a star to US wrestling fans. Like, I understand he might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it would be nice to be rational about the guy's status today. AEW isn't a vague project by "a bunch of indie guys" anymore. It's been on TV for months. They have been successful beyond anyone's expectations, beating the WWE counter programming and getting renewed already with a fat TV check. And Omega is one of the 4/5 very top guys in that operation. We've way past the point of talking about Omega as "a guy who was famous in Japan". I'm sorry but there's massive denial about him and the Young Bucks not being stars in the US in 2020. Now, I do think Omega is gonna get his stint on top anyway sooner than later, so everything is a moot point as far as him passing the torch already. He's just not at this point yet. He's just not that eager to be on top, obviously.
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Is the empire crumbling before our eyes?
I remember ages ago when I stumbled onto some of the Bella Twin reality show and I saw John Cena's house and my thought was : who the hell wants to live like that ?
- AEW Dynamite - May 13, 2020
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Thank you for this one. The whole "a human being with kids is more important than a human being without kids" drive me fucking insane.
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AEW Dynamite - May 13, 2020
I did not quote you because my post was a followup to MoS post talking about people on social media. You can apologize now if you feel like it, not that I really care.
- All Elite Wrestling
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
At this point Cornette is a broken clock to me. Yeah, he can make good points at times. But so does anyone. Even Vince Russo has made good points about pro-wrestling I'm sure. Yeah, that's how low the mighty has fallen to me.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
I kinda dread the single match against Statlander (who fucks stuff up all the time it seems, and I like the girl but...) in front of no real crowd though.
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Is the empire crumbling before our eyes?
It's true in a lot of part of society though. The carny history of pro-wrestling only emphasizes those aspects, especially the first one.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Agreed. From day one, Hangman has been the designated guy to be the one "original" Ace of the promotion. Jericho, Mox, Omega (whenever that happens) are only those who are gonna build the path. One thing about AEW is that they seem to aim for the long term while not being afraid to experiment along the way. A few months ago, both Page and Baker got the "failure" treatments from everywhere. They were failures, uncharismatic, would never get over etc... And then... Of course Page is a great worker whereas Baker is green as hell and doesn't strike me as someone who will turn into a great worker anytime soon if ever, but the point remains. But this is a discussion for another topic.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
This is something people don't seem to get about Omega. He's not an old-school guy in that he's not obsessed about being a top guy. He wants to do different things (he said he would love to do more intergender wrestling). Plus, his dream was always Japan. Been there, done that, at the highest level. He is 36, he has other interests in life. He's making huge money now. If he's smart, and he seems like a pretty fucking smart guy, he can probably go on without having to hustle. To me it makes perfect sense. And in a way, it's exactly like Becky Lynch having a baby now, to circle back to the beginning. They don't have an unhealthy obsession with Da Business. Becky is quitting (for now) at her peak because she'd rather have a baby. Omega could push himself to the top, but he'd rather help other guys get over and pass the torch already, because to him he already has reached the top where it mattered the most to him (NJPW). Makes total sense. Now, maybe Becky will come back and maybe Omega will get that last push to the top still sometime (it would be really nice to see a great stint as the Ace of the promotion eventually), but I can totally relate to those people, at least. The Young Bucks strikes me as the same breed. And hell, didn't Cody say he wanted to retire at 40 ?
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Is Impact* the best wrestling promotion in history? *(Now TNA again, 2024)
These no-crowd IMPACT shows can get rough... No one needs a Hernandez single match, in front of no-crowd no less, in 2020. However, Kylie Ray is a joy to watch in any circumstance. Seems like they are gonna try something new with Rohit Raju, which is cool, the guy is talented. Highlights of the show : Cody Deaner in Kwaranteen, The North defending the title in Canada (that ring announcer sounds kinda like Jimmy Hart and they should get him to live shows whenever crowds are back), Moose as TNA World Champion (that's a brillant idea, the hype video with promos by Chris Daniels, Kazarian, Jeff Jarrett, Jeff Hardy, Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter was another funny idea, they sure know how to use their back catalogue), Josh & Madison doing a really good job announcing, especially when Madison bitchslaps Josh verbally.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Well, Meltz and Alvarez have made the same point, really, so it's not like a great revelation or anything from Corny. Whatever good point Corny can makes totally gets invalidated by the complete bullshit he spews all the time. Oh yeah, that whole Peyton Royce thing was a debacle on all front, including in this board, sadly. I'm amazed the IIconics haven't been released by WWE during this time BTW.
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Is the empire crumbling before our eyes?
Mark Henry is a company stooge, it's nothing new. He only knows WWE. And whatever struggle he had at first (while being on a fat-as contract that very seldom people ever got signed to), he ended up a very respected member of "the family", so he speaks as a "dominant" here. Isn't the whole "They gave Mark Henry tons of awful stuff to try and make him quit" narrative a bit overstated anyway ? No shit.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
He sure did. Actually, no one knows for sure. Nor should anyone care, really. You realize what "sissy" means, right ? And he said other things too on Twitter by the way, but I couldn't quote that from memory. As far as "prancing around", yeah those fucking V Trigger don't look like it's kill someone for sure. But anyway, this is neither here nor there, Corny did make some very awkward, to say the least, comments in the past. First, "accusing" someone of being gay is one awkward way to put it to say the least. There's no accusing someone of being gay. Second, yeah that stuff about "unhealthy fascinaton with female japanese wrestlers" is another one filthy declaration on Corny's part. Omega has learned from watching joshi puroresu from the 90's because thise girls were some of the best wrestlers in the world. And then he has a fascination for Japan and Japanese culture, like many people of his generation. And then he worked DDT, which has intergender matches. So yeah, he has japanese wrestlers female friends. Maybe dated some, who knows, who cares. There's nothing unhealthy about all of that. As far as booking them strong in AEW, well, these girls have been the best of the bunch, easily. Riho was one of the most over act at first. Again, nothing "unhealthy", whatever that means. But really, we all know what Corny is trying to say by "unhealthy fascination with female Japanese pro-wrestlers", and it's disgusting for Corny to say. He's had one of the best career in Japan a gaijin can hope. Coming up with DDT (which is basically the second biggest company in Japan, really, whatever that means in the 10') and ending main eventing with Okada in some of the most notable matches of the last 15 years in Japan, and anywhere actually. Yeah, he had a cup of coffee... But this really isn't about Omega. This is about Corny and the awful things he seem to say all the time now.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Yeah, I really feel sometimes, the few bullshit that gets some buzz is actually the tree that hides the forest, sadly. What parts ? The part where he talks about Kenny killing the business for working against a 9 year old girl in DDT years ago or the parts where he makes half-covered homophobic remarks about him ? Or maybe the part where he says Kenny is a geek and not a star when, hey wait, he's one half of the match that basically jumpstarted this whole AEW thingy and before the shutdown was one of its most over act (despite the naysayers who live in denial), and is actually living on a fat-ass contract as a talent and top-ranked official of the N°3 pro-wrestling company in the world. Yeah that guy will never amount to anything. (I won't even go into match quality since it's the most "subjective" element, but these people in the crowd in Japan who probably don't know who the fuck Dave Meltzer is kinda went crazy for his stuff for years) As far as Cornette being toxic in 2020, I totally agree, because he carries with him a crowd of sycophants and haters who just parrot whatever he says. For instance the fact that NWA Powerr shared quite a bit of its viewer with the AEW Dark audience on Youtube should be enough to realize Corny consistently shitting on AEW and its fans was a very bad things for the NWA.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
That's even worse, actually, because it means she's really fucking terrible at pro-wrestling then.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Well, it is and it is not. When you're hired for a job only because of your looks, and when years after years you display pretty much incompetence at anything other than looking the way you do (and by the way this has been a constant criticism of male pro-wrestler for years and years, way before women in wrestling became a serious matter) it becomes part of the issue. From what I saw during the MITB debacle (granted, it's not very much), Dana Brooke still isn't good at doing jackshit apart from flexing muscles. How long has she been part of the main roster now ? While "lesser looking" girls on the indies/small companies are a hundred times the workers and characters. So yeah, when all you got is your look, expect people to comment on it because that's pretty much all you bring to the table and this is why you are making money.
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AEW Dynamite - May 13, 2020
Damn, Kenny Omega killed his career dead two weeks ago now this ? Wow, AEW is so fucked now. Ok, next.
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The Cancellation of Jim Cornette
Well, that's YOUR point, the one you choose to make, and it's a totally valid one I might add, but that's not what I was going for. One : Corny's an idiot. Two : Dana Brook should find much better arguments than "spread positivity". Three : people on social networks who spend their time posting selfies of themselves in "Look at me, I'm so hot" pauses (generally speaking, not talking about Dana Brooke specifically), especially when they are public figures, have no business telling other people not to comment on how they look, whether they are men or women.
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Is the empire crumbling before our eyes?
*grab a bag of chips and a beer*