Everything posted by Matt D
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
We've got a big sample size. It likely will be.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I don't think Buddy can go yet.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Terry had a good run, relatively, but it's another one that hurts.
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Premier Podcast Brand #1 - PWO's Greatest Wrestler Ever 100-51
I'm still on the BTS with Piper's face on my commute and listening to the 9 hour Loss/Childscast at work. This will be great when I get to it though!
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Premier Podcast Brand #1 - PWO's Greatest Wrestler Ever 100-51
AKA "No Bixes Allowed."
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Parejas Increibles Greatest Wrestler Ever Special - Part 2
The first unironic G'Day was a treat, let me tell you.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
In general, we're just having fun with the outrage, by the way. Sure, we've been at this for a long time, but none of us are losing sleep over Triple H.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I'll lean on disappointing and say 75-100. People are voting on rep but the rep for Andre is that he's big and slow and immobile had the worst match of the year with Warrior in the WON. The rep on Hansen is that he's a wild force of nature with the best cardio ever and they named a brawling award after him.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I think I know three(?) people that he'll be in the top ten for? He's shown up in other places on podcasts so far too. But he probably won't be on many Brody lists or Dragon Gate lists.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Andre will be higher than you think.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
At least Henry beat Tiger Mask, right?
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Ok, I love Fuerza. We're good.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I'll be very annoyed if someone I hate is next and it is my fault and Henry did not beat him.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
"Fanny Pack Smith."
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
That's a good pair.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Hey, Saito was my Japanese guy!
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Rayo is a poor man's Super Astro though.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Stop being so damn positive.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Hypocritical would be me doubting intentions. So I won't.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Yep. There's Fiera. Got to imagine that Chicana is on his way.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I just hope Brody doesn't beat Blackwell at this point.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I imagine it's more of a surprise to most who voted for him that he didn't do better. The list that we're dealing with is becoming apparent. Mantell was a late removal from my list. He came very close.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
I have a feeling I'm on such a different wavelength than most of you that my explanation won't mean much, but... When I made my list I had a hard time separating who I "liked to watch" and who I "thought was the best". It's not like baseball where there are pure stats to go off when saying this guy hit more homers than this guy but did so during a period where the pitching was worse and etc... So even if I look at someone like Flair (who I ranked just below Boss) and know that he's regarded as one of the best and brings a lot to the table, if I'd rather watch a Bossman match, than Bossman is "better".I can't step outside myself and go "Well Flair is liked more by people that have watched a lot more than me so he is a greater wrestler". Again, it's one of the reasons I didn't feel comfortable ranking Japanese guys despite watching hundreds of matches from those promotions. I wouldn't know where to rank Kobashi or Misawa without being completely influenced by what others think of them. And watching that stuff is like eating my vegetables. I do it because I know the classics are good to have watched, but I don't typically like them as much as appreciate them. He was super effective as both a face and a heel. Even though he was already Big Bubba in WCW when I started watching (mid-90s), I knew he had been Big Bossman in WWF and was SHOCKED to eventually find out he started out as a heel before that early 90s run. And that turn angle with Dibiase is a high point of character development for that era. Up there with the Savage/Hogan/Liz turn. His bumping was fantastic, not just as a big man, but as a wrestler. And for a guy with his physique, he was astounding in getting the most he could out of his character, a master of facial and body expressions. Id rather watch his reactions during his matches than most wrestlers actions. I'd rather watch him in anything, be it a 2 minute squash or 25 minute slog than every other wrestler except the 9 above him on my list. All the guys I've been the high vote on so far (Ouillet, Cabana, Jacques, Steiner, Steen, and Bossman) are all guys I'd drop almost anything to watch a highly pimped match of. I'm actually very sympathetic to that rationale. Thanks for stepping up and explaining.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Elgin and Edwards received negative votes.
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Reactions to the Honorable Mention List, Part 3
Nothing on Cota?