Matt D
DVDVR 80s Project
-
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by Matt D
-
No match yesterday, which is okay. It happens sometimes. Tharpe and co. are busy. It's funny that he said on twitter, in response to someone "Everyday!" on when new matches would go up on the first day in a while that they didn't post one, but it happens. But then, today is Terry Taylor vs Tom Lintz. Like a kick to the gut. -
-
Your one major nostalgic blind spot.
-
Orton is a guy who is beloved by retired workers, no?
-
Is Orton more of a draw than Batista?
-
-
Probably the Young Bucks
-
-
-
-
-
Carmella can't exist in a world with Sasha in it.
-
-
-
This is pretty much the sections of Gary Hart's book about the dirtiness of Texas Wrestling come to life.
-
The Van Buyten, Ali Bey, Andre trio is a blast.
-
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13dqxm_andre-buyten-bey-vs-kimura-teranishi-sugiyama-iwe-05-02-72_sport I was wrong. It was 72. I didn't realize it was on Dailymotion until just now.
-
I saw him in a match from 74 in which I thought he was great, so I'm going to watch all I can now.
-
Taylor vs Volkoff is very cool for the crowd. It has a good start and a good end and a sort of frustrating middle with endless chinlocking. I wrote this back in 2011 (which is forever ago) about Taylor at right about that time from watching Mid South TV. http://russianflagburial.blogspot.com/2011/06/terry-taylot-mid-souths-wyatt-earp.html Don't judge me too harshly on it.
-
-
-
The problem is Trips and Stephanie. Got it.
-
-
It's not hard, really. Have HHH be so pissed off that Sting ruined the ceremony that he immediately wants revenge on Sting and books Rollins in a match with him. Have Sting say "Sure, but only for the title. Otherwise, I'm going to keep ruining everything you try to do." Maybe even play up Sheamus as ready to prey upon Rollins the second Sting death drops him out of nowhere in a ring. And there's your match. Not rocket science. There are plenty of examples of a babyface goading a heel into putting the title up.
-
Really booking should be simple, just like story telling. Set up something people want to see, make them want it and then give it to them. That's not to say there can't be surprises either. Blue Pants was a surprise, but she was one that was fair game. She was an established character, who has certain things in common with the Vaudevillians. She was really one of the only two options that were even possible (the other being Enzo/Cass/Carmella). Anything else would have been swervy since it wouldn't have been previously established. They went with the most logical choice and it still felt like a satisfying surprise. Wrestling is about anticipation and payoff. The main roster seems to consistently set up situations that are almost impossible to pay off.