Posted April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664000 "WOOOO, Have MERCY!!! The Dude's not feeling a lot of love lately round these parts. That's not groovy, Daddy. So why don't you Kooky cats get to spreading the love of what you dig the most about the weird, wacky, wonderful world of the Pro Wrasslin'?" I'll start with: Facepaint
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664004 I was just thinking we could do with a reply to all this negativity and Johnny rides into town! Lately, Stan Hansen. Loving his 1990 in All Japan.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664005 New York, 1977. Smoke-filled MSG. Superstar Graham vs Dusty Rhodes. Texas Death Match. Dusty cuts a sweet pre-match jive promo. Red Hot crowd. Blood.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664006 I love finding footage of one of my favorite wrestlers that I've never seen before. I've watched a lot of footage so finding something new to me is such a treat.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664009 In no particular order... Tassels and Lariats. Wrestling and Romance Dusty Rhodes' voice Giant Bab's voice Great Muta's different mists and that they apparently mean different things. Ric Flair saying "WOOOOO" Lex Luger's 3.78 GPA Masahiro Chono kicking Muto in the Balls and getting cheered for it. Stan Hansen vs Andre from 81 The crowd for Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Kroffat/Furnas Everything about Titanes en el Ring Southern Tag Wrestling Vince McMahon shouting "WHAT A MANEUVER!" Little kids running up to Hijo del Santo and shaking his hand/patting him on the back between falls in the Espanto Jr hair/mask match Hulk Hogan vs The Grandma Mad Dog Vachon, Sangre Chicana, Terry Funk, Andre the Giant, Perro Aguayo, Mocho Cota, Buzz Sawyer, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Giant Baba, Abdullah the Butcher, Bobby Heenan, Haku, Volk Han, Stan Hansen, Tommy Rich, Tommy Rich in the FBI, Riki Choshu, Ric Flair, La Parka, Kaientai, Rey Mysterio Jr, Jimmy Valiant, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Ricky Morton, Masa Fuchi, etc etc etc etc The various wrestling Mummy's and Frankenstein's. The music video for Apocalypse before the Apocalypse/Adrian Street vs Lawler/Dundee match. The People's Elbow The Rock's Movies The selling of airplane spins, giant swings, and atomic drops All of Memphis wrestling really. Lawler, Dundee, Lance, Jimmy Hart, Kaufman, Fabs, Tommy Rich, Austin Idol, Phil Hickerson, Jackie Fargo, etc etc etc Pro Wrestling is awesome.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664010 I love finding footage of one of my favorite wrestlers that I've never seen before. I've watched a lot of footage so finding something new to me is such a treat. When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer Don't think you'll get much sympathy on that, Pete
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664014 Most recently: Suplex City, Bitch! DDP's Midcard Heel gimmick Dusty Rhodes on WCW Saturday Night Wicked Lariats Dusty and Dustin's In Ring Promo before War Games 94 Middle Aged and Crazy Terry Funk in the Big 3 throughout the 90's The original Mankind character. Lord Steven Regal's facial expressions.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664023 When a wrestler gets the pin, and is so surprised he holds up 3 fingers to the ref to ask "that was a 3?" Jushin Liger hitting a top rope Frankensteiner and collapsing backwards into a pin.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664027 Memphis Dirty, grimy southern wrestling in general The absurdity of it all Excalibur's commentary in PWG Bodyslams with an arm trapped behind the guy's back Old school crowds Blood, guts, kicking, and punches Lance Russell Eric Embry
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664028 Kamala not understanding how a tag match works and his handlers constantly having to remind him to not beat up his tag team partner.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664030 That one All Japan commentator going apeshit Gordon Solie sitting in a dingy studio discussing wrestling with such gravity that it's like the fate of the world depends on it Kal Rudman, especially when him and Dick Graham go on about how they think a heel is a great guy who they were out having dinner with last night. Flair saying "Wahoo McDaniel" Whenever a stable that includes Arn Anderson are all together and walking towards the ring. Always looks cool as fuck. Heel beatdowns. The different styles of crowds in the 70s and early 80s from territory to territory. Ernie Ladd's "Promises Promises" jacket. Whenever Jesse Ventura gets an idea stuck in his head and won't let it go. I love it when he tries to come back to it even five minutes after the thing happened. The idea of Baron Scicluna vs Dominic Denucci on any random MSG card. They've done it a million times already, no one is particularly bothered about seeing them, no new ideas, but they go to the same old tricks with diminishing returns. And MSG still cheer Denucci like a mutha fucker! Watching 8mm footage and getting glimpses into a lost wrestling world. Whenever anyone really nails a lariat and the person receiving it does a 360 bump. Whenever a heel team (eg Condrey and Eaton) hug each other when they are wimping off in the corner. 70s / early 80s Vince on commentary. Whenever they go to the top ten in early 90s WCW. Whenever Flair takes extra special time out to jaw at a fan, and then goes back to the same fan later after nailing a move or something. Jumbo during his "grumpy" run still doing the fist pump to boos. I might come back to this because I could just keep going and going.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664031 - My local indy (C*4) always drawing 300+ standing room only crowds. - Old angles lasting no longer than five minutes. They got to the point. - The WWE Network. Despite its flaws, despite it being still in beta mode, I still love it. - WrestleMania was fun. There's more, but those are the things on my mind right now.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664035 Any combination of Chris Colt, Bobby Bass, Rip Rogers, and Mike Boyette in a match.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664038 There are several, but for now... Proper managers The Dangerous Alliance Goldberg squash matches THAT Sid vs Lee Scott match Jesse Ventura and Gorilla Monsoon on commentary The Shield Arn Andersons spine buster War games Vader vs Sting Scott Nortons or Bradshaws powerbomb
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664045 Wrestling is Dynamite Timothy Thatcher Chris Hero Getting to see an angle play out in long form in a satisfying way
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664051 Pro Wrestling This Week Guys hitting the old school guardrails so hard they almost take out fans Mick Foley toppling through the steel steps like a man possessed The Wrestlerock Rumble Mysterious boxes and their contents Doom's WCW theme music Sid fist bumping fans at MSG in 1996 I like this thread!
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664052 Alexander Otsuka Meiko Satomura The knowledge that no matter how bad things seem to get, there always seems to be something out there worth watching
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664054 “TV time remaining”. Fanciful jackets that dudes wore to the ring in JWA/NJ/AJ, 1971-1975. Heenan’s bedazzled shirts. #1 contender’s matches. Roberto Clemente Stadium. Shield vs. Wyatts, a feud that should return sporadically for the next 10 years. Wrestlers with their own sponsors, a la Otsuka’s “Diet Butcher” or Brock’s “Jimmy John’s” gear. Vince McMahon: inexplicable Sandman fan. Teenage crowds giving nuclear reactions to 80s Joshi. Old ladies hitting rudos with their purses.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664056 Heels getting beaten to a bloody pulp and then eeking out a victory in the most underhanded way possible. Extra points if they have to be carried from the ring but still manage to raise their arm in victory on their way out.
April 8, 201510 yr comment_5664063 The holds, escapes and reversals in WOS and lucha. Seeing cool moves, bumps etc. for the first time. El Hijo del Santos armdrag . . Wtf? Heel prat falls and daft bumps. Perro Aguayo's furry boots n' blows.
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