August 4, 20196 yr comment_5895454 16 hours ago, sek69 said: He's been good in what I've seen, which admittedly isn't a lot. I did notice he was tweeting on the anniversary of Roddy Piper's death and pointing out the scarf he wore was designed to match the pattern of the kilt Roddy wore in his pre WWF days. Made it clear Piper's an idol of his, and it shows in how great he is at being a heel. When I interviewed him last year, he also referenced Tully and Flair. The guy knows the classics. (He also referenced Chris Candido, which makes a ton of sense when you compare the way both guys work physically.)
August 4, 20196 yr comment_5895457 11 minutes ago, Migs said: (He also referenced Chris Candido, which makes a ton of sense when you compare the way both guys work physically.) Oh yeah. It's funny, but actually his partner in MLW Richard Holliday reminds me of Candido quite a bit too. But there's obviously some Candido in MJF in that he apparently can do *anything* and look good at it. The way he handled the stupid "fear of heights" gimmick in the multi-men ladder match in MLW was very reminiscent of Candido I thought.
August 4, 20196 yr comment_5895479 18 hours ago, sek69 said: I would love to see it be Arn, just for the promos alone, but it kind of make Cody look like a geek to get turned on by the guy who became famous by beating up his dad. And later betrayed and beat up his brother!!
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895804 Roddy Piper's daughter Teal was announced for the women's battle royal set for All Out.
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895809 2 hours ago, SirEdger said: Ivelisse Sign her ! I want my Lucha Underground people to be taken care of !!! Plus she's good !
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895811 27 minutes ago, El-P said: Sign her ! I want my Lucha Underground people to be taken care of !!! Plus she's good ! Ivelisse is really talented. Has the in ring, the promo, the look, the charisma. Will credit all those things. But her prior social media and locker room past points to another cup of coffee stint for her. Gets very little indie work as so few women want to work or share a locker room with her.
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895818 9 hours ago, rovert said: But her prior social media and locker room past points to another cup of coffee stint for her. Gets very little indie work as so few women want to work or share a locker room with her. Ok, enough innuendo, what has she done wrong ? I sure hope she ends up somewhere where she can showcase her talent.
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895821 Wasn't she one of the people that spoke up about the Bill DeMott shit with the abuse of trainees? Also something about sexual inappropriate stuff in regards to a different trainer or something? I remember a Mia Yim "no thanks" Twitter comment when someone suggested Ivelisse being in NXT with her. I think she might just rub a lot of people the wrong way due to having a bitchy attitude or something.
August 8, 20196 yr comment_5895834 From what I can gather companies don't seem to like her because she's the rare type who actually will speak out when she sees bullshit going on, and that same outspokenness tends to rub people the wrong way. It's like she's CM Punk minus the whole "suing your best friend into oblivion" thing.
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895860 Something that could potentially have a serious negative affect on AEW overseas: WrestleZone: WWE Interested In Purchasing FITE TV
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895863 Doesn't make sense, since WWE already has the Network, and purchasing Fite TV would cancel their agreements with other companies and defeat the purpose of anyone signing up with them. Edited to add: like, I get this would just be WWE swinging its junk around to mess with other promotions, but why would they spend whatever the cost is to buy Fite just so people in the EU can't watch AEW or ROH on PPV?
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895869 59 minutes ago, sek69 said: Edited to add: like, I get this would just be WWE swinging its junk around to mess with other promotions, but why would they spend whatever the cost is to buy Fite just so people in the EU can't watch AEW or ROH on PPV? You seriously have to ask this? Why did Vince sign Brad Rheingans and Rod Tronguard away from the AWA?
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895874 7 hours ago, C.S. said: Something that could potentially have a serious negative affect on AEW overseas: WrestleZone: WWE Interested In Purchasing FITE TV If there was only one reason not to support WWE, that's the fact they want to destroy every pro-wrestling that isn't them (wait, they aren't pro-wrestling, they are sports-entertainment, but not sports for tax reasons, but yes they are sports to get in FOX). And make pro-wrestling fans basically miserable. Fuck this company so much.
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895878 Might not necessarily be a block to all wrestling, probably just AEW. If you look at UFC Fight Pass, they carry dozens of different marginal combat sports etc and work in conjunction with them. Doing that and helping all lower level feds still on the service/using them as feeders (similar to the arrangement they already have with Evolve?) makes sense and helps the fight against AEW surely... Interesting times
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895900 Maybe there should be less dramatic reactions to unsubstantiated rumors coming from sites with names like “wrestlezone” who are also reporting that Yokozuna will be joining the hart foundation any day now.
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895902 I'll take news sites like Wrestlezone over dipshits like Brad Shepard.
August 9, 20196 yr comment_5895903 2 minutes ago, Herodes said: Maybe there should be less dramatic reactions to unsubstantiated rumors coming from sites with names like “wrestlezone” who are also reporting that Yokozuna will be joining the hart foundation any day now. They quoted Lord Meltzer as the source, and every other site reported the same news.
August 11, 20196 yr comment_5896203 On 8/9/2019 at 9:12 PM, Herodes said: Maybe there should be less dramatic reactions to unsubstantiated rumors coming from sites with names like “wrestlezone” who are also reporting that Yokozuna will be joining the hart foundation any day now. At least read the article. And the story is true.
August 12, 20196 yr comment_5896498 WWE approached them about a purchase, and Fite said thanks but no. Based on history, either WWE's going to make a stupid money offer just because they hate not getting what they want or the Kahns will purchase them just to keep their international partner,
August 12, 20196 yr comment_5896526 Orange Cassidy officially signed. I'd be less disheartened if they'd instead announced that the Librarians would be given a bye to the tag title tournament finals.
August 13, 20196 yr comment_5896590 It feels like they'll have to evolve the Cassidy character somewhat for it to work on a national scale. It's kind of a one-note joke and, while you can play it up as mindgames for a week or two, you can't just have your heels watching this guy slowly walk the ropes or throwing slo-mo chops without them kicking the shit out of him. It'd make your heels look like idiots. I think the guy can be a decent wrestler at times, and his Paul-Rudd-in-WHAS character has a slacker appeal, but he can't just be the slo-mo guy on TV.
August 13, 20196 yr comment_5896591 Corny shitstorm incoming. Orange Cassidy can be hilarious in small doses. The challenge is how to use him right. The Nyla Rose piece on Road to was terrific in that they did not hammer down the fact she's transgender. And Jake Roberts dealing the cards was a cool touch.
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