Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5323007)

Not at all. So many posters end up obsessed with me that I even need to block some. I certainly didn’t notice, but I’m surprised anyone did when you changed your user name. What do you even bring to the table when it comes to discussion?

Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 5323019)

Remember when you got a boner because Funaki showed up on screen at the 2020 Royal Rumble PPV just like every other PPV in the past four years but since you don't follow the product regularly, you had no clue and got all excited?

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5323023)

That was an ironic jab at the quality of the show, you stupid fuck. :lol:

Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 5323025)

Yeah, that's going to be a little difficult for me to digest.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290427)

Used to love the shit out of Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Can’t wait for Funaki’s Hall of Fame induction.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5235475)

Armageddon was traditonally a very shit PPV. Besides the spectacle of the 2000 Hell in a Cell, I think the highlight was Funaki’s “Armageddon your Cruiserweight Title” line in 2004.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5007077)

Pimp Funaki would be a damn good manager gimmick.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 3780129)

I miss Funaki. :(

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5068295)

Used to love fucking Funaki. Going to be so happy when he goes into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 4674487)

I really want Funaki to be included in a WWE video game and be super-powered for some reason.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 4674485)

Was going to post about how much I loved Funaki. To be fair, I think he chose to leave the WWE due to neck problems. And he recently was used to help climatize Hideo Itami and even appeared on television.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 4669877)

Love that Cena does Funaki's Rising Sun.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

I remember back when CM Punk was doing The Straight-Edge Society, I would have marked out for Funaki joining the stable, shaving his head, with Punk pointing out that he's one of the most dangerous men on the WWE roster, but no one takes him seriously...until now. Start dressing him in black and focusing on submission-style wrestling.

While Sakamoto was on the WWE roster, I had also hoped that the WWE would give Funaki a call to come in as the manager/trainer of Yoshi Tatsu & Sakamoto, who would become a heel team. I'd just settle for a random NXT appearance here or there.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 4159501)

I was actually this close (assume I am holding my fingers apart slightly) to suggesting Funaki return as Sin Cara's mouthpiece.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 4159501)

Funaki worked TNA's latest PPVs tapings. This feels bigger than it should be. Loved Funaki. He had a good gig as the cute act and enhancement dude, but it's a shame he never got to show quite what he could do. Would have loved to have seen a bitter heel Funaki at one point during the brand-split era.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 2188994)

I like Funaki more than most. The guy has above average mic skills, and when you think about his character (I mean really think about his character), it's pretty fucking credible. I do think he deserves a World Title run just for his tenure with the company.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 3780129)

I miss Funaki. :(

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 2899846)

Hey, I'd take a tug from Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 2325073)

On to Kung Fu Naki:

I like that the WWE are doing something with him. I like that by simply implying he has gone and gotten martial arts training, he has rounded out his game enough to be a player in the WWE. What I do not like is, again, that it took them so fucking long to work out that a) Funaki is talented, and b) He is Asian and has a name that could be connected in pun-form to "kung fu," which they could inaccurately link with images of the Japanese and gi's. It's a light-hearted gimmick, though, which is a field Funaki can own and become world champion someday.

Another position of this is it gets Funaki away from his old image. Look, aestetics in wrestling are often understated. Not so much size and muscle definition, but things like the attire a guy wears, and his entrance. Funaki, for the longest time, has had the same theme music, and has worn the same colour scheme: blue and white. It was refreshing just to see Funaki with red wristbands. It may not seem like much, but by losing the "SmackDown!" tights, and the same old colour patterns and theme music, the image Funaki puts in the minds of fans can itself change more easily over time.

And hey, a push is a push. He should start using the Superkick as a finisher again, though. He used it briefly during his run as Cruiserweight Champion, in what I assume is homage to Shawn Michaels (he's apparently a big HBK fan, going as far as to move to San Antonio, Texas). The Sweet Chin Ongaku making its return with the martial artist gimmick could work out really well.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5290425)

Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 3780129)

I miss Funaki. :(

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5323026)

Funnily enough, Ultra Mantis is one of those posters I’ve blocked. I assume his post is about me.

Originally Posted by Ultra Mantis (Post 5323020)

Nobody is obsessed with you Noid, of course you would try to rationalise peoples distaste with your personality as infatuation, after all you are in love with yourself and you desire to be the centre of attention at all times. Unfortunately, you are not very interesting. You are a snivelling little worm of a man who feels the need to feed his own ego by cannibalising a small community message board until no content exists but his own inane drivel. Please reflect on your life choices and work towards bettering yourself instead of being such an absolute orb of faecal matter. The reason so many people comment negatively on your posts is the sheer quality of low volume trite you produce. It's unavoidable and unwanted. Take a writing course. Find a hobby. Improve your posting. Stop posting so much. Do something with your empty little life.

Originally Posted by Seth82 (Post 5322987)

I highly recommend listening to this week's Between The Sheets podcast that looks at Feb 5-18th 1984.

the David Von Erich stuff is so good to get an insight to how his death impacted that area.

grown men had tears in their eyes. girls were crying in their boyfriend's arms.

you really get a sense just how beloved they were. truly hometown heroes.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5322985)

Why is Guru Dave so obsessed with me?... because I called him out on crying racism to try and shame people?

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5323026)

Funnily enough, Ultra Mantis is one of those posters I’ve blocked. I assume his post is about me.

Originally Posted by Observer

Samoa Joe has been suspended for 30 days for a violation of WWE's wellness policy.

WWE announced the news via a statement today: "WWE has suspended Nuufolau Seanoa (Samoa Joe) for 30 days effective Monday, February 24, for his first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy."

Joe is currently out of action after suffering a concussion during a commercial shoot for WWE earlier this month. Prior to that, Joe had returned to the ring after also suffering a concussion while teaming with Kevin Owens against Seth Rollins & Murphy on the January 27 episode of Raw.

Joe is the fourth wrestler to be suspended by WWE for a wellness policy violation in recent months. Robert Roode and Primo Colon were given 30-day suspensions in December, while United States Champion Andrade was suspended for 30 days on January 28.

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5323199)

Samoa Joe got busted with a Wellness Policy violation.

Either WWE recently tweaked their standards or started to actually care about violations again considering how long they went without giving suspensions.

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5319003)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Word coming out of RAW is that more suspensions are coming. Must be something in that Southern California water (hint hint). Working to confirm details.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1224537223825121281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I was only joking earlier about Rey getting suspended but holy shit if it actually happens. Started to laugh when I heard that rumor.

Originally Posted by Droford (Post 5319085)

Samoa Joe

Originally Posted by screech (Post 5323192)

The ignore feature has improved my experience here so much.

Also thank you for that movie heads up, Slik.

Also also I watched the latest smackdown today: Carmella vs Naomi was horrendous. Really slowand clunky. Pretty sure the ref called a corner spot for them.

Originally Posted by screech (Post 5323192)

The ignore feature has improved my experience here so much.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5323389)

It seriously fucking does.

Originally Posted by Ultra Mantis (Post 5323401)

He's talking about you Noid. Expertly done. :rofl:

Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5323191)

CM Punk's horror movie is now on Netflix, The Girl On The Third Floor. It's sort of not-very-good but just an FYI for WWE/CM Punk fans.