Murdoch vs. Murdoch.

What’s the deal with Aldis?

I hope this is just an angle. It would be nice to put Murdoch over in St. Louis, so hopefully they are just spreading the wealth and delaying Murdoch vs. Aldis.

Murdoch is so good. I didn’t appreciate him enough when he was in WWE. Real solid fucking talent. Not a bad choice for their World Champion. He’s missing something (credibility with indy nerds?), but I really like that it’s back on him.

how are the briscos going to work for roh if thet are not going to be on tbs unless they have a tv deal somewhere else

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Acknowledge Him


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The rumor is that Warner Bros Discovery want nothing to do with The Briscoes because of homophobic comments Jay made 10 years ago. If that is/was true, the idea of The Briscoes being involved with ROH going forward should it become featured on a WBD platform is unlikely. It’s possibly problematic even if ROH ends up elsewhere. You want to keep your lords and masters happy.

It’s possible that The Bucks were just jealous and didn’t want The Briscoes involved with AEW. There’s rumors they’re the ones behind Jay’s comments being brought to WBD in the first place.

I liked my theory better: Someone googled the Briscoes, found a recent promo where 80% of the content was the word "Fuck," and was like "Nope." But, it could also be the Bucks.

There’s a good chance that has something to do with it. TBS and TNT are still television — aesthetics play a big part. All the swearing and “authenticity” might have been a turn-off. But I do wonder why they’d Google The Briscoes in the first place.

So The Briscoes are apparently signed to ROH? It’s a good get for ROH, provided that the product doesn’t completely suck overall. I do not trust Tony Khan one bit, lol.

Briscoes vs. FTR and Claudio vs. Gresham should be top tier pro-wrestling. Should be. We’ll see.

The Righteous vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys has been added to DBD. I dunno. I’ve only see Bateman from The Righteous. He was…eh. Dalton Castle has a great entrance the first time you see it. But at least he’s an ROH guy that has been signed.

I’m *pretty* sure MJF is going to be at Death Before Dishonor. I think Tony will want to have great wrestling matches (maybe a few MOTY candidates) and at least one great promo. MJF joining the ROH roster could be that.

yeah you might like the new roh. i want to see what cornett has to say. they will tape there shows at universal, might be where the impact zone was, then get them put on the hbo max app

Oh Vince Russo. You and your overbooked messes

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quite the WCW Thunder storm going on here <a href="https://t.co/5sXRxrUQu8">pic.twitter.com/5sXRxrUQu8</a></p>&mdash; Monsoon Classic (@MonsoonClassic) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonsoonClassic/status/1550261694802321410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol, fucking crazy. It almost felt like the ending to Dynamite this week.

Meanwhile, Saturn is flirting with a 13 year old girl

I was thinking about starting a thread discussing classic puroresu. Maybe what your favorite match is, or who your favorite/underrated wrestler is and why. I’ve been trying to watch a joshi match a night and extend that to watching something classic from somewhere to expand my cultural tastes.

I just watched Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu from June 5, 1989. Absolutely brilliant how the match builds. I’ve loved what I’ve seen from Tenryu. He’s a name I’ve probably slept on because I’ve been more historically interested in the Four Pillars era of All Japan. So much I love about Tenryu. Even how he stands out by wearing the yellow trimming on his boots. It’s simple and not bombastic, but still makes him stand out.

Can everyone using a Powerbomb as a finish please take note from Tenryu? The way he has the move countered in his matches just makes you want to see it more. Of course his opponents avoid it like the plague. It just makes it the forbidden fruit of the match. The pop Tenryu gets when he hits one on Tsuruta in this match is huge. Lots of wrestlers have taken the idea of hitting multiple finishers in their “epic” matches. Not many have taken how important it is to build and that if you hit one of your finishers, you better get a heightened reaction for two or three.

The way Tsuruta and Tenryu make you want to see what they’re showing you. Brilliant. And when something works for a guy in the match, they try it again. It doesn’t feel repetitive so much as it feels like a guy exploiting the same weakness he perceives his opponent to have. I love it when a guy hits a move and if it doesn’t finish the match, his mentality is like “Well let’s see if you can take another one.” Too many guys get cute with arranging their matches to be these set pieces of counters to counters to counters that don’t come organically from what kayfabe strategy and moments the wrestlers find themselves in.

A hidden highlight of this sort of style, when I feel it is done right, is when the “flow” of the match kind of breaks because a guy is just clubbing the other guy because he hasn’t been beaten yet, so he’s got to come up with his next big move. It feels like their strategy has kind of been thrown out, and it all feels very organic. It’s all got that mentality of the guys are trying to win, and they’re selling just how tough the other guy is. And they will make mistakes and go the long way about doing things sometimes, which is a great in-built excuse for losing, if that’s the way the booking goes.

Absolutely sublime pro-wrestling.

I love the post-match between those guys too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This bump was so great and creative. Steve Austin in this era was tremendous. <a href="https://t.co/pbtzx49HdA">pic.twitter.com/pbtzx49HdA</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1550263089785864192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol @ his head in his hands as he braces for the consequences of his fuck up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even by 2022 standards, the 3-Count vs. Jung Dragons rivalry during the final year of WCW was absolutely wild. Kaz • Yang • Knoble • Helms • Moore • Karagious on ������ at an almost surreal pace in some matches. Even Leia &amp; Tank got in a few big moves! ������ <a href="https://t.co/aHSiwHzo0S">pic.twitter.com/aHSiwHzo0S</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1550569073234395137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sascha and Bayley spotted together in Boston. SD is there tonight. Hmmmm.

It’s not really a surprise that Jamie Noble, Shane Helms and Jimmy Yang have all been given a shot as road agents.

If there’s going to be a creative overhaul with Vince gone, Triple H has probably got the best chance of reaching out to Sasha and smoothing things over.

Why's he wearing what appears to be a large plastic bag? :wtf:

Because he’s trash.

:yes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">you know what, tom magee rocks even if he sucks for the most part <a href="https://t.co/ZJzPyAASRg">pic.twitter.com/ZJzPyAASRg</a></p>&mdash; crash and burn holly (@gifapalooza) <a href="https://twitter.com/gifapalooza/status/1551045273815744512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Takako has Toyota up for the Tombstone. She decides to add a few knees to the face before the spike. <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuroresuFlow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vintagepuro</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsEvolutionPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ItsEvolutionPod</a> <a href="https://t.co/7llM5GX1za">pic.twitter.com/7llM5GX1za</a></p>&mdash; Big Wood (@BigWoodieStyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigWoodieStyle/status/1551326203956674560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There’s something about watching those All Japan women that works way better than so much other allegedly good pro-wrestling.

Lol amazing


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steve Austin's face when Erik Watts' music hits . . . <a href="https://t.co/HNDxC8tUeG">pic.twitter.com/HNDxC8tUeG</a></p>&mdash; Monsoon Classic (@MonsoonClassic) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonsoonClassic/status/1551369548288475138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Happy 42nd Birthday to Finn Balor.

Also holy shit Finn is 42 wtf

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh I can't forget &quot;The Disciple&quot; in late 1999 WCW actually coming out as Brutus Beefcake <a href="https://t.co/V1KzYN9tlr">pic.twitter.com/V1KzYN9tlr</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1551389231603400707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That would make an interesting retrospective look. Wrestlers who gave visual clues to them being pissed off. The Boo-Boo Face Collection.

This guy has an amazing thread about that subject on twitter

Eddie at One Night Stand for sure

Yeah Eddie jumps out. He'd just had a serious heel turn and now here he was having to work a show that, at the time, was viewed as mostly non-canon.

Made worse by the fact that Raw and SmackDown guys were sitting in the bleachers getting heat, therefore being the only "real heels" on the PPV.

The greatest which was mentioned in the thread is Hercules jobbing to Sid in like 10 seconds at MSG in his final match. Just takes the powerbomb and walks out.

Austin Aries is an obvious one that comes to mind. He’s done it twice, hasn’t he?

Also, Gail Kim.

Where's that imminent CYN TV deal?

This is amazing

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lord Steven Regal was a rare wrestler who could do a funny comedy routine while beating the daylights out of someone. <br><br>“I have a TERRIBLE addiction to keep hitting these peasants! I can’t help it.” <a href="https://t.co/Yi3ZYcTCsh">pic.twitter.com/Yi3ZYcTCsh</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1551613719062450178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>