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Never piss off Bob Holly.

That Kozlov vid was very cool. :y:

What the hell was that all about?

Prob jealous Kennedy got a push

They had a brief feud. Kennedy was probably a cunt.

THAT much of a cunt, though?

No, and the thing was that he didn't even seem that angry. It was all deadpan and matter of fact.

Kennedy might be the Elijah Burke to Bob Holly's CM Punk.

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This. Is. Amazing.

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Fuck Bob Holly

Holly was rumored to have been taking pain pills out of guys' bags. So he dropped the tag belts, was taken off TV for like 7-8 months, then release altogether.

Supposedly Kennedy was the one who either stooged him out to the office, or made the whole thing up - depending on who you want to believe.

I've never heard of that before. I always thought that it was just time for Bob to ride off into the sunset.

I met Kevin Nash last night. Super fucking awesome. Just wanted to tell somebody!

Who are you to doubt the Funky Weapon?

It was his time when he sand bagged Brock and broke his neck.

It was probably earlier according to most people. I always liked Holly though. More than I should. If I'm being objective about things, I'm not sure he sticks around post-2000 once Crash starts getting attention.

Hardcore Holly is a lot like Devastator. A huge bad ass with a bad attitude who cant seem to get along with anyone in the back. Also someone who seems to be good enough to hold the title but just doesn't have the "It" to make it there.

I disagree, I always thought Devastator had "It"

Holly did not.

Mission Successful

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a pool AND a fence? livin it up.

Randy Orton's politics are seeping through more and more. I can imagine it's not earning him support in certain quarters, but you know Vince McMahon is a fan, and that sort of thing appeals to the core fan-base of WWE. I wonder if this affects Orton's direction?

Meh, not surprising. Orton's always been a piece of shit as a human being. Why would his politics be any different? I imagine he'll continue exactly where he is too, if not get a big push for it. Like Noid said Vince probably loves him for it.

Trump > Hiliary Cunton any day!

Yeah, I doubt it would affect things, but it's interesting to see him voicing himself so publicly.

It is a bit interesting I suppose. Wrestlers currently on the roster do seem to be pretty hush hush about it. Honestly I think it sorta makes that seem more unusual though. Like now that Orton's done it I'm really wondering why more don't, unless maybe a lot of them have differing opinions to Vince. I mean if you agree with the boss I don't see why you'd be so afraid to voice it.

I can imagine it's that fear. I think it's also just concern about how they appeal to fans. When you talk about politics you divide a room. Orton clearly doesn't give a fuck.

I've noticed that about Orton since he's come back. His promos are just so...relaxed. And not in a bad way. You can just tell he's got that top star comfort out there. He'll do and say what he wants. On screen, it makes him very endearing.

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Well, "Touch, Peel, and Stand" is kind of awesome. I think that can touch him.

Broken Matt (and Brother Nero) vs. The Elite vs. New Day in a three way, interpromotional... twitter war.

According to the Observer, Cody Rhodes found a way around WWE's claim of the "Rhodes" name. WWE only prevented him from using it and not also his wife.

So if he ever has a mixed tag match with his wife, he can take the name as an implied last name since they'd be called "Cody & Brandi Rhodes". Same for using it whenever both are on the screen at the same time.

Right now he only uses Cody for his actual ring name.

Kind of silly really. The Ryback legally changing is name is pretty funny. Not like WWE is going to have another Ryback on someone with Rhodes as a last name. In Cody's case it probably be benefitial to WWE to just let him use the name so I'd he ever comes back the Cody Rhodes character is reestablished already.

Hulkberto Del Hogano

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DESTINYYYYYYY

I don't know why, but for some reason a Hogan vs. Del Rio -- you know, providing both men were in their prime -- actually appeals to me. The idea of a smug Del Rio kicking the crap out of Hogan has charm.

Same reason sports teams try not to venture into political or religious territory for the most part.

Yeah, that's basically it. But I guess if you are going to reveal yourself to be on one side or the other in wrestling, Republican is the way to go.

Yup. Might as well just tout scott walker too since he's the poster boy for anti union as they get. Saying that around Vince probably is good for a US title reign.

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A paraphrased story from a time I talked to a friend of mine online about this particular match.

"A step over into a spinning cross armbreaker."
"heh."
"... by Hogan!"
"Wait, what?"

I think any combination of the Varsity Club, in their prime, could wipe the floor with American Alpha.

Actually, I'll go farther than that.

Dr. Death could wipe the floor with American Alpha by himself.

You mean if wrestling was real right?

It's still real to me, DAMN IT! :D

Historically speaking, before American Alpha, there was the World's Greatest Tag Team. Before the World's Greatest Tag Team, there was the Steiner Brothers. Before the Steiner Brothers, there was the Varsity Club (which Rick Steiner was a part of at one point).

I should also point out that Varsity Club was absurdly over as heels. It was Sullivan's treatment of Rick Steiner that lead to him being as over as he was for the better part of 10 years. And they were just all around a better team (every variation). And the fact that you had some legit bad asses in the group at times with Steiner, Steve Williams, and later Dan Spivey...

But yes, I'm just throwing out love for Varsity Club.

Could be looking at a Styles vs Orton feud for the WWE title after No Mercy ppv since the sheets are teasing Ambrose is leaving to work on a new film for WWE Studios. Being teased he isn't returning till the Rumble at the earliest.

Cena's already expected to be gone till next year as well due to season 2 tapings for American Grit.

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So Orton goes over Bray then. Great.

Just leave Bray on main event from now on. It's fucking over.

Oh god, SmackDown is going to be a bit barren, isn't it? But that being said, I suppose it is the AJ Styles Show right now. Orton does seem like the way they'll go, but there was part of me pulling for Bray Wyatt to win. Ha! Naive, I know.

I was hoping that Wyatt would pin Orton at No Mercy, beat him in a Street Fight at Survivor Series, and then win a Cage Match or something at Roadblock. Then he might have been in prime position to be seen as credible enough to win the Royal Rumble in January. I'm not saying that he would win, or that he should win, but you could have him ready to go if you've got Brock and Cena tangled up elsewhere.

Seriously, when it comes to Bray, I don't think I've been as disappointed in how someone was booked, since Ultimo Dragon got jobbed to an entire cruiserweight division that couldn't even lace his boots.

Ultimo Dragon... :(

Yep. I never got over that one either.

I was so excited for Dragon coming in. I remember downloading a whole bunch of his matches and just having a marathon of him back in the day. A glorious man.

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Look who is advertised for this RAW tour. :'(

I should be happy for Harper getting a singles run -- he is tremendous -- but I do think there is a lot that can be done with The Wyatt Family as a team on SmackDown. But now that The Usos are heel and Slater/Rhyno are the babyface team, I guess that's a distant pipe-dream.

Am I the only one hoping New Day keeps the belts at Clash of Champions? I'm not the biggest fan of the direction the act is going, but I'm also not the biggest fan of Gallows & Anderson as a team. Well, certainly not as working Tag Team Champions. I'd be fine if they were just muscle for a guy like Kevin Owens.

I'd much rather see New Day vs. Enzo & Cass than Gallows & Anderson vs. Enzo & Cass.

Was loose boots the reason he tripped?

Either that or Bray's ppv win is just as meaningless as it was for Backlash.

Him and Orton just move into a title feud with Styles or he gets pushed to the side in favor of Orton moving to a title feud.

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Ultimo Dragon is still wrestling. There is a part of me that wouldn't mind the WWE bringing him in part-time for the occasional match if he's got the juice left. I honestly haven't seen his work. But man would that pop my soul.

Taka Michinoku is another cruiserweight whose return would just make me mark out. I don't have particular interest in a sustained run, but there's something heart-warming about these guys still being able to go. They'd make great opponents for TJ Perkins while you are building the younger guys lower on the card.

On a side note, has anyone else seen the Fit Finlay vs. Tajiri match from SMASH in 2012? I've mentioned it a few times on here, and I'm sure somehow from here actually brought it to my attention, but holy shit. I really feel this is an underrated gem, especially considering the age of the guys out there. Finlay would have been 54 and Tajiri would have been 41.

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Apparently all that happened in about six minutes.

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Remember this one-night look for Becky Lynch? She worked hard on those abs, I'm glad she got to show them off. It certainly seems...darker than her character.

That F5/RKO looked shit.

Would look pretty cool if he pulled off an RKO mid-F5 though. But that probably involves too much creativity for Lesnar these days.

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Did Randy Orton ever counter the Attitude Adjustment into an RKO? I always wanted to see that. I imagine they did it at least once over their series of matches in 07/08, but I've actually completely blocked them from my memory. Didn't they have an Iron Man Match at one point?

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They had an Iron Man match back in the day some time, I seem to recall enjoying the match but can't really remember anything of it other than lots of storytelling/stalling and Orton trying to kill Cena somehow.

Kinda wanna see the F5 reversed into an RKO similar to that AA though. Not some shitty landing on his feet and then seeing Lesnar hop in the air to receive the move. :nono:

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Orton tied to blow Cena up with pyrotechnics in that match.

Unrelated, the ROH stuff with Sullivan/Whitmer/Corino/etc. is fucking garbage. Has Kevin Sullivan ever done anything good?

Also, Adam Cole and Adam Page may want to do something to look a little bit less like each other if they're going to have such similar names. Especially if they're in the same faction now.

I've felt that Cole's hair doesn't fit him, doesn't look right for some reason

I legit thought this was some sort of Tenacious D cosplay, and didn't even realize that was Foley at first.

Unfortunately, his entire WWE career is summed up not by being a great worker, by slipping on that cape that was way too long and nearly eating shit dead center camera on the way to the ring.

Would be an interesting setup to pit the current Cruiserweight centerpiece against the first man WWE did this with about two decades ago in TAKA, the first Light Heavyweight champion. Provided WWE puts that point over to fans, that is.

I actually assumed that may have been part the point of the "Hangman" gimmick for Page (with the bigger point of him having *some sort* of character outside of "career stable lacky", even though I don't totally agree they "look similar" simply being two white boys named Adam.

I don't disagree with your point entirely, but there are a few qualifications.

Would be a bigger problem if they tagged often and Cole wasn't a pretty established guy already. Like, if they just debuted in ROH today as a no-name tag team with similar gear, it would be difficult to distinguish who is who for being "twinsy", like early WWE run Ryder and Hawkins.

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Señor Benjamin has to be best new character of the year.

Sullivan was a good heel in the territory days. I've enjoyed the clips of his pre-Dungeon of Doom stuff that I've seen. Good talker.

The Whitmer/ Corino story line has dragged on for a while. Sullivan has actually brought some life into the feud in my opinion and him redoing an old storyline from the 80s with the Devil worshiping gimmick has been alright I'm just not sure where its going.

The storyline has been going on for like 2 years now. Everyone was hoping it was over at the PPV (which shockingly ended up being one of the best matches on the card) and Kevin Sullivan shows up and who knows how the fuck long it's gonna go on for.

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I gotta get something off my chest. I saw Jake Roberts on his tour recently. When we arrived to the venue he was greeting fans at the door and was very pleasant. Even told a guy in a wheelchair to go inside and get a free T-Shirt on him, from his daughter at the merch table. Well.....The show started....Jake was about 5 minutes into his set and the dudes alarm went off to take his meds (needed them to live and forgot to turn it off).....Jake told him to go fuck himself and literally went off on him for nearly 2 minutes making everyone upset and uncomfortable. The guy, who before the show was BEAMING after meeting his childhood idol literally sat there in misery until the last few minutes when he quietly tried to sneak away...Jake stopped the show yet again...cussed at him and even said he regretted giving him that shirt. I nearly cried. I fucking hate Jake The Snake Roberts. I knew he was kind of a dick but damn...that shit is ice cold.

Well..... It's not like his name is Jake 'The Golden Retriever" Roberts

And Seth Rollins isn't really an architect?

what does his nickname have to do with anything here? it's not like he pounded on the guy with a live snake.

or did he?

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He is the reason folks like Rick Steiner and Cactus Jack got as initially over as they did, using a variation of the same angle.

Then there's the Army of Darkness, which inspired the Wyatt Family.

He was an excellent foil for Ben... some guy, as well. The matches were nuts. I miss sloppy brawls, though.

Rasha.

Happy Birthday to Asuka, saying this so she doesn't hurt me

Survivor Series currently rumored to be getting the 4 hour treatment based on a recent times listing on WWE's website.

Probably a safe bet Royal Rumble is going 4+ hours as well next year to complete the Big 4 or co-brand ppvs getting special treatment.

I'm still holding out for a 40-man Rumble return, even though I'm in the minority.....