Tony Schiavone's new podcast is pretty great. Much better than that full of shit blowhard Bruce Prichard's

The story behind this picture better be amazing dang it.

https://rdamon1982.wordpress.com/201...sode-1-review/

Very good episode.

The first paragraph of that is confusing as shit. Please edit.

ha, what the fuck?

It's confusing because of the choice to not have a vote. I've flipped the first sentence to the bottom of the paragraph though.

:y:

A necessary correction.

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Exactly this! Plus, while I appreciate the two examples given, I did say mid-forties on, which is extremely rare, and the two examples given are arguably the two best wrestlers of all time.

Even 20 years ago in WCW, how many older guys were stinking up main events every week? The wear and tear in on another level now

I am just saying, you want memorable Bobby Roode matches in WWE? Get him up now, while he can still give you 4-5 years of them.

Nia looks a lot more intimidating with that hair style and makeup than what she currently has for RAW.

According to PWI, Rock N' Roll Express are rumored to be among this year's class for WWE's Hall of Fame.

Brings the total to 9 so far for confirmed and rumored names.

Tony seems less "knowledgeable" and agreeable about whatever is thrown his way, but he's fucking funny.

I posted this in the WrestleMania thread, but I really hope Cena keeps the WWE Title until WrestleMania and defends it in a Triple Threat against Orton and Styles. It isn't something I would have booked from way back in November, but given where the pieces currently lie, I think it would feel like the most "special" thing they could put forward. Cena and Orton represent an older era of WWE Superstars, and while AJ Styles is the same age as Cena and older than Orton, he's "fresher" and represents change with a mature face to achieve it.

As for Wyatt? Put the IC Title on him. It does nothing for Ambrose. Wyatt can cut promos about how Bray has already secured one singles title and Orton is going to secure the big one at WrestleMania, which doesn't bother him because he's a selfless ally. Luke Harper challenges his former mentor Bray Wyatt as Bray cuts promos talking about aimless Luke Harper was without him and that he turned a lost boy into a monster. Cena or Styles eventually pumps up Harper by reminding him that he is one of the biggest bad-asses they have ever seen and he had a legion of fans before he even stepped foot into The Wyatt Family compound. Bray's been using him and it is time to break free.

Bray expects Harper to back off at WrestleMania, but Harper gets that crazed look in his eyes and just KILLS Wyatt for the first portion of the match. Heel strategies allow Bray to fight back and he screams "There's a monster in me too!" He goes to do his spider walk and Harper sits up and sticks his tongue and laughs at Wyatt, freaking out the Intercontinental Champion, who is eventually beaten down, given a Discus Clothesline caught into Sister Abigail for the pin.

After Orton fails to win the WWE Title in the main event (even though it is John Cena that taps out to the Calf-Crusher), Bray Wyatt blames The Wyatt Family's lack of success on Randy Orton at WrestleMania. He points Orton after Harper and demands that instead of focusing on the WWE Title, he brings the IC Title back to their ranks. Orton vs. Harper is goes more violent than their past matches, with Harper retaining the title, leading to the ultimate destruction of The Wyatt Family and a feud between Bray and Orton.

The 30 For 30 episode on the XFL has been decent so far. Looks like the rule book for the league seems to be what was the real turning point for it being a failure. NBC hated it compared to how they marketed the league and knew it was going to fail in terms of how games would be.

Also Vince being typical Vince and not listening to those saying his idea wasn't going to work without major changes done early. Vince wanted to do his stuff first and then change it if needed which NBC knew was going to doom the league from the start.

:lol: at Vince's main cameraman from the WWE realizing Vince was insane with wanting camera guys being on the actual field as plays were going on. Main reason why Vince had to pay extra for anyone crazy enough to do it for XFL games.

Also :lol: at someone from NBC showing Vince a Madden NFL video game to explain the idea of sky cams (which NFL didn't do at the time).

The story of the first XFL game as it happened is way too hilarious and all for the wrong reasons.

Holy crap Vince pulling a Bonds villain move with how he demoted NBC's main announcer for the games in favor of Jim Ross.

Had the announcer guy walk down a dim lit stadium to a limo eerily waiting at the end. Lights dimmed inside the limo and Vince pretty much demoted him on the spot in favor of Jim Ross for the prime time or "A" tier XFL games.

The guy legit thought Vince was going to have him beaten up because of how shady the whole experience felt.

what's the dealio content wise?

Don't think anything the WWE has or will ever do can top the train wreck that was week 2 of the XFL. Holy crap at the amount of stuff going wrong during the night and to top it off, it was on the same night as the highly anticipated SNL episode with Jennifer Lopez as the guest.

This 30 For 30 on the XFL got really good after the first 30 minutes.

:lol: Even more examples of why nobody who actually works in the television production industry respects, takes seriously or is worried about Vince. :lol:

I work in the television production industry and I respect Vince.......

Could legit see Vince try one more time doing something football related whenever he finally decides to hand off the company to Steph and Triple H.

He pretty much implied no XFL 2 and would have to work with the NFL to make it successful. Probably something production related considering NFL borrowed several stuff from the XFL or maybe something a bit more ambitious like a developmental system done in other sports.

Yeah the 30 for 30 was pretty good. XFL might have worked if they hadn't rushed the league along and have the teams time to form and adjust to the rules. That 2nd week game for them was brutal though and was no coming back from that even with a great game. I've got XFL cheerleader cards but I've never even seen an XFL player card. Vince didn't really do himself any favors but damn do I miss that Vince McMahon.

They talk about one topic a week chosen by the audience. Conrad is a Meltzer Sheep though. Content is basically Conrad researching the rags and his knowledge of a fan experiencing it. Bruce Prichard is a lot better debunking Meltzer's shit cause he remembers more.

Tony is funny af though and he likes Star Trek Deep Space Nine, so he is a pretty cool guy.

Only bought 1 XFL card pack but it had He Hate Me among it. Gave it to a cousin as part of a card trade a few years after the XFL was dead.

Lol Prichard is so full of shit it's coming out of his ears.

They've only done one show so far. It was on Goldberg. I really enjoyed it. No fake arguments like on Prichard's show and Tony actually doesn't spew bullshit. I really enjoyed it and I hardly ever listen to podcasts not on the Place To Be Nation or 605 Superpodcast

Watch your profanity

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Wonder how much the WWE wrestlers would be swearing with that much silence around them.

They've wrestled in Japan before and didn't swear.

I don't think Cena was on the card thankfully. You can usually hear him call his spots anyway, but with a Japanese crowd, it would be something else.

NXT crowd in Japan was pretty loud.

lol @ wwe.com poll


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Lesnar was asked what the most romantic thing he ever did for his wife (Rena Mero, f.k.a. Sable). Lesnar told a story about taking Rena on a tropical vacation after their son turned one year old. Lesnar told Rena to leave her wedding band at home so that it didn't get stolen. The people that were watching his kids took his wedding band and said that his son had swallowed it. They found an X-Ray online of a child with a ring inside their stomach. When Lesnar returned home, he wanted to buy Rena a new wedding band but she decided to search for the wedding ring inside the child's poop. She tried searching for the ring, to no avail. Lesnar bought her a new ring and gave it to her a couple of days later on their five-year wedding anniversary when they renewed their wedding vows.

makes me sad Bobby Heenan hates Schiavonne, but I remember Tony talking about it and taking full responsibility which made me respect him.

not to say Tony was wrong, because who knows, but I certainly wouldn't take the high road, the way he did.

I thought this story was gonna end with him beating the fuck out of the people who took the ring. Feel like that's how it should have ended.

I've actually started enjoying the podcast, for some weird reason, even though this is pretty evident. It's like a hangnail you just can't stop playing with. There are little things he digs his hooves into the ground about that are just like "WTF? Are you really taking that line?".

Conrad isn't so much a Meltzer sheep as he is a dude that uses the dirt sheets to frame the time and provide content for his hosts to either confirm or deny. He plays babyface against Prichard, but they're clearly in on it.

Watching wwf prime time from 1992, Terrific Terry Taylor (The Corbin Bernson of wrestling) vs Tito Santana actually having a fucking barn burner (considering Tito kind of stinks).

10 minute jobber broadway WOOO. lol I can't believe how good that match actually was. But Taylor was quite good.

feel like I need Gertner's input for validation

lol Heenan criticizing High Energy's pants. Gorilla "WILL YOU BE SERIOUS"

This features a pretty good rib by Big Show at the end.

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Terry Taylor was a great heel in Mid-South.

Haha Big Show.

That's disgusting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON">@davemeltzerWON</a> To piggy back off that. What's going on with Emma?</p>&mdash; Tim Kaminski (@Namedropper5000) <a href="https://twitter.com/Namedropper5000/status/827570538436501505">February 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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That sounded like all protein

Emmalina is the new Glacier

It has been 113 days since the Emmalina promos began.
If Emma doesn't debut within the next 3 episodes of Raw, her hype promos will be taking longer than she was off the shelf for.

SWERVE!!! All 3 answers link to Roman Reigns, except "other", which randomly generates a choice.

Watching the XFL thing..2 things popped out to me

A - if they had not rushed everything to happen in 1 year from the initial announcements the XFL might have stood a better chance
B - the XFL would work today

Think she's around a week or two from matching Fandango for longest period between start of hype videos to actual debut in recent years. His was around 4 months before the debut occurred.

Would be legit surprised if she debuts before the RAW After Mania show.

She didn't have one on the last RAW, unless I missed it..... which would be the first week where she didn't have one since it started.

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This aired in April 1996. He didn't debut til the middle of September.

Watching the Street Fight from Royal Rumble 2000 between Cactus Jack and HHH.

That was literally the saving grace of that PPV.

Bonus points for having a streetfight with a setup that looked like a back alley outside MSG.

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You didn't like the fucking awesome table match b/w dudleyz and hardyz?

Is that the match where it starts off with Triple H running comically towards Cactus only to get whacked in the head with a trash can or lid?

If so, always end up laughing whenever I see it as a clip or match itself.

That I believe is their other streetfight, also at Madison Square Garden, from 1997 in Cactus Jack's WWF debut. A totally different HHH at that point.

What about the debut of Tazz taking out Kurt?

Or the tag team tables match between the Hardys and Dudleys?

ECW Hardcore TV- Heaven 1996, Shane Douglas against Mikey Whipwreck, Mikey was one hell of an underdog.

I see RR 2000 til last week lol . That was spoiled by having seen the other matches they had after that one.

It's still fantastic.

The greatest story about Terry Taylor was told by Brian Last.

It was in like 1993 at Madison Square Garden. It was Taylor's first night back in the Garden and he looked around and said to himself but loudly "I"m Back"

Somebody in the crowd heard it and went Cockle doodle do.

Yeah and Too Cool had a dance party in the Middle of the Royal Rumble.

Also Taka Vision.

The match I was talking about between Taylor and Santana was so shockingly good. Tito usually locks on a headlock for 25 minutes but instead they actually worked a fucking match. It was a "10 minute broadway" but they definitely almost went 15 minutes. Really fast paced. Kind of made me think that Tito could work when he actually chose to.

poor poor Taka in Rumble 2000 :(

lol i would have been like 5 years old and I'm from Toronto so nah

Not really

INDEED!

Fuck Goldberg.

Hmm

I miss this theme

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So apparently Chikara taped a whole season of events in secrecy.

Was it secret or didn't anybody turn up to the tapings?

They fed the crowd brownies laced with Forget Me Nows.

They made a huge mistake.

Gob saw The Colony and decided to start his own Bee faction.

Remember when Kalisto was the WWE United States Heavyweight Champion?

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Also :lol:

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CHIKARA filmed Season 18 before Season 17, and they're gonna now "fill the gaps" with the missing season to bridge 16 and 18 together.

That is amazing.

Also if anyone wants to check Chikara out, they're offering a free month for
Their chikaratopia service. You just have to use the code HOLLYSENTME

Will Holly get a loaded boot of thumb tacks if we don't use the promo code?

It's Chikara so no, ice cream sprinkles only.

Pro Wrestling Superstars Trash Talk TV! Worth a watch!
 

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This little fed is pretty good, definitely worth a watch just check out this great promo for a build up for a match.

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The first star comes out...

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Will he sign the contract?

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Contract is signed!

Why was that moved in here instead of the backyard rassling thread...... I actually read and look at this thread, and don't wanna see that here........

Appease Lock Jaw.......

So when did the yard tards start to take over?

Around 2-3 years ago I think.

Ever since you left.....

Coincidence or........................................?