I think where it came off the rails was pretty much the writers abandoning his newly packaged badassery after like three weeks to relegate him to "lackey meatshield" for Paul Heyman. They could've brought in another "Paul Heyman Guy" for that role while still transitioning Axel into legit threat territory. There is only so much seriousness fans are willing to invest when a guy is consistently being beaten up backstage and counting the lights in matches. This would sound like fundamental psychology, but has been a thing WWE has dropped the boat with for years and years at this point.

I'm not a fan of trap music, but I feel like I can get behind such a gimmick change for Bray. Especially if JoJo transitions to valet.

So, one of the folks at the most recent Tryouts was Reginald Gibbs, who wrestles at the local show I go to every other show (once every four months. :( ) as Odinson. Who is Odinson, you ask? This guy is Odinson...

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I hope he gets the call up, even if he does look a bit like Sheamus.

Roman Reigns Spoiler for Monday


Nobody wants to see that.

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I see that TNA is doing well


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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK that is awesome.


My understanding is that this is just "Tuesday" when shit like this happens.

KUSHIDA and Takahashi, nothing but awesome fucking matches between these 2.

Their match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 was insanely good and became an instant fan of Takahashi because of it.

Do they have Engrish on the NJPW subscription service?

Pfff, you know it's all about the jap commentary.

Some big events yeah. Kevin Kelly and Cyrus.

Omega vs Okada was 2 was pretty insane. Dudes have gas tanks for days.

https://i1.jbzdy.pl/contents/2017/06...P16CryrQpW.mp4

wow, what the fuck

Jesus TF Christ.

Chatter around the net is that Mr. & Mrs. (Miracle) Bennett are in St. Louis tonight.

Possibly might be involved in tonight's PPV somehow.

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...maria-kanellis

MARIA MARIA MARIA!!!

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what happened other than a west coast pop? Did he neck him?

Don't know, just looks goddamn impressive, way better than whatever Rey's ever done.

Also, he did a flip in the air before connecting. Pretty sure Rey doesn't do it.

West coast pop is just a springboard hurricanrana. That was a springboard dragonrana, which includes a 450 flip before the hurricanrana.

Or what Fignuts said.

feel like I've seen Rey do the flip as well. Looked good though.

He may have done a flip into that thing where he just shoves his crotch in the dudes face and pushes him down, but im not sure i've ever seen him do the flip into hurricanrana.

Rey Mysterio's signature "Here's my balls" maneuver.

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It's not the same move but i love this.

The WWE Unreleased Matches DVD coming soon will have these guys on it.

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One of my favorite matches of all time and I just realized that the costume is inspired by "The Phantom".

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Josh Matthews doesn't have a horrible swanton bomb.

Horrible recliner though.

Kofi the damn psycho.

Had no idea Josh Mathews had a sleeve tat.

Not quite as jarring as finding out Michael Cole had tats, but still.

Wonder Braun

http://i.imgur.com/czVpz5K.jpg

Even though it's "stereotypically indy"... Josh NEEDS kickpads. his legs are disproportionatly small. Looks like Zach Gowen with TWO prosthetics instead of one.

Also, that Recliner wouldn't look so bad if the guy wasn't up on his knees like that. Seeing people take it like that just makes the person applying that clutch look like they're just climbing on the opponent's back and not applying a hold.

Mathews was trained as a wrestler and has been a life-long fan, I'm surprised that so many are surprised he has got a few decent moves....

I never forgot.

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When was "Wonder Braun"?

As far as memory serves, it is a random photograph from his past. He was also part of Adam Rose's posse.

I know ALOT of people who've been waiting for this full theme. Fucking finally!!!


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Sweet! Loved both of Eddie's entrance themes post "Viva La Raza".

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WWE put up the full version of Mike and Maria. It's so terrible it's perfect.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_FGO1UGrls

Jinder sold the RKO like a stunner at the PPV too....

Being nitpicky here, but I hate when people make YouTube videos "the top 50 moves of..."... where it basically consists of "dropkick"... "lariat"...

ARMBAR

i want a youtube video of the 1000 holds of dean malenko

Will someone please tell Low Ki to stop wrestling in a suit?

A suit? Is it at least a WARRIOR suit?

I saw some of the Impact clips from their India tour and the crowd reactions seem so fake.

I don't know. I remember when Scott Steiner ran through the crowd in Ring Ka King and the crowd was going nuts. I just assume India still takes their wrestling very seriously.

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:eek:

Possibly the most assisted move of all time? Ending was good to the outside.

And yet a piledriver is banned, yet that kinda thing could easily go badly wrong as well. wwe logic. :shifty:

What I meant to say is that the crowd reactions during the Impact tapings might've been choreographed as well.

Nope like a hitman suit. Has a hitman type gimmick but it really only consist of him wrestling in a suit.

How fake is this?

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What do you mean by fake? That was a real promo, didn't watch the video but he beat up his translator and James Storm made the save. Not sure the translator was truly translating what EC3 said though based off some of the crowd reaction after translation.

Oh ok video was just of the entrance. Yeah thats real, was mocking India and such before his translator decided not to translate anymore.

The crowd reaction is just :roll:

He's doing what Dave Kapoor used to do. It isn't "word to word" but it conveys the gist.

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Thought the crowds in India were beter than the ones in Orlando. Yeah they told them who to cheer and boo but thats understandable in a foreign market.

Yeah, I think you're just used to crowds not showing so much interest. I don't think their reactions look fake.

I don't think they'd have to educate the fans on whom to cheer and boo if WWE ever decided to do a tour.

Funny thing about the Hitman attire is supposedly Low Ki got blacklisted from a few Japanese promotions because of it. Got told several times to change his attire but he was dumb enough to ignore those demands and got blacklisted as a result.

Main reason was Square Enix and/or IO Interactive threatened to sue those companies for using the Hitman image without their permission.

It is common in India to pay crowds to attend tapings. Based on that idea alone, it is simple to assume any reactions are as fabricated as their "attendance".

This is documented.

Yep. It's a studio audience. Not like they're shooting it in a stadium or an actual arena.

Looking at old clips of WWE performers visiting India and the reception they'd get. I don't think Impact Wrestling is or ever will be that popular.

Jesus Low Ki is a fucking idiot.

The amount of patronizing in these videos :nono:

Are you being disgusted by your home country Emo Dave?

DISAVOW THEM FOREVER!!!!!!!


Serious question: you get your d wet with that braud who has you all happy n stuff?

Shouldn't you change your name to "Super Dave" since you are feeling fantabulous?

Cringe-worthy interview. Charlotte's a legend for putting up with this crap.

The interviewer can just fuck off with his questions and rude attitude :smh:

1. Is it real?
2. Does it hurt?
3. How many eggs do you? :roll:
4. Do you know Dalip Singh Rana :nono:

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That's enough WWE India related content for today.

Go suck a lollipop, drave :fu:

Hope that guy got an award for asking the tough questions.

See what I get when I try to be nice?

This is why I say piss to you!

She should have Vader'd that guy.

What ever happened to Blake and Murphy? They were the "hot team" in NXT for a bit and then they just kinda disappeared without getting called up or anything. Weird.

They split up, Alexa left, no one cared after that.

They even had a match or two against one another.

Generally the next step would be to send them to the main roster though. Not just forget about them. They were tag champs, FFS.

Their singles stint was pretty awful. Think they were fed to Nakamurasan and a few others who were "blowin up"

I never thought they were special in any way.

I didn't either. Just seems weird to have them go from tag champs to disappearing off the face of the earth just like that.

Didn't help Blake got hurt shortly after the split and was out for around a year.

Similar to Jason Jordan, those two benefit a lot more by being a team than as singles wrestlers.

Like Enzo & Cass....... RIP :(

Ive been to WWE live events where it happens here in America so I would not put it past them to do it in a forign country.

"Emo Dave" for meanest poster 2018.

DAVE VS DRAVE AT GREAT BALLLLLLLLS OF FIIIRRRRREEEEE!!

Is there a gif yet from Backlash when Randy throws one of Jinders goons over the table and then makes a face like " Oh shit ! " and then turns the face into a sell job of his shoulder injury? That shit is hilarious.

God, the cruiserweight division is so terribly booked. Remember when Jack Gallagher was flavour of the month?

I agree with this assessment.

I liked them well enough. Murphy would try to do some flashy stuff in the ring and Blake put a lot of effort in. Plus, Bliss was better as a manager. But then I compared them in my head to MNM, and they just didn't click.

That's not the reason I left. Conversation around here stopped being stimulating.

Not the reason I left, but enjoy your narrative.

Anyway, I don't actually have a problem with mike. He just comes off like a dick. Hope all is well in your life though, brother -- sincerely. I'm happy to keep the charade up and hassle ya, but I honestly don't mean any hurt feelings or anything, so please don't take it personally.