Does he love Satan?

The less Black talks the better, I don't know how good he is cutting promos, nor do I care, but hold off any extended promos for as long as possible.... His mystique and style will sell more than him talking ever could (see: Shinsuke Nakamura)

RACIST

Ye stay away from the promos in case he sounds like Goldmember from Austin Powers.

In all seriousness I've enjoyed his matches so far , he comes across as a legit tough guy, I think at first they were toying with a Black Magic gimmick and was alluded to with his ring wear and on commentary etc . Also I am a fan of his theme music .

I do think he would struggle on the main roster to be a tough guy as he isn't Braun size etc and also they would need to do some major character development to sell him the the audience. At the moment his thing is he can kick hard aka Shinsuke.

For those in the know how was his work as Tommy End in the indies ?

Is there any wrestling on tv in the UK I could watch

I see impact wrestling is on at 9 on spike uk..ooh

Not

You need Sky Sports for WWE. All the UK promotions are on their own ondemand services.

Also going to post this outside of gaming because it cracks me up.

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Peyton Royce is really fucking hot.

My lord, Tommy End is an awful, awkward sounding name.

But he's the shit. You know what name sounds awkward? The Rock.

Andrade Almas is fucking slick. Really like that dude.

Lio Rush accidentally just got hyped up as a big deal for the next hot NXT star

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Asuka is everything. Bless her.

He sucked ass as a face but has been money ever since he became a heel. Feel like that describes 90% of the roster.

Never really saw any of his Tommy End stuff outside of the UK tournament showcase match with Neville but he's been pretty good overall in NXT. The match he had against Kyle O'Reilly is a really good showcase of his style as a tough type fighter in NXT.

His occult/Satanism stuff mostly just enhances his presentation rather than being a real focus of his character like with Bray Wyatt. Think Black mentioned in interviews about only wanting it to help enhance his character's mystic than actually come off as a Satanist. Can see the main roster writers competently screw up his character and make him into another Bray-like character when he gets called up.

He's got a solid body of work, but I never thought he was mind blowing or anything. What I always love when a dude is signed by WWE is that the smaller promotions release YouTube free videos so here's a few. He had an awesome match with Hero at PWG, but PWG are just big enough to not have to give their shit away for free...

Tommy End V Sami Callahan

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Tommy End (NED) V Eddie Dennis (WAL) Progress World Cup Quarter Final

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Tommy End V Mark Andrews

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Tommy End V Will Osprey

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Tommy End V DANIEL FUCKING BRYAN shoot style match

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Honestly, the Daniel Bryan match is a tough watch if you're not into that fake shoot style that Germany seems to have loved in more recent times, but if you have prior knowledge, it's a good match.

The fedoras in the front row don't make it any easier.

Aiden

AIDEN

AT LAST

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN

The Street Prophets are straight coonery.

Well RIP floslam.

Pretty much. EVOLVE may well have been lying, but they have some WWE backing so they'll be OK for a while with less streaming. FloSlam have nothing.

I posted on the front page about this, but if you do subscribe to FloSlam and have the receipt, powerbomb.tv are offering a free 6 months

I concur.

I hope powerbomb does gain some traction for this. They're building up a good selection of promotions they're working with. I'm stoked for the beyond live stream.

She is. And I wouldn't be surprised to see her and Billie Kay up on SmackDown sometime soon.

this, and i'm not a fan because of it.

Cryme Tyme 2.0.... the small guy has some potential and the big guy is as generic as it gets...

Man, fuck the narrator

I watched that on mute.

She has fat arms and looking at her fat arms would put me off my dinner.

Triple H's got wrinkles on the back of his head.

holy shit, that looks like a very old plum

Looks like a California Raisin. Good to see them still finding employment.

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Vader and his back to front ring gear :lol:

According to the Observer, WWE still hasn't reached sold out status for tomorrow's No Mercy ppv and that's with Reigns-Cena and Strowman-Lesnar as the marque matches.

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This has actually been a big problem for the WWE this year with most events either not selling out till the weekend off or not at all. Even the resell or secondary market for tickets has been weak this year for WWE ppvs (and some Takeover events).

There are lots of problems with WWE right now. The stakes are low because of major booking problems. The stars they do have are stale within the context they are being used. The brand split leaves things inconclusive and diluted, but the problems were there way before that. The WWE is eroding all its hangover "good will" (if you can call it that) from the Attitude era. People still watching are older fans who are beginning, finally, to tire. You could probably do a case study on the half-life of nostalgic fandom with the WWE product as a barometer.

Glacier just showed up in ROH!!!!!

Why? They needed a janitor?

he was in the Honor Rumble at #20. Kazarian won it and faces Cody for the ROH World title. I marked out for his entrance.

His entrance was great and the only good quality of Glacier, to be fair.

I used to mark out for his Sub Zero entrance as a kid as well.

Glacier was my go to guy in WCW/nWo Revenge

Hope they keep a close eye on Vince during Roman/Cena.

I hope they don't, unless they have a 70 year old masturbating fetish.

I am WM style pumped for No Mercy.

My hype level is so non existent I forgot it was this weekend until someone mentioned it.

It's hard to be pumped for an event called "No Mercy".

You can be hyped if it's a game. Other than that - meh.

I've just stumbled across an image of Kaitlyn being all naked.

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listen to cornette talking about george the rat lol

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I prefer Bruce's version.

Bruce is a lot of things, but he rips on Cornette better than anyone.

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I'm bummed out it doesn't start til 1am here but I can watch the network on my phone so ill probably watch it when I wake up..

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Why does Prichard go so squeaky for his Cornette impression? He gets a lot of it right, but it's easily one of his worst.

Artistic license I guess. He obviously knows it's not a good impression but it's what makes it so funny.

For some reason, when Prichard is telling that story and goes "but he didn't make it... and he died." I laugh my fucking ass off. Something about the way he says it.

Does the countdown for No Mercy start at 7? I'm actually gonna watch this whole shit from beginning to end.

Yes.

In terms of matches, Apollo Crews vs The Drifter is on the pre-show.

According to some rumblings online, WWE offered UK-like deals to Viper, Toni Storm, and Kay Lee Ray. Shayna Baszler reportedly signed a regular deal recently.

Leaves just 2 spots left from the rumored final batch of 6 offers from the Mae Young Classic.

the undertaker theme music in the background also kills me.

Yeah, I guess it's got a bit of Mickey Mouse in there, which might be some sort of allusion to Cornette's anti-gentrification of wrestling stance. Or just a reference to him being like a manic cartoon character. It makes sense, it just seems less "on-point" than his other ones.

The Undertaker music in the background was a nice touch.

Bingo

Toni Storm is fucking hot.

I concur.

Toni Storm is indeed hot.

It was cool, but man... people bitch about how long Undertaker's entrance was, and he was main event talent. Glacier had all this pomp & circumstance, then end up counting lights if he were facing someone other than Disqo or "Lightning Foot" Jerry Flynn.

Also, I was more of a La Parka man myself. Even before the "voiceover" gimmick.

A woman in wrestling is hot? :eek:

Shut up faggot. I didn't say I was shocked by it.

Who is the guy with the long black hair that sits front row at every event?

Huh, I just rewatched his debut. I didn't even know he was supposed to be some sort of a samurai or a ninja? Samurai I think.

The WWE stooge that kidnapped Adam Page is a monster

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I'm about to watch WWECW from the beginning to try and pinpoint where it all went wrong.

LOW HANGING FRUIT: "It went wrong from the beginning!"

Shut the fuck up. I'll keep you posted.

I mean, the second episode is main evented by RVD & Kurt Angle v. Rated RKO. Not all bad.

Nah, WWECW started great. It went wrong when RVD and Sabu got busted so they put the belt on Big Show, then Heyman leaving after December to Dismember.

This is the exact moment I knew Vince was getting what he wanted and it wasn't going to recover:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5...-ecw-wor_sport

Even then you had some good moments, like Stevie Richards arc desperately trying to become champ

It went wrong by having it be WWE Vs. ECW.

It went wrong when they insisted on having Big Show vs. Batista headline a show at Hammerstein, and were shocked that the ECW crowd shot on it.

There was a really good John Morrison v. Evan Bourne match at some point.

The Benoit double homicide/suicide and then putting the belt on Morrison.

Hmmm...I don't think I remember that.

Just keep trucking trough the episodes, soon you will see Benoit appear on ECW one week then disappear.

Kelly Kelly was pretty hot back then. She was pretty close to naked on episode 2. DAMN YOU MIKE KNOX!

I mean, I'm assuming you're Mike Knox. You haven't been introduced to anyone yet.

Awww, Test promo. :(

Angle could have really been the shit in ECW. So could Benoit. So many things went wrong that didn't have to.

I loved WWECW when it was just a place for guys not being used on Raw or SD to go and have fun storylines/matches.

Same thing during the period of time when NXT stopped being a competition show but before it became the developmental territory.

That new Angle persona was awesome. An actual "snap and turn into a badass submission machine" that made sense and was going to be awesome

This should probably go in the biggest disappointments thread

You're right about that. He could've made ECW a reputable thing.

Also, Sabu was a fucking maniac. Sloppy as shit, but exciting as hell. What a legend, sorta.

There's a Sabu/Roadkill match in Ep. 3 that goes hard as fuck. :y:

would be so much better if that song was for a dude, amirite?

Emmilio