Mike Knox was tight for a second. I forgot he used the Sister Abigail too. Made it look better, IMO.

Yesh those 3 moments are pretty much it for where WWECW went downhill. Like with WCW, Vince being terrible managing the brand's name drove original ECW fans away in droves for good.

RVD getting busted for drugs while champ shelved whatever the original plans were going to be.

Big Show was actually a pretty great heel champ in WWECW but Vince was moronic for doing the Batista match at the Hammerstein Ballroom and expecting the crowd to react the way he wanted.

Vince forcing Bobby Lashley to be the one to dethrone Big Show at December to Dismember was pretty much the final nail. After that WWECW is pretty much whatever Vince feels like for direction and focus.

Really like Kurt Angle's ECW remix theme, minus the hella awkward loop intro.

Whats going on there?

That's amazing. Well done, Rico.

I dunno if this post is thread worthy in and of itself, but it could be good for a couple replies, I imagine.

In any event, Vince McMahon allegedly gets behind people who he believes can kick his ass in a fight. And those folks are usually what are defined as "Big Sweaty Men."

This leads me to Zack Sabre Jr. When I first saw him, I thought he looked like a 12 year old Ken Shamrock. Then, during the match I saw, I realized "This dude could tie me in a knot without much effort." From then on, I realized he was awesome.

And then, I had to think about the folks I was a fan of, and they virtually all had one thing in common: They could either whip my ass or they look like they could whip my ass. I am not saying this to sound like some kind of Internet Tough Guy©, but if I see a guy coming to the ring that looks like a chump, I'm gonna be like "meh." The only appeal for someone like that is that, if they're annoying enough (Enzo Amore and Miz), I might enjoy seeing them get the shit beaten out of them.

I think a lot of that comes from being into WWF during the early '90s and liking some of the Bill Watts era of WCW (but not Erik Watts, who ironically didn't look like he could beat a drum, much less a grown man in a fight).

Served the purpose, though. Crowd couldn't chant "you suck" because the cadence was off, and the song itself didn't have the pauses. Added to the previously mentioned "snap and become a badass submission machine" persona he was shifting to.

I was okay with the Enzo, Neville, and the rest of the Cruiserweight division closing RAW last evening.

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I...guess so? Not sure if you're looking for an actual response or just trolling...

Now that I think about it, though, "It's all about me" somewhat reminds me of David Otunga's theme ("It's all about me/It's all about the power").

Seems like there are a lot of "wrestler holding a koala" pics on the internet

WWE is obviously running an underground koala sex ring to raise pyro money for WrestleMania.

But none have the Powah of the Tozawa Koala!!!


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... damn. Uh, can I neg rep myself for that one? :|

I got you

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Do you guys think Jinder will get a second reign?

Of course my reign ends just as we get another lead on the Luger case, now I have to beg for people to help out on this important case. Bruiser Brody somehow had knowledge of Luger's handling of Miss Elizabeth, but Brody knew back in January of 1987! That is why if you go back and see their match you'll obviously see Brody pissed at Luger and started throwing their match. When the match was over Luger asked Brody if it was something he did to upset him and knowing full well that telling Luger of his future would cause a rip in the space-time continuum, so he simply proclaimed..."no", when in reality it tore Brody up, Luger somehow knew that he was being hunted by time traveling wrasslers so he had Brody stabbed in the showers to cover up his knowledge. Hence why we have the Internet now.

So sick of Luger! I bet he told Jinder to say those racist things last week too!

We have to trace it now, he definitely helped out with last night's Jinder promo with the images of Shinsuke Nakamura, my son has disdain for me calling him Shitstain, but his mom started that whole thing and you can't get that out my brain for a hot minute yo. yeah dude. so.

True but WWE does like making bad decisions.

He keeps the belt for life...

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Possibly to give the illusion that the reign will last longer.

Well this is the same company that likes to waste money on shitty movies so i doubt making a couple of brass plates is going to bother them much.

Depends on when those plates were ordered since the longer its taken for Jinder to get it, the more it comes off as his decision to be champ and his current reign length was last minute ideas.

Think something like this has happened before where a champ finally got their side plates only to lose it shortly afterwards. Was more common when it was just name plates for belts.

Only real benefit is if Jinder becomes champ again in the future, WWE doesn't need to have a new set of side plates ordered.

I've got the answer.

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The Ring of Honor, what a great fucking idea.

Amazing Twitter: Is Test Still Dead

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Really enjoyed Cody's time away from WWE. That's really no different from Alberto, Galloway, or anyone else that has left WWE recently. They seem to have more freedom which is great and lets them explore what works. Cody found something that he really likes and fits him and he's got the ROH World title stuff along with the Bullet Club stuff and their are alot of options for him going forward. How long before him and Kenny start to really butt heads? It's already being teased and could eventually come down to him and Omega. How big would Omega vs Okada be if the were ROH and IWGP Champions? It's just alot more than he had going for him in WWE and he's enjoying it.

Honestly, I would never offer a limb to Minoru Suzuki. What happened there was easily the BEST case scenario.

More like only case scenario. Cody's character is a bit naive.

Worst case scenario is Cody being able to touch his elbow with the hand of his same arm. The storyline was Cody wasn't afraid of Suzuki, to which I think the only answer is "... yet."

I heard the match was cut short due to time constraints, which is bullshit. Because if the whole card wasn't planned enough to give the Main Event as much time as they need, as that is theoretically what people PAID TO FUCKING SEE, that's on the promoter. And if another match went longer than it needed to which it cut into the time needed for a proper Main Event, which again the people theoretically PAID TO FUCKING SEE, that is on both the promoter and the talent of that particular match.

Because let's face it: Suzuki doesn't come to the US often. And odds are, he may never wrestle in the US again.

Agree with everything you said. While I haven't seen the match the word on it isn't something I'd expect from a Suzuki match. Thought this match would be Cody's breakout as far as in ring performance goes. He has out side the ring covered but isn't exactly killing it inside the ring but being associated with Kenny Omega doesn't help him any there as he's going to be compared to him.

From this week's Observer Newsletter on Vince's mentality for Reigns-Cena and Strowman-Lesnar matches at No Mercy.

It's weird how the WWE sometimes books like things don't matter -- there is no rhyme or reason, and if you try to look for logic or some sort of emotional hook you're a nerd who takes things too seriously -- and other times Vince really wants to try and use booking to make a star.

Maybe things like Reigns beating Cena would work a lot better if all the babyfaces weren't being burnt out and made to look like they wouldn't be able to pass Einstein's insanity test on SmackDown?

What are they gonna do when they've put Roman over everybody clean, and he still isn't over? They will have sacrificed Undertaker, Cena, and Lesnar and it will still not give them the desired result.

The only thing they can do at that point is turn him into the biggest heel in the company and probably biggest heel since the McMahon character.

They are sucking the life out of everything.

I try to avoid ranting but I started off skipping shows but never missed PPV, then I decided to only watch PPV, then I wasnt that bothered about missing them. Then I realised wrestling wasn't a thing for me anymore and tried to force myself back in. Finally, after years of "struggle", I cancelled network after Mania, and nowadays I barely even look at results.

It is a sad state of affairs and the empty arenas show that people are tired of it. Instead of being defensive and coming up with excuses, HHH should be worried about what state he inherits the company in.

Cease and Desist please

I think Vince is trying to kill his own creation with a LETHAL DOSE OF POISON

That lethal poison is being delivered via Super Man Puncb

Gets even worse since Observer stated the original plan prior to Strowman getting hurt was for Lesnar to steamroll over Rollins, Balor, and Strowman with 1-hit F5 moves for wins.

Idea was to make Lesnar go back into Beast/Final Boss status and Reigns getting the Super treatment against Lesnar and the F5 move for Mania.

The sooner Vince the "entrepreneur and genius" (that has only ever had success in wrestling, so much for those 2 tags) steps down the better, woefully out of touch and his ideas more often than not fall flat on their face. You know you've hit the creative brick wall when you have to give money away on live tv to get people to watch the show ffs, and that was a few years ago.

IT'S EVEN STEVEN DUDE WHENEVER VINCE GOES, IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WILL HE GO DOWN FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS DUDE, BUT HE DESERVES TO GO OUT HIGH ON RATINGS AND MORPHINE BROTHER!!! NEVER FORGET THAT ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS JUST PUT HIS FINGER BACK ON THE PULSE OF HIS FANS DUDE!!! -HH

meme

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Apparently Bray Wyatt's divorce process managed to drag the WWE into it and only because they refused to pay court fees associated with documents requested.

Also claimed to have intimidated Bray's wife in order for her to not find out about Bray's true net worth and having his contract be made public.

I wonder if the Shining Stars of Puerto Rico will be on TV handing out pamphlets this week? Seems like something Vince would do since..ya know...news.

@Cool King

Kaitlyn training for a possible return to the ring

Greg Hamilton and Nakamura

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This ATROCITY is not on the NEVILLE LEVEL.<br><br>THE KING deserves better. <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEShop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEShop</a> <a href="https://t.co/fMcwUnldoW">pic.twitter.com/fMcwUnldoW</a></p>&mdash; KING (@WWENeville) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENeville/status/913566587625639936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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good video

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a cup of coffee in the big time!

Muraco and Fuji doing stand up comedy on TNT is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling. Lol @ Mean Gene giving Muraco the finger after a bald joke.

lol.. how did Mean Gene get away with that?

I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard lol

The concussion/CTE lawsuits against the WWE could be over as early as the first week of November due to the judge for the cases ordered the lawsuits to be amended or else risk them being tossed out.

Been rumored or speculated for months these lawsuits were the main reason why WWE has been very hesitant on the idea of Daniel Bryan making a possible in-ring return before his contract expires.

Im bumping this because it's that amazing.

Mean Gene is the best

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Fuji had me in tears in that video.

God bless Jack Swagger. :y:

Also, that Neville Tweet is brilliant.

"Tropical Stuff" lol

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I am convinced that Savage did his promos like this:

*snorts a line of cocaine*

I need to do a promo? Yeah... ok, I need a prop...

*steals something from the break room*

I'm good to go... wait a minute, not quite...

*snorts another line of cocaine*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time seeing this.

Neat.

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The rumored Vince McMahon biofilm appears to be slowly moving back into production.

Bradley Cooper as Vince McMahon? Really?

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Apparently Randy Orton was against the idea of taking the World title off of Christian just days after Edge's retirement. Him, Edge, and Christian tried to plead with Vince to let the title change happen at a later date and let Christian enjoy being a world champ for a while. Instead Vince wasn't willing to budge and Christian only had 2 days as champ.

Got revealed during the recent episode of Edge & Christian podcast show with Orton as the guest.

lol I mean it's not that great. I like the concept but Muraco is awkwardly out of his element

That's whats so great about it.

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Roman Reigns vs Titus Oneil best dad commercial feud

Oh I get that's the lure but to me it doesn't hit that note enough to be funny.

Like Daniel, Haku also wouldnt tap.

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Fantastic.

How fantastic is it?

Enzo and Corey Graves are Twitter beefing

"Oh snap", as the kids say.

Is Enzo now Lil' Roman?

Some dude over in England won an mms match via submission with the walls of Jericho

What's mms?

Mixed Martial Sex

CFO$ recently teased they are working on a new theme for Paige for her return. In terms of rumors, she's been hinted at to going to the Smackdown brand.

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oh no

She already has a great theme, and all the new themes have been garbage lately

That looks like some bad 80's video game boxart. Some discount NES title or budget action platformer for the Commodore 64.

I don't know why you would change Paige's theme.

Why is Kassius Ohno so fucking fat?

I mean, he does some cool stuff, but he just looks so...I dunno, like he needs to look better.