Me waiting for a UK WrestleMania:

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're five minutes into this IMPACT media call and Scott Steiner has already said LAX will cut his grass because they're Mexican, made comments about another wrestlers' wife, and screamed &quot;I'M WORLD FAMOUS BITCH&quot; for no reason... <br><br>Here we go...</p>&mdash; Michael Killam (@MikeKillam) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKillam/status/986668708352397312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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:lol: Nakamura's new gimmick as a dick puncher is really great

Orlando not joking around


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needs the old low blow bell sound effect from one of the old WWF games

This is better than their raw promos:

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Same. I thought it was Christopher Daniels.

Its ridiculously easy to get wrestling fans to buy into that whole thing no matter how globalized we may be Ed said I do hate those kind of Foreigner equals evil gimmicks

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Safe to say she's probably come the furthest from when she started in NXT to now. I totally forgot she had the fairy cheerleader gimmick when she started

the only advantage Orlando has is its like WWEs 2nd. Home now but there's no way they'll go back there before going to the new stadiums in LA and Vegas

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I got a better idea for something she can eat..

:heart: Becky

Too bad she will rarely ever be on PPVs now

I dunno, I can see her popping up. She'll be an extra in the Survivor Series and they'll need people to put over Charlotte/Ronda/whoever else is getting the push at the time.

Lol, Eli Drake is claiming that he was blackballed by the WWE for 5 years or so, and that he didn't get into developmental until his 10th in the business. It couldn't just be because you're fucking terrible, could it? Dummy! Yeah! Dummy! Fuck.

WWE is terrible with their development though so that's a blessing. He's much better off doing what he has and waiting until WWE brings him in as Eli Drake instead of WWE forming him into whatever they would have wanted him to be.

He is; we aren't.

i literally lol'd

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trying to formulate a theory that Hulk Hogan was actually a heel through his entire WWF tenure. A thread:</p>&mdash; BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonNooga/status/987023798745600001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hogan vs. Andre: Hogan holds Andre down for years, then rubs it in Andre's face when he gets a bigger trophy than Andre. Takes greatest offense when Andre rips Hogan's cross necklace off, because Hogan views himself as a Messianic figure.</p>&mdash; BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonNooga/status/987023800834379777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hogan vs. Savage: As open-and-shut as it gets. Hogan steals the limelight in Savage's crowning moment, then spends the next year actively trying to sleep with his &quot;friend's&quot; woman behind his back. Savage only snaps when Hogan takes Liz to a secluded room and lays her on a bed.</p>&mdash; BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonNooga/status/987023802713374720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hogan vs. Earthquake: Hogan is a climate-change denier, feuds with the human embodiment of Earth's changing state. When science (the gravity of Earthquake sitting on his chest) weighs upon him, Hogan takes his ball and goes home. Also, Hogan hates Canada (see also D.Bravo feud)</p>&mdash; BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonNooga/status/987023806853152768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great examples added by friends here: Hogan literally yanking victory and a title away from Sid at RR92 when Sid legally eliminated him, and Hogan's shameful spot-stealing performance in the wake of Warrior winning at WM6.</p>&mdash; BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonNooga/status/987036109631836160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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First tweet has several more cases presented as evidence of Hogan never being a good guy in the WWF.

The Luster brother. You can see the lust in his eyes!

Who the hell is Eli Drake?

Some guy that Creature of the night creams his panties over, and will wish Death on once he makes it to NXT somehow

Simple Fan is Creature of the Night?

He was the impact/global/tna champion for a little bit. A cheap copy of the Rock but with Hogan orange skin.

:cool:

I had this inflicted on me so now all of the rest of you have to suffer.

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I just read that the next Impact on Twitch special is called Penta Does Iowa and it's on Cinco de Mayo...

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Glad they stopped doing those 'Comedy' segments.

Not Creature, I don't hate WWE or any promotion not named Impact. I think he souds alot more like Flair while delivering most promos and his persona matches up better with Ric than it does The Rock.

B+ segment. Could have been A+ if they had more wacky camera movements, cut away to fan reaction shots every few seconds, and maybe when Ron Simmons said DAMN, they should have put up a large graphic that also read DAMN, just to hammer home the point.

That was pretty damn funny.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s some breaking news! <a href="https://twitter.com/BookerT5x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BookerT5x</a> will be back on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> commentary this Monday! <a href="https://t.co/poPCdvgxlK">pic.twitter.com/poPCdvgxlK</a></p>&mdash; Brad Gilmore (@bradgilmore) <a href="https://twitter.com/bradgilmore/status/987324641843740672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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SHUCKY DUCKY QUACK QUACK. ILLEGAL TACTICS.

BRING ON DRUNK UNCLE BOOKER

Unless this means the commentary team will be Cole / Coach / Booker because Graves is being locked in to Smackdown.

Who are we kidding? That won't happen. There can only be one black guy at a time.

Especially when it's on the ass end of their trunks.

Gutted that Gulak has since deleted the tweet, but he tweeted to them "Fist them good, guys!" once

Map of who was the biggest stars during the Territory era of wrestling although text is a bit blurry.

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Looks like it is indeed Coach getting replaced, and Vince has been taking some cues from his wife's boss.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What? Where did you hear that? Do you know something I don’t know? <a href="https://t.co/lIR17aYS5G">https://t.co/lIR17aYS5G</a></p>&mdash; Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCoachrules/status/987365661771837440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apparently not. <a href="https://twitter.com/BookerT5x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BookerT5x</a> is telling the truth. He will be doing commentary Monday. But I have a feeling it’s ALL for a good reason. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/vision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#vision</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/crosspromotion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#crosspromotion</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldLongDrive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WorldLongDrive</a> <a href="https://t.co/uXjzsXPiqx">https://t.co/uXjzsXPiqx</a></p>&mdash; Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCoachrules/status/987379365611622402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I love Booker, but Coach was really growing on me. What's up here?

Zelina Vega might be the sexiest woman on the planet.

Coach is doing some golf channel stuff next week, according to his Twitter timeline (which is kind of incomprehensible BRANDING, so best guess here). Depending on interpretation, he may be back the week after.

Although David Otunga was "out filming a movie for a few weeks" and that movie has been filming for almost two years now.

Really hope Booker tries to cram in every one of his nonsensical catch phrases in the three hour span.

"SHUCKY DUCKY 'DIS GUY RIGHT HERE KEEPS USIN' THEM JASON JORDAN ILLEGAL TACTICS. DEFINITELY GOIN' IN MY FAVE FIVE"

He's an absolutely awful TNA wrestler. He flopped in WWE developmental and was hired by TNA because he's the sort of scunge with a hollow enough personality for reality television, and he appeared on The Rock's superhero show. Everything he does is him trying to force charisma that doesn't exist out of his body. He also has some of the worst catchphrases in wrestling, including announcing his name weird and going "Dummy! Yeah! Dummy! Yeah!" over and over again until the audience dumb enough to attend TNA shows starts repeating it along with him, in a vain attempt to seem over.

So we know Noid is a big fan, who else can explain Eli Drake?

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW HERE WE GO!

I'm a fan of him like I'm a fan of herpes and hemorrhoids. I hate him with such a preoccupation that I've studied up on his career to work out how he could possibly be so bad. Someone joked that he must have fucked my missus or something, but I want him in my life so bad I would welcome him to make a rational enemy out of me.

Fuck Eli Drake and anyone that supports his career. He might be a nice guy in real life or whatever. I don't wish harm on him. I just want him out of a field of entertainment I want to enjoy, but can't, because I know that somewhere, somehow, money that could go to feeding someone with talent is being siphoned to that hammy hack.

He's been wrestling since 2002. He has as much experience as Shinsuke fucking Nakamura. There is no reason that a a 16-year veteran of the business sucks so bad. He's 35 years old and looks like a balding accountant that moonlights as a stripper in his spare time because his singing career hasn't taken off, because he fucking sucks. We all know losers like Eli Drake, because we all know fucking losers. That TNA made him a World Champion is indicative of why they are completely irrelevant as a wrestling promotion and why no one will ever take them seriously, and their perpetual existence is a running gag.

The thing is, I'm sure he tries hard and has improved since I saw him. That is the saddest part. He's not lazy or phoning it in. This is what he can muster. That is what 16 years of trying to be a professional wrestler have amounted to. He doesn't completely fall over his feet and tries to cut a promo like The Rock and fails. Congratu-fucking-lations.

Eli Drake is the uncle that laughs at his own jokes and slaps people on the back, spilling their drink onto their shirt and calls them "champ," but has a thousand-yard stare because deep-down they are miserable because they know that their entire personality is a propped-up lie.

Fuck Eli Drake. Best of luck in his future endeavors or whatever. If WWE signs him, and they probably will, I will 100% boycott whatever show he is on, even if Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles are in the main event and Becky Lynch does hardcore porn on it. I will not illegally stream content he appears on. I wouldn't deliver the reel to a dying child if it was their last wish should he appear on it. He is the dirt worst and I dare someone to try and defend his position in the wrestling business. I fucking dare them.

I would rather get fucked by an automated dildo-thrusting machine whilst watching "Punjabi Prison: A Collection" followed by "The Best of Jinder Mahal" than listen to one fucking cunty Eli Drake promo. Vince Russo is more endearing as a television personality than him. He has less charisma than expired carton of lactose-free milk. An inanimate carbon rod would be a bigger draw. Zach Gowen taking a shit would be more compelling, should they manage to get footage of that and play it instead of whatever the fuck Eli Drake is trying to do. I have thought about digging into my savings and making an offer on TNA just so I can close it up and no one has to see him anymore, and his family no longer feel compelled to provide Impact with 40% of their viewing audience.

So yes...I guess you could say I am a simple fan.

Love Eli Drake.

So good.

:rant:

Just looked him up. Dude is the next coming of Jack Briscoe

:mad:

Eli Drake couldn't lace the boots of the child factory worker that assembled Jack Brisco's boots. The only use for lace and Eli Drake in the same sentence is the lace my girlfriend can wear to seduce him so I can have this motherfucker in my fucking life.

I wouldn't piss on Eli Drake if he were on fire even if Tenille Dashwood was guiding my penis.

No, I probably would. But I'd call him up and remind him every day that he owes his life to me, and use it as emotional leverage to get him out of wrestling and make him mow my lawn.

Eli Drake would make a tremendous gardener. Why doesn't he go and try and become a gardener for 16 fucking years? It's worth a shot, kid.

Look at all these tremendous wrestlers that aren't Eli Drake. Isn't wrestling great when Eli Drake isn't involved?

I wish the commentary on RAW was Corey/Booker T

I wish the commentary on SD was Corey/Tom Phillips

A child factory worker reference. Nice.

LolTNA

Brock's new contract is said to be for $637,000 per match and $127,000 per television appearance. He will also make 6% on all merchandise sales and will receive $637,000 per year for the WWE having the rights to use his likeness.

Lol, he has them over a barrel so hard.

$127,000 to be on TV for like 20 minutes a month and not have to speak? Where do I sign?

I dunno, I think Drake is a decent promo. I don't care much for his matches, though.

wonder if wwe are going to go after drake and steiner for doing the too sweat like they did the young bucks. I want to see stiener wipe his ass with a cort order from the wwe

Haha, "too sweat"

Wait what?

Yeah man, that's weird.

Has Jim Cornette weighed in on Eli Drake? I would laugh my tits off if he was a fan.

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Sounds like Cornette thinks he's very talented, but he's also a rogue bad boy.

I'll agree he's no masterpiece in the ring. Just a safe worker and one of the better promos today. He's like Impacts equivalent of The Miz pretty much. Noid's hatred for the guy though is concerning. I mean I''m no fan of Daniel Bryan but I'd piss on the guy if he needed it and Brie could guide my penis all she wanted.

Did you say Masterpiece because of the ties to Chris Adonis?

Some people fight for equality. Some for freedom. Some for world peace. Noid fights to keep Eli Drake out of the WWE.

I wish I could say yes but maybe subconsciously I did.

I hated Drake when he first debuted for TNA, but he has grown on me and definitely improved alot. Above average promo in my eyes and average in the ring, a little more seasoning and I could see him drawing interest in WWE a la EC3

If you are talking about his time with The Rising with Dew Galloway and Micha(Tonga Roa) I wasn't a fan of that either. Once he went on his own though he started becoming one the mist entertaining segments on the show. Stuff isn't scripted in Impact like it is in WWE and it allows these guys to develop their mic skills and he's taken advantage of it. One of the main things I look for in a wrestler is the confidence he or she displays on the mic and his confidence is through the roof.

Watching the MLW Fusion show that debuted tonight on bein sports I recorded, on DVR sorry Shisen. Tony Schiavone is on commentary, ACH vs Austin Aries is the opener.

Tony still sounds the same. Pretty good opener, main event is Pentagon Jr vs Fenix

Main event was good, show was pretty much a lead in to Impact's Redemption PPV.

It debuted on what now?

BeIn Sports HD.

Fuck is that?

I get it on Direct TV through a sports package.

it damn well should be good, given the sheer number of times they've wrestled each other in their lives.