The Northeast Wrestling show I was going to on Saturday got cancelled :( so much for seeing Johnny Mundo vs. Fenix in a steel cage

Excerpt from "The Death of WCW" :

As much as WCW gets atleast they didn't confiscate signs.

I remember tuning in one night and front and center there was a sign that said "Rather be at raw"

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Fucking awful

Does WWE still confiscate the signs then? That's a good way to inspire fan initiative.

Went to RAW a few years ago (2012 I think) with a sign that read "Go Fusco Yourself" and it was confiscated pretty much immediately.

Still hear reports about it on occcasion but think now they just start moving people away from the hard cam shots if they have signs WWE doesn't like.

Happened a few weeks ago with someone with a giant "MAGA" sign who showed it once and then was either moved to a different seat or kicked out.

If they got rid of the back text and put the Braun logo on the front, would be one of the best wrestling shirts they ever released.

:lol:

I will actually love it if they use it to retcon that angle.

What is the story behind The Miz's "Be Miz" thing? Is it a parody of something? He's been using it forever, and I've never really gotten what it is about.

Reading Gary Hart's autobiography. The first chapter is wild!

Nice, how did you get your copy of it? I've herd that was a tough get.

Also, I see you are getting slowly back into wrestling now that you quit your job! Not a bad interest to pick back up Seanny!

Yeah it could be improved but still, that is a great graphic.

Gary Hart is about as truthful as Bruce Prichard, but I heard the stories are pretty fun regardless. Would love to find a copy.

For those who ask "What the hell is a Joey Janella"... these are the promo videos for "Lost In New York" which is co promoted with Game Changer Wrestling. GCW seems to be a hardcore fed, I've never been to their shows but they work here in the North East. I'm going to "Lost in New York" and videos like this is why I'm so excited...

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Sent you guys the Gary Hart bio link

I remember he and Morrison used to always yell, "BE JEALOUS!" at the end of their promos. Then they had the feud where Morrison called Miz the Jannetty to his Michaels only for Miz to win the feud and of course he enjoyed/is enjoying way more success than his former team partner, which, one could argue, could lead to Miz seeing himself as the Michaels to Morrison's Jannetty, thus leading other superstars to wish they were him and perhaps "BE JEALOUS!" was changed to "BE MIZ" to try to convey that message?

Just my guess.

That is probably the best explanation I can imagine being given. Thanks.

I still feel The Miz is overrated and I still don't buy him in the ring, but there's part of me that thinks he is everything they look for in a modern Superstar. I think there's a case for The Miz beating Bryan at SummerSlam (especially if Bryan is leaving), winning the Survivor Series match for SmackDown, winning the Royal Rumble and facing AJ Styles at WrestleMania.

I feel dirty saying that. But the current audience thinks he is really good. He no doubt works hard. He can do the publicity grind. He was recently on the celebrity baseball thing and I heard he stood out, and his reality show is doing well. There's enough to emphasize about his in-ring career (IC Title reigns, former WWE Champion, Money in the Bank Winner, WrestleMania 1 Million Buy Club) to position him as he was in 2011, only this time with more experience and cache.

Ugh, I can't believe I'm typing that. I think the dude's place is just naturally so much lower. But I think there's something to him being given a banner year and being presented as the epitome of modern WWE wrestling. If people boo him, fine; if people cheer him, then you can run with that too.

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Haha awesome. I hope they bring it to TV.

Gary Hart's book is fun. He obviously thought very highly of himself and his contributions...but who expects the dispassionate truth from anybody in pro wrestling?

The Death Of WCW was repetitive with some detailed backstage info but it was cloyingly pro-DDP and that struck me as bizarre. If you read Death of WCW you will notice this and it just doesn't make any sense.

Bob Backlund

Nice.

Gary Hart seems more arrogant than any wrestling personality in any book and he wrote the damned thing.

I think there are a lot of lies in this book.

Gary Hart...a man I had never heard of until recently.

I love hearing Gary Hart talk. Such a captivating speaker.

A classic Bill Watts tale from Gary Hart

I really want to read Gary Hart's autobiography...haven't been able to find it at all and the dickbag co-writer won't re-release per Court

Check your rep

There’s a rumor floating around that Brian Christopher hung himself in jail

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:lol:

Geez I hope not.

Meltzer confirmed he's passed away. That sucks.

So i've always wanted to become a wrestler since i was young. I am 21 years old.

I have really good motivation. i was over 300 pounds , i'm only 5'2 so was really fat. i've worked my ass off and i am 164 pounds now. I have minor asthma and moderate mental health issues. but i still want to go for it.

Go for it bro

I'm going to read Gary Hart's book tomorrow.

It's unintentionally hilarious in all the right ways.

Gary Hart seems like a complete and total bullshitting bastard of a man but I admire his unabashed claims at inventing or discovering half of wrestling.

70 pages left, apparently Jim Hellwig was going to be Big Van Vader in Japan for Inoki but the WWF signed as Ultimate Warrior and Inoki had to get Leon White.

Vader as a musclebound shit show of a wrestler wouldn't have lasted five minutes.

I assumed they were just keeping him in their back pocket for some sort of "grand" return, like plugging him into whatever they're trying to accomplish with Mojo.

Then again, that might be me giving WWE writing too much credit again, and they simply forgot he's part of the roster.

That's honestly (and sadly) prob'ly a better creative direction for him than he'll actually get.

They wanna do Reigns vs. The Rock at WM35.

roflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

WWE booking

1. The Rock pins Roman Reigns clean at WM 35. Crowd goes wild.
2. The Rock wins the Universal Championship for the first time at a later PPV.
3. Roman Reigns pins The Rock at WM 36 to win the Universal Championship. The Rock raises his cousin's hand to close the show as the crowd boos the fuck out of them.

The Rock defends the title once between bouts w/ Roman Reigns, easily defeating a really over wrestler. We'll go w/ Braun Strowman.

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The worst was the MITB one.

THE BIG DOG

SUPERMAN PUNCH

SPEAR

I have no desire to watch raw tonight.

I don't either and I'm not planning on it tbh.

I'll read the results and peruse the thread on here, but outside of what gifs/tweets show up on Twitter...I think WWE might have finally killed all my interest in RAW w/ last week's show.

I can't watch a 3hr, 10 min show to see one Seth Rollins match or maybe one Elias performance, etc.

That's why I watch the 90-minute Hulu version on Tuesday and skip the shit I don't care to see. It's been a great system. Highly recommend.

Oh Hulu, maybe I should watch eps 2 and 3 of CASTLE ROCK tonight instead.

My only fear w/ the 90 min version, screech, my dear lad, is that it will still be horrible b/c I can't recall any period in 2018 where any episode of RAW has had 90 min of good things happening.

BIG MATCH ROMAN

oh wait, you said you skip the stuff that sucks on the 90 minute version

RAW condensed to like 12 min a week...hmm....

This is a scary accurate description of WWE's habit. Have him lose as much as possible until it actually, REALLY matters. It's like they think the reason Reigns isn't beloved is because he wins too much so jobbing him constantly until they actually need him to win is the cure.

Bray Wyatt has an awful new chest tattoo

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THE LONE WOLF

Yeah I think I might binge a show tonight too.

Yes. V easy to skip the "here's what just happened" segments every 11 minutes.

So, what tattoo does Corbin wish he had?

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Khali when he had a tad more mobility than his wwe run.

I'm already more invested in this feud than Brock vs Roman 3,123,234,334


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Once again Paige comes across as a coherent, saavy GM while Angle will likely be 'clueless' and 'stressed out' on RAW

Or, y'know, 4 episodes of Lucha Underground.

Rumor going online hints at a possible Hogan appearance during tonight's episode of RAW.

PWI reported Hogan has been seen hanging around Miami for the past 2 days which coincidentally is around the same amount of time WWE has been in the city for tonight's RAW.

WWE would be really idiotic to have him show up tonight considering its likely just going to cause more resentment backstage based on what happened last time.

Guess that means he's showing up, then.

Maybe Brock can threaten Hogan before Roman runs down to save the day

"THE BIG DOG STANDING TALL WITH HULK HOGAN"

"THE BIG DOG DEFENDS HIS YARD"

"OKADA BE KIDDING ME"

Michael Cole if Okada was in WWE

I don't care if I've posted that before, the horror sticks in my mind

OKADA

BE

KIDDING

ME

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THE

BIG

DOG!


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Mark Henry said it was 50/50, who do you think accepted Hogans apology?

1. Saxton

Sheamus.

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Anyone that wasn't aghast that someone could possibly use the "dreaded, feared" Voldermort of slurs. :shifty:

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What uppppppppppppp Madison Rayne

Cool that she’s in the MYC. Seems like a pretty deep field

Me neither.

And if Hogan shows up....I may legit take another extended hiatus from WWE.

My first was when Brock debuted, killing the Hardys. The second was literally the second HHH pinned Booker at Mania. This will be the third.

Castle Rock is good @slik

Awesome.

MLW update:


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Take it to the backyard thread.

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At this point, kind of want Hogan back on tv as soon as possible just to see how bad the backlash gets for the WWE.

The backhand Snickers gave them over the Moolah controversy is going to pale in comparison to what they could get over Hogan. Especially if the rumor of them wanting to put Hogan over in a shameless redemption storyline ends up being true.

I just YT it. (My qualms with Hulu is mentioned elsewhere, and I have long kicked the need to see it as it airs in it's full, unmolested state anymore).

Has its drawbacks, like the rare times WWE is doing their best to either flood the service with their own sponsored clips or putting the banhammer across the board on a night something supposedly fairly monumental happens.... but most of the time, I can get away with actually watching about 35 minutes and be caught up unless they actually have a good, storytelling match somewhere on the card.

I legit thought this was The Miz dressed up in some 80's hair band cosplay. You know how WWE likes to do random themed photoshoots.

This Walk With Elias: The Documentary on the Network is awesome.

Mockumentary type stuff. Funny as hell.

Does he have an amp that goes to 11?

This is SPinal Tap joke. I approve.

Brock would rather read a magazine than watch raw?

Sounds like he relates to me... Mega Face.

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Triple H looks 80 in that pic.

Shawn Michaels looks like '97 Rick Rude.

I've got a feeling that if The Rock does come back and wrestle at WrestleMania 35 (which I am dubious about) to work with Roman Reigns (which I am also dubious about), then Triple H will wrestle Shawn Michaels on the show. There's no way Triple H is not going to be featured on a WrestleMania card that could potentially spike Network numbers. If he just works a filler match against a guy like Seth Rollins, he won't be able to take credit for being a part of that spike, so he'll be working with a huge name so he can be grouped in with The Rock when they announce the numbers going up. "We had The Rock vs. Roman Reigns, Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels, Ronda Rousey, John Cena, etc."

It'll be either Michaels or they'll cave and give Big Dave that call.

My local indie is having their 25th Anniversary Show. So far they've announced D Lo Brown, John Morrison, Chris Sabin and Tommy Dreamer. Can't wait to meet Dreamer. Our indie fed is a awesome.