That's an interesting tidbit. Last evening, I learned that Mickie James is married to the current NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis.

Oh yeah! They still are :roll:

I actually don't like his sell. He's leaping in the air before it even hits him. Much prefer the more realistic hard back bump.

Christian probably sells it the best

I half expect him to crush that infant. Oh no!

I was watching the Clothesline From Hell on my phone this morning and my mom called

Who the fuck does she think she is!?!?!

You're not wrong, sadly.

"I just want to tell you that I know a dentist."

Only The Demon Kane could care for The Demon Freddy Kreuger so tenderly

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Giving them their own ppv sounds like a great idea

I'm going to watch the whole match, because I do love Ishii, but I hate spots where guys just lie around waiting for someone to do something to them. I know, I know -- Noid nitpicking again.

It's going to be really interesting to see how it turns out. Both critically and commercially.

How the hell do you fake a two-leg stomp to the chest from the top turnbuckle?

Always baffled me.

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Its all about shifting pressure and weight away from the feet or else you'd crush a few ribs if you went full force into someone.

Balor does it by bending his knees and shift his body away to absorb most of the impact.

If the other person isn't prone but hoisting themselves on the rope, they help out by shifting their balance to spread out and lessen the impact.

Ah, I see.

Still, seems like a very risky maneuver, very likely to go wrong.

The "Why It Ended" podcast on MLW is really good. Probably the most under-rated wrestling podcast out there

I don't know a lot about Toni Storm but she's very attractive.

I couldn't tell, either. Especially with the big "U" all over her face. I initally thought it was that Kona dude, and was wondering what the fuck belt he had, as it didn't look like the UK title. I thought they made up another NXT midcard championship and completely dismissed the Women's division given this implication.

Kane is one eyepatch away from looking like Phil Ken Sebben.

"Shake hands, kiss baby! Shake hand, kiss baby! Kiss hand, shake baby!"

Thought it was that Kona dude too, actually.....

A woman who clearly isn't jobbing to Bradshaw.

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I'm not a fan of wrestlers going onto social media and being all touchy-feely about wrestling and such, and I'm not a big fan of Ellsworth, but damn. I can only imagine what it must be like getting to work with Jerry Lawler.

I've been meaning to check it out. I really like the concept.

Oh god, there is a Vince Russo one. :lol:

Interested to hear Matt Morgan, Tully Blanchard and JTG.

Listening to the Matt Morgan one right now. Pretty great so far. I 100% agree with Cornette on Morgan: he should have been a headlining star. I've been a huge fan of his since he debuted. I don't get what happened

The Justin Credible one is basically Justin fucked up on something, putting himself down and rambling. I had to shut it off.

He worked too small sometimes I think, bumped for regular guys like a regular guy

Lol Matt Morgan tells this awesome story how Nathan Jones quit. Awesome podcast. Start out with the Morgan one first Noid

Did this happen at TNA? My TNA viewing is very limited.

I remember even back when I was all about workrate matches watching him bump for someone thinking “he shouldn’t be doing that”, it may have been off a clothesline feeding a comeback

Very weird that some veteran didn't take him aside or an agent. nless this happened in TNA which no explanation needed.He was very agile, could cut a promo, had a cool finisher and looked like a monster . He should have been a slam dunk.

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lol I think he had Tough Enough burned into his brain, because they make everyone do everything. Everyone has to learn how to bump and feed, everyone knows how to do top rope moves, etc even if they're never gonna need to do that stuff in an actual match.

Morgan was so early in his career at the time he was on SmackDown that I think his instincts from training took over.

Listened to Sid on Sean Mooney's podcast. Very strange interview but Sid kind of reminds me of Brock Lesnar.

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I have memories of thinking A-Train was the worst guy on the roster. I dreaded seeing him each and every time.

I'm guessing it was just me being a workrate smark not thinking that big dudes who can brawl could possibly be good wrestlers.

I remember losing my shit the first time I saw the Hellevator . Such a cool looking move.

Honestly no matter how good A-Train was I just couldn't like him.

I thought A-Train was awesome. He had some cool moves.

I think it was his look. I just hated it so much. I know he was a big man, but his aesthetic was such a turn off. Like it just said "bottom-of-the-card muscle" to me. He also had 0 charisma.

"A-train..... I like that..... I'm A-train now!"

Brock and Shane are both up there in terms of sweating

Justin Roberts is jacked. What the fuck.

https://i.redd.it/th2b6gk674e11.jpg

He looks like Joe from Family Guy.

Lashley too

SO THAT'S WHAT THE HEADBAND IS FOR!!!!!!

Still, it makes him look like a Chupa Chups

https://images.vat19.com/giant-chupa...p-features.jpg

Heard this on the Between the Sheets podcast: Honky Tonk Man was supposed to get the Brutus Beefcake gimmick in 84, but he contracted Hepatitis

I'm just gonna put this out there:

I liked Nathan Jones and was bummed when he quit.

He was completely dry after his match with Kobashi.

Found this during a recent newLegacy stream and figured it might be an interesting read for some here.

Someone recently managed to get old payroll and contract stuff from WCW during the Monday Night Wars covering everyone who ever worked there during that time. Can pretty much see where WCW was bleeding money and for some odd reason had a bunch of wrestlers owe them $1 for merch.

https://sites.google.com/site/chrish.../wcw_contracts

Impact is a better show than Raw currently.

They have a history of falling on their faces. Hope that they let Cyrus the Virus alone/do his thing and don't change things up for awhile.

I guess no one drug tests the announcers. :lol:

Big Show as well. Bunch of times he's already sweating after just walking down the ramp.

I'm just saying 'currently'.

Used to be, not these days though with the drastic weight loss.

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As is this ^

... so did Chono just work for free?

I remember doing a "seminar" with Jim Neidhart probably around ten/twelve years ago, and he broke into a massive ball of sweat just climbing through the ropes.

He was completely fucked on drinks/drugs though.

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Soooo many bulging veins...... gross.......

Burning Hammer

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THE BIG DOG gets a preview of SummerSlam

https://i.imgur.com/ZyyInTP.jpg

Why the hell was Jumpin Jeff Farmer still on the WCW payroll in 2000?

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Could probably beat her dad in a one-on-one match

He wrestled in January of 2000 in WCW

Even if they weren't gonna use him, wise to keep him on the payroll so he couldn't go anywhere else. WCW could have been done a lot sooner.

I'm guessing he was under contract but got sent to New Japan to work

https://i.imgur.com/DvSwHUq.jpg


That would be an interesting mania match, one guy that can do 2 moves because he's a lazy fat prick that's badly due a dentist visit, and the other guy that is incredibly broken down due to injuries and moves around like a wooden plank in the ring. :nono:

I mean, "back in the day" they were presented as "peers"

But why?
Ohh true

He was wrestling primarily in New Japan. Looks like he teamed with Chono against the Varsity Club in Jan.2000 but that's it.

I'm guessing he was under contract but they let him wrestle in New Japan since they had a working relationship with them

That wasn't "Jumpin'" Jeff Farmer. It was another Jeff Farmer.

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Yeowch, almost makes Austins piledriver look tame. :eek:

Apparently he got paid 10 million after a lawsuit of which Jannetty had to pay 500k.

Brock Lesnar is not fat lol

lol not at all. brick fuckin house.