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Fell asleep ridiculously early last night and woke up at 6am. Time to find something in my collection to watch. If I ever lose or break my external hard drive I might kill myself. I'd never be able to replace 10% of it.
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Tiger Chun Li @Gertner
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This week’s <a href="https://twitter.com/WOSWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WOSWrestling</a> up slightly to 0.5m with a 5% share.</p>— The WATW (@the_watw) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_watw/status/1038773394702049280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Probably going to be around this level or worse for when WWE starts their own weekly NXT UK show. WWE is somewhat weak in the region for tv and WOS barely benefited from the lack of EPL games this weekend. |
Won’t NXT UK be on the network though?
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Supposedly they shopped the brand around during the same time ITV kept delaying their own WoS plans. Was also speculated ITV might be interested in a deal with the WWE if they couldn't launch WoS. |
If NXT UK is going to be on TV in the UK, I can only imagine it would be on Sky Sports as they're the only channel in the UK that shows WWE Programming.
I can't imagine WWE going somewhere else and risk potentially making Sky unhappy. |
I think I’m misinterpretating you’re post about WOS. Are you saying that NXT UK will adversely affect WOS viewership, or that WWE can expect similar ratings?
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WWE can expect something similar in ratings. Maybe even worse considering TNA/Impact used to beat RAW for weekly ratings in the UK.
WWE already helped damage WoS by taking away some of the talent ITV originally had set for deals. |
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Blasted many, many loads to 2000/01 era Trish, though. |
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NXT in Detroit was a lot of fun today. Ricochet live is one of the best memories I now have as a wrestling fan
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People who say "Hogan can't work" have seen too little of his 84-86 run before he became obnoxious and his matches became repetitive. He was having these 9-12 minute sprints where it was balls to the wall pure action. His MSG matches with Muraco in 1985 for example. |
I think Killer Khan is one of the worst performers I've seen. Vince's obsession with using him weekly was so laborious for me to watch. Funny though how that type of gimmick has been in his wheelhouse for so long.
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But I thought those Iron Mike Sharpes/Killer Khans etc. were great JTTS. |
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Watching a April 1985 Prime Time Wrestling episode.
Currently watching Jim the Anvil Neidhart vs S.D Jones. Neidhart was with Jimmy Hart at the time, but Bret was still a face. Just watched Barry O beat Rene Goulet in a real barn burner. Mean Gene Okerlund compared the smell of Rene Goulet 's glove to a Gas Chamber. Feature match at least is Greg Valentine vs Tito Santana. |
Lol that was a rough match, Neidhart wins.
Jack Reynolds and Jesse Ventura are your Prime Time hosts. Ventura just called King Kong Bundy the Burt Reynolds of the WWF. Now we get King Kong Bundy vs Jose Luis Rivera. All Prime Time was for years was undercard House Show footage with a semi main event as their feature match. King Kong Bundy managed by Jimmy Hart and wearing a cape! This was the beginning of the year long build up of King Kong Bundy to Wrestlemania 2 |
Bundy with the mother fucking 5 count!
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Haha here we go! George Wells and Brett Hart (Spelled with two 'Ts") vs Shiek and Volkoff. Bret got literally no response. Like the volume of the crowd didn't change.
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Mr Volkoff asks that you all rise and respect his singing of the Soviet National anthem. Mean Gene is aghast.
Hart and Wells are such a jobber team that Volkoff sings the entire song uninterrupted |
Hart and Wells got squashed! Bret had like 20 seconds of offence.
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David Sammartino vs Matt Borne. Bruno's kid vs Doink. Tremendous
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Jesus, that was awful.
Ricky Steamboat vs Terry Gibbs next. These matches are all from the same MSG House Show. I would have asked for a refund. |
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This week's SmackDown in contention for worst ever main event in WWE history.
Baring any changes, its set to be Brie Bella vs Maryse. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A week from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HIAC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HIAC</a> but only 2 days away from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a>! What does that mean? More matches!<a href="https://twitter.com/RonKillings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonKillings</a> will face <a href="https://twitter.com/AndradeCienWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AndradeCienWWE</a> (w/ loudmouth <a href="https://twitter.com/Zelina_VegaWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Zelina_VegaWWE</a>) and <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryseMizanin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaryseMizanin</a> returns to singles action against Brie <a href="https://twitter.com/BellaTwins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BellaTwins</a> ... IN THE MAIN EVENT! <a href="https://t.co/j7wRCWNtof">pic.twitter.com/j7wRCWNtof</a></p>— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1038937103663546368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Perhaps now we will get 2 more suicide dives with the 2nd attempt ending up with the move being banned.
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Paige's boobs are being reckless with the matchmaking
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Also, Paige sounded really manly when she said "Hi you guys".
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Maybe it will be a 5 star match
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YOU DON'T KNOW
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R-Truth has been a highlight of SD for weeks
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I just had a brilliant idea
RAW needs to change its tag titles to 6 man since they have more roster and There are a few 3 man groups floating around between Raw and SD |
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Why not? There was one point where he was one of the highlights of RAW.
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He was great when he turned on Morrison and feuded with Cena. Pretty much trash otherwise, though.
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Bischoff apparently just called Meltzer a child molester
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Apparently Jerry Lawler is upset WWE doesn't let him be on their shows anymore and blames it on PC culture instead of him being an actual pervert.
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Yeah, sorry but R-Truths gimmick of coming out and cutting a promo just to be told he's not in the match is one of my favorite things ever
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Only thing she's had brewing is some rubber tits and lip filler. Oh and the now standard girly tattoo just around the collarbone\shoulder area with some bullshit text that they can't actually read. As for that main event, watching a bum jack off an unwilling dog would probably have more athleticism and plot twists in it. |
She also has a heinous underboob tattoo now
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No one said he was one of the better things on the show. They said he was "a highlight". A highlight in a show of many highlights. The only was he is "standing out" is in not being a "waste of TV time/we don't care filler" like on RAW.
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Another random prediction/premonition: CM Punk returns to the WWE imminently. For a while, him returning would have been spun by audiences as hypocrisy, and when his integrity meant something, a stop off in New Japan or ROH would have made sense. Now that audiences have turned on him anyway, it makes less sense for him to do some "honor work" there. I think he will be back very soon and will get booed out of buildings Vickie Guerrero-style.
My prediction is a program with AJ Styles. Listen for the verbiage associated with AJ Styles to subtly switch over the next few months to go from "longest reigning WWE Champion in SmackDown history" or whatever to something not too far removed from Best in the World. |
If he's not standing out then how can he possibly be a highlight? The very point of highlighting is that something stands out comparatively. If R-Truth is standing out comparatively, then there is a huge problem with the stuff he is overshadowing. There should also be a universe of preferable options before you land on R-Truth anyway.
You know what I've been really enjoying lately? The common cold. It has sucked previous years, but lately it has been a highlight of my year. It just goes to show how awesome everything is when the common cold is one of many highlights of your 2018. |
WrestleMania:
* Roman vs. The Rock * Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker * Ronda vs. Charlotte * Orton vs. Cena for Cena's 17th title ("never before one-on-one at WrestleMania!") * AJ vs. Punk Can't you just imagine Vince frothing over that card? And they'll try to put it on NBC. The whole show won't be on there, but they'll get 4 hours and the other 6 or whatever will be on the Network. |
I forgot WWE was on this week. Normally I at least remember "Hey, it's a Raw day" or "I wonder if there's a PPV on this week?" This week I only really thought about wrestling today when I was bored and decided to pop on here. I did think about WrestleMania earlier in the week, but my fandom is very "other" at the moment.
I also think D-Bry signing a new contract with the company may be a jumping the shark moment for me. Good for him, but it's impossible to care about WWE right now, and him actively signing with them has made me feel a bit sour and depressed really, lol. |
:lol: at WWE's way of wishing Paul Heyman a Happy Birthday today was to use the special occasion to make fun of him instead.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Birthday to the most infamous ADVOCATE in <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> history, <a href="https://twitter.com/HeymanHustle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeymanHustle</a>! <a href="https://t.co/iJ2xK3HaGI">pic.twitter.com/iJ2xK3HaGI</a></p>— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1039551794156687360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a wonderful clip for <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWENetwork</a> to choose to wish me a happy birthday! DAFUQ thought "here's a great clip we can play to demonstrate our appreciation of Heyman's contributions and our acknowledgement of his talent?" <a href="https://t.co/awsGTmO3Pc">https://t.co/awsGTmO3Pc</a></p>— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeymanHustle/status/1039557792548438016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Recently, I have been questioning why I even bother recording Raw and SmackDown (but mostly Raw). Last week I pretty much skipped all of Raw because their was nothing on it that managed to catch my interest. I only stopped it to watch The B-Team's match but when Ziggler & McIntyre came out to face them, I just rolled my eyes and hit fast forward because I just knew that Ziggler & McIntyre would win, and they did. With this week's Raw, I actually skipped all of it. As I was fast forwarding through it, I was keeping an eye out for anything interesting but it was basically just "The Shield Show" featuring squash matches. • You had Strowman & Co. open the show with The Shield coming out. We then had three men wielding sticks (The Shield) take out around fifteen men (Raw Heels). • Then we had Nikki Bella vs Ruby Riott in a match that was a foregone conclusion before the match even started. • After that we had AOP come out with Drake Maverick (who by the way, looks absolutely ridiculous with them) and have a match in under two minutes against two jobbers. • Triple H then came out to hype up AussieMania. • The Tag Team Championship Match was around five minutes long and another foregone conclusion before the match even started. Rollins & Ambrose then made an appearance. • Roode & Gable vs The Ascension was a three minute long squash match because The Ascension. • Bliss & James vs Rousey & Natalya was really another foregone conclusion but it was a decent length and wasn't really a squash match. I wonder why (I say sarcastically). • Then we had Elias do what he does and just play a few cords and then get interrupted by someone. On a rare occasion, a match quickly follows. This was one of those rare occasions. • We then end the show with Reigns standing tall over Strowman. It's painfully obvious that the end result of this Shield/Strowman & Co. angle is going to be The Shield standing strong with all of Raw's Championships. Because of that, you're going to get a Tag Team Division that means less than it did before and Strowman looking stupid and like a bitch because he told everyone when he was going to cash in his MitB and he'll be added to the list of Cash-In Losers along with Sandow and Corbin. Raw's Tag Team Division isn't exactly great but it seemed to be going somewhere with The B-Team actually being shown as working their way up the ranks of the division and The Revival being super hungry for the titles. Before that, Wyatt & Hardy had a decent run and The Bar were actually doing great before the black mark of Strowman & Nicholas happened, just so new titles could be crowned in Saudi Arabia which would please the Saudi's. With Rollins & Ambrose as Tag Team Champions (and Rollins as IC Champion, who by the way, I actually forgot was IC Champion), I get the feeling that their just going to hold on to them whilst they follow Reigns about trying to make him look good and get people to cheer him. When you keep digging deeper into what's going on on Raw, you basically find out that everything that is happening is only being done to make Reigns look good, even if he has absolutely nothing to do with certain wrestlers or divisions. The only wrestlers that are safe from anything Reigns related is the Women's Division. Every single male wrestler's job on Raw is to make Reigns look good. I find that to be pretty crazy. It wasn't even anywhere near that bad when Cena was going through is "Super Cena" period. At least back then the Intercontinental Title scene and Tag Team Division, along with the jobbers were all safe being in their own little worlds. |
I don't know what it is about you Noid but the majority of the time, my replies to you always end up being unintentional long-winded rants.
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Still :heart: you though.
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Hey CK, did you watch your old Raw/SD episodes this week?
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I actually didn't as I had too much going on on Sunday.
I'll be watching the Raw & SmackDown I should have watched on Sunday, on Saturday and then it'll be back to normal when I watch the upcoming PPV (Judgement Day 2002) on Sunday. |
Just thinking about Cesaro, someone who I love and have often felt should've gone further than he has before realizing he's actually right where he should be.
I think he's an absolutely world class performer but he's never had that intangible, the innate charisma and likeability that would have made him a truly top star. One of the problems he has is that his best character work is done when he's a sort of smug, cocky, pretentious foreign star who knows exactly how good he is...but his best in-ring work is done when he's a fiery comeback babyface. So he's either a heel with a toned down style that's sort of boring or he's a face with no personality, so he never gets that top-level crowd reaction I think he's found his niche in WWE as a tag performer, he's absolutely the best babyface hot tag house-on-fire in the business and when he's a heel, the current style of tag team wrestling helps him get away with being a bit more exciting in the ring. It's really the perfect spot for him. |
I do seem to remember him being funny and charismatic when he was in the indies, but I think it really comes down to how WWE portray him, and the fact that he may not have the smoothest of promos at times doesn't help either.
I still hold out hope that he'll one day be a main eventer. Even if it's just one of those "thank you" title runs like Mark Henry or Kane in 2010 or whenever that was. |
Ricochet v. Pete Dunne, title vs title in two weeks on NXT. Sounds amazing.
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I feel like the Bar needs a third member.
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See I think with Reigns standing tall over Strowman to end Raw, I’m one of the few people that believes that Strowman is walking out with the belt. 9 out of 10 times whoever has the upper hand on the go home show in the main event normally loses the match. I still think on that old school mentality at least with Raw
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So apparently The Bellas are on both shows. Is there an explanation for that?
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The only explanation is that they like to piss me off.
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At least when Cena did it, WWE gave an excuse for why he could swap brands even though it didn't make sense once you actually thought about it. |
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To be fair a bit, Bryan also mentioned a few times that Brie was the reason why he fought as long as he did to get medically cleared in the WWE. Without her, he probably ends up in Neville or Rey Mysterio situation for the long run. |
I feel like most of my posts here lately are "I just realized something happened in WWE that makes zero fucking sense. It could just be because I don't watch. Has it actually been explained?"
The answer is always "No." |
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Also sort of a sad state of affairs on WWE's end that they couldn't even get to 2 years with the current Brand Split era before needing stars to appear on both brands. If they want to float the idea of stars being free agents, it needs to be done for the next Superstar Shakeup. Have a few stars test free agency while others get a bidding war storyline done. Would generate a few weeks worth of really interesting tv. |
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Marriage number 5, wonder how long this one will last. |
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Somebody talk to me about how awesome Shane O' Mac was as a wrestler during the Attitude era. I cannot get enough of Shane from back then. I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that nepotism aside, he was possibly the most entertaining wrestler to watch for a brief period as a special attraction.
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I am trying to figure out who my favourites were and if they still are.
The Rock Mankind Stevie Richards Crash Holly Bob Holly Test Billy Gunn Farooq Jerry Lynn Lance Storm D-Lo Brown There are too many. I need to find a way to see the Attitude Era all over again so I can re-evaluate it 15 years on. |
I also enjoyed Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boyz and the Acolytes in tag team action but the best will always be Test and Albert. I did love the big boot and the choke-powerbomb thang.
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I went back to the hokey era of occupational gimmicks but I just felt bad about it. Hacksaw Jim Duggan was my hero back then and I was convinced The Mountie was actually hard.
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