Anyone on here who is a wrestler? I'd like any advice i can get. i'm not going to be able to start training for a while but i'd just like to get any help that i can.

Owenbrown actually used to go by the name "Bad News Brown" In the WWF

Rollermacka, but he's not on very often as he's too busy carving his path to stardom on impact.

Pretty sure Destor is Buck Zumhofe. Hasn't been able to use the prison computer lately. Probably got shanked.

I forgot Sanity and AOP were on the WWE roster still

You're reading too much into it. He just likes to have fun.

She's a jam-up gal.

You also forgot to mention that he hasn't been pinned or submitted on RAW.

Did I make this up, or where AoP RAW tag team champions recently?

I believe they were... but if Vince doesn't give a shit, why should we?

Didn't they lose to Roode and Gable. The whole A O Pee Pee thing

Yeah.

Fucking state of your tag division, mate.

Really dig this

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Made it about half way through. Fucking travesty.

Poppy is perfect for WWE

Poppy never breaks kayfabe

Poppy is a good girl and not a robot

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Someone shared this beautiful time capsule from 2006 (before Bound for Glory) at /r/SC

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WWE should introduce an X-Division like title to put an emphasis on new talent.

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Everyone already works that style anyway, and you’ve got the Cruiserweight Title.

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I remember a TNA storyline where Eric Bishoff was pissed the X-Division segments were the highest rated each week so he sent Abyss out to 'destroy' them.

2005/2006 Kurt Angle was peerless. It’s terrifying to think he was self-destructing.

There is this streaming tv app called PLUTO TV and they have an IMPACT channel and they just play IMPACT! shows and clips 24/7. I was watching the other day and it was enjoyable. It does though seem like nothing that happened there really matters in the world of wrestling even if it was good.

Dude I love Pluto TV.

They have a channel for kickboxing too and Todd Grisham does the play by play.

The Rock words this really well and I agree w/ him

#SorryNotSorry #TeamRock



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Odds on someone being offended and calling for a Rock boycott that will fail?

He's gearing up for that soft Republican run. Don't agree with Rock at all. People who complain about people complaining are the biggest pussies of all. Usually it's just because they want an excuse to be racist, sexist or some sort of phobic. Fuck those people and they deserve to feel awful about being awful. And, conversely, if I think your politics, how you treat people and what you believe are shitty, I'm likely going to think you are a shit person and not associate.

How does everything always go back to sexist, racist, or phobic in modern times? I don't think the Rock is complaining here pretty sure he just answered a question. He's just being real and calling out people for wanting to be offended by everything.

Everything is Sexist. Everything is Racist. Everything is Homophobic.



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What do you think people get offended by?

The Rock is making a bunch of people who feel insecure about their own behaviors and thoughts feel better by setting up the straw-man that other people are being overly sensitive. It's a tired trope of people who don't want to accept the reason people don't like them might just be because they're genuinely unpleasant. It's a great technique for getting mouth-breathers to vote for him if he decides to run, but I don't think it's going to fly with progressives and/or people who realize that every generation says this about every generation beneath them, and that maybe it's older people with their Hays Conventions and the like that might just be a bit more sensitive. If we're talking factually and historically.

Anyway, it turns out the interview is not true anyway. The Rock came out on Instagram and said it's bullshit made up by the reporter and also coined the phrase "tequila generation" instead. I didn't think The Rock was as vapid a cunt as some of the mouth-breathers here on TPWW.

Everything because they are looking for something to be offended by. It's like being a victim has become cool. Most real people are hardly offended though.

No, that's a cop-out. What are they actually offended by that isn't discrimination of some sort? You just believe it because your daddy told you it was true or you read it in a paper or on a meme.

noid, you offer as much nuance to a conversation as diarrhea.

WWE have reportedly cancelled a SmackDown house show the night after the Royal Rumble due to "production issues." Do you think that this could be a euphemism for "didn't sell enough tickets?"

SmackDown house shows often suffer the most during roster splits. SmackDown as a show gets hammered creatively when they're not in one. It'll be interesting to see what, if any, changes WWE makes because of this.

Wish it was a Smackdown house show coming here in Feb...... I'd actually go..... gonna be RAW though.... pass.....

It could be, but Raw and SmackDown are emanating from the same arena in Phoenix the Monday and Tuesday after the Rumble. I'm not sure what sense it really makes to have a crew set up a ring and shit in another city when the roster is going to have to go back to Phoenix anyway.

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Really love this match and it's probably one of the best examples I've seen of comedy in wrestling being done right. I can understand complaints about Joey Ryan's dick, Chuck Taylor's grenade, Priscilla Kelly's tampon or whatever else...but this is just two goofballs having a fun little match without doing anything too ridiculous, and the crowd is into it.

Noid, there are absolutely troglidites on the opposite end of outrage culture who, as you say, use it as an excuse for their prejudices, or to look "hard" on the internet.

That doesn't mean there isn't a large group of extremists who have pushed the noble cause of tolerance and equality so far past the point of reason that it is eating itself. They're literally hurting their own causes. Not that they likely care that much. A lot of them are blatantly transparent. Just a bunch of uninteresting people using actually cultural and societal problems to make themselves seem interesting.

Meanwhile there are those of us who want all that tolerance and equality, without losing ourselves to the crusade of achieving it. I mean, I don't know what it's like where you're from, but here we get headlines like an RA at Pitzer college sending out an email stating it was unacceptable for caucasions to wear hoop earings as it's "culturally offensive". Or a Seattle councilman expressing concern that hosing down some filthy sidewalks that smelled of excrement might be insensitive “because it brought back images of the use of hoses against civil-rights activists.” Or a private college in New York deeming larger size chairs a "microaggression", that shames fat people. These are just a few examples but there are literally hundreds of headlines like this, across the country every week.

At the end of the day, people need to chill out and just treat everyone else how they would like to be treated regardless of skin color, gender, nationality, etc., without losing our god damn sense of humor.

Except on TPWW. This is where we shit on each other's chests.

I didn't grow up with my father around and I'm not a news paper or meme guy but you did show an actual example of a cop-out with that last sentence. If you think discrimination is as prevalent or even important enough to be offended by, you are adding to it. Being offended doesn't help fix anything except one's feelings.

it is funny near where I live Johnson city tn they have only done smackdown house shows there since wwe came back in 2001, when wcw went out. so I am glad smackdown always had the better wrestlers, the younger guys.

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Elizabeth is locked up :lol: Very true.

I’m sorry, but this line always comes off as obtuse to me. Like, what do your first paragraphs even mean? It sounds like an excuse to be an asshole because you don’t like the people making valid points? I don’t understand the whole “Oh, I don’t like racism, but these people who protest racism really piss me off so they are to blame for racism and not racists” position people take. Blame the racists.

I appreciate you took the time to type that much out, but I don’t agree. A lot of those headlines and instances are made up (like The Rock one) or a very anamolous outlier. Education institutes in Australia are pretty liberal. That’s despite a conservative government that whinges about this sort of stuff all the time and just uses it as a smokescreen to continue pushing racist and phobic policies. Like, a lot of that stuff is just myth and when you research it. We get stories all the time like that over here, and you research it and it turns out no, people don’t really want anyone with earrings to be expelled or whatever.

Eh, I’m your own time, if these things upset you, I recommend really researching them and finding out whether or not that’s an actual thing that’s happening and what the actual scenario is and what is actually driving it. Like, is a professor being fired because of unreasonable students, or because they have been continuously asked to address students by their preferred names, etc., and received multiple warnings from a private institute. Is someone being criticised because they are wearing earrings, or because when they were explained why those earrings might not be appropriate for an event, they scoffed and wore them anyway? You’d be surprised how much is there to make valid points seem ridiculous.

If you think racism is important then you are racist? Awesome point. And you still can’t mention one thing that people are apparently offended by despite them apparently being offended by everything.

Noid offering little of value in a post. Who'd have thunk it? What a mook.

Went on an Aja Kong binge after reading the rumors of her signing with AEW. Who are your favorite joshi?

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That's a 1 for me dawg.

Probably worst would be Lucious Johhny V because he was way over the hill.

Jimmy Jack Funk vs Brad Rheingens would have been worse.


Best match probably would have been Muraco and Orton vs the Islanders even though it is 1987 Muraco and Orton.

It's a typical C Show. There's worse cards around from this era. They were still doing High School gyms and VFW's at this time.

The Islanders were faces?

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Few years old now, last few minutes is about the screwjob (no surprises there). Bret really loves Triple H, i thought they had set their differences aside years back, apparently not.

Tom Magee

Nope, 4/10.

Yeah they debuted as face for about 4-5 months

He was working the loops with Terry Gibbs at the time so it would have been passable. I've seen this match in London Ontario on a Prime Time taping.

lol I've seen that one too.

Love Pollock and Wai. I heard the other LAW guys have their own show as well.

Juan Cena is back

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It's not bad.

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Here's the results of that card

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai vs. Velvet McIntyre & Candice Pardue
Tom Magee defeated Terry Gibbs
Brad Rheinghans defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
The Islanders defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.
Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V (sub. for Adrian Adonis) via submission with the sleeper
Koko B. Ware pinned Danny Davis
Hercules pinned Billy Jack Haynes in a chain match by wrapping Haynes legs in the chain and using the ropes for leverage


I take it back. The women's tag match would have been the best match on the show.

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Saw this posted on the Wrestling Observer messageboard, thought it was an interesting take.


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This guy in the purple :wtf:

It's an interesting take. The 2015 Rumble is when something snapped inside me. I realized then that they don't give a fuck and are just going to do whatever they want.

It does sound interesting but I'd lean more towards no since in terms of Good/Classic finale, Mania 17 or Mania 20 fits better based on how things went afterwards.

At the time, Mania XXX did feel like a "passing of the torch" and should have been from the Cena era and Taker Mania era but WWE just doubled down on their stubbornness that started with the Cena era.

Kevin Owens has dropped a shitload of weight and has a new tattoo.

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Good for him.

Expecting this in the next 365

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Good for Kevin. I was a bit worried that time away would see him pack it on as opposed to losing it. It's kind of funny that he's dropped some weight, gelled his hair and got a tan. Sounds like Jim Cornette's advice has been heeded.

Don't tell him that. He might hit the buffet.

Just watched Omega vs Okada from DOminion.

Holy shit, this looks ekstreme and some of the moves look lethal. And the crowd is going ballistic. Fun shit.

Dunno.... I don't like Kevin Owens losing weight..... his fatness made him more unique

#BringBackFatKevinOwensAndAlsoFatTozawa

Apparently the biggest and most influential supporter for WWE within NBC and USA Network was recently demoted by NBC.

Went from being the head of NBC to now just being in charge of their new digital streaming branch as part of a recent shakeup of leadership in the company.

I saw that story and honestly my first thought was that this is probably good for WWE, because they will probably eventually need to find a streaming service when cable dies.

I was reading somewhere about how tough Monday nights really are for television, and they suggested that if WWE weren’t so attached to Mondays, getting Raw onto Tuesdays would actually probably be a good move for them. I’ve never thought about that because I’ve never considered WWE being willing to do that.

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They're already on streaming services and they happen to own one as well.

The most shocking and impactful debut since Brock Lesnar!!!!!!!

I meant as a primary mode of getting their programming out, Simple. And the WWE Network housing Raw and SmackDown more than halves their audience, and with a whole bunch of OTT services about to come out, the WWE Network's numbers are going to be interesting to track. Last I was reading it's seemed like it's very much plateaued, and that's with them being quiet about the number of paid subscribers they have.

Disney will be a major one, but WarnerMedia have one coming out too. WWE were in fairly early, but I don't know how they will thrive in a market that is about to get more crowded as priorities are drawn.

In terms of sports and sports entertainment related ones, WWE Network is currently #2 overall. Going by some stuff recently mentioned by the WWE, seems there is a big gap between them and UFC (#3) when it comes to sports-based streaming services.

MLB still reigns supreme for sports streaming and doubt anyone is going to get close to them anytime soon.

That's right now. As more sports head towards streaming services, that could very well change. I don't have the stats on the UFC app, but they still run PPVs. I imagine that if they took PPVs in-house they'd drive their business up considerably. And we don't know how many people pay for the WWE Network. They don't reveal that information, which you imagine they would if it were something to brag about. Right now they need television.

After having a million surprise entrants last year, I'm kinda intrigued to see how they pad out the Women's Rumble this time around.

There are currently 15 women announced. I figure Charlotte, Nia, Tamina, Lana, and Dana Brooke will be in and bring it up to 20...and they'll probably include Nikki Cross and Lacey Evans as well now that they're "called up" to get to 22.

Still, that leaves nearly a third of the match opened. Last year they included the Mae Young Classic winner and the NXT Women's Champion, so if that sets a precedent, it would bode well for Toni Storm and Shayna Baszler/Bianca Belair.

Nothing against the Trishes or Litas but it'd be cool to get a few unexpected cameos.

Could see them split the remaining 8 into 4 from NXT & NXT UK and the other 4 from past eras.

Only problem with the past era reps is you know your going to get some combo of Michelle McCool, Brie Bella, and Nikki Bella so that could leave as little as just 1 surprise spot left if its an even split.

Michelle McCool and Nikki Bella are likely to be two. I see Brie sitting this out for some reason. Rhea Ripley will be in, I believe. Io Shirai would be a fun addition. I can see Kairi Sane sitting it out for variety reasons. I see Kacy Catanzaro doing her scale into the ring for this as a random appearance. Three spots left...how about Killer Kelly, Deonna Purrazzo and Taynara Conti. I can see them wanting to have a bunch of "foreign" talent in. Jazzy Gabert would be fun, but they haven't used her on TV in an active role yet.

Ok, now I get it.

They should get Kong. Just a one night only thing.

I get the sentiment, but I'd rather see all the Kongs end up in AEW.

Yeah and people think AEW will be competition? They all high as fuck.

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I don’t think anyone expects AEW to be competition, simply an alternative.

Why do you care so much?

This looks 100% a composite picture. But it actually happened.

Also love that report regarding Strowman “cooling off”, yeah, because you turned him heel for a month.

I say you're looking at this from the wrong angle.

It isn't so much that they're going to appear from nowhere and unseat the WWE machine to become king dick of wrestling mountain, it is that this is hopefully the pendulum swinging the other way and becoming the momentum tilting away from them just being complacent; as WWE not being percieved as "the only game in town", yet not having to go clear to Japan.

They can't just sign folks simply to keep them from other places because they have the most to offer. They have gotten so used to being the be-all, end-all for a career that they aren't used to guys having the option to not only say "nah, I'm good", but actually following up on that.

There was a post somewhere about "not having a robust roster" and "not thinking Finn Balor was over enough"... and that is part of the same hole they dug for themselves. They make the guy look like an asshole, and then wonder why he isn't an instant rockstar. There are a bunch of guys on both RAW and Smackdown that aren't doing a damn thing, and some of the ones that are, aren't doing anything worth mentioning. If some of the ones - plural - who are unhappy can pack their bags and ply their trade elsewhere without it coming with a substantial drop in pay, it will hopefully light that fire back at Titan Towers to step some quality back up.

WWE is still the big dog, but when you're surrounded by a bunch of smaller puppies who are starting to grow teeth, you need to take a little more care about where you step.

Does everyone think WWE is about to fold like WCW and AEW is going to just swoop in that vaccum and be that brand? Of course not. That's foolish. But They've clearly got the money and the plan and possibly even the following to be another brand with some success. The fact that they've treated TNA/iMPACT like a non-entity, but now are kinda shook about AEW being a thing is really all that is neccessary for things to flow in the correct direction.

You realize if AEW is good and popular that it could make WWE better too?

God, you're such a fucking loser.