Oh well. Maybe someone can start up MGTOWCW to balance it out…

I mean, what really talented women are out there, that aren't already signed somewhere else.

Tessa Blanchard.

weird at trying to enforce that

pics and vids are good free PR for events

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TONIGHT - <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> is in the building! There will be a strict NO photo/video recording policy tonight. Failure to comply will result in ejection. Wearing a mask is highly encouraged.<br><br>More info and tickets ➡ <a href="https://t.co/QnfA7Qe2UU">https://t.co/QnfA7Qe2UU</a> <a href="https://t.co/nG5I7Rqbz9">pic.twitter.com/nG5I7Rqbz9</a></p>&mdash; Amalie Arena (@AmalieArena) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmalieArena/status/1423635388606918657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lolwut? they gonna eject anyone who pulls out a phone then? ffs






--edit--




It was a "venue" thing. But small point n click cameras are allowed. Who TF still has those?

Drake Wuertz with the largest blurry photo possible for his campaign website

It also cuts off his name on the upper left


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dejavu

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I wonder what WWE'S cut will be

The fact that Wuertz is running in Florida pretty much guarantees hes gonna win.

There are camera phones recording everything on the show so far.

That appears to be complete bullshit

Deleting previously snarky post due to #fakenews

I was trying to be optimistic.

Fuck wrestling. Fuck it dead. Piece of shit.

How can anyone like this shit?

John Cena was at SD tonight but was not used on television, had a dark match after the show...baffling since Suicide Squad came out today and Cena has gotten a lot of attention for it...if big match John is in the building, advertise him in advance and put him on tv...

This was gold.

FINE POST!

*scratches bald spot*

What kind of talents are we talking about? :shifty:

So for the low, low price of about $6,000 someone could have essentially a 30-minute date?

SD at 2.04 million this week...not sure why they are not promoting Cena and putting him on the show while he's there each week doing dark matches...

I like that. Let the live crowd see him but keep his TV appearances special. Promoting him for TV every week might give a small ratings boost but this is better long-term for the overall product.

It’s a very non-Vince thing to do nowadays though. Odd.

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I guess they don’t want to feature him in a match, and having him cut the same (awful IMO) “shoot” promos every week would also get stale quickly. I quite like that they have Balor setup as Roman’s “TV programme” as long as it’s setting up those two for post-SummerSlam.

$400 for a speed wank essentially.

WrestlingInc reports Impact rating this week was 103k viewers

https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-...kch_oZMVswx0eE

How did I never hear about this before??

Oh yeah, HBK trying to cause riots in 97 was a thing

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scott Norton would knock you stiff. <a href="https://t.co/AmaqMzzBm2">pic.twitter.com/AmaqMzzBm2</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1422011708839768068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

who do u think would have won in a backstage 'irl' brawl between scott norton and shawn michaels

Norton's fist

Shawn Michaels would have told Vince he can’t work in this environment and gotten the much less valuable Norton fired, thus winning the fight technically.

As someone who has won an irl fight or two without ever needing to break a sweat, I respect the method.

the hashtag AEWsexual is trending on twitter. Swear to God. :wtf:

An AEWsexual is your basement dwelling AEW fan who is straight but would have to rape a chick to get laid.

They did the same thing with Batista. Completely no-sold Guardians of the Galaxy when he had his quick "big feature match" comeback in blue.

It's this weird thing where they want to manufacture guys who actually become Hollywood big shots and crossover pop culture icons, but when it actually happens, they seem to get offended and take a giant shit on it. Mark my words: the same thing will happen to Roman in about 5 years after outside interests start calling heavily and he fucks off to be in commercials and television dramas outside of WWE.

So, basically, kinda like the dude in Olympic Kumite who just "won" a gold medal by getting knocked out?

lol, he "kicked too hard"


wtf

It's kind of crazy how many mega stories have taken place in wrestling the past few years but right now has got to be one of the tops. WWE potentially preparing for a big sale down the road, releasing 119 talents since 2020. A new league rising up and being able to survive a year long pandemic with no live audiences, now signing name talent from WWE.

Just a wild ride right now.

I wonder what's up with Toni Storm. They promoted her SD debut and she had her match but hasn't been used since then.

Turns out she has a lot of heat right now because management found out she's been riding my face like a dime store pony ride. :shifty:

And now you have heat with fignuts.

Toni Storm personally raised Fig from the dead in his main event with COVID. The ref didn't see it, and Fig got the 1-2-3.

Dat ass is a level 90 necromancer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE Raw last night on USA Network was watched by 1,790,000 viewers on average. By a small margin, it's lowest since the return to touring.<br><br>629,000 viewers were aged 18-49 (about a 0.49 rating).<br><br>�� More details and analysis: <a href="https://t.co/52mF4R8JC4">https://t.co/52mF4R8JC4</a> <a href="https://t.co/88uiDrwD2v">pic.twitter.com/88uiDrwD2v</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1425191510274973698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Damn RIP WWE and Monday Night Raw, the worst show in wrestling.

I had Raw on in the background yesterday, but I really dont remember anything happening that whole 3 hours except that Corbin was randomly there lol

Baron Corbin and Roman Reigns are the two most entertaining things in WWE today. 2016 me would be very, very, very confused by hearing that.

Insanity. Corbin and Roman both had the worst of go away heat until the past year for Roman and recently for Corbin.

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I'm guessing that was a botch? Since goldberg came back a few years ago they're always firing his pyro off before he gets there so he's only in it a few seconds. :-\ And it still looks shit compared to the wcw version.

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The Roman thing was their own fault, though. Instead of embracing a heel run, they kept trying to dig in and solidify him as the new Cena style babyface who overcomes all odds and doesn't give a shit about the obvious backlash, which was heeling him to the masses from sheer goddamn spite. They finally turned the guy literal years later when they could have been reaping the benefits of his hero redemption. Basic classic storytelling, and they forgot that shit trying to please shareholders.

Corbin was just exposed and overexposed. Funny how he was over with his "timed" NXT squash matches. Once he started having longer matches, everyone could see the emperor's lack of clothes and that he was pretty shit. It took him a long time to even improve in the ring (way too long into his main roster run, honestly). From a lot of backstage rumors, he's apparently a really nice guy, and he's obviously down to do whatever dumb shit they write for him, but if he didn't look the way he does (read: tall) he would have been housecleaned a few WrestleMania's ago and nobody would've cared.

Just look at him.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PlanetTyrus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PlanetTyrus</a> has his new <a href="https://twitter.com/nwa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nwa</a> TV Title on <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>. <a href="https://t.co/jTw4pCTPqi">pic.twitter.com/jTw4pCTPqi</a></p>&mdash; Matt Degnan (@degnan_matt) <a href="https://twitter.com/degnan_matt/status/1425847681616855042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hey let's give a title to a sex pest who works on Fox News. Who thinks that's a great idea?

https://www.themarysue.com/wp-conten...-info-wars.jpg

...oh

Keith Lee was originally out with Covid but then had inflammation in his heart


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first recording of this went over 13 minutes.....so I said and detailed far less, but I said enough.<a href="https://t.co/AtvGzJF7FX">https://t.co/AtvGzJF7FX</a></p>&mdash; Eventual Lee (@RealKeithLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKeithLee/status/1425873776709931011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

IIRC he also believes that he saw a shape shifter once.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The secret's out! Our team is getting a little bigger..<br><br>The best is on the way!<br><br>��❤ <a href="https://twitter.com/CandiceLeRae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CandiceLeRae</a> <a href="https://t.co/wUxo3ktgqC">pic.twitter.com/wUxo3ktgqC</a></p>&mdash; Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnnyGargano/status/1425818199673683968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what is this… <a href="https://t.co/7mThz0KBuX">pic.twitter.com/7mThz0KBuX</a></p>&mdash; •matt• (@mattcollxtion) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattcollxtion/status/1425786037129912323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is Brodus Clay a "sex pest" now? When did that happen....

Jesus that thud. Who was giving that ddt and what poor soul took it?

Looks like Layla giving, but dunno who is receiving... don't remember anyone who looked like that, maybe just some jobber

He sexually harassed a coworker at Fox News. This was after the big thing with Fox News being a big den of harassers. Tyrus is still employed, the girl he harassed... is not.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill also told <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyOmegamanX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KennyOmegamanX</a> at DSW to not do any cool moves &amp; work a body part.<br><br>Omega worked his opponents ass. Won with a atomic drop off second rope. <br><br>Bill - So.. the body part you chose to work….”<br><br>Kenny - “ The Ass, Bill.”<br><br>KO is a legend for more reasons than ppl know. <a href="https://t.co/ZLJP2SkNcj">https://t.co/ZLJP2SkNcj</a></p>&mdash; KM / Kevin Matthews (@Superstar_KM) <a href="https://twitter.com/Superstar_KM/status/1425693581126377473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Too many experts out there thinking that wrestling is either “working” an arm, a leg, or sitting on a chin lock. A lot of them have sadly been in my business for decades. Get these frauds out. <a href="https://t.co/d2vLUbLHX5">https://t.co/d2vLUbLHX5</a></p>&mdash; Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyOmegamanX/status/1425985718426472452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

R.I.P Dominic DeNucci

Lmaoooo at working the ass. Tremendous.

Damn. Met him at the pro wrestling Hall of Fame years ago. One of the nicest guys.

Idea: The Ryback should gain a massive amount of weight and come back, but now he chants FEED. ME. LESS.

The more he talks, the more I understand why Harley sent him to the beginner's class.

I will give him his due: A second rope atomic drop is a good finish. All I can hope is for #Speakingout to actually hits Japan.

Wow.

What a douche.

I think that’s Aaliyah giving. She’s the shits. Been in NXT forever with little improvement and seems to be on her way to the main roster. And I think it’s Dakota Kai receiving. Was this on Main Event?

Just checked it was. Aaliyah picked up the win vs. the #1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Championship. They’re really going the extra mile to say fuck you to NXT.

I remember Aaliyah being heavily featured in that Breaking Ground series on WWE Network. She was awful then. And seems to have gotten worse somehow?

WWE and NXT are using a booking tactic of terrible wrestlers and writing to highlight the few great wrestlers and solid bookings that they do have.

Eva Marie is better in the ring than Aliyah. Let that sink in.

It's also more proof that Vince gives zero fucks about anything happening on NXT, as Dakota Kai is the #1 contender for the women's title, building to a Takeover match against an unstoppable champion she turned on. And she loses to Aliyah.

Lmao.

That was like Aliyah's 3rd win in 5 years lol

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That shit WAS annoying to see. It's right up there with air horns.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Backlund never had much fun in Japan. Here is Takada splattering his nose. <a href="https://t.co/n4qT7102vo">pic.twitter.com/n4qT7102vo</a></p>&mdash; words (@wordsbig80s) <a href="https://twitter.com/wordsbig80s/status/1426602531384332295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Backlund is so great

Even though it's from a different Funaki than was duking it out with Backlund, I still feel compelled to say the following: INDEED

This is amazing

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS PRO WRESTLING<br><br>Antonio Inoki being drug around by a bullrope by Stan Hansen &amp; Hulk Hogan until Dusty Rhodes has had enough then he gets his ass kicked and bloodied up before Inoki says fuck this shit and cleans house <a href="https://t.co/DE9Jp1WNrL">pic.twitter.com/DE9Jp1WNrL</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1426601202930880518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Goddamn that's good shit.

It would be so worth it to learn Japanese just to watch old NJPW and AJPW events and be able to follow the commentary and promos.

Good share. I'm always fascinated with clips of Hogan in Japan.

Pretty sure Hansen murdered two men in that video via lariat

So the precursor to ecw fans slinging chairs into the ring was Japanese fans slinging cushions into the ring. The barbarity!

ROH teasing that they've also signed some of the people recently released by WWE.

Just got back from the local Indy Fed. No Dawsons, which sucked. Timmy Lou Retton broke his leg during a ladder match, which sucked more. I am still haunted by the screaming. Like, it was blood curdling. For a fucking crowd of maybe 400. Stupid, and I'm not going to let up on this fact. The matches will be discussed in no particular order.

James Storm was great. Had a bit where he told a fan he was nobody. His opponent, Chip Day, Nailed him, called the same fan a somebody. Then they exchanged gut shots, calling the fan a nobody and a somebody after each blow. Did a big "Rah Rah Indy Shows and Rah Rah Murrica" promo after his match.

Said Ladder Match was a 5 person Ladder Match. Wade Adams (his gimmick is he's Canadian, but he talks a lot, and he has a defined Southern Accent) did do a bit where he slammed the ladder down across three people's back, which was something I hadn't seen. He's kind of a comedy character. Owen Knight is very good, I would check him out. Retton is alright, but his leg is fucked now. Rob Killjoy is 1/2 of the Ugly Ducklings, but his partner is dealing with cancer (get well soon, Lance Lude). Vary Morales did some exciting stuff, and he also whiffed blatantly on a kick. He looks like an unmasked Juventud Guerrera with those contacts Rey was wearing at one point. I can't think of a single Ladder match I have seen at an Indy Show that doesn't look shitty. Because either the ref has to balance the ladder at some point (making the whole thing look fake), or they aren't the double sided ladders. Both happened in this match. Again, a man broke his leg for maybe 400 people. He started screaming and rolled to floor, and hit like a sack of shit. I knew it wasn't a sell from the second the screaming started. He landed in front of my section (I was second row. I didn't get up to look at it. I am not that curious.) A kid said his leg looked "Like jello." Wade Adams won the VPW Outbreak Title, but he didn't get to have much of a moment, because again, a man broke his leg for maybe 400 people.

Replacing the Dawsons was the Revolt: Caleb Konley (with a K, and pink hair) and Zane Riley. He declared that they weighed 515 lbs. I am disappointed that no one asked if he weighed 15 lbs, because Zane is a large man (a couple years ago, he was doing a 305 Live gimmick, and the crowd was jacking up his weight to get a reaction out of him.). They were up against the All Star Special. William Huckaby and Hold My Beer Hanson. They have a Waffle House gimmick, because Why Not? I probably would have preferred the Dawsons, as it would have been a fun Hoss Fight. Hanson busted his lip or nose at some point. Any event, All Star Special won the VPW Tag Team Titles.

Zuka King vs. Lodi was interesting. Yeah, Lodi was wrestling. He was wearing his West Hollywood Blondes tights and doing his typical knockoff Raven routine. He wasn't awful, but it was what it was. Dude was jacked. Zuka King... wasn't. Dude looks like a Potato, and wants to be a heel, but isn't quite there. The real MVP of this match was Perry James, his manager. Dude was an excellent heel, and did I wanted to see him get decked. King won after nailing Lodi with a foreign object tossed to him by James.

Joe Black vs Jon Davis was kind of a thing. Crowd wasn't into much of it. Joe Black was billed at 210, could have had 20 lbs added to his weight Kayfabe and no one would have noticed. Dude was jacked. Jon Davis' nickname is "That Dude." Generic as shit. Decent match, but didn't really stand out. Black went for a chair, referee got it away from him. Retton bitched him out (this match took place before he broke his leg in front of maybe 400 people). Davis beat him.

Montana Black vs. Joshua Cutshall was a bit of character work. Cutshall has multiple personalities: The "Monster" Cutshall, Vegas, the Cyclone (a Hurricane inspired character), and Cooter (sp?). He works the old school trunks over tights (a look that should come back, truth be told). Gimmick was, when he got hit in the head, he would change personalities. Black is a beast of a human being. He should get looks from bigger companies. Cutshall went from Vegas pretending to be the Monster, to Cooter (Sp?), to the Cyclone, and then back to Vegas. Black put one and one together, that there was no "Monster," and started wrecking him. Cutshall looked decent, but Black was the star. He ended up outsmarting Cutshall and beating him. Then another monster announced he wanted to face Cutshall, and he was trying to bring his personality back.

Before I mention the main event, I wanted to talk about the fact that this was the 5th anniversary show for VPW. In between matches, we got some comments on various folks in wrestling, including JD Drake, Christopher Daniels, QT Marshall, Suicide, Ricky Morton, and WWE referee D.A. Brewer, who is best known in the area as Da Fireman. He was also in attendance at the show. He was one of the many folks checking on Retton when he Broke his leg in front of maybe 400 people.

Main Event was Sean Legacy vs Darius Lockhart for the VPW Heavyweight Title. Story goes like this. Lockhart was the champion, and he has screwed Legacy a couple of times over the past two years for the title. This was the blowoff match, 2 out of 3 falls. Both men look like stars. Legacy chopped the post and hurt his arm early. Legacy won the first fall with the Bret vs Bulldog finish from SS 93. Lockhart worked the arm for much of the second fall, but Legacy kept fighting. Legacy attempted his springboard stunner, and Lockhart countered with a backslide to win the second fall. The third fall was just two men fighting with everything they had. Legacy got cut open from a belt shot, but it didn't put him away. He ended up winning with the Springboard Stunner. He celebrated with his close friends Wade Adams and one of the promoter's sons. Talked about fulfilling his dream. He then hugged his mom to end the night.

Overall, a great night of wrestling and storytelling only marred by a man breaking his leg in front of maybe 400 people.

There are some serious gems from the 80's on njpw world.

The 5v5 elimination match between Inoki's njpw team and the uwf is one of my favorite matches ever and has p royally the hottest crowd you will ever see in japan.

Good news for Cena: HBO has picked up him and his Peacemaker character from The Suicide Squad for a full solo series.

That news is many months old by now

Whoa I didn't realize Timmy Lou Retton was T.I.M. thats been on AEW dark or w/e. That absolutely sucks about him breaking his leg when it seems he might have been about to make it to the big leagues.

I never heard it and I've seen like 3 different sources talking about it today. But whatever, my bad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It appears NXT is returning to taping shows in advance starting next Monday and Tuesday nights.</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1427041026070380545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gavin also reporting that WWE is planning to pull top talent from NXT to work dark matches for Raw and Smackdown going forward. Also NXT creative is working on new obstacle courses for the talent and using more experienced NXT talents as VETS and the younger talents we haven't seen as ROOKIES, going forward.

LARIATOOOOOOOOOO