I would have sworn Sheamus was ECW champion too if you had asked me.

Also, it is entirely possible that the only ECW they knew was that one and were not trolling. Remember when that one Funkasaurus braud said on Tough Enough that her fav rassling match ever was Melina vs Alicia Fox?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I got you babe <a href="https://twitter.com/badasscaregivr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@badasscaregivr</a> ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/LlkhWwh62t">pic.twitter.com/LlkhWwh62t</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1513170481704169476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ryan Satin saved up 7 years worth of Dave and Busters tickets to trade in for an engagement ring.

I can still probably rattle off the WWECW Champions in order, sadly. Rob Van Dam, Big Show, Bobby Lashley, Vince McMahon, Bobby Lashley, John Morrison (this is where they stopped counting it as a World Title), CM Punk, Chavo Guerrero, Kane…now I run into trouble. I’m going to go…Mark Henry (where they got the big silver belt), Matt Hardy, Jack Swagger, Christian, Tommy Dreamer, Christian, Ezekiel Jackson.

Shinjiro Ohtani rushed to the hospital after suffering a spinal cord injury in a match. Apparently couldnt move his limbs at all.

Damn.

Didn't he get German Suplexed into the turnbuckle

Fucking hell.

Yep he did.

Main event of their big 20th anniversary show at Sumo Hall and the enduring symbol of the company gets injured like that. Really unfortunate.

How was that spot supposed to end other tha the way it did lol

I guess he just thought it was “big” enough to do at the big show? I dunno, seems really fucking stupid to me. Not worth it at all. Why can’t people learn from Misawa, Takayama and Shibata?

I never liked this wrestler. She has a hero complex. Do some research before clapping back.

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I did go on a bit of a Shinjiro Otani kick tonight, to try and spin this horrible stupidity into something positive. Great fucking worker.

Saw a match between him and Tajiri from the Best of the Super Juniors 1997. The way the match (and looking into it, the tournament) was booked was the perfect way to present Otani like a star and the guy to beat. Within 4 minutes, Otani has established himself as this dominating veteran over Tajiri. Then he gives some of that rug back. It all leads to Tajiri actually catching him and playing spoiler (think it cost Otani the tournament).

Just great storytelling. You don’t always get that from the modern juniors.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jacques Rougeau pins Hulk Hogan!<br><br>In Montreal (of course), 25 years ago today. <a href="https://t.co/NWH3Edl73m">pic.twitter.com/NWH3Edl73m</a></p>&mdash; OVP - Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/ovppodcast/status/1513554215993581577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

damn what a pop

Lol the guy recording just calling the finish

I read a book in Montreal Wrestling by Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert. "Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screwjobs". What an interesting territory Montreal was. And it was booked differently than any other area right up to the very late 90s

Didn't Jacques try to get Kevin Owens to sign away like 75% of all his future earnings in wrestling or he would not help him get booked? What a scheme :rofl:

I think that was a pretty common scam at one time. Not 75% but I know of other scummy wrestling trainers in the 90s who would try to get people to agree to signing over a percentage of all future earnings. Roland Alexander was known for that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: For the first time in 30 years, WWE will bring a major stadium event to the United Kingdom at <a href="https://twitter.com/principalitysta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@principalitysta</a> in Cardiff, Wales this September!<br><br>Details �� <a href="https://t.co/3X2yykZ328">https://t.co/3X2yykZ328</a><br><br>Exclusive pre-sale registration �� <a href="https://t.co/w41x2LVRMO">https://t.co/w41x2LVRMO</a> <a href="https://t.co/c0aLSnAAeF">pic.twitter.com/c0aLSnAAeF</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1513789273375449095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

MLW has cut ties with the LA Park Family after they intentionally injured Hammerstone and Jacob Fatu recently.

I saw that. They went to town with a chair

Yea. Think they ended up in the hospital as a result of the attack.

that sounds awful

What a fucking mess.

I don’t know much about Montreal beyond it sounding very…”exotic” for lack of a better term. I might check out that book. :y:

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The second screencap is the greatest tweet ever LOLOLOL

Braun Strowman cyberbullying Buff Bagwell

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Funny you gonna try and throw shade casue what you think it’s the cool thing to do. You wanna look edgy?? Cause you sure were a mark asking to take a picture with me. You should probably worry about your narrative. <a href="https://t.co/9nxzYKDw42">pic.twitter.com/9nxzYKDw42</a></p>&mdash; Adam Scherr (@Adamscherr99) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adamscherr99/status/1513928068657819659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"You should probably worry about your narrative" is the funniest shit

WHAT ABOUT ME
WHAT ABOUT MY NARRATIVE

lol calling out buff for open container


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oh damn i thought you had to be drunk to operate a boat

lol at anyone working for CYN trying to take any kind of moral high ground

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Buff took me to dinner, flirted with the waitress in front of me, left early without me, and had the audacity to text me a Venmo request later for my half of the bill.</p>&mdash; WendyLovesThePack�� (@Packersgirl04) <a href="https://twitter.com/Packersgirl04/status/1514043939485110279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

big pimpin maneuver

maybe he lost interest once he realized she was a goddamned cheesehead.

Hoping Braun answers my inquiry:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If I watch CYN, will you do a Tope Suicida? Also, where can I watch CYN?</p>&mdash; The Daley News (@DaleNewstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleNewstead/status/1514065794111528960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

the tv deal, it is IMMINENT.

Strowman is an idiot but why would he respond to someone with 39 followers? Would you respond to a homeless person who's yelling and cursing at you? No. Life's already made an example out of them.

hey i had 43 followers once

not anymore tho :-(

now you have 40 :y:

Hmm...now I have hope I can one day reach 47. A benchmark in excellence.

Make it 41

One step closer to influencing the masses.

look at dale taking twitter by storm

If I use one of the many free and easy tools that can bolster my follower list, I'll be a fucking legend with like--what--200 to 300 followers? At that point, Braun Strowman is bound to answer my hard-hitting journalistic questions.

(42)

BAH GAWD THE CROWD GOES WILD

Starting to think puroresu fan is a bot designed to hike up Dale’s Twitter numbers.

Could you imagine the damage I could do with 50--maybe 55--Twitter followers. A man can dream, Fan.

i was already there....

I feel like making numerous Twitter accounts to boost your followers way up and then unfollow you with all of them but I feel like this generation would view that as "a mean thing to do" or even "bullying". Crazy world we live in where it's no longer acceptable to be an asshole for your own amusement!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOOK WHO I RAN INTO!<br><br>I made a little side trip to Amarillo to take the legendary Terry Funk to lunch.<br><br>Still my mentor, still my idol after all these years.<br>⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/TheDirtyFunker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDirtyFunker</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/Gp1Plobtfo">pic.twitter.com/Gp1Plobtfo</a></p>&mdash; Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/1514655695613796370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I feel like I shouldn’t be shaken by the amount of gray on a man who came off as “old as fuck” in the 90s… But I am.

Also: ONE MORE MATCH! ONE MORE MATCH!

i love those two so much. so happy to see them together.

lol he was a seasoned vet when he came to the WWF in 85.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All the best sumo matches happen on pro wrestling shows. <a href="https://t.co/sSUc5T5MAb">pic.twitter.com/sSUc5T5MAb</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1513956533079584775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dude tried going down to his knees to avoid the inevitable. <br><br>Rick Steiner just powered him up like a child. <a href="https://t.co/5VNvF1n4z3">pic.twitter.com/5VNvF1n4z3</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1514025047425531908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sasuke Special #2 over the barbed wire! ☠️�� <a href="https://t.co/JhWu669UER">pic.twitter.com/JhWu669UER</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1514927625915011078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Apparently Virgil had 2 strokes and was diagnosed with early dementia per his Twitter account

That sucks to hear about Virgil.

On a positive note, I just have to talk about how amazing Chad Gable is at his job. He’s constantly a bright spark of wrestling every week. He’s hilarious. I was watching his stuff on Raw with a huge smile on my face. He’s just casually throwing out tiger suplexes on Raw and taking the best DDT bump in the business.

Every now and then I go through the WWE roster wiki just to find something that totally blows my mind. For a while, it was Sylvain Grenier being an agent with the company. I see he’s gone, but according to Wikipedia, Jason Jordan is now the “Senior Producer” in WWE. I was also surprised to see that Ken Doane is an agent.

Billy Kidman is not listed on their roster page, but I looked him up and saw he was still with the company. Apparently Kidman was released in 2005 before being re-hired in 2007 as a trainer before he became a producer. I have ZERO recollection of him leaving at all. I could have sworn he was there all along.

Sometimes I wonder if Funaki is a good commentator. It would be kind of funny if Funaki was actually legendary on the call.

Lance Storm is apparently an agent for Impact now?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 1996: WCW Nitro: Arn Anderson &amp; Kevin Sullivan vs. Hulk Hogan. <br><br>Behold - Hogan applies one of the worst Figure Four Leglocks of all time <a href="https://t.co/Yg8JCZR8KR">pic.twitter.com/Yg8JCZR8KR</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1514951393706139648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As part of the name change mandate, Kay Lee Ray has been renamed to Alba Fyre and Kacy Catanzaro will be Katana Chance.

i refuse to believe katana chance. absolutely refuse.

Katana Chance proves they use a random name generator.

I'm fine with Alba Fyre though. That's a pretty cool name.

How are they referencing these changes on TV? Raul Mendoza has been on TV for 5 years using that name, Kacy pretty much the same deal, are they just showing up with new names and no reference to it?

Nah, they’ve done that to stick with the KC initials. It’s the thing that brings her together with Kayden Carter.

Dwayne Johnson’s real name wasn’t Rocky Maivia. Roman Reigns is not really Roman Reigns. AJ Styles is not really a Styles. Becky isn’t really a Lynch. Charlotte’s first name is Ashley. It’s annoying when people that have been on the air for so long change their name, but in “WWE Kayfabe” that’s just part of their culture, I guess. Like a young lion finally getting some colorful tights.

Shut the fuck up Noid.

I agree with Noid

Road Dogg and Ryan Katz new podcast is great. Too many good ones nowadays. Hard to keep up with all of them.

Smart man.

I used to whinge about the name thing, but it’s just what you’re familiar with holding hegemony over you. I got used to Bray Wyatt after Husky Harris and Axel Mulligan. I’m already used to Bron Breakker. I don’t really care if he’s not Bron Steiner or Rex Steiner or whatever.

I still haven’t listened to Bradshaw and Brisco, but I’ll register the recommendation.

I really want Tony Khan to randomly change someone on the roster’s name now just to watch Noid flip out about how stupid it is.

I remember thinking it being weird that they changed Byan Danielson to Daniel Bryan..... but in retrospect it was a stroke of genius.... Bryan Danielson just doesnt roll off the tongue in the same way, Daniel Bryan is easier to chant, and they got a name they could trademark

Yeah it's basically standard Vince. Sometimes seems silly and is silly but he has his reasons.

Only time it'd actually be very stupid is if he changed Cody's name or something, where the dude is established. Also, it'd be great if some of the name changes didn't sound like they were invented in a roleplaying game, but I'm guessing some of it is on the wrestlers for thinking of their new awful names.

Daniel Bryan is a good one. I remember being weirded out by that at first too. At least he started as Daniel Bryan on-air there. But he did call himself Bryan Danielson on NXT once. It was kind of out there that it wasn’t his real name.

I get annoyed when guys drop names, but does anyone really miss Alexander Rusev, Antonio Cesaro or Elias Samson? Miro goes by one name in AEW, Claudio is trying to trademark “CSRO” and Ezekiel is just Ezekiel.

First names with no last surname used to bother me. Now I’m just “whatever.” Sheamus worked. Butch is doing better in WWE than he probably thought he would as a smaller technical guy with an accent.

And it does make sense to have this IP trademarked.

None of those are in the same ballpark as the name changes we’re talking about (note: talking about, not complaining).

Reigns/Styles/Becky/Charlotte weren’t established on TV for 5 years before then randomly changing names without a kayfabe reason. The closest is Rocky Maivia to The Rock, but that story played out on screen.

The Bray/Axel/Husky thing is also something totally different; they were gimmick changes.

I somewhat get the changes when the guys get moved to the main roster, and hopefully they’ll eradicate the awkwardness of that by settling on a name before they get moved.

I’m working on the assumption that Kacy, Kay Lee Ray, etc aren’t being called up yet so it’s just going to be really awkward when they next rock up on NXT with a different name without explanation.

It’s jarring but it’s not without precedent. Like, even if you know Kacy Catanzaro is Kacy Catanzaro, her going by Katana Chase or whatever her name is isn’t her real name. Maybe some fans didn’t think Kacy Catanzaro was her real name either. This is just her ring name.

I wish there was more coherence week-to-week, but people are used to wrestlers using fake names. Awkward is probably the right word for it.

I feel like WWE wants wrestlers names to be kind of like American Gladiators from the early 90's. If you disagree, whatever kiss my butt!

The Universe isn't gonna know what to do with Nitro.

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Malibu - the love child of Edge and Stevie Richards.

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With Mike!

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Whoa!

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NXT 2.0 = American Gladiators!

Rico being 60 feels so weird. Always forget that he broke into the business very late.

He was great.

It's really weird that names are changing from NXT to RAW/SD while NXT is still on USA in primetime every week. On one hand, WWE presents the show on equal footing by giving it two hours on TV instead of one hour on their own network. On the other hand, it is now very clear that NXT exists as its own universe because the people you watched on that show are not really the same people you're now going to see on RAW and SD.

Dunno. I guess we as fans have kinda known that for a while, but it's wacky to see the company pretty much confirm it now.

(was gonna make that a thread but lots of people have already chimed in on it here so I guess this is fine)

There's a 30 for 30 coming out on the American Gladiators

Really? That sounds awesome.

I wish they were that charming.

Val Venis’ Twitter has been suspended. Last time he was only temporarily blocked for posting child porn. I can only imagine what he did now.