thinking back fondly on some of the insanely stupidly convoluted stretches garvin would put on during the watchalong bless him

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Every now and then I rewatch Ultimate Maniacs promos and reflect on how it is a shame how little it lasted because they could have been the greatest tag team of all time.

I wouldn't mind prime Suzuki vs prime Garvin. Just the pure sadism on display would be amazing.

I’m not trying to have a conversation with them. I’m shaking my head at the idea. Nor am I interested in conversing with you. I’m just saying Ibushi sucks. And I’m right.

SHAMBLE ME DADDY FEDBAD!

I'd be interested in seeing ibushi in the bloodsport enviornment.

He would lose to Frank Dux quickly

please tell me that is not real lol

for so many reasons

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">INTERNATIONAL COVER: Tony Khan's All-Elite Wrestling is ascending as WWE is in chaos <a href="https://t.co/X7KXlv90ce">https://t.co/X7KXlv90ce</a> <a href="https://t.co/83cCskejUS">pic.twitter.com/83cCskejUS</a></p>&mdash; Businessweek (@BW) <a href="https://twitter.com/BW/status/1621139049758228484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It’s real and it’s spectacular.

Looks real: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...usinessweek-v2

(Didn't read the article cause it is long)

oh my god it is so beautifully awful

Roided up Tony Khan isn’t real, he can’t hurt you

That is horrifying

I wonder how much Tony Khan had to pay to get that done?

Noid needs to touch grass.

Ratings down
Attendance down
Upsetting sponsors
Roster turmoil

Sounds like WWE is certainly in chaos and, wait, you say those things are describing AEW and not WWE, weird...

lol why would anyone make that

It is a funny picture, no denying that!

In other did you know news, WWE claims:

That is a pretty bold claim for sure, but also a weird thing to flex about.

Who do we think headlines HOF this year?

Batista? Rey Mysterio?

Maybe an induction for Luke Harper or Umaga?

Me, Lock Jaw

So thats what TK looks like after huffing chemtrails

Can’t figure out if that’s Tom Magee’s body or Brakkus’.

I'm in awe... speechless.

Good article, really just a story so far for the uninitiated with a slight AEW bias, exactly what you would expect.

But good mainstream media attention for AEW, well done them. As a new kid on the block vs. a monopoly you need that sort of stuff.

From what I hear the Bloomberg article is basically just “this person says” and says that Fight Forever is due to come out this month. Can anyone confirm? I’m not going to sign up to Bloomberg.

February was the last placeholder ETA. Sounds like bloomberg is going off that, which is a fuck up on their part.

Lol That should seriously be the promo pic he uses from now on.

Never a mention of it.

He should come out next week wearing one of those fake muscle suits that looks real af and a wig.

Fuck a body suit. He’s got the money. Just CGI that shit.

https://i.imgur.com/NWgbZvN.png

Tony Khan waiting for the roster to show up

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brian Knobbs pretends to get hit so that Jerry Sags can give Kenny Kendall a concussion. <a href="https://t.co/AFS5GHJkbU">pic.twitter.com/AFS5GHJkbU</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts - Unofficial Tribute Account (@WCWCuts) <a href="https://twitter.com/WCWCuts/status/1618770096826236928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So, Minnesota area underneath guy Kenny Jay also died yesterday. "The Sodbuster" had a match with Muhammed Ali...

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New page, same Tony

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Uh, it's clearly a hot dog.




Get it? "Clearly"? Hahahahaha!!!






I'll show myself out....

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Best theme ever. Can you imagine Tony Khan coming out to this? Would be amazing.

Freaking loved that theme..... feel "ripped off" that he never used it in any of his "big returns"....

So I was wondering what happened to the WCW Deep Cuts account. Apparently Twitter deleted it, so this is the new account.

Musk strikes again

Remember being super disappointed when the ministry version replaced the sweet ass guitar with dumb chanting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1987 Entertainment Tonight feature on Bam Bam Bigelow training with Larry Sharpe at the Monster Factory, and they don’t miss a beat. The producers wanted a story on pro wrestling, they got pro wrestling. �� <a href="https://t.co/wUvf3wkpvg">pic.twitter.com/wUvf3wkpvg</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1621944051711844352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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50 goddamn “OMG legends are appearing!” shows every year and where is Jameson???

“Note: Clock times refer to cum time.”

I always enjoyed counting down to the next entrant when I was a kid but not THAT much.

Shawn Michaels shot an angle with Grayson Waller after the Vengeance Day show. Waller crashed HBK’s media call and cut an awful promo about how he needs to put hearts on his tights to get noticed. He also called people “simps” and Matt Bloom “A-Train” because he’s edgy.

Looks like they’re building to Bron Breakker vs. Carmelo Hayes and Apollo Crews vs. Dabba-Kato for Stand & Deliver WrestleMania weekend (if those programs make it that far). Wouldn’t surprise me to see someone take up for Shawn Michaels in this program against Waller (Johnny Gargano?).

Lmao this is something else

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just watch this beauty.....<br><br>Vladimir Gordienko<br><br>His only TV match... <a href="https://t.co/AhcywsWuiY">pic.twitter.com/AhcywsWuiY</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1622081454145413120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That’s amazing. The way he hits the ropes. Wow.

I’d still rather watch old bad wrestling than new “good” wrestling though.

I’m enjoying the hell out of the Lapsed Fan’s Hogan era TNA journey. It’s actually given me a bit of a craving for some 2004-2008 TNA. Any hidden gems from this era anyone would recommend?

Just reminded myself of this cool mashup theme they had

Wellllll It's the Big Show (and Jericho)

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Come ooonnnnn...LET’S CRANK THE WALLS DOWN!

Sounds like Jerry Lawler had another heart attack last night and he’s back in the hospital

I've been reading possible stroke

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Seth Rollins was at Super Bowl radio row yesterday making the rounds and doing a bunch of interviews. The hosts of every show he was on were clearly instructed to ask him about Logan Paul at some point, so Rollins could cut promos about him being a leech to the business and get a bunch of sound bites out of it on different networks.

So yeah, if it weren't already obvious, that's a Mania match.

I think it’s a good match for both. Could be a “show stealer”. The Face/Heel dynamic is a tricky one to track though. Seth has clearly gone face but last time they had Logan they wanted him face despite being a natural heel. They’d make an excellent heel team tbf.

“She was mine before she was yours, Seth!”

The match will be fine. Crowd will probably cheer for Seth even though he’s more obnoxious than Logan somehow. They’ll probs shake hands after it. Would be fine with Heel Logan vs. Face Normal Seth.

Forget what he did, but at Rumble Logan seemed like he was being a heel

I can’t remember him doing anything specific. That’s just him. He’s a natural heel.

Just saw a clip of him pointing at the Mania sign and cupping his ear that seemed to get a decent boo out of the crowd.

Logan Paul is the kind of act you don’t really need to turn. Let him do his thing and the crowd will take direction for you. Seth’s a good opponent for him because even though he can play a heel and lead the match, the crowd will be into him for whatever reason so you don’t tank the match by having a heel people aren’t supposed to be behind getting cheered.

I hope Seth wins the US Title and his match against Logan is for the belt.

Anyone heard this Gorilla Monsoon podcast parody? :rofl:

THIS parody had me laughing my fucking ass off. Managed to get all 4 voices close and the mannerisms spot on. All AI generated. AI is an amazing yet scary thing.

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holy shit thats amazing

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By which I mean ain’t no way I’m pressing ▶️.

no one cares, you moron

Nice contribution, Juan.

Whoa

poor guy can't even read names correctly.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Akira Hokuto hits Bull Nakano with a missile dropkick from the top of the cage! ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/dzIROvzTYP">pic.twitter.com/dzIROvzTYP</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1624968821407723522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Pretty funny stuff for someone who thinks my rep sheet is the appropriate place to have his period.

wehttam please keep your discarded uterine lining to the public forums please

i only use the public forum for the heavy flows.

tpww flowrums

tampon providers worldwide

terrible periods with wehttam

Whoa

typical peeling womb warts

I had this weird dream that WWA made a return. They signed Nick Aldis and he had won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship in a tournament in Brazil. He lost the belt at their first show in Sydney, Australia to Jay White, who established a new group called the “All Black Militia.”

JR was on commentary and Joey Styles did “field reporting” and sit-down interviews for them. John Hennigan was there and Melina was also signed as his psycho ex-girlfriend.

Chris Masters came out as and did a Masterlock Challenge and Nathan Jones came out of the crowd (he was used a guest celebrity sort of thing). They did an angle where Masters tried to beat him down with a steel chair and Chris Dickinson came out to try and help beat Jones down, but EJ Nduka made the save.

Orlando Jordan was there as “Australia’s Adopted Son.” Carlito, Eddie & Orlando Colon opened the show against three wrestlers I’m pretty sure don’t really exist.

Shawn Spears was there with Peyton Royce. They did this show-long story with him and Peyton on this double-date with Billie Kay and an Australian wrestler who was showing Shawn Spears around. It was like it was to set up a tag team, but in the end Spears got frustrated with the Aussie and hit him with a steel chair.

Victoria worked for them and they paid Tessa Blanchard to be there with cocaine. Ryback planned to debut for them with a gimmick where he wears KISS-like make-up. Somehow he was allowed to use the name “The Dingo Warrior” Ryback.

Joe Hennig was an agent for them, but he appeared on-air with a gimmick where he was “The Perfect Man.” He teamed with Mike Mondo sometimes, who had a preacher gimmick, where he kept trying to get people to reform from their imperfect ways. He said that God would never let him lose a match and when he would lose he would blame God and go into tirades about how life is now meaningless and Australia will be underneath the ocean in a few years.

Meltzer HATED them because after running Australia they hit Las Vegas and California with a “Global Crisis” tour and they do better than AEW and cut into their business and Dave made every excuse under the sun to discredit them. He says everyone is on coke and they practice hitting each other in the head with steel chairs before every show just in the backstage area.

JR did interviews leading up to the show, and he did things opposite to AEW where he said “You’re damn right we’re taking WWE talent. They’re the best trained wrestlers in the world, and for certain companies to have ever pretended otherwise shows how immature they are.”

Joey Matthews was an agent for them and Timothy Thatcher and Jonathan Gresham wrestled on the first show and Dave only gave it 3 stars which people thought was ridiculous and he and Alvarez had a fight about it.

"dream"

If that's a real dream I'd love to know what you eat or drink before bed, because I'd love to give it a try.

"The Dingo Warrior" THE RYBACK would lead to a new boom period in wrestling

I’ve given it way more form, it was a bunch of disconnected stuff and there were things with a waterpark in there.

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Apparently Jerry Jarrett has passed away.

Watts and McMahon are the last two standing I believe of the "Old School Promoters"

I just learned that Sami Zayn is an upcountry degen from Laval. I dunno how I feel about him any more.

There are a few more still. Carlos Colon, Ron Fuller, Ole Anderson, and technically both Funk brothers who promoted their Father's territory for another 8 years or so after his death.

Yeah you could include the Funks and the Fullers. Didn't really think of Carlos. Forgot that Ole ran his shitty Georgia promotion for a time.

I always forget Ole is still alive haha

Ole is such a redass he is staying alive out of pure spite :rofl:

See I didn't even know that Robert was a co-owner/promoter, I just assumed he was on the roster because it was his brother's promotion. Good catch!

There's a new YouTube channel called "Old School Pro Wrestling" that is uploading everything under the sun. There's no way he doesn't get zapped. Uploading Coliseum Home Videos is almost an immediate ban so enjoy while you can

He just uploaded the Hart Foundation Coliseum Home Video

jesus man, it all feels so incredibly different.

lol "col. Jimmy Hart"


Also holy shit @ Davey Boy looking a LOT like the Hitman in the pink and black. I thought it was until I heard Gorilla call it (I skipped around quite a bit).






(i think im mistaken after watching more)