Lance Storm is a great Twitter follow

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Was that the Mankind vs. Kane one? That was fucking stupid.

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Mankind and Kane in '98 being allowed to go all out in an actual match in the Cell would've been a brutal outing that we probably would still be talking about today. Mick was fucking insane back then.

He referring to the one between Seth Rollins and The Fiend.

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Oh, that must've occurred after I stopped watching. I'd have remembered something like that. Sounds just as stupid all the same.

You are a lucky man.

Lol every time I think about this gimmick I smile. He was obviously so uncomfortable.

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I remember Storm admitting that he and Val Venis considered politicking for a spot in the 4-way tag at Mania 20 after having been bumped to Heat the year before. Jindrak and Cade were in the 4-way despite being brand new to the roster and though Vince was high on them, they weren’t going over and he believes Vince had a soft enough spot for respected veterans that they could’ve gotten their spot if they’d lobbied for it.

In the end feels they did the “right thing” by not trying to force their way on, but not ever having a main card Mania match definitely is something that bothered him.

Interesting. How long is the list of respected guys that worked WWE that never had a main card Mania match?

I'm just glad the world got to see Danny Basham perform at WrestleMania.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just when Manami Toyota thinks Yumiko Hotta’s Boston Crab couldn’t possibly get worse...it gets *substantially* worse. ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/Z9icUU94eX">pic.twitter.com/Z9icUU94eX</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1661941745167237121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think I would rather get hit by a Toyota than get put in that Boston Crab by Toyota.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brutus Beefcake not understanding how to take a Butterfly Suplex. <a href="https://t.co/zdsNkmFrdZ">pic.twitter.com/zdsNkmFrdZ</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1662382893014949890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lmao in 1987! Beefcake had been wrestling for a decade by then.

That’s a Spinout Butterfly Driver. Obviously.

this is why I love watching Bryan & Vinny clips :lol:

zero crowd reaction on raw for ronda having another boring ass title reign

Damb @ no weekly thread for RAW.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jesus look at that card. <a href="https://t.co/GHmkteFDRy">https://t.co/GHmkteFDRy</a></p>&mdash; Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) <a href="https://twitter.com/LanceStorm/status/1663373785284907013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sexton Hardcastle? I think I know him.

You think you know him?

I think I know him. I feel like I'm on The Edge of figuring it out.

Lmao I was at that show

It was still a brutal match for what it was.

Table spot
Tacks spot
A few chair shots if I remember correctly.

How did that card come about? I would think vince would say "No".

Alexa Bliss and Ryan Cabrera have announced they are having a baby due in December.

Pretty much works with the timeline of the reports a couple months ago that she was going to be out indefinitely

You all are going to JUST overlook the last guy on that card?

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gnarly

Wrestlers back then were able to work select indies on their off days. They would have to go through someone like Cornette.

:rofl::lol::rofl::lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He gets it 🤙 🚁 <a href="https://t.co/LJ3YVC3zlh">https://t.co/LJ3YVC3zlh</a></p>&mdash; matthew riddle (@SuperKingofBros) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuperKingofBros/status/1663572968805486592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

darkside of the ring starts tonight

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Aja Kong x Meiko Satomura. This is some serious business. (4.24.1998) ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/xf2NCFZXQa">pic.twitter.com/xf2NCFZXQa</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1663596229517885441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also,


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bull Nakano x Kyoko Inoue. AJW had some of the highest intensity wrestling anywhere in the world in the 90’s. (9.7.1991) �� <a href="https://t.co/Bs2Grxra7y">pic.twitter.com/Bs2Grxra7y</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1663578810439041024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You mean Chris Pillion, or "Many More"??

Ahh shit, didnt actually open the image and see there was more.

Was talking about Joe E Legend, aka JUST JOE!

Pshhh, "Smooth Mover" Chris Pillon is the real legend

I don't think I've ever seen this much amazing stuff uploaded on YouTube before. I have the main WWE Network stream on my IPTV but no access to the library, but honestly there's more cool shit on YouTube to watch than I remotely have time for.

Does the WWE Network censor chairshots? Or is that just a Youtube thing?

Yes and no. The original event does not, but when they do countdown shows or retrospectives or whatever, they do usually.

Funk is the best


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Simply the best <a href="https://t.co/fHR9BxT7Gf">pic.twitter.com/fHR9BxT7Gf</a></p>&mdash; Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NINaylor/status/1664623804625108998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Might be the best table spot of all time.

So good. Now you get guys who want to go for that effect but have no clue how to get there.

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I don't know why I started watching this...probably because RJ is packing but I can't look away.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hiroshi Tanahashi x Shelton Benjamin. This is what it looks like when two of the best tangle. �� <a href="https://t.co/VIqM1LLWSw">pic.twitter.com/VIqM1LLWSw</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1665373254356221957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Still love Shelton Benjamin.

Would love to see Shelton Benjamin in a heel faction in NXT. Put him, Ziggler, Cedric and maybe Corbin together as heel veterans running roughshod all over the roster. Not that big on Cedric, honestly, but maybe something falls out there.

Thinking about the Shawn Michaels/Shelton Benjamin match. Gold Rush tournament was not a bad idea. For those that don’t remember, it was a bunch of guys who had never been champion bracketed against guys who had been, with the wrestlers not knowing who their opponent was going to be. Can’t remember if it was only the challengers who were surprised, but that would make sense.

So you could have Nakamura out there and then AJ Styles could be his opponent. Zayn could be out there and then Owens is his.

What I miss is guys having the chance to stand out. Now everybody does so much it doesn’t feel like there is the real opportunity to give someone a sleeper performance like that.

Their best gimmick for that is probably the gauntlet match. That always seems to get whoever they want over there pretty fast. The wrestler that beats Reigns should probably go through a bunch of people in a gauntlet first.

Fuck it, have Shelton beat Reigns at this point. Who cares? Shelton wins a gauntlet and Reigns is like “really?” and Heyman is like “don’t underestimate him” and “he’s got nothing to lose.” Cedric offers to help Shelton, but he wants to do this on his own. MVP wishes Shelton luck. Same with Lashley. The Hurt Business run off Solo Sikoa and then The Usos hit the ring and cost Reigns the title. Shelton wins the title and celebrates as The Gold Standard in professional wrestling.

You could also get R-Truth involved in there somewhere. A new Hurt Business of Shelton, Lashley, MVP, Cedric and Truth could be ace. Not even opposed to Omos being there, but I probably wouldn’t choose to include him. Something about him and Lashley both being in it doesn’t work for me.

MVP presents Shelton with a new WWE Title after he beats Reigns ala Lashley and the US Title.

Shelton beats Brock. And Cody. Gotta give him some good challengers. Seth then wants to unify against Shelton, but Reigns can have issues with Seth going for that spot and he costs Rollins. Shelton now has the WWE Title and he presents Lashley with the World Heavyweight Title.

Love that Reigns has a belt that says “Undisputed.” WWE already acknowledging that the World Heavyweight Championship is not a real World Title. It’s just fuel for the story as to how great Roman Reigns is.

This is like the old Noid breaking through. It’s like a real life Get Out.

There’s no Old Noid. It’s all just me, baby.

To be cynical about it, WWE probably wants more black Hall of Famers. They’re also probably worried that whoever beats Roman is probably going to be crushed by it. Giving it to Shelton is “shocking” enough that it doesn’t really matter if that’s going to be the greatest thing he ever does in wrestling. It also helps spread that out to the rest of The Hurt Business, specifically Lashley, Truth and MVP. And at least Cedric will matter.

Have always said that this was my favorite summer of WWE. Every show always had something going on...the Midcard was fantastic, everyone had something to do. Most people disagree but eh whatever

I like that everyone back then has a distinct personality. See less of that now.

Lol look at the lack of give when they hit the mat.

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Good god what a bump by the bossman

Big Bumpman

Kevin Owens v Gunther on Raw tonight for free.

The continuation of booking PWG dream matches in major feds remains undefeated

Still can’t get into Owens. Don’t associate him nor Gunther with PWG. IC Title should be the top belt on Raw.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Silo Sam &gt; <br><br>The jumping headlock always cracks me up. <a href="https://t.co/idJLSrlawj">pic.twitter.com/idJLSrlawj</a></p>&mdash; Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NINaylor/status/1667203358350770177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I wouldn't mind paying to see this guy once in a while. Maybe not every week, but as a special attractions every other year.

I mean, there are modern stars whose stuff has more daylight in it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stan Hansen x Genichiro Tenryu. Headline for this match in one of the weeklies was: BURNING VIOLENCE! Hard to argue with that description. (7.27.1988) ☠️�� <a href="https://t.co/wzD1bnFkRS">pic.twitter.com/wzD1bnFkRS</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1667311808305152002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He was actually signed in 87 by the WWF cause they weren't sure about Andre going forward. He was never used because he dwarfed Andre and it would have killed his mystique.

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Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu are two of my all-time favs.

Been pulling for Impact Wrestling lately. Seems to be booked sensibly and has been a great landing spot for some really deserving talent.

wrestlers who are tough??? That would never work

problem with tna is its finger is so far off the pulse that even if its name weren't so tarnished (and it is irreparably tarnished) its as hip as a skating rink. There's not a cool bone in its body.

Skating rinks aren't hip?

Agreed. It’s a bucket with holes in it.

The weirdest thing for them would be to get a new TV deal. The visibility could get them eyeballs which could boost attendance and give it more “life.” They’re owned by Anthem which owns AXS, but that doesn’t disqualify them from diversifying.

They’re probably profitable at this point and that’s all that matters to the suits, so why rock their own boat? It’s just not as rewarding as it could be for the viewer.

Rhea looks badass with the new world championship.

https://www.wwe.com/f/styles/talent_...8e0e397965.png

Design works really with a white strap

This is just a step too far with the belts. Hate that they’re all matching arbitrarily.

Whoa! Notable transphobe, Mr. Nerfect can see my posts? :eek:

It’s better than them all being big WWE logos, I guess.

Wish we’d get an update, bigger version of the winged eagle but the new one isn’t bad and I’m a sucker for white straps.

Well, they kinda are lol.

What I see in that picture is that Rhea looks like a goddamn superstar with that belt and they better not fuck this up

Lots of Rhea videos have been popping up on my YouTube Shorts suggestions recently because of algorithm... she is quite the looker without the makeup (not that she is a horrible with the makeup)

All of this.

Something about her ticks vastly different boxes with me when she's gimmick'd up and in street clothes. All in good ways. Just seems to be whether one would prefer Rhea in the streets and Mami in the sheets or vice versa.

"I'LL TAKE 'EM BOTH; I'M HARDCORE!!!"

You better watch those comments or Buddy Murphy will Tweet passive aggressive messages at you :lol:

I kinda hate it, myself. The newer "World" stuff is more stylish than the simple "brand color coded giant W" thing they were doing with all the belts, but it's still- I dunno... I want to say they're too ornate and too simplistic simultaneously.

It feels like WWE lost the plot about their championship belts after the Cena US spinner gimmick... which fit Cena at the time. Keeping it that way instead of leaving it as Cena's "Smoking Skull" made it stupid. Co-opting that design for the one of the WHCs was worse (especially initially, since the wheel wasn't counterweighted and the topheavy "W" kept flopping upside-down).

The last time I really "liked" any of the belts was the absurity of the Daniel Bryan "eco-friendly" strap. Before that was way back when Cody re-introduced the classic style white strapped IC title during his "undashing" phase.

Most of them anymore look like they're trying too hard to make them look like toys so that they can market toys instead of any sort of sought after trophy and decoration.

To be perfectly honest with you - and I don't particularly mean this as a diss on Murphy - I would be less afraid of Buddy and more afraid Rhea would take me up on it... because pain is not my kind of fun, but at the same time, I would not want to say no to her from both genuine fear of her kicking my ass and "eh, I'll give this a try because Rhea". I would let her use me as a chair like one of Dalton Castle's boys just to start. To anyone else, if they even suggested that to me, I'd instantly tell them they were crazy as hell for even bringing it up.

Either way, I will physically - and maybe slightly mentally - regret everything.



After.

There a great many folks who aren't normally into wrestling are big into Rhea.

A lawsuit brought forth by former TNA wrestler Rhaka Khan has been thrown out. It claimed a large number of people conspired to kidnap her and her children including Jim Cornette, The Rock, The Miz, Nikki Bella, the NYPD, the FBI (no word on if Tracy Smothers was included), Chris Benoit, Mick Foley, Michael Jordan and Home Depot.

I heard Cornette talking about that. I legit feel really bad for her...like wtf? Clearly has suffered a break from reality.

Also I agree that Rhea is a god damn goddess. She is a very pretty lady but the current mami gimmick is something else. And yes she looks like mega star in that photo.

Don't forget that I was also in the lawsuit, maybe. :shifty:

Always forget how completely unrecognizable Rhea Ripley circa the first Mae Young Classic is

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I remember a brief period of time in NXT when she was women's champion, the commentators would refer to her as NXT Champion (dropping the women's part). I guess they decided to do away with it once she was booked to face Charlotte at Mania with the strap on the line.

I remember seeing her in the Mae Young Classic thinking "whoa, she could be a big deal"

Especially when Tegan Nox got injured :shifty:

Lock Jaw 2017 after the Mae Young Classic:

Triple A 2017 after the Mae Young Classic: