Any Pro-Wrestling Fans Around?

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

9 hours ago, Denim&Venom said:

I have now. 

History has begun to repeat itself.

 

Attitude Era 2.0? 

I don't think I want history to repeat itself looking back on it now. 

It was cool in the moment but apart from a few matches WWE in the late 90's wasn't that great, IMO. 

Edited May 10, 2019 by Sparklefan1234

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

4 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

Attitude Era 2.0? 

I don't think I want history to repeat itself looking back on it now. 

It was cool in the moment but apart from a few matches WWE in the late 90's wasn't that great, IMO. 

Referring to how we have a member of the Rhodes family working as part of a wrestling show on TNT. 

But yeah, no more attitude era. And good riddance. I'm starting to think the Monday night wars did more harm than good. Was five years of competitive programming worth the last 18 years of mediocrity?

The candle that burns the brightest burns the shortest. And reduces everything else to ashes. 

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1 hour ago, Denim&Venom said:

Referring to how we have a member of the Rhodes family working as part of a wrestling show on TNT. 

But yeah, no more attitude era. And good riddance. I'm starting to think the Monday night wars did more harm than good. Was five years of competitive programming worth the last 18 years of mediocrity?

The candle that burns the brightest burns the shortest. And reduces everything else to ashes. 

I agree about the Monday Night Wars doing more harm than good. It left a number of real life casualties, most notably Owen Hart. I have also always said that the Attitude Era despite the ratings was not perfect. It had quite a few bad moments and the matches from a wrestling standpoint weren't all that great.

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

35 minutes ago, BrawnyCharger said:

I agree about the Monday Night Wars doing more harm than good. It left a number of real life casualties, most notably Owen Hart. I have also always said that the Attitude Era despite the ratings was not perfect. It had quite a few bad moments and the matches from a wrestling standpoint weren't all that great.

It very much was a product of it's time. Plenty of shocking moments but the wrestling hasn't aged well. When people think of all time great matches from Tiger Mask/ Dynamite Kid to Omega/ Okada, not much from the Monday Night Wars gets in. I mean what great matches were there that aren't gimmick based? 

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

On 5/10/2019 at 12:12 PM, Denim&Venom said:

Referring to how we have a member of the Rhodes family working as part of a wrestling show on TNT. 

 

I was referring to how Raw on USA & AEW is likely to be on TNT just like it was nearly two decades ago. 

 

On 5/10/2019 at 12:12 PM, Denim&Venom said:

worth the last 18 years of mediocrity

 

Wow. Has WCW really been gone for that long? 

 

On 5/10/2019 at 12:12 PM, Denim&Venom said:

But yeah, no more attitude era. And good riddance. I'm starting to think the Monday night wars did more harm than good.

 

It caused Vince McMahon to become content with "whatever". So yeah, I'd agree it did more harm than good in the end. 

 

20 hours ago, Denim&Venom said:

I mean what great matches were there that aren't gimmick based? 

 

Winner Take All at Backlash 2001. 

Edited May 11, 2019 by Sparklefan1234

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

25 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

Winner Take All at Backlash 2001.

Technically, not an attitude era match. Consensus is that the era ended at WM 17. And even then, no one really talks about it. 

[CastletonSnob 3,025]

AEW will be on TNT.

We might have a new Monday Night Wars. 

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,827]

Okay, as I was watching a video of Douki, alongside Taichi, I noticed him holding Despy's mask. Did some research on this Douki guy if he's going to be a new member of Suzuki-gun or if Despy's been kicked out of Suzuki's stable. And I stumbled on the news that El Desperado is injured. Well, that just ruins it for me. 

Edited May 12, 2019 by eL_DesperadO-4

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

5 hours ago, eL_DesperadO-4 said:

Okay, as I was watching a video of Douki, alongside Taichi, I noticed him holding Despy's mask. Did some research on this Douki guy if he's going to be a new member of Suzuki-gun or if Despy's been kicked out of Suzuki's stable. And I stumbled on the news that El Desperado is injured. Well, that just ruins it for me. 

He got a broken jaw last week at a Taka-Taichi event. So he's out of the BOTSJ. Not only that, but Flip Gordon is also out of the tournament due to visa issues. 

Terrific. 

And it has been confirmed that Douki will be replacing El Despy in BOTSJ while young lion Ren Narita will replace Flip. 

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

And the news keeps coming. 

Luchador Cesar Barron AKA Silver King in CMLL and Black Tiger III in New Japan has passed away from a heart attack aged 51 during a wrestling show in London.

Cesar was part of Monday Nitro during the golden age of the Crusierweight division and also portrayed the rudo luchador Ramses in the film Nacho Libre against Jack Black. 

Wrestlers from across the industry have sent their condolences, from El Hijo del Santo to Eric Bischoff to even WWE themselves. 

May his legacy live on. 

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,827]

Well, time out with the heel characters of the 3 Suzuki-gun members. Well, I couldn't understand the other segments, except for the last bit, in where the dude with the afro wears Despy's mask, and then an unmasked Despy enters and sees the afro dude wearing his mask and he gets pissed off. With Kanemaru being the peace keeper, and TAICHI being scolded by Despy, and the 2 Suzuki members start 'brawling' scaring the afro dude, but it turns out, afro dude got pranked or something. XD

[Mesme Rize 15,681]

Sorry, there is something i have to get off my chest, regarding our dear friend Bill Goldberg.

 

 

He will apparently Wrestle in Saudi Arabia on June 6th.

All i can say is, fuck you Goldberg.

20 years ago, you denied to do a single WCW show in germany, because of your jewish heritage. And now, your heritage is apparently worth nothing for a saudi arabia show, a land that still hates jews.

You Bill, are the biggest hypocrite walking this planet.

[TheRockARooster 47,278]

Still remember this show like it was yesterday.

 

Hunter Valley Wrestling’s 1st Anniversary which featured EC3 in an awesome match against Slade Mercer.

 

I will always remember how kind he was to me.

Edited May 14, 2019 by TheRockARooster

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

On 5/11/2019 at 1:34 PM, Denim&Venom said:

And even then, no one really talks about it. 

 

Which is a shame, IMO.

That is my favorite tag team match from WWF/E that doesn't involve the Dudley Boys, Hardy Boys & Edge and Christian trio.

Edited May 16, 2019 by Sparklefan1234

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that former diva Ashley Massaro has passed away aged 39. 

May her legacy live on. 

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,827]

Question, what is that around Iizuka's neck? Because lately, I've also seen Taichi with that around his neck as well, during a backstage Post Match interview. 

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

29 minutes ago, eL_DesperadO-4 said:

Question, what is that around Iizuka's neck? Because lately, I've also seen Taichi with that around his neck as well, during a backstage Post Match interview. 

It's the bag used to hold Iizuka's iron glove. Iizuka left it behind after his retirement match in February and Taichi claimed it as his own. 

[Megas 27,063]

Spoiler

So Lesnar won MITB so get ready for another year of him hardly showing up and holding the belt hostage. At this rate WWE is gonna go the way of WCW. AEW can’t come soon enough and Vince needs to leave, like yesterday 

 

Edited May 20, 2019 by This Whomps

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

@This Whomps I'm gonna have to ask you to spoiler your post, since there might be people on here who haven't seen MITB yet. 

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

49 minutes ago, Denim&Venom said:

I'm gonna have to ask you to spoiler your post, since there might be people on here who haven't seen MITB yet. 

 

Men's Money in the Bank 2019 spoilers

Spoiler

 

Is this like that time Edge took out Kofi before the Elimination Chamber & if so, does 

 

Spoiler

Brock Lesnar's 

 

win count?

 

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

38 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

Men's Money in the Bank 2019 spoilers

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Is this like that time Edge took out Kofi before the Elimination Chamber & if so, does 

 

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Brock Lesnar's 

 

win count?

 

Spoiler

I think that time was a ref's call and it was before the match, so it's sorta kosher? Kinda like the honor rumble last month, where everyone thought Toru Yano gave his spot in the match to Colt Cabanna, but then entered himself in the match anyways and the folks in the back went "Just roll with it." 

But lets assess the facts here:

1. Lesnar never qualified.
2. Lesnar wasn't present at the start of the match. 
3. I didn't watch but i'm not hearing any indication that this was visually acknowledged on screen by the refs. 

But I'm guessing that tomorrow they'll just gloss over this. At best we'll probably get McMahon saying that he's the one who approved of Lesnar being in the match to get some heel heat on the both of them. But I doubt he'll even be that diligent. 

I mean he didn't even have the diligence to tell everyone else in the match about the finish. Everyone was told Ali was winning for weeks now, and he was the only one who was notified of the finish set up day of the show. 

This might give raw a ratings pop, but that might be mitigated by the number of fans rage quitting the broadcast.  And to think, they were actually serious about making new stars out of the MTB winners. 

And in other news, 

This Saturday is the debut show for AEW, Double Or Nothing. But one of the matches has already been scrapped. 

Hangman Paige vs. PAC is now off the cards. From the sound of things, this was Dragon Gate's call. They didn't want their top guy to loose so they were only willing to go with some form of draw or DQ. The Elite didn't want that, so they pulled the match completely from Double Or Nothing. 

But that doesn't we aren't getting the match.

 

And speaking of free matches getting streamed,the BTE pre-show will be airing for free on Youtube. Opening matches are Sammy Guevara vs. Kip Sabian and the Casino Battle Royale, with a unique set of rules attached. 

Winner gets a shot at the eventual AEW Champion. And speaking of, no images of the belt yet, but Cody and co have said they want it to be comparable to the old NWA Mid-south North American belt. 

Basically what Magnum TA is holding here. 

So yeah, it's gonna be a big goldie alright. 

 

 

 

[CastletonSnob 3,025]

How big would it be if AEW signed John Cena or CM Punk?

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

8 hours ago, Denim&Venom said:

Basically what Magnum TA is holding here. 

So yeah, it's gonna be a big goldie alright. 

 

That's a title belt?! That must've been heavy. 

[Denim&Venöm 16,503]

6 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

That's a title belt?! That must've been heavy. 

A piece of armor that is. Can probably tank a shot gun blast. Not a bad design either. Distinctive without being gawdy. 

Though I do prefer the later iterations. Shame Billy ended up scraping it in favor of that gawd awful retro National championship belt design. And apperently he did the same for the tag belts too. 

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IF YOU SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.........

......... WHAT THEROCKAROOSTER..........

IS COOKIN’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited May 21, 2019 by TheRockARooster