Any Pro-Wrestling Fans Around?

[Patty Thundersnow 4,163]

22 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

Do you think this story is real or fake?

I can't buy anything that goes on in wrestling these days due to the worked shoots like the fake somberness when a wrestler isn't really hurt etc. 

It seems mighty suspicious to me all of this went down. NO way is this genuine.

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

15 hours ago, Tornado Patty said:

It seems mighty suspicious to me all of this went down. NO way is this genuine.

 

Somebody call R-Truth! We have a c o n spiracy!  

[Castle Bleck 19,361]

I kid you not. I just saw one fan on SmackDown tonight, with a Big Boo (Super Mario World) sign:

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[Unicorncob 5,687]

Easily match of that weekend for me

No spots for the sake of spots, no screwy finishes, no interferences. Just two big beefy boys slapping the meat out of each other in the name of solid in-ring storytelling

Sheamus absolutely deserved that standing ovation

 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

7 hours ago, Unicorncob said:

Easily match of that weekend for me

 

Mine, too.

 

7 hours ago, Unicorncob said:

No spots for the sake of spots, no screwy finishes, no interferences. Just two big beefy boys slapping the meat out of each other in the name of solid in-ring storytelling

Sheamus absolutely deserved that standing ovation

 

Wrestling needs more solid finishes and I agree that Sheamus's standing ovation was totally deserved. 

On one hand, I'm glad Gunter won because it builds him and the Intercontinental Championship up and on the other the image of Sheamus

winning with *that* deeply invested crowd would've been EPIC!  

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[Castle Bleck 19,361]

6 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

On one hand, I'm glad Gunter won because it builds him and the Intercontinental Championship up and on the other the image of Sheamus

winning with *that* deeply invested crowd would've been EPIC!  

To quote A Time To Kill, "If you win this case, justice will prevail. And if you lose, justice will also prevail. Now, that is a strange case."

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

Well here is something I'm certain nopony ever fantasy booked. 

We're not supposed to be in Bizzaro world till next month! 

Spoiler

 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

21 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

Well here is something I'm certain nopony ever fantasy booked. 

 

I feel like he's one of the few wrestlers who could win and people would still be happy no matter what.  

 

Also,

 

Spoiler

Saraya aka Paige is now All Elite, but what will she be able to do? 

 

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[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

8 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

I feel like he's one of the few wrestlers who could win and people would still be happy no matter what.  

 

Also,

 

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Saraya aka Paige is now All Elite, but what will she be able to do? 

 

I dunno, people weren't happy with the match. Shoddy officiating too. There isn't a clear endgame either. 

As to what's next on the other front? Well you've seen all the folks that came back from career ending injury. So probably a lot. 

Spoiler

I'm just glad she's not wearing so much make up now. Her return where she was wearing lipstick just made her look two decades older.

 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

1 hour ago, Denim&Venöm said:

As to what's next on the other front? Well you've seen all the folks that came back from career ending injury. So probably a lot. 

 

I'm not a huge fan of theirs but it would be cool if they could return to the ring and end things on their own terms like Edge and Bryan Danielson*. 

*The amount of times I want to type "Daniel Bryan" due to years of hearing that name in WWE. 

 

Spoiler

 

[Patty Thundersnow 4,163]

Spoiler

I feel like she needs to stay as a manager or authority figure. One more bad bump could paralyze her or worse.

 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

So here's a deep find. The official 2nd iteration of the ROH world title, used for one night only and awarded by Les Thatcher to Samoa Joe before his first defense against CM Punk.  

 

 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

34 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

So here's a deep find. The official 2nd iteration of the ROH world title, used for one night only and awarded by Les Thatcher to Samoa Joe before his first defense against CM Punk.  

 

 

 

Sweet!

 

I wish you could actually see the word "Champion: from a distance on WWE's main Championship's. The US title got it right

 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

10 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

Sweet!

 

I wish you could actually see the word "Champion: from a distance on WWE's main Championship's. The US title got it right

 

The first/ current ROH title doesn't even have world on it. It's just the ROH wrestling championship. Kinda guilty of the same thing WWE did over a decade later, but a bit classier.  ROH didn't stamp their logo on it (that's what the tag straps were for), just the company name in big font on a bigger hunking chunk of steel. But back then that made sense. You were the champion of ROH above all else. The world would come later. Probably why they wanted a new literal world title with Joe elevating its prestige. 

WWE doesn't get it. They've gone backwards. They've shifted focus inward from the rest of the world back to the company. The guy with the belt is the face of the WWE. That trumps anything else, even beating the worlds finest in that ring. US title looks more prominent, because it represents a country, a concept much worthy of fighting for. At the end of the day, the WWE title is just repping a corporation. If the universal title weren't a carbon copy, it would have more value based on not being the embodiment of a fortune 500 company. 

 

 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

14 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

The first/ current ROH title doesn't even have world on it. It's just the ROH wrestling championship. Kinda guilty of the same thing WWE did over a decade later, but a bit classier.  ROH didn't stamp their logo on it (that's what the tag straps were for), just the company name in big font on a bigger hunking chunk of steel. But back then that made sense. You were the champion of ROH above all else. The world would come later. Probably why they wanted a new literal world title with Joe elevating its prestige. 

WWE doesn't get it. They've gone backwards. They've shifted focus inward from the rest of the world back to the company.

 

I prefer when the wrestling company name is more subtle like WWE's Undisputed Championship or the "Big Gold" World Heavyweight Championship

because you know what it is but it isn't being screamed in your face. 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

29 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

I prefer when the wrestling company name is more subtle like WWE's Undisputed Championship or the "Big Gold" World Heavyweight Championship

because you know what it is but it isn't being screamed in your face. 

It's WWE presenting an important championship. The current belt is WWE presents... WWE. I was never fond of *insert company name* titles. NXT title. ECW title. WCW title. Lucha Underground title is worst cause it simultaneously shortens and elongates the name. I just call it by it's nickname: The Aztec Gold. 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

2 hours ago, Denim&Venöm said:

It's WWE presenting an important championship. The current belt is WWE presents... WWE. I was never fond of *insert company name* titles. NXT title. ECW title. WCW title. Lucha Underground title is worst cause it simultaneously shortens and elongates the name. I just call it by it's nickname: The Aztec Gold. 

 

So, you'd just call WWE's main championship something generic like "The "W" belt"? 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

10 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

So, you'd just call WWE's main championship something generic like "The "W" belt"? 

Probably like The Big Dub or something. 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

Moments ago, Denim&Venöm said:

Probably like The Big Dub or something. 

 

I love "The Big Dub or something" Championship! So many great memories and stuff, y'know? 

 

 

[Unicorncob 5,687]

On 2022-09-22 at 4:14 AM, Denim&Venöm said:

Well here is something I'm certain nopony ever fantasy booked. 

We're not supposed to be in Bizzaro world till next month! 

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This is some "Bobby Lashley wins the ECW belt" energy

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

11 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

I love "The Big Dub or something" Championship! So many great memories and stuff, y'know? 

 

 

The 10 pounds of W also works. Funny how they made Vlad this uber-WWE fan. But when he debuted a year later, he was just stoic Russian, like they tried to copy Fedor Emilianenko. 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

1 hour ago, Denim&Venöm said:

The 10 pounds of W also works. Funny how they made Vlad this uber-WWE fan. But when he debuted a year later, he was just stoic Russian, like they tried to copy Fedor Emilianenko. 

 

Pretty soon, Koslov found his groove. 

 

 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

1 hour ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

Pretty soon, Koslov found his groove. 

 

 

That's really all you can do with a super serious guy. Put him in a comedy team. Pairing him with Santino was the best thing WWE could've done. Straight/crooked comedy duos are one of the few things they're good at. 

[Sparklefan1234 170,793]

3 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

That's really all you can do with a super serious guy. Put him in a comedy team. Pairing him with Santino was the best thing WWE could've done. Straight/crooked comedy duos are one of the few things they're good at. 

 

What about Brodus Clay or Albert? 

[Denim&Venöm 18,971]

26 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

What about Brodus Clay or Albert? 

That was them forcing two guys from a straight man role into comedy acts. Both work better as serious dudes paired with someone naturally funny.