stevestryka
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8 hours ago, neil is brill said:
I had a stab at the wrestling too. Must've been around 2002-2003. Started training with Brawl in Northampton. I was constantly getting into trouble, shitposting on their forum and all sorts. Unsurprisingly, I ended up having just one match there before "defecting" to the original EAW which was owned by two members of the shitarse 50, Special Agent and Samson.
With EAW, not a lot changed. I was still shitposting, sometimes in gimmick, sometimes not. I had just 1 match there before Samson stole the ring, broke away and formed the mega shitarse promotion ACW with fellow shitarse 50 member, Bull Harley.
I wrestled there, twice a month for 2 years. Capturing their Lightheavyweight Title 3 times. Before being dropped by them because I didn't want to wrestle for free.
I avoided being on the shitarse 50 myself by not wrestling at all that year, or ever again for that matter.
These days I just work an everymans job, whilst Samson is currently in prison for child sex offences.
Met some cool people along the way, wrestled my first match against El Ligero, wrestled Ashton Brown too. Both were good enough to drag something out of me that resembled a wrestling match. Wrestling wasn't for me really, I'll leave it to the professionals.
I would have probably been dipping in and out of EAW at the same time with some of the other WAR boys...what was your ring name :) ?
Good old Special Agent, or as he was otherwise known "Nick The Idiot" what a guy, I remember Samson well as well, had no idea he turned out to be right wrongunn though, bad times.!
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5 minutes ago, LaGoosh said:
What was Super Dragon like? Compared to other wrestlers there's so little info out there about the guy and seems to be varying opinions on him from fellow wrestlers.
From what I remember he was nice enough, it was at a show for TAP in Leicester and I'm sure he had no clue what was going on, if I remember rightly there were literally a handful on people in the audience. I also belive both him and El Generico were on the same card and neither were advertised and people thought it was cool back them to surprise the audience by booking wrestlers than the people who would want to see would only pay to see if they Knew they were on the card.
Anyway I digress. Being more of a WWE guy I didn't really know who he was when he was there other than a "proper" wrestler and big bloody bloke compared to the rest of us...I also remember thinking his gear must be a nightmare to wrestle in :-). He spoke to everyone and didn't seem to have much of an ego, certainly not with me anyway...and he had a match with the "booker" as of course most bookers love sticking themselves in with the big boys. He worked pretty stiff, but I think half of that was the fact he was actually a real bloke with actual muscles, hit an awesome curb stomp which I had never seen and thought was the bees knees! Shook hands, thanked everyone and went on his merry way.
For what it's worth I've had positive experiences with everyone I've met really. CM punk was a really nice guy when he came in came early, spoke to everyone was happy to offer advice. We ran an angle where he came out after our top heel was pulling my little brother from the crowd (who was about 11 at the time) and he even took the time to have a chat with him and explain how things would work so he didn't get freaked out.
Jake was nice but obviously still going through a lot of personal problems which was a shame, we were lucky enough for him to come in make it through a match and leave pretty much without incident, and he was happy to talk about the old days of WWF without sounding too jaded.
Cabana was a bit cocky and loved his own voice and jokes, but the couple of times I was on a show with him he was always happy to put people over and let them shine in matches.
I think by far though one of the nicest guys I met was Tommy End, on my first session at DPW he ran drills with me personally and even asked if I had my gear (which of course I did) and would I be willing to cut a promo for a show they had coming up so I could say a British faction were coming in to take over. Made me feel very welcome.
Waffling now...I'll shut up!
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On 1/15/2019 at 5:55 PM, Accident Prone said:
That looks like my old friend and running buddy "Red Tiger" Axel Bowen.
I too was dabbling in and around the Midlands during this period and having a bloody lovely time I was as well. My "home" fed was WAR I guess, but also had matches with TAP, Brawl, EAW and a few more. I was in the same generation as some truly great workers and had some good laughs and half decent matches for the level we were along the way. I found my niche more as a cocky loudmouth heel and eventually ran a faction called The Elite...we were there first dammit!
Had the honour of calling a lot of the following good friends for a few years before life got in the way, and we all went out separate ways:
The Judge, Spud, Falcon, Spindoctor, El Ligero, Jack Storm, Morales (now Dave Mastiff), Rob Hunter, Axel Bowen, Sk8, Tumido, Luke Phoenix, Saul Adams, Laken Xander, A Star Athlete....to name but a few
I have great memories of having a TLC match with Spud featuring an inflatable chair and a step ladder, and myself and Ligero braining some poor lady in the front row of a show as we did a ladder ride into a metal guard rail :-(
I moved to Amsterdam in 2006 and did some training under Tommy End (now Alastair Black) but work got in the way and it just eventually faded away to nothing. Mad to think where some of these guys are now, not to mention getting to share a ring with CM Punk, and locker rooms with Jake The Snake, Colt Cabana, El Generico and Super Dragon... Madness!
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26 minutes ago, BrodyGraham said:
If they'd pushed forward with Lex in the early 90's would that have made the product better? Fans SHOULDN'T cheer someone they're not positively invested in.
There are reasons to be behind Roman, he can go well enough and you could see even in developmental that he was the absolute prototype for a main eventer in WWE.
The Roman Reigns character though has been historically booked terribly and it doesn't help that he did his best to convince everyone he's a massive ballbag outside of kayfabe in the run up to WM31.
I'm resigned to him. I don't feel strongly either way now but I don't feel obliged to cheer a guy just because he's on top. I wouldn't do it for Hogan or Lex in the early 90's and I won't do it now. I don't think that makes me a bad fan.
A well written and compelling argument...a very fair point as well. Kudos!
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Do we think that the kind of heat that Roman (and too an extent Cena still gets) is exclusive to this era? Thinking back a few years I can't remember anyone else who was being portrayed as a face getting so actively booed.
During the Attitude Era I guess we had a lot more "cool" tweener characters that the crowd could get behind, but it didnt feel like any of them were being forced on you as "the guy", things seem to feel more organic. Whereas I think now we are very much told who we SHOULD cheer for rather than letting personalities shine through.
I guess time will tell, but it seems at the moment that Elias has a good chance of transitioning into a babyface organically as he gets the crowd behind him, which inevitably means they will ensure he remains a heel whether we like it or not. There was a similar thing a couple of years ago with Bray where the crowd really started to root for him and he seemed to be reacting to it, however, as it didnt fit the company vision his character just remained dull and now everyone is sick of him.
On the current roster I think there are a few natural transitions they could make, the biggest being turning Reigns, but I just can't see them doing it. Alongside reigns I could also see:
Samoa Joe > Face
Balor > Heel
Elias > Face
Rusev > FaceSure that could be a topic all in itself. I'm sure there are many other examples.
I think all in all it's just a case of Vince/Hunter believing they know what we want better than we do.
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You know what....fair play to Kevin Owens, he's doing something that 99% of us will never get chance to, and in my opinion he's bloody good at it. Sure he's out of shape when it comes to some of the others on the roster, but that doesnt give you carte blanche to have a go at the guy.
His act is slightly different in WWE to what it has been previously, but personally I think saying he can't wrestle, has no place on TV is really harsh. He has had some cracking matches in the past with the likes of Zayn and Rollins in ROH, and now he is living his dream and supporting his family at the same time.
Also "fat" men in wrestling is not a new thing...have you hated all of them? Foley for example, who helped re-introduce the product to the mainstream in the 90's.
I've been watching wrestling for pretty much 30 years, and yes its different now, when I was a youngster I looked up in awe and Hogan, Savage, Warrior, LOD etc, and its the same look that I see in my kids eyes now when they see Lesnar, Brock, Stroman, but saying that the smaller guys never used to exist is a stretch, Shawn Michaels has always had a pretty "normal" physique, and saying that the casual fan doesn't relate to him is madness.
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I would have liked to see him smash a proper baby face around for a bit rather than people cheer a heel because he's in with Reigns.
What proper babyfaces do Raw (or WWE) have? Zayn will be the first person to come into mind for most, but he is feuding with/was fighting Jericho.
It's a fair point...shame, but a fair point.
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I thought Joe had a very solid promo, felt legitimate. Not really feeling the alignment with HHH, but if they are going that route then at least from an on screen perspective "He's the only one who opened the door for me" made sense. Didn't agree with putting him in against Reigns though, I know they wanted him to feel big time, but I would have liked to see him smash a proper baby face around for a bit rather than people cheer a heel because he's in with Reigns. Braun looked decent enough though, don't over expose him, need to keep that match hard hitting and simple at the PPV.
Goldberg back to cracking promo form IMO, squashing Owens could be cool. I guess they could have some blown interference spot from Jericho early costing the title, prevents Owens looking too weak and progressive the story for Mania.
Not sure I agree with how quickly Goldberg accepted Brock's challenge, what has he go to prove? Is "I dont back down from a fight" enough of a reason?
They could have gone with Brock costing him the title he wants at FastLane and then Goldberg seeking revenge, guess they want to title on the match though.
Next weeks ceremony of friendship should be cheeseball fun.
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Let him just have The Rock's finish now he's not around
"Here comes the Glorious Bottom"
"He's setting up his Glorious Bottom"
"He's just nailed him with his Glorious Bottom"
Etc...
I'll get me coat
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So I assume nobody thinks we are getting a rubber match down the line?
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Whatever the outcome of the Shane v Taker match you can conjure up a scenario to keep Trips away from the title (either he sides with Shane and turns on the Authority to keep busy, or Shane doesn't let him anywhere the near the title picture).
"The Authority" is essentially him and his wife. How does this work?
Fair shout....I was thinking Trips/Shane on one side with Steph and Vince on the other
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Here's a thought.....
Have Reigns cost Ambrose his title match, for stepping into his spot while he's away injured, turning instant heel. HHH is getting cheered at Mania anyway, so he may as well go against a heel Reigns. Have Reigns go over.
Whatever the outcome of the Shane v Taker match you can conjure up a scenario to keep Trips away from the title (either he sides with Shane and turns on the Authority to keep busy, or Shane doesn't let him anywhere the near the title picture).
Then you have super over Ambrose chasing Reigns to Summerslam. With Rollins returning aswell you have a Shield triple threat dynamic building.
Only thing is what to do with the Lesnar v Ambrose match...
Did you have a go at the wrestling, then?
in UK Fan Forum
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YES! I knew I recognised the name UWL...I remember one of the showed well, I seem to remember the ring being right up against the stage and has having pretty much no room around the outside to do anything...managed to find the card online:
Wild Weekend 28/2/04,Bugbrooke Sports & Community Center,Northampton
Bad Attitude def Midnight Casino
X-Saviour v Tommy Stevens no contest (match interference)
Kobayashi,Ace Anderson & Frankie Fernandez (UPW) def Lucien,Scottie daniels & Jonny Pesci (BRAWL)
Honey Ryder & Falcon def Angel & Chevo Gonzales
Spin Doctor def Steve Stryka
Louie Zerr & Red Tiger der The Murderers
The Judge def S J Walker
MTX def Spatch,Shabazz & Aron Rivers for UWL title
I think that was around the middle to end of the years I dabbled...good memories :-)