NorthSeaTiger

13 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

So did Tommy End not have any sort of No Compete clause? Unless I’ve lost 2 months

I read from PWIInsider that his NXT contract was 30 days no-compete. And when he moved up to the main roster they never noticed and the clause continued so with him being canned on June 2/3 it meant he could show up last night with no hassles. Glad he did. Segment was great. Just hope it’s one match with Cody and no win-trading. 

I turned 40 two years ago. After a messy split I decided to do the one thing I’ve wanted to do for years. So on the eve of my 40th, literally the day before, I did my CBT. 4 days later I rode out of the showroom on the actual bike I did the training on , as it had been traded in by the bike school. This week I completed my theory and am awaiting dates for my direct access to get my full license. So my 40th started with a proper midlife crisis 🤣

and recently I’ve noticed I’ve been going for sweatshirts and smarter jumpers instead of hoodies too. 🤔

1 hour ago, PowerButchi said:

Yeah, taking a break from appearing in porn.

Well he was well hung.....

1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

This would be an excellent theme for any dirty bastard gimmick:

 

I’ve always said that this tune is incredibly close to the one Ken Shamrock used in the WWF...I’m assuming it was the inspiration behind it, great track tbf. 

Re-watching Mania 30. The beginning with Hogan, Rock and Austin was amazing as it should be. What pissed me off though was Jerry Lawler shouting “ special moment..special moment”. Yeah we get it Jerry, it WAS special. But TELLING us that takes us out of the moment and ruins it a bit. Stupid micromanaged bullshit. The fact they feel the need to force these moments on the audience (fuck the Universe catchphrase too), shows that they just can’t allow organic moments to happen. It’s just too polished now. 

15 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

The dogs are in the enclosed pool area.

Poor Owen never stood a chance to protect himself on any of those landings. Wonder if Ahmed got some heat backstage for those. 
 

Is anyone else fed up of the “ real” aspect of wrestling these days? I watched the clip on the AEW thread of Dustin Rhodes, and whilst he is indeed on of the all-time greats, I’m fed up with wrestlers talking about what it means to them, how they were big fans, it’s their dream etc. 
 I long for the days of massive tanned guys, crazy bright outfits, gimmick names, rambling promos, short matches to build to something meaningful....I was watching Rumble 94 with my boys last night and I quoted ,word-for-word, The promo The Undertaker did after his casket match. 26 years on it still stays with me. Apart from select moments from this years rumble, I couldn’t quote anything recent. Everything is so samey, not much stands out. 

Kinda....I’ve put on about a stone, which I’m not overly happy about although I’ve started eating healthier and exercising way more. As my hair was growing and I couldn’t get to a barber, I’m put  some dye through it as i’d gone grey anyway and didn’t want to end up like Brian May....

@bono  it’s one thing to say that streets/towns/schools all have multicultural communities. THAT’S not being debated. It’s the fact that the non-whites are constantly persecuted based ENTIRELY on their skin colour or race. It’s the FEAR they have on a daily basis that they will be singled out. That story about the bus driver earlier in the thread, think a white guy would have been spoken to that way? Of course not. Using race as a way of describing someone on having a go is the whole point of this problem. 
 

I spent last night with my mate, catching up since it’s been a while. Socially distanced of course, sitting in his garden. He’s a black American from Kansas City. His kids are mixed as his wife is white Scottish. At NO POINT was colour a problem. Sure we obviously discussed the ongoing problems , but I’m 100% his mate. Always have been. But it’s the fear that they will be persecuted for merely having different skin that’s driving these marches and protests. Look at the videos of cops pulling them over because they “ fit the description”....a black guy driving a car? That my friend is racism. If it were a white guy driving, the cop would have way more details given to work with. And THAT is the problem. Non-whites live in fear daily....so is THAT equality? 

@David we do! Depends on how fast the mice run in the meter, but we get by 👍🏻😉

I live in Aberdeen. So a return flight, accommodation, tickets, food etc are more desirable to you than just simply opening a book from my local library or searching online? Is this some “ I was there” elitism that is on show? That because I’ll possibly never go to some of these places means I’m less than you, or less qualified to comment based on my proximity to a physical representation of something? Utter garbage pal. I used to go to Transport museums in Glasgow when I was younger, but that doesn’t make me more of an expert than someone who has studied the same interest through other means. 
Seems you’re trying to talk down to us for you’re own betterment, which is just sad. 

Possibly was. I actually thought all shows were taped in advance recently. Didn’t realise there was a live one in there too. 

10 hours ago, Sergio Bellend said:

I thought that after Charly fluffed that closing line to Raw after that face to face interview thing, they just decided to run with it. She said it so awkwardly that it can’t have been what she was meant to say. 

I can’t say I noticed her fluff it, but surely with Raw being taped they could have re-done that bit anyway and if that wasn’t their intention then we’d be none the wiser....

Anyone else find Kross’s entrance cringey more than intimidating? The stare into the ring, Scarlett mouthing the words, it just doesn’t seem convincing to me. Feels like they are trying too hard. Whereas Dexter Lumis is creepy as fook. He had a great dead-eyed stare in TNA and I like the way he plays it. And this is coming from someone who loves the Undertaker’s entrances! 

I detest the trippy “ alien stoned shooty” sequence in GTA V that you have to do with Michael. The constant having to turn around and focus, the shitty commentary by Michael, the fact it goes on for ages....the game is phenomenal apart from that. But that missing boils my piss. 

5 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

Earl Hebner was pretty terrible. I didn’t realise at the time but watch it back and he’s distractingly rubbish a lot of the time.

This. He was always the big ref for big matches, but watching his stuff nowadays, his little things were garbage. The sloooow cadence of the count when a match was finishing, which was utterly different to the rest of the match, his “ sliding “ his counting hand into the shoulder of the offensive wrestler when registering a 2-count, his constant getting in their faces. I think it was BomberPat that said that a great referee blends in and is unnoticeable until needed. Nick Patrick was other one, he lay on his side and rolled onto his back on a 2 which was always a giveaway. 

When a guy takes a pin fall without any struggling to kick out, as if out of it, then springs up like nothing happened.watching TLC ‘11 and Big Show has just taken a DDT onto chairs from Menry....2 mins later Daniel Bryan comes in, covers Show who is not moving an inch, and on the 3 he immediately springs  up to his knees And stares at D-Bry whilst holding his hand. Not once looking groggy from the chair-assisted DDT. A little bit of selling doesn’t hurt. 

Anything that involves landing on the apron/edge of the ring. Having wrestled for years, they aren’t joking when they say that it’s got little to no padding. That power bomb that Owens does to the edge of the ring has so little room for error. At Double Or Nothing, MJF took something, a reverse Rana or DDT ( can’t remember ) and sold it like he was dead, but STILL got up and won the match. If you’re being slammed into something as hard as that , it should be a match ender. But that’s indicative of wrestling as a whole. Too many massive moves and spots that just lead into the next bigger and higher risk move.....

The Underbaker.... notorious for always undercooking cakes, resulting in many a soggy bottom....

Foldberg....clinical when it comes to putting a neat seam in a pair of dress slacks. 
Cocozuna.....the former B Ware puts on 400lbs and eats Frankie....

Adam Hole....his love for himself finally results in him disappearing up his own arse. 

Didn't Bret say he’d kept a tape recorder and notes with him all through his career, so that’s how he documented so much? True or not, his stories are great. It’s a real easy book to get through. The pics are brilliant too. 

Two things for me.....the way guys take a move and conveniently shuffle into the position to take the next move, like when they fall off the ropes sideways and just happen to land right where they need. As said above, at least RVD made it look like he improvised once he got up top. 
 

the second is the blatant waiting for spots. I really noticed it with MITB during the 4-way tag. There were points where the guys were looking up at their opponents and visibly waiting for them to jump. We all know it’s planned etc, but they could at least try to hide that fact. Sometimes it’s too blatant what they are up to. 

I actually enjoyed it. The opener was fast paced, if a little rough in bits. Braun and Bray worked hard and told a decent story with room for The Fiend to appear and step things up a bit in the next stage of the feud. Drew and Seth were good. Worked well together, Claymore is well over as a proper finisher, although the unusual handshake at the end was a bit jarring considering the beatings they have given Drew recently. 
The MITB Match was pretty entertaining. Some fun cameos, glad Otis and Asuka won, although I did wonder where half the women suddenly disappeared to near the end. AJ does nothing for me. Really doesn’t. Maybe it’s his “soccer mom” haircut, or Bee Gees beard, but for me all he is is a physically talented guy. His personality, heel or face, is arrogant and hard to buy into. 
 

and the run time of the show 😍. Those 2 1/2 hours flew by. Makes a welcome change to the marathons we are used to getting. 

I thought that comment meant he was distracting the fans from the ring techs rearranging the ring boards so the bump could go ahead as planned. Surely there were a couple guys under the ring moving stuff around once the cell got busted and they went out. The cell panel itself could easily have been held together with zip ties as there would have been no weight on it until Foley hit it on his bump. 

Same here. Just so playable. Only thing i’d add is being able to actually pin someone having a ref in ring. Looking forward to this Retrofest game coming out. Hopefully it’ll recapture my days on holiday playing the original Wrestlefest non stop. 

My son and I have been discussing this. We both reckon a new version of All Stars would be great. Imagine hitting a Claymore that sends the opponent damn near into space, similar to Injustice. Hitting a Spear that sends them into the ropes and back into another spear , a stomp that starts in the rafters, a styles clash similar to the spinning perfectplex....wrestling has always been big,colourful, OTT characters and the game should reflect it. The ability to add freckles and wrinkles means the developers have spent so long fucking about with little touches that they failed to make games enjoyable for years as a result. Take it back to basics, make it bold and colourful with massive caricatures, simpler controls and it’ll sell bucketloads.......*
 

* or just do a modern remake of No Mercy....🤞🏻

Would that be the ONE AND ONLY brain cell? 😂

I  watched Ricochet Vs Dream 3 nights in a row. It’s outstanding. He’s got that cool controlled charisma. And move that mean something at the right time. Not just flips for the sake of it. He’s a good mat wrestler too which makes his high flying stand out more. 

Neville was a great character after  he started his King Of Cruiserweight gimmick , but he’s always been incredible to watch.

Balor on the the other hand bores me rigid. His entrance is shit. What’s with pulling at his leather jacket? Does that make you cool? His incessant smiling, that shitty switchblade move and I hate foot stomps. So I’m not in the least interested in him.