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2 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said:
I know there’s a few on here that watch Rugby Union and only about 4 people on here that watch Rugby League, but former Newcastle Falcons and Wigan player Va’aiga ‘Inga’ Tuigamala has passed away aged 52
Oh gosh that's awful news
Fantastic player in his Wigan pomp, back in the days when Rugby League was in its pomp. The cross over matches with Bath were epic back in the day as well.
Terrible thing to hear today. RIP
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10 hours ago, air_raid said:
OK, I’ve done another one. Yes, they’re hard questions in a sense but if you just know then you know, otherwise have fun and just guess. Again I’ve hovered around 80s/90s WWF and it’s one of my favourite niche topics, “Card Subject To Change” - 15 questions for a total of 16 points plus tie-break option if required.
(1) Who was announced as the challenger for the Intercontinental title on two early SummerSlams but didn’t make it to either for real or kayfabe reasons? 1 point
Warrior?
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(2) Barry Windham was announced on Macho Kings team for Survivors 89 but replaced when he had surgery then quit the company - can you remember what his gimmick name was at the time? 1 point
Widowmaker
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(3) The Model Rick Martel had two SummerSlam matches announced for SummerSlams in 1990 and in 1993 but didn’t wrestle either of them, a point for each opponent you can name? 2 points
1990 was Tito for the Strike Force Blow Off, no idea in 1993.Hacksaw??
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(4) The Undertaker’s celebrated debut as “the mystery partner” at Survivors 90 was actually a substitution - who was originally announced as the fourth member of the Million Dollar Team? 1 point
Bad News Brown
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(5) The match where Hacksaw, Sgt Laughter, Texas Tornado & El Matador beat Col Mustafa, Berzerker, Skinner and Hercules is probably the most chopped and changed match in Survivor Series history, FOUR different guys were announced then later pulled from the face or heel teams (2 each) due to injuries or departures. Highly random so you only have to guess one for the point. 1 point
Paul Roma?
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(6) Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels at Survivors 92 was set up before Shawn won the Intercontinental title from our dear Davey Boy - can any of you remember who Bulldogs announced challenger was? 1 point
92, no idea erm, The Mountie.. He was around IC belt at that time.
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(7) Speaking of Smithers - he’s conspicuous by his absence from Mania VIII. Who was he wrestling before the show went long and it was dropped? 1 point
Bezerker
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(8) Sherri Martel was involved in the first mixed tag in WWF PPV history at Mania VI. She was also announced for what would have been the second but quit or was fired before it happened - who would have been the other woman in the match? 1 point
Luna?
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(9) There were THREE announced matches for Mania X that ended up changed or scrapped - Earthquake’s match, the Womens title match, and the ten man tag dropped when the show went long. I’ll give you the point if you can name four participants out of the ten. 1 point
Headshrinkers, Rick Martel and Tatanka??
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(10) Bam Bam Bigelow was one of the many wrestlers that had great runs but never held a title in the 80s/90s. However once he was pencilled in to win the tag belts in an announced title defence which became non title when plans changed. A point for ANY of - which PPV (including year), his partner or the opponents, or you can volunteer 2 or all 3 facts which I’ll add to your score in the event of a tie break. 1 point (plus tie break)
Tatanka, 1995 Rumble. Sparky Plug and Xpac..
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(11) Razor vs Double J & The Roadie at the first In Your House was meant to be a tag match but Kid had suffered a neck injury in Germany - can you remember who he was wrestling at the time? 1 point
Diesel?
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(12) Which singles match announced for a mid-90s Mania had to be changed to a multi-man because the office knew it could be too crap for WrestleMania due to the rapidly-dwindling stamina of one of the wrestlers? Clue : weight gain involved. 1 point
Yokozuna vs Vader?
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(13) The planned (and later cancelled) Ahmed Johnson vs Farooq match at SummerSlam 96 was planned when they finally got Ron to sign, however the WWF Magazine previewing the show had already gone to print. Who did they announce as Ahmed’s originally scheduled challenger? 1 point
No idea
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(14) Speaking of Ahmed, he had a match announced for In Your House : Final Four before the card got shuffled due to the injury to Shawns smile. Who was the big Johnson originally going to wrestle? 1 point
No idea
10 hours ago, air_raid said:(15) Sid had THREE matches announced for PPV in 1997 that were cancelled due to injury. He was supposed to wrestle Bret at Revenge Of The Taker but was injured. He was supposed to wrestle Mankind at A Cold Day In Hell but he was still injured. He was also supposed to wrestle at SummerSlam but after a car accident he was re-injured - who was that meant to be against? 1 point.
Smithers??
10 hours ago, air_raid said:Have fun. Hopefully.
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20 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:
TIL Shaka Hislops real name is Neil.
Fuck sake.
He was that on the original Swos when at Reading.
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19 minutes ago, SpykeDudlei1 said:
Ok, here’s my question…
In the six Royal Rumble matches from 2010-2015, only 3 men entered at #1 on two separate occasions each and in the same order (2010/2013, 2011/2014 & 2012/2015).
Can you name them?
Alberto Del Rio, Edge and Tensai hazarding a guess.
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Don't follow much pro wrestling at the mo, but has Codyentered Warrior territory in terms of odd angles, things that make no sense and then fucking off when he cant get what he wants, ie superstar dosh?
It's why he left WWE in the first place too wasnt it as Stardust pissed him off as he was going nowhere quickly.
Maybe he is done for the moment.
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@air_raid it was really good, thanks for doing it. Total guess regarding Koko though. Just thought he had a different finisher at one point and went with that.
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3 hours ago, air_raid said:
Might die on its arse but let’s have a laugh. I’ve made some random bits and pieces floating around my brain into 15 questions of varying difficulty. Real “you know it or you don’t” stuff.
In the spirit of the pub quiz, have a go, see how many you know without Google.
The round is “vintage WWF….” Because of course it is.
Which WWF Tag Team Champions won the belts only twice but managed to lose them four times?
US EXPRESS
3 hours ago, air_raid said:True or false : Randy Savage won six World titles between 1988 and 1999 in the WWF and WCW and lost them all to either Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair?
True
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Before the Rude Awakening, what submission hold did Ravishing Rick win his squash matches with?
Full Nelson
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who put the only recorded pinfall loss on Andre the Giant at MSG in (W)WWF history?
Macho Man
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Against which Intercontinental champ did Hulk Hogan actually have a shot on a house show between WWF title reigns?
Roddy Piper
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who was the only man to make two King of the Ring finals back to back in consecutive years - winning one then losing the year after?
No idea, erm Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Beat Haku, lost Macho Man
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Before settling on The Blue Blazer what other name did Owen trial for his masked alter ego?
Pegusus kid, no idea
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who managed Demolition before Mr Fuji?
Johnny Valiant
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Which wrestler briefly quit the WWF because he didn’t want to do an angle kidnapping Matilda, the British Bulldogs’ mascot?
Jim The Anvil Niedhart
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who does Bret Hart credit with teaching him the Sharpshooter when he was choosing his new finish for the singles push?
Hector Garza/Conquistador one..
3 hours ago, air_raid said:On that note, when Ron Garvin made his WWF debut and started using the Scorpion Deathlock, which undercard heel was then forced to change his finish?
Koko B Ware
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Bob Backlund actually made a couple of WWF title defences on house shows between winning the belt from Bret and losing it to Diesel, losing by count-out against…. who?
Mr Perfect
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Two on screen talents participated in both WrestleMania XI and the first Nitro later that year. Lex Luger and… who?
Steve Mc Michael/Mongo
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who was the only wrestler to wrestle at both the first WrestleMania and WrestleMania 13?
Barry Windham
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Who is the only WWF/E wrestler to have main evented a WrestleMania before the Attitude Era, during the Attitude Era AND since the Attitude Era? By which I mean, went on last, for the belt?
Undertaker??
3 hours ago, air_raid said:Go!
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Really wasn't follwing wrestling enough to have seen the likes of Quake in the UK 2001 for Twa?? , nor Yoko's last tour Brian Dixon's UK Wrestlemania 2000 tour Im still lead to believe Yoko's last match was in the New Olympus Theatre vs or tagging with Greg The Hammer Valentine, though expecting that to be corrected.
However during the Britwres revival from 2000s- mid 2010s got to see wrestle/manage and or meet a veritable who's who. Steiners, Dudleys, Ricky Steamboat, The Million Dollar Man, Golddust, Vader, Honky Tonk Man, Jake the Snake ish, (no ring Blackburn debacle) Then the likes of Liger, Pentagon Dark, AJ x2, Kevin Owens, Austin Aries, Doudrop/Viper, Awesome Kong, Sarah Logan, Ultimo Dragon, Finn Balor, John Morrison and so forth and so on. Seen plenty of the wrong uns from both sides of the atlantic wrestle too as well.
The glaring misses are Earthquake, Aerostar for 4fw, Mr Perfect in 2002 and Warriors last hurrah in 2009 for NWE in Spain. and the Powers of Pain whenever they've been over.
I've been really lucky to see loads of the people I've wanted to see along the way. So not that many regrets
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9 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:
Watched the first two Ip Man films last night, subbed, although the second one tried to foist a dub onto me. They were enjoyable. The scene where he fights Jin in the first one and his wife says "try not to break anything" as she's leaving was amusing, and the final fight against General Miura was good, but I was not prepared for the second half of the second one to turn into Rocky 4. I was waiting for Vince DiCola's training montage music or Heart's On Fire by John Cafferty to start playing. The fight with all the masters on that desk was impressive. Sammo was good as well. The first one didn't feel as wire worky as the second one. I'll probably try and get the other 2 out of the way tonight. That lad turning up as Bruce Lee at the end was nice as well. I hear Mike Tyson turns up in the third?
Preston Guildhall and Bus Station turn up in the 4th one.
It was a bit jarring but hey ho.
Been on a bit of a retro splurge on Prime
50/50 with Peter Weller and Robert Hays is a typical Cannon action film, ergo it is gloriously silly in places and thus a must watch.
Mach 2, is an amazingly awful action thriller set around what looks like a promo flight of Concorde at somepoint with a completely different story arc thrown in to match the footage.
Epicly bad and has bonus Michael Dorn Lance Guest in for added hilarity.
Over on Netflix, Betty Gilpin lands a substantial role (fuck you, The Tomorrow War) and does what is a riff on Hard Target in the form of the Hunt. Very enjoyable, despite not being massively original and having a tiny budget is a fun watch
Reminded me a bit of Series 7: The Contenders which is no bad thing.
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Always partial to Pitchshifter's St Anger cover. Never understand the faff with the Avril Lavigne hate. Because Mettalicon? Oh, please do fuck off with that shit.
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16 hours ago, Chris B said:
It's a small thing, but I saw someone complaining that LGBT+ History Month was in February, because that was Black History month, and how this was being repressive, etc - because they absolutely didn't understand that US LGBT+ History and Black History month aren't worldwide events. LGBT+ History month, being a UK thing, happening in February (and Black History Month in October) just infuriated her.
Yeah, the continued americanisation if things is becoming really problematic for things like that. Because it doesn't follow American norms, other places must be 'lying' or in someway repressed.
Reminds me of a time I got kicked out of a trans group on Facebook for explaining that to someone not out, or can't be out for whatever reason, that volunteering or being forced to use the wrong pronouns over and over again can be more damaging to that person than people would ever know.
Thus, forcing pronouns is not a good thing for some and consideration should be made before lynching those who do not as there are usually lots of reasons why not.
However, because it was a US based group and I was a brit. I was labelled a rabid Terf and the rest of the insults that go with it before being unceremoniously booted from the group. They never even bothered to check if I was trans or not, 😂 😂 😂
Also what happens if someone was black and lgbtq and the two things were run at the same time? Do they have to pick one? It's ridiculous.
16 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:If it wasn't for black trans people at the stonewall riots LGBTQIA+ rights fights possibly wouldn't have been set into motion, so I can understand the idea behind them running alongside each other.
Dont tell that to Terfs, they will absolutely crucify you. This is despite Stonewall Inn being used to pick up drag queens, and crossdressing and trans sex workers.
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On 2/2/2022 at 3:08 PM, hallicks said:
I stumbled across this Shostakovich piano piece during music A level. We weren’t studying keyboard music but we had the CD set containing recordings of pieces from the other modules on it, so rather than listen to the ones we were supposed to be studying, I was listening to everything else. I still think it’s the most beautiful piano piece I’ve ever heard.
That's a lovely bit of music.
I was going to add this the other day. It's from an old friend (used to manage one of his old bands MySpace pages back in the day). He's a gloriously talented man, accomplished guitarist and drummer as well.
Also not sure if Classical guitar type thing was in the remit, but heard this the other day and thought was stunning.
And finally Two Set Violin discussing 10 bits of Classical music everyone should know.
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5 hours ago, Just Some Guy said:
TIL That Max from comedy double act Max & Ivan was once the UK's youngest pro wrestler.
And that Max & Ivan have made a wrestling sitcom for ITV2. Can't be as bad as Rumble, surely.
There's a longish read from max here about his wrestling days
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a211/the-long-read-i-was-a-teenage-pro-wrestler/
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The Planets suite lost a lot of impact as Holst was a local composer growing up so overplayed to the point of ridiculousness.
Mars still kicks arse, mind.
I always thought Battle in the Air from the Battle of Britain took inspiration from that, though maybe the only one.
You've then got other film classics such as Gabriel's Oboe
And even video games getting in on the act.
In terms of immersion Two Set Violin are great for getting started.
As for classic, classical stuff.
Peer Gynt
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2 hours ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:
I can't even begin to imagine this being any good at all.
Jesus Christ! Burn my eyes! Can we nuke it from space?
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Boss Level- Amazon Prime
Neat Groundhogday/Edge of Tomorrow style actioner but with added Crank style computer game madness.
Mel Gibson plays up to his past and it's acknowledged that he's a douche for it.
Frank Girillio isnt bad in it either, he's awful in Jiu Jitsu with Nick Cage.
Enjoyable, not too long and not too much of a sacchrin mess either. Plenty of retrogaming references as well.
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3 hours ago, air_raid said:
You sign a contract, you’re signed. You can no more tell WWE to “fuck off” than you can your landlord over your tenancy agreement. You’re in for the terms signed for, for the duration, unless the company agrees to early release. Or you can put yourself in a legally precarious position.
Thanks for that.
So he can basically do the minimum required to honour that contract, or actively rebel and get rinsed in court?
Not that different to a football contract then.
He could retire and get out that way, no??
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Bit out of the loop, but where does being an independent contractor vs employee fit in here?
Surely Ali can go tell WWE to fuck off xx
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51 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said:
Bloody hell, that's a pretty rough month.
Yeah, things could be better
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Things have gone spectacularly tits up in the last few months. I've been off work with Tendon Damage to my shoulder after an innocuous fall at home. My Ex Partner has stolen 1500 quid, done a bunk just before Xmad and I've had to Clare's Law her, report her to the Police and then through things discussed with them she may get further charges relating to prolonged Domestic abuse
I've not been sleeping well, not eating and have been incredibly stressed. I've been put on Beta Blockers, Meal Replacement Drinks and Sleeping Tablets.
Yesterday, work decided to also try the 'we're looking to sack you trick,' email sent to my personal email on late Friday for a Monday meeting.. (Yeah, I see what you're doing there.) through incapability despite offering nothing to rehabilitate or aid with return to work.
This is despite them literally running schemes about workplace health and wellbeing (luls). They've done nothing around DV which they knew about from my previous Landlord trying to sexually assault me and my Stalker returning, and now the current situation either especially as working from Home.
The last 11 months have been a complete nightmare to be honest. 2 moves, on top
Mentally I'm holding up okayish considering, as I've sadly been through a lot of this before (back injury , previous abusive relationships)
I'd wouldn't mind a break from the stress at somepoint. Be nice to have some normality.
Instead, Police statements today, Possible Escorted visit for her tomorrow if she turns up, then ACAS, my union etc on Monday.
If anyone has any decent employment in the home, laws/rights links or employers duties to employees in the home or DV related stuff that would be most helpful.
Same regards what happens from arrest to court and any experience with small claims
I'd also like to know what my whistleblowing rights or going to the press rights are due to the ongoing treatment by work.
Finally any help on negotiating a pay off would be useful. It's clear they dont want me. I'd take a pay off, but would have to include the lack of them following any health and safety at work protocols and trying to sack me whilst actively being at risk of DV in the workplace (home) and them doing literally nothing about it and the potential of avoiding a possible IT.
Many Thanks
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Sneakers is just brilliant
The cast look like they are all having a fab time. Sir Ben Kingsley totally hamming it it up as the big bad with great reasons for being so.
It's a film that's light but accessible, smart and taxing without being too challenging has a stellar cast, is well crafted and directed and is just outstanding fun.
Consistently one of my favourite films, pairs well with another Redford heist movie, The Hot Rock and actually works well with Without a Clue which is also on TPTV this week.
Yeah not too many secrets then.
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Politically, I'm left wing. Usually that sits somewhere between Lib Dems and Greens. Went with Greens last time out as was intrigued by their local approaches and community based resolves on top the environmental stuff, fairness and empowerment of people.
Lgbtq issues are important to me so a strong lgbtq pisition helps when making a decision to
I'm a bit of a political wanderer to be fair as tend to go with manifestos and ideas, still catch election hustings where I can.
I was disenfranchised for a long time so try and make my vote count where possible
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4 minutes ago, choccygirl said:
That’s what we’re doing. Plans changed, not leaving the house now and PCR booked ASAP. We’ll keep up the lateral flows to see if it changes (but will do the PCRs regardless).
Was just wondering what the chances are that it’s actually likely to be Covid was all.
Going by umpteen trillion results including those of my mum and dad, which started faint, it's very likely to be Covid, probs Omicron.
Hopefully it will be mild, get well soon x
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28 minutes ago, neil said:
Can someone send me the yahoo chat room link?
A/s/l
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General Disney Hate Thread
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Disney have had a litany of gay erasure stuff thrown at them
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/lgbtq-fans-calling-disney-celebrating-pride-heres/
2022 and this is still problematic. See also tokenism in films, a big hey to The Avengers... Infinity War or whichever the last one was called
Let it go is still afaik a coming out tune despite this
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/fixing-psychology/201403/why-frozen-is-obviously-about-lesbians