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Bret Hart gets hilariously grouchy about bodybuilders. 

I always found it silly when wrestlers removed the monitors (because they're sharp and dense I assume) before doing spots on the announce table. 

https://fb.watch/o35rhyxirl/

This is just the most stupid embarrassing shit I've ever seen in my life. I miss the days when I was embarrassed about being a fan because of the campness and shite acting ability of wrestlers. This is just insulting on so many levels. 

I reckon Ngannou will do the job tonight.

I always loved HHH's Harley Race homage flying knee to a wrestler running the ropes. Always felt it looked cool, unique and like it would hurt.

Edge. He got to the main event as my interest weaned and I still see him as a great tag guy but my brain can't compute him as a heavyweight main event single star. Especially with that shitty spear. 

He only gave Hogan v Rock at Mania 18 THREE stars. Which tells me he weighs his ratings disproportionately in favour of technical flippy dippy bullshit and doesn't value working an audience's emotions, telling a story in the ring, changing gears on the fly based on an unexpected crowd reaction, incredible false finishes, drawing a massive box office number and blowing the fucking roof off a building at the highest level under pressure. Fair enough, it's his system I suppose. 

The level of passion for American pro wrestling in the UK is fucking incredible. The crowd added so much to what was an incredible spectacle. 

What sad news. 😔 

Fucking mental Beefcake felt he could expose this story in a jovial celebratory way.

On 7/30/2023 at 9:17 AM, SuperBacon said:

This is absolute bollocks isn't it and a stupid thing to say?

 

Yup.

I can imagine one of those Benoit apologists saying something like this.

Match ratings or TV ratings? Asking for a mark friend.

SummerSlam 92 being 31 years ago

He's a top name and definite draw. Anyone that says he isn't a draw is allowing their emotions to skew reality. 

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3 hours ago, Vamp said:

At the end of the day a lot of wrestling fans, including myself, directly or indirectly encouraged/supported/enabled/ignored a very toxic work environment that led to a bloke murdering his wife and son. Whether that's because we cheered the style that led to his brain turning to mush or because we bought t-shirts for a guy who openly abused a new wrestler on PPV. 

You and all fans shouldn't harbour any guilt or even the slightest bit of responsibility for what he did. No one could have known he was capable of murdering his wife and son.

On 5/26/2023 at 10:23 PM, Chris B said:

Benoit leaping into a flat forward bump from a height so regularly was likely a factor in his concussions.

Concussions can be a result of full-body impact as well as straight head trauma. It's the sudden impact, especially when it can't be controlled. It's one of the reasons American football tackles caused so much - it wasn't that they were headbutting each other. It's that the impact still effectively rattled the brain.

Think whiplash rather than head-on collision.

Touché 👍

Yeah a popular wrestling Instagram clip site wrote "rest easy Chris" last year which I felt was highly disrespectful to the atrocities he'd committed and their remaining family. 

So many hillbilly fans still go on about getting him in the phony ass Hall of Fame also. By their logic if Ted Bundy had been a great wrestler they'd also want to honour him in a Hall of Fame. 

Also, the flying head butt was a worked move, some lazy journalists said his concussions were a result of that move which I always found ridiculous. 

Awesome thread, so many of my personal go-to clips so far. I'd also add these:

This WCW fan-made Desire video is just absolutely incredible:

Greatest clip on YouTube:

Corny expertly dissecting this and loving it gives me endless entertainment:

I think Punk attended Raw in order to get close to the Endeavour flywheel and observe the synergies of the recent merger. 

Thst US brand of Televangelism and seed faith / prosperity Bible is the biggest work in the religion industry. 

In my own personal opinion I think Vince's ability to see around the corner is unmatched, and the synergies and flywheel opportunities are extremely exciting........ 

17 hours ago, Nick James said:

WWE will be dead in 6 months. 

Can you expand on why you think this please? I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole thing. 

Also, what's with that fucking moustache? It's worse than Cody's tattoo. 

Holy mother of fuck!? 

5 minutes ago, Infinity Land said:

5 minutes ago, Infinity Land said:

People will put the blame on Vince, but having lived through the HHH title runs where the hot hand was constantly denied. I'm not so sure.

 

 

He raises a fair point. If they somehow pull off an incredible story which leads to next year's Mania main event then maybe it'll be an even better pay off?