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On 3/22/2024 at 10:27 AM, AnotherCrapUsername said:

How much for all of the timelines as mp3's?

no charge. Just message me - I can rip them easily 

First show I ever went to was WWF Insurrextion in Earls Court in 2000 

I have a folder full of shoot interviews.

Can rip them to MP3 for you no problem

The guy is off his head crazy. Most likely CTE.

I remember he and Hercules had that Full-Nelson match at WM3 and both of them were so jacked they couldn't even lock their fingers and put the move on properly. 

Sean Oliver is a misogynist scumbag.

"Who's a skank? Who's a slut?? Ho or no? Who did she sleep with?"

His whole schtick reeks of trying too hard to be cool so the boys will like him.

6 hours ago, air_raid said:

The thing with Flair in his prime is any one match in isolation is very good but as a body of work most of his matches were incredibly samey. There weren’t enough times that he had to go out of his comfort zone and structure the match differently - the Funk rivalry of 89 is a good example of when he did. It’s funny, so many people (including Flair) criticise Bret for having the same match over and over because he had “six moves of doom” he liked to do, but in terms of being a “formula man” Flair was far worse. Go back and watch Brets first four singles matches on Big 4 PPVs in the WWF against Perfect, Piper, Bulldog and Shawn, they each have completely different structure and tell very different stories. When I think of Flairs rigidity, I think of how he put Sting over for the belt at Great American Bash 90, and how they couldn’t even be arsed to do a different finish to how Sting pinned him at Starrcade just months earlier. Much as many fans thought his WWE return wasn’t vintage Flair, at least he did matches that markedly different to the rest, thinking about his violent matches with Mick Foley or a personal favourite when he wrestled Kurt on Raw and each seemed obsessed with being the better at cheating.

I don’t think a lot of wrestling fans to our level of fandom rate him as a worker. I think his level of reverence is inflated by (a) company rhetoric and (b) millions of Facefuck and Twatter casuals hanging comments off posts by wrestling accounts proclaiming him “the best ever” - he was their favourite character when they were watching growing up (and I have a few mates who never grew out of that), they’ve spent so many years asking “Is Undertaker still going” to hear that he was, that the combination of their favourite + longevity must make him “the best ever.” Even though most of them haven’t watched it since Austin was stunning Pat and Gerry every week.

Yeah solid points. I just assumed Taker was revered as a legend & a great worker, when IMO he was just very lucky with his gimmick and his opponents and tenure. 

I have 2 unpopular opinions.

Ric Flair matches are boring.

I think Undertaker is way overrated as a worker. All his good matches have been with great workers, and when he's not in the ring with someone like HBK he's had some of the worst plodding stinkers in WWF/E history.

Just now, Merzbow said:

That useless cunt on the top left should stay far away from the conversation, too. A right misogynistic little knob, I couldn't stand listening to Renee's podcast for long because of him.

Yeah James something. He's a twat. He made some comment the other evening about Brock being tempted because Sable is getting on in age. 

I don't even sub to the channel it just pops up as recommended because I watch Wrestle Me and random shoot interview clips. 

Paul London is live now on Rene Dupree's podcast channel and just said "this is the tip of the iceberg"... lots more to come apparently. 

On 11/5/2023 at 2:37 PM, wandshogun09 said:

I’ve tried a few times with The Lapsed Fan and I always end up tapping out halfway through some 4 hour episode. The episodes are just too long and can stray way off the subject for about 40 minutes at a time sometimes. Also, the one host (not the one who does the impressions), his voice and the way he talks really grates on me. Or he’ll spend literally a fucking hour thanking the patrons. “Thanks for the FUCKING CHEDDAR…IN MY ASS!!” With extra emphasis on the word “fucking” like a kid who’s finally able to swear out loud because his mum’s gone out. Piss off. I actually find the impression guy amusing in small doses but that’s the problem, there isn’t really such thing as ‘small doses’ when it comes to TLF. He does a good Vince McMahon and he’ll occasionally come out with a line that kills me. But then he’ll milk that line for 10 minutes straight. 

I want to like TLF because there’s so much content there and they’ve covered a lot of topics I’m interested in. It’d be a godsend when I start banging out the night shifts coming up to Christmas. But I never stick with it. There’s obviously good stuff in there but you have to sift through a lot of shite to get to it.

Might give the Funk ones a go though based on your post @Merzbow

I tried TLF based on recommendations here and I couldn't take more than 10 minutes of them screaming. It just grated on me. 

I also tried Wrestle Me based on a recommendation in this thread and now it's my favourite podcast, I sub to their Patreon, and I'm halfway through the back catalogue too. 

It's worth trying new stuff for sure - but this is the only place I'd take recommendations from. The members here seem sound and generally grounded with a decent sense of humour

2 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

None of us have the time to go back through all the things he said. So let's say yes and get on with our lives. 

😂

18 hours ago, Daddymagic said:

For those that wondered what Gauntley did with all that money that was just resting in his account, he's posted that he's just completed 30 days in rehab/free from drugs. 
 

Is it bad that I don't believe he was even in rehab for 30 days? People always make those sorts of excuses to delay/avoid paying debts. Or they say a family member died or was in hospital. 

On 10/24/2023 at 10:33 PM, TimmyB said:

 

Can we also get an interview with Steven's aunt? I'd be interested in hearing her take on all this. 

No time to reply yet but these are all top picks! 

2 hours ago, Cocky_Pete said:

I have taken the reluctant decision to sell my collection of Hasbros 😔

I have the majority of figures from the 11 series, with various levels of wear and tear.

I also have a lot of the new Mattel retro range, and some of the Chella toys figures as well.

What is the best way to sell in order to get as much as I can for them?  Sell in one big batch or in smaller bundles?  Via eBay or elsewhere?

Thanks in advance for any advice and helping me through this difficult time!!

I'd say sell in lots. Break them down by series, or break them down into complete vs incomplete. Do you have all the accessories?  Or the mailaways? 

This is a good Facebook group for selling Hasbros:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1712373172396520/

What Chellas do you have?  I'd be interested in a few. 

32 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

We used to have a member here called Moj. Fifteen years ago he traveled into the future so that he could see this conversation we're having now, and he archived it here:

 

That's my evening read sorted. Thanks for that! 

12 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Ego, bordering on Messiah syndrome. 

The first time I saw him in person was at the academy in Doncaster, when he randomly showed up during a training session. Instead of just slipping in and watching over everyone, his arrival was announced, and when he walked into the room, training was essentially put on hold while the younger trainees crowded round him, like his touch was going to cure their leprosy.

He was never going to just stay in the background and focus on the business. Remember the book of appreciation?

lmao that's so cringe.

I'd understand having an ego if you were successful at something. But he failed at every level of promoting shows - so what were these people worshipping? Anyone can lose money.

Why does Gauntley even want to be a promoter? He's shit at it and it's ruined his life. I'd understand if he was trying to go back and relive past successes but he was never a success at it. He lost everything the first time around. 

The guy had a successful business with 1UP Games before he started 1PW and since then it's just been a nightmare. Why go back 15 years to that stage of your life just to repeat it all again? The lies, the non-payments, the excuses, avoiding people, the "payment plans" to pay wrestlers, the tax issues, company director issues & these recurring transfers of ownerships, the bankruptcy, solicitor fees, personal insolvency, embarrassing yourself publically, people laughing at you, not to mention the constant stress it must be on him - that can't be healthy.

The wrestling industry has changed drastically since he was last involved in 2006/2007 - and he wasn't even good at it back then. Just knock it on the head, man. 

1 hour ago, wandshogun09 said:

That was our very own Ian! Al did the job on his own YouShoot.

You might say it was “one of the most legendary shoot interview moments ever”. 

Al Snow’s always seemed like a miserable, joyless, ‘I know better than everyone’ prick whenever I’ve seen him interviewed. 

Epic. Look at this face 😅

39 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

ve never seen someone so wrong so convinced by their rightness. He knows absolutely nothing about the wrestling industry as it is.

 

 

He's always been an idiot. I remember a shoot interview clip with him where he insisted Andre vs Hogan was the best match at WM 3. He refused to acknowledge there was a difference between the best match and the biggest draw. 

"Who drew the house? Andre/Hogan - right. They sold the most tickets - so that was the best match" 

I guess that makes One Direction the best band in the world, right Al?

Reddit link to the video:

5 hours ago, Rossman said:

Watched a few of the latter episodes from this series. Ones like the Bam Bam Bigelow & JYD episode there wasn't much there to make it interesting. In the JYD one, his nephew said, "JYD did drugs whoopdedoo... they all did." Which is true, and makes you think why he was a subject choice. There was a little bit of truth bending in there too. They said after his WWF run ended in 1988. He ended up in WCW because Bill Watts brought him in, in the early 90s. (Would have been 92). But he was in WCW a month after his WWF run ended. And was there in 89, 90, 91, 92 & 93.

They got the timelines wrong on a lot of things including Matt Osbourne's WWF and WCW runs.... which is bizarre since this information is on Wikipedia and not hard to find. They just skipped over stuff like it never happened. 

I found this last season overall very lacklustre. I guess all the good topics had been done. 

4 hours ago, Supremo said:

One of my greatest fears as a pro-wrestling fan is to become of one of those maniacs who thinks everything’s a work, regardless of all sense or logic.

Then don't watch this video or read any of the absolute melts in the comments. Demolition Ax is another one of those "Montreal was a work" idiots. 

Lisa needs braces.
PAYMENT PLAN! 

Lisa needs braces.
PAYMENT PLAN! 

1 hour ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

Speaking of being in charge, or ‘leadership’, these things people are digging out are fascinating;

https://x.com/thomasrenegade/status/1696642873234489653?s=46
 

https://x.com/aaronwrotkowski/status/1696664619316609501?s=46
 

You sort of just get this impression of someone, I’ve said before, who is utterly in thrall to the idea of the ‘old school locker room leader’ and spent his career trying to fast forward to that point, and now he’s age appropriate people still aren’t buying it and he can’t handle it.

My hot take on the whole situation is, he sounds an awful lot of hard work.

I think what made it worse is that he did some MMA training for 18 months and then came back to wrestling thinking he was a hard lad or some sort of shooter. I bet Punk feels he's similar to Lesnar who also left WWE, had a stint in UFC, then came back. 

3 hours ago, gmoney said:

From the Observer:

The man's a hero. Let that be the end of the matter. 

Justin Roberts sounds like Lilian Garcia.