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I'm hoping they didn't do that because a) it was too obvious and b) they've got that planned for Summerslam. The fact is that both Rock and Austin are still healthy enough to do SOMETHING so please, let's not leave that on the table too long. But yeah, great PPV again, loved the opener, loved the main event. Sometimes predictable is good, sometimes you WANT your fantasy to come true. And I'm not moaning about HHH getting his flowers, the man deserves it. He has worked away for years, learning his craft as a booker, built NXT and then had it taken away from him, got the book for the big shows and then got it taken away, had a heart attack and nearly died. He's stuck with it, and in the last 12 months since he's properly been in charge he's turned WWE round creatively and delivered one of the best Wrestlemanias of all time. Why shouldn't people be licking his arse?
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It was really touching seeing how emotional The Miz was for Ron Killings getting his first win at Wrestlemania. Good old R Truth, he was possibly the most over person in the whole PPV and seems universally loved. Let's hope he doesn't do anything stupid to undermine that. Oh.
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Hey @Rossman this is a good shout. Just looked the label up on Juno, and they've released some nice albums, like Donald Byrd's Fancy Free and Miles Davis' Sorceror (of which I have a decent original press luckily). Looks like they're limited numbers as you say so I've put an email alert on them for future releases.
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Listening to The Rock at the post-WM conference, it really sounds like he's sticking around as a wrestler for a while, which is great news! Something that hasn't been mentioned much yet, but Cody was definitely getting booed. Now, it's a Philly crowd but I presume they'll do it again tomorrow, which could spoil Cody's victory somewhat.
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In the minority again around here, but I really like Samantha Irvin's announcing - I love the energy and drama she adds to everything and she looked stunning out there. In the context of Wrestlemania and 74,000 people it made every event feel big. And it felt HUGE didn't it - the production was outstanding, great stage, great entrances, loud and passionate crowd. A company firing on all cylinders. And it was a GOOD PPV, even if you forget it's only half of Wrestlemania. Great women's championship match, fun tag scramble, I skipped the Usos, and Sammy Zayn v Gunther was extremely well done. Pro wrestling 101 but it worked on the big stage. If the idea was to make Jade Cargill look like the second coming of the Ultimate Warrior, they succeeded. That was her first match in WWE, right? She looked great, and her v Bianca Belair is an obvious main event for a PPV later this year. As for the main event... amazing, had me jumping off the couch in places. I think everyone was wondering how The Rock would fair in a full match, well he's answered all those questions and more. He looked really good in places and seemed to get better as the match progressed. The kip up from the Spinebuster into the People's Elbow looked like it shaved 15 years off his age. Loved the brawling through the crowd, loved the Rock threatening to fire the ref, loved the result as it keeps my dream of a full Attitude era schmoz tomorrow night. For me, that match was everything pro wrestling should be - drama, big stars, chaos, unpredictability. Bring on the main event tomorrow. I'm hoping for Austin, Moxley, Dustin Rhodes, fuck it bring out Undertaker and HHH. After the last few months of build-up and tv, I'm willing to just let WWE cook (as the kids say). Let's hope Rocky is sticking around for the next 6 months, there are so many permutations of matches if he's in this form and willing to work as hard as he did here.
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Bron Brekker hitting the ropes so fast he shifted the ring makes me hard. Canāt wait for him to move up to the main roster, heās their most exciting prospect for me since Lesnar. Trick Williams is the other guy who has World Champion potential. He reminds me so much of Booker - tall, rangy and powerful with a real cred as a character.
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Disgusting and petty behaviour by AEW. I will definitely watch.
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Along with flashbulbs, random signage is something I really miss from that era of wrestling. For a long time WWE has policed the signs people bring to shows, although they may have eased on that in the Renaissance Era. MySpace looks like it's finally dropped its other bollock - it's still there but doesn't seem to have been updated since 2022. No sign of Nature Brad!
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I completely agree, but i think in that case they should be made a big deal - put on a PPV, with plenty of advance notice, packages, promos, standoffs etc. Make sure your more casual audience know who this person is, why it's a big deal, give them a little taste and give the match a pride of place. IIRC they did that with Ospreay when he came over for a match, and it really helped the audience connect with them. When they throw out the "old Japanese wrestler of the week" for a 20 minute loss to Moxley randomly on the next Dynamite, it's only ever going to appeal to a specific (and probably relatively small) tranche of wrestling fans.
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Poor Roman. Just another goon.
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Heād get Houchenād on this forum for sure!
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And itās why heās at the top of the card. Ultimately wrestling is about good guys overcoming bad guys, not two shooters having an evenly matched back and forth contest and then shaking hands. Or it should be, for me!
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Cenaās first match in WWE was a cracking and shockingly balanced tv match with Angle, when he looked every bit the future of the company, certainly to me. They then didnāt capitalise at all and nearly fired him before the infamous Thuganomics Halloween costume. I am certainly hugely in the minority I know, but I still like the face-in-peril match style. MJF has a few matches like that last (?) year which were great, and itās one of the reasons I like LA Knight as mentioned above, he likes to pace his matches like that. @Supremoās cruisers may have taken over the business, but a whole card of that is diminishing returns, and thereās far too many shows/PLEs like that nowadays.
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Hoganās moveset was a clothesline, a back rake and a legdrop. And he was huge. The point was that they looked like greek gods but then got punished to the point that the kids in the audience start crying and then they come back and the power of the audience fills them and they get the win. The point being I guess that the style isnāt designed to appeal to smart wrestling fans, itās designed to appeal to the kid in the nosebleeds whose Dad has just shelled out 100 dollars in merch. And to be honest I always thought the AA looked amazing particularly against big opponents, Cena would power them up there and then a big gulp of air and wallop. Thatās a power move, especially when he went into it from a mid air catch.
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For just listening to music (as opposed to mixing/scratching) the most important factors are the stylus and the weighted tone arm as @wordsfromlee said. If you have a multimedia amp for your tv that might have a phono in (and therefore a preamp). Otherwise a trip to a second hand electrical store might find you a cheap hifi amp and speakers, and possibly a cheap record deck that you can just buy a new stylus for!
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Itās owned by an oligarch friend of Putin and brings considerable revenue into the Russian state. Itās been banned by Ukraine as part of the ongoing sanctions against Russia. Whether or not you use it depends how much you care about the possibility of your ad revenue ending up propping up the war in Ukraine. Edit: in a similar vein I used to use StreamEast for dodgy sport streams but I figure Iād rather not potentially help the Russian economy circumvent sanctions through copyright theft.
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I think youāre very much over estimating the appeal of those who choose to leave detailed reviews of every single thing they watch š I for one would certainly read a brief precis of NXT from you every week if youāre passing. Iāll definitely watch if thereās a particularly good episode, and you point it out!
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Quite surprised to see so may people down on Cenaās work, especially after his glorious āworkrateā US title run. As a heavyweight champ though he relied on having good heels to work with, and thatās where WWE really let him down. Cenaās job (like Hogan before him) was to take a king beating with occasional mini shines before the big comeback and finisher. Itās a style that has made more money and put more bums in seats than any other. He had some right old shit to work with though. Forget AndrĆ©, Bundy, Macho, DiBiase, Piper - he had JBL, Khali, Big Show, Ryback, Henry (bless him) - all sorts of guys who really didnāt help with the matches. When he was in with really good heels, like Edge or Orto, Punk or even HHH things clicked better. Alsoā¦ he was on top for DECADES and wrestled everyone. Thereās going to be as many bad matches as good. I reckon Cena has another run in him in a few years, ala Rock, and Iām sure weāll all be loving it when he does.
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So... this is going to be a thing isnāt it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51708550 It does feel like weāve probably missed the boat on containing this virus and itās going to get into the general population. For most of us itāll be fine, but as someone with elderly parents, if they contract it they could be toast. So yeah... general thread for what will either be the end of all life as we know it, or over by Easter.
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