Paid Members air_raid Posted January 22, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 22, 2016 Early heel Michaels used the piledriver to beat jobbers a fair amount too, though I'm not sure whether that was before of after the side-suplex variation he used. I distinctly remember taking a while to buy into the Superkick as a finisher, despite all the "knocking out Diesel by mistake" stuff. It still seemed weird that a kick that he'd used for years (without knocking people out) was now his finish, knocking fools out left and right. The piledriver was afterwards. He was suplexing in 1992 in advance of winning the Intercontinental title the first time but was throwing all manner of shit at people by summer 1993, piledriver included. Hence him lamping Razor with the piledriver after making the "its over" gestures during the ladder match at Mania X, and making sure to give Bret one in the chaos after the title match at King of the Ring 94. He was also winning some of his jobber matches with the top rope elbow when he felt like being a flash cunt but yeah, he was big on the piledriver for a while.
Dirty Eddie Posted January 22, 2016 Posted January 22, 2016 I didn't get to see anything except the PPV stuff regularly until about 1994 so I missed a lot of those great jobber days at the time (though I've had my fill via youtube since then). Looking back at the pastings those poor sods took from the likes of Sid, Vader and The Steiners, there must be loads of blokes pushing sixty these days across the USA with utterly fucked backs, necks and knees who never reached any level of fame or made any money. You hear about all the big (and not so big) names with their health problems now from the abuse taken in that era, but some of that lot did fuck-all in terms of bumping compared to the pasty job-boys of the day. They must all be completely fucked!
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted January 24, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 24, 2016 Dean Ambrose is looking emaciated these days, someone give him some HGH. I know he's meant to be a scrappy nutter and doesn't need to be huge but he looks too much like a normal guy now, it's put me right off him.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 24, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 24, 2016 Shouldnt be surprised at anything Triple H is up to these days, but here he is at tonights Evolve show with Gabe Sapolsky.
Porkchopcash Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 One of Shawns first matches as a baddie was against Louie Spicolli. It is an underestimated great squash. Shawn and Sherri look magnificent together.
Pinc Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Shouldnt be surprised at anything Triple H is up to these days, but here he is at tonights Evolve show with Gabe Sapolsky. Even after all the parallel universe stuff we've seen over the past few years like American Dragon becoming John Cena's brother-in-law and main eventing WrestleMania 30, that has absolutely floored me.
gbacon85 Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Shouldnt be surprised at anything Triple H is up to these days, but here he is at tonights Evolve show with Gabe Sapolsky. Even after all the parallel universe stuff we've seen over the past few years like American Dragon becoming John Cena's brother-in-law and main eventing WrestleMania 30, that has absolutely floored me. You think he was more of a Costa man? Zack Sabre Jr was on this show wasn't he?
UK Kat Von D Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 "Hey mate take this photo of me so the Internet can see me being all Internety"
HeavyT Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Just caught lucha underground for the first time. Probably the best wrestling TV show I have seen for ages. Only thing I don't like is the crowd. Are they the same for season 2?
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted January 26, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 26, 2016 Just caught lucha underground for the first time. Probably the best wrestling TV show I have seen for ages. Only thing I don't like is the crowd. Are they the same for season 2? Season 2 starts tomorrow night.
Paid Members Tommy! Posted January 26, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) The superkick problem isn't just in WWE, it's all of western wrestling. I would sometimes keep a tally of how many superkicks got used on local shows I would go to and it went over 20 on a 6 match card more than once. I always thought it would be a great gimmick for a comedic character, like a Santino circa 09, to claim they were 'unsuperkickable' and develop a bunch of counters to it. Of course when someone finally did hit him with one he would claim it didn't count because it was a mule kick, or a yakuza kick, any of the interchangeable terms that get used for what's essentially the same kickI've always thought of a yakuza or mafia kick as a runing boot to the head/side of the head. It's normally to a bent over opponent with a forward thrust, like a little mans big boot. A super kick is side on, with a side ways thrust. That's how it works in my head by gum. Edit: To me a mafia/yakuza kick is sole of the boot, unlike the punt which is bridge of the foot before we go there. Edited January 26, 2016 by Tommy!
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 26, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) What we call the Yakuza kick here, they call a Fight Kick in Japan - mainly because that's how a lot of fights kick off there. You know how in the UK a lot of fights start with a punch or one guy getting another in a headlock? In Japan it seems their first instinct is to come stomping in. Edited January 26, 2016 by Carbomb
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted January 26, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 26, 2016 I thought a Yakuza/Mafia kick was a running, front kick to an opponent, particularly in a corner?
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 27, 2016 Paid Members Posted January 27, 2016 Just caught lucha underground for the first time. Probably the best wrestling TV show I have seen for ages. Only thing I don't like is the crowd. Are they the same for season 2? What's wrong with the crowd? I think most the crowd noise is piped in anyway.
Mr.Showtime Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) R-Truth needs to run into the main event of WrestleMania and throw the champion out of the ring, thinking it's the Royal Rumble. Give him pyro and everything. Edited January 27, 2016 by Mr.Showtime
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