Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted February 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 4, 2016 Instead, the main event of the biggest WrestleMania ever is a match that we expected to be second or third from the top at SummerSlam 2014. And it's not even half as hot now as it would have been if they had done it then.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 4, 2016 Battle Royal's are only ever good when you are playing with wrestling figures.
Paid Members air_raid Posted February 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 4, 2016 Battle Royal's are only ever good when you are playing with wrestling figures. Damien won a few of mine.
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 4, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 4, 2016 Battle Royal's are only ever good when you are playing with wrestling figures. Rumbles were better... "10, 9, 8, 7", all the figures in a big box, "6, 5, 4"... Close your eyes, "3, 2, 1"... pick one... "Buzzzer noise"... "Who, is it?.. it's, it's, Virg"... (Swap figure)... "It's CRUSH, it's CRUSH".
The Gaffer Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Brain reminded me out of nowhere today about the whole Paparazzi Productions thing in TNA and how funny they were. In retrospect it's the best homegrown quotable stuff TNA has ever done. Right down to Kevin Nash's weird insistence that Sonjay Dutt was on the gas. "Does the Garden even hold 29,000 people?" "It did that night." Must have been one of the opening salvos to Kevin Nash's reinvention as somewhat of an internet darling for being a cool dude, right? He seemed like he was having fun in all those skits, too.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 5, 2016 Moderators Posted February 5, 2016 I always loved Nash, even before that. Real men of iron and brilliance have loved Nash since time immemorial.
Liam O'Rourke Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) Nash: "Jay Lethal I believe you're up first" Lethal: "Why do I have to go first?" Nash: "Cos you're black" Edited February 5, 2016 by Liam O'Rourke
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted February 5, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2016 "Does the Garden even hold 29,000 people?" "It did that night." I Just laughed for five minutes solid at this.
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted February 5, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2016 Nash clubs a madagascan jobber on the back. Alex: Ok Kev, that was eerily similar to the first move you did.
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted February 5, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2016 Jay Lethal: Have you ever been to Fire Island? Nash: I happen to have a condo there, now that you mention it. *puts pipe in mouth* It doesn't read like much but Nashs delivery is just amazing. I laughed for ages at this.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 5, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2016 Something occurred to me the other day about the spotfest/indy style of wrestling, with all its big moves and general lack of story structure (or, at least, any logical or conventional story structure). If you look at the specific time period during which this style became popular, mostly via ECW, i.e. the 90s/early 2000s, it could be said to coincide with the rise in popularity of fighting games, particularly the more spectacular 3D ones like Tekken. It strikes me that the spotfest style maybe became popular because it gratifies those who took joy in doing Zangief's spinning piledriver out of the blue, or King's musclebuster, etc. It's basically a videogame style of wrestling - gamers don't really care about storytelling, just beating the opponent in the most spectacular, physics- and biology-defying, and therefore satisfying, way possible. I'm particularly of this opinion when I remember the likes of Mathi69/Xtreme69 doing his top-rope moonsault fallaway slam, or Jason Cross' Shooting Star Leg Drop, the SAT's Spanish Fly or Burchill's C4.
The Dart Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 Wrestlemania: A Celebration Of Life That was pushing it a bit wasn't it?
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 6, 2016 Awards Moderator Posted February 6, 2016 Something occurred to me the other day about the spotfest/indy style of wrestling, with all its big moves and general lack of story structure (or, at least, any logical or conventional story structure). If you look at the specific time period during which this style became popular, mostly via ECW, i.e. the 90s/early 2000s, it could be said to coincide with the rise in popularity of fighting games, particularly the more spectacular 3D ones like Tekken. It strikes me that the spotfest style maybe became popular because it gratifies those who took joy in doing Zangief's spinning piledriver out of the blue, or King's musclebuster, etc. It's basically a videogame style of wrestling - gamers don't really care about storytelling, just beating the opponent in the most spectacular, physics- and biology-defying, and therefore satisfying, way possible. I'm particularly of this opinion when I remember the likes of Mathi69/Xtreme69 doing his top-rope moonsault fallaway slam, or Jason Cross' Shooting Star Leg Drop, the SAT's Spanish Fly or Burchill's C4. Quiet Storm was one of the worst for this. Fuck me, he was terrible.
Bobrydersrentboy Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/bret-hart-calgary-video-tour-calgary-crossroads-1.3435286 Just came by this, hahaha he's bitter about everything,
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 7, 2016 Paid Members Posted February 7, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/bret-hart-calgary-video-tour-calgary-crossroads-1.3435286 Just came by this, hahaha he's bitter about everything, What's he bitter about on this? He seems in good spirits talking about his childhood.
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