Magnum Milano Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Just now, gmoney said: Meltzer's got about 10 verbal ticks that can be infuriating. I'm pro-Dave, but the one that really irks me is when he starts making a point and then just stops half way through, or wont finish it in favour of going  "oh whatever". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, wandshogun09 said: Have a Smartie every time a wrestler starts a story during a shoot interview with “What happened was...”. And watch yourself balloon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_3165 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 12:54 PM, BomberPat said: "He just loves to have fun!" - well who doesn't? Surely that's the definition of fun? We could fill this thread with WWE-isms. Even watching 70s stuff on the Network, Vince can't speak like a human being - he strikes me as like one of those pricks who thinks that using a lot of big words will make him sound smarter, only the sportscaster equivalent of that. His steadfast refusal to use (or let anyone else use) pronouns on commentary leaves him saying things like, "that certain individual, being one Mr. Fred Blassie". Same as this 'this is fun to watch Maggle" line. Agh. You don't Haave to tellus something is fun to watch. It's over used agh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 12:54 PM, BomberPat said: "He just loves to have fun!" - well who doesn't? Surely that's the definition of fun? We could fill this thread with WWE-isms. Even watching 70s stuff on the Network, Vince can't speak like a human being - he strikes me as like one of those pricks who thinks that using a lot of big words will make him sound smarter, only the sportscaster equivalent of that. His steadfast refusal to use (or let anyone else use) pronouns on commentary leaves him saying things like, "that certain individual, being one Mr. Fred Blassie". I reckon there were various WWF commentary catchphrases that I heard as a kid and assumed were commonly-used phrases. I vaguely remember describing everything as a miscarriage of justice for a bit. A quirk I have along the same lines, but even more niche, is spotting wrestling fans who were big into Power Slam during their formative reading/writing years, because Fin Martin had his own wrestle-vocabulary. The most egregious of these is using the nicknames "Undi'" and "Tripper" but there are various other telltale signs of it that hit me right in the nostalgia. Supremo, for example, used one of Fin's superlatives ("blistering") to describe a match the other day and it instantly took me back to reading the magazine. I'm always paranoid that my own use of brackets is a bad habit I picked up from that mag as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 Has anyone but Fin EVER used "Undi"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, King Pitcos said: I reckon there were various WWF commentary catchphrases that I heard as a kid and assumed were commonly-used phrases. I vaguely remember describing everything as a miscarriage of justice for a bit. A quirk I have along the same lines, but even more niche, is spotting wrestling fans who were big into Power Slam during their formative reading/writing years, because Fin Martin had his own wrestle-vocabulary. The most egregious of these is using the nicknames "Undi'" and "Tripper" but there are various other telltale signs of it that hit me right in the nostalgia. Supremo, for example, used one of Fin's superlatives ("blistering") to describe a match the other day and it instantly took me back to reading the magazine. I'm always paranoid that my own use of brackets is a bad habit I picked up from that mag as well. "This post drew five upvotes. The one before it pulled in two. The one before that..." etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 I was going to make a joke about parroting Fin Martin but I couldn’t remember who it was he had that mad, irrational hatred for. Was it Triple H or Cena? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 55 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Has anyone but Fin EVER used "Undi"? What even is Undi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lenin Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 minute ago, ElCece said: What even is Undi? Boxers and y fronts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 Why would he ever have need to say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted May 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 25, 2020 6 hours ago, Your Fight Site said: “The WWE.” The World Wrestling Entertainment? Makes no sense. I can understand if it was a hangover from “the WWF” (which makes sense: the World Wrestling Federation). But it’s been nearly 20 years now. I was the same with WCW. Hated it whenever anyone said "The WCW". To be fair to WWE though, the companies official name is just "WWE" now(not "World Wrestling Entertainment" shortened to WWE), so "the WWE" does work now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 45 minutes ago, ElCece said: Why would he ever have need to say that? The 'e' on his keyboard wasnt working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big7thletter Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 back around '99 and 2000 the amount of times Vinnie Mac would say "... In the interest of fairness...."Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big7thletter Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 and Jim Ross always saying "Rakishi" instead of "Rikishi" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrasslin Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Suplex Sinner said: Boxers and y fronts? Making the Undi-Taker a very different gimmick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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