Yakashi Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Supremo said: Exactly. I grew up with and followed the career of the mad, spooky, undead wizard. I wanted him to go out in a way that befit that ridiculous, over the top character. I don’t give a fuck about his backstage mates having a reunion or seeing the man behind the character getting his legit respect. Keep that for podcasts or Network specials. Michael Cole or whoever trying to explain why the pig farmers were there and then taker doing his spooky pose to his dead managers ghost was quite the blending of real and fake.
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 I bet there was a heck of a game of dominoes afterwards.
Paid Members DCW Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 Foley looks like he's on the meth and living on the side of a motorway again anyway. He was looking decent-ish a while back when he was Raw owner or GM with Stephanie. Vince looks horrific too, like he hasn't slept in a decade.
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 Doesn't Vince keep going until he can't go any more, then sleep for a couple of hours and get right back on with it?
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 It's weird, for someone so obsessed with fitness, you'd think Vince would embrace the health benefits of a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, the mad fucker still seems to think it's a sign of weakness or whatever.
Paid Members WeeAl Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
Paid Members Supremo Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 2 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: Somebody on Facebook had a go at me for nitpicking because I said it was decent, but could have been better with a live crowd. Left me alone when I said it was the best they could manage in the current circumstances. That’s a completely fair criticism. For a WWE style match, in an empty arena, with piped in crowd noise, it was about as good as you can hope for. In front of a proper crowd it would have been even better. These two in their current form, playing the roles they were born to play? They’d have real fans going absolutely bonkers. Those piped in chants though. Man alive. I’m not a big fan of the, “this is awesome!” chant at the best of times, but piping in a fake, “this is awesome,” chant? Fuck off. That might be the quickest way imaginable to take me out of a match and make think it’s not awesome.
Paid Members BigJag Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2020 Austin presented Taker with an Undertaker Winged Eagle belt on Round 2 of their Broken Skull session. Not sure I like the tattoo effect.
DavidB6937 Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 I'm tired so: New Day and Profits was great. I'd love to see that again. Drew and Roman was fucking fantastic. Epic match. Loved it more than I'd even expected to. Fuck that stupid Taker shit. I've just watched his cameos and been more entertained. I respect him but that was some boring dragged out crap with disappearing people and a half dead Vince. Ugh.
WyattSheepMask Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Watching those Taker cameos, all I can see is him auditioning for a Saw reboot
Paid Members BomberPat Posted November 24, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 24, 2020 19 hours ago, Supremo said: Exactly. I grew up with and followed the career of the mad, spooky, undead wizard. I wanted him to go out in a way that befit that ridiculous, over the top character. I don’t give a fuck about his backstage mates having a reunion or seeing the man behind the character getting his legit respect. Keep that for podcasts or Network specials. The backstage mates was the most jarring part. It's not like The Kliq where their friendships were acknowledged and became a significant part of their careers - why is anyone meant to be interested in Savio Vega being there? My brother watched the retirement ceremony, having not watched any wrestling in nearly 20 years. Having - understandably - no clue what the connection to Undertaker was for half the people in the ring, he messaged me and said, "pretty embarrassing collection of old blokes. Was this the best they could get from who's left alive?".
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted November 24, 2020 Awards Moderator Posted November 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, BomberPat said: why is anyone meant to be interested in Savio Vega being there? A sentiment I have held every time I've ever seen him.
DavidB6937 Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 38 minutes ago, BomberPat said: The backstage mates was the most jarring part. It's not like The Kliq where their friendships were acknowledged and became a significant part of their careers - why is anyone meant to be interested in Savio Vega being there? My brother watched the retirement ceremony, having not watched any wrestling in nearly 20 years. Having - understandably - no clue what the connection to Undertaker was for half the people in the ring, he messaged me and said, "pretty embarrassing collection of old blokes. Was this the best they could get from who's left alive?". Apart from sitting there bored out of my mind, and then wondering why the fuck they'd all gone out there just to disappear, my next thought was 'what the hell are new (ish) fans thinking right now?'. At least with the Hall of Fame you'll usually get some sort of context. And I get that Michael Cole tried to read out his list of facts as they came down but fucking hell.
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted November 24, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 24, 2020 Kane looked like he had a bus to catch, or he was late to a tea party...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted November 24, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 24, 2020 On the face of it, it looked really odd to have all of Taker's 'mates' walk out for his farewell, only for them to have vanished by the time he came out. It also seems mental to have all these old boys flying in from all corners of the country during the middle of a pandemic just for that. I assume that they will have recorded lots of content for the Network though, so at least the decision to have them there might not be as weird as it seems.
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