Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 434: Indefinite Suspension (of Disbelief)

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Although then you have a similar issue with Miz and Balor fighting 5 days before WM
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Yeah Balor and Sasha winning to lose to Asuka and Miz makes more sense, since Balor and Miz is only 2/3 the match and he has looked weak in the feud anyways. Asuka and Charotte shouldnt look weak against each other
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I could see Balor beating Roode. I don't see Banks getting the win over Charlotte to get the team into the finals since she has to look strong for Asuka.
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StealThisSheen posted...

I really don't want to fan the flames, but that post really is hilarious considering MWC is the one that has said Naomi and Ember are the ugliest women in the company, bar none, on numerous occasions.

Ive never said that about Ember.... and I stand by that for Naomi.

Not every black woman looks good, just like not every white woman.

Sasha is the most attractive girl theyve had since Maria, and probably top 5 overall with Sunny in her prime, Elizabeth and Torrie

I hated Comoran cause she fucking sucked, but she was damn atttactive. Brandi Rhodes was also a knockout.

I dont find Naomi unattractive cause shes black; I find her unattractive cause shes hideous

okay so what happens now?

Steph signs Sami and Kevin and they make a match against Shane and Bryan?

Shane resigns Sami and Kevin and says getting fired is too good for them?

They 'honor the contract' of the match made at Mania and it gets changed to a tag match and if they win they get their jobs back?
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Ali vs. Cedric should be really good
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In other news, Vince Russo is still an asshole

https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/976291094819430405?s=21

His earlier defenses about this in this thread, theyre bullshit but they are what they are. He cant control what his fanbase does in his name, yada yada heard it all before

But this crosses the line IMO
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I have no idea who his girlfriend is (not like it matters), but jeez he's being typical Vince Russo.
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His GF isnt anyone in the industry at all
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Russo just talks shit about her on his show because he hates Satin
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That's totally ridiculous then. It would be one thing if it was a worker trying to make some Twitter heat like Cornette does, but just some random person who said a comment about Ric Flair? The thread sounds kind of like Satin made the mistake of trying to reason with a crazy person and letting it get the best of him, but the key takeaway seems to be that Russo is a crazy person.
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Jakyl25 posted...

His GF isnt anyone in the industry at all

How did
She even become a topic on his show? From this fued with Ryan?

Not that it matters, but the comment she made about Flair was just a tired joke about the new Ric Flair Drip song being a reference to an STD

MUST SEND MY LISTENERS IN A FRENZY ABOUT HOW SHE NEEDS TO SHUT UP

And you can imagine the sort of people who are devoted fans to a Vince Russo podcast
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FinalistCloud posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

His GF isnt anyone in the industry at all

How did
She even become a topic on his show? From this fued with Ryan?

Yes, shes very active on Twitter responding to Satin and discussing wrestling because shes also a fan, so as Russo cyberstalks Satin, its very easy to come across her as well
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And he does cyberstalk people, because he does a regular segment on his podcast where he runs down stuff sheet writers like Dave and Alvarez and Satin and Keller have said that week, so that he can insult them and call them homophobic slurs for actually liking wrestling
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Wow. Ric Flair Drip led to this.

Truly THAT is the takeaway.

Ric Flair Drip ruins lives.
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Jakyl25 posted...

And he does cyberstalk people, because he does a regular segment on his podcast where he runs down stuff sheet writers like Dave and Alvarez and Satin and Keller have said that week, so that he can insult them and call them homophobic slurs for actually liking wrestling

People who hate Dave are always the most unstable people in wrestling.
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Dave is often a pretty obnoxious person on Twitter though
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But thats not why Russo hates him though, lol

He hates Dave because Dave enjoys wrestling matches, sometimes involving Japanese promotions
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Jakyl25 posted...

Dave is often a pretty obnoxious person on Twitter though

Oh, I don't disagree. He is just so dry that it off-puts everyone, and I love it. But also, I've really become convinced that he just loves wrestling and he's a true fan. Yes, he's been around it and he can be critical of the process, but I think he just wants to be entertained. So I have a soft spot for him.

But, like JBL today went after Dave for no specific reason and it was so cringey.
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But like Dave said, its a compliment

JBL wouldnt have to spend an hour trying to convince people that Dave is fake news if Dave wasnt relevant

Hes not spending his time spreading lies about, say, Rajah.com
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Pro wrestling, particularly the mainstream portion of it like WWE, is the weirdest thing.

Is there any other form of entertainment where the folks in power seem to hate their most passionate and ardent segment of fans?
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Also its hilarious to me that JBL essentially mocks the idea of independent wrestling journalism by saying the ones you can trust are Rosenberg and Sam Roberts

Yeah, the ones on the company payroll, theyre the ones with the unbiased scoops
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NBIceman posted...

Pro wrestling, particularly the mainstream portion of it like WWE, is the weirdest thing.

Is there any other form of entertainment where the folks in power seem to hate their most passionate and ardent segment of fans?

Carnies. Appropriately enough.
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Dave kinda re-enforced his legitimacy today when he was talking about Bryan being cleared and made the remark about how he had already heard the news, but didnt break the story because he only had one source on it and couldnt cross-verify it yet.

Considering how much detail he went into, and how much of his own research hes clearly done into the doctors and treatments, I take him at his word, and thats responsible journalism
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Jakyl25 posted...

Also its hilarious to me that JBL essentially mocks the idea of independent wrestling journalism by saying the ones you can trust are Rosenberg and Sam Roberts

Yeah, the ones on the company payroll, theyre the ones with the unbiased scoops

That tickled me.
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Been so caught up in the Daniel Bryan stuff, I missed Ali advancing over Gulak in the tournament. Damn, Ali/Alexander should be awesome.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Dave kinda re-enforced his legitimacy today when he was talking about Bryan being cleared and made the remark about how he had already heard the news, but didnt break the story because he only had one source on it and couldnt cross-verify it yet.

Considering how much detail he went into, and how much of his own research hes clearly done into the doctors and treatments, I take him at his word, and thats responsible journalism

Something the rest of the world could definitely use! This rush to be the first to break the story ends up in the wrong stuff getting reported way too much.
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Enjoyable ep of SD! Loved seeing DB go HAM on Kami before the numbers advantage overwhelmed him. This is how you build towards Mania!

I'm anticipating what's to come from this and Usos/Day/Blugdeon mess.
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*Bludgies
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ninkendo posted...

*Bludgies

Sounds like a Flash animated cartoon starring Lazy Australian Budgerigars who do little to no work.
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https://twitter.com/dragongateen/status/976343001956929536?s=21

Coming April 1st
The #DragonGate Network.

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Your #1 wrestler in the world, ladies and gentlemen:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJpheISgzey/?hl=en&taken-by=rainmakerxokada
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What the...
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Every day I get a little more sad that I'll never be best friends with Okada.
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/dragongateen/status/976343001956929536?s=21

Coming April 1st
The #DragonGate Network.

April fools!
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Zack Sabre Jr.

Underwhelms in the CWC big time

Goes to NJPW as a skinny dude who somehow qualifies as a heavyweight

Instead of joining Chaos or Bullet Club, he joins Suzuki-gun

Builds a gimmick around being a massive Labour party supporter

Beats Naito - One half of the TD Main Event

Beats Sanada - the last #1 contender

Beats Tanahashi twice - the former IC champ

Wins the New Japan Cup

What the fuck happened there?
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Yeah he sucked
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I haven't watched him since the CWC, does he still do the thing where his opponent has to stand still and go into bizarre mannequin poses while he very slowly puts submissions on them?
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yeah, but now he does it on bigger guys.

I don't know if Gedo did good booking or not here. Zack would be a 205 undercarder and he just had him beat 4 of his top guys. Only Omega and Okada left.

Vince would absolutely hate this kind of guy's look and political beliefs.
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If Sakura Genesis sells out we can just go ahead and call Gedo the best booker ever.
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https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/976476259810095105?s=21

This is super cool and makes me even more mad that WWE is so shit at booking Asuka

Also Russos podcast has been deplatformed so that ended well for him
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I'm learning a lot about Russo right now thanks to Satin and Bix.
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E&C inducting the Dudleyz?

I'm with it!
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scarletspeed7 posted...

I'm learning a lot about Russo right now thanks to Satin and Bix.

This shocks you?
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Shocks me? Not really. But reading these depos about WCW are quite illuminating.
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I had not heard the hang Booker T with a noose angle idea before, Ill admit
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I also had not heard that Terry Taylor was so terrible. THAT was the big depressing moment of the day for me.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

I also had not heard that Terry Taylor was so terrible. THAT was the big depressing moment of the day for me.

Listen to Something to Wrestle With.... or even What Happened When.... you get a good idea on Rooster boy.

I promise you I will not be listening to Something to Wrestle after I had to watch Prichard try to shill his podcast on Impact while being the worst, most uninteresting authority figure in the history of a company that had Dixie for the better part of a decade. It was the best advertisement for the competition ever.
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