Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 441: Cena's Engagement Kicks Out at 2.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Alternate title: GRR stands for the "Great Roman Reigns" according to Vince.
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It will be the beginning of the Greatest (of) Roman's Reigns
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Meanwhile this TNA PPV is excellent so far

Halfway to go
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Jakyl25 posted...

Petey Williams was talking about his chances of winning backstage and Scott Steiner strolled by and educated him on the Canadian conversion rate for them

If youre into that sort of thing

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And it spells disaster at Sacrifice.

*Sackerfice
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Oh I hadn't noticed. Harper and Rowan got their first names back.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_fx8ci7Uk" data-time="

The video freezes and stays on a shot of the Miz sliding until 25+ minutes in.
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SmartMuffin posted...

And it spells disaster at Sacrifice.

*Sackerfice

This time it actually ended up spelling a date for Steiner with Peteys wife at Cracker Barrel
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I would think Steiner to be more of a WH guy but close enough!
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Jakyl25 posted...

SmartMuffin posted...

And it spells disaster at Sacrifice.

*Sackerfice

This time it actually ended up spelling a date for Steiner with Peteys wife at Cracker Barrel

Oh man this is such good stuff. Friggin love Steiner
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Awww Petey lost
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Tommy Dreamer just said his team with Moose and Eddie Edwards is the culmination of Martin Luther King Jrs dream

Ooooookay
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Like maybe he was subtly implying that oVe are white supremacists?

But thats. Not a direction. Theyve went in before.
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What time is grr on Friday
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Noon EDT

Its actually super effective storytelling when they zoom in on Eddie Edwards face and you can see the actual scar Sami gave him
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the owls on the knockouts belt makes me think of hooters
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Jakyl25 posted...

Tommy Dreamer just said his team with Moose and Eddie Edwards is the culmination of Martin Luther King Jrs dream

Ooooookay

Tommy's been hit in the head one too many times, I think.
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Oh man this angle is peak ECW soap opera and I love it

This is straight out of 1996

oVe won, but Eddie didnt care, and tied Sami in a cross position in the ropes and wailed on him just like Dreamer did to Raven. Callihan a bloody, beaten mess.

But Eddie got so out of control beating Sami to death and fending off the Crists that he accidentally swung a kendo stick and destroyed his own wife

PATHOS
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PENTAGON JR IS THE WORLD CHAMPION

0 MIEDO

Great PPV

$40 well spent
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Fucking hell this sounds like an awesome show.
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2 title changes

2 ****+ matches

A hot hot HOT angle

A shocking new signing

ZERO run ins

8 clean finishes

Legit shocking ending/cliffhanger

BRAVO DON CALLIS/SCOTT DAMORE
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Eddv posted...

Fucking hell this sounds like an awesome show.

Grading on the TNA scale its incredible

Everything either met or exceeded expectations

Its no TakeOver but what else is?
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Also sorry Sonjay, but Don Callis is much better on color commentary

And Josh is fine when he plays it completely straight like tonight.

I want to stress

ZERO run ins

8 clean finishes

Is this TNA?!?!?

The last PPV under the Jarret regime ended with a run-in taking out both guys and putting one on top of the other <_<
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SmartMuffin posted...

I would think Steiner to be more of a WH guy but close enough!

The real answer is Shoney's, since Scott owns one in Georgia. The Cracker Barrel reference is from when Scott and Petey ate there together one time. Petey brought it up once in a podcast interview; Scott complained about the chicken being too small, then later drove the wrong way down a one way street to get to a gym.
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The most adorable moment of the week:
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/987904293947588609
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I hate no way Jose and now his stupid music is stuck in my head and making me dance
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The Dragon Lady has died.

One of the more important figures in wrestling, but 78 is a decent run.
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I want Dunne to come after Strong and kick his teeth out. And a valuable narrative would be the title on the line which Strong eventually wins but not from a strong showing from Dunne, goes on about how superior to the British he is and how they should bow down to a champ of his calibre only to have another brit come after him but after Dunne''s next defence.

I really hope SD gets a shot in the arm after being the "Bottom" in the last shakeup.

205L is still *my* brand of choice. I'd laugh if Murphy now 4lbs over tries to make weight like Christian and Matt Hardy did back in the day, when they went for The Light Heavyweight and The Original Cruiser titles, respectively, in some hilarious skits after Maverick tells him "You're a few pounds over, mate."

The Main title story has me invest. Ditching Enzo and this tourney for the title has proved BENEFICIAL to the brand. It's on a guy who can GO but needs some personality. Tweener Cedric could work, Be a dick but respected for it.

Steiner, all I can think about is his OTT hip hop lingo and his pantsing of HHH (You HAVE to admit, that moment was kind of suspect and you wouldn't want to explain away to anyone entering the room)
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I can't ever get behind Babyface Pete Dunne.

I don't care what he does, he literally tries to target and damage an opponent's digits. He's basically barely above a wrestler who wins with nothing but nut shots.
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^ He probably studied old Regal tapes (That'd wouldn't justify it but would explain a couple things). Reegs would smash the fuck out of anyone in his day, shooting in Butlins et al.
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And he was a heel for like 95% of his career and a pretty mediocre babyface when he wasn't.
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I'll never forget

"TAKE IT OFF THE BLOODY AIR!"

But back to Dunne, I've always found him consistently entertaining since he took the belt off Bate and he would be an asset to 205L, He and Gulak would put on a clinic, sort of like the anti-cruiserweights. The classic a few year had 75% of an episode end in submissions.
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Apparently the quickest way to piss Scott Steiner off now is to ask him about hall of fame inductions. From a recent interview...

KJ: "Would you accept an invitation to the Impact Hall of Fame later this year, whether it's just you or both Steiner Brothers?"
Steiner: "............never thought about that. I'm already in two hall of fames: the one in Michigan and the Dan Gable Hall of Fame. It's one of the highest honors to have to be involved with something that involves Dan Gable. In a museum, a MUSEUM, an actual hall of fame that you can go visit! A concrete building with bricks and cement, where you can actually go to the fucking town and go visit the hall of fame! Not like this bullshit the WWE has where it's some imaginary place that doesn't exist, yet they make these busts of people you can't put anywhere! Where do they go after the ceremony? They go back to a warehouse, except they'll put Macho Man's in Stephanie McMahon's bedroom and Ric Flair in HHH's! It's all a bunch of bullshit, and you just pissed me off with that question."

Nothing new, but this one was just recently
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Apparently the quickest way to piss Scott Steiner off now is to ask him about hall of fame inductions. From a recent interview...

KJ: "Would you accept an invitation to the Impact Hall of Fame later this year, whether it's just you or both Steiner Brothers?"
Steiner: "............never thought about that. I'm already in two hall of fames: the one in Michigan and the Dan Gable Hall of Fame. It's one of the highest honors to have to be involved with something that involves Dan Gable. In a museum, a MUSEUM, an actual hall of fame that you can go visit! A concrete building with bricks and cement, where you can actually go to the fucking town and go visit the hall of fame! Not like this bullshit the WWE has where it's some imaginary place that doesn't exist, yet they make these busts of people you can't put anywhere! Where do they go after the ceremony? They go back to a warehouse, except they'll put Macho Man's in Stephanie McMahon's bedroom and Ric Flair in HHH's! It's all a bunch of bullshit, and you just pissed me off with that question."

Nothing new, but this one was just recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC_wJ2uZqJ8" data-time="
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In the past day, Ive watched 3-hour shows from CHIKARA, AAA, TNA, and NJPW just trying to stay current

And now its almost Raw time
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*hands you whisky* You may need this.
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I dont drink though

*starts CM PUNK chant*
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Feh, You got your beliefs. I got mine.

*takes shot of the Irish* L'Chaim! (Not Jewish by any stretch but life is for living)
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Last nights Observer Radio opens and closes with great stuff

Dave talks about Mrs Baba and her impact on the industry and his experiences with her to start the show

Then the penultimate mailbag question at the end is about Bruno and Lou Thesz not working together, and Dave answers it in the most roundabout way by telling the story of the formation of the NWA in the 50s, and then how and why the AWA and WWWF split off.

Its must-listen if you care about that era of the business
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Sounds good but the Meltzer factor seems like a deal-breaker.
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You've been spending too much time on the PWB tbh.
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Plans change

Anyway, I am leery about Raw tonight. Please have good feuds to compensate the Shakeup choices.
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Hey Lopen, back when you were doing your Rumble watchthrough I talked to you about how you should get a CHIKARAtopia trial and watch their Infinite gauntlet matches because I think you would enjoy how them (especially the first couple). Well now there is an extra reason for you to do so. This years Infinite Guantlet on May 5th will include...Glacier.

Yes I am using Glacier as an excuse to try and get more people to watch CHIKARA.
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There are two sides: Meltzer and Vince Russo. I think I know which side I'll come down on.
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Whos ready for a Raw put on by people who just flew back from South Africa yesterday and will head out to Saudi Arabia tomorrow
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Lets just make the first hour a Bruno retrospective
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LOL MIZ

Dave gonna be correcting those lies again
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Apparently the quickest way to piss Scott Steiner off now is to ask him about hall of fame inductions. From a recent interview...

KJ: "Would you accept an invitation to the Impact Hall of Fame later this year, whether it's just you or both Steiner Brothers?"
Steiner: "............never thought about that. I'm already in two hall of fames: the one in Michigan and the Dan Gable Hall of Fame. It's one of the highest honors to have to be involved with something that involves Dan Gable. In a museum, a MUSEUM, an actual hall of fame that you can go visit! A concrete building with bricks and cement, where you can actually go to the fucking town and go visit the hall of fame! Not like this bullshit the WWE has where it's some imaginary place that doesn't exist, yet they make these busts of people you can't put anywhere! Where do they go after the ceremony? They go back to a warehouse, except they'll put Macho Man's in Stephanie McMahon's bedroom and Ric Flair in HHH's! It's all a bunch of bullshit, and you just pissed me off with that question."

Nothing new, but this one was just recently

XD
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Jakyl25 posted...

LOL MIZ

Dave gonna be correcting those lies again

What's this referring to?

EDIT: Oh I just saw it
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Brunos 187 MSG sellouts

Dave says its actually 61, which is still far more than anyone else, so its funny that they even have to triple it in embellishment
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