Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 452: WWE - Who Watches, Even?

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I'm pretty sure that's the only way Ibushi advances
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Oh yeah it definitely is, I was just making sure my understanding is correct.

If Naito and Omega both win, it looks like it goes to Omega. Should be an interesting night.
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Yeah they got the math wrong on English commentary and people were spreading that around so it got a little confusing.
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RaidenZeroX posted...

The wife and I watched Blockers yesterday. Cena was hilarious.

That film unironically changed my life

I kept siding with the adults, I was officially old

Very fun show
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https://twitter.com/austinaries/status/1027997373597868032?s=21

Aries is apparently trying to reclaim the crown of biggest jerk in wrestling from Punk

Good response from Jose
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/austinaries/status/1027997373597868032?s=21

Aries is apparently trying to reclaim the crown of biggest jerk in wrestling from Punk

Good response from Jose

Aries has a very long way to go. He's not even close.
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Omega/Ibushi appointment viewing for anyone else?
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I'm up. Watching the last few nights of the G1 unspoiled is always hype, especially this year where no one seems to know what's going to happen from here to WK.
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Even after all that they still love each other

I'm not crying, you're crying ;_;
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ohhh, zack sabre jr
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damn what a final
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Im glad we got the timeline where Ibushi and ZSJ didnt go to 205 live.
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All In Semi-Main Event confirmed on Being the Elite:

Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon

Also there's an amazing scene this week where the Young Bucks are next to some random skinny Japanese woman for an entire conversation and they walk away talking about how they think Kota Ibushi looked really sexy.
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that hardcore guy from tna?!
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Oh boy
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Am I the only one that thinks there's no way Kenny/Penta should be going on before Cody/Aldis?

I guess I never really watched much TNA, so I don't really have any affinity for Aldis, and might totally be in the minority here. Kenny/Penta is such a dream match for me though.

Edited for spoilers
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I think the idea is that the single title match on the show goes last in order to give it some value.
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Whoa putting ANYONE on after Kenny/Pentagon is a major mistake.
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I disagree. If the idea is to bring stature to the NWA Title, doing it on what is essentially Cody's brainchild where the crowd will make him look like a superstar is a great choice.
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I had this insane alternative timeline vision in my head today

One of the wwe Instagram accounts posted a throwback of Orton vs khali

And then I envisioned orton literally kicking khali head off

...but it made him this super monster that had a brock like run of multiple years as champ and no one could stop him because he was this headless godlike creature. And then he was managed by his head that was carried around by jinder
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I'm disappointed that there was no love for headless khali
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I'd like to see Khali vs Headless Khali in a match. I'm not sure normal Khali would have any usable offense.
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I haven't gotten to watch any of the matches from the last two days but I just have to say, even as great as he is... this feels like a late 2000s John Cena WWE type decision.

Just, oof. There were four better options.
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I laughed
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RIP Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

Man, I thought he was doing good. Nattie posted a selfie with them not long ago and he looked good.
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That's terrible news. Hopefully they at least give Nattie the option to not be on Raw tonight if she doesn't want to.

Still remember him and Bret from my early days of wrestling fandom.

Hoping it's not true since I can't find any official confirmations or anything like that, but every time those hopes end up crushed.

RIP
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Apparently Renee will be making history on Raw tonight as the first woman to do commentary for the entire show.
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Lita did Sunday Night Heat for a number of years. :P

RIP Jim.

There's quite a few funny stories in Bret's book about him including

- Annoying Ellie by allegedly molesting the cat (framed by Smith who yanked its tail)
- After a major bar sesh with Andre, Drunkenly pissing in the hotel room and filling his suitcase
- After being fired by Vince, Throwing a Monitor like a shot putt and nearly hitting Strongbow then high-tailing it out of the parking lot at High speed
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PrestonStarry2 posted...

Lita did Sunday Night Heat for a number of years. :P

The entire show as in Raw. Not an entire show as in all.
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Per Ross Hart, cause of death was a grand mal seizure related to Alzheimer's.

Sounds like they removed Nattie from Raw as well.
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4 out of 5 members of the 1997 Hart Foundation are dead.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

I haven't gotten to watch any of the matches from the last two days but I just have to say, even as great as he is... this feels like a late 2000s John Cena WWE type decision.

Just, oof. There were four better options.

i actually really like this. nobody was talking about tana as a possible winner and real contender in the title picture going forward and he wouldn't have been without the g1 win, but he showed through this tournament that he's as great as ever and, in an important distinction from john cena, still insanely popular. tana and kenny will be a great dome main event if that's where we're headed
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Count my on-board for this new High Fly Foe. The story that can be told between these two is able to be seized upon right now if you're waiting on Ibushi to either sign a contract or develop that story to a different planned point.
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Poor nattie

RIP anvil
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Let's not forget Ellie (they remarried in 2010) and their other daughters at this time, too.
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Steiner posted...

ExThaNemesis posted...

I haven't gotten to watch any of the matches from the last two days but I just have to say, even as great as he is... this feels like a late 2000s John Cena WWE type decision.

Just, oof. There were four better options.

i actually really like this. nobody was talking about tana as a possible winner and real contender in the title picture going forward and he wouldn't have been without the g1 win, but he showed through this tournament that he's as great as ever and, in an important distinction from john cena, still insanely popular. tana and kenny will be a great dome main event if that's where we're headed

Cena is likely still like one of their top most popular guys.

Granted its less impressive because it's just because the New crop aren't as popular but still
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i'm talking about cena when extha was, when he was booed heavily
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I feel like Okada winning and being shot straight back into the title picture would have been much more of a Cena-esque move tbh
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Ronda does a lot of things surprisingly well, but she's going to rip somebody's arm out of its socket with those armdrags sooner than later
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Just starting now, everyone watch raw to support renee though!
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The reaction Braun got there is amazing.
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Strowman's powerslam.... Out of nowhere?
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Would you guys consider ellias upper mid card
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What the fuck

Where is battlescars

Was the death of anvil not enough
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Battlescars has been gone for a long while now.
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Roman could really use Paul as a mouthpiece.
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I thought Roman did a great promo just now
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His promo just now was good, but he's not exactly great on the mic.

Heyman is one of the best ever. The gap is staggering (though you could really say that about 95% of the roster when compared to Heyman)
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