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ringthedamnbell · 27 days ago
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Top Five Geniuses in Wrestling not named McMahon
Top Five Wrestling Geniuses
Rob Faint Genius: a person who is exceptionally intelligent or creative, either generally or in some respect. I don’t think there is any debate that Vincent K McMahon is the greatest wrestling genius of all time. The question is who is next? This list is my opinion: feel free to share yours in the comments.  Let the debate begin.  Continue reading Top Five Geniuses in Wrestling not…
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abs0luteb4stard · 1 month ago
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W A T C H I N G
Phil Mushnick is a self-moralistic asshole. He's a racist in articles against Jay-Z and Chance the Rapper. His involvement in this is skewed.
He singularly pushed the false info publicly that Pat Patterson was involved with Terry Garvin and Mel Phillips in their sex abuse of ring boys. But it was proven false through independent investigations.
He was never charged or even formally accused of anything.
Murry Hodgson was trying to blackmail Pat Patterson to publicly out him. He filed sexual harassment charges, but we're dropped after that investigation.
Can't trust Phil Mushnick either, even if Vince is not nearly an angel. Can't trust piece of shit calling a piece of shit a piece of shit. It's all shit. 😅
They didn't mention John Laurinaitis' sexual harassment and covering up Ashley Massaro's rape at the troops tribute show.
John Laurinaitis had been bothering female employees and nitro girls, and female wrestlers since he was an executive in WCW! Even when he was a shit wrestler.
He's even thrown Vince under the bus when the lawsuit came out last year. Then joined Vince's counter suit like a liar sycophant.
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biancabelairs · 2 years ago
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finally finished the rumble. quick thoughts:
i think that was the best men's rumble since 2020 and i rly enjoyed it but it was filled with weird ass booking decisions and weirder pacing. gunther and sheamus and cody and brock and lashley and drew all fucking ruled though and the final two stretch was an all timer so
the women's rumble was the best one this year and prob the second best yet for the women besides the first one. rly well paced imo. the final three ending sequence is also an all time rumble finish. it's very very clear they have a problem with everyone from the midcard and down not being over and it's entirely self inflicted and i don't see triple h having the skill to fix that issue when he's pulling shit like barely having becky be involved in the match. still, that aside, i very much had a blast with this one
the entrance times needed to be kayfabed better or that ramp needed to be half the size it was lmao. it wasn't a big issue for the women's rumble, but a bunch of spots in the men's got missed or the timing got all fucked up because by the time guys got in the ring, there were like thirty seconds till the next entrant got announced
the lack of legends and surprises was fucking bizarre. having even a handful in both matches over some undercard talent would have elevated them, but overall i did rly enjoy them flaws and all
i will simply not talk about the lore matches. alexa's a lost cause at this point but get bianca away from this shit, it has done so much damage to her momentum
there's nothing i can say about the main event and post match angle that hasn't been said yet. my god. all time great angle. i was fully spoiled and still losing my fucking mind watching it. kevin took insane head bumps that had me extremely concerned. zowens forever. JEY WALKING AWAY. tremendous stuff. paul heyman for head booker
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wrestlinghistorywithkay · 3 months ago
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Milk - O - Mania Is Running Wild: The Time Kurt Angle Brought In A Milk Truck To Taunt The Alliance
Hey Everyone! I hope that you all are having a good day or night wherever you are! Yes, you did read the title of this article right. I’m going to be talking about one of my all time favorite RAW segments , Kurt Angle spraying milk on The Alliance.
The Alliance consisted of wrestlers representing Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ). Stephanie McMahon was the General Manager of ECW, therefore , her brother , Shane McMahon , was the General Manager for WCW. This was a part of the Invasion storyline , which was the biggest storyline for WWE in 2001 during the Attitude Era. The storyline ran for nine months , from March to November. It actually began when Vince McMahon bought WCW. This would mark the end of The Monday Night Wars. Stephanie and Shane McMahon would make Booker T the first leader for the stable and Stone Cold Steve Austin the second leader. However , Austin was involved in a feud with Kurt Angle. Their rivalry would be taken to another level on August 20,2001.
On the August 20, 2001 episode of RAW Is War , it was declared Stone Cold Appreciation Night . Stephanie McMahon, Paul Heyman , and Austin’s wife at the time , Debra , were standing in the ring with their stablemates surrounding it on the outside . Alliance members already expressed their gratitude for their leader in vignettes. While in the ring , more members paid tribute to to Austin before a video package was played on the titantron. Austin spoke about he was victorious over Angle and kept belittling Taz over not wearing one of his shirts .
Nevertheless, fans caught some relief when they heard Kurt Angle’s music hit . To mock the time with Austin sprayed Vince McMahon with beer, Kurt made his way to the ring in a milk truck in order to face The Alliance. He started throwing cartons of milk at them to get revenge before he took out Shawn Stasiak, the Alliance member who tried to put a stop to what he was doing . Angle soon grabbed a hose and sprayed milk all over the ring, soaking his rivals with it . Jim Ross would declare that ‘ Milk O Mania ’ was running wild and The Million Dollar Princess was now The Dairy Queen , referring to Stephanie McMahon. Angle celebrated what he did by climbing on top of the milk truck and drenching himself with two cartons of milk.
My Final Thoughts:
This has to be one of the funniest segments I have ever watched. I was a young child when it first happened , however, I can go back and watch it on Peacock or YouTube now. Kurt Angle will forever be iconic because of this and his wrestling.
Love You All,
- Kay
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astralbondpro · 1 year ago
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The greatest in-ring wrestling for me ever was All Japan 1990 - 1999. With a special note for Bret Hart, because that's my boy. The best television for my tastes was ECW on TNN. Paul Heyman's editing in general, I suppose. It has to be taped for that to be done correctly, to add a footnote. Though, I believe a great booker could put together a combination of pre-tapes and live television that hit the mark, mostly correctly.
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prydonianrenegade · 1 month ago
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Watched the clip of Alvarez and Sempervive discussing when the downturn began for AEW, and a thought occurred to me...
Legitimate question: has there ever, in the entire history of the wrestling business, been an instance when a promotion has been able to reverse the sort of commercial slump that AEW has objectively been in since at least post-Revolution (and arguably much earlier) without a change in booker/creative? The only example I can think that even kinda applies is, of course, the obvious one of the WWF and the Attitude Era, but even that instance involved the booker in question completely reinventing his approach at the time, and recognizing that at least in that moment, he had lost his finger on the pulse of the audience. I've yet to see any evidence that TK has that level of self awareness, especially considering how he's leaned into the "for the sickos" edgelord booking bullshit.
Besides which, in the example of the Attitude Era... exactly HOW did the booker in question reinvent his approach? Largely by taking what Paul Heyman was doing in ECW at the time, only doing it with better and more polished talent. While you can make an argument that AEW has better talent than WWE (I'm not sure I'd particularly buy that argument, but there is an argument to be made there), they certainly don't have more polished talent. Also, in that instance, ECW was the insurgency brand. That's the role that AEW has increasingly claimed for itself today. The insurgency brand can't go and start trying to copy what might be working for the establishment brand without alienating a significant chunk of its audience.
I like Mike--he and Vinny are probably the two people in the Observer orbit that I have the most use for--but I gotta disagree with him on one thing. And it kinda surprises me, considering the similar roots of our fandom. But he put forward the contention that what we've learned in the past few years that there's a large chunk of fans for whom WWE is as synonymous with wrestling as Kleenex is with tissues, and that they discovered that when they say they like wrestling, what they like is WWE.
As I've said before, I don't think there's as much difference at their cores between the WWE and AEW products as AEW diehards do. AEW will give you longer matches on TV (gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwddddddddddddd will they give you longer matches on TV) but their philosophy is still informed by a WWE lens of what wrestling should and shouldn't be. I still maintain that there remains an untapped audience of people who wandered away from wrestling who could be wooed back by a truly different philosophical approach than WWE to its product.
But even failing such a change, I don't see how AEW reverses its current trends so long as TK retains creative control.
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wrestlingfaves · 3 months ago
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Royal Rumble Marathon: 2003
We’ve rumbled into 2003.
Spoilers for past Rumbles.
We are now in the Ruthless Aggression! era
The undercard:
Rumble promo video.
The roster split is in effect so 15 of the competitors will be from Raw and 15 will be from Smackdown.
The Big Show (accompanied by Paul Heyman) vs Brock Lesnar. Lesnar wins after an F5 to the Big Show.
Terri interviews Chris Jericho
Dudley Boys vs Lance Storm/William Regal for the Tag titles. Dudleys win and become the 16th time Tag champs. They haven’t even been in the federation for 3 years!
Hype video for Nathan Jones. No one cared then, no one cares now.
Dawn Marie vs Torrie Wilson recap video.
Dawn Marie vs Torrie Wilson. Torri wins in a nothing match.
Stephanie-Eric Bischoff-Randy Orton promo
Sean O’Haire promo
Hunter-Steiner recap video
Triple H (accompanied by Ric Flair) vs Scott Steiner. Hunter wins in a bad match.
Kurt Angle vs Benoit. Skipping for obvious reasons.
The Rumble entrants, in order of appearance:
Shawn Michaels
Chris Jericho
Christopher Nowinski
Rey Mysterio Jr
Edge
Christian
Chavo Guerrero
Tajiri
Bill DeMott
Tommy Dreamer
B-2
Rob Van Dam
Matt Hardy (accompanied by Shannon Moore)
Eddie Guerrero
Jeff Hardy
Rosey (accompanied by Rico)
Test (accompanied by Stacey Kiebler)
John Cena
Charlie Haas
Rikishi
Jamal (Umaga)
Kane
Shelton Benjamin
Booker T
A-Train (Albert)
Maven
Goldust
Batista
Brock Lesnar
Undertaker
Winner: Brock Lesnar
First-time Rumblers: Christopher Nowinski, Rey Mysterio Jr, Chavo, Tajiri, Bill DeMott, Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Guerrerro, Rosey, John Cena, Charlie Haas, Jamal, Shelton Benjamin, Batista
Most Eliminations: Chris Jericho
Quickest Eliminations: B-2, Tommy Dreamer
Rumble Highlights: Christian comes out as “Chris Jericho”
Rating: 5 out of 10
Wrestlers and others who have passed on: Howard Finkel, Benoit, Rosey, Test, Jamal
Total number of deceased individuals: 4 (tied with the previous year’s Rumble)
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angrymarks · 7 months ago
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Mercedes Mone, Paul Heyman, WWE & AEW Videos, Booker T, Maya, Janel Grant, Skye Blue, Mark Briscoe, Bo Dallas - Tuesday #1
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jcmarchi · 8 months ago
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WWE 2K24's Full Launch Roster Revealed
New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/wwe-2k24s-full-launch-roster-revealed/
WWE 2K24's Full Launch Roster Revealed
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WWE 2K24’s full roster has been revealed. This year offers a staggering line-up of Superstars hailing from Raw, Smackdown and NXT, as well as numerous Legends. 
Over 200 playable superstars will be available at launch, along with 8 managers. Check them out below. 
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Raw
Akira Tozawa
Alexa Bliss
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Big E
Braun Strowman
Bronson Reed
Candice LeRae
Carmella
Cedric Alexander
Chad Gable
Chelsea Green
Cody Rhodes
Damian Priest
Dexter Lumis
Dominik Mysterio
Drew McIntyre
Erik
Finn Bálor
Giovanni Vinci
Gunther
Indi Hartwell
Ivar
JD McDonagh
Jey Uso
Johnny Gargano
Kofi Kingston
Liv Morgan
Ludwig Kaiser
Maxxine Dupri
Natalya
Nikki Cross
Otis
Piper Niven
Raquel Rodriguez
Rhea Ripley
Ricochet
R-Truth
Sami Zayn
Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Shayna Baszler
Shinsuke Nakamura
Sonya Deville
Tegan Nox
The Miz
Tommaso Ciampa
Valhalla
Xavier Woods
Zoey Stark
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Smackdown
AJ Styles
Alba Fyre
Angelo Dawkins
Ashante “Thee” Adonis
Asuka
Austin Theory
Bayley
Bobby Lashley
Butch
Cameron Grimes
Charlotte Flair
Cruz Del Toro
Dakota Kai
Elton Prince
Grayson Waller
Isla Dawn
Iyo Sky
Jimmy Uso
Joaquin Wilde
Karl Anderson
Karrion Kross
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Kevin Owens
Kit Wilson
LA Knight
Logan Paul
Luke Gallows
Michin Mia Yim
Montez Ford
MVP
Omos
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
Ridge Holland
Robert Roode
Roman Reigns
Santos Escobar
Scarlett
Sheamus
Shotzi
Solo Sikoa
Tamina
Xia Li
Zelina Vega
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NXT
Andre Chase
Angel Garza
Apollo Crews
Axiom
Baron Corbin
Blair Davenport
Bron Breakker
Brooks Jensen
Brutus Creed
Carmelo Hayes
Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo
Cora Jade
Damon Kemp
Dijak
Drew Gulak
Duke Hudson
Fallon Henley
Gigi Dolin
Humberto
Ilja Dragunov
Ivy Nile
Jacy Jayne
Jinder Mahal
Joe Coffey
Joe Gacy
Josh Briggs
Julius Creed
Nathan Frazer
Nikkita Lyons
Noam Dar
Roxanne Perez
Sanga
Scrypts
Thea Hail
Tiffany Stratton
Tony D’Angelo
Trick Williams
Tyler Bate
Veer Mahaan
Wendy Choo
Wes Lee
Wolfgang
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Legends/Alumni
Andre The Giant
Bad Bunny
Batista
Beth Phoenix
Big Boss Man
Boogeyman
Booker T
Bray Wyatt
Bret “Hitman” Hart
British Bulldog
Bruno Sammartino
Cactus Jack
Chyna
Diesel
Doink The Clown
Dude Love
Dusty Rhodes (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)
Eddie Guerrero
Eric Bischoff
Eve Torres
Faarooq
The Fiend
George “The Animal” Steele
Harley Race
Hollywood Hogan
Hulk Hogan
The Hurricane
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
JBL
Jerry “The King” Lawler
Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart
John Cena
Kane
Ken Shamrock
Kevin Nash
Kurt Angle
Lita
“Macho Man” Randy Savage
Mankind
Maryse
Mighty Molly
Molly Holly
Muhammad Ali
“Ravishing” Rick Rude
Rick Steiner
Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
Rikishi
Rob Van Dam
The Rock
Ronda Rousey
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper
Scott Hall
Scott Steiner
Shane McMahon
Shawn Michaels
Stacy Keibler
Stephanie McMahon
Stardust (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin
“Superstar” Billy Graham (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)
Syxx
Ted DiBiase
Triple H
Trish Stratus
Tyler Breeze
Ultimate Warrior
Umaga
Uncle Howdy
The Undertaker
Vader
Wade Barrett
William Regal
X-Pac
Yokozuna
Managers
B-Fab
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Cathy Kelley
Mick Foley
Miss Elizabeth
Paul Bearer
Paul Heyman
Theodore Long
WWE 2K24 launches on March 8 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can read our in-deph hands-on preview here, watch us play a few matches in this episode of New Gameplay Today, or check out our gaming-focused interview with one of 2K24’s cover stars, Cody Rhodes. 
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chorusfm · 10 months ago
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Oscars 2024 Nominations
The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. Best Picture American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers) Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers) The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer) Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers) Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers) Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers) Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers) The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer) Best Directing Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) Best Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Colman Domingo (Rustin) Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening (Nyad) Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Emma Stone (Poor Things) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) America Ferrera (Barbie) Jodie Foster (Nyad) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson) Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan) Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara) The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer) Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson) Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer) May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik) Past Lives (Written by Celine Song) Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream) Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary) Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal) Best Documentary Feature Film Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek) The Eternal Memory (Nominees to be determined) Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha) To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim) 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath) Best International Feature Film Io Capitano (Italy) Perfect Days (Japan) Society of the Snow (Spain) The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany) The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) Best Animated Short Film Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter) Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess) Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam) Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker Best Live-Action Short Film The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham) Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk) Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales) Best Documentary Short Film The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish… https://chorus.fm/news/oscars-2024-nominations/
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ringthedamnbell · 1 year ago
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Booking Dangerously: Looking Back At Wrestle Party '85
Paul Heyman's very first show as a wrestling booker....Booking Dangerously: Looking Back At Wrestle Party '85
Brian Damage Every success story has their humble beginnings. Long before he became a successful manager named Paul E. Dangerously and even longer before revolutionizing wrestling in the late 1990’s as booker of Extreme Championship Wrestling…there was an event promoted by a young Paul Heyman called Wrestle Party ’85. Today, we look back at this event and how it helped launch the career of Paul…
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cavenewstimes · 1 year ago
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Konnan Teases Big News For AAA, Lucha Fans
Feedzy Read More  By /Aug. 8, 2023 4:31 am EST As the person most responsible for introducing Rey Mysterio to fans in the United States — from convincing Paul Heyman to giving Mysterio a shot in ECW and selling WCW booker Kevin Sullivan on the idea of signing an undersized luchador – Konnan has contributed greatly to the evolution of pro-wrestling.  In a recent interview with “Under the Ring,”…
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mrawkweird · 4 years ago
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Paul writing his will TONIGHT.
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biancabelairs · 2 years ago
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the men's war games match
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jazzy-tzw · 5 years ago
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Booker please just pimp slap Paul for being in your view with that damn belt...
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astralbondpro · 1 year ago
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Regardless of your opinion of the hot product at the time, the most popular professional wrestling has always been a complete zeitgeist of the time. In the 80s, Vince McMahon tapped into that larger than live action hero trope of the time, and made a ton of money from it. In the early 90s, Paul Heyman tapped into that counterculture realness of America, and created something that was subsequently ripped off. WCW came in with the nWo, and then the WWF followed with the "Attitude Era." I hate that era of the WWF vehemently, but there is no doubt that it was tapping into the world around at that time. Again, it was insanely popular. Now we're in an age where wrestling is insanely profitable, but ironically not very popular. WWE missed the boat of cultural zeitgeist, and instead found a comfortable niche. Sanitized professional wrestling that is easy to sell, but devoid of... much of anything. On the flip side, you have AEW. Which frankly in the most kind way, is boring message board smart mark wrestling. People call Tony Khan a good booker because the matches are good but.. does that take a genius? Most people have good matches this day. I feel like no wrestling is tapping into the culture it exist in, and therein lies a problem of popularity. I'm not sure exactly what that specific idea is, but it's not happening. I don't even know if it's for me, I would assume not. I'm getting old. The closest thing to interesting I have seen in wrestling in over twenty years was season one of Lucha Underground, and they shit that bed so hard that it imploded.
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