#wwe's most wanted treasures

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WWE'S MOST WANTED TREASURES | Season 2

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Trish & Lita visiting the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Albany, NY, back in 2023 for the filming of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures season 2 episode 9 : Trish & Alundra. They were hunting for Mae Young's attire ; Mae apparently kept her gear from the early days until the 2000's. These videos are a good preview of the episode.

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An in depth guide for how to get into professional wrestling (as a fan)

As a long time fan of wrestling I’ve tried to get a few people into wrestling and have found a few problems people usually have with getting into it. I’ll be breaking those down along with terms newbies might need for interacting with the fandom, it can be really intimidating to ask questions if you feel like you should know things by default so I made this

The WWE and AEW aren’t everything: there are so many companies 324 smaller North American and even some Asian companies formed independent wrestling television. You can watch more wrestling than you know what to do with. If you can’t pay the 10$ a month (absolutely no judgement like be hard) the internet is a treasure trove of free wrestling even without the ole yo ho ho. But this leads to another problem

“How will I know what I like?”: You won’t unless you’re gateway was catching wrestling while channel surfing and thinking it looked cool. Try everything once but don’t expect to like everything. Find a few indie matches before looking for anything specific so you can find a little bit of everything, you might like the showmanship, the technical details, weapon based violence, it may change with your mood but if you’re making an effort to get into it you’ll find something just take your time

“Some companies have so much history it’s overwhelming”: unless you are a devoted little lunatic don’t try to watch everything from the start, I did that with progress wrestling and I would watch 10 or so hours of wrestling, I’m still 32 shows behind and they run monthly. Almost any show from any company is a good start but I’d say allow yourself to go back like 3 shows max unless you’re already aware of where you want to start

“Things in wrestling don’t make sense”: that is true but an important thing to understand is wrestling has its own internal logic like any show really, these can vary from company to company but it’s like inertia. You start at “okay so this is happening because it’s wrestling” and you get to a point where you’re choice to suspend disbelief carries itself to “fuck it this might as well happen this is wrestling” that being said

It’s entirely valid to not enjoy something a company does and please don’t just accept something or feel like you have to wait it out. Take a break, keep an eye on it try something new but don’t feel like you have to stay glued to a bed of sand paper. You will not enjoy everything done by a company

Bring a friend and be a friend: having a friend to watch with and help you learn is always good but don’t feel like you have to share their opinion about a person or decision, any good friend will be respectful of that.

rules

A normal wrestling match is usually won by one of 4 ways. pinning your opponent to the mat with their shoulders down for 3 seconds, submission, disqualification or knockout

Other small rules: being outside the ring means any potential victory (often aside from a ko for safety) are invalid, if a limb makes contact with the ring rope during a pinfall submission or hold it’s considered out of bounds and must be broken, if you are outside the ring there is usually a 10 count sometimes 20 if you don’t come back to the ring you get disqualified, ignoring a rope break or using an illegal move like small joint manipulation has a 5 count, don’t hit the ref, fishhook anything, bite, or hit balls. No disqualification matches exist

A tag team match: in its most basic has 2 or more teams of an equal amount, only one member of each team is allowed in the ring at once and the others have to wait on the apron, the other partner can come in when they make contact with their partner in the referees vision. A 5 count is issued for double teaming moves. Sometimes it’s everyone at once in the ring, this is a tornado tag match

Steel cage: they put a cage around the ring and you win by either normal means or depending on the match escaping the cage

lucha de apuestas: if you make any friends with any interest in lucha libre you’ll often hear this term it just means a wager match basically the competitors each put something on the line, their right to mask, their hair, a title, or their career.

Terms

Face/technico: the term used for a good guy, technico is usually reserved for Mexican lucha libre

Heel/rudo: bad guy

Over: if someone is over or getting over they’re ve a fan favorite or in the process of getting there

Heat: negative crowd response

Booking: how the show is being written and how people are being used in that process

Cultural differences in wrestling

You’d be able to find any kind of wrestling in most places if you look hard enough but it’s really interesting how different wrestling styles evolved

America: we have historically had a lot of carnival wrestling. How do you con a bunch of small towns out of money with wrestling? Fix them to be more interesting while still having enough skill to put the everyday challenges away without any suspicion. This became the rough and tumble 70s southern brawl style but until the 90s it really just boiled down to “be able to fuck people up so you don’t have to”

Japan: this is a tricky situation because there are really 3 main styles of Japanese pro wrestling. Strong style focuses on a lot of striking a resilience along with strong fundamental holds, kings road style was also very resilience based but had a more defined match structure and had a focus on throws like suplex’s and head drops. Most modern Japanese wrestling is a kind of blend of those, then you’ve got the younger brother and hardest for me to talk about bati bati. I’m admittedly not that well versed in its history but from my understanding it’s like if MMA and pro wrestling had a baby that didn’t suck. There are better resources than me to learn from.

Mexico: the origin of the highly acrobatic lucha libre actually has to do with a lot of old Mexican rings being modified boxing ring, the gymnastics of lucha are in service of minimizing bad landings. But there are 2 other important aspects to lucha, Your mask/pride and your family. In lucha your mask is your identity and your legacy, it’s essentially sacred. Losing it is often how careers end, if you’re not a mask wearing wrestler pride is the substitute. But the pride of your family is just as important as often times it’s a multi generational commitment.

Europe/the UK: I’m not slapping these together out of disrespect they’re just extremely similar historically. For a while British wrestling greatly resembled its American counterpart but too many bad actors ruined it for everyone and pro wrestling was briefly banned until being revived with a unified and more strict ruleset with world of sport in the 70s that 80s, taking more after catch as catch can. Where as it’s European brother found it’s stride in long grueling tournaments as a test of skill, a tradition still carried on mostly in Germany with WXWs 16 karat tournament, progress’s super strong style 16, and even the wwe uk title tournament

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I would like it to be known that should I refer to you as "brother"

I don't mean it in the gender way I mean it in the Macho man randy savage way "BROTHER"

Macho Man's Iconic Over-The-Top Outfits | WWE's Most Wanted Treasures | A&E

Ps I cried while watching this and will cry again when I watch it again tomorrow

Hell yea brother

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Saw your post about the TTYD remake and I wanted to say that I totally resonate with your description of TTYD being a Papercraft-themed RPG with Super Mario elements. It's one of the reasons the game had never really interested me before…it always felt to me like they made a whole separate paper-themed RPG and then decided at the last minute to put Mario and co in there to increase sales, ha. Actually playing it for the first time via the remake hasn't really changed that opinion, either. At least Super Paper Mario goes full-tilt unapologetic about it being only vaguely Mario-flavored, which makes it endearing in its own way. Meanwhile TTYD is in this weird half-step area about it all.

Anyway, I was wondering about the line between SPM and Sticker Star that you'd alluded to! My assumption was that Sticker Star was an attempt to reset the involvement of the Mario elements back to Square 1 (and over-correcting to Square -1 in the process, somehow) while leaving the amount of RPG-flavoring basically as it was, but I was curious whether this idea was in line with what you were thinking 🙂

Honestly I probably should've clarified what I meant in the actual post, but I'd be happy to do it here:

In Paper Mario, the "paper" part of it was pretty strictly aesthetic. It's especially obvious when you look at how the game was marketed in Japan where it was called "Mario Story"; the "Paper" part was an admittedly charming bit of localization marketing, and to this day I think about how that Nintendo Power ad was maybe one of the greatest print ads of all time.

There is no tangible impact on gameplay (that I can recall) stemming from the fact that the game looks like a pop-up book. In terms of its story, it's also pretty safe in terms of Brand Integrity™ for Mario, even compared to Super Mario RPG: you must save Princess Peach from Bowser, most NPCs are standard Super Mario species with a fun accessory save for a handful of weirdos, all the places you go are totally in line with pre-existing environments in Mario games.

The Thousand-Year Door (tellingly called Paper Mario RPG in Japanese, rather than Mario Story 2) leaned into the paper aesthetic, resulting in the fact that everything was papercraft lending itself to mechanics: you get the curses that turn you into an airplane or boat or roll into a tube or turn sideways to slip through narrow cracks, and a ton of puzzles involve revealing that the obstacle in front of you is a piece of paper overlayed on top of the actual path. It also got a little weirder with the story: the hub is a pirate shanty town built on ancient ruins, you go to the WWE to fight Hulk Hogan and uncover Vince McMahon's sinister conspiracy, there's a murder mystery on a train, the main antagonists are a bizarrely futuristic army hunting for a treasure that is secretly An Ancient Evil. It's not at all a bad game, it's just a very different vibe than the first one.

Like you said, Super Paper Mario is where they got REALLY weird with it- so much so that maybe they would've been better off just making it an original IP if not for the loss of the branding. My post that referred to it as "papercraft" was innacurate, because I was just thinking about the perspective shifting gimmick, which isn't inherently papercraft-related. But the more important thing with Super Paper Mario is that it got Really Weird, but again: that's not a bad thing! I haven't played it in years but I pretty fondly remember SPM.

And then for whatever reason, around this time- late 2000's- Nintendo becomes INCREDIBLY brand conscious about Super Mario, basically to the extent that anything that is not identifiable as a Core Super Mario Element cannot exist. So the time comes for IntSys to make a new Paper Mario game, but they absolutely cannot have it be weird- no interdimensional megalomaniacs, no going to hell and heaven and fighting the usurper god, and for good measures, no existing Super Mario species with accessories, either.

At around the same time, the video game industry at large was kind of in a dark period for RPGs. There was still a lot of good stuff coming out, but the mainstream Western (i.e. The Biggest Market) opinion was that they were outdated and boring. So, IntSys, either by their own volition or at Nintendo's urging, needed to make a sequel to Super Paper Mario that couldn't be weird or have RPG elements from prior installments, which left them with the papercraft gimmicks they messed with in TTYD.

And that's really what Sticker Star felt like: it's just about the papercraft gimmick, which this time around was stickers. It's ostensibly an RPG because combat is turn based, but there's not really any reason to engage with it, because everything is based on your sticker inventory. The bosses are extremely obnoxious slogs unless you bring the correct item that instantly defeats them. Hell, even Origami King, which I did actually like, wasn't an RPG either; it was still turn based, but it had a lot of the same problems.

And Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam... M&L faired a little better in that it got to keep being an RPG, but the two games that came out during the same era as Sticker Star- Dream Team and Paper Jam- placed a much higher emphasis on the weird gimmicks. Like, Bowser's Inside Story's gimmick was "Bowser is a character you can play as!", Paper Jam's gimmick was "Paper Mario is here, which means we can have PAPERCRAFT TANK BATTLES and other Papercraft Gimmicks!"

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Have you seen the show WWE's Most Wanted Treasures? I have and obviously one of my favorite episodes is the one in which several iconic items belonging to the Undertaker and Kane are found.

I have ! I’m glad you enjoyed it too:) I think it was a really fun show , and it was made even better bc they were raising money for charity as well!

Besides the Kane stuff which I liked obviously , i found there was a Unabom doll in Glenn’s stuff.

Also! I enjoyed seeing the Mark trying on his old gear 💜

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bronco nima x female reader. the reader helps bronco's little brother with homework and that's when he realizes that he wants to marry her. super fluffy 🥺

What It's Like To date Bronco Nima (in my mind): Bronco Nima X Fem!Reader

Genre: Fluffy Headcanon

Summary: A glimpse of dating Bronco Nima/Him realizing he's in love with you

Word count: 568

Supreme Speaks: heyyy, Imma be honest, I really had to do my research for this man. But I’m happy I did cause I am now a fan of this delicious, tall, powerful specimen. I just don’t like the brown bandana pants…..anyways, THE FLUFF IS COMING YOUR WAY. Thank you @hooks-martin for requesting. i hope everyone is doing well and remember

Warnings: none really

Taglist (idk who to tag but): @hooks-martin

At first glance, I think Edwin would be that person who has a hard shell but a soft interior

You know with him being very tall and powerful (6’5 making me weak in the knees)

He would not allow many people to see the soft side of him

So basically looks like he can kill you but is a big cinnamon roll

That man would treasure you like you were a fragile doll; always offering piggyback rides, rushing to get something for you

He would never raise his voice at you

“i just don’t understand why-“

“I don’t understand why you are whispering at me”

“I don’t like yelling at you love”

I feel like your relationship with Bronco (Edwin) is very fun and filled with young couple shit

Like you guys create playlists for each other

You often drag the other on spontaneous plans/adventures

Making food for each other (especially if you are from different cultures)

I feel like he would buy duplicates of his clothes just to make sure that you would have a piece of him

He also would be the type to buy you flowers every week without asking or hesitation

“That’s like the second banquet this week!”

“I missed last week and I needed you to know how much I love you”

You definitely love Edwin because of how he puts you on a pedestal and how gentle of a lover he can be

Edwin treats you with the utmost respect and love

Mainly because he never had a relationship work out this well for this long

He loves you because of how caring and sympathetic you are, which balances out his persona/aura

Edwin’s love for you was definitely amped up when he came home to see you helping his brother with his homework

I can tell this man is very family orientated, he loves his family and tries to protect them(especially when his life is very private)

He regrets that he can’t help his little brother that much anymore, especially when he’s traveling with WWE

You on the other hand, since you weren’t a part of WWE, you had free time and you spent it with his family

From helping his mom cook to helping his siblings with their homework and chores

His brother needed the most help since he genuinely didn’t understand, luckily for him, you were an expert in the area he needed help in

So you spent two hours explaining the concepts and helping him with the work

In observing this, Edwin was completely enamored by you as his eyes grew into heart eyes

Then his mind started to wander about your future

Especially with how great you are with kids and how you would be with his kids, how your children would look, etc.

It scared him, as he never felt this way before and doesn’t want to rush you into something you weren’t ready for

But the more he looked at you smiling while helping his brother, the more in love he fell with you, and the more he was sure that you were the woman he wanted to marry

Overall…Edwin he would wait until you’re ready, no matter how long it took

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Watched the Samoan Dynasty episode of WWE Most Wanted Treasures and honestly yes the family is known for wrestling...but also ass. Legit most of them got cake!

the whole family.. all the ancestors.. ass for generations

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You need to watch that show WWE's Most Wanted Treasures. Basically a team of collectors and wrestlers led by Triple H travel across the country hunting down some of the most iconic wrestling memorabilia, and each episode is dedicated to a specific wrestler or group (like one episode was all about DX and they found the fucking tank from when they invaded WCW live on Raw). It's such a cool show you'll love it

i have actually seen it before! though i need to watch it again, I think I can recall undertaker going through his stuff.. THEY FOUND THE TANK THATS SO COOL WHATT

i actually saw Lita asking Trish to give up her outfit from the match they had together and give it to wwe, it was so cute, because of you Anon I’ll be tuning in way more often now

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Don’t come for me being a huge fucking nerd but I’m rewatching WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures and all I want is for Steph to like do a whole doc or a book or SOMETHING about her friendship with Andre the Giant because she must have a million stories and they’re all cute 🥺

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"Mr. McMahon: Netflix Exposes WWE's Controversial Kingpin

The Squared Circle Unmasked: Vince McMahon's Fall from Grace - A Raw Look at WWE's Controversial Kingpin

By: Joseph Correa

Are you ready to rumble? Strap in because we're about to bodyslam our way through the electrifying world of professional wrestling and its most controversial figure: Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Netflix's new docuseries "Mr. McMahon" is pulling back the curtain on the WWE empire, and boy, is it a slobber knocker!

The Man, The Myth, The McMahon

For decades, Vince McMahon wasn't just the man behind the curtain - he was the ringmaster of the greatest show in sports entertainment. This larger-than-life figure transformed wrestling from a patchwork of regional promotions into a global phenomenon. WWE gave us legends like Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, turning spandex-clad warriors into household names.

But here's the real shocker - McMahon's off-screen antics make his on-screen persona look tamer than a headlock. We're talking about a guy who once scripted his own daughter's kidnapping for ratings. Talk about taking "bring your kid to work day" to a whole new level!

Behind the Curtain: The Making of "Mr. McMahon"

Director Chris Smith (yeah, the "Tiger King" guy) spent over 100 hours interviewing McMahon and a star-studded cast of wrestling royalty. We're talking Triple H, Shane McMahon, and even the 24-inch pythons of Hulk Hogan himself, brother!

But just when you think you've seen it all, the production hit a steel chair to the face - allegations of sexual abuse and trafficking forced a sudden halt. This unexpected twist gave Smith access to a treasure trove of WWE footage that might've otherwise been locked away tighter than the Undertaker's casket.

The Art of the Work: McMahon's Kayfabe Conundrum

For the uninitiated, "kayfabe" is wrestling's code word for maintaining the illusion of reality. It's the secret sauce that makes grown adults believe a man can be buried alive and come back for revenge (looking at you, Undertaker).

McMahon was the master of kayfabe, blurring the lines between his real self and his villainous on-screen character. But in "Mr. McMahon," we see a man who might have worked himself into a shoot (that's wrestling lingo for accidentally turning fiction into reality).

In one jaw-dropping moment, McMahon admits, "I don't want anybody to really know me." Well, Vince, be careful what you wish for, because this series is serving up more revelations than a Royal Rumble has surprise entrants!

The McMahon Legacy: A Double-Edged Sword

"Mr. McMahon" doesn't pull any punches when exploring the dark side of wrestling's evolution. From the physical toll on performers to rampant drug use and tragic accidents (the Owen Hart incident still gives fans nightmares), the series paints a complex picture of McMahon's impact on the industry.

Perhaps the most damning indictment comes from McMahon's own flesh and blood. Shane McMahon's statement, "I think my dad gets the rap that he wants," speaks volumes about the calculated nature of Vince's public persona. It's a moment that'll hit you harder than a Stone Cold Stunner.

The End of an Era or Just Another Work?

With WWE set to move to Netflix, this docuseries could be seen as the streaming giant's way of ushering in a new era. It's like they're powerbombing the old regime while setting up the next big storyline.

But remember, in the world of wrestling, everything's a work until proven otherwise. Is this truly the final bell for McMahon's career, or just another plot twist in wrestling's never-ending soap opera?

The Bigger Picture: American Dream or Nightmare?

"Mr. McMahon" isn't just about wrestling - it's a funhouse mirror reflection of American culture. McMahon's story of a self-made billionaire building an empire on spectacle and controversy might sound eerily familiar (no names mentioned, but certain ex-presidents might be sweating).

The series also forces us to look in the mirror. As fans, are we complicit in the problematic aspects of wrestling's past? It's a question that'll leave you more conflicted than a referee during a run-in.

The Count

"Mr. McMahon" delivers a powerslam of entertainment and insight, It's a must-watch for wrestling aficionados and a fascinating peek behind the curtain for casual viewers.

The series excels in its unflinching look at McMahon's complex legacy, backed by a wealth of insider interviews and rare footage. It stumbles slightly in pacing, occasionally getting caught up in the ropes of wrestling minutiae that might lose non-fans.

However, the compelling narrative and shocking revelations make "Mr. McMahon" a contender for one of the year's most talked-about docuseries. It's a tale of power, manipulation, and the blurred lines between fiction and reality that'll keep you hooked from bell to bell.

The Final Bell

As the dust settles on this no-holds-barred look at Vince McMahon's career, one thing's for sure - the landscape of professional wrestling will never be the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing... well, that's for you to decide.

So, what's your take? Is this the end of McMahon's reign, or just another swerve in wrestling's ongoing saga? Drop your thoughts in the comments below, and let's keep this conversation going!

Remember, in the wild world of wrestling, the only thing predictable is unpredictability. And that, folks, is the bottom line!

The promotional poster for the Netflix docuseries "Mr.

McMahon." Courtesy Of Netflix

Final Verdict: 8 out of 10 stars ⭐

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@machetegirl :  Finally! The cat is out of the bag! Can’t wait for you guys to check this season of Most Wanted Treasures. Booker, Mick and I found some of the coolest pieces from @wwe history and enlisted our friends to come along for the hunt. We had an absolute blast shooting and racked up hella frequent flier miles tracking down all the loot. I’ll have all the behind the scenes stuff here. Stay tuned!

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The legendary "Mr. Socko" was an iconic Mick Foley creation. Now, the hunt is on for the original treasure in Season 1, Episode 1.Tune in to WWE's Most Wante...

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WWE's Most Wanted Treasures: Undertaker Spots His Purple Gear And Mask I...

Love this man in his retirement

Loved him when he was wrestling but it is so interesting to see him drop his character and be a normal [albeit massive] dude

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Currently watching WWE's Most Wanted Treasures and enjoying it.