10-20-2020, 07:10 PM | #57841 |
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Anyone listen to Tommy Dreamer's podcast before?
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10-20-2020, 08:13 PM | #57842 | |
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Apparently WWE is currently under investigation by Orange County officials regarding their venues being hotspots for the coronavirus in Florida.
Its part of a larger investigation targeting 17 businesses that government officials feel have been responsible for keeping the spread of the coronavirus on-going in the county. Quote:
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10-20-2020, 10:03 PM | #57843 |
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I always wonder if Japanese speaking wrestling fans complain online about NJPW the way English speaking wrestling fans complain about WWE.
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10-20-2020, 10:50 PM | #57844 |
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Probably not anywhere near the same degree mainly because NJPW isn't being run into the ground by an old and increasingly out of tough guy nor having somewhat destructive plans for wrestling like his potential successor has.
NJPW's biggest criticisms in recent years pretty much revolved around how they've handled Naito over the years including his Double Champ reign and the big backlash they got from their female fanbase over the idea to include women's wrestling on their shows. |
10-21-2020, 12:47 AM | #57845 |
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10-21-2020, 09:25 AM | #57846 |
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That's fantastic! I saw a post from his wife a few days ago that appeared to show Jim was on the mend.
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10-21-2020, 05:36 PM | #57847 |
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WWE recently revealed how bad their recent coronavirus outbreaks were as part of their response to Orange County officials investigating them as a potential hotspot of the coronavirus in the county.
According to the Observer's Bryan Alvarez, the 1.5% positive cases given by WWE ends up being around 150 wrestlers and staff who tested positive for the coronavirus since WWE started holding tapings at their Performance Center and Full Sail. That number is a lot higher than was originally assumed for WWE's outbreaks. Alvarez also stated that WWE's number doesn't include family members that contracted the virus from infected wrestlers and staff which would skew the numbers even higher against the company. |
10-21-2020, 05:42 PM | #57848 |
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Jesus Christ
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10-22-2020, 08:45 AM | #57849 |
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Guess they’re going for herd immunity?
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10-22-2020, 09:44 AM | #57850 |
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Fucking despicable.
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10-22-2020, 12:53 PM | #57851 | |
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10-22-2020, 01:11 PM | #57852 |
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10-22-2020, 06:14 PM | #57853 |
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— mongo and friends (@ThatsOurMongo) October 22, 2020 |
10-22-2020, 06:30 PM | #57854 |
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Lol when the hell did that take place
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10-22-2020, 06:41 PM | #57855 | |
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From an episode of WCW Thunder in 2000.
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10-22-2020, 07:39 PM | #57856 |
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Lol of course it happened in 2000 WCW
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10-23-2020, 05:16 PM | #57857 |
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10-23-2020, 06:44 PM | #57858 |
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I totally forgot about that. Gonna watch it this weekend.
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10-25-2020, 04:02 PM | #57859 |
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"Every time HBK dropped a title without putting someone over"
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10-25-2020, 05:08 PM | #57860 | |
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10-26-2020, 12:26 AM | #57861 | |
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Seems Marty Scurll might be gone from Ring of Honor.
ROH recently removed him from their roster page and he wasn't brought back for their recent set of tapings. Same for him not being brought back to ROH Creative since being among those accused during this past summer's tidal wave of sexual abuse and harassment allegations within the wrestling industry. Quote:
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10-26-2020, 10:45 AM | #57862 |
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funny how much the indie scene has changed in terms of who's hot and who's not in the last four years or so. PWG's Battle of Los Angeles from 2016 was the pinnacle of popularity for that company, it featured many guys that have since gone on to greater things or returned to WWE - Tomasso Ciampa, Ricochet, Tommy End, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, Adam Cole, John Morrison, Trevor Lee, Brian Kendrick, Matt Riddle, Pete Dunne, Mark Andrews, Chris Hero (who was later terminated again). Cody Rhodes and the Bucks went on to form AEW (and took the Lucha Bros with them), guys like Zach Sabre Jr. and Will Ospreay still doing their thing, Jeff Cobb and Marty Scurll (Scurll WON that weekend tournament) found further success in ROH in the years to follow.
It's interesting to consider where all those dudes were in their careers at that time, the opportunities that they got and the paths they've chose, how it's lead to further success and popularity, how it may have allowed them to get lost in the shuffle of things, or how simply they couldn't maintain appeal for whatever reason/s. Also interesting to me is how instrumental many of those mentioned were in giving New Japan a way to break into the US and how that has floundered as well. Last edited by fundiddle; 10-26-2020 at 11:12 AM. |
10-26-2020, 07:19 PM | #57863 |
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Lucha Libre AAA held their TripleMania press conference today and the two biggest stuff coming out of it was them signing a sponsorship deal with Marvel and Kenny Omega defending his AAA Mega title against Laredo Kid at the show.
In other stuff, apparently Danny Burch ended up outing himself as one of the COVID truthers in NXT's locker room and Road Dogg got into a another dumb online argument but this time with Hurricane over the view that wearing masks prevents the spread of the coronavirus. Could easily guess which side Hurricane was on. Last edited by Emperor Smeat; 10-26-2020 at 09:53 PM. Reason: Somehow managed to mispell Road Dogg |
10-26-2020, 09:41 PM | #57864 |
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Tommy Dreamer's podcast is really good. Definitely check it out.
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10-26-2020, 09:41 PM | #57865 | |
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10-26-2020, 09:58 PM | #57866 |
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Rather have him and not Triple H's merry band of fools in charge of NXT considering some of the bad stuff that's come out in recent times regarding their handling of it.
At this point, strongly feel a Triple H & Steph regime over WWE once Vince leaves is going to be neither a net positive nor a net negative. Whatever areas they will improve will just get offset in other areas where Triple H & co. have been just as bad or worse than Vince & co. |
10-26-2020, 10:53 PM | #57867 |
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Just finished the episode dedicated to Howard Finkel as Dreamer used to work in the office with Fink. Great stories, but really sad. Finkel was living in assisted living towards the end and had a brain disease where his brain was shrinking faster than normal. Dreamer said the WWE kept him on the payroll and paid for everything.
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10-27-2020, 11:36 AM | #57868 |
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10-27-2020, 12:09 PM | #57869 |
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10-27-2020, 12:42 PM | #57870 |
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10-27-2020, 01:58 PM | #57871 | |
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10-27-2020, 08:48 PM | #57872 |
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The first Talk’N Shop A Mania show was pretty fun to watch. Quality-wise it was basically a train wreck but in an entertaining and comedic self-awareness way. |
10-27-2020, 09:53 PM | #57873 |
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Apparently, Road Dogg quit Twitter. What a jagoff.
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10-27-2020, 10:01 PM | #57874 |
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Hey its me Triple A and I think you are all little bitches
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10-27-2020, 10:22 PM | #57875 |
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Wow, harsh words!!
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10-27-2020, 10:22 PM | #57876 |
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Impact angle is a shoot, literally
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10-27-2020, 10:39 PM | #57878 | |
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10-27-2020, 10:48 PM | #57879 | |
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10-27-2020, 10:49 PM | #57880 | |
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