Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 193: What a Kick....in the GUT CHECK

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Sheamus will the champ?

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I really do wish that this WAS Mark Henry's push now that you mention it.

Cena vs. Henry >>>> Cena vs. Show

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

So X-Pac talked about who he thinks will make it in WWE from FCW.

He says Richie Steamboat, Chris Hero, Brody Lee, James Bronson, and Leo Kruger (who Triple H really likes).

x-pac still putting over chikara

really starting to like the guy

wait a sec, when did brody lee go to fcw.
man i'm gonna miss that guy. friggin' AWESOME look, style, size, and speed. dude is WAY too mobile for a guy his size.

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New title is coming. woo.

1000th episode seems a good time to introduce it, no?

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There's also already a rumor about someone returning on that show

SID

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If the original Nexus beatdown was a 10 on the "holy ****" meter, I put these Show attacks at like a 7.5.

Using Nexus as 10 I'd probably give them a 3. With "random finisher in the ring" being a 1, "random finisher on the floor at ringside" being a 2. Also while Kane's more stupid attacks would rate below this he's definitely done better. His random smotherings of Cena a few months ago beat it-- and his top rope chair guillotines really beat it.

Mark Henry did it a lot better just cause the dude is better with intensity. Show is not a naturally intense guy. Show only really works if he's showing things that look like massive feats of strength like tossing a guy really far or something. He hasn't really done any of that so I'm left kinda getting sleepy during the things.

And yeah Biscuit brings up a good point too-- when we're served 2+ squashes a week you need to step it up a bit for another squash to really feel special. I feel like they've just been phoning things in these days. Orton vs Kane I thought was a funny feud because it blatantly felt completely random. Now we've got Kane/Punk/Bryan based on random beatdowns and Orton aimlessly RKOing people and Ryback/Tensai/Brodus doing their weekly squashes and... just oversaturated.

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they should just let sakamoto wrestle and have him and tensai be a tag team

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or just hire karl anderson and put bad intentions back together

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Sakamoto is the s*** guys. Seriously.

He's the stiffest mofo ever. Them Japanese chops.

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I distinctly remember Sakamoto's kick to John Cena that one match between him and Tensai. It was a really good looking kick. I was sort of surprised.

When are we getting a wrestler who's gimmick is that he can control time? It wouldn't so much manifest itself in matches, but more we would get a backstage segment involving him, and something bad would happen to him like he'd be attacked or he'd say something stupid, and then a few minutes later we'd get the exact same segment, with no acknowledgment from anyone that it's already aired, and this time he's prepared for the attack or this time he says what he wanted to say. The same thing could happen with his in-ring promos, and it'd confuse the hell out of audiences.

I think this is stupid enough to work, damn it.

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So he's the guy from Funny Games?

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Never seen it.

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In theory that could give them an excuse to like re-run a show from 1988 or something with the time-controller green-screened in. <_<

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I'm still holding out for my "genre savvy pro wrestler" gimmick. Someone who grow up watching all the wrestling (like jakyl) but uses that knowledge in the ring and never does silly stuff like going for a pinfall after a punch.

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But there's a purpose in going for early pinfalls, so that's not even silly!

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By far the biggest application of that would be "never stop wrestling to yell at someone on the ramp."

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From: Jakyl25 | #067

By far the biggest application of that would be "never stop wrestling to yell at someone on the ramp."

Yeah, stuff like that too.

Also, when you have your back to the entrance ramp and the crowd suddenly goes wild, TURN AROUND

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Taken to its logical extreme, that guy would realize that in WWE, no one ever wins until they hit their finisher, so he'd forgo even trying anything except for his finisher

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That's not true!

Surprise rollups work too from time to time

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From: DeathChicken | #069

Taken to its logical extreme, that guy would realize that in WWE, no one ever wins until they hit their finisher, so he'd forgo even trying anything except for his finisher

This is semi-accurate, depending on whether or not you buy into the "other moves weaken the opponent which makes the finisher easier to execute" logic. If the guy's finisher was a submission hold, for example, there would still be plenty of reason to do other moves, provided they weakened the specific body part his finisher was geared towards.

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He would make the rollup his finisher.

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You shouldn't really have to "buy into" that concept. Fighters in real-life fighting sports don't come out there swinging for a knockout or going for a submission from the opening bell.

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Well, the problem is that many pro wrestling "finishing moves" are just as, if not MORE easy to execute than your average non-finisher.

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It's also easier to reverse.

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From: Jakyl25 | #073
You shouldn't really have to "buy into" that concept. Fighters in real-life fighting sports don't come out there swinging for a knockout or going for a submission from the opening bell.
Fighters in real life fighting sports don't have almost complete immunity to all but one or two specific attacks their opponent could use. In real MMA or boxing or whatever, you can actually knock someone out early, and do noticeable damage with your safer attacks, in pro wrestling the bulk of moves used never win matches under any circumstances and very rarely prevent someone from getting their usual "second wind" (hey John Cena) and promptly taking you out in one or two signature moves.

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Around 33:11, prob just best to go 33 minutes in.

...YES YES YES YES YES YES YES.

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oh XIII beat me to it

....well more people need to care than just us two!

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I'm surprised how few people cared tbqh

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Woo new title!

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Also as someone in the comments section astutely pointed out, CM Punk's past three Wrestlemania opponents are currently suspended. (Four years ago he was in the Money in the Bank match.)

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I love how botchedspot Orton doesn't even say words, just RKOs everything

True to life!

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Rad Link 5 posted...

Also as someone in the comments section astutely pointed out, CM Punk's past three Wrestlemania opponents are currently suspended. (Four years ago he was in the Money in the Bank match.)

Pretty sure Punk himself pointed that.

Jakyl25 posted...

By far the biggest application of that would be "never stop wrestling to yell at someone on the ramp."

Here's the crowd going crazy as he gets up.
Jumps out of the ring rather than turning around into a finishing move.

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*hears Sheamus chanting BROGUE*
*stays on the ground rather than getting up*

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*gets hit with a Cena shoulderblock*

*doesn't immediately pop back up*

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*gets Hurricanrana'd by Rey Mysterio*
*falls all the way to the ground rather than resting on the second rope*

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*gets hit with a Rock spinebuster*

*rolls onto stomach*

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*gets dropped face first onto the turnbuckle by the Undertaker*

*rests in the corner instead of stumbling and turning around*

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*Gets asked a question by The Rock*
*Kicks him in the balls*

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*gets powerslammed by Randy Orton*

*rolls all the way out of the ring instead of stopping on the apron*

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So hey guys, in case you aren't sure if you should tune into TNA or not, they made a commercial to convince you that you can't miss it!



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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

So hey guys, in case you aren't sure if you should tune into TNA or not, they made a commercial to convince you that you can't miss it!

That does answer whether or not I should watch.

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https://twitter.com/maryse0uellet/status/209744983014645760/photo/1/large

so what's TNA waiting for exactly?

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Sorry, Brooke Hogan took priority

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Seriously just sign all 4. The Bellas may even be able to steal Bryan and Ziggler for them.

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Oh, in the case of the Bellas, what TNA might be "waiting for" is the 90 day no-compete clause. <_<

But then again this is a contract running out scenario and not a release, so it may not apply.

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The Bellas in TNA...

I am at odds with myself trying to figure out the proper reaction.

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the bellas weren't awful

they were at least decent heels and worked *watchable* matches near the end there

that's the worst thing about the divas

some of the reviled "model types" end up being half-decent or at least improving considerably at the end of their runs but then wwe fires them for having aspirations or whatever

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At the time the Bellas were fired, they were probably the two best all-around divas the company had.

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Bellas got decent yeah.

I bet TNA actually does bring them in though just because for whatever reason they seem determined to keep the KO Tag Title existing.

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Were the Bellas actually fired? I know their contracts expired but were they offered a new deal and they refused or just flat out weren't offered anything?

Seems weird that they would give them the title on the way out if they weren't wanted.

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