Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic Part 505: Li'l K Breaking Down The Forbidden Door

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This one amuses me too

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. BRAY WYATT VS. BRAUN STROWMAN 301

2. Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton 192

3. Lana vs. Nia Jax 161

4. Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins 116

5. Tetsuya Naito vs. Evil 88

6. WWE vs. Retribution 48

7. Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara 45

8. Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders 33

9. Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus 24

Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy 24

HONORABLE MENTION: John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt 20, Dexter Lumis vs . Cameron Grimes 16, Ricochet vs. Retribution 14, Ricochet vs. Hurt Business 12, Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley 12, Retribution vs. Hurt Business 11, Young Bucks vs. FTR 11

Specifically the Retribution/Ricochet/Hurt Business mix and match in the honorable mentions
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Jocephus aka Question Mark from NWA passed away.

He finally gets some spotlight, has an incredibly entertaining run everyone loved, and then passes away out of nowhere. He has a son too. That's awful.

RIP

Evidently he was a major component of NWAs creative alongside Dave Lagana which is another huge body blow for that promotion

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Boo people who voted Orange Cassidy as worst gimmick.

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Dont worry, hes fine

BEST GIMMICK

1. ORANGE CASSIDY 386

2. Brodie Lee 167

3. Roman Reigns 142

4. Adam Page 114

5. Darby Allin 62

6. Kenny Omega 56

7. MJF 54

8. The Fiend Bray Wyatt 30

9. Eddie Kingston 29

10. Dark Order 23

HONORABLE MENTION: Minoru Suzuki 21, Jay White 17,Donna del Mundo 17. Gokigen Death 16, John Silver 13,Jon Moxley 12, Lance Archer 11
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Hell yeah!

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What won Best match?

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PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. YOUNG BUCKS VS. KENNY OMEGA & ADAM PAGE 2/29 CHICAGO (733) 4,285

2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo (176) 1,929

3. Young Bucks vs. FTR 11/7 Jacksonville (66) 809

4. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 1/5 Tokyo (98) 761

5. Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 10/29 London (49) 740

6. Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/10 Osaka (56) 555

7. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay 1/4 Tokyo (13) 496

8. Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura 12/6 Tokyo (22) 295

9. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy & Adam Page vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager & Ortiz & Santana Stadium Stampede 5/23 Jacksonville (12) 270

10. John Silver & Alex Reynolds & Adam Page vs. MJF & Santana & Ortiz 12/30 Jacksonville (4) 211

HONORABLE MENTION: Chuck Taylor & Trent vs Ortiz & Santana 9/27 Jacksonville 167, Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha 2/8 Tokyo 159, Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi 10/10 Osaka 132, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy 2/29 Chicago 78, Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 9/27 Kobe 75, Cody Rhodes vs. Brodie Lee dog collar 10/8 Jacksonville 73,Undertaker vs. A.J. Styles 4/4 Winter Park, FL 72, Kenny Omega vs. Pac 2/26 Kansas City 72

Bad year for WWE, with only an NXT UK match and the Boneyard match mentioned at all
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Boneryard got snubbed

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https://twitter.com/garrettkidney/status/1365673834628718596?s=19

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If most of the voting base just hated everything WWE and only voted AEW, this wouldnt happen

WOMENS WRESTLING MVP

1. BAYLEY 258

2. Mayu Iwatani 238

3. Sasha Banks 206

4. Asuka 151

5. Hikaru Shida 132

6. Io Shirai 110

7. Giulia 63

8. Thunder Rosa 36

9. Yuka Sakazaki 17

10. Serena Deeb 12

Britt Baker 12

Hana Kimura 12

HONORABLE MENTION: Becky Lynch 11
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Lmao god damnit

https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1365787334189408261?s=19

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I have seen literally no actual alternative deserving winners discussed by all these people who think AEWs wins are unfair

3 exceptions:

1.) Rey Fenix winning Mexico MVP mostly off of work in America. Someone actually working in Mexico should have won. Fair

2.) Kenny Omega winning Most Outstanding. It was the closest race of all this year in any category as he narrowly edged out Kota Ibushi. If you want to say Ibushi should have won, but people are biased towards Kenny because of his new character (which shouldnt be taken into account in this category), thats reasonable.

3.) Excalibur winning Best Announcer. I have no problem with it but ironically Dave himself did and posted his case for why Kevin Kelly should have won, something he did for any other award, lol.
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These voters 100% just hate WWE, those haters!

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1. PAT MCAFEE 355

2. Anna Jay 216

3. SB Kento 158

4. Dominik Mysterio 108

5. Top Flight 105

6. Will Hobbs 66

7. Benjamin Carter 53

8. Blake Christian 44

9. Alan Angels 24

10. Yuki Mashiro 16

HONORABLE MENTION: Leyla Hirsch 13, Lee Johnson 12
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Jakyl25 posted...

I have seen literally no actual alternative deserving winners discussed by all these people who think AEWs wins are unfair

3 exceptions:

1.) Rey Fenix winning Mexico MVP mostly off of work in America. Someone actually working in Mexico should have won. Fair

2.) Kenny Omega winning Most Outstanding. It was the closest race of all this year in any category as he narrowly edged out Kota Ibushi. If you want to say Ibushi should have won, but people are biased towards Kenny because of his new character (which shouldnt be taken into account in this category), thats reasonable.

3.) Excalibur winning Best Announcer. I have no problem with it but ironically Dave himself did and posted his case for why Kevin Kelly should have won, something he did for any other award, lol.

Ibushis work wasnt really THAT impressive

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I would argue that firing a bunch of people during a pandemic isn't really a promotional tactic.

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It was a financial tactic used by a wrestling promotion

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TheRock1525 posted...

I would argue that firing a bunch of people during a pandemic isn't really a promotional tactic.

Youre reading promotional wrong

scarletspeed7 posted...

It was a financial tactic used by a wrestling promotion

Thats why individual asshole actions like everything Joey Ryan did last year arent eligible
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Ah. Makes sense.

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Ok hunter

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2021/3/1/22307617/triple-h-talks-vince-mcmahon-netflix-doc-didnt-think-people-interested

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LOL no one gives him the credit

Vince McMahon worked his ass off to monopolize and then ruin professional wrestling fandom in the United States over the last 40 years. That was a LOT of hard work
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https://twitter.com/garrettkidney/status/1366584919619756033?s=21
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Nobody gives Vince enough credit

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Orton vs Fake Orton at Summerslam!

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Well it sounds like they at least did the right thing with regards to Lashley and Miz

No Dusty finish please
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I'm Legit surprised they didn't drag it out to Fast Lane.

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There was zero need to

Which yeah, surprised they didnt do it <_<

Also I love that Retribution those anti-establishment anarchists trotted out with the rest of the roster to be good lumberjacks
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The dude in the replies telling everyone to cry because he liked it.

Sometimes I feel pretty bad about myself as a human being, but luckily there's people like that in the world to remind me that it could be soooo much worse.

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Some big NXT news coming!

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1366880292883947520?s=21
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https://twitter.com/FightfulWrestle/status/1366882524253753346

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jakyl wasn't lying

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My prediction is AEW numbers improve more than NXT numbers do.

But this is good news. I'm glad it's finally happening.

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I'm just mad VOW beat me to the "Dark was on Tuesdays first!" joke.

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NBIceman posted...

I'm just mad VOW beat me to the "Dark was on Tuesdays first!" joke.

The comments are absolutely expected but still delivered. WWE fanboys are WILD.

https://twitter.com/voiceswrestling/status/1366841693497135112?s=20

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I'm predicting in the 800ks for NXT and consistently over a million for AEW.

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Another tidbit I had thought about, when it was said a few months back that HHH didn't wrestle in 2020...

HHH ended a streak of 25 years with at least 1 WWF/E match last year. The same goes for Kane, who also did 25 consecutive years before not wrestling in 2020. Right now the leader of said stat is Undertaker, sitting at 31 years and counting. Considering his retirement announcement last November, that might finally come to an end this year.

Next longest streak of 1 active WWE match a year (televised matches only) goes to Orton with 20 years as of his few matches this year. Next is Cena with 19 and Miz with 16 years straight

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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Another tidbit I had thought about, when it was said a few months back that HHH didn't wrestle in 2020...

HHH ended a streak of 25 years with at least 1 WWF/E match last year. The same goes for Kane, who also did 25 consecutive years before not wrestling in 2020. Right now the leader of said stat is Undertaker, sitting at 31 years and counting. Considering his retirement announcement last November, that might finally come to an end this year.

Next longest streak of 1 active WWE match a year (televised matches only) goes to Orton with 20 years as of his few matches this year. Next is Cena with 19 and Miz with 16 years straight

That doesn't sound interesting - or noteworthy at all. :(

I was confused about why that would be a reply but then I saw who made the post so it clicked

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Pfft. Last time Triple H was cool was back in 2006.

Anywho? Raw got an 1.88 rating.

Marvelous. :3

Cody & Red Velvet vs. Shaq & Jade Cargill was really good for what it was. lol at QT Marshall trying to get the match back on the rails.

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So apparently the kids really love Bobby Lashley, because for the first time since Smackdown moved to FOX, RAW beat it in the 35 and under demo.

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Cody & Red Velvet vs. Shaq & Jade Cargill was really good for what it was. lol at QT Marshall trying to get the match back on the rails.

I loved Shaq beating the hell out of the Gunn Club

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TheRock1525 posted...

So apparently the kids really love Bobby Lashley, because for the first time since Smackdown moved to FOX, RAW beat it in the 35 and under demo.

Ryan Satin is trying to claim it as Bad Bunny hype finally catching on. Who knows.

https://twitter.com/trevordame/status/1367290769241899010?s=21
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Tullyyyyyyyy Blanchard

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Jim Crockett Jr has reportedly passed away.

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Fastbreak posted...

I was confused about why that would be a reply but then I saw who made the post so it clicked

This, pretty much.

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sorry guys, that won't happen again

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AEW at 934,000 for last night! I think it's safe to say when NXT moves, it's probably at 1 mill each week.

God bless Tully for bringing in the ratings.

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1367579652022173696?s=19

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Today I just learned that Elias finally has entrance music that he sings.

Which, considering his gimmick is "he's a singer" and he's been in the company for, like, seven years, is pretty funny.

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Also what's funny about that AEW number is that it featured a drop in the demo (.35 to .33) from last week.

AEW finally bringing in that 50+ crowd!

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TheRock1525 posted...

Also what's funny about that AEW number is that it featured a drop in the demo (.35 to .33) from last week.

AEW finally bringing in that 50+ crowd!

I feel like Shaq is a good explanation for that.

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