Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 403: Fuck You, Roman

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SmartMuffin posted...

What humiliating way will they make her lose?

Sasha heel turn of course!
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To be fair Citrus Bowl sounds way better and is a more iconic name.

Like if the Rose Bowl ever becomes PapaJohns.com Stadium I'm still calling it the former.

Thinking about this again, I wonder if WWE is gonna get some pushback from the stadiums on this. Like, in theory, FOX could ignore naming rights and just keep referring to stadiums by whatever old/preferred name they like. They presumably don't do this because that kinda screws the sponsor over, and the NFL would come back and them and be like "um, no, we can't have this."

Is Vince immune, given that WM only comes around once every so often and it's a big enough moneymaker that you'd still rather have it than not? Or can they pressure him in some way?
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https://twitter.com/dukect/status/850483657072574464

meltzowned
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They could refuse to spend ad money on his shows

But I don't think Camping World is a big Raw advertiser

When they go places like the KFC Yum! Center you best believe they use that proper name though
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Jakyl25 posted...

CaptainOfCrush posted...

I wish JBL could have gotten laid out by someone like RVD years ago.

...RVD? Did they have some beef I'm forgetting? I never saw Rob as an enforcer type.

JBL did for real get KO'd by Joey Styles for bullying once though. One punch.

I've never heard this. I think I remember him getting fucked up by Stevie Richards for fucking with Blue Meanie though? That might have happened in ring IIRC.

I'm kinda shocked that that didn't immediately ruin JBL's entire tough guy persona and end the bullying. I know Dynamite Kid got his teeth knocked out by The Mountie, who was perceived as one of the fake tough guys in the locker room, and it ruined his image and basically forced him to leave the company. I assume an announcer, and a tiny nerdy one at that, would be way more damaging to your reputation that a fake tough guy like Mountie or Honky Tonk Man.
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Dynamite Kid was a known asshole who got what he deserved.
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SmartMuffin posted...

https://twitter.com/dukect/status/850483657072574464

meltzowned

It'd be a good point if it wasn't basically completely incorrect
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The Mountie is from the Rougeau family to be fair.

Hogan respected him enough to job to him in singles at his hometown house show!

How often is Hulk Hogan VOLUNTEERING to job?
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"Hogan turned to me and said ‘Jacques, I’m going to make you win tonight’.. and I started laughing in front of all the boys because it was so funny and all the boys were laughing. It took me a couple years to realize why he wanted to do that. It wasn’t me who pinned him it was the Rougeau family and what we did for wrestling. Also it’s because of what I did to Dynamite Kid. You know the big fight I had with the Bulldogs. Hulk is a guy with a good image and he took care of wrestling and he didnt like the guys partying all night. We know Dynamite made Honky Tonk cry in the dressing room, he shaved Outback Jack’s head, do things to the boys that didn’t deserve it. And when he picked on me, I had a choice to make. I’ll either become the laughing stock of the WWF, or I’m going to make a comeback. I did it out of pride."

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Jakyl25 posted...

The Mountie is from the Rougeau family to be fair.

Hogan respected him enough to job to him in singles at his hometown house show!

How often is Hulk Hogan VOLUNTEERING to job?

There were times when the Hulkster WOULD play ball, believe it or not.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

What.

Fucking everyone loved Justin Roberts. He was super popular with all the wrestlers and everything he talked about on Jericho's podcast makes him seem like one of the most genuinely nice dudes.

https://goo.gl/images/jblUmg
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Justin Roberts did create the most AWFUL Pro Wrestling Tees store though
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More awful than Sami Callihan's?
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JetJaguar posted...

I've never heard this. I think I remember him getting fucked up by Stevie Richards for fucking with Blue Meanie though? That might have happened in ring IIRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHMpUhEWp7M

Stevie absolutely killed JBL with a chair shot. Like, he was bleeding the hard way pretty badly.
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Yeah I'm not denying Dynamite deserved it, I'm just saying Mountie fucking him up ruined his persona and you would think Styles knocking out JBL would be even worse. Especially if Bret's version of events is true and Mountie sucker punched Dynamite with a roll of quarters after hiding behind a door or something and had help from Ray Rougeau.

Tanking a sucker punch from a fellow wrestler, who had help and a weapon is on an entirely different level from being put to sleep by a nerdy commentator.
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Weapon or no Weapon, Dynamite lost the right to complain when he did all that crap to others.
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in kayfabe, "weapon" = sledgehammer

outside of kayfabe, weapon = roll of quarters
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You're missing his point.
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I think you're misunderstanding my point.

I mean that Dynamite was never taken seriously as a bully after that and basically had to leave the company. JBL keeps chugging along though.
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Feh, It's just the stories of that asshole boil my blood.

There are people who are Horrible because shitty things have had happened to them and there people who are just BORN shitty. Mr. Billington most likely falls into Category 2.
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NBIceman posted...

More awful than Sami Callihan's?

*checks it out, gradually scrolls down*

This isn't so bad..

...okay this is getting weird

...Sami stop...

...SAMI, STOP

*taps out*
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A quick browse on wreddit, JBL has a pretty large percentage of supporters compared to here.

A few other smarky forums seem to be a bit closer to here, praising Steve Blackman for what he did years ago.
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Well, that's (w)reddit all over, isn't it?
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Meltzer said the following:

"I have gotten texts and DM's as well as spoken personally to 15 different Justin Roberts who all contacted me after the article I wrote.
Justin was the only one without any interest in going back who would speak publicly. The rest were just thanking me because they went through the same thing.
It's way worse and well known that I had imagined.
Only one of them knew Mauro, only their own experiences."
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Neat, Meltzer and Coachman are resuming their twitter beef.
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^Hmmm... Who should I side w/?
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#standupforWWE
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JetJaguar posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Going through the Observer now to find it

In the meantime, this was pretty funny

One of the funniest Vince-isms of the week was the decree that the term Camping World Stadium, the site of the show, couldn’t be used. So it was the Citrus Bowl, the old name of the stadium.

The theory is that Vince thinks camping is lowbrow

To be fair Citrus Bowl sounds way better and is a more iconic name.

Like if the Rose Bowl ever becomes PapaJohns.com Stadium I'm still calling it the former.

People didn't realize this? I'm pretty sure I posted it at the time saying I thought it was funny they weren't using the actual name of the stadium!

Hardcore_Adult posted...

^Hmmm... Who should I side w/?

Well, Coach is being an idiot, so...
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Even if that is the case, something about Meltzer in recent years has begun to bug me a bit.

Ah, let THEM fight it out.
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NBIceman posted...

More awful than Sami Callihan's?

http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wrestling-vacation.html
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So you know how on WWE commentary, these idiots constantly say wrestlers "love to have fun?"

On TNA last night, Josh Matthews said, and I quote, "I hate having fun."
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there is no proof that that was said

no one watched tna
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Well, JBL apparently asked John Morrison and Joey Mercury to steal Justin Roberts' passport. They had to actually debate whether or not to do it because JBL was a horrible bully to them and they knew if they did it, JBL would leave him alone. And they ultimately decided not to do it, so it was someone else. So when JBL goes "I didn't steal his passport!" he was just asking someone else to do it to him. And then Vince apparently laughed and taunted Justin about it after a meeting. What the fuck.

http://deadspin.com/ex-wweer-on-announcer-jbls-bullying-this-stuff-is-enc-1794126676
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Another JBL gets beaten up story, apparently he tried to pick a fight with Ken Shamrock. Shamrock went "I'll actually lay down and let you do whatever you think your best move is, I will tap you out in 30 seconds from there." Shamrock laid down, JBL put him in some kind of headlock. Shamrock rolled him into a submission and tapped him in 15 seconds
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I suddenly love Ken Shamrock even more.
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So weird that even after multiple shameful losses, he still soldiers on with his bullying

It's like it's a pathological need
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So, everyone on SC seems to thnk Okada is losing to Shibata.....


If this happens, can everyone admit that I was mother fucking right about WK?


Omega beating Shibata would not mean near as much.
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Shamrock is cool.

Oh big death involving AAA
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EmDubyaSee posted...

So, everyone on SC seems to thnk Okada is losing to Shibata.....


If this happens, can everyone admit that I was mother fucking right about WK?


Omega beating Shibata would not mean near as much.

I mean, it's not going to happen, so that's a moot point. People on SC are dumb.
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Shibata gonna bring back the glory days of Inokism.

I'm gonna guess Shibata in a world title main event will likely sell more tickets than usual.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that it's looking like a sellout.
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EmDubyaSee posted...

If this happens, can everyone admit that I was mother fucking right about WK?

Nah dude. This is his punishment for that thing with his wife. NJPW is so brutal about that shit.
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Jakyl25 posted...

So weird that even after multiple shameful losses, he still soldiers on with his bullying

It's like it's a pathological need

Maybe JBL has some kind of inbuilt superiority/inferiority thing going on upstairs. But then again HTF would we know, we're not in his head?
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Well his boss seems to like it, so why stop?
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He's a financial wizard, he doesn't NEED this job
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Am I the only one here that actually read his book? It was actually kind of good. The best book of financial advice told through the metaphors of wrestling road stories I've ever read!
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So I'm in some random camgirl room and someone posts some weird owl picture

Someone else replies "fuck that owl"

Then like 3-4 of us spend several minutes making BROKEN references and posting GIFs, while the model is sitting there wondering WTF is going on

#wonderful
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Ugh, a camgirl room? That's disgusting!

Which one in particular?
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We've truly entered a golden age where wrestling fandom extends even to cam websites. I'm proud to be a wrestling fan this day.

In all seriousness, that's pretty damn funny.
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