The General Wrestling Thread

[EmpireWF]

The episode with Shawn was fun. He paid Lothario about $3k to train him way back when.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Arn has to be one of the next to go on those DVDs. He's always in fuckin character. You got Tully in one interview segment saying "yeah, I had a drug problem and that is why I didn't get signed." and the next you got Arn going "we kicked Luger out of the Horsemen, because he tried to challenge Ric!"

Like, c'mon...I'm done with you.

Arm's book is 100% kayfabe, too.

 

[EmpireWF]

Just forget about the stupid/repetitive/overdone outsiders angle...still cool.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

RE: Fandango

There is plenty of room on the Fandangowagon, as long as you Johnny Comelately's admit that me & kuzzy ride the front because we were here first.

Curtis will headline a Mania, book it.

 

[EmpireWF]

Curtis will headline a Mania, book it.

If you count one of those smackdown world title matches that open the show or end up in the midcard, sure.

I like the guy, but way too many things blocking him.

 

[FedEx227]

Warner has always said "Curtis" will headline a Mania... not Fandango.

 

[BigBiss]

every one worried about vice cock blocking Fandango seem to forget it was his deal to start with ... this is his gimmick ... im sure he is fine with it

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, unlike a guy like Ryder they want Fandango to be a star so he won't get the "how dare u get over!" de-push. Like others have said, I do fear the panic face turn where he becomes a comedy parody, like 2008 Santino.

 

[IamMedellin]

so who can make gifs :shifty:

 

[BigBiss]

Yeah, unlike a guy like Ryder they want Fandango to be a star so he won't get the "how dare u get over!" de-push. Like others have said, I do fear the panic face turn where he becomes a comedy parody, like 2008 Santino.

If he has the Balls to be a star it will happen, The Rock and Steve Austin were given chances to fail ... they didnt ... same with Punk

 

[Bigpapa42]

I watch bitching about the possibility of the E tanking this whole thing like they tend to when its unintended, but as someone pointed out to me, the whole gimmick seems like a Vince pet project.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

If he has the Balls to be a star it will happen, The Rock and Steve Austin were given chances to fail ... they didnt ... same with Punk

I watch bitching about the possibility of the E tanking this whole thing like they tend to when its unintended, but as someone pointed out to me, the whole gimmick seems like a Vince pet project.

Remember, CURTIS is the pet project here, not necessarily Fandango. Fandango was the vehicle to get him on TV.

Curtis's will has been tested already. He "won" NXT and was left there to die forever when it was relegated to an internet show. Then, he was called up to Smackdown, and given an awful gimmick of a guy whose running joke was that he never actually wrestled, and did shit like pour milk over his own head.

Now Fandango, which would have failed on 99% of guys, because not only is it an incredibly hard gimmick to pull off and takes a great performer to make work, but it was also panned by nearly everybody the first few weeks and it would have been easy to lose confidence. Instead, he grabbed it by the throat and owned it to the point that he went from "go away heat" to legit breakout star in a matter of three weeks.

I'm obviously buying the kid, I think he's loaded with superstar potential. The only thing that can derail him at this point is a panic move babyface turn which will send him to Santino territory. That's an area nearly impossible to recover from. They are teetering on that brink with Daniel Bryan, but I don't think they see much in him anyway beyond his current spot so it doesn't really matter.

 

[FedEx227]

Finally watched Okada/Tanahashi today. It was awesome don't get me wrong. I don't know if it was the best match I've ever seen. I'm not even sure I'd put it above Tanahashi/Okada 1 or 2. With that said, it was still really really really awesome. You should go watch it. The psychology is unmatched. As we always say, every move mattered. Everything played into another move.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

This video from 4:25 on may have babyfaced him. This was so great:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Finally watched Okada/Tanahashi today. It was awesome don't get me wrong. I don't know if it was the best match I've ever seen. I'm not even sure I'd put it above Tanahashi/Okada 1 or 2. With that said, it was still really really really awesome. You should go watch it. The psychology is unmatched. As we always say, every move mattered. Everything played into another move.

Did you watch the post match stuff with Suzuki?

Good. Now go watch Suzuki murder Yano, and check out the Tanaka/Takahashi vs Honma/Makabe tag.

Or just watch the whole god damn show.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I can't stop laughing at this...

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The WWE posted some of the mockups for the new title they made...

I am disappointed this one didn't make the cut. Its fucking awesome.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Finally watched Okada/Tanahashi today. It was awesome don't get me wrong. I don't know if it was the best match I've ever seen. I'm not even sure I'd put it above Tanahashi/Okada 1 or 2. With that said, it was still really really really awesome. You should go watch it. The psychology is unmatched. As we always say, every move mattered. Everything played into another move.

No way I give it 5-stars if I watch it spoiled. But live, I thought the dragon suplex was match over. And watching Tanahashi work over the arm, and Okada trying to recover from the damage and/or work out a new plan, had me thinking that if they finished this baby off hot, we had another classic on our hands.

It's really remarkable how Tanahashi always, ALWAYS delivers. How can these two have four matches this good? This is Misawa/Kobashi territory. Tanahashi has to be in the conversation of the best of all time. He was elite before this run.

 

[s@ppisgod]

The WWE posted some of the mockups for the new title they made...

I am disappointed this one didn't make the cut. Its fucking awesome.

I like the idea of paying homage to the winged belt. But that belt is kinda gay. I still think the Austin blue belt had plenty of gas left in the tank before it wore out. Especially given how long they stuck with that POS spinner belt.

 

[dave]

I can't get Fandango's damn theme song out of my head ... or his dance partner, she's 2013's Miss Elizabeth.

After reading Johnny Curtis' bio on Wikipedia, this guy is like Bryan Danielson, he's paid his dues and is worthy of this push.