Pro Wrestling
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This needs regular viewing, at least once a year
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Worst Max Headroom cosplay ever
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Seth Rollins right now
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@Godder said in WWE Network:
I enjoyed Wrestlemania, but at a casual 7 hours including the kickoff show, it's a tough watch.
I skipped the kickoff show, and watched the remainder over 2 nights to split it into more easily digestible pieces.
Still not happy about
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Undertaker losing to Reigns, but I can understand why they did it. I just don't like him, or rate his wrestling skills as opposed to other wrestlers on the roster. Vince still has a hardon for the big guys as opposed to the better wrestlers, but I can't see that changing until he is out of the business.
Great surprise about the Hardy Boyz, will be interesting to see how the tag team competition evolves over the next year.
Also not happy about Sasha Banks being eliminated so easily. Maybe she can turn heel and go back to her NXT character again
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Off to watch RAW now
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@Godder said in WWE Network:
I enjoyed Wrestlemania, but at a casual 7 hours including the kickoff show, it's a tough watch.
Yeah - it's a long show. Especially when one is drunk before it even starts. And the national anthem... geez, several minutes of trying to not look too aghast, so that I wouldn't get lynched.
Still... I can now say I was ringside, literally a couple metres away, when the Undertaker left the ring for the last time. I don't know who I would ever say that to, but I can say it. -
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My wife preparing to go grocery shopping this afternoon "Tinned salmon - YOU JUST MADE THE LIST"
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5 Predictions for WWE Backpack or Flapjack or Slapchop or Whatever Show is Happening This Sunday
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is hosting the 27th of its 132 annual pay-per-views this Sunday, and we have five must-read […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is hosting the 27th of its 132 annual pay-per-views this Sunday, and we have five must-read predictions for, um, Backpack? Payday?
WWE Backpedal — wait, is is this one Slapshot? — will feature the superstars of Smackdown in a pay-per-view that promises to be even exciting than the one that happened three days ago, WWE Packrat.
The main event of WWE Flipflop will see longtime indy darling Randy Orton square off against the bodybuilder who recently resurrected the Jinder Mahal persona (previously portrayed by Tiger Ali Singh).
Fans can expect the same kind of hard-hitting, high-flying action they have enjoyed in previous WWE pay-per-views, like Paywall, Flapjack, and Knapsack. Our predictions:
Orton defeats Mahal with an RKO out of exactly where you’d expect
Corbin Bernsen defeats Sami Zayn, because Vince McMahon hates you
Shiny McNamara beats that cute guy from the Spirit Squad
The six-woman tag match happens while you’re out of the room
Kevin Owens and AJ Styles remind you why you like wrestling
Also this weekend is NXT: tAkeOveRr rE:EvOLshun 7: ElecTRIC BooGaloO, which will feature such up-and-coming developmental talent as Wolfy Alexander Bagwell, Fuzz Sawyer, Lonely Orkan, and Heck No Javie -
I'm a bit disappointed with WWE's programming of the women's divisions, TBH. They have millions of PPVs, and yet can't seem to find room for two women's matches on the cards, even in NXT which used to have two on most Takeovers, and have fallen back to BS multi-women matches (triple threat on Takeover, 6 woman tag on Backlash) to get everyone on the card.
Looking forward to Nakamura kicking Dolph's head off, however!
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A bit off topic, but..
Published on Feb 3, 2017
This is the story of how a professional wrestler fought to desegregate a Memphis auditorium. Sputnik Monroe was a "bad guy" or "heel" who wrestled in Memphis in the late 1950s. It was his job to make wrestling fans hate him so much, that they would lay down their hard earned money to see him get beat by the "good guy." He was so good at his job, that thousands of people paid to see him wrestle every Monday night at Ellis Auditorium. When he wasn't wrestling, he was hanging out with his friends in the cafes on Beale Street. Sputnik was one of the few white people that you'd find on Beale Street and his friends were all black. He was often arrested for the crime of being a white person who would dare to drink in public with a black person. This was scandalous at the time. When his day in court arrived, he was the first white person in Memphis to be represented by (his friend) a black lawyer. This was even more scandalous. It became common knowledge among the African American community of Memphis that Sputnik Monroe was alright. When his black friends came to see him wrestle, they were forced to sit in the balcony, while the whites sat in the good seats down below. When Sputnik entered the ring, a huge round of cheers would rain down from the balcony. This would make the white folks hate him even more. Sputnik one day confronted the promoters and told them that he would refuse to wrestle unless they allowed his black friends to sit anywhere they wanted. The promoters realized that Sputnik was making them a ton of money, so they gave in to his demands. This lead to the very first desegregated sporting event in the southern part of the United States.All of that because a professional wrestler was willing to take a principled stand. Imagine what the rest of us might be capable of.
I think more people should know about Sputnik Monroe, so I wrote this song. Please share this with anyone who might be interested. I need your help to get the word out.
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Interesting crossover:
JBL on the All Blacks podcast:
Got his first introduction to rugby by the Bushwackers and had really gotten into it since moving to Bermuda (and has a rugby academy there for troubled youth).
He nominates his best crossover rugby player from WWE.
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Brock Lesner at number 8 front row with a front row that includes Mark Henry. He also mentions some other names I didn't recognise.
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Crazy how wide the reach of that All Blacks Legacy book is. I've had it on my kindle for a few years. I should read it.
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Was great to listen to once JBL got into it - real depth of rugby knowledge
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