Mecca
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Post by Mecca on May 9, 2024 12:31:26 GMT -5
Not sure where to post this so I figure here is likely the best place.
A guy I work with likes wrestling and discovered that I do as well..that's fine, no issue with that. For some backstory dude is like 22...seems to be a massive fan etc, all fine no issues.
He starts talking to me about wrestling...proceeds to start making a bunch of AEW jokes, telling me AEW fans don't shower..then tells me Jim Cornette is brilliant and his views on modern wrestling are spot on. Makes more jokes about AEW and empty arena's..tells me Tony Khan is a terrible person to work for. So at this point I'm thinking this dude is like every shitposter on twitter come to life..
So I say that's all fine and dandy but I watch wrestling for matches and bell to bell AEW is a better promotion...he argues in the absolute worst way possible in my view...he tells me the AEW guys are bad workers, Kenny Omega isn't a good worker, Ospreay isn't either they are "athletic" but they are just doing moves. Proceeds to tell me that the WWE restrictive style is the right way to do wrestling and then goes into a good 5 minute diatribe about how they "tell stories" where AEW guys just do moves.
Dude then has no concept of what a fighting spirit spot is, calls Ospreay an idiot because "he wants to work in front of 5 people" then tells me he hasn't seen Omega/Ospreay or Danielson/Ospreay...but there's no way those matches could top Cody and Reigns because it "made me feel like a kid" and goes "those AEW matches don't have the Rock or Undertaker"
At this point I just walked away because I was like bro is this a real person? I could really careless if someone thinks WWE is great, that's your deal but to be like Omega sucks he just does moves, and the telling stories diatribe, I hate that one MORE THAN ANYTHING. The WWE has been spinning that we tell stories bullshit for 20 years to cover for crappy matches.
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jm
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Post by jm on May 9, 2024 12:38:15 GMT -5
I wish there were sunglasses ala They Live that I could wear that could point out the Cornette/anti-AEW fanatics in the world so that I can know to cross the street whenever they approach me so I can avoid interacting with them in any way.
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Post by daaave on May 9, 2024 12:39:08 GMT -5
Side note, I do find it funny how Cornette hitched his wagon nice and early to the 'Omega is a shit wrestler' train 10 odd years agos and stuck with it. Omega goes on to be undoubtedly one of the best ring workers of modern times, drew big houses in Japan and America etc etc. Talk about backing the wrong horse.
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Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on May 9, 2024 12:43:15 GMT -5
I wish there were sunglasses ala They Live that I could wear that could point out the Cornette/anti-AEW fanatics in the world so that I can know to cross the street whenever they approach me so I can avoid interacting with them in any way. Bro had zero retort when I said if Cornette knows what he's talking about why has every promotion he has ever booked done bad business? |
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Post by jm on May 9, 2024 12:48:18 GMT -5
I wish there were sunglasses ala They Live that I could wear that could point out the Cornette/anti-AEW fanatics in the world so that I can know to cross the street whenever they approach me so I can avoid interacting with them in any way. Bro had zero retort when I said if Cornette knows what he's talking about why has every promotion he has ever booked done bad business? Cornette stans are the living embodiment of NPCs. They have a pre-programmed set of phrases to say. And when you challenge them on their views, they have no comeback and can't debate intelligently. |
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on May 9, 2024 12:49:52 GMT -5
I would file a hostile workplace grievance against him😉
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Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on May 9, 2024 12:51:20 GMT -5
Bro had zero retort when I said if Cornette knows what he's talking about why has every promotion he has ever booked done bad business? Cornette stans are the living embodiment of NPCs. They have a pre-programmed set of phrases to say. And when you challenge them on their views, they have no comeback and can't debate intelligently. Dude was literally just spitting every talking point that is fed out there.. When he started talking about telling stories and using facial expressions and how it's fine to have 5 matches in 4 hours because it "let's it breathe" I damn near almost said, do you work in WWE PR? He apparently knew how to push my button though because I followed that Cornette remark by saying "Dude also thinks Omega sucks when he's one of the best workers of the last decade" and he responded with "Is he though?" |
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Post by jm on May 9, 2024 12:55:54 GMT -5
Cornette stans are the living embodiment of NPCs. They have a pre-programmed set of phrases to say. And when you challenge them on their views, they have no comeback and can't debate intelligently. Dude was literally just spitting every talking point that is fed out there.. When he started talking about telling stories and using facial expressions and how it's fine to have 5 matches in 4 hours because it "let's it breathe" I damn near almost said, do you work in WWE PR? He apparently knew how to push my button though because I followed that Cornette remark by saying "Dude also thinks Omega sucks when he's one of the best workers of the last decade" and he responded with "Is he though?" This dude sounds like he is fully plugged into the Cornette Matrix. How sad. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 9, 2024 13:08:30 GMT -5
Imagine going up to someone in real life to bitch like a child at them the same way you do to total strangers on Facebook.
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Post by XIII on May 9, 2024 13:10:20 GMT -5
I listen to Cornette from time to time. He likes Kenny now(we’ll see if it lasts) and has good things to say about Starks, Hobbs, and Willow.
Anyone that just parrots anyone else’s talking points is lame AF though. Think for yourself mang.
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 9, 2024 13:17:45 GMT -5
Hmm, I thinks this topic won't last too long considering one of the rules for the forum about not discussing certain peoples.
side note:stuff like what happened in OP is why I don't discuss wrestling outside this forum lol
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Post by polarbearpete on May 9, 2024 13:43:02 GMT -5
He’s in a bubble and you probably won’t be able to change his mind. I’d probably cease talking wrestling with someone like that.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 9, 2024 13:50:58 GMT -5
Hope you told him you're gonna have him pulling 22 hour a day mining shifts with all the rest of the [REDACTED]s at the gulag soon.
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Post by Soultastic on May 9, 2024 13:54:05 GMT -5
This is why I actively avoid being friends with other wrestling fans IRL. I'm perfectly happy not ever talking to anyone about wrestling, because it really tends to bring out the worst in people, sometimes myself included.
I'd much rather make jokes about Kyle O'Reilly looking sad online.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on May 9, 2024 13:59:33 GMT -5
Funniest thing is running into people like that at the AEW shows themselves knowing they paid money to basically bitch and moan about how it all sucks and trying to find people who agree. It reminds me of going to WWE events in the 2010's, everyone f***ing hated being there yet everyone paid bank lmao.
I honestly think a lot of these people are the same people, the very very hardcore of the black and gold NXT times who are just angry at literally everything. They would hijack and bitch about the shows in WWE, they'd do the same if they could in AEW and they'll go home preening to their parents about how they were on TV.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on May 9, 2024 14:01:23 GMT -5
It’s weird, for as much I like talking about wrestling online I actively try to avoid talking to people in real life about wrestling because I just..I dunno, I can’t wait to not be doing that whenever it happens.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on May 9, 2024 14:03:50 GMT -5
Not sure where to post this so I figure here is likely the best place. A guy I work with likes wrestling and discovered that I do as well..that's fine, no issue with that. For some backstory dude is like 22...seems to be a massive fan etc, all fine no issues. He starts talking to me about wrestling...proceeds to start making a bunch of AEW jokes, telling me AEW fans don't shower..then tells me Jim Cornette is brilliant and his views on modern wrestling are spot on. Makes more jokes about AEW and empty arena's..tells me Tony Khan is a terrible person to work for. So at this point I'm thinking this dude is like every shitposter on twitter come to life.. So I say that's all fine and dandy but I watch wrestling for matches and bell to bell AEW is a better promotion...he argues in the absolute worst way possible in my view...he tells me the AEW guys are bad workers, Kenny Omega isn't a good worker, Ospreay isn't either they are "athletic" but they are just doing moves. Proceeds to tell me that the WWE restrictive style is the right way to do wrestling and then goes into a good 5 minute diatribe about how they "tell stories" where AEW guys just do moves. Dude then has no concept of what a fighting spirit spot is, calls Ospreay an idiot because "he wants to work in front of 5 people" then tells me he hasn't seen Omega/Ospreay or Danielson/Ospreay...but there's no way those matches could top Cody and Reigns because it "made me feel like a kid" and goes "those AEW matches don't have the Rock or Undertaker" At this point I just walked away because I was like bro is this a real person? I could really careless if someone thinks WWE is great, that's your deal but to be like Omega sucks he just does moves, and the telling stories diatribe, I hate that one MORE THAN ANYTHING. The WWE has been spinning that we tell stories bullshit for 20 years to cover for crappy matches. Cornette has actually been praising Kenny over the last few weeks, wonder if this dude suddenly changes his opinion on him all of a sudden? |
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on May 9, 2024 14:22:09 GMT -5
It’s really funny to me how a 62 year old Boomer curmudgeon whose entire schtick is hating everything that has had the audacity to exist since 1988 has inadvertently curated a fanbase with such a huge percentage of Gen-Z trolls because being a curmudgeonly Boomer is so similar to being an edgelord now.
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Post by Cyno on May 9, 2024 14:24:59 GMT -5
It’s really funny to me how a 62 year old Boomer curmudgeon whose entire schtick is hating everything that has had the audacity to exist since 1988 has inadvertently curated a fanbase with such a huge percentage of Gen-Z trolls because being a curmudgeonly Boomer is so similar to being an edgelord now. That's why the term "zoomer" came about. Not because of Cornette, but because of those members of Gen Z having a sort of toxic, edgelord mentality. |
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Post by Killah Ray on May 9, 2024 14:25:38 GMT -5
People know I’m a huge wrestling nerd and have been forever, but I’ll never talk wrestling with anyone because nobody seems to understand balance. I’ve heard the usual AEW is ballet bullshit and the usual all matches in the WWE are shit rhetoric and both annoy the shit outta me.
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