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Post by Dynamite Kid on Mar 20, 2008 14:46:10 GMT -5
Front Russian leg sweep, a.k.a The Stroke.
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Post by Aceorton on Mar 20, 2008 18:31:04 GMT -5
Front Russian leg sweep, a.k.a The Stroke. But that would make the side Russian leg sweep a back Russian leg sweep.
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Post by indymadman on Mar 20, 2008 18:44:19 GMT -5
The thing that bothers me the most is with battle royals and especially the Royal Rumble...
Partners always, to the joy of fans and announcers, slug it out during the Royal Rumble... Never fails... and as the partners fight each other we are deafened with the calls of "it's everyone for themselves!"
Why don't partners just team up until the end... and when they are the last two standing THEN battle it out?
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Post by Mister Yummy on Mar 21, 2008 2:39:08 GMT -5
- When you're thrown over the top rope, why bother to "skin the cat" when you could just land feet-first on the floor, slide back into the ring and sneak attack your opponent in about 1/3 the time?
They do this to show off for the crowd, silly.
- Why don't headbutts ever knock anyone out cold?
Some do. Bam Bam's flying headbutt was known for this.
- Why aren't wrestlers ever disqualified for throwing opponents into the ring steps or slamming them through the announcers' tables?
Those are part of the ringside enviroment. It's the same reason you're allowed to slam your opponent's head into the turnbuckles. Contrary to this, it was illegal to post your opponent in early 90's WCW. I saw quite a few get disqualified for that.
- Why do champions sometimes wrestle non-title matches? Wouldn't that increase the likelihood of injury when it comes time to defend the title? Who decides that a mid- or low-card wrestler is entitled to a non-title match?
God, I hate non-title matches.
Also, Open-fist punches are legal, not illegal. Sleeper holds are not a chokehold, they are a stanngle hold. They cut blood off to the brain, not air through the windpipe. MMA usually calls strangle holds chokes, for the sake of idiocy I assume.
A finisher delivered at the beginning of a match wouldn't be enough to pin the opponent. Hence, you have to wear them down first.
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Post by Rockhound on Mar 21, 2008 3:42:25 GMT -5
Why is it that when wrestlers not named Jake Roberts uses the DDT it never leads to a pin?
When Owen Hart pile drove Stone Cold and broke his neck, why didn't he just pin him? I mean, he just stood up and walked around the ring then turned his back until Austin crawled over the weakly rolled him up. Isn't what happened to Austin from that stinger the actual desired affect of a pile driver?
When Slaughter kept on trying to find ways to prevent Chyna from interfering in HHH's matches with Owen, why didn't he just simply bar her from ring side? After all, wasn't he the commissioner?
Speaking of Slaughter as the weakest commissioner in history, when he ordered HBK to defend the Euro title against HHH, after the "ha-ha" ending to the "match", why didn't he simply order the match restarted and order the 2 to have a legit match or the belt was going to be vacated?
Everyone knows that heels always cheat so if a face is getting cheated, why doesn't he simply cheat back? After all turnabout is fair play, right?
Why even bother to put the belts on Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie?
Why did Paul Hayman bite the hand that was feeding him?
Why didn't someone tell Ahmed Johnson that fanny packs weren't cool? Even after he joined the Nation?
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 21, 2008 3:43:32 GMT -5
In a match it often takes over 20 mins to weaken an opponent enough to be able to use a finisher on them. However in a promo segment finishers can be applied instantly. Why? I'd guess that in a match, the wrestlers know to be on alert for a possible finisher and would try not to be in a position where that finisher could be applied. Conversely, wrestlers let their guard down in promos. They're focusing on getting a message to the audience and aren't considering that they might get ambushed.
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Mar 21, 2008 9:58:58 GMT -5
why do people refer to the old WWF title as "the winged eagle belt"? shouldn' it just be "the eagle belt"? i'm no bird expert, but i'm gonna assume the majority of eagles fit into the category of "winged".
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Post by Mister Yummy on Mar 21, 2008 16:27:51 GMT -5
Jake Roberts is a master of the DDT. He's perfected the move to a level no one else has. Hence, his are more effective at knocking the other guy silly.
Stingers are not the desired effect of a piledriver. They are an injury that is supposed to be avoided. The desired effect is to knock the guy out, but leave him otherwise uninjured. I've never actually seen this match, so I can't comment on why Owen walked around like that.
Sgt. Slaughter is a good wrestler, and a great military stategist, but he has no idea how to run a wrestling promotion.
HHH and HBK had a legitimate match. It just had a quick ending. Prove it otherwise. Slaughter couldn't, so he has no power to do anything.
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Post by franchisedavis on Mar 21, 2008 18:31:37 GMT -5
If Kane had so much control of fire why didn't he just stop the flames from burning his family and him?
Wouldn't you think he should be deathly afraid of fire?
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Mar 21, 2008 19:47:28 GMT -5
Front Russian leg sweep, a.k.a The Stroke. But that would make the side Russian leg sweep a back Russian leg sweep. Someone said 'Why don't partners just team up until the end... and when they are the last two standing THEN battle it out?' MNM were doing that in 2006, and I think the Hardyz in 2007, until they each got eliminated.
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Post by Rockhound on Mar 22, 2008 0:17:34 GMT -5
Jake Roberts is a master of the DDT. He's perfected the move to a level no one else has. Hence, his are more effective at knocking the other guy silly. Stingers are not the desired effect of a piledriver. They are an injury that is supposed to be avoided. The desired effect is to knock the guy out, but leave him otherwise uninjured. I've never actually seen this match, so I can't comment on why Owen walked around like that. Sgt. Slaughter is a good wrestler, and a great military stategist, but he has no idea how to run a wrestling promotion. HHH and HBK had a legitimate match. It just had a quick ending. Prove it otherwise. Slaughter couldn't, so he has no power to do anything. Allow me to prove it: HHH and HBK are standing nose to nose. HHH then shoves HBK. HBK falls to the mat like he was shot. HHH runs back and forth into the ropes then does a mock dive and pins HBK. This was about as legit as the fingerpoke of doom.
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Post by Mister Yummy on Mar 22, 2008 2:28:36 GMT -5
I've seen the match. I saw it live. It was goofy, it was abnormal, and it was obviouslty convoluted by the two, but it's impossible to prove.
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Post by CJ Denton is Egon on Mar 22, 2008 3:58:57 GMT -5
I've seen the match. I saw it live. It was goofy, it was abnormal, and it was obviouslty convoluted by the two, but it's impossible to prove. prove to who? Slaughter had the power, its not like he needed some 2/3 of some parlement to strip them of the european championship
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Post by Aceorton on Mar 22, 2008 4:06:20 GMT -5
I've seen the match. I saw it live. It was goofy, it was abnormal, and it was obviouslty convoluted by the two, but it's impossible to prove. prove to who? Slaughter had the power, its not like he needed some 2/3 of some parlement to strip them of the european championship Wait, wait .. I've got it here ... World Wrestling Federation Governing Ordinance No. 2302, est. March 1997: The president or commissioner of wrestling affairs must have the backing of two-thirds of Parliament to declare a vacancy of the European title except in circumstances in which a double pin occurred.Who knew?
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