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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 7, 2008 21:42:21 GMT -5
And I'm not talking about any big "Wrestlecrap-worthy" angles or gimmicks here, just little weird things throughout the years that have kind of left you scratching your head. My big one comes from the dying days of the original ECW, and it was the fault of the Sandman and his "run-ins". They weren't really run-ins at all. Whatever wrestler was getting beaten up, usually by The Network, and then, Sandman's music hits, and the crowd goes nuts, while Sandman makes his way through, pops a top, then proceeds to....stand in the crowd for a couple of minutes watching the action in the ring(occasionally climbing a ladder to do so), while the heels pause, apparently in awe of his awesomeness. Then, after a minute or two of observation from the crowd, Sandman would finally hit the ring and save the day. I just never got it.
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Johnny B. Decent
Patti Mayonnaise
Had one once
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Aug 7, 2008 21:45:11 GMT -5
Black New Japan.
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Agent P
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Wooo
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Post by Agent P on Aug 7, 2008 21:46:46 GMT -5
I never really got why and how companies would put seemingly important job titles (President, Commissioner, etc...) on the line in a wrestling match. Is that really the best way to determine who is best qualified for the job?
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Aug 7, 2008 21:47:05 GMT -5
I never got how top level midcarders and main eventers would for 10 - 15 minutes matches one on one would get pinned in 2 minutes on a survivor series match. You'd think a match with 4 or 5 times as many people where it's eliminations ( like 5 mini matches), the length of the match would be 3 or 4 times as long.
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Post by funkycoldmadina on Aug 7, 2008 22:05:53 GMT -5
I never got how top level midcarders and main eventers would for 10 - 15 minutes matches one on one would get pinned in 2 minutes on a survivor series match. You'd think a match with 4 or 5 times as many people where it's eliminations ( like 5 mini matches), the length of the match would be 3 or 4 times as long. Glad to see someone else thought about that. |
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Post by skiller on Aug 7, 2008 22:40:08 GMT -5
I never understand why 9 times out of 10 a tag team consisting of main event guys could beat an established tag team of lower card guys.
Shouldn't the teamwork and cooperation of the established team give them the advantage? And yet they still lose out the majority of the time.
And don't get me started on handicap matches.
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on Aug 7, 2008 22:47:11 GMT -5
I never understand why 9 times out of 10 a tag team consisting of main event guys could beat an established tag team of lower card guys. Shouldn't the teamwork and cooperation of the established team give them the advantage? And yet they still lose out the majority of the time. And don't get me started on handicap matches. Isn't that like saying an Allstar baseball team should lose to a AAA minor league team? |
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Post by skiller on Aug 7, 2008 22:51:50 GMT -5
I never understand why 9 times out of 10 a tag team consisting of main event guys could beat an established tag team of lower card guys. Shouldn't the teamwork and cooperation of the established team give them the advantage? And yet they still lose out the majority of the time. And don't get me started on handicap matches. Isn't that like saying an Allstar baseball team should lose to a AAA minor league team? I don't know, is it? |
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Post by x on Aug 7, 2008 23:13:11 GMT -5
Isn't that like saying an Allstar baseball team should lose to a AAA minor league team? I don't know, is it? No it's like saying the Bengals would have a better chance against an All Star Quarterback and a couple of random All Star receivers that were randomly paired up the day of the game, than against the New England Patriots. |
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Post by kitsunestar on Aug 7, 2008 23:25:31 GMT -5
Why a match that'd end in 3 minutes on TV lasts for 20 on PPV. If you can beat the guy in 3 on Monday, why do you need 20 on Sunday?
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Post by skiller on Aug 7, 2008 23:31:28 GMT -5
No it's like saying the Bengals would have a better chance against an All Star Quarterback and a couple of random All Star receivers that were randomly paired up the day of the game, than against the New England Patriots. ...I see... |
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Wooo
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Post by Agent P on Aug 8, 2008 3:04:30 GMT -5
For those of us who listened to the Lance Storm interview on F4W today, I swear that I posted my paragraph up above BEFORE listening to the interview.
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Post by Aceorton on Aug 8, 2008 3:39:29 GMT -5
I never understood how an exposed turnbuckle could be used to KO or practically cripple a guy when it was just this tiny little piece of metal. Yet guys are getting rammed into the solid steel ringpost and sometimes not even leaving their feet.
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Wade Wilson
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Aug 8, 2008 8:41:54 GMT -5
- Why it hurts if you miss a dropkick but not if you connect. It's the same distance fallen either way.
- The old "raise up your boot to counter my top rope move" spot. It doesn't work because the guy coming off the top rope....isn't doing a move, he just jumps face first onto the boot.
- Why ramming someone's head into the turnbuckles hurts. Hell how many times in the early 80's did we see George The Animal Steele eat all the f***ing padding out of the things? Go headbutt a stuffed animal, does that hurt?
- Wrestlers seemingly not watching the show they are on. What I mean by this is all the backstage trickery, heel turns, etc, that the viewing audience could see coming a mile away, yet all the wrestlers always look surprised. I'm sure I'm not describing this in the best way, but, you'll hopefully get what I mean.
- On this note, no one ever paying attention to their opponents. I've heard so much over the years about guys "doing their homework" or watching tapes or what have you, so, why did no one ever just run from the ring and take a break when Hogan started shaking his head, why did anyone ever turn their back on a seemingly defeated Undertaker after hitting their finisher, why did anyone ever try to powerbomb Kidman?
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Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 8, 2008 8:59:30 GMT -5
- The old "raise up your boot to counter my top rope move" spot. It doesn't work because the guy coming off the top rope....isn't doing a move, he just jumps face first onto the boot. - On this note, no one ever paying attention to their opponents. I've heard so much over the years about guys "doing their homework" or watching tapes or what have you, so, why did no one ever just run from the ring and take a break when Hogan started shaking his head, why did anyone ever turn their back on a seemingly defeated Undertaker after hitting their finisher, why did anyone ever try to powerbomb Kidman? I hate that spot top rop kick spot more that anything. The no homework things bugs me to, everybody watching knows what's about to happen so why don't the wrestlers. Even worse is if you're a old guy you can pull off the veteran like move or see what's coming, why are the youngsters portrayed as being so thick. The walking into the trap annoys me to, they must know it's not going to be them and their rival, putting titles and careers on the line without a non-intereference clause is plain daft. Why to wrestlers put careers on the line voluntarily anyway, just wait, nothings forever. I never got the point of stacking the tables in TLC matches, what the hell are they meant to be planning, it's to high to slam people through. It's not so bad in multi-man matches as it can be a trap, way to eliminate competition but I have no idea how it's beneficial in one-on-one matches. I didn't get the NWO either, did only Hogan have a contract to wrestle, why were the others allowed to wrestle? Even if they all had contracts weren't they in breach of them? |
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Post by Tushingham Rimswell on Aug 8, 2008 9:21:59 GMT -5
Thing that bugged me as a child:
How could an evil guy like HHH convince Motorhead to write a song about him?
How come Tajiri didn't get disqualified for spitting ACID at his opponent?
Who needs a stop sign under a wrestling ring?
Didn't the referees see Crash (or whoever) crawl under the ring before the match?
How come a weapon attack is shrugged off in a hardcore match, but deadly any other time?
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 8, 2008 9:25:37 GMT -5
How come a weapon attack is shrugged off in a hardcore match, but deadly any other time? This is a big one for me. I never got that either. |
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Post by ddt on Aug 8, 2008 10:34:15 GMT -5
Why does a guy have so much trouble putting his finishing move on his opponent during a long match, but in a non-match confrontation in the ring, a finishing move can be used after only punching the opponent once or twice?
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Post by Man Hating Horace on Aug 8, 2008 10:55:20 GMT -5
How could an evil guy like HHH convince Motorhead to write a song about him? What made you think Motorhead wasn't also evil? |
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Aug 8, 2008 11:02:06 GMT -5
Why are stop signs and cookie trays stored under the ring?
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