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Post by -Lithium- on Jun 3, 2018 17:57:23 GMT -5
Cena/Punk
Perfect rivals. Total opposites that gelled so well. They had an ongoing feud for two years. They were wrestling when the Nexus formed, early to late 2011, main event of RAW 1000 and into the second half of 2012, and finally culminating with that great RAW match in Feb 2013 that should have been the main event of WM 29. The shot of the end of the July 25, 2011 RAW thats in my sig just sums up the rivalry for me.
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Post by -Lithium- on May 23, 2018 0:46:45 GMT -5
Like I can't get into the suspension of disbelief for these sort of segments. If I'm the face being "mocked" with actors playing whoeveri n my life. My reaction would basically be: "Um, what? That's clearly not my family. In fact, you've clearly never met my family. Why do you think making a fool out of yourself like this would piss me off? I mean, come on. This is just sad and desperate."It's typical WWE writing where they take literally no seconds considering how this sort of thing works in kayfabe because "It's entertaining, dammit!" The reason 'This is your Life, Rock' worked, was because Foley was trying way too hard to kiss up to the Rock who was just being sardonic to everything. Basically an exact reaction you'd expect from someone in that same position. Exactly. I hate them. I also hate the stupid "HEH FACE PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURES OF HEEL" shit. I hate "Rival brings out midget dressed as rival". I even dislike segments where actual wrestlers imitate their rivals. It's just not funny. Like in kayfabe thats suppose to be getting one over on the heel? Who would give a shit?
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Post by -Lithium- on May 16, 2018 16:49:59 GMT -5
Pipebomb II centering around the Roman Reigns push Definitely could have happened. Though I can't help but thing Vince wouldn't let Punk roast his fledgling golden boy on TV. He'd be way too convincing...
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Post by -Lithium- on May 16, 2018 16:46:16 GMT -5
If he likes you no reaction is bad enough, and if he doesn't no reaction is good enough. Vince is an absolute cancer creatively and has been for so long. Delusional idiot. Go away.
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Post by -Lithium- on May 3, 2018 1:04:27 GMT -5
And, of course, the greatest Diamond Cutter of them all. Should have been it. Maybe DDP an even bigger star and World Champ back when it meant a bit more. Even though 6 months or whatever wasn't long, by the time it came in April 99, the prestige had plummeted. Also, it makes since that this would be the thing that ends it. Something out of no where that you can't prepare for. One of the reasons Nash putting up such a fight and eventually winning was stupid because like...what does Nash have to offer that no one else does? Oh, hes a big guy! Hes strong! Thats it? Just raw power? It's so dumb. Goldberg beat the f***ing Giant in like 2 minutes. Something like the Diamond Cutter being the one thing Goldberg couldn't neutralize made sense as an ending to the streak. Also, I prefer the RKO.
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 27, 2018 18:47:27 GMT -5
The "LIST OF WORDS YOU CANT USE" shit is just another example of why Vince needs to go. Hes too fickle and is concerned with the dumbest window dressing bullshit. "ITS NOT A HOSPITAL, ITS A MEDICAL FACILITY". No, the f*** it isn't. It isn't any one thing. No one gives a shit. Go away you useless cancer and let HHH run things.
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 24, 2018 17:27:34 GMT -5
I dont really get the "A CAGE IS SUPPOSE TO KEEP PEOPLE IN AND STOP INTERFERENCE" even if its a cage with no top thing. Uh, how? Why wouldn't someone interfere? People can climb them. There's nothing stopping anyone from interfering and by the end of the match theres nothing stopping the winner from leaving regardless. If a title on the line theres nothing wrong with the face "escaping" to retain, and if its some grudge match type thing the face usually beats down the guy until hes satisfied. If its a heel, it makes sense for them to try and escape. Like I get the idea behind the claim, but when you think about it it really doesnt violate logic.
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 17, 2018 22:38:21 GMT -5
Ugh. No. I want him to not be around.
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 17, 2018 18:10:13 GMT -5
The senile old man loves him and refuses to admit hes a failure. That's it. If that delusional fool doesn't like you, no reaction is good enough. If he likes you, no reaction is bad enough.
I can't f***ing wait for the day Vince isn't running shit. I'm so sick of his stupid fickle bullshit, and his stubbornness. He's a f***ing cancer creatively.
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 17, 2018 1:10:06 GMT -5
Ugh. Theres few things worse than steak snobs. "WHY DA f*** WOULD CHA EVEN GET ONE IF ITS NOT HOW I LIKE IT!?".
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 30, 2018 22:44:39 GMT -5
I have no clue how HBK kept going after that moonsault landing on the edge of the tables. Like its brutal enough as a fan, but even though we understand...we're desensitized. Just think about it with no precedent for things like that. Imagine if you just saw someone land like that in "real life". It's insane to think about.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 30, 2018 19:53:44 GMT -5
lol, the title of thread makes it sound like he died.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 30, 2018 2:30:12 GMT -5
"Friends don't shake hands. Friends gotta hug."I was really enjoying this feud. On top of everything else, it was awful that Eddie's death derailed what was a very interesting angle. Did anyone ever come out and talk about where they planned on taking it? According to Bruce Pritchard.... Anyone help me out on the rest? ...whatever Meltzer said should be discounted because Meltzers sources might be wrong 10% of the time so we have to disregard 100% of his newsletter for some reason. Its such nonsense. Then why cover any news then? Why have a paper or news channels? The sources on a single story might be incorrect, so just all of it should be dismissed? f*** off, stooge. I love the podcast but my respect for his views/opinions went way down when the guy had the nerve to say what he did about Booker T/HHH. I don't even mean pretending there weren't intentional racist overtones. I mean him flat out saying that a a single Pedigree followed by a near 30 second pause before a pinfall was the right finish. No, the f*** it wasn't. Just stop it. Funny how Angle and Brock got to kick out of finishers without long pauses inbetween, but the ALMIGHTY Triple H with the DEVASTATING Pedigree was able to get it done with just one and a long break inbetween it and the pinfall. Also, its interesting how HHHs best friend was able to kick out of the Pedigree after enduring a 30 minute Elimination Chamber match just 5 months prior. It wasn't the right finish. Every argument he made was bullshit. Booker should have won and you're delusional if you say otherwise.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 29, 2018 17:57:37 GMT -5
The Cena fired by the Nexus angle has to be up there. There were some stumbling blocks along the way certainly but the logical payoff was Barrett wins the belt, finds an excuse to fire Cena anyway, then Cena eventually works his way back and takes it from him. So instead we get Cena fired and doing this big long passionate goodbye, only to come back immediately afterward and suddenly be able to curbstomp the entire group every single week, at one point even having his music play after he finished a beatdown. It's no wonder after the crowd had been cheering for Cena for awhile they were right back to being all in on booing him right after TLC. If Barrett wasn't going to win, I think the best ending would have been for Cenas to "interfere" (hit Orton), so the entire group will be suspended/fired from the WWE, rather then just Cena. That way, Cena takes out all of Nexus just like he said he would. Sacrifice himself for the WWE...
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 23, 2018 6:26:57 GMT -5
Meltzer is more of a tabloid journalist than the legit journalist he and many fans like to think of him as. He does some good in depth reporting from time to time like on the steroid trials but he mainly deals in rumour mongering using 3rd hand sources and reports their opinions as fact. If he was a legit journalist he would at least reach out to the WWE's PR department to confirm or deny what he's posted as is standard, even if it's just so he can write "I reached out to WWE and they refused to comment" but the fact he doesn't even take basic steps like that says it all about his journalism. . It's hard to be legit when the people who are in charge of what he covers are still really carny. Bruce Prichard no longer works there and his show might as well be called "why dave meltzer doesn't know anything" According to Prichards logic, everything in the Observer has no credibility because its only in there because the sources Meltzer had...were the sources Meltzer had. Discount EVERYTHING because ONE of the sources MIGHT not be TOTALLY honest. He's so full of shit. As long as were talking Prichard and Meltzer. I really wish Conrad would ask Bruce his opinion first before giving Daves. It seems at this point Meltzer could say THAT Jackie Gadya match wasn't very good and Prichard would say "WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING MAYBE IF IT WAS IN THE TOKYO DOME HE'D LIKE IT". The few times Conrad asked Bruce his opinion first and then followed up with "Thats what Meltzer said as well" were amazing because Prichard just goes silent for like five second realizing he has no way to discount Meltzers opinion solely because its his opinion, now that hes already agreed with him...
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 22, 2018 18:43:05 GMT -5
1996-2001: Sting 2002-2006: HHH 2006-2010: Edge 2011-2013: CM Punk 2014-Present: Seth Rollins
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 22, 2018 15:47:33 GMT -5
Its a 2 match card that somehow was amazing. DB vs HHH and Triple Threat were the only really good matches. But you combine those with the opening segment and the streak ending...amazing. I had the chance to go...for free. I wish I did.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 20, 2018 5:23:48 GMT -5
Lupe Fiascos Superstar should have been the theme to WM 24. It came out shortly before. Also, The Show Goes On should have been the 27 theme. It came out just a couple months prior. FINALLY...Till I Get There by Lupe fits Cena PERFECTLY.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 20, 2018 0:41:32 GMT -5
Vs. Undertaker in the buried alive match. The best part was before the match, Vince and Shane run into each other backstage, and stat laughing about how screwed the other one is about to be. I thought that was Vince and Austin. Cause Austin had the match where he could be fired.
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 16, 2018 0:39:25 GMT -5
Such a great time too. After losing the tite to Batista it would be 2.5 years before Triple H won a World Title again. So refreshing after 3 years of him being around the WWE/World Heavyweight titles and the reign of terror. Also, his title reign was like an hour long. So he pretty much didn't have the title for 3 years.
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