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Post by bmfjules on Oct 18, 2019 10:26:22 GMT -5
Who ever got a boner watching a Seth Rollins match? 4/10. The Man.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 15:13:22 GMT -5
And where is Hernandez now since we are solving mysteries in this thread? That boy can have a thread in itself for him What went unmentioned is his f***ing journey that was outrageous in Impact lol I don't think he has wrestled since the match in Impact. I believe he runs his own little promotion I do have vague memories of a bootleg LAX by a different name in TNA with him and Chavo. And when I say vague I mean if you tell me this didn't happen I won't bother to check if it actually did.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 13:10:57 GMT -5
And where is Hernandez now since we are solving mysteries in this thread?
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 13:01:37 GMT -5
I do not like Seth Rollins and The Man.
I do not like them Sam-I-Am
I would not like them here or there
I would not like them anywhere
I would not like them with a mouse
I do not like them burning down the funhouse
I would not like them in a box
I'd rather watch a drunk Alicia Fox
I would not like them on a dilapidated boat I would not like them with Daniel Bryan's goat
I would not like them in the rain
I would rather shave the back of A-Train
I would not, could not, like them in the dark
They are unlikable to this smart mark
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 12:55:16 GMT -5
Just curious. And I will trust the honesty of the FANNIVERSE with the results.
I watch Raw and SD on FF>> most weeks and most of NXT and bits of the other shows as time permits, and I'm not even sure I could name every title itself without hitting up the google machine.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 12:44:36 GMT -5
First blood match ends via trickery with a bucket of fake blood tossed on a guy. Probably has been done somewhere, but I've not seen it.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 12:32:32 GMT -5
Not much to add, but incredibly sad turn of events. Deepest sympathy goes with the family of the fallen fighter, but also to Conwell, who has to carry this with him. I truly feel awful for all parties involved here. First similar story that always comes to mind is Emile Griffith. Google that name and watch the video of the 1962 fight with Benny 'Kid' Paret, who was killed due to the horribly lax officiating standards of the day as he was basically pummeled to death with repeated unanswered shots to the skull after he was clearly out on his feet. Seeing him slump to the canvas always horrifies me. Griffith was never the same, either. There's an incredibly touching video of him meeting and seeking the forgiveness (and getting it) of the grown up son of Paret, who never got to know his father. They hug, they cry, it's one of my favorite things on youtube to remind me that people can still be truly good to one another, even when every instinct you may have would tell you not to be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKSqHRIQ4k - the last two minutes will bring the water works.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 12:19:17 GMT -5
Memphis Jimmy Hart was fantastic. And yes, I can name you a dozen great promos from that era.
"What do ya do with a prize horse with a broken leg, ya shoot it!" in reference to Lawler breaking his leg being the most famous.
WWE Jimmy Hart was a colorful cartoon character who was perfect as a foil in a wrestling show aimed at a younger audience..
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 12:13:02 GMT -5
We all know the "classic" LAX of Homicide, Hernandez and Konnan but keep in mind there was Apolo (not Crews) and Machete in the group as well before they did the militant act LAX has a pretty hot heel run for about a year between 2006 and 2007. Konnan has hip surgery and then quits like 3 months later. Homicide and Hernandez turns face. They add Hector Guerrero to replace Konnan. I believe they added Selinas too around that time. I believe Hector had to stop managing them because they lost a match By 08 both are starting to do singles matches. Hernandez won the World title contract and Homicide the X division. A bunch of BS happens, Hernandez gets injured and then when he comes back Homicide turns on him. Homicide gets released so that's the end of LAX in that time period Konnan returns to Impact in 07 and has a new LAX in Ortiz and Santana. They turn face and then Konnan gets replaced with Eddie Kingston after he was attacked. We find out Eddie Kingston is the one who took out Konnan and LAX tells him to f*** off. He brings back Homicide and Hernandez and they are named the OGz. They have a gang war essentially with Konnan killing Eddie Kingston Daga becomes a member of the group this year and with Ortiz and Santana out the door the group is in limbo on Impact Oh yeah I forgot to mention Low Ki was the leader of LAX for like a month before he quit This is starting to make a bit of sense (not much but it was a herculean effort) - I am assuming 07 is a typo here and 2017 was intended - and so now basically Kingston and Homicide, the remnants of the OGz sans Hernandez are doing the retro NWA Powerrr show while Ortiz and Santana have moved onto AEW leaving Konnan and the other guy sitting in catering at Impact. Also, embarrassed to admit I always assumed Low Ki was asian.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 17, 2019 11:31:23 GMT -5
I admit here that I am completely out to lunch here, having only seen a bit, but liked most of it, of the original LAX run in TNA.
I remember that team primarily being Homicide and that big lunk Hernandez who liked to toss people in that wildly dangerous bordertoss with Konan managing them.
Now I see there is a team that is sometimes casually referred to as LAX on AEW in the stable with Jericho, but there's also a similar team on the NWA Powerrr show that has Homicide in it. Then there's Konan and a guy called Daga who are still in Impact.
Someone help me out before I resort to wikipedia.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 16, 2019 11:14:22 GMT -5
Bring back Cena and see if he can lift the Big Show up in an AA.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 8, 2019 11:01:35 GMT -5
Live cutaway to Orange Cassidy on the mound, being charged with delay of game for thee 19th time thus far, as he refuses pick up the ball.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 8, 2019 10:57:25 GMT -5
Fiend wins, but Funhouse Bray relinquishes the title the next night saying the Fiend gave him the belt and said he had no use for it, or the Fiend appears and literally burns it up, destroying the belt, and all it represents. Good excuse to get a re-design on that garbage belt anyway.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 7, 2019 13:35:08 GMT -5
So here's my one argument that 2018 was actually worse. Mick Foley was the referee for that match. Mick Foley, the man who fell through the roof of the cell twice, fell off the roof once, got tossed off the fence once, got the shit beaten out of him by HHH before his cell match against Nash INSIDE THE CELL and even as a referee was beaten the hell out of by that same guy. Mick Foley, the man who booked 6 men into a Hell in a Cell match that scared Vince so much, he was willing to go to his hated enemies at the time and say "You know what, this is a bad f***ing idea. I hate you but I don't hate you THAT much (along with it being bad for business cough)". Mick Foley, who has been in more brutal matches then some on the roster have had matches IN THEIR LIFETIME! And after Brock comes in and kills both men... He calls for a no contest. Like...how does that not do anything except utterly destroy that credibility regardless of his low, low status at the time? That said, Foley is at this point akin to the old crazy guy at the beginning of a slasher movie that tells the teenagers, "YOU'RE ALL DOOOMED! DOOOOOOOOMED!" They've drug him out dozens of times to either guest ref or just help promote a HIAC and he gets all pumped up and tells the guys 'THIS MATCH WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! YOU'LL NEEEVER BE THE SAME!" Then it's just a match, and nobody remembers it a month later. This was already a pattern going back over 10-15 years now at least. I love Mick to death, but he had no credibility left to kill.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 7, 2019 13:20:39 GMT -5
A DQ in a Hell in the Cell is about the dumbest finish I've ever heard of.... if what Taker did to Mankind wasn't a DQ then that overly set-up spot Seth did isn't either. It's asinine and to quote Randy Orton, STUPID.
Also, it's been eight years and they still haven't learned their lesson with the themed match PPVs.
A HIAC is a match that should maybe happen once every two years as the blowoff to a really nasty feud. This Seth and Bray thing was barely off the ground.
It's far from the only example; the oldest one I can think of where they basically let this yearly bastardizing of a once money-drawing match paint them in a corner was 2012 with Ryback where he was getting legit hot enough where it would not have been unthinkable to put the title on him at some point, but that point was not the fall of 2012, and they already had plans with Punk to drop to Rock etc. so they once again overbooked what should be a simple match with a dirty ref (Why you need a dirty ref in a match with no rules IDK but shrug) and a low-blow finish that did nothing for Punk and pretty much stopped Ryback's push dead in its tracks.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 5, 2019 17:21:33 GMT -5
Cain in his prime kills Hager. Right now? Could go either way imo. If by either way you mean he could possibly still kill him, or he might just beat him to within an inch of his life, then sure.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 5, 2019 17:19:41 GMT -5
Cain wins this one by Rd 1 TKO even if he takes the fight on no notice without a camp with a dad bod, going in against Hager expecting the fight and going through a camp specifically to fight Cain.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 5, 2019 14:58:39 GMT -5
I don't know that it makes sense as a serious angle, but I'd love to see a storyline with a referee as described above who just decides enough is enough and just starts enforcing the rules to the fullest extent possible and beyond.
Every match he refs begins with a thorough check on both wrestlers, full body search with a metal detector, inspect under the wrist tape, inside their mouths etc... Then once the bell rings, he'd DQ a match on the first closed fist, or if a manager or valet helps their guy back up, boom, DQ them too, and stop a match for medical intervention at the first sign of a dribble of blood---also have the ring mats thoroughly scrubbed. Institute a replay rule and the ref can stop the match in the middle when things are getting good and have a long delay while he watches to see if someone pulled hair or not.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 5, 2019 14:28:37 GMT -5
Yeah but why would anyone think Booker vs. Batista would be anything special? Anyway I will have to go with Jericho vs. Austin. There's two guys that just didn't click at all, at least in that Feb. 2001 match. RVD is the king of this sort of thing. Most of the Eddie matches and Benoit were okay but not quite the classics people predicted, ditto the AJ matches in TNA. Yet he also had great matches with some random and bizarre opponents. RVD could have okay to good matches with a lot of people, but he could really only have a great match in a very specific set of circumstances and with an opponent that was willing to let him basically do an RVD match, but could adapt their style into said match in a way that worked. Jerry Lynn was by far the best at this. Having to work within rigid time structure also hurts an RVD match, as most of his ECW classics were, if you really nitpick them, filled with a ton of downtime with either him posing or just laying out while building up steam for the next big spot.
Guerrero and Benoit were basically having normal matches with RVD where he would work in a few of his spots, and while it was far from bad, it's not the kind of match where Van Dam was going to shine and really get over like Heyman let him when he was convincing people that RVD was equal to or better than HBK---which of course he was nowhere close to that at any point in his career, but Heyman and RVD made a lot of hardcore fans BELIEVE he was, and that's what mattered. They sold him as an athletic attraction the same way Vince Sr. sold Andre as a pure physical attraction.
By the time he got to TNA and worked with AJ Styles and others, while he may have had the freedom to have an old school RVD match from time to time, a whole generation of guys (like AJ for instance) had passed him by in the 'wow' department and he had also slowed down considerably as well, so I give him a pass on those.
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Post by bmfjules on Oct 4, 2019 11:55:38 GMT -5
Fake apology countdown has been activated.
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