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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 14, 2012 23:36:17 GMT -5
There was this group of friends I once had. We shared many common intrests and spent most of our twenties as a fairly tight knit group. We were bored one day and decided to hit Vegas, from nowhere near there, and pooled our money so that we could all afford to go. We split airline tickets, rooms at MGM, entertainment,gambling,food, strip clubs, booze....any expense was spread so that noone was left behind. We werent together every day but the five of us communicated individually at least once a week. I called these men my brothers and in a way we shared a family-esque bond. We carried each other through financial set backs, in-house rifts, failed marriages, etc... usually with brutal honesty and a very black and white nature.
Then I lost a job that sent me waaaay down the pay scale. While I sat at home with my gal, the phone didnt ring. When I couldnt afford to go blow cash at a bar, or even the gasoline required to get there, I realized those years were a sham. I broke a phone and lost all of my contacts. Instead of proclaiming it via social media I sat back and waited to be contacted. Days. Weeks. Months passed with no attempt at communication. Finally someone contacted me on facebook with a snide comment which turned into a text message which turned into phone calls. I sat jobless for nearly six months and in that time noone paid a visit. I didnt want money, and any funds offered would have been denied, but I needed stability...and in that time where none was offered it dawned on me that I had worked way to hard. I was the one going out of my way to visit, plan, schedule, etc...and when I sat back to see what happened, nothing happened.
While there was never an official fire started, it sort of began on its own and instead of putting out the flame I let it burn to see what would happen. The bridge is long gone now, and I have no desire to rebuild. When I announced my engagement a few months ago, of the hundreds of responses and congratulations I received dozens were from the family members/wives/exes of those guys but zero were from them. Theyve all but one even deleted from their social media lists. I have no ill will for the guys, but I have zero desire to have them as anything but fond memories of my past.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 14, 2012 22:28:29 GMT -5
Tellin' your lady to shut up? That's a paddlin'. Yellin' at your lady? That's a paddlin'. Usin' your lady as a human shield? You better believe that's a paddlin'.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 14, 2012 20:12:37 GMT -5
I saw it kinda mentioned in here but Raw is in ohio on april 30th and May 1st Mick Foley is doing comedy in ohio on May 3rd-5th In addition to that,it's also moxleys homestate. It could be coincedence but hey..I kinda wonder. You almost convinced me, in one post, to drive 3+ hours to that show...almost. If it were Cincy, not Too-lee-doo, id prob be there.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 12, 2012 23:24:47 GMT -5
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 11, 2012 22:12:04 GMT -5
As far as the hash tags go, I think he is being very sarcastic about it. It's Ambrose following protocol. Come to think of it he actually mocks the 'E any chance he gets. It comes off as one big joke to him. I don't get that vibe at all. Him mocking WWE feels really benign and insincere. Also, I have to say I'm already biased against him because of the way he abuses the hash tags (which is where the gist of this feud is being run so far). I'm not a Twitter guy, but Jesus, why does he overdo them to the extent of writing "#senthome"? I do feel bad for being a downer in a positive thread, though, so I will say I can't wait for the guy to debut and hopefully change some of my opinions. Just prior to WM he was goin' on about attending a social media class and how the guys were told to hashtag everything, what the WM buzzwords/tags were, and how the company was watching them to make sure they tweet everyday. With that I think hes kind of playing the "anti-establishment-I-dont-want-to-do-this-but-they-force-me-to" card, plus I think hes new to it and pretty much everyone I know was hashtag crazy when they started on twitter. Pretty much. Don't they usually do shows the night after a PPV in the same town? If you bring out Ambrose in Chicago, you've just gotten that guy over huge. They usually do, but the RAW right after the PPV is in Dayton Ohio The Dayton area is smarky, plus Ambrose is from Cincy...im from near the area and hes pretty well known to the sharper fans. I might be the only one, but I've been picking out people on Twitter that have been calling Ambrose out, and defending Dean's point of view, with every tweet ending #thanksmick Just doing what I can to help further the angle. RAINN, the nations largest anti-sexual violence organization, posted a facebook link with a story about Foleys involvement earlier. I stared at the screen for a sec with a sly smirk and considered going kayfabe keyboard warrior mode...but all I could bring myself to type was a simple #thanksmick.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 11, 2012 0:17:25 GMT -5
A few hours ago I was ticked because I wasted a couple hours watching the show in hopes of his debut which never happened. After a little time to think, it makes sense. Those of us who care are just going to get rabid and through the namedrops hes only going to get more exposure. Hell, I saw a Dean Ambrose sign in the crowd tonight. That cant hurt. Im not at all saying they should "drag it out" but this things only been brewing for about two weeks and that two weeks has created a stir...let it build. Ambrose is doing a damn fine job of pusing it on twitter, if youre not following him....follow him, and Foley is playing the part perfectly. Its really the most interesting thing any wrestling company has goin on right now in my opinion, lets not rush it.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 10, 2012 0:04:43 GMT -5
Dean Ambroseþ@TheDeanAmbrose #wwe likes to pretend Mick Foley never existed. Wwe is still apologizing for him by sterilizing the product. #raw
Dean Ambroseþ@TheDeanAmbrose Btw..I have zero fear of reprisals from the office for wat ive said about mick foley cuz nobody high up in #wwe has any respect for him
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 9, 2012 23:50:48 GMT -5
He looks like a big dummy, so they should have him be super smart or something Sandow debuted the same show, keep up. I remember the same debate when Edge came along. A lot of people thought it was stupid and that they should call him Adam "The Edge" (like the dude in u2) Copeland.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 9, 2012 23:25:15 GMT -5
Terry Funk. {Spoiler} I know why it happened. It makes sense that it happened. It shouldnt have happend. Barely Legal should have ended with Taz holding the gold. He was a badass. He was energetic. He was charismatic. He was the epitome of ECW. The difining image of ECWs first PPV should have been Taz cherishing his victory. Instead we had a well past his prime Funk as the face of ECW to all the new potential fans. Now I love Terry Funk, and it was a HUGE moment in his career IMO but that storyline couldve been saved for later.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 9, 2012 23:00:19 GMT -5
At face value I would have preffered Razor to Diesel, and it would have been the "cooler" thing to do. Probably would have made more money as well.
Beneath the surface, for whatever reason, theres always more to the story and Hall surely wouldve cracked under the pressure. Ive never been a fan of the Hardys but they were certainly over long before either of them saw singles success. At face value Jeff should have been world champion well before it happened, but he probably wouldve become pro wrestling Len Bias in the process. Theres always way more to the story than what we see, even in 2012. In my mind I see VKM in the back watching a guy like Hardy get massive pops and finally saying "Screw it, give the kid the gun and let it happen".
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 9, 2012 22:42:58 GMT -5
It made me sick. It still does.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 9, 2012 22:28:13 GMT -5
Well, if I may play dental's advocate, he might have just been basing it off of the name alone. I've met a few people who go by having the word "punk" in their name, and they won't be discussing Proust with me any time soon. But yeah, the interviewer did an excellent job and both came off looking like a million bucks. Really hope Punk gets to do more of these. ?
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 8, 2012 23:15:28 GMT -5
I like what little I've seen of Dean so far, but that whole "you need to be held accountable" thing rubbed me the wrong way- it sounds as if him (and possibly Damien Sandow, from the looks of it) might wind up being "heels with good points that half the crowd supports". I got tired of that crap with SES Punk and SRS Jericho three years ago, so I hope that isn't where we're headed again. If Charles Manson punched Santa Clause because he made elves work in slave labor conditions hed have a valid point.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 8, 2012 11:30:23 GMT -5
It could work if he squashes Punk. There is no way that I'd buy Punk having a fighting chance against Lesnar. You can only suspend disbelief that far. Cena...I could buy it, since he has that against-the-odds-American-Hero gimmick. No matter how much Punk marks for himself, he does not have "it". After some thought, id like to elaborate: If this were just-past-his-debut-in-WWE Brock Lesnar, id see your point. Dude was a monster. But uh, after the years of shrinking and seeing his MMA career... im pretty sure most folks can buy "a guy like Punk" beating Brock. Lesnars lost a LOT of mass, and he did NOTHING in MMA to come off as more of a badass. And im actually a Lesnar fan. He took out Heath Herring, but he certainly wasnt the first. The win over Couture was his career highlight, no doubt, but its not like he outsmarted/outwrestled/dominated Randy. Then the w over Carwin that probably shouldve been an L. Other than that he looked terrible, gassed too fast and never evolved. Sure you can toss the Frank Mir fights my waybut those were just awful and hurt the sport more than anything. Anyway, for the average mark im guessing the JJ trained champion is capable of winning a match against a big meathead. KFed beat Cena, weve seen worse.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 8, 2012 1:01:57 GMT -5
Neither based on what I saw this week.
However I voted Tensai based on seeing his work as Bernard. I did not vote Ryback based on seeing his work as Skip Sheffield.
While I dont think either of them will be main event players in 5 yrs (age, injury, etc) if im starting a company right now I could get more out of Matt Bloom in 1 year than I could the other guy in 10.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 8, 2012 0:42:48 GMT -5
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 7, 2012 23:58:01 GMT -5
Brock Lesnar possibly? They obviously have something planned for Cena and Lesnar but Cm Punk vs Lesnar could work It could work if he squashes Punk. There is no way that I'd buy Punk having a fighting chance against Lesnar. You can only suspend disbelief that far. Cena...I could buy it, since he has that against-the-odds-American-Hero gimmick. No matter how much Punk marks for himself, he does not have "it".
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 7, 2012 23:02:19 GMT -5
To give a short answer, I seriously doubt it.
The fun part is that im not a "short answer" kinda guy. Theres money to be made and a really good storyline that could connect the dots to WM 29. The plan seems to be Rock v Brock for the title at 'mania, and I think we're looking at Austin v Punk as well. Everyone I mentiond, sans Rock, is a >ahem< Paul Heyman guy. Heyman works best as a heel and I think Brock is better in that role as well. After a few months of face Brock, Heyman comes in as the jolly friendly type. We see a slight bond between Brock & Punk because of Paul E. and everything is all kittens and rainbows until Johnny sets up Punk vs Lesnar for the title. The build is professional and cordial but during the match Paul sweves Punk, costing him the strap. Paul goes on to "shoot" on Punk saying that he is only a self appointed >ahem< Paul Heyman guy and couldnt lace the boots of guys like Rude, AA, Lesnar, & SCSA. Eventually theres a moment where all four (Punk, Heyman, SCSA, Lenar) are in the ring and Punk accidentally hits Austin then when he helps Steve up ...kick, wham, stunner. Brock can move on storyline wise, Punk can slowly fade to heel mode, and it all sets itself up from there.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 7, 2012 21:34:49 GMT -5
I cant get behind the guy. Hes a big boy no doubt, but hes about as interesting to me as a cardboard box.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 7, 2012 0:04:04 GMT -5
A year or so ago my then gf, now fiance, mentioned it in a casual conversation and I had no clue it even existed. Out of curiosity and her love for the flick I found a copy and made the purchase. From a quick glance at the back of the dvd I expected a light hearted/campy "modern" version of the original, I was very wrong. For whatever reason I cant remember specifics at the moment but the thing that stands out in my mind is this: Im pretty sure im going to have to suggest a viewing of it the next chance we have at a stay-at-home movie night.
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