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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 4, 2013 10:06:44 GMT -5
"I know it got worse, but did you see the original Doink gimmick? It was probably one of the greatest of all time"
"Did you see Hulk Hogan in Japan? I wish he would have been like that in the states."
"Let's just wait and see where this goes"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 10:08:28 GMT -5
Not really symptomatic of smarkness, but I adored whenever the ECW audience would count in Spanish when Super Crazy did the 10 count punches in the corner.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Sept 4, 2013 10:45:28 GMT -5
"Muhammad Hassan was totally awesome right up until they made him a terrorist. I wish they'd bring him back."
"Ole Anderson is just an old man who's bitter about the fact that his career highlight was being the weak link of an awesome group at the end of his career and that he was one of the worst bookers of all time."
I would go into something about certain guys being awesome and certain guys being horrible, but that has changed several times since I first started visiting wrestling sites. When I first came around, the likes of Flair and Hart were universally loved and Hogan & Warrior were universally despised. Since then, I see a lot of disdain for Flair and people discounting his career because of his personal life, Hart now has very vocal detractors, Warrior has people defending him at every turn, and Hogan kind of gained some love before becoming a pariah again.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Sept 4, 2013 11:11:25 GMT -5
If more than one person has a similar opinion it is fair to assume that everybody has that opinion when jumping to conclusions about the vast IWC conspiracy.
If someone else posting on the internet about wrestling on a wrestling centered website has a different opinion or controversial opinion they are smarks and should be enlightened a such.
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Post by metylerca on Sept 4, 2013 12:19:51 GMT -5
Raven, as we all know, has a great mind for the business.
"nobody" likes John Cena.
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on Sept 4, 2013 14:51:45 GMT -5
Calling other people smarks.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 4, 2013 15:15:37 GMT -5
Calling other people smarks. Very meta.
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Post by RedSmile on Sept 4, 2013 17:21:59 GMT -5
I don't know if there is a more misused lingo than "smark"
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Sept 4, 2013 17:33:20 GMT -5
Used to be anything mentioning the term "workrate", but now I'd say it's passed into parody territory.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 4, 2013 21:49:35 GMT -5
Used to be anything mentioning the term "workrate", but now I'd say it's passed into parody territory. Exactly. So can we have fun now?
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Sept 4, 2013 21:59:55 GMT -5
"Let's just wait and see where this goes" I don't know, the typical attitude shown 'round here from smarks intelligent, discerning fans of professional wrestling seems to be to insult and complain about the people who watch WWE under the assumption that they'll actually enjoy the product.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Sept 4, 2013 22:07:17 GMT -5
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Post by kidglov3s on Sept 4, 2013 22:12:48 GMT -5
"Muhammad Hassan was totally awesome right up until they made him a terrorist. I wish they'd bring him back." "Ole Anderson is just an old man who's bitter about the fact that his career highlight was being the weak link of an awesome group at the end of his career and that he was one of the worst bookers of all time." I would go into something about certain guys being awesome and certain guys being horrible, but that has changed several times since I first started visiting wrestling sites. When I first came around, the likes of Flair and Hart were universally loved and Hogan & Warrior were universally despised. Since then, I see a lot of disdain for Flair and people discounting his career because of his personal life, Hart now has very vocal detractors, Warrior has people defending him at every turn, and Hogan kind of gained some love before becoming a pariah again. I love Flair, Hart, Hogan and Warrior, and have consistently, at least the stuff from their prime. They're all awesome. I've also turned the corner on Double J. I find that as time goes on I have more appreciation for guys I never thought I'd see anything in. I used to hate Jarrett but now I see it as I hated him so much because that's how good he was in his role.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 22:35:48 GMT -5
"Ole Anderson is just an old man who's bitter about the fact that his career highlight was being the weak link of an awesome group at the end of his career and that he was one of the worst bookers of all time." Well, accept for the career highlight part, that's less a case of "Smarks bein' Smarks" and more of "Everyone in the wrestling business agrees with this statement." He had his day as an active wrestler (which was his career highlight), but everything past 1988 or so for Ole Anderson, it seems the wrestlers tend to agree with the fans that he became an awful booker, and is now a bitter old man.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 4, 2013 22:36:50 GMT -5
"Given the right push, I bet Lenny Lane could have been the biggest TV champ ever"
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Sept 5, 2013 11:03:21 GMT -5
"Ole Anderson is just an old man who's bitter about the fact that his career highlight was being the weak link of an awesome group at the end of his career and that he was one of the worst bookers of all time." Well, accept for the career highlight part, that's less a case of "Smarks bein' Smarks" and more of "Everyone in the wrestling business agrees with this statement." He had his day as an active wrestler (which was his career highlight), but everything past 1988 or so for Ole Anderson, it seems the wrestlers tend to agree with the fans that he became an awful booker, and is now a bitter old man. Then I would argue that they are misinformed. If anyone is going to call him one of the worst bookers of all time based solely on his '90 run, then I would call it short sighted and misinformed. Not only does it discount the high level of success he had prior, which included successfully booking 2 of the NWA's largest territories (Georgia & Mid Atlantic) at the same time, it ignores the fact that Jim Herd was steering the direction of the company and wanted to go the cartoon route. Nothing in Ole Anderson's history suggests he was the man to put in that situation. It would be like putting Motorhead into a symphony orchestra. It's still music, it's still performed with instruments, but nothing in their history says they can perform that style. The big thing people love to point to from that run is the Black Scorpion. That came about after Herd had thrown out some of his bizarre ideas and as a joke, Ole said they would have Sting go against the Black Scorpion. Herd loved it. "Jim, there is no Black Scorpion. It was a joke." "It sounds great, though. Let's go with that." "Jim...there is no Black Scorpion. Do you understand what I'm saying? It's just a name I wrote down." "Yeah, but it's a great name." I've spent a bit of time around the guy in the last few years, even having dinner with him in 2011. The only thing I've found him to be bitter about is his health. I think a lot of people do not understand the difference between a person with an admittedly gruff personality giving a blunt answer to a question and someone being bitter. Another thing I've picked up on in the time I've been around the guy is that he's aware of his reputation and plays into it.
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Post by TGM on Sept 5, 2013 11:09:17 GMT -5
"Jeff Hardy, Bret Hart, Chris Benoit have no charisma... they are just death on the mic."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2013 11:16:07 GMT -5
"Did you see Hulk Hogan Terry Bollea in Japan? I wish he would have been like that in the states." Fixed for smarkiness of the highest magnitude.
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Post by Been burned too many times on Sept 5, 2013 11:20:21 GMT -5
But the original heel Doink was a great gimmick and the man behind the paint played it well.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Sept 5, 2013 11:24:12 GMT -5
The "calling guys by their real names" thing always annoyed me.
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