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Post by Jindrak Mark on Nov 27, 2023 17:50:48 GMT -5
I get why they didn't want him speaking until his promo on Raw but it was a missed opportunity for maximum wtf-ery to not have him and HHH sitting side by side at the post-PPV scrum and taking questions together. Maybe they do it after the Rumble or Mania.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 17:50:52 GMT -5
One of these things is not like the other.
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Post by HMARK Center on Nov 27, 2023 17:52:30 GMT -5
Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? No one sells in modern professional wrestling, they just don't. AEW works a faster pace than WWE does, I mean I'm sure if someone flipped on Puro they could go crazy about no selling and high spot kickouts etc. I also don't think a lot of people even know what they mean by "no selling" anymore.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 27, 2023 17:53:39 GMT -5
No one sells in modern professional wrestling, they just don't. AEW works a faster pace than WWE does, I mean I'm sure if someone flipped on Puro they could go crazy about no selling and high spot kickouts etc. I also don't think a lot of people even know what they mean by "no selling" anymore. That's a fair point also.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 27, 2023 17:54:42 GMT -5
I also just need to know will someone say to him..
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Nov 27, 2023 17:55:26 GMT -5
Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? No one sells in modern professional wrestling, they just don't. Right, there are a lot of complaints here in the WWE board about no selling (Bianca, Charlotte) all the time.
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Post by lionheart21 on Nov 27, 2023 17:58:01 GMT -5
I also just need to know will someone say to him.. Fragile mind, Fragile ego, Fragile body I'll put money on that person being Kevin Owens
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 27, 2023 17:59:52 GMT -5
I get why they didn't want him speaking until his promo on Raw but it was a missed opportunity for maximum wtf-ery to not have him and HHH sitting side by side at the post-PPV scrum and taking questions together. Maybe they do it after the Rumble or Mania. i could see them having both HHH/Punk out there tonight shaking hands for 1. the what the f***ery of it all, 2. showing wwe is strong in their eyes & 3. mix of both, a bischoff-vince handshake moment
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Nov 27, 2023 18:01:35 GMT -5
No one sells in modern professional wrestling, they just don't. AEW works a faster pace than WWE does, I mean I'm sure if someone flipped on Puro they could go crazy about no selling and high spot kickouts etc. I also don't think a lot of people even know what they mean by "no selling" anymore. I don’t want to be that guy, but it’s downright comical to me that a crew of people who hold the damn Attitude Era to this reverential status that modern wrestling can never achieve complain about that particular type of “no selling” in AEW. The same Attitude Era where people would semi-regularly shake off being hit by cars, buried alive, set on fire, electrocuted, flipped with a forklift in a car, and many other things I’m probably forgetting. And two of the main characters were literal zombies impervious to pain. MJF returning from the hospital to repeatedly cheat and barely eke out a win against Jay White wouldn’t even crack the list of Top 50 most implausible wins after returning from injury during the Attitude Era, but no one cared because what we were watching was entertaining and we didn’t have washed up, bitter, former managers clinging to relevance by telling us everything that is even slightly unrealistic is killing the business. It’s wrestling. It’s scripted entertainment. MJF coming back from the hospital and kicking ass isn’t any different than John Wick winning a 1 on 70 gunfight to me, personally.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 18:04:27 GMT -5
I think WWE will sell plush dolls of Larry like they did for Pharoah. CM can smell the money.
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Post by john84 on Nov 27, 2023 18:12:54 GMT -5
The RAW thread's gonna be packed tonight. Just a tad. I've definitely returned at a good time I just love the thought of Vince watching Survivor Series not knowing they signed Punk and finding out when he came out Vince ''UNBELIEVABLE!''
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 18:17:16 GMT -5
Michael Cole in a post world Vince McMahon is a national treasure.
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Post by xCompackx on Nov 27, 2023 18:18:50 GMT -5
I also don't think a lot of people even know what they mean by "no selling" anymore. I don’t want to be that guy, but it’s downright comical to me that a crew of people who hold the damn Attitude Era to this reverential status that modern wrestling can never achieve complain about that particular type of “no selling” in AEW. The same Attitude Era where people would semi-regularly shake off being hit by cars, buried alive, set on fire, electrocuted, flipped with a forklift in a car, and many other things I’m probably forgetting. And two of the main characters were literal zombies impervious to pain. MJF returning from the hospital to repeatedly cheat and barely eke out a win against Jay White wouldn’t even crack the list of Top 50 most implausible wins after returning from injury during the Attitude Era, but no one cared because what we were watching was entertaining and we didn’t have washed up, bitter, former managers clinging to relevance by telling us everything that is even slightly unrealistic is killing the business. It’s wrestling. It’s scripted entertainment. MJF coming back from the hospital and kicking ass isn’t any different than John Wick winning a 1 on 70 gunfight to me, personally. I tend to be in the camp of "Just, y'know, try" when it comes to selling. I don't want to watch a match of two dudes just writing in pain all match long from a suplex, nor do I want to see someone drop a car on someone's face for a two count. Somewhere in the middle of those two and I'm happy.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 18:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Nov 27, 2023 18:22:53 GMT -5
I wanna see the backstage monitor reaction 😂
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 18:23:17 GMT -5
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Nov 27, 2023 18:24:56 GMT -5
I don’t want to be that guy, but it’s downright comical to me that a crew of people who hold the damn Attitude Era to this reverential status that modern wrestling can never achieve complain about that particular type of “no selling” in AEW. The same Attitude Era where people would semi-regularly shake off being hit by cars, buried alive, set on fire, electrocuted, flipped with a forklift in a car, and many other things I’m probably forgetting. And two of the main characters were literal zombies impervious to pain. MJF returning from the hospital to repeatedly cheat and barely eke out a win against Jay White wouldn’t even crack the list of Top 50 most implausible wins after returning from injury during the Attitude Era, but no one cared because what we were watching was entertaining and we didn’t have washed up, bitter, former managers clinging to relevance by telling us everything that is even slightly unrealistic is killing the business. It’s wrestling. It’s scripted entertainment. MJF coming back from the hospital and kicking ass isn’t any different than John Wick winning a 1 on 70 gunfight to me, personally. I tend to be in the camp of "Just, y'know, try" when it comes to selling. I don't want to watch a match of two dudes just writing in pain all match long from a suplex, nor do I want to see someone drop a car on someone's face for a two count. Somewhere in the middle of those two and I'm happy. I agree, I generally enjoy old school high psychology matches like, say, Cody/Dustin far more than finisher spam matches. Although I think spotfests can be fun and it’s mostly down to personal preference. I was just commenting on the disdain I’ve seen all over the internet from people toward MJF “burying” Switchblade by returning from the hospital, “no selling” his injuries, and beating him, when stuff like that was a weekly occurrence in what a lot of those people consider WWE’s most celebrated era.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 27, 2023 18:25:32 GMT -5
it has to be different, you can tell the voice is not the same when "eyesssssssssssss" hits
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Post by Zombie Mod on Nov 27, 2023 18:27:39 GMT -5
One of these things is not like the other. is it Nia as she injures her opponents more than the others?
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 27, 2023 18:28:02 GMT -5
it has to be different, you can tell the voice is not the same when "eyesssssssssssss" hits Yeah, I truly wonder if they got Living Color back in the studio just to record this for Punk and WWE. If that's the case, this return had to planned out longer than the last week. No way WWE shells out for a remaster and keep it on the sidelines.
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