Official Chat Thread 94: Chat-Town Struggle

[The Raven]

Dammit, youtube doesn't have a Juke Box Hero video.

[The Raven]

thebluedevil said:

Just popped in my X-files season one dvd(disc 1)

You watching from the beginning?

[mcclanahan]

theraven said:

I guess in the WWE, the road agents set up the ring.

WWE has a ring crew, and truckers, I'm just talking about the Indies, for all I know Refs get paid before the mid & lowcarders in the E

[The Raven]

Then what do the road agents do? Just go over spots?

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

mcclanahan said:

theraven said:

I guess in the WWE, the road agents set up the ring.

WWE has a ring crew, and truckers, I'm just talking about the Indies, for all I know Refs get paid before the mid & lowcarders

Yeah, in the indies, usually the young guys help set up the ring, especially if the promotion runs a school. The students help out a lot with the grunt work.

[mcclanahan]

theraven said:

Then what do the road agents do? Just go over spots?

they work with the wrestlers backstage, and help plan where to go next

[mcclanahan]

chuckymac314 said:

mcclanahan said:

WWE has a ring crew, and truckers, I'm just talking about the Indies, for all I know Refs get paid before the mid & lowcarders

Yeah, in the indies, usually the young guys help set up the ring, especially if the promotion runs a school. The students help out a lot with the grunt work.

you have no idea just how true that is

[The Line]

theraven said:

thebluedevil said:

Just popped in my X-files season one dvd(disc 1)

You watching from the beginning?

yeah. Thats how I like to watch my TV shows for the most part. Especially ones with as many carry-over plots as The X-Files

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

theraven said:

Then what do the road agents do? Just go over spots?

Yeah, they pretty much help workers put together matches.

[The Raven]

Do wrestlers get to practice big spots before they happen?

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

mcclanahan said:

chuckymac314 said:

Yeah, in the indies, usually the young guys help set up the ring, especially if the promotion runs a school. The students help out a lot with the grunt work.

you have no idea just how true that is

Yeah, I've picked that up from going to a few shows and watching guys just set up the ring beforehand.

[mcclanahan]

theraven said:

Do wrestlers get to practice big spots before they happen?

yeah, but remember, even some big spots are spur of the moment things (I think that may have been the case with lesners SSP on angle), but yeah, most big spots and finishes are practiced before hand

[mcclanahan]

chuckymac314 said:

mcclanahan said:

you have no idea just how true that is

Yeah, I've picked that up from going to a few shows and watching guys just set up the ring beforehand.

and it's probably the most annoying part of wrestling, because when doing the ropes they have to be done perfectly, all 4 courners tightened at the same time, or the turnbuckles will be crooked and the ropes will be to loose

[The Raven]

I've always wondered how matches like the Royal Rumble were set up. I think Quake said that when you enter, you know the guy you eliminate and the guy who eliminates you, and you try to steer clear of the winner.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

mcclanahan said:

chuckymac314 said:

Yeah, I've picked that up from going to a few shows and watching guys just set up the ring beforehand.

and it's probably the most annoying part of wrestling, because when doing the ropes they have to be done perfectly, all 4 courners tightened at the same time, or the turnbuckles will be crooked and the ropes will be to loose

Yeah, I've seen people screw up the ropes a lot. At the last show I went to, the crew was still trying to put up a little cage during the middle of a match. It was hilarious, because they only managed to get 3 sides of the cage on the ring.

[mcclanahan]

has anyone else seen a commercial for EPIC Movie yet...it's like the Scary movies only epic instead of scary, my money is on it sucking but still doing fairly well

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

mcclanahan said:

has anyone else seen a commercial for EPIC Movie yet...it's like the Scary movies only epic instead of scary, my money is on it sucking but still doing fairly well

Yeah, I've seen that trailer. I might give it a look, but only if I can drag a few friends along.

[The Raven]

mcclanahan said:

has anyone else seen a commercial for EPIC Movie yet...it's like the Scary movies only epic instead of scary, my money is on it sucking but still doing fairly well

Yeah it looks DUMB. Now that I think about it, Date Movie did bad, so I hope it bombs.

[mcclanahan]

theraven said:

I've always wondered how matches like the Royal Rumble were set up. I think Quake said that when you enter, you know the guy you eliminate and the guy who eliminates you, and you try to steer clear of the winner.

I was in some battle royals (my first match was one) and we had no set order just a winner, I was the 2nd to last person eliminated, and it took the last person eliminated and the winner to get me over because they didn't understand that I hadn't been taught to go over backwards yet and they didn't want to throw me over forward

[The Raven]

mcclanahan said:

theraven said:

I've always wondered how matches like the Royal Rumble were set up. I think Quake said that when you enter, you know the guy you eliminate and the guy who eliminates you, and you try to steer clear of the winner.

I was in some battle royals (my first match was one) and we had no set order just a winner, I was the 2nd to last person eliminated, and it took the last person eliminated and the winner to get me over because they didn't understand that I hadn't been taught to go over backwards yet and they didn't want to throw me over forward

Hmm. I suppose it's set up differently for something like the Royal Rumble though.