Random Wrestling Thoughts (Part 2)

RollieFingers

Wish Nakamura had never went to WWE, it absolutely ruined him as a wrestler. I can understand why he wanted to take the money and take less bumps of course, but all the rockstar, the artist stuff and his ridiculous attire, all so cringe, the man was one of the best on the planet before he went there.

The pop he got that night against Zayn, they had a star on their hands, now he is what he is. Back to Japan please Nakamura!

leggo

You’d take significantly more damage on your body working for WWE than in NJPW. In Japan, aside from the likes of G1 once a year, unless you’re working a big singles match which you might do 8-10 times a year outside of G1, you’re working tag matches specifically for the purposes of allowing wrestlers to appear but give their bodies time to heal. In WWE, regardless of what you think of the quality of his work, he could be doing 3-4 singles matches per week during normal times. And the stuff that damages wrestlers’ bodies typically isn’t the spectacular stuff you see in GIFs etc, it’s the smaller more standard stuff you wouldn’t even think about. So yeah, working for WWE full-time would be way more taxing than any other scenario I’ve personally heard of in wrestling.

I think when he’s been interviewed he’s cited always wanting to live in America and close to the beach with his family as the reason he moved. Wrestlers love having great matches, obviously, but when evaluating where they’re going to wrestle it comes down to this kinda stuff first and foremost because the thinking is that they can have great matches wherever they go. And that’s true to a point, if Nakamura has a stinker against Finn Balor that happens to be in a WWE ring, it’s on him first and foremost. Like any job, part of your skill is being able to adapt to different situations and challenges. If you’re only good in one specific scenario, are you really that good at all because what if your employer needs you to do something else? You’re paid to be an asset to the company you work for, they don’t pay you then build the business around your specific skillset, no job on the planet works that way. Only in wrestling have I seen people not consider that a reflection of the talent.

Riddle101

The thing about Nakamura is that despite being a great wrestler he did have a reputation for being lazy in the ring at times. He could have some great matches when he was motivated but sometimes was known to half ass it a little. While that might work in New Japan, I could see a guy like Vince McMahon being turned off by him because he doesn't come across as someone who "grabs the brass ring". So part of the reason he is where he is now and not a world champion is WWE not wanting to take a chance with him.

CastorTroy

So you're saying he's like Orton? Can go when he wants to but is just coasting most of the time.

PTH2009

Really like the NWO red logo shirt

What is your favourite wrestling shirt you have ??

Had a few through the years which I grew in and grew out of. I'd still wear my AJ Styles hoodie and Fiend tshirt

Chuck Noland

PTH2009 wrote: »

Really like the NWO red logo shirt

What is your favourite wrestling shirt you have ??

Had a few through the years which I grew in and grew out of. I'd still wear my AJ Styles hoodie and Fiend tshirt

I’ve the 2 nWo (red logo & white logo)
The Rock - I bring it
Austin 3:16
Bullet club
Nexus (it’s gone now)
The Miz - hello I’m awesome.
I’ve Raw is War logo T-shirt too.

Miz one is my fav as it doesn’t look like a wwe T-shirt

sky88

I’ve never actually owned a wrestling t shirt

Cherry_Cola

PTH2009 wrote: »

Really like the NWO red logo shirt

What is your favourite wrestling shirt you have ??

Had a few through the years which I grew in and grew out of. I'd still wear my AJ Styles hoodie and Fiend tshirt

I have the limited edition Naito baseball jersey from LIJ that I got living in Japan. EVERY time I wear it I get compliments on it as it's just a really cool looking jersey. Those and the bullet club had some cool designs too but I can't really wear those anymore living in liberal America

The White Wolf

sky88 wrote: »

I’ve never actually owned a wrestling t shirt

Had a few Stone Cold knock offs when I was kid.

Sometimes I'd be tempted to get something if I see a nice design. Really wanted to get a bullet Clun umbrella.....then realised that probably wouldn't translate well over here going for the train at rush hour. :pac:

sky88

The White Wolf wrote: »

Had a few Stone Cold knock offs when I was kid.

Sometimes I'd be tempted to get something if I see a nice design. Really wanted to get a bullet Clun umbrella.....then realised that probably wouldn't translate well over here going for the train at rush hour. :pac:

I do be tempted to but never seem to pull the trigger on it

I do find a lot of them quite poor lately but I actually thought gallows and Anderson put out a few good ones last few days

Cherry_Cola

The White Wolf wrote: »

Sometimes I'd be tempted to get something if I see a nice design. Really wanted to get a bullet Clun umbrella.....then realised that probably wouldn't translate well over here going for the train at rush hour. :pac:

Haha I have that too, never an issue at home with it but wouldn't really use outside of Japan or Ireland really. Could cause some bother.

PTH2009

Memories of going to car boot kind of sales when I was younger which had all the stalls of knock off pop culture stuff. Slipknot/Him/Metallica and wrestling clothing galore

Agent Coulson

Have the classic Hogan Yellow tank top one from there first tour here and have always wanted to Hulk it off but haven't the heart to do it.

Love my classic Hotrod! signed by Piper.

The classic ECW

The Bullet Club

Adiboo

I have the Undertaker t-shirt with him coming down the ramp on the motorbike, WWF.com logo on the back. I got it at Insurrextion in London 2001. Still get wear out of it. Definitely my favourite.

gerrybbadd

I've only two shirts left out of a few I had, and those are the Wrestlemania 26: I was there & a Bret Hart one that I picked up in Phoenix.

Officer999

Watched Summerslam 2000 last night on the Network and think it’s one of the strongest PPVs ever.

So many fun matches including Eddie/Chyna vs Val Venis/Trish with Chyna becoming IC champion and Shane McMahon/Blackman match for the Hardcore title where Shane takes that ridiculous bump.

The first ever TLC match 20 years on still stands the test of time. The crowd are so hot for it and the innovation at the time still looks amazing.

Main event of HHH/Angle/Rock where the world title was basically a side story to the whole Kurt kissing Steph angle.

The thing that really stood out for me tho was how good JR/King are on commentary. It makes a PPV so much easier to watch compared to now, it was peak JR/Lawler at that time. Even loved the JR smashing the glass jar over Tazz’s head spot to give King the win over him.

Agent Coulson

So I just learned today that Larry Sharpe of Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory that trained a generations of wrestlers from Kevin Von Erich to Bam Bam Bigelow to Raven to Sheamus was from Kerry.

PTH2009

That BT ad with Ric Flair is doing my head in

Adiboo

Officer999 wrote: »

Watched Summerslam 2000 last night on the Network and think it’s one of the strongest PPVs ever.

First PPV I stayed up for live. Great PPV.

Adiboo

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So I just learned today that Larry Sharpe of Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory that trained a generations of wrestlers from Kevin Von Erich to Bam Bam Bigelow to Raven to Sheamus was from Kerry.

Hmm, his Wiki says from Tralee, I'm in Tralee. Never heard of him being from Kerry till now.

gerrybbadd

Adiboo wrote: »

Hmm, his Wiki says from Tralee, I'm in Tralee. Never heard of him being from Kerry till now.

Seems he moved to the US early on, given he was on a High School wrestling team. Maybe he'd have been known locally better by his real name - Larold Weil?

CastorTroy

Watching Medical Police on netflix and checked imdb to confirm Carlito was in it. Turned out it was Primo. Hair the same as Carlito and looks the spit of him, no pun intended.

riffmongous

CastorTroy wrote: »

Watching Medical Police on netflix and checked imdb to confirm Carlito was in it. Turned out it was Primo. Hair the same as Carlito and looks the spit of him, no pun intended.

That's not cool

LibSuperstar

riffmongous wrote:

That's not cool

Well played!

PTH2009

With Ali been an ex cop would been a hacker be against all his morals?

Xavier Woods is also been mentioned as been the SD hacker

sky88

Dear god JR

https://twitter.com/jrsbbq/status/1253089449480683521?s=21

gerrybbadd

sky88 wrote: »

Dear god JR

https://twitter.com/jrsbbq/status/1253089449480683521?s=21

Dirty aul Jim with the blue tongue hanging out again. There was a bit of back and forth on this, where someone asked Sunny to let JR have a free trial, and she replied that he had a free login already

she pooted

The White Wolf

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Dirty aul Jim with the blue tongue hanging out again. There was a bit of back and forth on this, where someone asked Sunny to let JR have a free trial, and she replied that he had a free login already

she pooted

What is it.... I don't want to click.

gerrybbadd

The White Wolf wrote: »

What is it.... I don't want to click.

She's got an "Onlyfans" account now, where you subscribe to access her dirty aul photos and videos etc. Seems to be the done thing now for amateur or wannabe porn stars (or so I've heard)

The White Wolf

Jaysus....JR really was giving an Oscar worthy performance as the angelic good ol boy aghast at Lawlor's filth.