Random Wrestling Thoughts (Part 2)

briany

While I agree when people like Jim Cornette say it's a shame that a lot of American wrestling territories died off in the 80s (because it broke the feeder system), I have to say that they really did it to themselves. The presentation on a lot of those old USWA shows, for example, is god awful. Grungy and lacking in energy. Joint Promotions/World of Sport nearer our own neck of the woods wasn't much better. The WWF stuff of the time just looked much sharper and more cutting edge.

I remember renting this USWA VHS in the 90s and thinking, "What the hell is this?", and not in a good way.

CastorTroy

Think we have this one and volume 2 somewhere at home
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-USWA-Vol-1/dp/B0036QA62M

PTH2009

Be sad to see no wwe live events/house shows here if it's true about them stopping

Possibly they will keep them for international tours and stop doing them in the states

Agent Coulson

I would say once large gathering of people are allowed again and a vaccine is available the WWE will do international tours for sure.

They probably do need to give there own home market a rest for a while and get fans excited for them when they do returned to live events.

PTH2009

Anyone going to buy this

https://shop.wwe.com/wrestlemania-36-undertaker-boneyard-edition-15-x-17-plaque/0101102945.html?dwvar_0101102945_color=No%20Color#utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_term=undertaker&utm_content=Post&utm_campaign=new&start=1

SureYWouldntYa

PTH2009 wrote: »

Anyone going to buy this

https://shop.wwe.com/wrestlemania-36-undertaker-boneyard-edition-15-x-17-plaque/0101102945.html?dwvar_0101102945_color=No%20Color#utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_term=undertaker&utm_content=Post&utm_campaign=new&start=1

It's a dead link but I'm gonna assume you're on about the Boneyard Plaque with the dirt that AJ was buried in

And the answer is hell yes

briany

Just heard Bruce Prichard recount the time that Yokozuna allegedly ate 40-50 deep fried turkey rumps at a barbeque place all the wrestlers went to. With mayonnaise. Now, it's not that I don't like fried food, but that sounds like the most disgustingly greasy meal of all time.

gerrybbadd

briany wrote: »

Just heard Bruce Prichard recount the time that Yokozuna allegedly ate 40-50 deep fried turkey rumps at a barbeque place all the wrestlers went to. With mayonnaise. Now, it's not that I don't like fried food, but that sounds like the most disgustingly greasy meal of all time.

It really does. Turkey ass, as he called it, or turkey tail, is basically a gland filled with oil that the turkey uses to preen its feathers. Disguisting, but a huge dish in Samoa apparently

briany

gerrybbadd wrote: »

It really does. Turkey ass, as he called it, or turkey tail, is basically a gland filled with oil that the turkey uses to preen its feathers. Disguisting, but a huge dish in Samoa apparently

Yeah, I didn't want to repeat what Prichard said because he made it sound like you're eating the literal poop (and pee) chute of the turkey, which would be even worse again.

Pity about Yokozuna. Never liked him much as a wrestler, but he seemed like a nice laid-back guy in the couple of post-WWF interviews I've seen with him.

SureYWouldntYa

I don't know why, but the fact Chris Jericho is married with kids really surprised me

Always had him pegged as a guy on his own, esp with how busy he is between wrestling, podcasts and music

Officer999

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

I don't know why, but the fact Chris Jericho is married with kids really surprised me

Always had him pegged as a guy on his own, esp with how busy he is between wrestling, podcasts and music

I read recently that his son is training to be a wrestler

brianblaze

Officer999 wrote: »

I read recently that his son is training to be a wrestler

https://wrestlingheadlines.com/chris-jericho-congratulates-his-son-for-making-high-school-wrestling-team/

Kinda?

PTH2009

Luke Gallows is only 36 years old

he looks way older

Agent Coulson

PTH2009 wrote: »

Luke Gallows is only 36 years old

he looks way older

He was very young when he debuted in the WWE something like 21.


Also crazy to think that the The Straight Edge Society faction is 11 years old now.

Me_Grapes

PTH2009 wrote: »

Luke Gallows is only 36 years old

he looks way older

He looks way younger now than he did 10 years ago I'll tell you that for nothin

Omackeral

Otis is annoying. There, I said it.

Necro

Omackeral wrote: »

Otis is annoying. There, I said it.

I don't get the popularity either.

His finishing move is the worst since The Worm by Scotty 2 Hotty. He can't work the mic at all. His in-ring ability is average at best.

The Mandy storyline is ok but Sonya Deville is going to be the breakout star of that, I think she's awesome.

PTH2009

Omackeral wrote: »

Otis is annoying. There, I said it.

His character is a mix of Festus,Eugene and Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Hes an innocent soul but it could be hard for him to get out of that character in the future

DEFTLEFTHAND

JR comes across so badly on that podcast he does with Conrad.

Such an angry man. Very common. So resentful and vulgar in his manner.


I love how he tries to play up to being the tough old guy now. Tough my arse, he was bullied and controlled for years by real men in every avenue of the biz that he worked in.

The White Wolf

JR phones it in on that podcast something fierce. Instead of taking us through the mind of JR 20 years ago he just dismisses everything using today's standards.

sky88

JR phones everything in these days he gets away with it because of his legacy

One exception was his call for Cody/Dustin which was very good except for that he’s phoned it in for many many years

Dynamite is a lot better without him on commentary

PTH2009

The Roman Reigns stuff going around is fairly intriguing

Who would of guessed 'the next big thing' is in danger of getting booted out of the wwe

Fairly low by Vince and/or whoever's else is concerned tbh especially with Roman's health issues the past few years

Omackeral

PTH2009 wrote: »

The Roman Reigns stuff going around is fairly intriguing

Who would of guessed 'the next big thing' is in danger of getting booted out of the wwe

What’s this?

Agent Coulson

Editing him out of WWE history just adds another petty string to Vince already very petty bow.

J. Marston

It's nonsense. He has his greatest Mania moments show airing on Fox tonight. WWE have been uploading matches of his on Youtube over the last few days. WWE twitter were retweeting him a few hours ago.

Where is this weird narrative coming from?

PTH2009

J. Marston wrote: »

It's nonsense. He has his greatest Mania moments show airing on Fox tonight. WWE have been uploading matches of his on Youtube over the last few days. WWE twitter were retweeting him a few hours ago.

Where is this weird narrative coming from?

This and other sites

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/5394703/roman-reigns-wwe-edited-mcmahon/

Omackeral

PTH2009 wrote: »

This and other sites

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/5394703/roman-reigns-wwe-edited-mcmahon/

The Sun. They’d never lie or embellish a story. Absolute rag.

sky88

its one of those things were they know stories about wwe being weird or dicks like they have been so many times in the past gets more clicks

a wrestler not being mentioned while not on the show is a normal enough

gerrybbadd

PTH2009 wrote: »

This and other sites

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/5394703/roman-reigns-wwe-edited-mcmahon/

Lol.

If you are using the Scum as a reputable news source bro, give your head a shake. This is the same crew that reported that Roman Reigns was going to be "The New Undertaker", taking on his powers and becoming the Deadman, after absorbing his spirit.

Ha

brianblaze

https://youtu.be/grzwGZ8d8Hg

Seems there's a few noticing him being edited out of stuff