Yeah, same with me. That's why I hadn't seen a Gage match until recently. CZW I hated (and hate) with a passion. Foley vs Funk (1995, IWA Japan) is like the only one I own and much enjoy, mostly because their name-recognized storied legends and they're both being genuinely crazy (though some classic hardcore WWE & ECW matches I love are essentially death matches in a de facto sense).
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Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
Lashley's double pin was interesting because the Almighty and the Head of the Table are walking parallel paths. If Bobby were able to turn the New Day Heels, then the Hurt Business and the Bloodline could be an epic rivalry. Lashley could target Brock to direspect all "Paul Heyman guys" and the Bloodline could target Big E to spite the New Day. Brand seperation could prolong the feud.
uhhhh, no. go watch that fight again and tell me if shamrock did anything like this
and mind you jiu jitsu was supposed to be his strong point.
also consider this, ortiz was the ufc light heavy weight champion at the time, and honestly would still beat the shit of punk now. punk was not fighting a champion, contender or even a prospect. he fought a hand selected opponent and was still outclassed.
maybe but that's more to do with people just in general being scared to get into a fight not punk doing anything especially brave. i don't consider myself much of a tough guy but if i was offered even a quarter of what punk got to fight an opponent the same size as me hand picked to give me a chance at winning i'd do it. especially if there's going to be a ref and medical staff on hand and i get to train at a world renowned camp.Punk was a late 30's pro wrestler. Who really was coming in behind the 8 ball. If the MMA community can mock that , I'd imagine half of them wouldn't have the guts to do this type of thing. Even when taking a beating Punk showed a lot of class to do it.
paige put on a good fight though. as long as she's not getting ktfo every other fight i think she's good to go.
agreed, i was just saying if he comes in i hope he takes a more traditional pro wrestling approach and not wrestle like an mma fighter.
CZW is underrated. yeah they put on more than their fair share of shit shows but those best of the best tourney's were great back in the day. they also don't get credit for building their own stars and not just booking whoever's hot. moxley, callihan, adam cole, gulak, gresham all made their names in czw.
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There's reports of WWE doing a Queen of the Ring tournament in October. Can't wait for Charlotte to win that one too
AEW will never admit it, and many AEW fans will try to deny it, but the last two Dynamites (Fyter Fest) proved to me that AEW was deliberately holding back, not pulling the trigger on stuff for the non-crowd Dynamites during the pandemic. I long noticed that Dynamite was off during the pandemic, and now I realize it was more than just a lack of live crowd (it's so easy to think it was simply a matter of no crowd), but deliberate underbooking as well.
I can't say I blame them in a sense, but I was worried AEW was losing their mojo, and I tried to get my friend to watch more Dynamite (and I think he was underwhelmed), and last week....the truth dawned on me.
Last edited by JBatmanFan05; 07-28-2021 at 10:23 AM.
Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
No, I think they would have thought that too long to keep the title on Mox (I think they realized they had to push Kenny more and that simply couldn't wait).
I'm talking about something macro they did in aggregate, overall. They did certain things/shows and PPVs (they tried hard with those I think) where they didn't hold back or held less back, but overall, it's super clear and obvious to me now they held back with most Dynamites.
Last edited by JBatmanFan05; 07-28-2021 at 12:21 PM.
Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”