Guest Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Des and I need to review an ECW show together. Even if it's just once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Jerry Lynn is one of the mist underrated wrestlers of all-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Des and I need to review an ECW show together. Even if it's just once.I like this idea.Jerry Lynn is one of the mist underrated wrestlers of all-time.HE EVEN LOOKS LIKE JERRY LYNN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Also, what I just thought of: ECW D-Von Dudley might be the best heel of all-time. *Gets introduced and handed the mic*"First of all, fuck Philly!"*There is no 'second of all'*Philly crowd loses their shit in rage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Man I'd love to listen to that. ECW 97-99 was a big part of my dvd collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Caught up on the final weekend of the G1 by watching the main events for the last three day (Okada/Tanahashi, Omega/Naito & Omega/Goto). Really great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) Oh man...I found streams of ECW Hardcore TV on Dailymotion dating back to the first episode in 1993. There goes the rest of my year...Edit: holy shit, they are really psyched about playing clips from Terry Funk's appearance on Quantum Leap.So basically, besides having Terry Funk and Sandman (ridiculously playing a surfer dude), these Eastern Championship Wrestling shows are nothing like the ECW we all know andf ove. Just going to pick and choose my matches until Shane Douglas shows up, I guess.Fast Forward to 1995 and we're in much more comfortable territory. Edited August 19, 2016 by Dread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 The intensity between Tommy Dreamer and Raven is far better than ANY MATCH that Raven has ever been in. #ECWThoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 This was the most amazing promo I've seen in years.https://streamable.com/v7j2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Lucha Underground is back. I know I've said it before, but I'll repeat myself: Dario Cueto is the best character in wrestling. Also, having watched NXT first, I really want to see Pentagon Jr. vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I just watched Jeff Hardy 'wrestle' a kangaroo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I thought about re-subscribing to Hulu so I could watch Raw and Smackdown again, but the all of the new titles have drained my interest. Since the brand split we have four (soon to be five) brand new championship belts. A new set of tag champs, another women's champ, a cruiserwieght champ and a "universal" champ.I thought that the tag team champ, women's champ and world heavyweight champ would be on both shows. Nope, we have to water down what it means to be a champion again. Great. And WWE was doing so well in reducing the glut of titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Daniel Bryan vs. The Bear Edited December 3, 2016 by Professor Link died. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JackFetch Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 So this apparently happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Stolen from The Oratory: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Ha! I was just coming here to ask:As a guy who's been out of wrestling since the Attitude Era began to wane and is slowly getting back in, why does everybody seem to hate Roman Reigns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Ha! I was just coming here to ask:As a guy who's been out of wrestling since the Attitude Era began to wane and is slowly getting back in, why does everybody seem to hate Roman Reigns?He came in as part of a hot group known as the Shield, flanked by two much better guys to mostly hide the fact that he wasn't very good. He got better, but by the time the company decided to make him the new Hulk Hogan, the fans had already decided that was going to be someone else (plucky underdog Daniel Bryan). They responded by shoving Roman Reigns down everyone's throats (including having him beat Bryan), which just enhanced the idea of him being an undeserving guy in a top position because Vince McMahon thinks he looks good.It's been years and years of them trying to make him into this big thing and he's just flopped over and over. Doesn't matter, they keep trying. He still wins all of the time and comes off as an unlikable prick pretty much every time he speaks. Him appearing in this years Rumble was a huge troll because he basically made the last two years unwatchable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Ha! I was just coming here to ask:As a guy who's been out of wrestling since the Attitude Era began to wane and is slowly getting back in, why does everybody seem to hate Roman Reigns?He came in as part of a hot group known as the Shield, flanked by two much better guys to mostly hide the fact that he wasn't very good. He got better, but by the time the company decided to make him the new Hulk Hogan, the fans had already decided that was going to be someone else (plucky underdog Daniel Bryan). They responded by shoving Roman Reigns down everyone's throats (including having him beat Bryan), which just enhanced the idea of him being an undeserving guy in a top position because Vince McMahon thinks he looks good.It's been years and years of them trying to make him into this big thing and he's just flopped over and over. Doesn't matter, they keep trying. He still wins all of the time and comes off as an unlikable prick pretty much every time he speaks. Him appearing in this years Rumble was a huge troll because he basically made the last two years unwatchable. Huh. Good for heel-juice though, right?I mean, from what I've seen of him (which admittedly not a lot) he seems to be more of the Atttude style/big man style wrestling when the younger, leaner high-flying stuff (AJ Styles-ish thing) is what's more popular right now. Who do you consider great at WWE right now? Not trying to be annoying, just trying to get some perspective.Follow-up: if I were to pick up a weekly wrestling show, which should I try first? I'm leaning toward Lucha Underground. Edited January 31, 2017 by Dread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 People have been calling for Roman to go heel for ages now. It may be happening soon since his rumored Wrestlemania match is with Undertaker. And he WILL get booed against Taker.As far as who's good in WWE, this is probably the best they've had in terms of pure talent. Here's a few.AJ Styles (Best guy in the company. Almost 40 and still having great matches. Just lost the Smackdown World Title. )Kevin Owens (RAW world champ. Fat guy that can move. Great promo guy.)Cesaro (Big dude they don't do nearly enough with. Has good matches with everyone. Kind of a Swiss James Bond.)Bray Wyatt (If he debuted 20 years ago, he'd be killing it in ECW. Does a backwoods cult-leader thing.)Others: Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Neville, American Alpha, Samoa Joe, Shinsuke NakamuraAs for a show to watch, it depends. You should be eligable for a free month of the Network to check out the stuff they have on there. For WWE stuff, I'd say either NXT or Smackdown. Both are short and easy viewing. RAW is fucking terrible most weeks and it's three hours long.Lucha Underground started off really strong but has really fallen off a cliff lately. They're obsessed with man-on-woman violence and the storylines aren't nearly as interesting as they were in the first two seasons. Those would be worth checking out, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 People have been calling for Roman to go heel for ages now. It may be happening soon since his rumored Wrestlemania match is with Undertaker. And he WILL get booed against Taker.As far as who's good in WWE, this is probably the best they've had in terms of pure talent. Here's a few.AJ Styles (Best guy in the company. Almost 40 and still having great matches. Just lost the Smackdown World Title. )Kevin Owens (RAW world champ. Fat guy that can move. Great promo guy.)Cesaro (Big dude they don't do nearly enough with. Has good matches with everyone. Kind of a Swiss James Bond.)Bray Wyatt (If he debuted 20 years ago, he'd be killing it in ECW. Does a backwoods cult-leader thing.)Others: Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Neville, American Alpha, Samoa Joe, Shinsuke NakamuraAs for a show to watch, it depends. You should be eligable for a free month of the Network to check out the stuff they have on there. For WWE stuff, I'd say either NXT or Smackdown. Both are short and easy viewing. RAW is fucking terrible most weeks and it's three hours long.Lucha Underground started off really strong but has really fallen off a cliff lately. They're obsessed with man-on-woman violence and the storylines aren't nearly as interesting as they were in the first two seasons. Those would be worth checking out, though.Thank you for this. I like Sami Zayn a fucking lot. Nakamura is cool too (kind of like the Takashi Miike-directed biopic of Freddie Mercury). Kevin Owens and Rollins and Styles are all awesome too from what I've seen (which is very little). So, as a guy who has the Network, which I assume you do, does it also have all the old ECW pay per views? For...reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 So, as a guy who has the Network, which I assume you do, does it also have all the old ECW pay per views? For...reasons.It has all of them, yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dc20willsave Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 For that matter, the Women's League is actually interesting. There are still a couple leftover from the Glorified Stippers Days, most of them are not only capable of doing a good technical match but also sometimes put out the best matches of the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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