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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 27, 2019 14:41:21 GMT -6
Jojo has a little Rotunda in the oven. They're naming their child Knash Alright then Goddamn millennials. |
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Post by November KS on Mar 27, 2019 14:45:42 GMT -6
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 27, 2019 17:21:42 GMT -6
Jojo has a little Rotunda in the oven. They're naming their child Knash Alright then  |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 27, 2019 17:24:54 GMT -6
That never even occurred to me.
Well done.
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Post by November KS on Mar 27, 2019 17:30:25 GMT -6
Billy Graham is none too happy. hahaha
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Post by randomone on Mar 27, 2019 17:41:17 GMT -6
They're naming their child Knash Alright then Name their next child Shall? |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 27, 2019 17:42:35 GMT -6
Isn't Kofi heavier than Bryan?
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Post by randomone on Mar 27, 2019 17:46:05 GMT -6
Isn't Kofi heavier than Bryan? I honestly read what he said and just wiki'd it. Bryan is 210 Kofi is 212 Also I listen to every Wrestling Observer Radio and Meltzer never mentioned her being in a major creative role, only that she's been brought in as someone to give a female perspective (to the female storylines) but isn't part of creative at this moment (of course this was about a month ago). Billy Graham is full of shit |
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Post by November KS on Mar 28, 2019 14:35:44 GMT -6
SmackDown Tag Team Champion Jimmy Uso just caught a big break in his Detroit, Michigan criminal case after he and his lawyer, John Freeman, landed a deal with prosecutors, according to TMZ.
Instead of facing possible jail time from charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice, Uso is pleading no contest to a charge of interfering with a government employee. He was ordered to pay $450 in fine and the case is now closed.
As noted before, Naomi was driving their car down the wrong way of a one-way street in downtown Detroit back on February 13 when the two were pulled over at 10:22pm that night. Police noted that their 2018 Dodge Journey reeked of alcohol. Police said Naomi told them that she was visiting from out of town and didn't know the streets. Naomi also said that Jimmy was intoxicated. Police said Jimmy pulled Naomi back into the car when they asked her to get out to talk. Police also said they asked Jimmy to stay seated in the car, but that's when he got out, took his shirt off and "squared up" with officers like he wanted to fight. An officer pulled out his Taser and ordered Jimmy to get on the ground, and he did.
Jimmy was then arrested for disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice. He was taken to the Detroit Detention Center, where he bonded out soon after. WWE issued a statement on the arrest shortly after it came out in the news. They said, "Jonathan Fatu is responsible for his own personal actions." The Usos would win the SmackDown Tag Team Titles from Shane McMahon and The Miz just days later at WWE Elimination Chamber, indicating there was no heat from officials.
Noami, who was never arrested or charged with a crime, later defended her actions to a fan on Twitter. She wrote, "I was NOT ticketed, I was NOT drinking, leaving the lot I was unaware that it exits to a 1 way street (it was dark snow no signs no traffic I was pulled immediately made a mistake and I own it) as for my husband he's more of a man you'll ever be & I'll leave it at that #blocked"
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Mar 28, 2019 15:17:11 GMT -6
Jimmy Smollett...
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Post by Danny Busch on Mar 28, 2019 21:33:53 GMT -6
At least he was accountable for his actions. He could have smugly released a statement saying he wouldn't be his mother's child if he was in any part guilty of those actions!!!
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Post by randomone on Mar 29, 2019 14:18:20 GMT -6
Goldust's deal recently expired and he's currently waiting for the 90 day no compete to end.
I assume he's AEW bound in some capacity. It makes sense.
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Post by November KS on Mar 29, 2019 16:08:35 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Mar 29, 2019 17:09:45 GMT -6
Here's the list of guys added for the Andre Battle Royal. Some interesting omissions. No Hawkins, Ryder, none of Sanity, Mojo Rawley, Colons, Usos, Revival, Black, Ricochet, Nakamura, Rusev, Sheamus, Cesaro, R Truth, Big E, Woods
Braun Strowman
Colin Jost & Michael Che of SNL fame
Andrade
Apollo Crews
Titus O'Neil
Tyler Breeze
Jinder Mahal
No Way Jose
Bobby Roode
Chad Gable
Kalisto
Gran Metalik
Lince Dorado
Bo Dallas
Curtis Axel
Heath Slater
Rhyno
Viktor
Konnor
Ali
Shelton Benjamin
Luke Gallows
Karl Anderson
Matt Hardy
Jeff Hardy
Otis
Tucker
EC3
I assume we're getting Revival vs Ricochet/Black. I don't know why the Hardys came back to be put in this thing. Thought Usos vs Hardys would've been fun. Maybe they do Owens and Zayn vs Usos?
Also here's the women for the female battle royal
Asuka
Carmella
Naomi
Lana
Mandy Rose
Sonya Deville
Nikki Cross
Dana Brooke
Ruby Riott
Liv Morgan
Sarah Logan
Mickie James
Zelina Vega
I assume we get a few more to round it to 20. Some NXT girls, maybe a couple women from the past like Michelle Mccool, Molly Holly, etc.
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 31, 2019 21:35:04 GMT -6
John Oliver's entire show tonight was on WWE. Pretty good.
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Post by randomone on Mar 31, 2019 22:07:15 GMT -6
John Oliver's entire show tonight was on WWE. Pretty good. Just watched. Love John Oliver, but he said fans should chant stuff about health care at Mania and they can't do anything about it, it's live. Clearly he hasn't heard of Mute Master Kevin Dunn, who can lower the crowd noise like a son bitch. Thought it was a good segment. Wrestlers should have health care & being called independent contractors remains fucking dumb in WWE. I'll be on the lookout for signs at Mania. I also loved that TL Hopper's picture made it on a TV show in 2019 |
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Post by Optimisn on Mar 31, 2019 22:26:40 GMT -6
John Oliver's entire show tonight was on WWE. Pretty good. Just watched. Love John Oliver, but he said fans should chant stuff about health care at Mania and they can't do anything about it, it's live. Clearly he hasn't heard of Mute Master Kevin Dunn, who can lower the crowd noise like a son bitch. Thought it was a good segment. Wrestlers should have health care & being called independent contractors remains fucking dumb in WWE. I'll be on the lookout for signs at Mania. I also loved that TL Hopper's picture made it on a TV show in 2019 Definitely some weak spots in the editing and reporting. |
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Post by randomone on Mar 31, 2019 23:18:01 GMT -6
Yeah as a wrestling fan some of those should've had much better context
Last Week Tonight is great but this one needed more research
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Post by randomone on Apr 1, 2019 10:30:56 GMT -6
Brutus officially in the HOF.
Whatever, we're to the point where they're running out of people.
He was super over in the late 80s but I thought he was a bad wrestler whose career went to shit in WCW.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 11:22:13 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Apr 1, 2019 11:46:08 GMT -6
Here's WWE's corporate response. Which should surprise no one. "John Oliver is clearly a clever and humorous entertainer. However, the subject matter covered in his WWE segment is no laughing matter. Prior to airing, WWE responded to his producers refuting every point in his one-sided presentation. John Oliver simply ignored the facts. The health and wellness of our performers is the single most important aspect of our business, and we have a comprehensive, longstanding Talent Wellness program. We invite John Oliver to attend WrestleMania this Sunday to learn more about our company." |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 11:51:01 GMT -6
Here's WWE's corporate response. Which should surprise no one. "John Oliver is clearly a clever and humorous entertainer. However, the subject matter covered in his WWE segment is no laughing matter. Prior to airing, WWE responded to his producers refuting every point in his one-sided presentation. John Oliver simply ignored the facts. The health and wellness of our performers is the single most important aspect of our business, and we have a comprehensive, longstanding Talent Wellness program. We invite John Oliver to attend WrestleMania this Sunday to learn more about our company." My main takeaway is what we have always agreed on. They should be actual employees. They aren't treated as true independent contractors. I don't thin this needs to be a situation where we nerd out on everything we know about wrestling throughout the segment. This should be brought to light and its bullshit they have gotten away with this for this long. I also think this should give all of us a window into everything these guys do research on. They aren't getting everything 100% right. However they are getting enough right and bringing a problem to the forefront. That's all you can take the show for. We shouldn't be worried about the smallest WWE details he may not have full context on. If we are, we are missing the point. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 11:54:11 GMT -6
One final thought on this, I'm interested in how wall street potentially could respond. They really probably don't know enough about this stuff.
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Post by November KS on Apr 1, 2019 12:16:45 GMT -6
Did he really say anything that we haven't all said before? I don't understand why this is newsworthy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 12:37:59 GMT -6
Because it doesn't get picked up in the mainstream media all that often.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Apr 1, 2019 13:17:45 GMT -6
Brutus officially in the HOF. Whatever, we're to the point where they're running out of people. He was super over in the late 80s but I thought he was a bad wrestler whose career went to shit in WCW. Greatest example of the gimmick getting the guy over rather than the guy getting the gimmick over. Ed Leslie is completely devoid of talent. Go back and watch anything he did before the barber gimmick, and then go back and watch anything after the parasailing accident in 1990. Vince handed him a lifeline in the form of the barber gimmick and it made him one of the most useless wrestlers to ever become a megastar in the history of the business. Vince and Hogan might as well induct themselves on Beefcake's behalf, since those two are more responsible for Beefcake's stardom than Beefcake himself. I'll go on record and say that this is a worse induction than Koko B. Ware. Koko at least had a shred of talent. |
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Post by randomone on Apr 1, 2019 15:26:54 GMT -6
Beefcake's speech should be thanking Hogan for his entire career.
Started because of Hogan, only main event matches he had in WWF were because of Hogan, got hired in WCW because of Hogan.
This speech should be 2-3 minutes tops, but I have a weird feeling he'll be trying for the Hillbilly Jim record
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Post by November KS on Apr 2, 2019 12:30:35 GMT -6
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Post by November KS on Apr 3, 2019 15:45:08 GMT -6
According to 5Dimes:
The favorites to win are listed as – while the underdogs are listed with +. Here are the early betting odds:
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar -125 vs. Seth Rollins -115
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey +400 vs. Becky Lynch -445 vs. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair +1,350 – Triple Threat Winner Takes All Match
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy -230 vs. Tony Nese +170
Triple H -260 vs. Batista +180 – No Holds Barred Match with Triple H’s career on the line
Kurt Angle -195 vs. Baron Corbin +155 – Angle’s Farewell Match
AJ Styles +110 vs. Randy Orton -150 – Falls Count Anywhere Match
Samoa Joe -260 vs. Rey Mysterio +180
6th Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Braun Strowman +100
WWE United States Champion Samoa Joe -260 vs. Rey Mysterio +180
WWE Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley +500 vs. Finn Balor -900
Drew McIntyre +225 vs. Roman Reigns -305
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Boss N Hug Connection -335 vs. The IIconics +400 vs. Nia Jax and Tamina +850 vs. Divas of Doom +1,150
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan +180 vs. Kofi Kingston -260
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 3, 2019 20:55:32 GMT -6
I'd do +180 on Daniel Bryan if I professionally gambled on pro wrestling.
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