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*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II
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sledger
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Would have loved the Hart Foundation being the heels for Austin though. And DX Vs Taker. If Bret stayed and Shawn hadn't got injured, I feel we would have had an even better time in the Attitude Era. But I am the cup half full guy here anyways. 
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Guys
The spot from AEW Revolution where Dustin forced himself on Hager's wife for a kiss
What are your thoughts on this?
My view is that this is a spot that needs to die. It's not cool.
But I got into an argument over it with some blokes on one of the dudes from OSW reviews twitter feed
The spot from AEW Revolution where Dustin forced himself on Hager's wife for a kiss
What are your thoughts on this?
My view is that this is a spot that needs to die. It's not cool.
But I got into an argument over it with some blokes on one of the dudes from OSW reviews twitter feed
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I see professional wrestling as story telling and like with any story, you can only decide if a particular scene is good or bad once the entire story has unfolded. IF this leads to some kind of come uppance for him and few people getting to say WHY that was wrong and stuff, hopefully its good.
But I understand why such things will make uneasy viewing. You never know what people take out of any storylines and its always better not to let things like this be seen as cool, even temporarily.
But I understand why such things will make uneasy viewing. You never know what people take out of any storylines and its always better not to let things like this be seen as cool, even temporarily.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Sorry, I should have clarified, I have not watched any AEW except the first few shows so have no idea of the background of htis. If he is a face and doing something like this, it is definitely an issue. I can understand a heel doing stuff that are clearly bad but no idea why they let a face do this, esp. since Cody himself is in some kind of responsible position within the company, if I am not wrong.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Is it being portrayed as heroic? I definitely see it more as Dustin being the cheeky bizarrely ***ual Goldust sort of thing there.
It’s a cheap pop and it needs to die but it’s pretty mild honestly. In a show with people stabbing other people’s eyes out (both heel and baby face) I don’t think they’re trying to set anyone up as a role model.
It’s a cheap pop and it needs to die but it’s pretty mild honestly. In a show with people stabbing other people’s eyes out (both heel and baby face) I don’t think they’re trying to set anyone up as a role model.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
No but sensitive topics are sensitive. Every kind of showbiz has to acknowledge that.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
I think it is. I mean, it was clearly designed to get a cheer/pop, at the very least. The subtext of the spot is generally "she deserves it because she is an evil woman hanging out with the bad guy". A further implication is that this is an appropriate thing to do to someone simply because you do not like them.
It's not really about wrestling being used as a moral compass or anything. ***ual assault plays a part in a lot of fiction, but it is almost universally portrayed as a bad thing (because it is, obviously). The problem with this spot is that it essentially spins it into a positive light.
As above, the issue here is that the spot can basically be reduced to "yeah let's cheer this guy because he committed a ***ual offence against someone". It is entirely ill-spirited.
King Pietersen
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Spikey
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of course it's a terrible spot. and it leaves a cloud hanging over the promotion, in that they might do something along the same lines again.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Ok, since lockdown (heh) mode has basically started, I'm going to aim to watch an attitude era PPV every few days/nights of the week.
Started with No Way Out 2000 last night. Actually sat and watched the entire card.
Decided to start with this after listening to JR review it on his podcast the other week. I didn't find it as good as I hoped I might, based on his comments, but a pretty solid show overall, with a great main event.
The Cactus/HHH HIAC seems to be a bit of a forgotten gem in a lot of ways. Never seems to get mentioned in the context of discussions of best Cell matches, but it is definitely in the top 3 of those that I have seen personally (the others being the first ever Cell match between HBK and Taker, and the WM match between HHH and Taker). And as a match it's streets ahead of the King of the Ring 98 one.
Started with No Way Out 2000 last night. Actually sat and watched the entire card.
Decided to start with this after listening to JR review it on his podcast the other week. I didn't find it as good as I hoped I might, based on his comments, but a pretty solid show overall, with a great main event.
The Cactus/HHH HIAC seems to be a bit of a forgotten gem in a lot of ways. Never seems to get mentioned in the context of discussions of best Cell matches, but it is definitely in the top 3 of those that I have seen personally (the others being the first ever Cell match between HBK and Taker, and the WM match between HHH and Taker). And as a match it's streets ahead of the King of the Ring 98 one.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I wanna try watching the New Gen era PPVs and basically the beginning of the Monday Night Wars. There was this loong series in a site called Lords of Pain that I frequent for wrestling discussion and I loved how the guy did the whole looking back thing. He would also give out the results of the other shows/PPVs to add context and also bring the rating for each week's episode and analyze possible reasons why a particular company won the night etc. I dunno if I will ever be able to write at that detail but I would love to give it a watch. Is it only on the WWE network or are there other ways to access for a bloke in India?