Wrestling Thread 6: It's Poppy • Page 369

What’s up with Joes injury? I don’t even remember what it was

 

Concussion maybe?

 

Concussion sounds right. He took a bad table bump filming a commercial or some shit right?

 

I love AEW and I agree, comedy is needed in times of no crowd shows. But I fear it is also getting a little too much for me.

Stadium Stampede was great, but was it also necessary to have the spears underwear thing and the marko stunt small ladder spot?

Also they need to enforce the rules more. Double or Norhing barely had a match without weapons or gimmick spots. They need refs actually counting out people and BADLY imo need their first disqualification.

 

I think that's what I mean. Comedy is great. Stadium stampede was mostly fun. But it almost feels like the whole show is comedy right now.

I've defended aew on a lot of things but I have to admit, I'm over Marko Stunt being used so much and actually wrestling.

 

The whole four show was comedy because of two (2) stunts? Ah okay.

 

Hell, I want more comedy in my wrestling. I'm at the point where I'm too old to take it so seriously.

 

Yeah comedy >>>> really serious shit

 

there are two parody accounts on reddit, KevNashShootsOnThis and BretHartBuriesThis, that are so fucking good and remind me of when that community was fun and good for more than skimming headlines for news

 

Reminder that this exists

Nash has the best shoot interviews of all time tho. Easily

 

I watched the DDT episode of The Wrestlers last night. I’d love to know what someone’s reaction to that is if it was their first experience with DDT lol.

Also I could listen (well read the subtitles of) to Kota Ibushi speak all day

 

how is that show? its more of a "day in the life" doc for wrestling as opposed to a talking head retrospective thing like Dark Side of the Ring right? a DDT ep had me real intrigued

 

Old man Orton with the IRL face turn

 

Yeah it’s more day in the life. The DDT episode is basically Damian going to a couple of DDT shows, talking to Takagi, Danshoku Dieno and Ibushi. Oddly enough that episode is the most in kayfabe episode. Every other one there’s a clear separation but that one had Takagi and Deino doing interviews in kayfabe.


The episode on MVP was great. It was a couple of years back but went into his childhood and issues growing up, and the fact he was close to retiring then contrasted that against Sami Callahan.

 

God damn. Nice.

 

DDT Pro is one of the best promotions on the planet and it allows for Kota Ibushi to indulge in his bloodlust by letting him hit people with motor vehicles

 

Comedy wrestling is the highest form of wrestling. This is not up for debate.

 

A Jeff Hardy DUI angle


Y I K E S

 

I did not say the whole show was comedy. I am rooting for AEW, it is the only wrestling show i still watch every week. I love it. But I still think there are, occasionally, too many comedy spots. And, without wanting to play a cliche German character, I do believe a stronger enforcement of the rules would benefit the show.

Edit: I think my criticism of too many comedy spots might also sound quite German

 

Not familiar enough with Nash shoot interviews but I fuckin love the Bret one. You can’t not hear that in his voice

 

I’d rather have all comedy spots than the shit WWE is doing with Jeff Hardy right now

using someone’s addiction as a story line is just bad taste and truly why I’ll never give WWE the benefit of the doubt

 

Doesn’t seem like Jeff is happy about it either, doubt they’d be reacting this way if he was cool with it. He’s definitely walking to aew next year.

 

Wasn’t tasteful with Scott Hall or Hawk either.

Typical WWE