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  1. Zardnaar

    Ditching the Network?

    After the rumble might have to ditch the network. Barely watch it the last month. Even NXT 3 or 4 episodes behind. When I started in 2016 after a loooong break (1997, WCW 1999) SD was decent and NXT got me hooked. Care factor 0. NWA power is free lol and more entertaining. Never...
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    Did the WWF Ruin Wrestling?

    I'm not talking about recently but in the 80s and 90s. Not so much by the product but via killing off the territories. They claimed they made it bigger but they sort of monopolized it. Short term that was great and in the 90s they were still running on the territory fumes. Virtually all the...
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    Can WWE Go Under?

    As the title says can WWE go under/bankrupt. TLDR version theoretically yes, very unlikely in the short term. So WWE financials are in and they have had their best year ever. This is due to things like the FOX TV rights to Smackdown and Saudi blood money. To put things in perspective AEW has...
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    Bret or Shawn?

    Do you like HBK or the Hitman? Back in the day I liked Brett more, thought he was the better wrestler but I'll admit even back then Shawn may have been the better performer. I did not know about Shawns backstage shenanigans until 1999 or so when a friend of a firend told me. These days I...
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    Smackdowns So Good, RAW is meh. How

    SDL has all the stuff I like (outside of NXT). RAW by comparison I barely watch it. Danial Bryan, AJ, Charlotte, Becky and even dance break is ok. Mustafa Alia bit of a fan here. Usos, New Day etc. Just all round better booking its like night and day. Beats me.
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    Daniel Bryans New Belt

    I have not seen the new episode but this has been posted online. WWE Gallery: AMAZING Photos Of The New Daniel Bryan’s WWE Championship Belt Just wondering what peoples opinion on it is. I kind of like it, its less blingy than the crap belt designs WWE is currently using (UK belt looks good...
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    Would You Watch AEW?

    As the title says. Would you watch AEW if its free/cheap. For example if its not on cable or if it ends up on something like Netflix. Of if its on a cable channel you already have. For me personally I would definitely check it out. I wouldn't pay for it unless I got really sick of WWE and...
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    Damn Good Match

    Not often I post about a good match but this week on 205 Live they had a fatal 5 way. Cedric Alexander, Lio Rush, TJP, Tony Neese, Gran Metallik. They basically tore the house down, and the crowd started to get into it with chants for Lio Rush whose mother had an affair with a cat or rubber...
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    Thought The Network Dumped RAW/Smackdown

    Yesterday I booted up the Xboxone to watch Smackdown and NXT but they were not there. I booted up the PS4 and thasnkfully they were on that so I did not mss out. Enjoy my NXT and quite liked SD, barely watch RAW now. Generally I prefer the app on the Xbox but yeah that night it was not...
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    So RAW is the Dribbling Shits Now?

    I am month behind on the network but its like RAW has fallen off a cliff while Smackdown has actually gotten decent again. The gulf between the two has not been this bad since late 2016 IMHO and even then RAW was better then relative to now. I know a,ittle bit about whats comming up in the next...
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    Smackdown Going to Be the Flagship?

    Well in 2019 SD is going to FOX and they signed a 5 year 1 billion dollar deal. That is 200 million per year and that deal is worth 3 times the current TV deal. More Details On WWE Deal With Fox So my thinking goes if you paid that amount of money for SD would you want ti to be treated as the...
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    10 Favourite Modern Wrestlers

    This list is my favorite modern wrestlers. Modern being they are still active and can perform at a decent level. Generally if they were active in the 90's or earlier they won't be on this list (with 1 exception). Generally I like a wrestler because of their character work and in ring skills, I...
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    205 Better Than RAW?

    Another enjoyable episode of 205 this week, and I like Mustafa Ali's match this week. A so so RAW (post RR) oon the network while Smackdown is the dribbling shits. NXT so good. NXT>205 live>RAW>SD ATM? Discuss.
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    WTH WWE, Devil, Work, Ice Skates.

    I watched 205 again this week and it was about the 4th 205 live in a row I enjoyed. I liked the Lince Dorado+Gran Metalik tag match and Jack Gallows/Mustafa Ali match as well. I think the 1st hour of WCW Monday nitro called and wants their luchadores backs. Even the crowd is popping a bit...
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    Congrats to WWE

    As the title says. This was a great weekend of wrestling, I watched it more or less live ((out by 10 minutes), and I enjoyed the 7 hours of the Rumble and 2:40 of the Takeover. 1 good and 1 great rumble, logical booking and the right people won. Nice follow up plot hook dropped and the right...
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    Happy New Rusev Year

    Well its the 31st over here so happy new Rusev year everyone for tonight as I may be a little bit under the ring for some strange mysterious reason.
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    Creative Solutions I Would Like to See in 2018.

    Inspired by top 15 thread here are a few things I would like to see in 2018 (apart from better booking overall). 1. Heel turn from Reigns. If the fanbase wants to boo him. The guy can work, shitty booking. 2. Push Rusev day and any wrestler who gets over organically. 3. Faction wars...
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    10 Reasons NXT is Better than RAW/Smackdown

    Fairly decent weekend for wrestling but I think NXT took it to the next level with the worst match on the card being roughly on par with the best Survivor series had on offer with two 4+ star matches and none below a *** IMHO. I have not been watching SD reliably due to Jinder being champion(1...
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    Stupid Finishing Moves.

    Over the years there have been some stupid wrestling moves and some of these I figured out in the 1980's. That one was.... 1. Hogans leg drop. Its just a leg drop big whoop. Ultimate Warrior would lift you up and drop you, Jake had the DDT, Macho Man had a flying elbow, and even figure 4...
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    The Basic Booking Idea

    Well WWE is getting hard to watch, rating are in the toilet and they are cost cutting due to relative lack of profit. Revenue is good though but the television rights are up soon. Most of this is down to shitty booking IMHO and the wrong people with titles. Jinder is a joke and he is not been...
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