The Final Countdown Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I don't see anything about it on the Observer, which they cite as their source. Seems like BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 <p>If you click on the link in the Fighter's Only report (where it cites WO) it actually takes you to a dead BloodyElbow (part of SBN) page. I'm guessing that it was a troll fan post or fan shot that got deleted, and someone at FO bit without checking. D'Oh! :-p </p><p> </p><p> Their assistant editor here in the UK is a pal of mine, I'll give him a shout an see what's up :-p</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: The story was apparently deleted from the WO a short while ago, with the BE story pulled just after that.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 <p>And they're sticking to the "I'm the WWE Champion" tweener attitude....</p><p> </p><p> Boy...Mysterio must have been eating a lot of fast food during his time off. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Black Phenom Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Amazed at how Daniel Bryan manages to keep himself relevant. The transition to NO! was very smart, to a point where during the main-event, he even broke the Cena chants. It takes a lot to do that. Him getting in the fans' faces was just the cherry on top. Good amount of matches on Raw, and apparently after dark featured a massive tribute to Shawn Michaels where Punk broke kayfabe to pay his respects, and even Vince/Taker showed up(along with the whole locker-room). I hope it gets on Youtube very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milamber Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Raw was awesome. Cena vs Bryan was a great match and the crowd went nuts for Bryan. And the social media was finally used to good effect (Jericho filming Ziggler, Sheamus in ADR's car). What does everyone think of the new SD GM? I'm surprised they didn't recap it on Raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="milamber" data-cite="milamber" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Raw was awesome. Cena vs Bryan was a great match and the crowd went nuts for Bryan. And the social media was finally used to good effect (Jericho filming Ziggler, Sheamus in ADR's car).<p> </p><p> What does everyone think of the new SD GM? I'm surprised they didn't recap it on Raw.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That Jericho bit was awesome, priceless. I thought he would get involved but i really didn't think Riley would actually win. So...Michaels is getting involved in the feud. We should expect to see him getting dismantled by Lesnar next week or so. Always good to see Shawn involved in any kind of way, even if it means he's Lesnars punching bag. Punk finally completed his transition, and i loved his bit in the end, before being hit by Show. Good stuff. Still, i'm a bit disapointed that they placed Orton vs. Show so behind in the card. </p><p> </p><p> As for Booker as GM, i like it. Didn't see that coming, but it was cool. It suits him better and he will clean his image aftet that stint as colour commentator. He was actually becoming better at it, but he looks way better as a GM. They refresh the scene, as Long was there for years, why keeping Long relevant and putting Booker in a role that makes him look good.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm ok with anything that gets more Bookah on my screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtplaystew Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 AJ's head bobbing while she talks is beginning to really bother me. It's always been there, but it's seriously distracting me lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantabulous Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The Lesnar story is a complete fabrication and was never reported by the Observer at all. It's become the standard practice for trolls or the copy and paste sites that, when making stuff up, they ascribe it to 'the Observer' or 'Meltzer' to make it seem believable. They're counting on people to take it at face value and not make any attempt to find out if the story is really true. And they're usually right. This wouldn't be the first Lesnar story that was complete bullshit but got legs from using the same method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Fantabulous" data-cite="Fantabulous" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Lesnar story is a complete fabrication and was never reported by the Observer at all. It's become the standard practice for trolls or the copy and paste sites that, when making stuff up, they ascribe it to 'the Observer' or 'Meltzer' to make it seem believable. They're counting on people to take it at face value and not make any attempt to find out if the story is really true. And they're usually right. This wouldn't be the first Lesnar story that was complete bullshit but got legs from using the same method.</div></blockquote><p> Yeah, found that out in less then 30 minutes after it was posted... Yesturday.</p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="brashleyholland" data-cite="brashleyholland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So Brock Lesnar has apparently beat somebody up and gone AWOL. LOL.<p> </p><p> <a href="http://ht.ly/cMrVs" rel="external nofollow">http://ht.ly/cMrVs</a></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Teh_Showtime" data-cite="Teh_Showtime" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Why the hell would The Ryback f*** with Lesnar?<p> </p><p> Edit: Also Im calling fake anyways</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Final Countdown" data-cite="The Final Countdown" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I don't see anything about it on the Observer, which they cite as their source. Seems like BS.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="brashleyholland" data-cite="brashleyholland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>If you click on the link in the Fighter's Only report (where it cites WO) it actually takes you to a dead BloodyElbow (part of SBN) page. I'm guessing that it was a troll fan post or fan shot that got deleted, and someone at FO bit without checking. D'Oh! :-p <p> </p><p> Their assistant editor here in the UK is a pal of mine, I'll give him a shout an see what's up :-p</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: The story was apparently deleted from the WO a short while ago, with the BE story pulled just after that.</p></div></blockquote><p> It was posted and then pulled, apparently.</p><p> </p><p> I don't think anyone here believed it anyways (the few that read it before it was already known it wasn't, anyways).</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtplaystew Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Well if certain websites would stop posting "complete fabrications" as fact then you'd have a lot less confusion. But it's not the websites that are the problem unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 From an interview for Grantland.com (I never heard of them either) "When Benoit and Guerrero hugged [at the end of WrestleMania XX], that was the end of the business, has business been the same since that WrestleMania? Has it come close to the Austin era? Has it come close to the nWo or the Hogan era? You put two f***ing guys that were great workers that were the same height as the f***ing referees, and I'm sorry, man. Are you going to watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***? Even if you're not gay, you will not watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***. That's not the standard in porno films. So you put a 5-foot-7 guy as your world champion." - Kevin Nash What I get from this is: 1 - Kevin Nash doesn't think smaller wrestlers should main event 2 - Kevin Nash can't let go of 1997, when his career actually mattered 3 - Kevin Nash doesn't think highly of guys with three inch d***s here's the full article http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8241536/wrestling-star-kevin-nash-making-headway-hollywood-keeps-night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Well if certain websites would stop posting "complete fabrications" as fact then you'd have a lot less confusion. But it's not the websites that are the problem unfortunately... Kinda surprised that FO didn't verify it themselves before posting it, or at least say that they were awaiting verification. I'm guessing with it being wrestling that they simply didn't care enough - but that's no excuse. My guess is that the story probably wasn't true (or nearly as dramatic) and that the story went out on WO by mistake. It's happened to me before - I've had a story up and accidentally put it live before I was ready too. So then some sad act who's constantly F5'ing the WO page sees it and fan-shots it on BE, then it's taken down from WO. FO saw it and went a bit cavalier, posting it without checking out the story. With that said - according to someone on twitter it never showed up in their WO RSS feed, which it would have even if it was deleted 5 seconds later. If that's true then the BE fan post was a troll job and FO bit. Fighters Only have since taken the story down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtplaystew Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 <p>Yea... sites report crap too sometimes. It's kind of up to the reader I think to keep a critical eye when they're reading some "Detailed report of an incident backstage". </p><p> </p><p> In this case, it seems that's exactly what happened.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makhai Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="JackKnifed72" data-cite="JackKnifed72" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>From an interview for Grantland.com (I never heard of them either)<p> </p><p> <strong><em>"When Benoit and Guerrero hugged [at the end of WrestleMania XX], that was the end of the business, has business been the same since that WrestleMania? Has it come close to the Austin era? Has it come close to the nWo or the Hogan era? You put two f***ing guys that were great workers that were the same height as the f***ing referees, and I'm sorry, man. Are you going to watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***? Even if you're not gay, you will not watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***. That's not the standard in porno films. So you put a 5-foot-7 guy as your world champion."</em></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> - Kevin Nash</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> What I get from this is:</p><p> </p><p> 1 - Kevin Nash doesn't think smaller wrestlers should main event</p><p> </p><p> 2 - Kevin Nash can't let go of 1997, when his career actually mattered</p><p> </p><p> 3 - Kevin Nash doesn't think highly of guys with three inch d***s</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:left;"><p>here's the full article</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8241536/wrestling-star-kevin-nash-making-headway-hollywood-keeps-night" rel="external nofollow">http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8241536/wrestling-star-kevin-nash-making-headway-hollywood-keeps-night</a> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This is the first pro-wrestler to be a self-absorbed dickface. The greatest moment in Raw history was totally Triple H getting a pop after he came back from an injury, yep. Also, Roddy Piper had all the best moments in history according to Roddy Piper. The Ultimate Warrior thinks he was screwed, and the Iron Shiek hasn't dropped his character in 40 years. This is pro wrestling.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makhai Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="brashleyholland" data-cite="brashleyholland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Kinda surprised that FO didn't verify it themselves before posting it, or at least say that they were awaiting verification. I'm guessing with it being wrestling that they simply didn't care enough - but that's no excuse. <p> </p><p> My guess is that the story probably wasn't true (or nearly as dramatic) and that the story went out on WO by mistake. It's happened to me before - I've had a story up and accidentally put it live before I was ready too. So then some sad act who's constantly F5'ing the WO page sees it and fan-shots it on BE, then it's taken down from WO. FO saw it and went a bit cavalier, posting it without checking out the story. </p><p> </p><p> With that said - according to someone on twitter it never showed up in their WO RSS feed, which it would have even if it was deleted 5 seconds later. If that's true then the BE fan post was a troll job and FO bit.</p><p> </p><p> Fighters Only have since taken the story down.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I saw the screen grab of the "wrestling observer" post on BE. That post didn't come from anybody at WO. The writing was far better than anything Meltzer is capable of.</p><p> </p><p> The laughable part in all of this is Fighters Only stood by the story, until after RAW when Ryback came out sans stitches. Some 15yr old kid is probably still jacking off to that screen grab from their website right now.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantabulous Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="bigtplaystew" data-cite="bigtplaystew" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Well if certain websites would stop posting "complete fabrications" as fact then you'd have a lot less confusion. But it's not the websites that are the problem unfortunately...</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You're right. The problem is people jumping the gun and going with second or third hand speculation to make wild accusations, without bothering to check their facts at the original source. Good job you've never done that. <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtplaystew Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Fantabulous" data-cite="Fantabulous" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Lesnar story is a complete fabrication and was never reported by the Observer at all. It's become <strong>the standard practice for trolls</strong> or the copy and paste sites that, when making stuff up, they ascribe it to 'the Observer' or 'Meltzer' to make it seem believable. They're counting on people to take it at face value and not make any attempt to find out if the story is really true. And they're usually right. This wouldn't be the first Lesnar story that was complete bullshit but got legs from using the same method.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Fantabulous" data-cite="Fantabulous" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>You're right. The problem is people jumping the gun and going with second or third hand speculation to make wild accusations, without bothering to check their facts at the original source. <strong>Good job you've never done that</strong>. <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> LOL what was that you were saying about Trolls?</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astil Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="JackKnifed72" data-cite="JackKnifed72" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>From an interview for Grantland.com (I never heard of them either)<p> </p><p> <strong><em>"When Benoit and Guerrero hugged [at the end of WrestleMania XX], that was the end of the business, has business been the same since that WrestleMania? Has it come close to the Austin era? Has it come close to the nWo or the Hogan era? You put two f***ing guys that were great workers that were the same height as the f***ing referees, and I'm sorry, man. Are you going to watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***? Even if you're not gay, you will not watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d***. That's not the standard in porno films. So you put a 5-foot-7 guy as your world champion."</em></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> - Kevin Nash</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> What I get from this is:</p><p> </p><p> 1 - Kevin Nash doesn't think smaller wrestlers should main event</p><p> </p><p> 2 - Kevin Nash can't let go of 1997, when his career actually mattered</p><p> </p><p> 3 - Kevin Nash doesn't think highly of guys with three inch d***s</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:left;"><p>here's the full article</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8241536/wrestling-star-kevin-nash-making-headway-hollywood-keeps-night" rel="external nofollow">http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8241536/wrestling-star-kevin-nash-making-headway-hollywood-keeps-night</a> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Break news: Kevin Nash is an a-hole <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 While I don't agree that it's solely responsible for the downturn in wrestling... I see Nash's point about the size thing. I do. I say this as a 5'8 dude who enjoys watching smaller wrestlers perform, and struggles to relate to giants. When you're trying to sell 'Best Fighter In The World', size does matter. It's not the only thing that matters, but it does. Hard to be taken seriously when a certain portion of the crowd thinks "I'm bigger than him. I could kick his ass". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh_Showtime Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <p>Rowdy Roddy Piper </p><p> @R_Roddy_Piper</p><p> I love all the real deal boys in biz. Fact, I'm one of the smallest. Fact I out drew almost everyone. Fact,Without ALL the boys, I'm nothing </p><p> </p><p> Kevin Nash is just bitter because the people who HE was holding down in WCW became stars in the WWE (guys like Jericho and Rey too).</p><p> </p><p> I find it ironic that one of his best buddies Shawn Michaels was one of the first small wrestlers to be on top (with Bret of course)</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Self" data-cite="Self" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>While I don't agree that it's solely responsible for the downturn in wrestling... I see Nash's point about the size thing. I do. I say this as a 5'8 dude who enjoys watching smaller wrestlers perform, and struggles to relate to giants. When you're trying to sell 'Best Fighter In The World', size does matter. It's not the only thing that matters, but it does. Hard to be taken seriously when a certain portion of the crowd thinks "I'm bigger than him. I could kick his ass".</div></blockquote><p> /nod... I've seen it for many years, ever since I stood side by side with Randy Savage and noticed I was bigger then him and I (under the influence of booze and a few "friends") would take him up on the "Open Challenge". I got more booze instead.</p><p> </p><p> Anyways, just because I can see his point, doesn't mean I agree with him. To me it makes it more interesting, if they can pull off the old David and Goliath match, to make it look like David had a way to keep Goliath at bay.</p><p> </p><p> I do know this though... There are quite a few people right here that share Nash's opinion. Every single person here that was so against Rey Mysterio winning the title, is in the same boat, although they probably don't even realize it themselves. </p><p> </p><p> Your looking at a man that is 6'9"/6'10" or so, and being upset about a 5'8" champion. All the people here that aren't "Giants" yet had a problem with Mysterio who stands 5'6" are making a bigger deal out of size, then Nash was making when comparing guys like Guerrerro to big guys, etc. </p><p> </p><p> I honestly don't have a problem with anyone winning the title in Pro-Wrestling, because no one believes any of the wrestlers can "legit" win in real competition for the most part, anyways... I mean come on... Who here doesn't think they could kick Cody Rhodes butt in real life. Just because you like his character doesn't mean you actually think he's tough. Cody, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Yoshi, Ryder, Sin Cara, Primo, Tyson Kidd, Mysterio, Santino, McGillicutty, Epico, Even Bourne, McIntyre, Justin Gabriel, JTG, Hunico, Ziggler, Jinder Mahal, Alex Riley, Camacho, Jericho, Christian, Punk and Bryan, Curt Hawkins, heck, Darren Young or even Damien Sandow. Out of all these guys there's not one I look at and go "Oh, I wouldn't want to get in the ring with that guy!". Not that I would win, but they definitely don't instill any fear in me. In fact, I would venture to say there isn't a soul on this board that doesn't think they could probably take out at least one of the people I listed there.</p><p> </p><p> HOWEVER, it doesn't mean I won't root for, buy merchandise from, hope they beat the guys that I do think has a good chance of kicking my butt.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Teh_Showtime" data-cite="Teh_Showtime" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Rowdy Roddy Piper <p> @R_Roddy_Piper</p><p> I love all the real deal boys in biz. Fact, I'm one of the smallest. Fact I out drew almost everyone. Fact,Without ALL the boys, I'm nothing </p><p> </p><p> Kevin Nash is just bitter because the people who HE was holding down in WCW became stars in the WWE (guys like Jericho and Rey too).</p><p> </p><p> I find it ironic that one of his best buddies Shawn Michaels was one of the first small wrestlers to be on top (with Bret of course)</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I really don't think it was as much being bitter as it was being "under the influence". From what I read about his comments, they were after he had drank a good amount of booze, and started remembering the "good 'ole days" and instead of "thinking" first, was just so at ease with the conversation at hand, that it just come out.</p><p> </p><p> I'm not saying he didn't mean it. I'm saying I don't know that he would have said it had he took the time to think about what he was saying and what people would make out of his words.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Black Phenom Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="djthefunkchris" data-cite="djthefunkchris" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>/nod... I've seen it for many years, ever since I stood side by side with Randy Savage and noticed I was bigger then him and I (under the influence of booze and a few "friends") would take him up on the "Open Challenge". I got more booze instead.<p> </p><p> Anyways, just because I can see his point, doesn't mean I agree with him. To me it makes it more interesting, if they can pull off the old David and Goliath match, to make it look like David had a way to keep Goliath at bay.</p><p> </p><p> I do know this though... There are quite a few people right here that share Nash's opinion. Every single person here that was so against Rey Mysterio winning the title, is in the same boat, although they probably don't even realize it themselves. </p><p> </p><p> Your looking at a man that is 6'9"/6'10" or so, and being upset about a 5'8" champion. All the people here that aren't "Giants" yet had a problem with Mysterio who stands 5'6" are making a bigger deal out of size, then Nash was making when comparing guys like Guerrerro to big guys, etc. </p><p> </p><p> I honestly don't have a problem with anyone winning the title in Pro-Wrestling, because no one believes any of the wrestlers can "legit" win in real competition for the most part, anyways... I mean come on... Who here doesn't think they could kick Cody Rhodes butt in real life. Just because you like his character doesn't mean you actually think he's tough. Cody, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Yoshi, Ryder, Sin Cara, Primo, Tyson Kidd, Mysterio, Santino, McGillicutty, Epico, Even Bourne, McIntyre, Justin Gabriel, JTG, Hunico, Ziggler, Jinder Mahal, Alex Riley, Camacho, Jericho, Christian, Punk and Bryan, Curt Hawkins, heck, Darren Young or even Damien Sandow. Out of all these guys there's not one I look at and go "Oh, I wouldn't want to get in the ring with that guy!". Not that I would win, but they definitely don't instill any fear in me. In fact, I would venture to say there isn't a soul on this board that doesn't think they could probably take out at least one of the people I listed there.</p><p> </p><p> HOWEVER, it doesn't mean I won't root for, buy merchandise from, hope they beat the guys that I do think has a good chance of kicking my butt.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It reminds me of when, as you mentioned, the little uproar there was about Rey Mysterio winning the Rumble and then the title - people were talking about how slightly "unrealistic" it came across. All I could think about was the fact that... there's been cruiserweights in Royal Rumbles for YEARS. Suddenly, we were supposed to be tied with the idea that none of them ever had a snowball's chance in hell to win or go all the way.</p><p> </p><p> By the way DJ, couldn't help but notice Darren Young in that list... the guy's pretty built from what I see, I personally wouldn't like to cross a guy like him tbh. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Tha Black Phenom" data-cite="Tha Black Phenom" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It reminds me of when, as you mentioned, the little uproar there was about Rey Mysterio winning the Rumble and then the title - people were talking about how slightly "unrealistic" it came across. All I could think about was the fact that... there's been cruiserweights in Royal Rumbles for YEARS. Suddenly, we were supposed to be tied with the idea that none of them ever had a snowball's chance in hell to win or go all the way.<p> </p><p> By the way DJ, couldn't help but notice Darren Young in that list... the guy's pretty built from what I see, I personally wouldn't like to cross a guy like him tbh. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> He just doesn't look like he could fight his way out of a wet paper bag to me. Something about him over-all. I think he would probably scream if he was going up against me for real... Just do. O'Neal however, I think he can probably whip some butt for real. Probably half the roster if I had to put money on it... Maybe all of them but Brock (if you even count Brock).</p><p> </p><p> That's just going on looks and such though. Have to look at it from my point of view. I'm just over 6'3" and I still can press (over my head) 250 lbs 10 times, in five sets. I could probably throw Darren Young around, and I doubt he could do the same to my 300 lb frame. That and I've taken a few martial arts and actually competed in amateur boxing (my older brother was Golden Glove and I beat him).</p><p> </p><p> Just saying....<img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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