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Thanks mate, ill have a look. The whole segment was fucking ace, and when Brock's music hit, i jumped up like a bloody little kid lol, fantastic.

I know Triple-H is going to get involved, but it was just great to see that segment.

There is a moment at the start when Lesnar's music hit, where Heyman has that look of - "I might be alright here" lol.
 
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2011/2012 FCW had so many good matches it's unbelievable.

The five Ambrose/Rollins matches (the 15 championship trilogy, they had another one later in 2011 and then they had one in 2012)
The two Ambrose/Regal matches, the second of which I'd put in my top 10 WWE matches from last year, with ease.
Ohno/Cesaro match which is given fifteen minutes and is a hell of a lot of fun
Any Sandow/Rollins matches are well worth checking out.
Ohno and Rollins had a great title match in 2012 which is entertaining as hell.
Sandow/Ambrose had a killer heel vs. heel match.

All of that, plus I'm missing some Steamboat, Kruger and Reigns matches which are all better than what you'd find on your average episode of Raw nowadays, well as some tag matches including the aforementioned). FCW is where it was AT. Some fucking awesome matches in there, alongside some horrible ones as well. But you could argue that FCW 2011-2012 was the best product in North America. Great character development, smart booking, the occasional epic rivalry (Regal/Ambrose) and some terrific matches. Bare in mind that FCW was the DEVELOPMENTAL for the "big time" and it's even more remarkable.
 
#16,127 ·
And then they’ll get you back by booking Ziggler vs. Bryan vs. Punk vs. Cesaro in an IWC blowjob match at Over the Limit or some shit. Also, you’re still going to buy DVDs, you’re still going to pay like $40 for a Jinder Mahal action figure, and you’re still gonna drop like $150 when Raw comes to town on a Ziggler t-shirt so you can boo The Rock and feel like an individual. Don’t front.
this had me rolling
 
#16,129 ·
THE LADY KILLER

So epic. How was the show bro?
It was pretty fun. Got there early enough to see Saturday Morning Slam (awful). Main event had a decent Cesaro match, but it seems like it was a night for faces to win cleanly, which sucked. Lots of kids there, and they had the opposite upper tier completely blocked off. Wrestlers didn't give our side much love for whatever reason, although Orton came by and high-fived me, as did Striker when he came out for commentary on one of those jobber shows they taped. Lilian came up to me to ask what TLK meant, which was amusing. Del Rio/Ziggler was a great main event, I started many "LET'S GO ZIGGLER" chants, which you'll likely hear. Security at the show was garbage, they made me hide my beer for the Sat. Morning Slam taping :lmao

Overall fun experience. My signs should be all over TV. The girl behind me was getting furious.

:lmao:lmao:lmao

Where were your seats?

And I may need to make some gifs of this similar to the MORRISON OWNS sign.
Front row :eek:
 
#16,130 ·
Well I see something big is about to happen on SD this week. Thank you guys for making good use of the spoiler tags. I hate spoilers. Ruin everything!

And going back a few pages, the topic of Malenko vs Guerrero. It's funny actually, last night I decided to give it a watch but ended up taking it off. Not because I foudn it to be bad, I was just really freaking tired. But I noticed something that irked me.

You see whenever I shit all on ECW and say it was nothing but a blood and guts promotion that ran its course and Heyman in all his greatness failed tor realize that things had to change, a lot of people like to counter me with "Oh ECW had great technical matches as well and the fans appreciated it as much as the bloodfets". Well, I call bullshit. Here you have Guerrero and Malenko busting their asses in the ring and what are the fans more interested in? Some fucking drunk getting kicked out. I mean don't get me wrong, for the 10 minutes that I watched they seemed to be into it, whenever Malenko did a cartwheel.

I know people won't take my opinion seriously because I never saw ECW during its glory days, but I have a brain. It may not be the biggest but it sure as hell is enough to make an observation and form an opinion. I always say that Heyman had a great idea but had no freaking clue what to do after a while and let things get way too out of hand and he desensitized the business and the fans.

But that's just a little side note I wanted to make on EEE-CEE-DUBYAH. Back to Malenko/Guerrero, I'm gonna finish it off in a couple minutes but why am I not surprised to hear that Malenko is no selling something. Good Lord, it seems as if that style of wrestling been plaguing the indies since day one. I would love to see if I could find some matches from the 70s and 80s that featured the hard hitting no selling style of wrestling. Juts to really see how long it's been around.
 
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Just finished with Guerrero/Malenko Hostile City Showdown, the match is shite :p

Well at least the crowd finally decided to show some appreciation once it turned into a demonstration of moves and a roll up/kick out fest.

I'm sorry but it's hard for me to like a Dean Malenko match. The guy just lacks any sort of enthusiasm in his matches. They always look like he's just going through the motions. He puts no efforts into selling, his facials expressions and his mannerisms are just non-existent. The guy fucking sucks. Just another guy purists jizz over cause he bends and twists people up. Seriously, this guy gives Lance Storm competition for most dull wrestler ever.
 
#16,134 ·
It was pretty fun. Got there early enough to see Saturday Morning Slam (awful). Main event had a decent Cesaro match, but it seems like it was a night for faces to win cleanly, which sucked. Lots of kids there, and they had the opposite upper tier completely blocked off. Wrestlers didn't give our side much love for whatever reason, although Orton came by and high-fived me, as did Striker when he came out for commentary on one of those jobber shows they taped. Lilian came up to me to ask what TLK meant, which was amusing. Del Rio/Ziggler was a great main event, I started many "LET'S GO ZIGGLER" chants, which you'll likely hear. Security at the show was garbage, they made me hide my beer for the Sat. Morning Slam taping :lmao

Overall fun experience. My signs should be all over TV. The girl behind me was getting furious.
Ballin. I'm definitely watching Smackdown this week.
 
#16,140 ·
Royal Rumble Match Marathon

Royal Rumble 1988
Fairly straight forward and basic but the novelty of being the first match sells it a bit. Enjoyed the opening exchanges with Hart/Santana and couldn't believe how over Duggan was in this match, the entire arena reacted to him. 4/10

Royal Rumble 1989
A step up if only because it featured the star power of Hogan, Savage & Andre etc. You're going to get tired of me saying this because generally speaking the opening is the best part of the Rumble but once again the most memorable spot of the night was Demolition going toe to toe to start it off. The match was going swimmingly - HBK & Henning were pretty fun bumpers and the ring swelled until Hogan showed up and cleaned house. Unfortunately, Hogan's rapid fire eliminations completely slowed the match to a near halt and by the end of it the result didn't really seem to matter apart from the fact Dibiase didn't win. Studd's victory felt too out of left field IMO, probably the least over Rumble winner of all time. 5/10

Royal Rumble 1990
Best all-round Rumble until 01. I know 92 gets a lot of love but for me aside from Flair & Heenan the match kind of blows. This match was just really well structured with a good flow of stars, a lot of fun moments and of course the Hogan/Warrior showdown which received a big reaction. 7/10

Royal Rumble 1991
Dullest Rumble match I've seen. Just a really slow match which save for the Bushwacker elimination was clearly lacking in 'big' moments. 3/10

Royal Rumble 1997
This was a strange Rumble in that it actually started pretty terribly with some really dumb eliminations (two wrestlers eliminated themselves) but really got better from then on. This was Austin at his prime as a performer and this was his best Rumble performance. Just a lot of fun watching him play the cocky but cheap heel who'd score eliminations as the opposition had their backs turned and would call more challengers to the ring even when he's face down in the middle of the ring. Good finale with all the stars at the end although the cheap finish and the fact it meant little come the day of Mania 13 hurts the score for me. 6/10

Royal Rumble 1998
Started well with Funk/Foley but was pretty forgettable beyond that. Austin was billed as the big ass-kicker but didn't really score that many eliminations. Thought Rock sucked in the survivor role and having the NoD turn on each other during the match and mean little later on was pretty stupid. It would have made more sense for them to team up through out the match to emphasize The Rock's elimination of Farooq. 5/10

Royal Rumble 2006
Ever since 01, the match has really spiked in quality and 06 isn't an exception. It's one of those Rumbles that doesn't really get spoken about a whole lot, probably because it was just a straight match that barely built any angles but it had it's moments. In fact, by about the half-way point, I thought it was shaping up to be one of the best Rumble matches of all-time as it did a good job of showcasing all the stars and really made the likes of Lashley, Show & Kane look beastly. Unfortunately, the match slowed down to allow the ring to swell up and at that point it just degenerates into another RR. 6/10

Royal Rumble 2013
After a pretty average 2012, it was good to see 2013 return to form. The match pretty much won me over by the time Jericho shocked the world and returned to the ring but it kept coming up with surprises and some awesome innovative spots. Thought the flow of the match was strong, everytime it slowed down, it usually served a purpose as Sheamus/Cena & Ryback got to dominate. Only complaint would be that the finish felt a tad anti-climatic but otherwise, definitely one of the better Rumbles of all time. 7/10
 
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