The Sandman Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Because of this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Len B'stard Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/fe/fe-differencebetween.htmlTLDR. My point is that wrestling is for people who marry their cousins and spend their spare time shooting at beer cans in the woods.Sounds like my lot EDIT: Fuck, i've done it again! I was only in the poetry thread, sorry, pointless bump! Edited April 11, 2014 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Butthurt conveyed through self deprecation? Naaaah, doesn't really make sense that, does it? Nice try though, give yourself a hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Just one of Lens silly bumps like the last time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 lol wrestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Good thread. Made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I get the appeal - it's soap operas for men. It's utterly mindless, but let's be honest, who here doesn't watch something that is utterly impossible to defend (mine: the Walking Dead)...What I find kind of strange, and perhaps I'm wrong about this, is that wrestling has been able to remain viable as a business despite the massive growth of Ultimate Fighting. Why watch something fake when there's guys doing the real thing down the road or on another channel? I suppose UF doesn't have the same level of drama. As I recall, there was more emphasis on story in wrestling. But I always assumed that since the days UF starting blowing up that the audience for wrestling would take a huge hit. As I said, I might be wrong, but it doesn't seem like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I get the appeal - it's soap operas for men. It's utterly mindless, but let's be honest, who here doesn't watch something that is utterly impossible to defend (mine: the Walking Dead)...What I find kind of strange, and perhaps I'm wrong about this, is that wrestling has been able to remain viable as a business despite the massive growth of Ultimate Fighting. Why watch something fake when there's guys doing the real thing down the road or on another channel? I suppose UF doesn't have the same level of drama. As I recall, there was more emphasis on story in wrestling. But I always assumed that since the days UF starting blowing up that the audience for wrestling would take a huge hit. As I said, I might be wrong, but it doesn't seem like it.When it's fake you can control the tempo and you don't get 10 minutes of two guys rolling around on the floor in the same hold. Also, the moves they do use in UFC are nowhere near as exciting. Nobody goes to the top of the cage. Don't get me wrong, I watch UFC also, but they are completely different products that are entertaining for completely different reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I bet people who like wrestling are Republicans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 YOU DONE TOOK HIS JOB BULLY RAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 YOU DONE TOOK HIS JOB BULLY RAY! Good to see Brooke Hogan's singing career is going well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 YOU DONE TOOK HIS JOB BULLY RAY! Good to see Brooke Hogan's singing career is going well. THATS MY DAUGHTER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU WILL NEVER BE A BETTER WRESTLER THAN ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 You forgot "BROTHER!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I liker her shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I bet people who like wrestling are Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 The alternative to the spectators being gay, and hence coming to enjoy the sight of the muscle men prancing about, if course that they for some reason find the overtly over-played and clichéd drama as well as the ridiculous fake fighting somehow entertaining. Well, what makes most sense to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Muhammad Ali actually got his trash talk from a wrestler. True story. Back in the day Cassius Clay was a sweet boy, really nice with nothing loud and lairy about him...until one day he went to see a wrestler called Gorgeous George, part of whoose schtick was, as is the case of many wrestlers was doing shit like going 'I AM THE GREATEST, I CAN NOT BE BEAT, I'M THE PRETTIEST THING ON TWO FEET, IF THIS BUM EVEN MESSES UP MY HAIR I'M GONNA ANNIHILATE HIM!' and people in the crowd would boo and hiss, everybody came to see this big loudmouth get shut up by someone, they even threw beers at him, to which he would respond by body slamming that audience member (which Clay/Ali later found was part of the whole act, the guy was in on it) but Ali remembered just being so mad at this guy like 'oooh, i wish somebody would shut that bum up!'. And thats where the whole Ali schtick came from And quite frankly, looking over it all with that in mind, it does have that feel to it, thats playing up feel, it's just confidence beyond a sensible interpretation of the term...and thats kind of always the way I understood Ali's confidence, on that very level, like someone playing the heel wrestler, it has the same sense of fun and silliness to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 ...until one day he went to see a wrestler called Gorgeous GeorgeHahaha, I rest my case.Thanks for the anecdote, sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Does anybody remember English wrestling? Probably none of you are old enough, Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki, Gorgeoue George Gilette, Big Daddy, Mick McManus and all them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Used to watch it when I visited my Great Aunt in Yorkshire, she loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 All very gay names. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Yes well they were employed to roll around on the floor and feel each other up, what do you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 All very gay names.I was literally laugh out loud after I read your post and went back and read the names... Giant Haystacks, Big Daddy... Giggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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