July 2011
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Here's what I specifically mean
In the Hitting the Mark entry I just reblogged, it was noted that, “And yet, while on Twitter, I saw many complaints that they brought back Punk too soon. That they’ve ruined everything that they’ve built since before MITB. I don’t understand it. As Louis CK famously says, everything’s amazing, and nobody’s happy.” This sentence acknowledges that the negativity doesn’t seem...
Wrestling Theory: Checks and Balances, Volume 3:... →
kickoutblog:
“Just ignore it” is often said about the Glenn Becks of the world too, but ignoring it just lets it fester in its echo chamber. The traditional wrestling media hurts wrestling and its fans. Now that there are better avenues out there, some even without Meltzer’s sources, the old guard needs to adapt or disappear. It’s not providing any sort substance anymore, it merely exists to...
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Everything's Amazing, and Nobody's Happy
hittingthemark:
I’ll reiterate, a great show. I’ll go as far and say it’s the best overall Raw I’ve seen since the initial Punk promo. Built around wrestling, but also including storyline development and humor.
And yet, while on Twitter, I saw many complaints that they brought back Punk too soon. That they’ve ruined everything that they’ve built since before MITB. I don’t understand it. As...
Wrestling Theory: Checks and Balances, Volume 3:... →
wrestlingtheory:
All quotes herein are from the July 25, 2011 Wrestling Observer Radio show. Hoo boy.
Dave Meltzer on WWE Creative’s ideas on the Punk angle:
“The idea that they were going to do, which I don’t want to get into, but it would have killed it dead.”
Then why bring the point up? I get that…
Is it me, or are a wealth of blog posts lately about how shitty other wrestling...
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Is "Impact Wrestling" At All Relevant Anymore?
Impact Wrestling, formerly branded (embarrassingly so) TNA Wrestling, has built itself up to one degree or another over the past few years as the antidote to WWE programming. Since the rebranding, this format was kicked into high gear with multiple promotional videos that desperately attempted to paint themselves as the company that “still cares about ‘wrestling.’” This...
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I’ve never wanted to be able to make gifs more in my life
^click
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“I know for a fact it was, ‘Hey I’m gonna get the microphone and just say...”
– Colt Cabana on CM Punk’s 6/27/2011 promo
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I think the last three/four weeks of the CM Punk...
I can’t think of anything to write anymore… it literally seems pointless.
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Do You Want Wrestling? →
I remember thinking as I watched last night’s episode, “this is really cool that they are just doing a straight wrestling episode” (I figured that from the get go, seeing as Vince announced there would be a tournament in one night). The complaint I read on ProWrestling.Net, which I think is a valid one, is that the tournament didn’t feel meaningful: is Punk in some way...
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Can't even
not gonna say a damn thing.
Quote of the night:
Brayton: Jesus, the announcing… give me J.R. … I’d even settle for the corpse of Gorilla Monsoon!
Also, all night we talked about how no one does the Abdominal Stretch. It was a satisfying moment when Cena did it.
Full Money in the Bank spoilers →
footnotesofwrestling:
Idiot.
Post of the week.
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My friend John (who is hosting MITB tonight!)...
and the parking lot was already full of people. Tailgaiting.
This shit is real.
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On Wrestling and Reality →
Every fan seems to have a horse in the race — not a wrestler, but a theory they like best. The outcome of the match is almost secondary. Someone may “quit” or be “fired,”4 and Punk might walk away from the WWE with the championship strap in hand.5 We’ll all be tuning in for Cena-Punk, not necessarily to see what happens but to see if we knew how things were going...
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This Bike Mic is a Pipe Bomb
Gonna do the next week old school. See ya later TWC/IWC.
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Question: Vince, You must realize that many young children idolize the wrestlers of the WWF. I was wondering if you were at all concerned what the kids were picking up from the middle fingers and sex references from the wrestlers?? WWFLive2: It’s the 90’s! The WWF is only reflecting what is contemporary in today’s society I dare say there are a great deal more middle...
Sorry but I can't get mad about the 'Cena's Fired'...
I’m just a total mark for anytime Vince grumble/yells, “yer fiiirrrrreedddd!”
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Pan's Labyrinth
I watched this again over the weekend with Mary who had only seen bits and pieces and, despite being a Harry Potter fan, claims to not enjoy “fantasy movies.”
So, this is probably one of my top five films of all time. I’m not a huge fantasy nut (actualy I don’t care for any of the following: Lord of the Rings, Twilight, Harry Potter, etc and think that debates over...
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The Wrestling Blog: Even Punk is Fallible →
“… there’s this insidious undercurrent of people who are bemoaning the fact that this was even picked up by TMZ and made a big deal of. He’s just being a heel, they say. Well, here’s my problem with that line of defense… Punk can be a heel in several different ways other than calling someone a homo. It’s 2011. We’re supposed to be more...
Who's Surprised? →
Here’s a review from someone that reads ProWrestling.Net often enough to want to send in a review of the show Danni went to. Now, compare the link above to her reaction over at StylesClash.
I still read .Net from time to time (and avoid any other Internet Wrestling sites), but the link in question is why I’m trying to cut back a lot. From the way the “review” reads, it...
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Randy Orton, Kelly Kelly and Why It Matters →
stylesclash:
“While I definitely agree that sexism and misogyny are still very present in the ‘real world’, I think the point that Ray was trying to make was re: professionalism rather than sexism in that particular paragraph. Employees are supposed to uphold workplace values at all times, especially in public. Randy Orton did the opposite of that and should have been punished...
Randy Orton, Kelly Kelly and Why It Matters →
“Regardless of what you think of your colleagues and the standards by which you quietly judge their life choices, you simply cannot discuss their private lives in public. It’s not what I expect of someone representing a global business. It’s not what I expect of anyone. I once worked in an organisation where a colleague was severely reprimanded for quite modestly speaking ill of the...
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Chicago Tribune Covers CM Punk, John Cena, and... →
Wrestling is officially “cool” again, thanks to Punk. They were even talking about it on the fucking “Alternative Rock” radio station (Q101) here in chicago today… granted, I have not thought that station was good since high school, but the fact that there was a radio dj talking about the story from MONDAY, and talking about how he hopes Punk wins on the 17th is...
