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23 hours ago, Stan said:

UK

Racists, bigots, a heavily-corrupted government that has perfected how to stoke division. A lot of doom and gloom in the news. Every. Single. Day. House prices, cost of living, high energy bills, transport costs.  

Australia is all this. Super small minded population too. Weather and geography is nicer here, but you have culture and history and we barely do (and ignore what we do have). 
I hate the Americanization of the nation, Sydney, the drinking, gambling and drugs culture here (it's the worst in the world)

3 hours ago, The Palace Fan said:

To carry on the negative theme, I just want to tell you that Kota Ibushi's three matches in AEW have put me off NJPW for the foreseeable future.

Again, what AEW needs is someone to tell people no. Ibushi when he won the G1 wrestled 9 distinctly different matches, all were at least good, some great, none involved any nonsense, bicycles or stupidity. It makes me sad. Again, look at black and gold NXT. The undisputed era were so much better than the sum of their parts. Look at them now. Fuck me.

4 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said:

No offence mate I actually like you. You are pretty funny and I agree with a lot of political opinions.  I also respect your knowledge of wrestling. But I really can't bothered. Your such a negative and pessimistic person. You also seem extremely opinionated. Not just on this thread but others as well. I'm only really using this thread for enjoyment I'm not gonna get into any kind of conversation I don't enjoy. 

"I'm not going to engage you even on a conversational level because you don't share my opinion and i'm fearful of your ability to deconstruct the situation and I don't like the pieces"

You can like whatever you like my guy. I like the early 2000s doom movie, despite the fact that it's shit, it still gives me kicks. But that doesn't mean the things you like are objectively good. 

11 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said:

Fair enough. Aew has its problems. The wrestling is decent though. I like wrestling with an edge.  I've started watching wwe casually. But there doesn’t seem to be that edge to it. It be great to be able to take the best parts from both and put them together but unfortunately can't be done. 

What do you mean by 'wrestling with an edge'? NJPW is far more physical and less flippy bullshit than AEW. Old black and gold NXT was as close to perfect as wrestling ever got for me imo. Storylines that made sense, in ring action that was athletic and hard hitting by a bunch of wrestlers who are mostly in AEW now, but with WWE there to tell them to keep their heads pulled in, and limit the indulgent BS AEW is famous for. Fuck they need writers, and someone to tell the wrestlers NO. 

11 hours ago, 6666 said:

While the Tories do suck, Labour doesn't really have much momentum and seem to be just relying on "at least we're not Tories" as their message.

Similar to the Democrats in the US, being the "we're not as bad as the other lot" party isn't a message that motivates people. You might win by default if the other guy is extremely, extremely disliked but Rishi just seems like a guy people don't take seriously rather than someone people hate.

In america it's more important to motivate, because you don't have to vote. Sure, there will be some voters who donkey vote, or leave the page blank, but not enough to shift an election.

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On 09/11/2023 at 19:09, MUFC said:

Deadlifts.

What about em?

On 08/11/2023 at 12:02, The Palace Fan said:

I don't think Ric Flair will help anyone in all honesty. It's a pay cheque for him. He can barely put together a coherent sentence.

I gave AEW a lot of leeway this summer because of All In, but that evaporated after Tony Khan's breakdown over the NXT raiting.

Add him to the list with Arn, Jim Ross, Shafir, Schiavone, and TK himself.

60 hours of unpaid work and a $1400 fine is a death sentence to a working class Englishman hahaha
Unfortunately it's nothing at all to the middle class.

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2 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said:

Well that's your opinion mate. I'm pretty certain many would disagree. I've seen his matches and he's been brilliant 

You have never seen a prince Devitt match though. You have seen Fin Balor matches. A 40 year old, collecting a pay check, who still does a certain in ring things a class above Ospreay. 

Fin in NJPW was brilliant. He has only occasionally brushed those heights in WWE. Now, Ospreay wrestles some brilliant matches too, but he also wrestles silly spot fests. He is big, and athletic. But don't mistake being able to do a saske special and a handspring back elbow for being a good wrestler. 
Look at the Bucks, ratings poison for years now, because despite the fact they are capable of wrestling good matches, they dont, they cut bad corny promos, and they look like crap, their gimmick is crap and no one is around to say 'no'. 

1 hour ago, Gunnersaurus said:

@Devil-Dick Willie There's a revpro event in Portsmouth next month. Just over two hour drive. I might go. Is osprey was there I definitely would but I don't think he does much for them now.

Apparently he has said he would consider going to wwe. Do you think he would be used well there? Or is he not big enough or mainstream enough? I really hope he doesn't. He would be a star in aew. He's one of the best wrestlers I've ever seen

 

Well, what happens to 'great wrestlers' who don't have good mic skills? 
Ricochet is probably the best comparison. Has had a few moments in his time, but never a real run, and is a permanent midcarder. Andrade is another one you could point to. 

Prince Devitt, AJ Styles did better, but Ospreay isn't fit to lace eithers boots, and both are better than him on the mic (though neither are brilliant with it)

Oh god it's 3.

I can't fucking believe cunts are saying it should be Messi, he has 2 he doesn't deserve, lets not make it 3. 

3 hours ago, Spike said:

Who in the Gong hasn’t felt your touch?

You xx

3 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said:

@Devil-Dick Willie isn't revpro a feeder for new japan? Is it worth making a long journey for? I'm not worried about story telling I just wanna see good wrestling 

The wrestling should be good, and yes, they have a great relationship. Personally I'd wait until TMDK are appearing to go to a show, but that's just me. 

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10 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said:

I am starting to see it with Jay white now. Obviously you don't achieve what he did in Japan if you don't have something about you.

@Devil-Dick Willie @The Palace Fan

I have been thinking about going to a local independent wrestling show. It's a mainly south west promotion. What are the crowd like generally? For some reason I just imagine them to be a bit clicky like a local pub and not like people they haven't seen before 

Nah I have always found wrestling crowds to be pretty reasonable. Take a friend or 2, it'll be fun. 

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