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Postby iamjs » Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:54 pm

Effing Nia ruins the only interesting match for the weekend and halts the best push of the year because she sucks. That's like 6 people she's seriously injured and nothing will happen because shes related to Dwayne.

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/statu ... 6927884289
There was a great post on Reddit about how fcking terrible she is. Enough already.
do you have a link to that? We were talking about it on another board and when I last looked it was up to four, which I think was including Charlotte twice.

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Postby iamjs » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:03 pm

Going through eBay at lunch, and ran across this poster:

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How did Battman last for four years? Marvel put an end to Arachnaman real quick in the 90s, yet Battman lasted almost half a decade? This isn't even some jabroni coming out in a bat costume and changing the spelling to avoid any confusion. He literally came out as Batman, I mean Battman.

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With the Batman craze sweeping the country in 1966, Marino created a wrestling version of the superhero. His custom outfits were created by Karl & Hildegarde's of Columbus, Ohio. He debuted the persona in the Buffalo, NY area and had a smaller wrestler dressed as Robin. Bruno Sammartino, who had purchased the promotional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, brought Marino into Pittsburgh as "Battman" and installed him as a major wrestler in the territory. As The Battman, Marino became a fixture and very popular wrestler on Pittsburgh's very popular Studio Wrestling TV show. By 1970 the Batman gimmick was phased out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mari ... 1963-1972)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Oct-18-1967-or ... SwaMxbq496

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Postby nocera » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:49 pm

My uncle gave me an old wrestling program from a show he went to at the Civic Arena and the Battman was on the card. So was Gorilla Monsoon, Lou Albano, Bruno. I'll have to look again to see the promotion but it may have been WWWF?

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Postby iamjs » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:56 pm

there were a few more of those that were listed on ebay, but that was the only one with the Battman listed.

Sidenote: I nearly forgot how big Gorilla Monsoon was when he wrestled.

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Postby nocera » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:09 pm

My uncle also had the Battman's autograph on the program which included a crude bat symbol drawing.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:53 am

Effing Nia ruins the only interesting match for the weekend and halts the best push of the year because she sucks. That's like 6 people she's seriously injured and nothing will happen because shes related to Dwayne.

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/statu ... 6927884289
There was a great post on Reddit about how fcking terrible she is. Enough already.
do you have a link to that? We were talking about it on another board and when I last looked it was up to four, which I think was including Charlotte twice.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/ ... y_nia_jax/

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Postby nocera » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:37 am

Rumored main event plans for Mania:
via the Observer:
"Right now the plan is for Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch to headline WrestleMania. After the injury to Lynch on 11/12, a fractured nose and a concussion from a punch by Nia Jax during an in-ring Raw vs. Smackdown women's brawl, she was out of the match that, due to the promos on both sides, was the most looked-forward to match on the show. The next day, both Vince McMahon and Rousey decided that the best course of action was to do the match at WrestleMania. Rousey and Lynch immediately went at it hard on social media, even though Rousey's new opponent on the PPV is Charlotte Flair"
I'm 100% on board.

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Postby nocera » Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:06 pm

Survivor Series aka Bragging Rights is about to start. What a zero stakes PPV.

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Postby iamjs » Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:17 pm

I can't even motivate myself to turn it on.

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Postby nocera » Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:53 pm

I hate how everyone has to wear a bright red or blue T-shirt while wrestling.

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Postby Pavel Bure » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:24 pm

Still don’t know why this is a big 4 in this day. Money in the Bank should’ve taken its place long ago.

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Postby nocera » Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:30 pm

Why is Shane consistently put over as the top wrestler on Smackdown?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:44 pm

Why is Shane consistently put over as the top wrestler on Smackdown?
It's bad enough as it is, but he is 47 damn years old.

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Postby nocera » Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:53 pm

Charlotte/Rousey is great.

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Postby nocera » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:54 pm

Always good to have a reminder of what WWE thinks of Smackdown. Have fun with that, Fox.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:52 am

lol, Enzo Amore trying to cause a ruckus last night.

https://twitter.com/TuftsGuy/status/1064329175908081664

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Postby nocera » Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:49 am

lol, Enzo Amore trying to cause a ruckus last night.

https://twitter.com/TuftsGuy/status/1064329175908081664
That's just sad. He was also just kicked off a plane for vaping before takeoff. Dude is a mess.

Also, why is it that any time a large crowd gathers, no matter the state, no matter the event, there's always at least one dude in a Steelers jersey?

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Postby iamjs » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:47 am

lol, Enzo Amore trying to cause a ruckus last night.

https://twitter.com/TuftsGuy/status/1064329175908081664
Bada boom, just got kicked out of the room.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:32 pm

Watched about a half hour of RAW, it absolutely sucked. So here's Sid




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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:43 am

lol...."It's in Space 22". "22?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" :lol:

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Postby slappybrown » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:59 am

One of the few WCW recurring vignettes that matched the WWF's best imo

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:07 pm

Hahah that was a good one.

Here's some random trivia for you.

Vince McMahon's mother, Vicki Askew, moved to Ebensburg with her husband in 1998. An avid tennis player, she was making the drive down to the Blair Racquet Club in Altoona to play tennis. Concerned for her safety on the treacherous drive down off the mountain, her son paid for a $2.5 million state-of-the-art tennis facility in Ebensburg. She no longer lives there, but that is how Vincent J. McMahon built a beautiful tennis facility in Cambria County.

The story is kind of surprising because I recall stories that he was a bit estranged from her due to the really rough childhood Vince had.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:22 am

LOL


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Postby iamjs » Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:27 am

Hahah that was a good one.

Here's some random trivia for you.

Vince McMahon's mother, Vicki Askew, moved to Ebensburg with her husband in 1998. An avid tennis player, she was making the drive down to the Blair Racquet Club in Altoona to play tennis. Concerned for her safety on the treacherous drive down off the mountain, her son paid for a $2.5 million state-of-the-art tennis facility in Ebensburg. She no longer lives there, but that is how Vincent J. McMahon built a beautiful tennis facility in Cambria County.

The story is kind of surprising because I recall stories that he was a bit estranged from her due to the really rough childhood Vince had.
When I was in reserves (coincidentally in Ebensburg), I drilled with an Askew. I wonder if they were related.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:08 pm

Another classic promo. Stone Cold doing the push-ups/sit-ups after he stuns Slaughter slays me every time.


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