Dogg you should probably not stress out about what an internet wrestle man is or is not watching
Why does everyone think I stress out at stuff like this? Nah, I'm just incredulous about someone being that whiny on a wrestling match.
Because that's how your posts read
They do? I wrote "pfft" as basically rolling my eyes. Trust me I don't stress at stuff Alvarez and Meltzer do.
i mean if that's the case, and hear me out
then why post it at all
It interested me as I've never read about anyone actually doing it on the Observer level.
Bryan and Vinny went a month without watching TNA once. Stuff like this has happened (even from other podcasts like LAW) and not been discussed because it's okay for someone to not watch something, regardless of whether they're being paid
*sighs wistfully, imagines being paid to not watch TNA*
I'm just gonna gently point out you've been talking about the Shane/AJ "match" at Mania which so far as I know isn't even a confirmed thing but is rather a DIRTSHEETZ thing for like
at least a month
like you originally started talking about THE SHEETZ rumoring about AJ/Shane back in mid-January and you bring it up pretty much every time AJ comes up or the WWE does anything with AJ
you are not super happy about this conceptual maybe match you read on the internet and have expressed a dim view of this idea many a time
and I am not actually disagreeing with you on this viewpoint, to be completely clear
but it is not even necessarily a thing that may happen, and if it happens it may or may not be bad
mayhaps the reason people sometimes characterize you as overly negative is stuff like this
AJ Styles did a Q&A panel at Wizard World Portland on Friday night and talked about his time in TNA. Styles was asked a variety of questions from fans and the moderator in a couple of them he touched upon his run in TNA.
Talking about his time after TNA and before WWE, he said, “Ring of Honor treated me real well, and New Japan treated me like a superstar. So I’ve got to give credit to them, who helped boost my ego a little bit because it was definitely flattened due to TNA’s service. But then — doing all that and then having the opportunity to come to WWE and…you know, whether people like it or not, WWE is easy, the biggest — you know, when it comes to wrestling, it doesn’t get any bigger than the WWE. And being there means you’ve finally made it.”
Styles was later asked by the moderator in regard to his match with Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe at TNA Unbreakable whether he ever thought he and Joe would be in WWE ten years later and said, “Well, at that time Joe and I were hoping to make TNA a big deal. You know, that was what we wanted to do. The problem was, the person who owned the company, she didn’t see that in us. She didn’t see us as the stars that put TNA on the map and not just me but like, Jerry Lynn and Christopher Daniels, and Low Ki, all those guys who did great things and she just didn’t see it. Go put it bluntly, she wanted to be WWE-lite and nobody wanted to see that. They wanted to see something different. And at one point in time, it was a great place to work.”
“But I can tell you this,” he added. “I am certainly happy with [making it] to WWE. It is thus far head and shoulders over any other place I’ve ever worked.”
I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!!
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Like, in general, and this is just a suggestion and bit of advice and not a command or anything...
Maybe chill out with giving so much a shit what people like Meltzer or Alvarez or Stroud or Reddit or the rest of the EYE DUBYA CEE thinks about wrestling?
Do they share your opinions? No? Are they people you can actually argue with about those opinions you disagree with? No? Then who gives a shit?
I love wrestling, I genuinely do, but dirtsheetz are bad and have always been bad, they are especially bad when it's stuff like DA MELTZ SAYS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKER DO THE JOB FOR ROMAN AT MANIA.
Who fuckin cares, Dave.
Imagine if we treated comic books or movies or TV shows this way. Oh, wait we don't have to, because people do shit like that.
"According to this TheTalReview.com, Marvel is considering having Captain America get MURDERED by Thanos in Infinity War Pt. 1"
Those sites exist, they're shit websites like Latino Review and Ain't It Cool and people who spend too much time deep diving on that shit do so at their own peril and it's generally noxious to the forum. Speculation garbage is just that, garbage.
It's one thing to report on genuine injuries, contract signings, suspensions, etc. That's news, and that's fine to share. It's also okay to share a personal opinion, like "I don't like Green Eggs and Roman Reigns", or individually speculate or anticipate on things you personally hope/dread happen, like "I hope that Kevin Owens doesn't drop the belt to Goldberg, putting belts on part-timers sucks"
But handwringing about Dave Meltzer's speculation, or theoretical matches that Bryan Alvarez (isn't really) going to boycott? Nobody wants that, and you shouldn't either! It's unhealthy!
If you disagree with something someone says on Reddit, or some opinion Bryan Alvarez has, go take it up with them. If you can't or aren't interested, what do you think the odds are we are, especially if you yourself think it's an awful and dumb opinion they have? It's like putting your finger in something stinky and going "Hey guys, smell this, isn't it gross?" Nobody wants to smell your gross finger! Wash your hands, dude, and stop touching the stinky parts of the internet! Dang!
This is why I gave you the "Vince Challenge", wirehead. It wasn't because I thought you talked about Vince like every three posts. You didn't. Objectively, you didn't. It's because I wanted to sorta ween you off a specific kind of negative speculation you do, where you pointlessly handwring about shit you can't possibly know or do anything about for no specifically good reason, based on information you obtain from dirtsheets and your own conception of what dudes like Vince and Trips are like, and it brings the thread down.
To be clear, you're not the only person who does this, which is why this post is public and not a PM. There are other people who do this, to varying degree. And I'm sure there are some people who disagree with some or all of the things I've said here, and that's fine. It's an opinion and advice, it's not WRESTLELAW, and people are free to tell me to blow it out my ugly ass.
But maybe food for thought? Like maybe give up dirtsheets for lent or something, see if it makes you happier.
Here's the thing with wrestling rumors. First, take them with more than a couple grains of salt. Plans change and sometimes stuff's just flat wrong. Second, take them with an open mind. If you decide a match is going to suck two months in advance, you're just going to hate it no matter what happens. Remember how everyone was baffled by Orton winning the Rumble? That seems to be working out well so far. For as much shit as we give them, occasionally WWE's writers know what they're doing.
Here's the thing with wrestling rumors. First, take them with more than a couple grains of salt. Plans change and sometimes stuff's just flat wrong. Second, take them with an open mind. If you decide a match is going to suck two months in advance, you're just going to hate it no matter what happens. Remember how everyone was baffled by Orton winning the Rumble? That seems to be working out well so far. For as much shit as we give them, occasionally WWE's writers know what they're doing.
Well Orton winning being good is mostly due to him wrestling Bray and maybe also Harper at Mania.
If it were anyone else other than them or Styles it'd probably be a lot worse.
And I'm really going to be disappointed if AJ isn't the one to send Cena on his 6 month break.
This is exactly the problem, man. It's fine to have your own fantasy booking. Hell, it's great. It's something we all do. The issue is when you feel like your fantasy booking is the way a thing HAS to be or it's going to suck.
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Here's the thing with wrestling rumors. First, take them with more than a couple grains of salt. Plans change and sometimes stuff's just flat wrong. Second, take them with an open mind. If you decide a match is going to suck two months in advance, you're just going to hate it no matter what happens. Remember how everyone was baffled by Orton winning the Rumble? That seems to be working out well so far. For as much shit as we give them, occasionally WWE's writers know what they're doing.
What Sucks is so many people will hate it if it plays out how they expect OR if it doesn't. And I'm not blaming each individual, they're sort of not in control of how they react. But they can avoid the spoilers and thus the expectations
And I'm really going to be disappointed if AJ isn't the one to send Cena on his 6 month break.
This is exactly the problem, man. It's fine to have your own fantasy booking. Hell, it's great. It's something we all do. The issue is when you feel like your fantasy booking is the way a thing HAS to be or it's going to suck.
Well I just think Styles beating Cena again will give him a good boost.
And I'm really going to be disappointed if AJ isn't the one to send Cena on his 6 month break.
This is exactly the problem, man. It's fine to have your own fantasy booking. Hell, it's great. It's something we all do. The issue is when you feel like your fantasy booking is the way a thing HAS to be or it's going to suck.
Well I just think Styles beating Cena again will give him a good boost.
Why would AJ need a boost? He was WWE Champion in his first year in the company. The live crowds adore him and the Internet smarks venerate him. AJ gon' be ok, son.
And I'm really going to be disappointed if AJ isn't the one to send Cena on his 6 month break.
This is exactly the problem, man. It's fine to have your own fantasy booking. Hell, it's great. It's something we all do. The issue is when you feel like your fantasy booking is the way a thing HAS to be or it's going to suck.
Well I just think Styles beating Cena again will give him a good boost.
Why would AJ need a boost? He was WWE Champion in his first year in the company. The live crowds adore him and the Internet smarks venerate him. AJ gon' be ok, son.
my default assumption is if I haven't heard about a wrestler in over 10 years, they're actually dead, given that the average life expectancy of a professional wrestler is 40
my default assumption is if I haven't heard about a wrestler in over 10 years, they're actually dead, given that the average life expectancy of a professional wrestler is 40
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Bryan and Vinny went a month without watching TNA once. Stuff like this has happened (even from other podcasts like LAW) and not been discussed because it's okay for someone to not watch something, regardless of whether they're being paid
*sighs wistfully, imagines being paid to not watch TNA*
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I'm just gonna gently point out you've been talking about the Shane/AJ "match" at Mania which so far as I know isn't even a confirmed thing but is rather a DIRTSHEETZ thing for like
at least a month
like you originally started talking about THE SHEETZ rumoring about AJ/Shane back in mid-January and you bring it up pretty much every time AJ comes up or the WWE does anything with AJ
you are not super happy about this conceptual maybe match you read on the internet and have expressed a dim view of this idea many a time
and I am not actually disagreeing with you on this viewpoint, to be completely clear
but it is not even necessarily a thing that may happen, and if it happens it may or may not be bad
mayhaps the reason people sometimes characterize you as overly negative is stuff like this
At best it will be fine. But Styles should have an opponent he can have a great match with.
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I'm not unconvinced that AJ won't be able to have a good match with anyone on the roster. AJ v Taker, AJ v Mark Henry, AJ v Big Show...
I don't think I've ever hated a Shane match except for Shane v Taker, and really that's more the fault of Taker's immobile ass.
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Maybe chill out with giving so much a shit what people like Meltzer or Alvarez or Stroud or Reddit or the rest of the EYE DUBYA CEE thinks about wrestling?
Do they share your opinions? No? Are they people you can actually argue with about those opinions you disagree with? No? Then who gives a shit?
I love wrestling, I genuinely do, but dirtsheetz are bad and have always been bad, they are especially bad when it's stuff like DA MELTZ SAYS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKER DO THE JOB FOR ROMAN AT MANIA.
Who fuckin cares, Dave.
Imagine if we treated comic books or movies or TV shows this way. Oh, wait we don't have to, because people do shit like that.
"According to this TheTalReview.com, Marvel is considering having Captain America get MURDERED by Thanos in Infinity War Pt. 1"
Those sites exist, they're shit websites like Latino Review and Ain't It Cool and people who spend too much time deep diving on that shit do so at their own peril and it's generally noxious to the forum. Speculation garbage is just that, garbage.
It's one thing to report on genuine injuries, contract signings, suspensions, etc. That's news, and that's fine to share. It's also okay to share a personal opinion, like "I don't like Green Eggs and Roman Reigns", or individually speculate or anticipate on things you personally hope/dread happen, like "I hope that Kevin Owens doesn't drop the belt to Goldberg, putting belts on part-timers sucks"
But handwringing about Dave Meltzer's speculation, or theoretical matches that Bryan Alvarez (isn't really) going to boycott? Nobody wants that, and you shouldn't either! It's unhealthy!
If you disagree with something someone says on Reddit, or some opinion Bryan Alvarez has, go take it up with them. If you can't or aren't interested, what do you think the odds are we are, especially if you yourself think it's an awful and dumb opinion they have? It's like putting your finger in something stinky and going "Hey guys, smell this, isn't it gross?" Nobody wants to smell your gross finger! Wash your hands, dude, and stop touching the stinky parts of the internet! Dang!
This is why I gave you the "Vince Challenge", wirehead. It wasn't because I thought you talked about Vince like every three posts. You didn't. Objectively, you didn't. It's because I wanted to sorta ween you off a specific kind of negative speculation you do, where you pointlessly handwring about shit you can't possibly know or do anything about for no specifically good reason, based on information you obtain from dirtsheets and your own conception of what dudes like Vince and Trips are like, and it brings the thread down.
To be clear, you're not the only person who does this, which is why this post is public and not a PM. There are other people who do this, to varying degree. And I'm sure there are some people who disagree with some or all of the things I've said here, and that's fine. It's an opinion and advice, it's not WRESTLELAW, and people are free to tell me to blow it out my ugly ass.
But maybe food for thought? Like maybe give up dirtsheets for lent or something, see if it makes you happier.
i'll be there
come fight me you fancy footed asshole!!!!
He can have a good match with those people, but I don't want a good AJ match I want to see the great matches he can have.
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Dude's not gonna die at Wrestlemania 33. There's years of great AJ matches coming.
It's fine. AJ v Shane is fine.
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Well Orton winning being good is mostly due to him wrestling Bray and maybe also Harper at Mania.
If it were anyone else other than them or Styles it'd probably be a lot worse.
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Isn't he a pretty big guy though
Besides I don't have an issue with him
Look I just want to make you feel better alright?
Also anyone who has ever met me can attest that I am v big and v strong.
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This is exactly the problem, man. It's fine to have your own fantasy booking. Hell, it's great. It's something we all do. The issue is when you feel like your fantasy booking is the way a thing HAS to be or it's going to suck.
What Sucks is so many people will hate it if it plays out how they expect OR if it doesn't. And I'm not blaming each individual, they're sort of not in control of how they react. But they can avoid the spoilers and thus the expectations
Well I just think Styles beating Cena again will give him a good boost.
finally a main event wrestlemania deserves
listen
being longwinded is my gimmick and it has been for over ten years of posting on this forum
Why would AJ need a boost? He was WWE Champion in his first year in the company. The live crowds adore him and the Internet smarks venerate him. AJ gon' be ok, son.
It would mean one more great AJ vs Cena match.
god i'm just booked everywhere lately
Or all three.
my default assumption is if I haven't heard about a wrestler in over 10 years, they're actually dead, given that the average life expectancy of a professional wrestler is 40
we'll be fighting over who gets to be called aj
and be in harlem heat
Where will Clarence Mason be
david otunga will play the role of the wrestlelawyer in this rehash
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yo lemme once again talk about how seeing glacier live at king of trios 2009 is still the best wrestling experience of my life
and i went to a wcw spring breakout!!!
It was a great moment live.