Mitsuharu Misawa memorial wrestling topic (1962-2009)

I love that there are people out there who defend this by going "oh, this angle just started, how can you knock something that hasn't even happened yet?".

Perhaps because it's an angle where Donald Trump bought Raw. If you can't see the problem with that, I can't help you.

Ultimately, this will end one of two ways: A) abruptly and awkwardly, much like many of the other big McMahon ideas recently or B) with, once again, Vince having a big old ego wank right all over the faces of the WWE Universe.

Once again, thank god for Smackdown.
 
Is Donald Trump relevant?

Does he still have a tv show?

I can't get over the suspicion that this is another WWE grabs celebrities after their star has faltered attempt. Maybe they can bring in K-Fed again while they're at it.
 
Well at least HHH made some kid's night...

From wrestlezone:

After raw went off the air Triple H posed and through out his elbow pads to the crowd. When he through the second elbow pad into the seated section, a kid around 5 or 6 years old got knocked down in the scuffle to grab his stinky elbow pad. Triple H saw this, went over the barrier grabbed the crying kid and brought him into the ring to do some poses with him, and the crowd loved it. Triple H took time to high five all the lower level people. He then stole Jim Ross's hat and paraded around before, doing the triple H pose with all the announce teams on the stage before Lillian thanked Charlotte and told us goodnight. Triple H seemed to be a very classy guy, as well as Cena as he took time to speak and high five fans after the fatal fourway match and the battle royal.
 
yea.. trump was a major dissapointment.. i was hoping it would of been something crazy as well like turner or even bringing bishoff back
 
[quote name='Scorch']let's make the product more kid friendly, then show a midget (which could represent a young child) begging for mercy while a guy holds up a gun (a t-shirt, cannon, but still).. good idea guys[/QUOTE]I just found it amusing that King felt the need to point out that it wasn't a "real gun," haha
 
So I'm watching Beyond The Mat. Why the fuck did Mick invite his wife and kids to see him get a ton of chair shots from the Rock whilst having his hands handcuffed behind his back? The funny part is that the Rock was just talking to his wife and kids and in this scene he keeps hitting Mankind with the chair to the head while his wife and kids are in the audience crying.
 
I just can't stop watching though

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[quote name='HovaEscobar']So I'm watching Beyond The Mat. Why the fuck did Mick invite his wife and kids to see him get a ton of chair shots from the Rock whilst having his hands handcuffed behind his back? The funny part is that the Rock was just talking to his wife and kids and in this scene he keeps hitting Mankind with the chair to the head while his wife and kids are in the audience crying.[/QUOTE]

If I remember right, from Foley Is Good, it was suppose to be a work but Rock hit him more times than he agreed on.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']If I remember right, from Foley Is Good, it was suppose to be a work but Rock hit him more times than he agreed on.[/QUOTE]

Correct. They agreed that Rock would hit Foley about 5 times, and it turned into 11. Not only that but Rock was aiming for his head for most of them.
 
Since this thread blew up so quickly it made me curious and I did a Google search on "Mitsuharu Misawa". We're on the 3rd page. Surprising considering the amount of coverage the story is getting.
 
[quote name='cdubb1605']no posts during what was a fairly good ECW[/QUOTE]


I got back from the show an hour ago. I'll post pics of ECW/Smackdown/Superstar later with spoiler tags. Unfortunately, I only had one set of good AA batteries due to the fact the package I brought with me was defective. I was still able to get a few decent shots though.

As for now, I'm going to bed.
 
Same problem I had at the Smackdown show in Pittsburgh. No damn batteries.


You'd think that they would sell them at the merch booth, or something.
 
That uranage that DH Smith did to Christian looked brutal, either he caught too much of the apron or too little. Not sure if he was supposed to go straight to the floor or not.
 
Doesn't really look out of the ordinary.

Knowing the result, though, you can't shake that macabre feeling looking at them.

EDIT: And the headline reads "Saito's backdrop that became the finish." Yikes.
 
That's what I was thinking. It really doesn't look that bad. Gives me chills looking at it, though, knowing how it turned out. That just goes to show that a move that looks fairly ordinary, albeit a bit stiff, can end someones life while something that looks vicious does nothing at all.
 
I was reading somewhere that he didn't die of a heart attack, but as a result of spinal damage. Apparently the back drop triggered preexisting injuries and it killed him. I can't remember where I read that but I'll try to find the link.
 
I was flipping channels yesterday when I saw some dude on The Price is Right getting up on stage wearing a spinner WWE champ belt around his waist. He went on to win the showcase showdown, at which time he took off the belt & held it in the air like he had just won the championship. I couldn't help but shake my head at the way this guy was acting on stage throughout the show. probably one of those ppl who believe wrestling is "real".
 
[quote name='darkdaze73']probably one of those ppl who believe wrestling is "real".[/QUOTE]

unfortunately, it seems like the number of people who believe it's real is rapidly increasing. I had a customer that wouldn't shut up about how Cena would dominate everyone in UFC and UFC should have tag team matches. ugh.
 
[quote name='darkdaze73']I was flipping channels yesterday when I saw some dude on The Price is Right getting up on stage wearing a spinner WWE champ belt around his waist. He went on to win the showcase showdown, at which time he took off the belt & held it in the air like he had just won the championship. I couldn't help but shake my head at the way this guy was acting on stage throughout the show. probably one of those ppl who believe wrestling is "real".[/QUOTE]

I saw that, too. I thought it was pretty funny, until I saw that he didn't pass on the Showcase.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lQUkyvigo
 
[quote name='Scorch']unfortunately, it seems like the number of people who believe it's real is rapidly increasing. I had a customer that wouldn't shut up about how Cena would dominate everyone in UFC and UFC should have tag team matches. ugh.[/QUOTE]

That HAD to be a kid.
 
Beef, that video is hilarious and that actually happened which makes that even more funny and sad because no 31 year old man should be walking around like that.
 
[quote name='Mr. Beef']I saw that, too. I thought it was pretty funny, until I saw that he didn't pass on the Showcase.[/QUOTE]

yeah, I couldn't believe he didn't pass on it either. He must of wanted that vacation but he looked pretty happy on that swing set. :lol:
 
Maybe he thought that UFC is fake. I mean, the people clearly aren't getting slammed through tables and hit with chairs. It has to be fake.
 
Benoit's making it onto the Smackdown DVD set.

The 3(?) disc set is the top 100 SD moments in its history. The TLC III match is included.

Woah. Didn't see if he was anywhere else on the disc or not. The tag-team era of SD (2001-ish) was the last time I really, really enjoyed WWE wrestling.
 
What I find just as surprising is the amount of Angle on the set. Perhaps a sign of goodwill?

Until we firm up what each 'segment' is going to be (full matches, packages, etc) it's tough to be real excited about this, but I'm still hesitantly looking forward to it.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Benoit's making it onto the Smackdown DVD set.

The 3(?) disc set is the top 100 SD moments in its history. The TLC III match is included.

Woah. Didn't see if he was anywhere else on the disc or not. The tag-team era of SD (2001-ish) was the last time I really, really enjoyed WWE wrestling.[/QUOTE]

You didn't like the tagging on SD when it was Eddie/Chavo, Angle/Benoit, Rey/Edge, etc? I think that was 2004. They put on some great matches. That's probably the last time tag matches in WWE were good.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Was that really 2004?

That was what I was referring to.

This entire decade has been so fucking homogenous on the whole.[/QUOTE]

I think it was 03 or 04, because Brock was already on top. I think that's when Heyman was running Smackdown. The only tagging I remember from 01 is the ridiculous Alliance stuff and then the Y2J/Benoit, HHH/Stone Cold, and then the Hardy/Dudley/E & C matches.
 
Oh, the Alliance.

That angle shit the bed that was already shitty.

Come to think of it, Jericho wasn't a part of the SD tag-team era, so you're right. 2003-2004 it is.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Oh, the Alliance.

That angle shit the bed that was already shitty.

Come to think of it, Jericho wasn't a part of the SD tag-team era, so you're right. 2003-2004 it is.[/QUOTE]

The Invasion angle. What could have been. So much possibilities for awesomeness. I did love Stone Cold during that time. I know everyone hated him, but I liked his character.
 
His character was fine, but since the angle was "WWF versus WCW/ECW, and by WCW/ECW, we mean Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Kurt Angle," it was just shit.

So much ruined potential. Like going to see Led Zeppelin play a 4-hour concert where they just play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" over and over again. Thoughtless, soulless, uncreative, and not at all what people wanted or expected. The Invasion angle is, hands fuckin down, the greatest blunder in all of professional wrestling.
 
[quote name='Blackout']I think it was 03 or 04, because Brock was already on top. I think that's when Heyman was running Smackdown. The only tagging I remember from 01 is the ridiculous Alliance stuff and then the Y2J/Benoit, HHH/Stone Cold, and then the Hardy/Dudley/E & C matches.[/QUOTE]Actually I think it was more like 2002. Lots of great "Smackdown Six" matches in late 2002, and they ended up creating the Smackdown tag belts around those matches. If you're using Brock as a frame of reference, he already won the belt as a heel at SummerSlam '02, then lost it at Survivor Series '02 and sort of started his face turn (he got the big Rumble push, eventually culminating in his epic botch at WM19... then a year later he was gone!).
 
[quote name='mykevermin']He debuted the day after WMX8, right? So he really did only last two years.

Not counting OVW.[/QUOTE]Yeah I remember the initial Brock hype being right around the time of the first draft. And I believe the WWF->WWE change occured right around that time too. Then Stone Cold walked out and Hulk Hogan had a title reign... damn, 2002 was weird!
 
JR's blog regarding Misawa's death is absolute horse shit. I can't help but think he comes off like he's trying to place blame somewhere that it doesn't belong instead of calling it a freak accident like everyone else is.

Shocking to hear how Misawa actually died in the ring which was eerily similar to the injury sustained by the late Christopher Reeve. Japanese medicine is unique to say the least and obviously utilizing Japanese medical treatment and Misawa delaying having his injured neck surgically repaired proved to apparently be his downfall. Damn shame. It is amazing that Japanese medicine is apparently far behind Japanese technology.
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Sounds more like a racist and/or ethnocentric hee-haw than anything else.

"I don't know what kinda heebie-jeebie medicine them slant-eyes use over thar, but bah gum it ain't as good as good ol' US surgery. Speaking of which, Batista is making his biweekly meeting with Dr. James Andrews this week. Helluva talent, and tougher than a $2 Government Mule."
 
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