The Macho Man Randy Savage Wrestling Memorial Thread

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Juicio Final is over. Full results here. The match people probably care about is La Máscara vs Averno:
Averno had the first fall but ultimately lost. He's been unmasked and as 34 year-old Renato Ruiz Cortez and has been wrestling for 16 years. RadioCMLL has the end of the match here but it's just the fall and not the unmasking.

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Official pic from CMLL here. Their site is getting hammered; link posted by @serchmh on Twitter.
 
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Catching up on Cabana's podcast...I tweeted him a couple of weeks ago that he should use this as the song of the week. He used it for the Kendrick episode. I think I've posted this here before, but you need to see it if you haven't:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-i-H-Vbew

Some choice comments:

Kerry's got hair like a girl named Sally
I just saw him buyin' crack from a guy in the alley
Goin to rasslin
The iron claw is a poor attempt at violence
Not like Chris Adams, who headbutts pilots
Goin to rasslin
Kevin Von Erich's matches made fans hold their breath
And good old Fritz exploited his death
Goin to rasslin
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His bloodline got him pushed by Fritz,
but Mike's ring work was the drizzly shits
I'm goin' to rasslin. Goin' to rasslin!
Well, he couldn't work and he couldn't talk,
but he got REAL bad after the toxic shock
I'm goin to rasslin. Goin to rasslin!
World Class might be in business stiil,
If he hadn't ate all those Placidyl
I'm goin' to rasslin. Goin' to rasslin!
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Old Fritz sure could exploit a death
Kamala can't run 30 feet without runnin' out of breath
That's why he's RASSLIN! I'm goin' to RASSLIN!
Electrocution, drugs, an' suicide
The random ways Von Erichs have died
That's crazy RASSLIN! Three cheers for RASSLIN!
Kerry won the Rumble in '92
Only one foot hit the ground instead of two
What that called RASSLIN! Gotta have some RASSLIN!
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I get a charge out of watching high-flying Chris von Erich
I call him "Dead Kid #3" in my mental numeric
I'm goin' to RASSLIN'
I'm goin' to RASSLIN'
One Man Gang's morbidly obese, but he is mighty quick
Can't wait till he turns African with special help from Slick
I sure like RASSLIN'
Who writes this RASSLIN'
The Nature Boy Ric Flair, he sure loves whipping out his cock
Every stewardess knows his pubes are dark brown... man, what a crock!
But I still like RASSLIN'
Gotta have that RASSLIN'
Someday Andre the Giant won't be able to stand without a brace
His body will break down and take a shit in Bad News' face
But that's just RASSLIN'
Some stinky RASSLIN'
Texas' own Kerry von Erich always makes me scream and jump
Especially when he's high on pills and shows his mangled stump
Don't you love RASSLIN'
Three cheers for RASSLIN'
If you recall, Fritz was a Nazi just after the war
He shot and burned a village of Jews, so join me... "HE'S HARD-CORE!"
I loves that RASSLIN'
Gonna fuck some RASSLIN'
Last night I dreamed I passed away, and made my last farewell
Then Jesus said it's time for rasslin'! St. Peter, ring the bell.
But when I saw the inbred fans, I knew I was in Hell
But that's just RASSLIN'
R-O-L-A-I-D-S, RASSLIN'
In the Cotton Bowl, rock over London, rock on Chicago, Budweiser is the King of Beers.
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[quote name='Shoulda Been Harvey']Juicio Final is over. Full results here. The match people probably care about is La Máscara vs Averno:
Averno had the first fall but ultimately lost. He's been unmasked and as 34 year-old Renato Ruiz Cortez and has been wrestling for 16 years. RadioCMLL has the end of the match here but it's just the fall and not the unmasking.

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Official pic from CMLL here. Their site is getting hammered; link posted by @serchmh on Twitter.
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Hope that match ends up showing on galavison or youtube at some point. I guess this means he's officially wwe bound? Averno is one of my favorite luchadors at the moment,so while it sucks that he had to lose the mask and break up the awesome team he had with mephisto, it's gonna be cool to see him in a wwe ring. Just hope they can find something for him after his inevitable feud with sin cara ends(they wont).
 
[quote name='motorkill']Hope that match ends up showing on galavison or youtube at some point. I guess this means he's officially wwe bound? Averno is one of my favorite luchadors at the moment,so while it sucks that he had to lose the mask and break up the awesome team he had with mephisto, it's gonna be cool to see him in a wwe ring. Just hope they can find something for him after his inevitable feud with sin cara ends(they wont).[/QUOTE]
Hopefully it'll be up on YouTube or Dailymotion; I think CMLL said before the PPV the match won't be shown on TV for 6 months/until the end of the year shows. Unfortunately chances are you're right; if he does go to WWE they'll wind up misusing him and won't have a long term plan for him.
 
Triplemania is over. Results are here.

So my prediction was right; Jeff Jarrett got the cheap win and won the belt off El Zoro! From reports El Zoro looks to be pretty beat and might be out of it for some time.

L.A. Park came through with the win to stay masked and gets to shave that bastard bald! Can't wait to see these on YouTube/somewhere. Perros del Mal won the Trios, glad to hear it, and the tag match sounds like it might have been good too.

6/19 Addition:
Official post-match photo of El Mesías is here.
 
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[quote name='Scorch']Hahahaha wow, not one post regarding the PPV. Pretty predictable/boring?[/QUOTE]

They were in chat. I joined at the end to listen to AW fuck JOHN CENA, so I figure.. yes.
 
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I ended up going to the PPV live, after a friend and I split the cost of a $25 ebay auction for two tickets. It was up high in the 400 sections, but it really wasn't that bad, and at $12.50 a piece, not really a big deal. Did they say what happened with Kofi exactly? At our viewpoint it just sort of ended abruptly, no "arm fall" test, bell, or anything. We also were stuck in the "little jimmy section," but did have a few sections to the side of us cheering for R-Truth and countering "Cena Sucks" chants so that was always fun.

Oh, btw, dark match was Santino/Koslov vs Slater/Gabriel, with Santino/Koslov winning.
 
Horrible and boring PPV. Cena wins, Orton wins, Barrett loses the IC belt to a less talented Ahmed Johnson, Kofi loses ANOTHER secondary title, and Miz loses to his Virgil two and a half months after winning the main event at Wrestlemania. Sheesh. The only good thing was Punk getting his first PPV victory in forever (I seriously think it's been over a year).
 
Chat was fun, probably the only interesting part of the PPV aside from Punk's win. Blah, what a predictable and boring matches. How many times has the US title changed hands in the last 2 months now? I understand its a lesser title but at this rate we're gonna see everyone holding the title in the span of a year, except Zack Ryder of course though. At least there was an ongoing feud involved in the IC title match...
 
[quote name='Shoulda Been Harvey']Triplemania is over. Results are here.

So my prediction was right; Jeff Jarrett got the cheap win and won the belt off El Zoro! From reports El Zoro looks to be pretty beat and might be out of it for some time.

L.A. Park came through with the win to stay masked and gets to shave that bastard bald! Can't wait to see these on YouTube/somewhere. Perros del Mal won the Trios, glad to hear it, and the tag match sounds like it might have been good too.

6/19 Addition:
Official post-match photo of El Mesías is here.
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Sound's like the typical AAA cluster fuck ppv. Looking forward to seeing it.
 
Loved the set and red, white, and blue ropes. Dolph-Kofi was good but had some really, really, really awkward stuff in it - even for a Kofi match. Beyond the terrible-looking finish setup, there was also a really weird section where Kofi pushed Dolph off, flailed after him, and then got hit with something resembling a hot shot. These guys can't have a bad match, but they've certainly had better ones on TV. Loved Dolph kicking off the rope to further lock in the sleeper. I was slightly annoyed by this being portrayed as a step up AFTER HE WAS A WORLD CHAMPION, which they sort of brought up. Miz-Riley was a lot better than I expected. It was far better than Miz's Cena matches and definitely the best Riley match I've ever seen. I loved Miz doing the old Mr. Perfect crotch landing into the ringpost, but he didn't come anywhere near the post itself, which hurt it. Miz taking the lead on offense really showed just how limited his moveset is, but it sort of worked because he did some jaw-jacking between the moves. Loved Riley's intensity, but he still seemed sloppy at times. Loved the jumping Yakuza kick while Miz was draped in the ropes. They did a great job of not exposing Riley's weaknesses and actually gave him a few moves to get a pop with - the spinebuster, the Yakuza kick, and the impaler DDT. They've done everything right with this push, and since Cole brought up him not ever winning a title, I think they should have him team with...someone and win the tag titles tomorrow. Or win the U.S. Title.

Alberto's new logo on his tights reminds me of Beer Money's. The World's Strongest Slam through the table was something new...sorta. Sure would've been more effective if Zeke hadn't done a delayed slam to Show week after week, or thrown him through the table mere months ago. There wasn't really a lot to the Alberto-Show match itself, but they did at least try to get over a kneebar for Alberto ala the armbar here, minus actually having Show tap to it. I was glad to see Wade get a lot of pre-match promo time, and the match itself was probably Wade's best match since moving to SD, easily Zeke's best one since the final ECW match ever where he beat Christian for the ECW Title. They built it around both guys looking dominant doing stuff they could both do easily and have look good. I can't believe they had Zeke kick out of Wasteland - they've actually done a good job protecting that over the past year and while Wade lost the title, I'm glad he did because now he can get back into the world title picture after really being held back by having the IC Champion label stunt his growth. Booker comparing Wade w/ the Corre to LINUS was something else. Booker isn't exactly a good commentator in some ways, but he's damned amusing to listen to. And I think you can have a guy like that on a 3-man crew. Loved the WE WANT RYDER! WOO WOO WOO! chant. For the first time in a long while, they actually put a secondary title win over as a huge deal by doing a post-match interview.

Rey-Punk ruled. I'm used to these guys having great matches, but this one, despite very little being done to actually build it up on TV, seemed like a bigger deal than their TV matches due to the pre-match promo by Punk AND Rey snarling in disgust at the mere sight of Punk. THAT ruled. Loved the non-stop fast action here and the 619>GTS finish. I'm glad to see Punk's winning ways continue, and hope it's a sign that he's staying in WWE for a while. It was kind of odd to have earlier matches have promos beforehand, but not the world title match. Also odd to have the champion enter first. This wound up being a far better match that I thought it would be due to Orton's concussion and I loved the missed RKO>Spear false finish. They're really booking Christian as Orton's equal in more ways than I expected, even if he's losing all the matches. Liked having the RKO wind up winning the match and of course, Christian's foot being under the rope will lead to him complaining and getting a rematch, although I think the next time, they need to have a triple threat just to freshen things up somewhat.

Bourne-Swagger was a very pleasant surprise. Not sure why they didn't even MENTION it was going to happen tonight at any point during the show, but putting them in the usual women's match death slot worked because the crowd at least popped for the SSP...even if it wasn't hit and wound up leading to the actual finishing sequence. I'm not sure what's going on with Swagger, but I'm glad to see not only Bourne win a match, but win one on PPV as well. The fake Obama stuff went on and on and on, loved the fat bastard bit about J.R. and his earlier bit with Santino, but...yeah this wasn't good. Then, after some AWESOME video packages, including a great show-opening one, Truth-Cena...had a bad match. This wasn't a massive shock since their TV match was bad as well, but hell, if Zeke can have a good match, then you'd think that Truth and Cena could pull one out and they couldn't. This was slightly better than Alberto-Show, which at least had a highlight reel-worthy moment. This didn't, but the super-sweet Cena ending will be replayed to death. The sugar-coated show-closing bit with the kid really didn't fit the pre-match build up actually being somewhat serious, even if it involved water and a little Jimmy.

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Rey is NOT AMUSED!






Quotes -
Truth - ALL YOU LITTLE JIMMIES ARE SWIMMING IN A SEA OF RED!
Cole - IT’S APPROPRIATE THAT WE KICK OFF CAPITOL PUNISHMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE!
Cole - Dolph, a former World champion under questionable circumstances earlier this year.
Cole - Dolph was a two-time national champion WRESTLER and had 82 PINS during his university career and he’s hoping for a big pin here tonight to win the U.S. title.
Booker - What I love about Dolph is that he got rid of that MULLET!
Cole - SOS!
Booker - COUNT TO A HUNDRED BABY!
Cole - TWO COUND!
Booker - WHAT DA HELL!?
Booker - Kofi came here with his game tight TO-NIGHT!
Sign - PG=FAIL!
Booker - Kofi musta took his ginseng and royal jelly tonight man cuz he got lots and lotsa energy dawg!
Booker - KOFI HAD A SNEAK MOVE RIGHT THERE, KING!
Cole - Sneak move!? Looks like he fell over.
Booker - SNEAK MOVE!
Cole - You’ve never been hanging out in hotel rooms with Miz and Riley - you don’t know what went on in this relationship!
Cole - SPINEBUSTER! COME ON MIZ!
(after a draping Yakuza kick to Miz)Cole - DID YOU HEAR THAT!?
King - YES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MIZ FELT IT!
Barrett - Isn’t this the country where an elected official had to resign because he tweeted pictures of himself in his underwear!? What about your education system? THAT’S STILL A JOKE, RIGHT!? And then there’s the small problem of your national debt. Give it 20 years and everyone in this building is going to be speaking Chinese. I WON’T BE!
Cole - Zeke goes for the torture rack early!
Booker - Must have a hot date tonight!
Booker - I think Wade losing the group is a good thing. They were like his security blanket, LIKE LINUS! RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT WALKING WITH THE BLANKET!
Crowd - WE WANT RYDER! WOO WOO WOO!
Sign - Hey Vince - bring back midget rasslin’
King - How does it feel to be the new IC Champion?
Zeke - King, it’s gotta be the greatest day of my life. THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS GREAT! Today, I declare my independence from Wade Barrett and what WAS the Corre. RIGHT HERE IN OUR NATION’S CAPITOL OF WASHINGTON DC! I’m gonna let everyone see that in my life, the most important thing is liberty and the personification of domination!
(to fake Obama) Santino - Would you like to see my cobra? No, not that cobra - it’s a wrestling maneuver! Beth loves it! Do this, then this…(secret service takes him down) IT’S A WRESTLING MANEUVER!
Cole - CM Punk’s father raised him the right way - HE RAISED HIM STRAIGHT EDGE!
Punk - HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, REY!
Fake Obama -I’m not the Raw GM - if I was, we’d be seeing a lot less Michael Cole and a lot more Jim Ross - I LOVE THAT FAT BASTARD!
 
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That's an even bigger difference than Chris Masters' before and after pictures from a few years back.

Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that guys that are both that big and that defined aren't that way naturally but it's still surprising how often people think they're legit.
 
My fiancee actually met Batista in... 2008ish and got a picture taken with him. I asked her if he was huge and she was pretty non-plussed about his size.

Oh god, what have I written?!
 
[quote name='neocisco']6'6", 290 my left buttock. The reporter who used those numbers is at least 2" taller than Bautista. Nice job on getting the facts straight.[/QUOTE]

There's no possible way he's 6'6". I've met him in person, and he's not much taller than me, and I'm only 5'9". That reporter not only looks taller than him, but he almost looks bigger than him in frame too. I know Rock lost some bulk when he got out of the business, but Dave's only been out barely over a year and he looks like he's smaller than The Miz now.
 
Punk did a couple of Twitter updates that were word-for-word identical (other than the date being changed) to a Livejournal post he made when he was leaving ROH before the Summer of Punk angle started (where he won the title as he was supposed to be leaving). He also flat-out said "Summer of Punk, let's go."

Of course, whether he posted that because they're doing that angle, or if he posted it to swerve the people who expect just that...who knows.

I'd assume Punk would win the title and then be MITB'd by one of the winners either immediately after the match, or the next night. But since it's Cena I wouldn't be shocked for Punk to just lose.

Original ROH-era post:

I knew I was gone at the beggining of the year.
I just woke up one day and knew. That's the way I work a lot of the time. I think it's creepy too, but it's really helpful. I honestly knew i'd be history by June.
Come say goodbye on Saturday, I promise to go out with a bang.
Trust me.
XxX
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Twitter posts:

I knew I was gone at the beginning of the year. I just woke up one day and I knew. That's the way I work a lot of the time. I think it's creepy too, but it's really helpful. I knew I'd be history by July. Come say goodbye on July 17th. I promise to go out with a bang. Trust me. XxX
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I'd be excited if it involved anyone but Cena, and any time that wasn't 2011. They protect Cena to a ridiculous degree as it is, but this run up to WM28 has already been above and beyond. I want to believe this will lead to a great program that involves a Punk winning swerve and him getting the belt until SummerSlam, but it's tough for me to envision a scenario where they make Cena look lesser in any capacity right now.

It's fun, isn't it, WWE in 2011? This is a match set for Chicago, where it's virtually guaranteed that they'll erupt for Punk and shit all over Cena, and I still have zero faith that it won't be a standard 'Cena overcomes the odds again' match. I mean, that's really the issue with this, isn't it? If Punk truly is leaving (which, obviously, is up for debate anyway) and Cena wins clean, that crowd will shit on him in a way that he's never been shit on before.

Hell, now that I think about it, I almost want that to happen.
 
WWE has to show me they're willing to change before I'm willing to get interested or invested in them again.

This storyline sounds promising, for sure. I'm just not interested in anything until they move away from hyper protection of their golden boys, Cena and Orton.

R-Truth got all of a 4-week program with Cena? Christian loses again and Orton gets comeuppance beyond that? So much for the "wait and see what they do with Christian" approach that bloated shill JR aimed at a few weeks ago.

Christian is worse off now (jobber, baby) than he was before he won the Big Gold Belt (kind of a nonfactor on WWE programming).
 
WWE.com says there was an error in voting which may have skewed the way the matches were made last night.

Monday’s “Power to the People” edition of Raw gave the WWE Universe the ability to choose what they wanted to see on their television screens. Unfortunately, technical difficulties created by an influx of heavy voting traffic resulted in not every one of the more-than 697,000 recorded votes to be properly counted.


As a part of this interactive event, WWE fans were given the option to text A, B or C to 46993 (GOWWE) in order to decide what they wanted to happen during Raw. Things went perfectly at first when text votes selected Kelly Kelly (option B) to take on Brie Bella for the Divas Championship. However, our vote tabulating provider’s system became overwhelmed, resulting in these votes to spill into later polls. This technical mishap soon led to Mason Ryan (also option B) being voted into a match against Evan Bourne — even though, as it was later discovered, Sin Cara had received 90 percent of the total votes in WWE.com's Live Chat poll, and should have been Bourne's opponent.


Stand by for more details to be reported by WWE.com throughout the day.
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Lol, knew something was up. No way people would have voted in Tista Jr over Sin Cara.
 
[quote name='diddy310']Someone needs to photoshop Punk's head onto the Game of Thrones "You Win or You Die" poster.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure someone can do better but here's an attempt:
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