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Randy "The Ram" Robinson (real name Robin Ramzinski) (Mickey Rourke) is a professional wrestler from the 1980s, twenty years past his prime, wrestling on the weekends for various independent wrestling promotions in the Elizabeth, New Jersey area, for extra money. After a show, a promoter proposes a 20th anniversary rematch with his most notable opponent, the Ayatollah (Ernest Miller), who is now working in a used car dealership in Arizona. Their first match together sold out Madison Square Garden, and Randy agrees, hoping this high-profile match could help him get back to the top.

The Wrestler was the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. For his part as The Ram, Mickey trained under former WWE wrestler Afa the Wild Samoan. Rourke has been nominated for best actor for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. He received his first Golden Globe for best actor for his role.

The Wrestler is set to be released nationwide on January 23rd.

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That was a surprising ending.... I figured if Vince was coming back he'd be back for more than one show. Wouldn't be surprised to see Orton get suspended for kicking Vince in the head if the rumors about him attacking a fan are true.
 
Interesting pick for the thread title. I think this marks the first time we've ever dedicated the wrestling thread to a fictional wrestler.

This leaves the door wide open for guys like Thunderlips, Bonesaw, and Jimmy King ;)
 
(copied from pwinsider)

"The Wrestler" will open in the following markets this weekend:
Friday, January 23rd
Anchorage
Asheville
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Buffalo
Champaign/Decatur/Springfield
Charlotte
Charlottesville
Colorado Springs
Corpus Christi
Dayton
Des Moines
Ft. Myers
Gainesville
Grand Rapids
Harrisburg, PA
Ithaca
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lansing
Lexington
Lousiville
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Norfolk/Newport News
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh/Durham
Reno
Richmond
San Antonio
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Spokane
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Tucson
Tulsa
 
[quote name='Genocidal']That was a surprising ending.... I figured if Vince was coming back he'd be back for more than one show. Wouldn't be surprised to see Orton get suspended for kicking Vince in the head if the rumors about him attacking a fan are true.[/QUOTE]Yeah, one can only assume that's all the Vince we'll be getting for the next few months. If he came back sooner it would just make Batista look like a bitch!

Personally I was hoping they'd do something way off the wall and have Vince do a Steven Hawking gimmick. Or like Christopher Pike in Star Trek... one light means yes, two lights means no, etc. Congratulations to all nerds who know what I'm talking about. But the segment we got was still fun, so yay!
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Makes me wonder if Randy is getting suspended for attacking that fan over the weekend.

Would seem par for the course when it comes to Randy Orton[/QUOTE]

Or almost anyone on the roster that isn't totally worthless. Yeah, Brian Christopher may get shitcanned after getting busted with weed at the border, but it's not like they were going to do anything with him. On the other hand, Jeff Hardy gets countless chances and winds up world champion. JBL salutes Hitler in Germany and is rewarded with an even bigger push...although the bitter wrestling fans who JBL had been referring to as fat nerds (or whatever) getting their revenge by getting him fired off that Fox News Show after it happened was hilarious.
 
Jericho was brought back and Orton "Orton death kick'd" (whatever they call it) Vince McMahon?

Sounds pretty good. When it was 10:56 and I realized that all that was left was for Vince to come out, I said "why am I waiting on this again?" and turned on Bioshock instead.

I don't feel like I missed anything that amazing. It's a positive sign that the show won't be "Monday Night McMahon" anytime soon, but 1 McMahon is already all over the show and that's too bloody much.
 
What was the purpose in firing Jericho then bring him back a week later?

That kick by Orton was awesome. The McMahons need to stay off TV period.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']Damn, that was one of the best Raw endings in a while.[/quote]

i forget her name right now but the chick on your avatar rules.. does great work :)
 
[quote name='guyver2077']i forget her name right now but the chick on your avatar rules.. does great work :)[/quote]

Gabriella Fox

She has a new dvd out today, cant wait to watch it. ;)
 
It's funny how much they've gone out of their way to mention ROSA MENDEZ by name every week. Not even ATTEMPTING to work people on this one, lol. Last night they even had Micheal Cole saying something like "conspicuous by her absence this week is ROSA MENDEZ, King!"

I assume they just made a conscious decision not to add any "shooty" overtones to this angle, because they've demonstrated in the past that they can sell a "security jumper" gimmick if they want to (Matt Hardy/Edge sparked a few great moments of internet chaos). I could see that being the case, since Santino's involvement doesn't really lend itself to a quasi-shoot storyline anyway.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I know JBL was on FOX occasionally, but he had a regular program? And he was fired due to rasslin' fans? Do tell.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, didn't mean it to sound like he had a full show, if that's what it reads like. He did have a regularly scheduled (weekly? twice weekly?) appearance as a financial analyst on one of the shows for quite a while. After the Nazi salute thing in Germany went down, a ton of people (ie smarky-smarks that hated him) called the station to complain - not like your average Wall Street Wizard is going to know what's going on with WWE house shows overseas, after all. As a result, they kicked him off the show and did a real official soundin' "We do not condone this behavior and it in no way reflects our station" etc etc etc. I wish I could find the quote from Bradshaw and Vince reacting to it but I haven't been able to track it down. It was actually kind of cool in a "Joey Styles punched him in the face, therefore the nerds he makes fun of win" way.

Regardless, he was hired for a different show eventually after it blew over. Nerds lose :(
 
The band that plays Orton's theme is scheduled to be on Raw next week, so if he's getting suspended for the fan hitting I guess they will have a storyline firing/suspension next week so they don't mess up the plan to promote the Voices/Vol.9 CD with the bands appearance
 
Did Orton really assault a fan? I don't see it reported on 1wrestling or Rajah.

That kick to Vince's head looked brutal. He may have botched that.
 
It was on Rajah at one point, but it was taken down, it's still on LoP, supposedly the fan said something that pissed him off, he exchanged words with the fan, threw his hat and shoved the guard rail into him
 
If you're a wrestler and you can't deal with a fan yelling at you, it's time to give up.

For a good time watch the 1996 King of the Ring. When Davey Boy Smith makes his entrance during the main event, a fan calls his wife a, quote, "c*nt" and Davey seriously freaked out, threatening to kick the shit out of the guy. Good times.
 
[quote name='bornrunnin31'](copied from pwinsider)

"The Wrestler" will open in the following markets this weekend:
Friday, January 23rd
Anchorage
Asheville
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Buffalo
Champaign/Decatur/Springfield
Charlotte
Charlottesville
Colorado Springs
Corpus Christi
Dayton
Des Moines
Ft. Myers
Gainesville
Grand Rapids
Harrisburg, PA
Ithaca
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lansing
Lexington
Lousiville
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Norfolk/Newport News
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh/Durham
Reno
Richmond
San Antonio
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Spokane
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Tucson
Tulsa
[/QUOTE]
obviously they're going to open mainly in the south...
 
See, if Jericho was worth a crap, when the fans were chanting "ON YOUR KNEES!" at him, he would have grabbed a mic and said "I think they're asking if that's how you serviced Randy Savage" to Steph.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']

This is where Bulldog spazzes out on a guy in the crowd? That ain't nothin.[/QUOTE]

Unless you account for the fact that after the show Davey wandered around the parking lot looking for the guy with his wife and Owen trying to talk him out of kicking the shit out of him.
 
Sounds like more internet gossip to me.

I heard BustaUppa gave a little old lady an enziguri. She no-sold it TNA style and hit him with the heart punch.
 
[quote name='JJSP']Sounds like more internet gossip to me.

I heard BustaUppa gave a little old lady an enziguri. She no-sold it TNA style and hit him with the heart punch.[/quote]

you got it all wrong... BustaUppa gave two old guys super kicks, they responded by sitting up Undertaker style then proceeded to put Busta through a table via the 3D
 
"Burchill accompanied by Katie Lea, the Scarlet Witch, I guess that makes Paul Burchill Quicksilver" - Matt Striker

Awesome
 
[quote name='JJSP']Sounds like more internet gossip to me.[/QUOTE]

No, according to Jim Cornette and Bret Hart, it's true.

Trust me, I can separate gossip from reality. It's simple. If it's written by Dave Meltzer, it's likely not true.
 
[quote name='diddy310']"Burchill accompanied by Katie Lea, the Scarlet Witch, I guess that makes Paul Burchill Quicksilver" - Matt Striker

Awesome[/QUOTE]

I'm afraid to admit this, but I don't get it. Comic book reference?

[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Unless you account for the fact that after the show Davey wandered around the parking lot looking for the guy with his wife and Owen trying to talk him out of kicking the shit out of him.[/QUOTE]

You know, I know too much about pro wrestling. I don't deny that. But you? Between this and the Juventud blowjob scenario, you follow way, way, way too much into shit that doesn't concern you.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm afraid to admit this, but I don't get it. Comic book reference?[/QUOTE]

Yes. X-Men. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are brother and sister. I don't know about the main Marvel Universe, but in the Ultimate Universe they're incestuous.
 
Oh...okay, I remember Quicksilver then. Read about him, even if I never really followed the X-Men comic. I'm not familiar w/ Scarlet Witch, though. Thanks.
 
So, I flipped to ECW and saw that fairly good Royal Rumble promo.

... yeah, so the number one spot in the Rumble has produced the same amount of winners (1), huh?

Not mentioning him ever again, fine. I'm oddly less ok with literally pretending he never existed.



Edit - Or, I guess they could just be extremely inconsistent: http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/facts/
 
[quote name='007']So, I flipped to ECW and saw that fairly good Royal Rumble promo.

... yeah, so the number one spot in the Rumble has produced the same amount of winners (1), huh?[/quote]

??? Did they misrepresent the facts, or was is a sort of video promo "awkward silence where we deny Chris Benoit existed"?

I'm sympathetic. There's really no way to handle it well.
 
[quote name='007']So, I flipped to ECW and saw that fairly good Royal Rumble promo.

... yeah, so the number one spot in the Rumble has produced the same amount of winners (1), huh?

Not mentioning him ever again, fine. I'm oddly less ok with literally pretending he never existed.



Edit - Or, I guess they could just be extremely inconsistent: http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/facts/[/quote]


false, they make note that no. 1 and no. 30 have both produced the same number of winners.... no 1 being hbk and benoit (only hbk shown) and no 30 being taker and cena
 
You know, I know too much about pro wrestling. I don't deny that. But you? Between this and the Juventud blowjob scenario, you follow way, way, way too much into shit that doesn't concern you.
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I have a long, long history with professional wrestling. And I kind of have a photographic memory of sorts (there really is no such thing, per say), so if I read something, I retain it.

Besides, the backstage stuff is often more fun then the real stuff.

Take Sid... kind of a nutjob in the ring, but outside the ring he kills his pet squirrel on a bet of how long he could keep it in his pants. No joke. That's why Sid is King of the Squirrels.

Shit is fun.
 
I will admit to having an unhealthy ability to date key points in my life by whatever wrestling event was going on around that time. Not to mention awkwardly incorporating WWF into any school papers/projects I could manage to rationalize. I'm practically a savant with any WWF TV that happened before I went to college!

[quote name='JJSP']Sounds like more internet gossip to me.

I heard BustaUppa gave a little old lady an enziguri. She no-sold it TNA style and hit him with the heart punch.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='cdubb1605']you got it all wrong... BustaUppa gave two old guys super kicks, they responded by sitting up Undertaker style then proceeded to put Busta through a table via the 3D[/QUOTE]Why must all Busta gossip end with me taking finishers :whistle2:(
 
So I spent $13 on 2 tix to see the wrestler, only to find out it's coming out this friday at my job & I could've seen it for free? To make matters worse, my GF didn't like the movie, and now I have to take her to Bride Wars as compensation / punishment to me.

Oh well, movie was pretty good, even if it was pretty light on story and gave a bit too much time to the matches themselves.
 
[quote name='BustaUppa']Why must all Busta gossip end with me taking finishers :whistle2:([/quote]
Don't you have the Codebreaker Skull Busta as your finisher? ;)
 
[quote name='Mr. Beef']Don't you have the Codebreaker Skull Busta as your finisher? ;)[/QUOTE]Damn straight sucka!!!
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and, to remain consistent with the theme...
...we'll end with Busta taking a finisher:
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OUCH! sick looking finisher there Busta
the one you took :p

Random Q; thinking about getting in to Pro Wrestling, was wondering how you managed to break into the biz?
 
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