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Rteacher
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cj1976
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| That would have been incredible if it wasn't fake. |
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Rteacher
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:55 am Post subject: |
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| Well, the timing of the punch looked very good, and it probably connected. Jericho is the type who'd take a real punch to sell a performance, and Rourke was crazy enough to really cut himself with a sharp blade to make his role in The Wrestler more convincing.. |
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crosbystillsstash
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| People over 12 years of age watch that shit? |
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Rteacher
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Well, there's plenty of sexy women, drugs, and violence involved - what's not to like?
I appreciate it on the level of low camp and extreme slapstick comedy.
I think pro wrestling was the first TV show I ever watched as a kid - less than five years old - so it also has nostalgic value for me.
Sometimes described as "soap opera for men", it's a sleazy, exploitative business for the most part, but it serves a purpose as escapist entertainment for those who like in-ring action mixed with over-the-top story-lines and buffoonery.
Aside from that, bad habits are hard to break, and there's a sucker born every minute...
It is what it is ... http://www.wwe.com/
Perhaps I'd better edit in the definition of "camp" for the educationally challenged ...
camp2 [kamp]
�noun
1. something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
2. a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, esp. for the amusement of others
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, RTeacher, without MM2 around to nitpick at all your posts you're really slipping. |
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crosbystillsstash
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
I think pro wrestling was the first TV show I ever watched as a kid - less than five years old
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Which trailer park was that in? That's about as sad as still watching it as a grown up. |
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Rteacher
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What's even sadder is using "stash" as part of your avatar name ... 
"Underwaterbob" would do well to start - and star - in his own underwater wrestling promotion.
Arguably, some pro wrestling veterans (eg: Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, "Undertaker", Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat) are great action-performance artists.
And Santino Marella combines wrestling with fine comedic and dancing skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O--rHsBgHA
And he has a lovely twin sister ...
http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/wrestlemania/2009/april1-7/9787992 |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| "Underwaterbob" would do well to start - and star - in his own underwater wrestling promotion. |
I did join a wrestling league a good friend of mine helped start in University. His passion for the "sport" was indescribably contagious. He taught us all the basics: front sells, back sells and a bunch of moves. Being a wrestler, fake or not, is damned hard work.
We only ever had one show. We didn't expect anyone to show up, instead we ended up filling the auxiliary gymnasium. We put on a hell of a good show. It helped that a large portion of our audience showed up drunk. The last match ended in my friend (a very small guy) being power-bombed through a table (which we had weakened).
Our next practice one of the two guys who started the whole thing broke his leg. We voluntarily pulled the plug on the whole thing before the university did it for us. |
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Rteacher
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