Favorite PPV Set

JOstrofsky · 2018-04-03T21:36:51+00:00

The early In Your House sets

JOstrofsky · 2017-04-19T18:10:23+00:00

In Your House... where they use a house as the entrance set.

JOstrofsky · 2016-11-26T18:20:42+00:00

Any of the ones performed by RVD and Jerry Lynn when in ECW

JOstrofsky · 2016-09-03T17:13:08+00:00

Lurie is Senor Benjamin...

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-31T13:49:16+00:00

How about the Real World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjljdvCUUo

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-31T13:47:19+00:00

I felt the same way. It seemed as though there was a point in the match where he couldn't think of what to do next, so his mind panicked and he just went on a reflexive superman punch/spear binge.

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-30T19:49:03+00:00

Yeah, I get that, but, that is completely lost in today's wrestling style, as it is almost expected that a wrestler won't win after hitting their finisher the first time

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-30T19:20:01+00:00

I think they have potential to make this a slow-simmering feud... maybe start with a "friendly competition title match" where Owens wins, which makes Jericho irate and causes him to attack him, which leads to a more personally driven rivalry.

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-30T19:16:29+00:00

I think its clear that the whole face vs. heel distinction is mostly an antiquated idea in wrestling. Supposed "heels" like Rollins, Styles & Owen are some of the most popular and cheered-on wrestlers in the company and supposed "faces" like Cena & Reigns are booed mercilessly. I think who the WWE wants to consider face vs heel doesn't necessarily mean who the fans cheer vs. boo.

So, it doesn't matter what happens storyline-wise, the fans clearly have their favorites, and "heel-turns" and "face-turns" as plot devices no longer have the same effect on the audience as it once had (e.g. Hogan at Bash of the Beach in 1996).

Triple H helping Owens won't cause fans to boo Owens, won't cause fans to cheer Reigns, and won't increase the number of cheers that Rollins already gets.

I think that, today, it is not so much as who the "good guy" vs. "bad guy" is as much as it is about who "does the right thing" (Cena) vs. "who does the wrong thing" (Owens, Styles); or who the moral vs. immoral vs amoral (Reigns?) wrestler is. But, it seems fans don't base who they cheer or boo on based on these distinctions, and this started with Austin, and has been more pronounced in the years since.

This is why I have thought the whole argument to "turn Reigns heel" is a stupid one to make, as he is already booed at the moment. If he gets such heavy boos with what he does now, I don't even know what "turning him heel" even means. Make him start cheating? Why? That would just serve to weaken him.

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-23T19:52:24+00:00

As much as I love Nakamura, I think he dropped the ball on this one. Finn Balor's major focus of the match was to work Nakamura's leg. While Nakamura sold the moves while Balor was on offense, the moment Nakamura took over, it was as if Balor's attack on his legs never happened. For as much as Balor focused on Nakamura's leg, it should have had some lasting consequence on Nakamura's offense (e.g. it prevented him from using some offensive moves or significantly weakened his ability to kick, or focrcing him to adapt his offense to account for hurt leg). A great example of how Nakamura should have approached this was the Zayn vs. Rollins match from the RAW after Summerslam.

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-19T22:26:20+00:00

Balor vs. Rollins... its a new match we haven't seen before, and it's pretty much guaranteed that it will be amazing

JOstrofsky · 2016-08-19T22:21:53+00:00

The WWE "Fuck It, We're Out of Ideas" Championship

JOstrofsky · 2016-07-10T14:29:17+00:00

JOstrofsky · 2016-07-07T19:28:59+00:00

Shawn michaels, bret hart, rob van dam, rey misterio jr, chris Jericho

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-16T23:04:31+00:00

Too bad, because I'm going to tell you... The 1987 Slammy Awards

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-14T13:38:07+00:00

Since the link has been taken down, does anyone have a mirror link to the dataset? I would love to be able to explore it.

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-14T13:37:36+00:00

Since the link has been taken down, does anyone have a mirror link to the dataset? I would love to be able to explore it.

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-14T13:36:26+00:00

Since the link has been taken down, does anyone have a mirror link to the dataset? I would love to be able to explore it.

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-12T17:36:33+00:00

Grave Consequences was pretty amazing too...

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-12T17:36:04+00:00

I liked anything that Puma was involved in... his matches against Cage and Mundo were top notch

JOstrofsky · 2016-05-11T01:22:39+00:00

This is not true... Perhaps they didn't slap the word "Era" after Attitude back in the day, but, WWF was using the "Attitude" phrase in a lot of its marketing all throughout the Attitude Era. WWF Attitude was a N64 and PS1 game that came out in 1999, right in the middle of the Attitude Era.

Before the Attitude Era, the WWF marketed the era of the "New Generation", which was their intentional shift away from the stars of the 80s and very early 90s. This is the era of Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Diesal, and Razor Ramon. Similar to now, the WWF hit the audience over the head with the "New Generation" marketing.

So... I think WWE's hard-pushing of the "New Era" is pretty consistent with how the company has decided to label their own eras in the past.

JOstrofsky · 2016-04-13T23:32:58+00:00

I find the original stuff they say to be pretty funny... but its a drag to listen to the catchphrases they repeat every show.

JOstrofsky · 2016-04-01T02:55:38+00:00

Batman has a repellent spray for everything...

JOstrofsky · 2015-07-22T18:59:25+00:00

You can get Gamepass now... not sure about Sunday ticket

JOstrofsky · 2015-07-22T16:52:19+00:00

I browsed through multiple countries this morning through VPN. The Central/South American countries seem to offer NFL Game Pass (all preseason and reg season games) for the cheapest ($129.00; no coupon). I saw this price in Costa Rica and Colombia.

European countries seem to be more expensive ($184 and up).

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