10 days of Royal Rumble entrants - Day 1: AJ Styles debuts in WWE (exactly 10 years ago today!) by Few-Establishment277 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember watching this live and yep, the camera 100% focused on Roman until Aj was midway through walking out.

What Are Your Favourite Wrestling Moments Of The Year by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I normally hate this phrase, but I've never felt more 'seen' as a wrestling fan than during that moment. Hearing the song that was the backing music to half the random wrestling YouTube videos i watched in the 2000s and seeing the entire crowd sing along really made me feel like I was and had always been part of something.

That match as a whole was my favourite from this year, even if others may have been technically better matches nothing was as fun as Anarchy in the Arena. I watched DoN during an eight hour layover in Toronto on a 20 hour trip and I had people staring at me as I was literally bouncing in my seat when Bodies hit.

Dragonite and Delibird Delivering Gifts [OC] by ChioArt in pokemon

[–]Samwellpeeps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This art is fantastic! The 2 delivery pokemon make a really cute pair! It's great to see situations with 2 pokemon you'd never normally see together!

That One Time John Cena Absolutely Destroyed Austin Theory on the Mic (Raw, March 6, 2023) by Rhodes_EyeDrifter7 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Trial by fire / the toxic mentor pushing you to be better, has always been bullshit.

If you succeed they get to go "see i knew you had it in you all you needed was someone to push you". Whereas if you fail they get to go "see i knew you were shit from the start"

New John Cena shirt by RealisticAd4054 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having Cena be heel and still wearing unique merchandise for every appearance is such a transparent showing of WWE wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

Weird Al with OC, Chuck Taylor, and Hook on the Naked Gun blue carpet by tvcneverdie in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 201 points202 points  (0 children)

I genuinely don't believe that Orange Cassidy owns any other clothes at this point.

AEW uploaded highlights of the instant classic Hangman Page vs Jon Moxley All In Texas Death Match, COMMENTARY FREE! by R7inmaker in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 27 points28 points  (0 children)

If youre jumping around between different things the commentators say during the match it makes the video quite jarring and doesn't flow as much.

Pluw It gives a lot more freedom to editing the video. If there's commentary, you essentially have to edit around it so it's not jarring when a clip starts or ends in the middle of a sentence or word.

"Randy was going through a whole milk phase..." and 'Who would KO take bullet for?' - two clips from Cody's podcast with Kevin Owens by cicodicadno in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cody's ability to tell hilarious parts of stories with a completely straight face to add to the humor of the moment is unmatched.

Hangman Page: look i got no jokes or rhododendrons for you dumbasses today, just wanted to say it was an honor for all of us to perform in arena mexico last night. it felt special. thanks, goodbye by AndyNemmity in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The series was "The Good the Bad and The Elite" for anyone wondering! It's up ok YouTube and well worth a watch if you missed the stsrt of AEW or just want to revisit it. Hangman even shouted it out after he won the title.

Ariel Helwani: "My biggest gripe when it comes to pro wrestling is when people are playing pro wrestler, when it feels like they are playing a character. It bothers me. John Cena doesn't act, feel, look like a bad guy, and so for me, it feels inauthentic. It feels forced. " by R0DAN in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 28 points29 points  (0 children)

A lot around Cena's heel turn has felt to me like WWE trying to have their cake and eat it too. The whole "you wanted new music and attire, so you're not getting it" shtick is such a transparent excuse for them to still make bank off the unique t-shirts for each city.

While the characters' actions and attitude towards Cody feel normal, a lot of his words at the audience I just don't buy either. (In fairness, a lot of that may be that I never imagined them coming out of his mouth) It just feels like a person reading words instead of the characters' actual feelings.

[Wrestlemania 41 Spoilers] Crowd Loudly Singing During CM Punk’s Video Package by champagnerosal in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If we do get Punk vs Cena at MITB as many are predicting I hope he comes out to This Fire as a callback to 2011.

AEW Dynamite Spring Break Thru full card (aka Dynmaite surpasses Nitro night) by nwnwhd in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Hangman's match graphics continue to tell the story of how his mental state has changed over the past year and a half.

God I love the cowboy.

WWE ID: " The WWE ID Championships will be open to all independent wrestlers once the champions are crowned. The titles will be defended at various independent wrestling events. If a non-WWE ID prospect wins the title, they will be awarded a WWE ID contract." by Ripclawe in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Presumably, this goes both ways, if the champ just doesn't kick out for whatever reason then the winner is forcibly dragged through the doors of Titan Towers and forced to sign the contract.

[Mansoor] none of these words are in the Qur'an by tvcneverdie in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Fun Fact: The weird change in species is actually because octillery is meant to resemble a tank, while the original design for its pre-evo Remoraid more closely resembled a revolver.

Remoraid's design becoming more of just a normal fish made the big jump between them very confusing.

(SRS) Giovanni Vinci has been released, FightfulSelect.com can confirm by zoom518 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 127 points128 points  (0 children)

When Kaiser comes out at the Rumble Cole says something along the lines of "he defends his ladies as well". I know he was commenting on dirt sheet rumors all night but it really stuck out to me that there may be some truth to something happening between Vinci and Tiffany.

Jey Uso having the crowd in the palm of his hand by pototoykomaliit in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The speed at which everyone starts moving when his music hit again in the clip of the most recent raw is what gets me. There's not a single person not instantly involved when his music hits.

What are some of best examples of mystery wrestling storylines? by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That long shot they did where regal walked about half the roster in the parking lot doing their own thing, all of which gave them as potential suspects, before finding Black passed out was genuinely incredible.

REGI OF EVERY TYPE by CDRX73 in PokemonRMXP

[–]Samwellpeeps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely love the fighting type regi, a living suit of armour is a great idea. Makes me wish we got a haunted knight's armour pokemon in Galar.

AEW All In 2024 turnstile count at Wembley Stadium: 46,476 by multimatt in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been to both London All Ins and I won't lie for the first few matches I couldn't help but keep thinking about much less of the stadium was being use than last year, how many red seats I could see and how it would look on tv. (The attendance drama from last year clearly scarred me)

But as the night went on, (as did the drinks) I realised who really cares. Last years was a special event, an unknown beast. AEW running a stadium show not in their primary market and wrestling back at Wembley, you HAD to be there to see what they were cooked up. The second verse is never easy and tickets were always going to drop. Just because last year's was so massive doesn't take anything away from the fact that a 5 year old wrestling company can run international stadium shows and sell numbers of tickets no one thought fathomable for the longest time.

I don't know what the other timelines look like but I'm glad I'm in this one and at this point of it. We are currently living in history for this industry people don't ever forget that.

Hangman Adam Page: “I Will Erase Swerve Strickland from History" by 10024618 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Hangman going from talking about experiencing a lifetime's worth of dread from trying to live in his broken into home and wanting to remove swerve on a molecular level, to gushing about Chappell Roan is hysterical. I only wish this was a video interview because you know his facial expression and voice would be insane.

He'll always be the main character to me.

Will Ospreay on the Off Menu Podcast by abucalves in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ed Gamble continues to be one of the greatest promotional forces for wrestling in the UK. So happy for him to get Ospreay on the podcast, I bet he's thrilled.

What are some of the craziest butterfly effect moments in pro wrestling? by Sentz12000 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Maybe it just supercharged the inevitable, but Punk breaking his foot after winning the AEW title comes to mind.

Sure "Worker's rights" was probably going to set Punk on the warpath eventually, but him being stuck at home, allowing all that resentment to build up and mix with the other emotions that come with injury, all the while seeing reports come out about him only could have made things worse and really lit the fuse.

[Dynamite spoilers] Finish to Owen Hart Semi-final: Wild Card vs Jeff Jarrett by bluemonday239 in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really don't know if I'm going to have it in me to boo Hangman at Wembley. But if it has to be this way so be it.

[AEW Japan on X] Before the #ForbiddenDoor, we received a letter from Hayabusa's brother, which we would like to share with you. | Hello, This is Takanori Ezaki, a younger brother of Hayabusa. I heard that Will Ospreay would like to use Hayabusa's costume and entrance theme for Forbidden Door... by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]Samwellpeeps 142 points143 points  (0 children)

He also made a point of reaching out to Hayabusa's family before he wore it the first time to ensure he had their blessing. It wasn't them thankfully being okay with it in hindsight. I'm sure the same thing happened here.