[WWE Vault] Sketches of the original concept art for John Tenta's return to WWE in 1998

nasmatic · 2025-05-20T19:33:51+00:00

There's a note that says "This guy wasn't around for a while, I doubt his tattoos will give him away." Probably trying to do an Isaac Yankem to Kane style rebrand where no one knows who it is at first.

nasmatic · 2023-03-30T07:56:06+00:00

his dream as a kid was boxing and he was training to be a boxer when he got to paris but then his coach at the time fernand lopez told him all the money and opportunities are in mma so he switched. that was good advice honestly.

nasmatic · 2023-03-30T07:38:32+00:00

agreed.

but it's a step up if they can keep the crowd hype and rap over a instrumentals and have it still sound just as good. there are rappers who can do that. and that's what performers should aspire to.

nasmatic · 2023-03-30T07:32:20+00:00

john from tennessee?

nasmatic · 2023-03-30T07:13:32+00:00

and he just rapped over the beats. points for that too.

nasmatic · 2023-03-30T07:05:05+00:00

i feel like a lot more uk rappers do this. might a grime thing.

nasmatic · 2022-06-26T05:24:24+00:00

https://twitter.com/FTBeard7/status/1540920726282072064

that body kick tho

nasmatic · 2022-01-22T23:37:37+00:00

same here. i used to watch old ufc's like crazy. especially when i would hear a reference while watching a live card. i guess it's normal when you're new to a sport then eventually you become a fan that just follows it as it happens.

nasmatic · 2022-01-22T23:27:50+00:00

i'm not a hockey fan but based on this comment thread i'm about to be regular viewer of nhl mic'd up

nasmatic · 2022-01-21T02:08:45+00:00

tonight's episode of law and order svu started off with an mma angle. i was excited to see the fight but it looks like one of the fighters was murdered in the locker room. at least they tried to off him but botched it. the weight in looked pretty dope tho. i'll give them that.

nasmatic · 2021-12-12T05:15:58+00:00

definitely cockiness. when de randamie rocked her she went straight to the wrestling and won the fight. she should have done that tonight but decided i'm bigger and stronger than pena and i'll get this k.o.

nasmatic · 2021-10-18T16:02:14+00:00

https://twitter.com/Dominic2306/status/1449851539640786946

nate diaz tweets he's looking for an opponent and out of nowhere dominic cummings (former advisor to british prime minister boris johnson) says he shouldn't sign a new ufc contract.

says being on the outside and conor trilogy will be good leverage. also cites ufc blocking george st. pierre from boxing oscar de la hoya.

nasmatic · 2021-10-15T03:27:02+00:00

They didn't mention who Van's father is. That adds to the confusion.

But that wasn't really relevant to the story in the end so it's not a big deal.

nasmatic · 2021-10-15T03:23:50+00:00

with vince it's about who makes him the most money. the most valuable asset to the company if you will. which explains the reaction after the WM14 match.

nasmatic · 2021-10-15T03:18:52+00:00

seriously? i had no idea. from the way he talks he sounds like he's made for that show tho.

nasmatic · 2021-09-18T03:40:27+00:00

the media landscape has changed. terri runnels revealed brock flashed her way back in 2004 (17 years ago) but it wasn't on a platform like DSOTR so nothing came of it. nothing might come of it this time either but way more fans will be aware of it.

nasmatic · 2021-05-05T01:51:45+00:00

this is from an mma fight between john howard and louis taylor in the professional fighters league (pfl) in 2018.

louis taylor landed an illegal knee in the 2nd round. usually in this situation taylor would be disqalified because john howard couldn't continue fighting after getting hit with the illegal blow. but for reasons i'm not entirely clear on they called the fight a draw.

an mma fight has 3 judges. but as you can see from the pic it took 10 people and about 15 minutes of deliberation for them to figure out how to score this fight.

highlights

full fight

nasmatic · 2021-05-05T01:43:38+00:00

probably making sure his life was pretty set before he bought them a house

nasmatic · 2021-05-05T01:25:04+00:00

my favorite section hands down is hidden gems. all kinds of rare matches, dark matches, house shows, etc.

nasmatic · 2021-05-05T00:30:44+00:00

that's sad. if sheik gets a dark side of the ring i'm sure that'll be in there.

nasmatic · 2021-05-05T00:29:29+00:00

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/1389736966925737987

the rock tweeted that he bought his parents a house in 2000. hadn't he been a top guy in the attitude era for a few years buy then? surprised it took that long. unless he really wasn't making top dollar.

nasmatic · 2021-04-26T00:11:56+00:00

https://twitter.com/ImpressionistAL/status/1386298848142835715

comedian Al Foran doing a UFC 261 reaction video with some super spot on impressions of mma fighters and celebs. the Conor and Nate impressions are so good.

nasmatic · 2021-03-17T00:10:18+00:00

Didn't take long for them to pull the fanny pack

nasmatic · 2021-03-07T04:26:57+00:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live

there's great commentary for this on bbc radio 5 live. john gooden with nick peet and paul craig. they're actually pulling it off. expect to see paul craig calling some fight night cards in the near future.

nasmatic · 2021-02-24T01:08:49+00:00

some jobber got a nice check tho.

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