Yakazooma!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeremy Allen White will star alongside Zac Efron and Harris Dickinson as wrestling legends the Von Erich brothers in the upcoming A24 film <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheIronClaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheIronClaw</a>. <br><br>via <a href="https://twitter.com/DEADLINE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Deadline</a> - <a href="https://t.co/ga2sTCdNrO">https://t.co/ga2sTCdNrO</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dn5PIJ0Tdt">pic.twitter.com/Dn5PIJ0Tdt</a></p>&mdash; Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) <a href="https://twitter.com/RottenTomatoes/status/1570462071451443203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Damn. I’ve actually heard of one of those guys. Good pull for a rasslin’ movie.

They’ll need very little hair and makeup help to make that first guy look like a Von Erich.

and an A24 production? i'm excited for that one.

This is super fucking cool

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BABA WELCOMES YOU TO ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING<br>And don't forget . . . . <a href="https://t.co/l1BUaH7rcw">pic.twitter.com/l1BUaH7rcw</a></p>&mdash; Gary Michael Cappetta (@GaryCappetta) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryCappetta/status/1570365862082940928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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I think fake sting was being a bit over enthusiastic with that bat. :eek:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lord Steven Regal’s flipping senton was always so neat-looking. The one-foot launch really made it work. <a href="https://t.co/hBFpdGkcCs">pic.twitter.com/hBFpdGkcCs</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1570552444509368322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the vignette they used to introduce Disco Inferno before his debut in Fall 1995.<br><br>On one hand, they rented out a space to look like 2001 Odyssey in Brooklyn for him to dance in. On the other hand, half the vignette is just him shouting cliches in front of a green screen. <a href="https://t.co/WVCJsECLHO">pic.twitter.com/WVCJsECLHO</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts (@DeepCutsWCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepCutsWCW/status/1570747221389504516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Even as a kid, Disco Inferno stood out to me.

Showing my age here but in 97 it would have been a blue screen :lol:

Crazy how over he actually got with that gimmick.

When I think of WCW, I think about the main event guys, the cruiserweights, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, Buff Bagwell and Disco Inferno. It probably helped that he had pretty distinct airtime on all the tapes of WCW I rented as a kid. But he stood out to me. People act like he did nothing in the business, but that’s kind of how you get the most out of the best spot you can get.

There are mumblings that Warner Bros Discovery might sell to NBC Universal at some point after April 2024. I wonder if/how that would affect WWE and AEW if it were to happen?

I wouldn’t be shocked if Triple H and Nick Khan make plays for the AEW timeslots when the AEW deal is expiring. I don’t know if they go at it with WWE programming, WCW or NXT, but I can see them making a pitch.

Remember when Disco was Cruiserweight Champ but his gimmick was that he kept having to lose weight before the match to make the weight limit. Good times.

Feel like it's safe for me to admit I kinda liked Disco Inferno as a kid.

Vince rumored to headline the 2023 HoF class.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So let's fast forward a week to get Boyd Pierce's reaction to Adrian kissing Terry....<br><br>His disgust to Adrian's face is amazing....how dare he kiss another man.... <a href="https://t.co/hvaaO4ObPq">pic.twitter.com/hvaaO4ObPq</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1570822080941424640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There was an episode of Sunday Night Heat where Christian did that. I think he ended up making weight to challenge for the title and then quickly lost because he was too tired from all the exercise to wrestle.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roman Reigns vs. Logan Paul planned for WWE Crown Jewel <a href="https://t.co/x7j3H0kWoa">https://t.co/x7j3H0kWoa</a> <a href="https://t.co/u4k5wryFvv">pic.twitter.com/u4k5wryFvv</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) <a href="https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1570872351214141440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Didn't Matt Hardy do this also? Was obsessed with making weight for weeks on smackdown in 2003 I think.

A gimmick so good the WWE actually used it with Matt Hardy.

I don’t think that happens. It might happen one year, but the story is still too raw. I could see Jess McMahon being inducted. Now that people are back and the show is in LA, I think Batista will be happy to headline. Triple H will probably try and smooth over a bunch of broken relationships and put politics aside for inductions — so I can see Demolition going in. I think he’ll reach across the aisle and try and get Regal in. Maybe Mike and Gene LeBell? Victoria for the women. That sort of thing.

I thought Matt had done it as well but I also thought that I could just be making that up in my head

Good special attraction for Crown Jewel.

It was around the time of WrestleMania 19, because he defended the CW Title against Rey at that show.

Surprised no one has mentioned Bryan Danielson basically announced he's retiring at a Q&A in Vancouver. Said he will never return to WWE and that his current deal with AEW will be the last he ever signs anywhere. It is a 3 year deal and he started last summer so he basically told everyone he is hanging it up in 2 years. Said he wants to spend time being a dad.

Said the reason he won't go back to WWE is not because of anything negative about them or their product but that the way he lives is to always move forward and do new things and that would feel like a step backward to him. The reason he decided to join AEW specifically was because he wants to work in NJPW some and do one more G1.

Ive said it since 04. He's a generational talent. I hope he's able to go out on his own terms

maybe someone did mention it and I forgot or missed it, I dunno, but still. Damn @ Dbry hanging them up.

Feel like he's gonna win the strap next week after reading that.

Going back to around 2019 or 2020 Danielson was saying his career as a full-time wrestler were coming to an end soon. And at some point after signing with AEW he implied he’d never fully retire but maybe just take special bookings here and there when the time is right.

Who knows. Maybe he does intend on fully calling it a career. He might’ve never wanted to do that but kids change things. So long as he gets to go out on his own terms.

I hope he does get to do it on his own terms. I think he’s the right choice for champion right now.

But everybody is too busy talking about Roman Reigns vs. Logan Paul.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lioness Asuka 1987 ring entrance. Beyond a wrestling superstar, it’s a pop idol crowd reaction. �� <a href="https://t.co/ZniAKrjkQS">pic.twitter.com/ZniAKrjkQS</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1570712326776717313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Being over is so passé

Asuka and Chigusa were as big in japan as hogan was in america during that time.

When you hear about people being over today and then you actually check out their crowd reaction, it’s like “Really?”

if Reigns doesn't destroy Paul in less than 60 seconds, GTFO.

Cole on SD mentioning PWG just seems so weird. Was talking about Sami Zayns and Ricochet feuding over there back in the day.

Pretty sure Sami Zayn never wrestled in PWG though. His good friend El Generico did, but I don't recall Sami ever being there. What ever happened to El Generico? Wish he would come back.

This was pre Snuka. Fans hadn't seen anything like this in the WWF

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