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Old 01-28-2009, 11:19 AM   #1
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Default Randy the Ram going to Wrestlemania (or maybe not...)

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0...ilm_wwe_rourke

some nice cross promotion by both parties here.

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Old 01-28-2009, 11:24 AM   #2
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I saw The Wrestler on the weekend, fantastic film.
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:21 PM   #3
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agreed it was a great movie
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:30 PM   #4
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Amazing flick and an amazing performance by Rourke. I forgot that I was watching a movie.
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:33 PM   #5
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My all-time favourte Jericho line was from when he was still with WCW. He was feuding with Harlem Heat.

"You guys think you're tough since you guys are from Harlem? Well, I grew up on the bad streets of Calgary, Alberta, Canada!"
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:48 PM   #6
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Nah, my favorite moments from Jericho's career were.

1) His non existant feud will Bill Goldberg, leading to the creation of Raphus.

2) His feud with Dean Malenko who was the man of a thousand holds. Jericho proclaimed himself as the man of 1001 holds, and did a 20 minute ring promo where he tried to name them all.

If anyone follows wrestling, Chris Jericho's autobiography is a must read, its extremely well written, and funny.
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:55 PM   #7
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Nah, my favorite moments from Jericho's career were.

1) His non existant feud will Bill Goldberg, leading to the creation of Raphus.

2) His feud with Dean Malenko who was the man of a thousand holds. Jericho proclaimed himself as the man of 1001 holds, and did a 20 minute ring promo where he tried to name them all.

If anyone follows wrestling, Chris Jericho's autobiography is a must read, its extremely well written, and funny.
Dean Malenko was actually referred to as The Man of 1000 Holds, and Jericho proclaimed himself as the Man of 1004 holds, many of which being an 'arm bar'. Great stuff...
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:56 PM   #8
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Nah, my favorite moments from Jericho's career were.

1) His non existant feud will Bill Goldberg, leading to the creation of Raphus.

2) His feud with Dean Malenko who was the man of a thousand holds. Jericho proclaimed himself as the man of 1001 holds, and did a 20 minute ring promo where he tried to name them all.

If anyone follows wrestling, Chris Jericho's autobiography is a must read, its extremely well written, and funny.
Ahh, yes. Jericho in his heyday was hilarious. 2nd funniest wrestler after the Rock. Wasn't his feud with Greenberg? Poking fun at how green Goldberg was? LOL. Now, that was funny.

He probably had one of the best WWE debuts ever when he came out during a Rock interview.

Rock: "Who are you? What is your name?"
CJ: "I already told you, it's........."
Rock: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!!!!"
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Did he say he was going to toss his salad?!

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Old 01-28-2009, 01:10 PM   #10
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I thought it was an average movie with an above-average performance by Mickey Rourke. I thought the story-line was a little simplistic, but no argument - Rourke was fantastic.
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That's about the time I stopped watching wrestling, but Jericho was hilarious.

As for The Wrestler, great performance by all the lead actors, not just Rourke. The movie was good, but not great.
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Old 01-28-2009, 01:22 PM   #12
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His wrestler intro as a ring annoucer to a cruiserweight battle royal back in WCW was GLORIOUS. That was some funny stuff.

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This is from Larry King last night. Downplaying his appearance at Wrestlemania or setting up a bare knuckle brawl?

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Nah, my favorite moments from Jericho's career were.

1) His non existant feud will Bill Goldberg, leading to the creation of Raphus.

2) His feud with Dean Malenko who was the man of a thousand holds. Jericho proclaimed himself as the man of 1001 holds, and did a 20 minute ring promo where he tried to name them all.

If anyone follows wrestling, Chris Jericho's autobiography is a must read, its extremely well written, and funny.
I liked his catch line he used for a while, "I'm 225 pounds of Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal!"
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http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2009/01/28/8176996-ap.html

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I liked his catch line he used for a while, "I'm 225 pounds of Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal!"
Which was stolen from the Honky Tonk Man/Wayne (who probably stole it from someone before him).
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I've heard that the WWE is a dieing a slow death thanks to the massive fan bases that MMA and specifically UFC have created.... fans that used to be die hard wrestling fans have now switched over.

I know WWE has always had it's peaks and valleys in regards to popularity, but is it having troubles turning a profit these days?
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Old 01-29-2009, 01:36 PM   #18
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I think they laid off a bunch of employees around Christmas. I haven't paid attention in a long time so I am not certain.
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Old 01-29-2009, 01:42 PM   #19
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I seen a best of OTR with Dana White on it and Landsberg asked Dana how close was Vince McMahon to buying the UFC right before White did. Dana said Vince was really close. I can't even imagine what the UFC would've looked like right now had Vince actually bought it.
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I seen a best of OTR with Dana White on it and Landsberg asked Dana how close was Vince McMahon to buying the UFC right before White did. Dana said Vince was really close. I can't even imagine what the UFC would've looked like right now had Vince actually bought it.
I think it would have been a fantastic idea from Vince's perspective... 'real' wrestling is the way of the future... his 'act' (imo) is doomed in the face of actual real fighting competition. I personally think the WWE has gone downhill fast ever since the merger with WCW... the competition between the two helped create and define the market.
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