Great. Now Sting's going to become more guillible than ever. Partners will turn on him mid match and he'll still come back next week waiting for the hot tag.
Speaking of ugly spots, I was watching the G1 Climax tournament over and this has to be the grossest powerbomb I've ever seen. It makes the Lesnar/Holly power-bomb look like Diesel's Wrestlemania 11 Jackknife (which is to say not very severe). It should be cued up: http://youtu.be/2zZBruB0eTA
It hurt more because of his receding hairline. He can be excused because apparently Alzheimer's kicked in. Actually, an Alzheimer's storyline with either Sting or Hogan isn't too far off. Maybe a forgetful Sting can walk into a WWE arena, thinking he's in the right place. He calls Daniel Bryan "AJ Styles", and starts putting the Scorpion Deathlock on random people.
I never saw any JCP/NWA/WCW as a kid in Canada. But, Sting was in all the wrestling mags and the stories about him always sounded cool to me.
I'd heard all the jokes about what a cliche the 'Sting gets turned on' moment had become, but when I finally saw some of them I still thought it was sort of ... foolishly noble how he'd still extend his trust.
Sting's life would be He'll if he spent all of his time being as suspicious as he should be at this point. I imagine people still turn on him all the time in his daily life (postman hand him a letter than clobbers him with his mailbag, Boy Scout holds the door for him then slams it in his face, cashier offers to check him out than turns off his lane light and walks away as soon as the cart is unloaded) but occasionally this guy has to be able to rely on the kindness of strangers or existence is just too bleak.
It was nasty, but not as bad as I expected. He actually protected himself pretty well and there wasn't much of a "fall." That might've been a little bit safer than a lot of normal powerbombs.
Right!?!? Makabee was booked to win anyway. They could have just improvised the finish there. They were trying to build to something more epic and they probably didn't want to portray it as a legit injury from a botch. Still, I'm surprised how quickly Makabee resumed his attack without giving the ref more time to check on him, guess he might not have even realized how bad that looked.
Yeah, re-watching it, I can see that he lands on his shoulders as well as his neck, but his head appears to be bent at a dangerous angle. And Makabee lands right on top of him afterward; Ishii's lucky the angle wasn't slightly higher. It's in Ganso Driver territory but I don't think any real damage was done.
I'm just always expecting the worst when it comes to crazy Japanese spots, but they're somehow almost always fine. They're insane. I don't even think they're the same species as us. And yet Misawa takes a simple backdrop and dies on the spot. Pussy.
He's like Krusty the Clown or the Joker; that's just how his skin is...probably because someone betrayed him and pushed him into a vat of chemicals or force fed him an experimental diet pill. Most likely either Luger or Flair.
You can always rely on the kindness of strangers/To pick up your spirits, protect you from danger/Now here's a tip from Sting you won't regretttttt/A stranger's just a friend you haven't...
[song is cut off as the rest of the cast attacks Sting and leaves him laying under the broken streetcar set]
Flair in TNA was golden, his debut promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnH5nhUUZI to lusting after dixie, feuding with Lethal and developing all of Fourtune's personalities, he took indy guys and made them refined and ready.
Sting's thoughts drifted to one night in Denver. It was the end of 1999 and as the new millennium was fast approaching, he thought back on his accomplishments and what the future would hold. The sound of moaning brought his thoughts back to the present. Sharing his bed were four Nitro girls, one of whom was tied up and being pleasured by the other three while he watched. To say that he was turned on would be an understatement.
If he did a correct heel turn it should be him snapping after having someone turn on him again and he becomes evil, paranoid Sting. He scared to put on his makeup because he thinks it's laced with battery acid and he changes in his car because he doesn't want to get the Danny Vineyard shower scene from American History X treatment in the dressing room.
This post is an excuse for subtle bragging here that you watch obscure Japanese wrestling and want people to know you are 'smarter' then the average smark. A hipster wrestling fan you are...
I was watching Japanese wrestling by myself, saw a particularly ugly looking spot, and had no one to share it with, so I posted a link and commented here in case anyone else might be interested in discussing it. If you see anyway that might make me feel cool, then you relate wrestling and social status in a much different way than I do. I will gladly accept your accusation that I am hip for watching the (super obscure) NJPW federation, but this is kind of like walking up to Hillbilly Jim and saying, "You think that pet pig makes you better than me? Well it doesn't."
Yeah I watched all of the G1 and first thing I thought was Ganso Bomb and hoping that Ishii wasn't hurt too bad (this was also after Goto and Tenzan had to withdraw with injuries themselves). Heck Goto broke his jaw and the match continued a few more minutes after. Is scott accepting tryouts for NJPW stuff? Since I watch it all I might start with next months set of shows.
Ironmike will wake up tomorrow and there will still be liberals in the world, mexicans and blacks, Muslims and Jews and high school graduates...and everyone else who hates him.
THE STINGER'S HEAD IS FINE, BROTHER!
ReplyDeleteGreat. Now Sting's going to become more guillible than ever. Partners will turn on him mid match and he'll still come back next week waiting for the hot tag.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knew that chair was going to turn on him except for Sting himself. Bless his gullible heart.
ReplyDeleteFourtune with Ric Flair as their manager & a new name in WWE would be fun.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of ugly spots, I was watching the G1 Climax tournament over and this has to be the grossest powerbomb I've ever seen. It makes the Lesnar/Holly power-bomb look like Diesel's Wrestlemania 11 Jackknife (which is to say not very severe).
ReplyDeleteIt should be cued up:
http://youtu.be/2zZBruB0eTA
I will still always be a fan of the man called Sting.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's a pretty accurate portrait.
ReplyDeleteWhere can one go with this:
ReplyDeleteIt hurt more because of his receding hairline. He can be excused because apparently Alzheimer's kicked in. Actually, an Alzheimer's storyline with either Sting or Hogan isn't too far off. Maybe a forgetful Sting can walk into a WWE arena, thinking he's in the right place. He calls Daniel Bryan "AJ Styles", and starts putting the Scorpion Deathlock on random people.
BOOK IT
ReplyDeleteOr maybe it will make him a normal persons level of suspicion?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite Flair interviews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRU-ClDNEE
ReplyDeleteI never saw any JCP/NWA/WCW as a kid in Canada. But, Sting was in all the wrestling mags and the stories about him always sounded cool to me.
ReplyDeleteI'd heard all the jokes about what a cliche the 'Sting gets turned on' moment had become, but when I finally saw some of them I still thought it was sort of ... foolishly noble how he'd still extend his trust.
Sting's life would be He'll if he spent all of his time being as suspicious as he should be at this point. I imagine people still turn on him all the time in his daily life (postman hand him a letter than clobbers him with his mailbag, Boy Scout holds the door for him then slams it in his face, cashier offers to check him out than turns off his lane light and walks away as soon as the cart is unloaded) but occasionally this guy has to be able to rely on the kindness of strangers or existence is just too bleak.
ReplyDeleteAnd they say chair shots to the head don't happen in wrestling anymore.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's nasty, and then the match goes on for like ten minutes more. Sin Cara need not apply.
ReplyDeleteHow much of my money do you need?
ReplyDeleteIt was nasty, but not as bad as I expected. He actually protected himself pretty well and there wasn't much of a "fall." That might've been a little bit safer than a lot of normal powerbombs.
ReplyDeleteRight!?!? Makabee was booked to win anyway. They could have just improvised the finish there. They were trying to build to something more epic and they probably didn't want to portray it as a legit injury from a botch. Still, I'm surprised how quickly Makabee resumed his attack without giving the ref more time to check on him, guess he might not have even realized how bad that looked.
ReplyDeleteIt really raises the question of what we aren't seeing in Sting that everyone else sees that makes them think he's a huge fucking asshole.
ReplyDeleteYeah, re-watching it, I can see that he lands on his shoulders as well as his neck, but his head appears to be bent at a dangerous angle. And Makabee lands right on top of him afterward; Ishii's lucky the angle wasn't slightly higher. It's in Ganso Driver territory but I don't think any real damage was done.
ReplyDeleteI think he monopolizes the dressing room mirror when he's putting his face-paint on.
ReplyDeleteI'm just always expecting the worst when it comes to crazy Japanese spots, but they're somehow almost always fine. They're insane. I don't even think they're the same species as us. And yet Misawa takes a simple backdrop and dies on the spot. Pussy.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to think he wakes up every day with it just on.
ReplyDeleteHe's like Krusty the Clown or the Joker; that's just how his skin is...probably because someone betrayed him and pushed him into a vat of chemicals or force fed him an experimental diet pill. Most likely either Luger or Flair.
ReplyDeleteYou can always rely on the kindness of strangers/To pick up your spirits, protect you from danger/Now here's a tip from Sting you won't regretttttt/A stranger's just a friend you haven't...
ReplyDelete[song is cut off as the rest of the cast attacks Sting and leaves him laying under the broken streetcar set]
From Internal Decapitation, the injury that sounds the most like the name of a Japanese wrestling move--Spontaneous Combustion running a close second.
ReplyDeleteFlair in TNA was golden, his debut promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnH5nhUUZI to lusting after dixie, feuding with Lethal and developing all of Fourtune's personalities, he took indy guys and made them refined and ready.
ReplyDeleteWahoo! Thank you TNA!!
ReplyDeleteIs this what made him a Born Again?
ReplyDeleteI read "Sting gets turned on" the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteSting's thoughts drifted to one night in Denver. It was the end of 1999 and as the new millennium was fast approaching, he thought back on his accomplishments and what the future would hold. The sound of moaning brought his thoughts back to the present. Sharing his bed were four Nitro girls, one of whom was tied up and being pleasured by the other three while he watched. To say that he was turned on would be an understatement.
ReplyDeleteIf he did a correct heel turn it should be him snapping after having someone turn on him again and he becomes evil, paranoid Sting. He scared to put on his makeup because he thinks it's laced with battery acid and he changes in his car because he doesn't want to get the Danny Vineyard shower scene from American History X treatment in the dressing room.
ReplyDeleteWas this a Russo gimmick match where the only way to win was to knock yourself out with a chair?
ReplyDeleteThis post is an excuse for subtle bragging here that you watch obscure Japanese wrestling and want people to know you are 'smarter' then the average smark. A hipster wrestling fan you are...
ReplyDeleteI was watching Japanese wrestling by myself, saw a particularly ugly looking spot, and had no one to share it with, so I posted a link and commented here in case anyone else might be interested in discussing it. If you see anyway that might make me feel cool, then you relate wrestling and social status in a much different way than I do. I will gladly accept your accusation that I am hip for watching the (super obscure) NJPW federation, but this is kind of like walking up to Hillbilly Jim and saying, "You think that pet pig makes you better than me? Well it doesn't."
ReplyDeleteSeriously, we're wrestling fans.
ReplyDeleteNOBODY thinks we're "smart".
My thumb!!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah I watched all of the G1 and first thing I thought was Ganso Bomb and hoping that Ishii wasn't hurt too bad (this was also after Goto and Tenzan had to withdraw with injuries themselves). Heck Goto broke his jaw and the match continued a few more minutes after. Is scott accepting tryouts for NJPW stuff? Since I watch it all I might start with next months set of shows.
ReplyDeleteIronmike will wake up tomorrow and there will still be liberals in the world, mexicans and blacks, Muslims and Jews and high school graduates...and everyone else who hates him.
ReplyDeleteSting constantly getting turned on is one of my all time favorite running gags in wrestling.
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