Hi Scott!
You've graciously allowed me to plug my column, Theater of the Absurd, in the past - can I get another? It's been on hiatus for a bit and is returning this weekend. Thanks!
http://therec-room.com/theater-of-the-absurd-the-wwe-week-in-review-6114-6614/
You've graciously allowed me to plug my column, Theater of the Absurd, in the past - can I get another? It's been on hiatus for a bit and is returning this weekend. Thanks!
http://therec-room.com/theater-of-the-absurd-the-wwe-week-in-review-6114-6614/
u suck Bayless
ReplyDeleteI often compare the Miz to Pauly Shore and Rob Schneider, but to each their own.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to be Facebook friends, all you have to do is ask
ReplyDelete"WWE's resident movie star"
ReplyDeleteMan, i miss pro wrestling.
Great. Miz with another egotist gimmick. That has really gotten him over in the past.
ReplyDeleteI remember when Triple H returned in 2002, I was all pissy about it. And someone said, "Why?" And I said, "Well, Triple H did return and all, but Kevin Nash didn't return with him". And the person said, "Uh, yeah, he wasn't advertised to return, it was a grain-of-salt rumour on 411 wrestling. But Triple H did return, got a huge pop, and had a hot segment with Kurt Angle where he showed he was good to go. So you're gonna whine about the WWE completely delivering on what they promised?"
ReplyDeleteAnd I was all, "....damn."
Shouldn't he have listed steven seagal and other direct to video people
ReplyDeleteIt actually did, quite a while ago. It was his ridiculous face run where he was pandering to the fans and throwing wise cracks at heels that really killed his cred if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteMiz isn't even qualified to shine Seagal's shoes.
ReplyDeleteSeagal can't even see his own shoes these days.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. True.
ReplyDeleteAgreed but ever more so clooney. Mentioning big stars just make their low rent movie studio seem even more low rent
ReplyDeleteThe guy who played Cody from "Step by Step" is a good Miz acting comp
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if the WWE's ratings are low lately, it is clearly Bo Dallas's fault.
ReplyDeleteBecause you see, His inspirational speeches have talked America into getting off of their couches, and going to climb mountains and saving the whales and hugging puppies. NO TIME FOR TV ON MONDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHTS JUST BO-LIEVE!!!! :D
The alternative is him as a face with Flair as his manager. That is way worse
ReplyDeleteI as going to say michael dudikoff but Cody works
ReplyDeletePhantom down voter striking in this thread? Why must we hate?
ReplyDeleteWhat was Miz off filming this time? Let me guess. Marine 92: Another Fucking Marine Movie.
ReplyDeleteThe Miz returned to action Friday night at the house show in Detroit,
ReplyDeletelosing to Sheamus. Before the match, Miz cut a promo calling himself the
"WWE's resident movie star" and compared himself to George Clooney and
Christian Bale.
What the fuck?
Miz as a heel was Miz at this best. His whole baby face run just had me thinking "Are people supposed to be cheering for the freaking Miz?" Remember DEMON GIRL~! ? Heel Miz gets those reactions.
ReplyDeleteI will say the highlight of Miz baby face run was Brock Lesnar invading Miz TV destroying the set and beating him within an inch of his life. If RAW was the 3 hours of Miz getting beat up I'd watch all of it.
Now I'm going find that redub of the beating.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzoy-CyQ8ik
Just outstanding.
The resident movie star....because, you know, the rest left.
ReplyDeleteYou can hate Miz now. But he won't stop now.
ReplyDeleteI bet George Clooney and Christian Bale have literally never heard of Miz.
ReplyDeletePolishing a turd.
ReplyDeleteFuck the Miz, man. I just can't be arsed with that shit no more.
OMG they should totally do vignettes of him hanging around his "Hollywood Buddies" Those 2 and Screech and Urkel and Joey Lawrence and all the lower level Sandler buddies, etc.
ReplyDeleteCan you really call yourself a movie star if you're only in movies the WWE has made?
ReplyDeleteA lot of you don't seem to understand the point of being a heel. They lie.
ReplyDeleteIf only so that we can feel love more powerfully.
ReplyDeleteCatching up with the Big Butt Boner Bangs series
ReplyDeleteThe Miz has probably the greatest life of any current WWE wrestler. Former WWE Champion & Mania main eventer, movie "star", AND he gets to pound Maryse eveyr night. AND he barely wrestles anymore.
ReplyDeleteI'm more of a Junk In The Trunk fan, loving the classics.
ReplyDeleteDo they also cheat and steal?
ReplyDelete(And for the record, Heel Miz >>>...>>>...>>>...>>>... [I could go on for pages]... >>> Face Miz. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. It's just that even heel Miz is still weaker than a LOT of other options.)
TJ: WWE casting for "orchestra members" wearing Sting facepaint and a Sting "body double" for next week. http://www.gerweck.net/2014/06/09/wwe-casting-for-a-sting-body-double-orchestra-stand-ins-that-will-wear-sting-face-paint/
ReplyDeleteCena, Orton, Kane, Show, HHH, fuck, there are too many of them to remember them all.
ReplyDeleteThere are lies, then there's Miz comparing himself to A-listers.
ReplyDelete"YOU CAN DO IT!"
ReplyDelete(Brock kills Miz again, for shits and giggles.)
"YOU... can't... do it?"
(Brock kills that guy, for the benefit of mankind.)
Bigger the lie, bigger the heel. (Also, stupider the heel, but who's counting?)
ReplyDeleteCould just be for his DVD they are releasing. IIRC, it was reported that he's doing an indy show in a couple months. Not sure if it is just a signing.
ReplyDeleteThey made movies? I missed them all.
ReplyDeleteTrust me, if "The Chaperone" made $100 Million....Vince and Steph would be the Authority today.
What about the now Sting. Is he still around?
ReplyDeleteWho is this Miz person?
ReplyDeleteIt's time for Miz's yearly push I take it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I missed them too. But sadly, I still know of their existence.
ReplyDeleteThis GAB 1990 show has been bad so far. Pillman beat Landell in the first match, Captain Mike Rotunda beat Iron Sheik in the 2nd match, now I am on Furnas vs. Dutch.
ReplyDeleteYou must not have been a fan of Ric flair.
ReplyDeleteHell, I miss the original sports entertainment!
ReplyDeleteWith the current small and limited roster, if you don't think there's a spot for Miz, I don't know what to tell you.
ReplyDeleteBut who's side is he on?!
ReplyDeleteThe Miz cuts a heel promo...then loses.
ReplyDeleteSeems right to me.
Lots of Miz talk and speculation based on a HOUSE SHOW MATCH. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteAnd the full version for those of us that need more than 20 seconds of the Miz getting his ass kicked.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuCJ8WQ2UUc
Here's a question: what's the best match you've ever seen live in the arena/stadium/high school gym?
ReplyDeleteMine is IYH Breakdown, the triple threat steel cage match between Rock, Mankind and Ken Shamrock.
Buttman
ReplyDeleteGenius
ReplyDeleteProbably Undertaker vs. Batista and HBK vs. Cena from WM 23.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back.
ReplyDeleteThanks man. Started KH II on Saturday. I'm on day 6 of the start of the game. Finished up the 7 mysteries thing.
ReplyDeleteMiz is the perfect guy for a chickenshit, long-reigning IC champ.
ReplyDeleteFlair could back his shit-talking up. Miz is THE definition of being vanilla.
ReplyDeleteThey're married, I doubt he gets to pound it every night.
ReplyDeleteI saw Cena vs Edge in a street fight at a house show in Syracuse NY. I'm partial to the match because Cena threw Edge into me.
ReplyDeleteFlair's kid.
ReplyDeleteIt does make one wonder how this is going to play out on TV, because if the narrative is "Miz is a delusional idiot" then what does that say about:
ReplyDelete1. The level of WWE "stardom" vs. mainstream stardom? Because the mantra has always been that the WWE Superstars are just that, superstars.
2. The quality (or lack thereof) of WWE Films? Because if Miz thinking he's an A-List based on his film work makes him a goof, that doesn't say much for the film division.
You have just set the bar for not getting it.
ReplyDeleteBest moments (not match quality): Hogan/Rock at WM 18, Austin/Bischoff at No Way Out 2013, and La Resistance winning the tag titles cleanly over Edge/Benoit.
ReplyDeleteI like how they stress how heavily muscled they need the Sting double to be... they must only know Sting from the WWE Network.
ReplyDelete"BECAUSE I'M THE MIZ... I AM SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE IF GIVEN THE PROPER PUSH...."
ReplyDeleteUndertaker had a cameo in Hogan's "Suburban Commando"
ReplyDelete*You're a dead man Ramsey...*
ReplyDelete*No wonder you guys never talk...*
You're not nearly as clever as you seem to think you are.
ReplyDeleteI guess this year at Mania. I liked the triple threat better than Bryan v. HHH.
ReplyDeleteThe best match I've seen live is Punk vs Bryan from Over the Limit in Raleigh. Not only was the match awesome, but the atmosphere was great because the crowd was going absolutely nuts for both guys.
ReplyDeleteI'm still partial to that gif of Cesaro giving Miz the Giant Swing on the floor into the barricade relentlessly.
ReplyDeleteMy fave five are prob...
ReplyDeleteBenoit/Michaels/H at WM20
Punk/Taker at WM29
Foley/Rock 12/29/98 Raw taping
Michaels/Austin at KOTR97
Harts/Quebecers at RR94
Hidden choice...Benoit/MVP from a SD taping in April 07... awesome match
Live in the arena? No question - a 1987 steel cage match between The Midnight Rockers and Rose & Somers for the AWA World tag team title. All four were bleeding buckets by the end. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteDamn, you must have Nikolai Volkoff's 1994 travel agent (aka, showing up at every single show)
ReplyDeleteThey need to start adding the date the movie comes out the title so the writers remember when to turn Miz face again.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it was Angle/Benoit at a house show in 2000 or 2001.
ReplyDeleteDo you really think that wwe films think they're equivalent to dreamworks?
ReplyDeleteHa, right place, right time on most of them!
ReplyDeleteFans we are out of time! Find out this Thursday on Thunder!
ReplyDeleteJudging by Dougie's comment, are people actually taking Miz's comment at face value? Oh sweet lord....when Dougie's the voice of reason we have issues.
ReplyDeleteI neglected ROH in Providence last summer... saw a couple of awesome matches there... the Champions/Contenders eight man and the fantastic Hooligans/Red Dragon title change
ReplyDeleteProbably not, but are they willing to admit that publicly? Twenty years from now, sure, but in the present day with new films still waiting to be released?
ReplyDeleteBased on some intel I heard, looks like SNME is on the way for the Network.
ReplyDelete"I'm the MIZ...and I'M ADEQUATE!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteChalk it up to either a lack of heels or a desire to hate the MIz.
ReplyDeleteSix in one, 1/2 a dozen in the other.
I interpreted the Miz thing as ....it is a house show and the fans might not know who to cheer or boo, so have Miz cut a heel promo so the crowd boos him. Nothing more.
ReplyDeleteSo.....Miz does something to make the crowd boo him, because they're unsure if they'll cheer Sheamoose without being prompted.
ReplyDeleteI'm.....going to say there's a lot wrong here.
Last we saw Miz on TV, he was a face. He needed a heel promo to get the crowd to boo him. They do it on TV all the time during commercials.
ReplyDeleteGerweck put out an update a few minutes ago saying it will most likely be used in a Sting Documentary DVD and B-Roll for later use.
ReplyDeleteReading LOLTNA.
ReplyDelete-They paid $350,000 for Johnn Fairplay.
-SEX wasn't the worst idea in the world if it had been a heel stable that got squashed by guys like AJ who defended pure wrestling.
Mike Mizanin was just your ordinary MTV reality star... until one day! Now he's wrestling his way into our hearts. Mike Mizanin is... A Wrestler! Rated PG-13!
ReplyDeleteHAAAAA. Fucking Hogan tweets "Maybe the Shield needs Hollywoods help."
ReplyDeleteFor what? So he can get them cast in Thunder In Paradise: The Next Generation?
I thought he was dead?
ReplyDeleteShe might be getting pounded every night while he's on the road.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Brock didn't F5 the couch on top of Miz.
ReplyDeleteI was there for the ladder match between HBK and Jericho at No Mercy in Portland. You never realize how crazy ladder matches really are until you see them in person. That match was amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhen?
ReplyDeleteAnother miz gimmick that won't get over
ReplyDeleteMan a lot of people had their last appearances in TNA. Hennig, Candido, Savage.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not a coincidence. As hiring people past their primes that nobody else wants anymore is their "Thing".
ReplyDeleteThe Miz has been around for too long that he is at the point where re-inventing himself is most likely not going to work.
ReplyDeleteMiz is fine so long as he's a douchebag heel. A Hollywood wannabe gimmick fits him. But I'll admit I've liked him more than most here and thinks he can be a good hand.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should have him manage.
ReplyDeleteTie between the Do Fixer/Blood Generation match that Meltzer gave 5 stars too and Jimmy Jacobs/BJ Whitmer Steel Cage match
ReplyDeleteBoth at ROH Supercard of Honor 2 in 2007
I went to Bound for Glory 2006 and the Styles/Daniels vs. LAX cage match was pretty great as well
I went to ALOT of WWF mid 90's and WCW late 90's where you didnt really have classic type of matches displayed, or atleast that I can remember (In Your House 3, World War III 1998, and alot of house shows)
Is this like Bobby Heenan hanging out at airports and conventions where everyone is only talking about WCW and whatever they're pushing that week?
ReplyDeleteHennig's TNA run was awful to say the least. He was a bloated mess
ReplyDeleteThat's too damn awesome
ReplyDeleteMiz is better suited to do this as a heel than as a face. He's never going to get back to his 2011 level. At the very best, it's extremely unlikely.
ReplyDeleteDouchebag heel is his best thing but it's been almost ten years of that
ReplyDeleteRemember when he work a bandana and a fedora?
ReplyDeleteHogan squashes Rollins with the big boot (and that's it since he can't do the leg drop anymore). Then Reigns and Ambrose turn on the Hulkster in order to align with HHH.
ReplyDeleteThis is all settled the next week. While all three members of the Shield beat down Hogan, he hulks up, throws all of them out of the ring, and ends the Shield once and for all.
That's a shoot, brother.
Well, when I was at the watercooler today at work, we were all talking about Kevin Nash.
ReplyDeleteYour new avatar has gotta be late '95 or very early '96. Notice that his brown roots are starting to show.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't in that great of shape during his last WWE run either. When he was the guest host at WWE New York for a PPV (No Way Out '02 I believe) he was completely bombed.
ReplyDeleteDon't you dare besmirch the name of my American Ninja.
ReplyDeleteI saw his return at the 99? Rumble and he looked great and got a huge reaction for Perfect Plexing Angle.
ReplyDeleteWWE should sign David Arquette and have him be Miz's "Hollywood buddy". Instant heat. Hell, have a match with Bryan where Arquette starts playing around with the World Title during the match.
ReplyDeleteHang on, my flight is leaving
ReplyDeleteI had heard July before... just can confirm that they are popping up on their servers... I believe the Clashes started showing up about a week ahead...
ReplyDelete"When CM Punk became the hottest thing in the mainstream wrestling industry after his worked shoot prior to Money in the Bank, TNA made all five of Punk's TNA matches (from 2003) available on their On-Demand service"
ReplyDeleteNothing says minor leagues and desperate for attention than this right here.
John Cena vs CM Punk, SummerSham
ReplyDelete"The B Listers"
ReplyDeleteClose, 2002. (ok, not that close)
ReplyDeleteI thought that too. I know its a slow morning so far but for a guy no one supposedly likes he sure is getting a lot of talk.
ReplyDeleteLegit didn't realize Miz hasn't been around.
ReplyDeleteWhat is with all the stupid gimmick posters as of late?
ReplyDeleteThat's being generous...
ReplyDeleteThat'll put butts in seats.
ReplyDeleteWyatts vs. Shield at Elimination Chamber. To be fair, besides that I've only ever been to a random Smackdown in 08 and a house show when I was a kid back in the 80s.
ReplyDelete'02 rumble... you and i sat right next to each, and krusty was a few rows up
ReplyDeleteHe needs some diet water
ReplyDeletesouthern boys vs. whoever is good, iirc
ReplyDelete....so, we shouldnt believe you, then...
ReplyDeleteFrom Mike Johnson:
ReplyDelete"Casting agencies released breakdowns today seeking Sting lookalikes for a WWE production.
The breakdown included a listing for a Sting body double, age 38-50, who is, "6'2, 250lb of pure muscle. Prefer a guy with wrestling experience, very fit. HEAVILY muscular. Slightly longer dark hair. Will have a full face of make up on. paying a higher rate as we need a GREAT double for this."
The breakdown also sought "Orchestra musicians with own instruments" aged 18 to 70 to portray a playing orchestra that would be made up in Sting's trademark facepaint.
In asking around, I am told the scenes were being shot for a new WWE videogame, which likely means Sting will be included in a major way in the WWE 2K15 videogame, his debut in a WWE-branded game. It would appear Sting will be in a role similar to Ultimate Warrior, Mike Tyson and Brock Lesnar in recent years as the major "unique" name that is used to help brand and market the game.
The footage will shoot on 6/16 with Tom Haines Directing and Tom Martin Producing for Street Gang Films.
Thanks to everyone in the acting community who sent that along."
So, looks like Sting will be the selling point of WWE2K15
He was on death's door by the time he got to TNA
ReplyDeletehuh? i've always been here
ReplyDelete*throws money*
ReplyDeleteDown the toilet.
Where's now Sting?
ReplyDeleteI barely play video games but if I did, this would have no impact at all on my decision in whether or not to get this game.
ReplyDeleteOur alphabet only has 26 letters.
ReplyDeleteMike Johnson reported a few weeks ago that it was going to be on the network in July.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, that's right. It was 99 Armaggedon I also saw.
ReplyDeleteI guess "the place where careers go to die" is an understatement.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since they could have had him on their roster with that Fairplay money. And if he didn't hate AJ.
ReplyDeleteThey're never gonna come out with a 3rd...
ReplyDeleteyeah. i grew up in b'ham and went to college in atlanta, but by fall of '99 i'd already moved to pittsburgh and wasn't able to get away for the b'ham armageddon show. was able to get away for the rumble since my friend who got me into wrestling (who also posts here every now and then) was visiting atlanta, so i cleared some time and we made the rumble
ReplyDeleterspw sure went down the shitter fast
ReplyDeleteGood riddance. It was awesome in the mid 90's before it became the "Chad Bryant and Trolls" show.
ReplyDeleteYah I had seen that... basically confirming he was right (or sooner) since they are starting to put them into the server.
ReplyDeleteMe either. That's the surest sign that someone isn't over.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to Chad Bryant?
ReplyDeletei came onboard sometime in '99, maybe right around when owen died. it was fun even after that for a while till "officer farva' (no relation to our farva, from what i can tell) posted ad nausem pointless links and polls. the chad/john henry/krusty stuff was amusing every now and then
ReplyDeleteit had fun people: funkym, stoneco, double t, hitman333, c the shocker, milhouse, calzone, poot... but we all slowly left one by one. i don't even remember when i left - '03 or '04 maybe? i could google but i really can't be bothered
i still feel the urge to use "ppor" from time to time here ("post proof or retract")
he died on the way back to his home planet
ReplyDeletehe got hit with the chadziguri spinkick (rspw inside joke)
I don't understand this for the same reason I didn't understand Foley taking a stand on the game payout, they're video games, you can create any of these guys if you want to play as them anyway.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea what RSPW was until a few years ago. I just was curious because that's a name that's always brought up.
ReplyDelete" just was curious"
ReplyDeleteno, *I*... am curious
(scotty will understand that)
in all seriousness, though, it was a hotspot in the very mid 90's - scott can speak more to that since he was a big part of it.
ReplyDeleteduring the infancy of the internet on a wide scale, tons of ecw wrestlers were part of it. stevie richards is even wearing an "rspw sucks" shirt at i believe november to remember '95
and francine would post to rspw, i think
More like Mean Gene schilling the 900 Hotline.
ReplyDeleteMarc Mero also posted a few times and wrote "RSPW" on a frisbee when he was doing the Leapin' Lanny gimmick in WCW.
ReplyDeleteyeah, he was another name that stuck out for some reason
ReplyDelete