ChuckMcDuck

I think we all have to come to grips here (this is more to wrestling fans themselves, not the initial Tweeter) that wrestlers are not your friends, and the much of the time don't believe in the same things you believe in. Pro wrestling and combat sports usually appeals to (1)

@HighFlyLo I could see TK kicking in the funds.

@wrestletony He's fucking terrible. He was a bad boxing commentator too years ago. He's a great overall sports caster, & he's good at sounding excited & making things excitable. But he has no depth, no knowledge, no understanding of anything he is calling. At least Excalibur is knowledgeable

I think Tessitore might actually be worse than Excalibur

@HighFlyLo Here's the ??? of the day. Can they just kick Myers out? What if he has a financial stake in the school and company? They might have to buy him out then. I don't think that is an easy solution. For your 2nd point? Spot on. Ehen you have all dream matches, you have 0 dream matches

🔴 Le New York Times vient de publier le récit le plus accablant sur Trump depuis le début de la guerre. Et c'est une bombe. Jonathan Swan et Maggie Haberman, deux journalistes de la Maison Blanche, révèlent comment Trump a pris la décision d'entrer en guerre contre l'Iran. Ce qu'ils décrivent est exactement ce que j'analyse dans Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche. Voici les faits. Netanyahu a vendu un rêve. Le 11 février, dans la Situation Room, le Premier ministre israélien a présenté un scénario en quatre actes : tuer le Guide Suprême, détruire l'armée iranienne, déclencher une révolution populaire, installer un nouveau régime. Il a même montré une vidéo de montage avec les "futurs dirigeants" de l'Iran. Trump a répondu : "Sounds good to me." En une phrase, il venait de sceller le destin de la région. Le lendemain, la CIA a dit que c'était du vent. Les parties 3 et 4 du pitch de Netanyahu, la révolution populaire et le changement de régime, ont été qualifiées de "farce" par Ratcliffe lui-même. Rubio a traduit : "In other words, it's bullshit." Le général Caine a ajouté : "C'est la procédure standard des Israéliens. Ils survendent, et leurs plans ne sont pas toujours bien développés." Trump a entendu. Et il a quand même dit oui. Vance a tout vu. Le vice-président était le seul dans la pièce à s'opposer frontalement, avertissant que la guerre pourrait "détruire la coalition politique de Trump", que le Détroit d'Ormuz était le vrai point de vulnérabilité, que personne ne pouvait prédire les représailles iraniennes quand la survie d'un régime était en jeu. Il a dit : "Tu sais que je pense que c'est une mauvaise idée. Mais si tu veux le faire, je te soutiendrai." Ce n'est pas du courage politique. C'est de la déférence. Susie Wiles a regardé. La cheffe de cabinet, qui avait des inquiétudes, a estimé que ce n'était "pas son rôle" de s'exprimer sur une décision militaire devant les autres. Elle a "encouragé les conseillers à partager leurs vues." Elle s'est tue. Le général Caine n'a jamais dit non. Il a exposé les risques : diminution des stocks de munitions, Détroit d'Ormuz, pas de voie claire vers la victoire. Puis il a dit : "Si vous ordonnez l'opération, l'armée exécutera." Trump, lui, "entendait seulement ce qu'il voulait entendre." Et Trump a signé à bord d'Air Force One, 22 minutes avant la deadline fixée par son propre général : "Operation Epic Fury is approved. No aborts. Good luck." Voilà comment on entre en guerre au XXIe siècle. Pas avec une délibération solennelle. Pas avec un vote du Congrès. Pas avec une stratégie de sortie. Avec un slide show de Netanyahu, un "sounds good to me", et une note envoyée depuis un avion. Dans Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche, j'écris que les vrais décideurs sont ceux qui préparent les présentations que Trump regarde. Netanyahu l'a compris mieux que quiconque. Il a mis en scène une heure de spectacle visuel dans la Situation Room avec Mossad en fond d'écran, des vidéos de "futurs dirigeants", une promesse de victoire rapide et propre. Et Trump a dit oui. Pendant que Vance, Rubio, Wiles et Caine regardaient. Voici l'article du New-York Times : nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/… 📖 Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche → amazon.fr/dp/B0GPCCMS68/

There is a reason people do not debate Flat Earthers or Moon landing deniers. It is not because the evidence is weak. It is because the conversation is rigged from the start. You can bring measurements, physics, engineering, independent tracking, international verification, and experiments they can do in their own backyard, and none of it matters. The moment the facts show up, they shout fake, edited, CGI, conspiracy, or “that’s just your belief.” You cannot debate someone who treats every piece of evidence as invalid by default. You cannot debate someone who demands proof and then rejects the proof the second it appears. You cannot debate someone who thinks their personal disbelief outranks measurable reality. A debate requires both sides to accept evidence. Flat Earth and Moon landing denial collapse the moment evidence enters the room, so the only move left is to deny the room exists. That is why people do not debate them. Not because the globe is fragile, but because the argument they bring is. You cannot have a real discussion with someone who decided ahead of time that nothing you show them will ever count.

@RealMissyHyatt I watch every Bloodsport event, but most of those matches mostly suck because they can't work the style right. I've seen other worked shoot matches in recent years that were bad because of wrestlers who think they can do that stuff bomb at it.

@RealMissyHyatt World of Sport was great, but many of the more modern workers who try to mimic that stuff gets on my nerves. They look more like coordinated tumble set contests than ground grappling or otherwise technical wrestling.

Let me clarify the question. A style, not promotion. Ex: lucha, death match, world of sport, shoot, etc.

@normalmaxxedaj @ArchaeoBenjamin Naw, I didn't mean it like that, with "making points". Just the last part of the post. Apologies for the confusing wording there.

@CBetress @ArchaeoBenjamin of course it’s still eligible for arrest, that is very obviously not why I asked, nor was I “making points”. I was seeking information from a friend. jfc man.

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@normalmaxxedaj @ArchaeoBenjamin Even if it was AI, that is still eligible for arrest, being charged and conviction in the US. And of your last point? Last I checked you had to have a blue checkmark to do that shortly after it debuted. I personally haven't seen it on here in a good minute.

@ArchaeoBenjamin on here? also this question is speculative because its hard to discern these days, esp if you reacted quickly, but do you think it was real or AI generated? asking because i’ve heard that g/rok was generating it for people at one point & i was wondering if that’s still happening

@AlejandroCasaas @FaceGenerico @morningpuroresu @Roger_Target @vintagepuro @ERD_Wrestling Yeah they did.

@CBetress @FaceGenerico @morningpuroresu @Roger_Target @vintagepuro @ERD_Wrestling Those matches worked for whatever reason.

Ya 26 años de la histórica lucha en el Tokyo Dome entre Naoya Ogawa y Shinya Hashimoto. Una rivalidad clásica. Un 7 de abril del 2000, Hashimoto puso su carrera en juego ante el protegido de Antonio Inoki y medallista olimpico de plata en Barcelona 1992.

@roderickfromzf ROH went ahead with doing the stupulation and renamed it Survival of the Fittest. END

@roderickfromzf That's not even an ROH creation. It came from Maryland Pro Wrestling as the Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup. They were going on hiatus and asked ROH to do it for their Maryland debut. ROH agreed, then the Feinstein stuff happened,and MPW bowed out. 1/2

good that they are applying the worst ever ROH concept to women wouldn't you think that if the only good SotF match was good because 4 guys were eliminated early leading to a 1v1 stretch then maybe this really is a bad tournament structure and match type

@AlejandroCasaas @FaceGenerico @morningpuroresu @Roger_Target @vintagepuro @ERD_Wrestling Hashimoto really knew how to work with Ogawa

@FaceGenerico @CBetress @morningpuroresu @Roger_Target @vintagepuro @ERD_Wrestling.

@AlejandroCasaas I don't know man. They could have done much worse.

@CBetress Tsuji losing the title was such an idiotic move by NJPW. There is no sugar coating it

Yep this guy is IWGP champ. Newman is a good wrestler but the way people get fast tracked now to be IWGP champs is baffling. Plus only to build to Lispreay vs him in FD or Dominion etc. NJPW has bright spots like Ice and Oskar but in general they just continue to sell their soul.

@AlejandroCasaas I agree

@CBetress Tsuji was hot

@AlejandroCasaas @morningpuroresu @ERD_Wrestling Hey, I'm keeping the faith here.

@CBetress @morningpuroresu @ERD_Wrestling LOL. So naive

Can have my misgivings about NJPW's approach to the HW Title picture (and their lost puppy obsession w Gabe Kidd), but any implication that Callum Newman isn't ready for this spot or undeserving is ridiculous. The problem isn't taking a logical chance, it's not doing it enough.

@AlejandroCasaas @morningpuroresu @ERD_Wrestling But if they push him then there is a good chance he stays when his contract is up, and possibly for more money

@morningpuroresu @ERD_Wrestling @CBetress 3 years to make him and thej he goes to AEW wow... So do not push them this hard. Thing is NJPW has gotten little to nothing from the business relationship with AEW. Same with CMLL. They just poach

@HighFlyLo Nor should he. The whole "WM weekend of wrestling" thing is so over played at this point, & it's just lame as Hell to begin with. Lots of shows that won't draw, and will mostly (some exceptions) feel the same to each other because of the same batch of wrestlers everywhere.

@JESnowden To be completely honest, the IWC as we know it is very much diminished from what it used to be (mostly because of social media I would reckon, and it's effect on how people consume media, news and information), but it absolutely still exists.

@JESnowden Like the difference between cinephiles, cineastes etc and people who just go to the movies once or twice a year to see the latest Marvel movie or whatever. They're not all the same. I can't beliece there are still people trying to argue there is no IWC in 2026.