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It’s October, so @josephweirdness and @colettearrand are doing HORROR MONTH, featuring a fiery bloodbath, a Halloween Havoc classic, Leatherface, and La Parka. All tricks, no treats.

レッスルコンにてサイン会中にスタッフの方からカートアングルは向こうでサイン会をやってるので、様子を見てカートか会いたがっているので行きましょうと言われたので、カートに会いに行きました。 会ってハグして、開口一番「俺はユージとの試合こそベストバウトだって言ってやったぞ」、私は「YouTubeで見たよ」。 最後はお互い健康でな‼️ と言って分かれました。 なんか腹の底から嬉しさが溢れてきた感じでした。 ＃nagatalock ＃njpw ＃wrestlecon ＃永田裕志 ＃カートアングル

Based on the past few weeks of discourse I have come to the conclusion that it is only possible to be wrong about Jerry Lawler or annoying about him.

@snowboiiii Yeah, Lawler is absolutely superb at character work.

the kaufman/lawler lettermen segment is the greatest pro wrestling angle of all time and his performance in that is so complex and nuanced and brilliant and displays such a keen understanding of the different audiences being played to simultaneously

FLEX WITH LEX

Had one of the best good guy title win celebrations too.

WCW Magazine feature in 1991 on the many faces of Sting Green & white design & blue & black remain my favorites.

I think my favorite account on here is Brooks Jensen cause all his tweets are like "tape study: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda, 2005" and then you look at his cagematch and it's him tagging with Lexis King vs. Shiloh Hill and Dante Chen in an NXT house show in St. Petersburg, FL

But “the Second City Saint taunted The Beast Incarnate, only to be attacked by The Visionary” is slop for fuckin babies, do better, etc.

A notable exception to this is if what you’re writing is meant to be an exploration of character — like, tough to avoid denoting that Randy Orton is “the Viper” if you’re talking about his being mercurial/quick to strike/untrustworthy.

I know I’m nitpicking but every time I read a recap of a wrestling show and the author goes from saying “Roman Reigns” or “MJF” or “CM Punk” to “The OTC” or “The Devil” or “the Second City Saint” I can practically feel the lack of an editorial hand that gives a shit.

@NotBrockAgain I definitely don’t follow that all the time myself and have let my own work get a little more stream of consciousness without the aid of editors myself, but I’d hang my head in shame if I referred to someone as “the unseen seventeen” as many did last year lmao

@NotBrockAgain I think once you’ve reached a point where you’ve repeated a name/pronouns three or four times in a paragraph of this nature, for any kind of media reporting, it should be a signal that the point needs reworking/lacks inherent clarity.

@josephweirdness Also, punches and kicks are good

The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWF 3/28/99) Notorious punch kick merchant who's bad at wrestling taking it easy after his neck injury (this match is full of punches and kicks but also gross shit like this)

@ElHijoDelSimon Funk being a plug and play main event guy while Savage was gunning to be the ace helped a lot, the tag division smoked, most of the managers were good. It’s wild. Love NWA studio stuff but WWF leaning heavy on arena footage made it seem massive and fun.

@thateggsobig and having a roster of guys with enough experience to push back and offer their own more authentic feeling spin on something and/or to shine up any number of silly/terrible ideas

it seems both obvious and somehow understated too, but almost every 1986-9 WWF show is good as hell and fun in a way that they haven't really touched since (as a full company and not just one brand) outside of 2000 and maybe 97-98. unreal run.

@snowboiiii Definitely tanned in his gear.

absolutely insane tan line here holy shit