rey619mysterio
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Post by rey619mysterio on Feb 14, 2012 0:25:51 GMT -5
Non-wrestling fans who won't let people enjoy a television show without criticism. This. There's this kid I go to school with, he does martial arts classes (he sucks at it by the way, but he thinks hes such a hard ass its not even funny), and he knows I love pro wrestling. I make no secret of it, but I can't say anything about wrestling within a freaking 10 foot radius of him or he gets on my case about how wrestling is fake, stupid, and blah blah blah. I was talking to my friend about the Foley/Funk deathmatch with the barbed wire, explosions, etc. and the kid was sitting near us. He started going off saying "they don't use real barbed wire, its plastic. And there's no way they had explosions on those boards, anyone who thinks that is stupid." So I was like "why don't you just watch the match on youtube and then tell me that that stuff is faked." and he said " I'd never waste my time watching stupid wrestling." So that kinda ticked me off. I just told him "Don't argue about something that you obviously have no knowledge of, because you're just making yourself look like an idiot." But that stuff really grinds my gears.
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Post by Jaz on Feb 14, 2012 0:47:36 GMT -5
When people say all wrestlers are on steroids. I also hate that the WWE never gives Big Show a world title. And the one time they did give it to him, he had it for like 20 seconds. I also hate it when guys like Ziggler have a world title reign, but then a year later they're back to U.S champ.
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Post by Mr. K.O on Feb 14, 2012 0:49:53 GMT -5
When people say all wrestlers are on steroids. I also hate that the WWE never gives Big Show a world title. And the one time they did give it to him, he had it for like 20 seconds. I also hate it when guys like Ziggler have a world title reign, but then a year later they're back to U.S champ. Noooo....what about Swagge- oh wait
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 0:53:01 GMT -5
I hate hate HATE it when wrestlers stare at the referee's pin count while being pinned. It kills the false finish for me.
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Post by juicewinslow on Feb 14, 2012 5:03:01 GMT -5
I hate when people use the word bandwagon when they are pertaining to a television show.
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Post by Epic Z on Feb 14, 2012 5:10:39 GMT -5
I hate when old wrestlers come up and beat on new guys for nostalgia and then leave a week later I had too And on subject, my pet peeve is like others have said when someone makes fun of people for being a fan.
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Bullgod
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Post by Bullgod on Feb 14, 2012 5:45:10 GMT -5
How on every wrestling YouTube video you see, even if its something like a video of Shawn Michaels superkicking Vince McMahon or whatever the video is, theres always someone who has to bash John Cena, even though the video is completely unrelated to Cena.
People who bitch about everything they see on TV, although in someways it makes me laugh because they are been worked and don't even realize it.
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Post by LeighD on Feb 14, 2012 7:19:24 GMT -5
A few of my biggest ones:
- Wrestlers' BIG return after return after return (Jericho for example) - Champions not wearing their belts to the ring! (WCW was notorious for this. HBK vs. Cena at WM 23 as another example) - Bandwagon jumpers - When "entertainment" (promos, skits, etc) receives more air time than actual wrestling - Common sense being used in storylines/matches
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 8:05:30 GMT -5
I see this on Youtube and occasionally on here: I hate when people refer to wrestlers by their former ring names to seem cool, knowledgeable, or indy (because WWE is too mainstream, man!) Evan Bourne hasn't been Matt Sydal for over three years. Deal with it. Also, people who think they should be king of WF for making guesses (zomg I called him casing in money in the bank two weeks ago! quote'd for truth! I'm cool!) Youtube wrestling videos with watermarks. xxxxX666RKO666Xxxxx2000 doesn't own the rights that rare titantron. WWE does. People who say "wrestling? that shit's horrible". And their only defense when I ask them why that think that is "it's just ing horrible".
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 14, 2012 8:52:09 GMT -5
I see this on Youtube and occasionally on here: I hate when people refer to wrestlers by their former ring names to seem cool, knowledgeable, or indy (because WWE is too mainstream, man!) Evan Bourne hasn't been Matt Sydal for over three years. Deal with it. I watched Tyler Black be Tyler Black for what, 4 and a half years? And I would say I am better than the majority of people on here about calling him Seth Rollins, but when you watch a guy for that long, you are bound to casually refer to them by their "other name." I don't know anyone who thinks they are cool because they call a wrestler by their previous name. You know how hard it's going to be to call Chris Hero anything but Chris Hero? The Daniel Bryan thing took me forever too, so I just call him Bryan for the most part so I don't screw it up. Additionally, there are plenty of people who don't watch primarily just WWE. So if I am an Indy wrestling fan first foremost, I am probably going to refer to guys by the name they used predominately when i watched them. And Evan Bourne may be Matt Sydal again in the very near future so that was a terrible example.
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Post by jakksking1 on Feb 14, 2012 10:16:54 GMT -5
I see this on Youtube and occasionally on here: I hate when people refer to wrestlers by their former ring names to seem cool, knowledgeable, or indy (because WWE is too mainstream, man!) Evan Bourne hasn't been Matt Sydal for over three years. Deal with it. I watched Tyler Black be Tyler Black for what, 4 and a half years? And I would say I am better than the majority of people on here about calling him Seth Rollins, but when you watch a guy for that long, you are bound to casually refer to them by their "other name." I don't know anyone who thinks they are cool because they call a wrestler by their previous name. You know how hard it's going to be to call Chris Hero anything but Chris Hero? The Daniel Bryan thing took me forever too, so I just call him Bryan for the most part so I don't screw it up. Additionally, there are plenty of people who don't watch primarily just WWE. So if I am an Indy wrestling fan first foremost, I am probably going to refer to guys by the name they used predominately when i watched them. And Evan Bourne may be Matt Sydal again in the very near future so that was a terrible example. Good point. WF is better than most other wrestling boards, but I hate it when people refer to someone like Taker as Mark. I've seen it a few times on here, its just weird. I've seen it done to other wrestlers too, its a pet peeve. Its not like you know the guy.....
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Post by wabarrett on Feb 14, 2012 10:22:08 GMT -5
People who base their opinions of Superstars on dirtsheet reports. 'Oh, he/ she deserved to be released, he/ she screwed up according to this 100% true report on a wrestling 'news' site.'
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Post by Cammi Oh on Feb 14, 2012 10:46:39 GMT -5
When people say Curt "Henning." Its Hennig!
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Post by Likwid[[Southern]] on Feb 14, 2012 11:06:25 GMT -5
-Misspelling names. "I'm Ray Mysterio's #1 Fan!" No, you're not.
-Whenever announcers get facts wrong.
-When wrestlers get facts wrong in their own books! I'm looking at you, Jericho. You won the Undisputed title at Vengeance, in Dec 2001.
-People who take everything on a dirtsheet seriously.
-People who think WWE does no right.
-When JR miscalls moves. It was a Whisper in the Wind, not a Twist of Fate.
-When I'm supposed to cheer Mason Ryan. He's done nothing.
-When something happens, and it automatically HAS to lead to a storyline. Does everything in real life have a dramatic ending? No, sometimes, something happens, and that's it. Maybe Nexus just felt like burying the Undertaker.
-When Teddy Long makes a tag match.
-When decent talent are put into embarrassing storylines. Tyson Kidd and Nattie, farting? #AreYouSeriousBro?
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Post by Scotty on Feb 14, 2012 14:34:35 GMT -5
Titles losing their prestige and the terrible tag division
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 16:50:02 GMT -5
1. usually seen in old matches, but I hate when wrestlers kick out right after the 3 count, to try proving that their character "almost" didn't lose
2. battle royals or royal rumbles where someone leaves the ring and you know they aren't eliminated - it's not clever anymore, even if that person doesn't win 3. wrestlers doing too much of something in a match (punches, kicks, or throwing each other against the ropes) - also when a move is overused (ex. at one point there were about 5 wrestlers doing a SPEAR as a signature maneuver and it became exhausting)
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Post by thehardys4life on Feb 14, 2012 17:12:55 GMT -5
When the U.S., I.C, and TT champions never defend there title.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 19:14:31 GMT -5
I see this on Youtube and occasionally on here: I hate when people refer to wrestlers by their former ring names to seem cool, knowledgeable, or indy (because WWE is too mainstream, man!) Evan Bourne hasn't been Matt Sydal for over three years. Deal with it. I watched Tyler Black be Tyler Black for what, 4 and a half years? And I would say I am better than the majority of people on here about calling him Seth Rollins, but when you watch a guy for that long, you are bound to casually refer to them by their "other name." I don't know anyone who thinks they are cool because they call a wrestler by their previous name. You know how hard it's going to be to call Chris Hero anything but Chris Hero? The Daniel Bryan thing took me forever too, so I just call him Bryan for the most part so I don't screw it up. Additionally, there are plenty of people who don't watch primarily just WWE. So if I am an Indy wrestling fan first foremost, I am probably going to refer to guys by the name they used predominately when i watched them. And Evan Bourne may be Matt Sydal again in the very near future so that was a terrible example. I thought Bourne was a perfect example because of his tenure and the fact that he has been talked about so often in the past couple of months (and still called Matt Sydal). I can understand Tyler Black still being called Tyler Black, he's still in development and heck, his name might change by the time he gets called up. Daniel Bryan's tenure in the indies also leads me to sometimes call him Danielson. Sorry if I come off as pessimistic about the IWC/YWC, but it sometimes seems like the person referring to past names/real names are just showing off indy/Wikipedia knowledge.
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Post by orton1994 on Feb 14, 2012 19:16:07 GMT -5
When people say that RKO stands for "Randy Killer Orton"
And when they have a guy who's worked his ass off for years and years finally win the WHC then to lose it 5 days later, technically 2 since Smackdown is taped on tuesdays, so its even worse
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Post by Rule 30 on Feb 14, 2012 19:26:56 GMT -5
I hate it when people try and brag about how long they've been a fan of a wrestler.
"I'VE BEEN A FAN OF CM PUNK SINCE ECW!"
"OH YEAH? I'VE BEEN A FAN OF PUNK SINCE 2003!"
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