Hello SquaredCircle! Welcome to our Weekly Discussion Thread!

What have you watched lately? Seen any great matches? Have suggestions for things to watch? Anything not getting covered in other threads that ya wanna fill people in about? Questions about promotions, wrestlers, ‘the business’ or more?

Feel free to post below!

(Reminder, this thread can and will contain spoilers for possibly any show. Spoiler tags are not required in here, but if the show just happened try and keep spoiler talk it to its respective discussion thread for the first day).

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    i was bored so i asked copilot to make a wrestling angle. i don’t hate them.

    Absolutely! Here’s a fun and engaging wrestling angle featuring Andy Kaufman and Lulu Pencil in AEW 2024:

    Title: “The Comedy Clash”

    Setting: AEW Dynamite, November 2024

    Segment 1: Kaufman’s Return The show kicks off with a surprise appearance by Andy Kaufman. He enters the ring, boasting about his legendary status and how he revolutionized wrestling with his comedic antics. Kaufman claims that no one in AEW can match his wit and charisma.

    Segment 2: Lulu Pencil’s Challenge As Kaufman continues to brag, Lulu Pencil’s music hits. She walks out to the ring with her signature pencil and notepad, looking determined. Lulu grabs a mic and tells Kaufman that while he may be a legend, he hasn’t faced anyone like her. She challenges Kaufman to a match, promising to show him the true spirit of wrestling.

    Segment 3: The Setup Tony Khan appears on the screen and announces that Kaufman and Lulu Pencil will face off in a special “Comedy Wrestling Match” at the next AEW pay-per-view, Full Gear. The match will have unique rules, allowing both competitors to use their comedic skills to outwit each other.

    Main Event: Full Gear - Comedy Wrestling Match The match is filled with hilarious moments and clever spots. Kaufman tries to use his old tricks, but Lulu Pencil counters with her own brand of humor and resilience. The crowd is thoroughly entertained as the two engage in a battle of wits and wrestling.

    Climax: The Surprise Just as Kaufman thinks he has the upper hand, Lulu pulls out a giant pencil from under the ring and uses it to trip Kaufman. She then rolls him up for a quick pin, securing the victory. The crowd erupts in cheers as Lulu Pencil celebrates her win.

    Aftermath: The Respect After the match, Kaufman, initially furious, eventually smiles and extends his hand to Lulu. He acknowledges her talent and declares that she has earned his respect. The two shake hands, and Kaufman raises Lulu’s hand in victory, marking the beginning of an unlikely alliance.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    i don’t know whether or not to make this it’s whole thread or not but it’s got be thinking; with all the talk about rights deals expiring for nxt, smackdown, and raw on various streaming services can we talk about how bad it is that one company owns close to the entirety of pro wrestling history, at least in america.

    not even about the current shows but the whole wealth of history from nwa and the territories now at the whim of media companies and wwe who will pull it for cost reasons but also issue takedown notices for those who put clips up on youtube. it’s sad how much we have lost from this when digitisation should have been great for wrestling nostalgia.

    • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      It could have been a whole thread, because I’m concerned once the Peacock deal ends, that the network idea is dead, that even more of the history is locked in some server in the WWE warehouse never to see the glow of a screen again.

      This is why things like XWT are needed. If I had known one day I’d want those tapes back I’d never have gotten rid of them. We all may have to go back to tape trading, USB trading? some kind of trading if they put it all back in the vault.

      • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        We all set up Plex servers with whatever content we each have and share and make our own network lmao

    • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Tell me about it (<sad Doctor Who noises>).

      Worst is we’re also now well past the point where it’ll ever change for the better. At best we coulda maybe had Shane buy out Vince (and/or kill him lmao), take the company private and choose to do something altruistic with all their footage but now in a post-Vince WWE that shits going nowhere until the day TKO folds which is in our dreams.

    • siv9939@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Same thing applies to the whole entertainment industry. I was hoping the one up side in Disney and WD gobbling up other studios was going to be throwing everything they own on their respective streaming service. Instead they pull stuff to save a couple bucks on residuals and up their prices to butter up shareholders and make their CEOs feel like they have big peepees. I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to be trusted to pirate stuff without nuking the computer.

    • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      We’re back with a special and riveting 83 Weeks… why WBD is wrong and this AEW deal is super bad for wrestling… with special guest commentator to talk about how shitty the IWC and AEW have always been… Jim Cornette… special shout out to sponsor Blue Chew! The official sponsor of Jericho Cruises and 83 Weeks!

  • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    So we are watching old WW(F)E, and they have this generic ass masked wrestler named The Patriot. He’s in a feud with Bret Hart. I was quite surprised when I heard his music. Turns out, Kurt Angle’s music is reused

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Brock Lesnars music is reused too. It was originally the XFL Chicago Enforcers music they used when the whole team would take to the field in home games.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          Jerry Lawler is reused too. Originally it was Harley Race.

          Oooh oooh, and CM Punk used to come out to “This Fire Burns”, but before that it was used one time, for one night, by Randy Orton. Orton didn’t feel it was a good fit though.

          Orton was sick of his generic sounding song that just kept saying “HEY!”. Guess he was hearing those voices in his head…

          And that’s how CM Punk got his first wwe theme.

          HBK is known for his theme “sexy boy”, but it’s actually the second version of that song. The first version had Sherri Martell singing a shortened, but mostly the same version of the same lyrics.

          I’ll probably post more of these as I remember them. I know hulk hogans real american is reused, but I can’t remember who originally had it.

          • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            Orton was sick of his generic sounding song that just kept saying “HEY!”. Guess he was hearing those voices in his head…

            Burn in My Light wasn’t so bad. I think overall I preferred it to Voices. But WWE’s version did have a several heys in it. The actual song has I want to say 5 total, but WWE’s edit had about 7 in the first minute and a half.

            Orton didn’t feel it was a good fit though.

            My understanding was that the company didn’t like it for him.

            It should also be noted he doesn’t like Voices either.

          • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            Hell yeah, keep 'em coming! I don’t have as easy access to YouTube as I once did, so I haven’t been getting my info dumps like I like to turn on

            I didn’t realize Randy had that song first. That’s funny. I knew Sherri had done a version of Sexy Boy, but was hazy on the details. Lawler’s is new to me, but I can’t even think of his music right now

            • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              2 months ago

              Lawlers doesn’t have lyrics, so it’s hard to describe.

              It’s like HUUUUUUU HUUUUUUUUUU HUUUU HU HUUU HUUUUUUUUUUU HUUUU HUUUU HUUUUU HUUU HU HU HU HU

              If that were a trumpet, and sounding royal.

          • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I know hulk hogans real american is reused, but I can’t remember who originally had it.

            US Express (Windham/Rotunda)

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Wait until you get to CHOPPY CHOPPY YO PEEPEE!!!

      And then the next week, with John Bobbitt.

      Then you’ll look up who John Bobbitt was…and hooboy. It certainly is a thing that happened…

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          Omg…I don’t know how you’ve never heard of it, and I don’t even want to spoil it. This is like the time I got to show my friend Hogzn vs HBK at summerslam, with them going in blind.

          • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            It almost sounds vaguely familiar, but no, I don’t recall it. I was able to show my partner the Shawn Michael’s and Hogan fight. So great to be able to show that to someone new

    • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Good ol Del Wilkes. He was around a bunch of places back then before WWF, went to Japan after and back to WWF for a bit again. Just died a few years ago iirc.

      • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        At one point I thought it was stupid he wasn’t able to go in the HoF cause of gambling, in a world where MLB now advertises Draft Kings.

        Then I learned like 12h ago that he’s also apparently a pedophile piece of shit so yeah fuck him lol.

        • Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zipMEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          He still has a lot of Stans to this day. But, yeah, Pete Rose is indeed a massive pos and I hope there’s a hell just so he can burn in it.

  • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Well that was a wonderful 3+ hours of my brand new 31 day old router taking a shit, refusing to respond, not allow any data transfer at all, refusal to properly reset, refusing to properly set up once I did, giving me numerous false positive results when troubleshooting and then after giving up hope and cosigning myself to heading out and buying a new one again before it suddenly, randomly starts working with zero issues and is as good as new.

    Guess I’ll go post those 800 things I wanted to earlier now lmao