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Eric Fishlegs

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #255 on: February 10, 2012, 01:24:25 AM »
Oh. My. Oprah. Those prints are tremendous. Thank you so much for sharing. They're going on my Facebook wall!

Every so often I get some (I assume) good natured ribbing about posting too much wrestling crap on my Facebook wall so I'm sensitive about posting too much, but these are too good not to share.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #256 on: February 10, 2012, 01:27:20 AM »
Also, I'm considering buying one of these-

http://barbershopwindow.com/fullziphashtag.htm

but at $55 with $10 shipping... I dunno. But I do need a good hoodie.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #257 on: February 10, 2012, 11:58:22 PM »
I'm hoping for more #Heel merchandise from Ziggler. The hoodie's a nice start, though. I definitely think he's one of the most talented performers in the WWE right now, though he still hasn't really dished out his full promo potential just yet. He's so great at making himself and his opponents look good. Weird, but I feel like he's almost at his best on the mic during his segments on Zach Ryder's YouTube show.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #258 on: February 11, 2012, 01:13:32 AM »
Ziggler is great. I think he'll be in the main event at WrestleMania next year. He's perfect at his spot right now of just below the main event. I wish they'd give him a catchphrase. My idea for him -- right before he goes for his finisher, he screams "I'M GONNA PUT HIM IN A BODYBAG" like some random Cobra Kai dude.

Daniel Bryan, smug environmentalist vegan heel who uses ownership of a Prius to get heat. DISCUSS!
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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #259 on: February 11, 2012, 03:34:38 AM »
Just got to chime in here. If you're over the age of 14 and you're still watching "professional" wrestling, there is something seriously wrong with you. Please seek help.

There I said it. Someone had to say it.

Who will help me shut down the most embarrassing thread on the FOT board?
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Eric Fishlegs

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #260 on: February 11, 2012, 09:31:17 AM »
Just got to chime in here. If you're over the age of 14 and you're still watching "professional" wrestling, there is something seriously wrong with you. Please seek help.

There I said it. Someone had to say it.

Who will help me shut down the most embarrassing thread on the FOT board?

Are we gonna have to call upon Dark Greggulator to cut a promo on you?

Sounds like somebody needs to take Tom's "Like what you like. I don't care." philosophy to heart. I realize that Tom's philosophy doesn't prevent him from mocking what he doesn't like, but it's the principle of the thing.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #261 on: February 11, 2012, 11:08:30 AM »
Just got to chime in here. If you're over the age of 14 and you're still watching "professional" wrestling, there is something seriously wrong with you. Please seek help.

There I said it. Someone had to say it.

Who will help me shut down the most embarrassing thread on the FOT board?

Now I hope some pro wrestler adopts a "Ryan Gosling in DRIVE" gimmick as the ultimate Mike trolling.

"He's putting the mask on, this one's almost over!"

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #262 on: February 11, 2012, 12:44:57 PM »
"Please seek help." Nice burn! Speaking of fourteen, your peasant stock japes and jibes definitely fall into the realm of teenage comedy. Get good.

Tom put it best: why be ashamed of what you're passionate about, so long as it's not hurting anybody? Anything one person construes as art could just as realistically be seen as an embarrassment by anybody else. This idea that certain forms of expression are bulletproof or somehow more meaningful than others is a total fallacy to me. It's all more or less subjective, perhaps with the exception of Mit Hamin.

And speaking of the Prius, I just love the attention to detail that's being paid in establishing Daniel Bryan as a conniving vegan heel. Looking forward to seeing where all this goes. I'm hoping he retains at Elimination Chamber, but I'm not sure it's in the cards.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #263 on: February 11, 2012, 01:30:02 PM »
I'm a married 34-year-old homeowner with a master's degree and a pretty good career in journalism. I generally have good taste in things like film and books. I know I should know better about wrestling. My wife reminds me every single day. But I don't care! I love it!

The reasons why I love it: It's fun! It's a live-action comic book where there are clearly defined good guys and bad guys who do ridiculous things to each other. I like the simple, alternate universe which exists. I like being able to suspend reality for a few hours each week.

Plus, where else can a vegan, Prius driving villain exist?
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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #264 on: February 11, 2012, 02:26:47 PM »
I'm a married 34-year-old homeowner with a master's degree and a pretty good career in journalism. I generally have good taste in things like film and books. I know I should know better about wrestling. My wife reminds me every single day. But I don't care! I love it!

The reasons why I love it: It's fun! It's a live-action comic book where there are clearly defined good guys and bad guys who do ridiculous things to each other. I like the simple, alternate universe which exists. I like being able to suspend reality for a few hours each week.

Plus, where else can a vegan, Prius driving villain exist?

The National Review?

I actually like the "live action comic book" descriptor far more than the "soap opera for guys" label that other people tend to use. And if you actually get some smart, self-aware but genuinely enthusiastic people writing about it (like Brandon Stroud's 'Best and Worst' recaps for With Leather), it can be a fun thing to keep tabs on. But personally I have a hard time investing too much into it these days, less because of any "it's dumb and for kids" stigma and more because I have a hard time really being able to find any escapist fun in a business where so many people have died way too young and under such miserable circumstances.
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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #265 on: February 11, 2012, 02:40:09 PM »
Just got to chime in here. If you're over the age of 14 and you're still watching "professional" wrestling, there is something seriously wrong with you. Please seek help.

There I said it. Someone had to say it.

Who will help me shut down the most embarrassing thread on the FOT board?

Are we gonna have to call upon Dark Greggulator to cut a promo on you?

Sounds like somebody needs to take Tom's "Like what you like. I don't care." philosophy to heart. I realize that Tom's philosophy doesn't prevent him from mocking what he doesn't like, but it's the principle of the thing.
AP Mike likes making fun of wrestling fans.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #266 on: February 11, 2012, 02:47:28 PM »
We like making fun of AP Mike so it's all good. :)
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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #267 on: February 11, 2012, 08:38:25 PM »
I just love the idea of larger than life, cartoon characters resolving their differences by cutting promos and engaging in over the top fisticuffs. Of course it's completely ludicrous that a 'dead man' and his horribly burned brother would decide to bring their dysfunctional sibling rivalry to the squared circle, but that's exactly what makes wrestling so appealing. And no, I don't think this thread is embarrassing at all to the Best Show or the Friends of Tom board. I think Tom's reaction to Dark Greggulator, and the support from much of the FOT community that his "shoot heard 'round the web" received really speaks for itself. Yes, I can certainly appreciate the reluctance to watch wrestling, given the brutal attrition rate in the WWE and other promotions, as well as any criticisms of its overall content, but the sacrifice and exertion the performers put into the sport never ceases to amaze me.

AP Mike would also make a great wrestling character/manager, so maybe we'll all win him over soon enough.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #268 on: February 12, 2012, 07:57:57 AM »
I was just commenting on "like what you like". I think AP Mike does.

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Re: The Wrestling Thread
« Reply #269 on: February 12, 2012, 12:24:34 PM »
Pro wrestling is simply better than pro everything else.

When asked last week why I neither watched nor cared about the Super Bowl,  I simply responded with this: when Manning can make it rain blood from a lacerated sky mid-hail mary, I'll start watching.

Until then....

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