Men in tights: the wrestling thread

[Jagos]

HOLD IT!

You mean to tell me Hard Gei is a wrestler and NOT a TV personality?

O_O
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[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Additionally, I recommend HUSTLE in the vein of crazy-ass puroresu, if for no other reason than it created Hard Gay and has Tajiri. The Great Muta and the Dudleys have also passed through there, as well. Really hilarious stuff.

EDIT: HOLY SHIT JEFF HARDY JUST WON THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP I'M KINDA MARKING OUT.

I thought he was fired? Or was that Matt? Or are they both back?

Frankly, I always thought that Matt was cooler, but I don't particularly keep up and my friend who was into it left for the National Guard years ago, so I'm probably way behind.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Jagos

HOLD IT!

You mean to tell me Hard Gei is a wrestler and NOT a TV personality?

O_O
-_-
O_O;

Is there a difference?

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

I thought he was fired? Or was that Matt? Or are they both back?

Frankly, I always thought that Matt was cooler, but I don't particularly keep up and my friend who was into it left for the National Guard years ago, so I'm probably way behind.

Both were dropped and rehired, and both hold world titles within the company, as Matt is ECW Champion.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

I still stand by my friend's theory that your chance of caring about professional wrestling is directly related to when you find out it's all staged. I had never even seen a match before someone 'spoiled' it for me and it just never had any appeal.

However, a few of the vidgames for it were fun. MANDIBLE CLAW!

Also, The Wrestler is supposed to resuscitate the careers of both Darren Aronofsky and Mickey Rourke, so I guess the profession isn't all bad?

Wouldn't that make it like the ten or eleventh time they've resuscitated the career of Mickey Rourke?

Originally Posted by Archbio

Playing a videogame based on pro-wrestling is getting pretty close to Futurama's gag about virtual virtual skee ball.

Thinking about it, it's not really less ridiculous than any videogame based on a license from a scripted fictional series.

[Mirai Gen]

Wouldn't that make it like the ten or eleventh time they've resuscitated the career of Mickey Rourke?

Can't be any worse than how often they've resuscitated dug up the rotting corpse of Rick Flair's career.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Dante Must Die

Can't be any worse than how often they've resuscitated dug up the rotting corpse of Rick Flair's career.

That's a funny way of spelling "Hulk Hogan."

[Mirai Gen]

Touche.

Although at least Hogan has some self-respect now, since he's got his own reality show.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Dante Must Die

self-respect

reality show

[Archbio]

Thinking about it, it's not really less ridiculous than any videogame based on a license from a scripted fictional series.

It certainly is!

It's like a videogame adaptation of Plan Nine from Outer Space that lovingly renders the strings holding up the flying saucers.

Or a faithful videogame version of Kabuki theater.

[POS Industries]

Never actually played one, have you?

Wrestling games are just fighting games with mechanics based around the "sport." I mean, you don't actually hit a button to take a razor blade to your own forehead while the cameraman films something else for a minute or anything.