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2-Oct-2019(#1)Other thread was closed...so here we are.
Anyone else excited for AEW Dynamite tonight?
beavis
5-Jan-2023(#46)PizzaTheHutt wrote:> Fire Pro Wrestling World is on sale for $10 in the PlayStation Store. I bought it
> last night. I've owned it on Steam for years (since it was in Early Access) but haven't
> played it yet. I'm much more likely to play it on console (though I was hoping for
> a Switch port but I guess it's not happening).
>
Never played these, do they have control schemes like the N64 games, the modern 2k games, or different than both? I've been waiting for more news on the AEW game but still haven't seen a solid release date yet.
theJaw
* 5-Jan-2023(#47)Fire Pro is way different than other games. You can't just spam moves and whatnot, and it's not like the old 16-bit WWF games where you just need to wear an opponent out. The gameplay is molded around building an actually good MATCH, the way a wrestler would. So you need to start with "light" moves, and build to the bigger stuff and then finishers. It actually incorporates wrestling "psychology", which is real neat. I love that they grade matches afterwards.
Fire Pro World is a great game, but all FP games have a definite learning curve. Button mashers need not apply.
theJaw
5-Jan-2023(#49)I have no faith in Vince McMahon in WWE and it’s ridiculous that he’s coming back.
What exactly are the details there? He’s straight up selling WWE? To who? What happens after the sale?
theJaw
6-Jan-2023(#53)Real weird, considering the dude is out of his mind.
theJaw
* 10-Jan-2023(#58)Yah fudge RF, ROH’s best decision was to separate from that creep.
Anyhow, Vince is back in charge. Think I’m done with WWE.
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* 10-Jan-2023(#59)McMahon apparently literally just sold WWE to Saudi Arabia. RIP WWE.
theJaw
11-Jan-2023(#63)Yeah, it's just a report for now, but it seems like several legit sources believe it. But who knows? Fingers crossed that crap doesn't happen.
HEHEHATE
14-Jan-2023(#64)I know I'm not big into wrestling anymore myself, but i figured I'd let you guys know that a buddy of mine from High School I hung around with is now getting paid to present wrestling related articles and he's done a fair amount of interviews with professional and independants alike. Give him a look or maybe you've heard of him. His name is Bob Colling and he runs
https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ shadyfozzie
17-Jan-2023(#66)Looks like a car accident in Maryland. Totally sucks
theJaw
17-Jan-2023(#67)100% cried. That fudging sucks so bad.
BucketofJustice
19-Jan-2023(#68)This still sucks. I cried some. Kind of emotional right now to be frank. I can’t explain why.
I’ve thought about Jay a lot for the past couple of days. Cool story… I met Jay and Mark in 2004. I went to the RoH show where AJ Styles became the Pure Wrestling champion. The Briscoes wrestled the Backseat Boyz for the RoH Tag Team titles. It was great! I met them after the show when they were leaving. It was just a quick deal but they were cool. I was grinning ear to ear.
I remember more about that trip now. It’s not important now. Jay Briscoe is important now.
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* 20-Jan-2023(#69)Yah I've been pretty much nonstop thinking about him and his family. Never got to meet him, but I was lucky enough to get to see him wrestle live five times.
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen & Steve Corino (ROH Tag Title Classic II - 2010)
Jay Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong vs. El Generico vs. Homicide (ROH Defy or Deny - 2011)
Jay & Mark Briscoe & Bully Ray vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys (ROH Best in the World - 2017)
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Flip Gordon (ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Night 1 - 2018)
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. FTR (ROH Death Before Dishonor - 2022)
Jay put his all into each of those matches (and really any match he was in), even when they weren't the marquee match of the night. I still can't believe I saw the dude face Jushin Liger, that's so surreal to me. I mean the match was just a low card match with no real story but still, how wild. And of course seeing the second match in the immediately-legendary trilogy vs. FTR will always stick with me. I'm happy that I got to experience that, probably the best match I've ever seen live (if not one of the best I've ever seen, period). Guy could work with legit anybody and get the most out of them.
Gonna miss him a lot, and miss The Briscoes as a tag team in general. Feel awful for Mark and the rest of his family.
Here's one of my favorite Jay Briscoe matches, coincidentally vs. Mark Briscoe at ROH Fifth Year Festival: Finale. Just about the only match I can think about that deserved the finish it got. Hearing the small smattering of disappointment transform to thunderous praise within seconds is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28--GlSE9SA theJaw
24-Jan-2023(#70)Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal signed for AEW Dynamite tomorrow. LET'S FUDGING GOOO.
theJaw
24-Jan-2023(#72)Yah Meltzer is infamous for being right and wrong in equal parts haha. But it is possible Tony Khan just got the network to get the frig over it and change their minds. No reason Mark shouldn't be allowed to wrestle regardless.
shadyfozzie
24-Jan-2023(#74)Raw XXX was terrible last night.
theJaw
24-Jan-2023(#76)It was a fine show. Some fun stuff. Some terrible crap. Was glad Imperium didn't get the Revival treatment and get beat down by elderly-DX, but also wish they won that 6 man match. The cage match stuff was fudging stupid, no excuses there. Bray Wyatt is not hitting at all the way I hoped he would have. Otherwise it was a normal Triple H-booked Raw - not much substance, not much to re-watch, but fun enough to pass time.
theJaw
24-Jan-2023(#78)lol (horn)Swoggle is a little sarcastic crap and I love him. He shows up on the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast shows with Matt Cardona and Brian Myers a lot. I'm sure he'd show up if WWE asked, but he also seems like he couldn't give less of a crap nowadays haha
theJaw
25-Jan-2023(#79)Welp, that main event was about as sad as I expected it to be. Great showing by Mark Briscoe, can't imagine how hard it was to go out there tonight. Kudos to him and AEW, that was classy.
theJaw
* 26-Jan-2023(#81)BucketofJustice wrote:> I just got Sling TV back and I had to DVR Dynamite since I wasn’t home. I watched
> one of the Jay Briscoe videos on YouTube and I was emotional, I’ll admit. Without
> spoilers, is it a good tribute show? Did they do right by Jay this week?
It wasn't a full tribute show tbh, most of it was just Dynamite. But boy did Mark Briscoe deliver in that main event. It was 100% a great tribute to Jay, and the ending of the episode itself got me weeping. It was so cathartic to see Mark do his thing in there, I appreciate the hell out of that. Great match too, for what it's worth.
It looks like the (free) ROH Jay Briscoe Celebration of Life show that they filmed after Dynamite last week has been released. This was a last second show that they put together on the fly a literal day after Jay passed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iS93bbBtLU