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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 232

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What a tag team! Photo Credit: Touchstone Television It's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on here because 140 characters can't restrain me, fool! If you don't know already, follow me @tholzerman , and wait for the call on Wednesday to ask your questions. Hash-tag your questions #TweetBag , and look for the bag to drop Thursday afternoon (most of the time). Without further ado, here are your questions and my answers: Which popular sitcom characters (any era) could most easily translate into professional wrestling stories (without worrying extensively about actors� physical attributes)? #TweetBag � Star of Savage (@StarOfSavage) April 25, 2018 Honestly, I feel like any sitcom protagonist could segue into pro wrestling and at least have the chance to be successful. What is pro wrestling, especially modern pro wrestling, but televised episodic storytelling with outsized characte...

NXT In 60 Seconds

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Johnny, you cheeseball Photo Credit: WWE.com Reign In Power, Bruno Definitely Not Lloyd Braun In Voiceover Form: Last Week on the Leftovers: Kairi Sane made the pre-show great again by hitting THE Elbow on Lacey Evans, and Heavy Machinery and Tino Sabotelli and Riddick Moss got taken out by the War Machine Raiders. The Garganos: come out to raucous applause Johnny: (off mic but to the camera) I've got goosebumps.  Look!  (shows them) Full Sailors: Welcome back!  Johnny Wrestling! Johnny: Going into New Orleans, I dreamt of this moment and the goosebumps it's giving me right now.  It's...it's really good to be home.  I was defined by Tomasso for too long... Full Sailors: BOOO! Johnny: ...it'll happen when your best friend stabs you in the back, breaks your heart, costs you a championship and then a career. Full Sailors: BOOO! Johnny: Hell, I couldn't even say his name for the longest, I was so haunted.  But after 37 grueling minutes I've got my life back ...

Best Coast Bias: Brace Yourself

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Get ready, you mutha***** for the big payback Photo Credit: WWE.com Results, stray thoughts, and takeaways from NXT's three- hour special from the Big Easy just as soon as I can finally relax when the credits box pops up... Results: Adam Cole beat Ricochet, ECIII, Lars Sullivan, Killian Dain and Velveteen Dream in a ladder match to become NXT's first-ever North American Champion. Shayna Baszler became the seventh woman to win the NXT Women's World Championship after Ember Moon passed out in the Kirifuda Clutch. The Undisputed Era's Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly retained the NXT World Tag Team Championships over the Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne in a triple threat match when Strong turned on Dunne, allowing Kyle O'Reilly to gain the fall. Appropriately enough, Aleister Black became the 13th different man to win the NXT World Championship by beating Andrade "Cien" Almas via pinfall after a second Black Mass. Johnny Gargano used a brac...

Pro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Vol. 4, Issue 12

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GUESS WHO GOT THE POOP POISONING? Photo Credit: WWE.com HORB FLERBMINBER is back, and I don't have enough time in the day to tell you all the reasons why the following news report will CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Honestly, I shouldn't even be reporting half of this. Why? Is it because most of it isn't true? PREPOSTEROUS. My news is the LEAST FAKE NEWS OF ALL-TIME. It's because for most people, the truth hurts, rating about at a nine or even a full ten on the pain scale. THAT'S WHY DAVE MELTZER NEVER REPORTS ANYTHING ACCURATE. He's too much of a WIMP to SMACK YOU IN THE FACE with the straight dope! That and because he's a fucking rube who gets worked too easily by his sources and who takes it out on women in general and in specific, but that's neither here nor there. Or is it? YOU BE THE JUDGE. Now, you could just read the below newsletter and do nothing else with your day, BUT WHERE'S THE FUN IN THAT, PISSANT? Follow me on Twitter, @HorbFlerbminber . I swear, ...

NXT In 60 Seconds

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[Ironside theme intensifies] Photo Credit: Some Unemployed Guy 's Twitter Ciampa: comes out Full Sailors (yes, they're back) : hold up Johnny Winkyface signs BOOOOOO!  YOU SUCK!  YOU SUCK! Ciampa: holds up his index finger and raises the mic Full Sailors: BOOOOO!  JOHNNY WRESTLING!  clap clap clapclapclap Ciampa: shakes his head, finally blows it HE'S GONE!  GONE!   Full Sailors: BOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ciampa: NEWS FLASH: he's not walking down that damn aisle, he's GONE!         Full Sailors: BOOOOOOOOOOOO!  YOU SUCK!  YOU SUCK! Ciampa: raises the mic again Full Sailors: BOOOOOOOOOOOO!  CIAMPA SUCKS!  CIAMPA SUCKS! Ciampa: extends his arms Come At Me Bro style, drops the mic and leaves Full Sailors: BOOOOOOOOOOOO!  signs up, so many signs Ciampa: starts ripping the ones he can reach, from a young woman, an old lady, some fan in a mask Some Fan In A Mask: removes it... you can probably guess Johnny Wrestling: jumps over ...

NXT In 60 Seconds

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Cien 4, Tomasso 3, Johnny 0 Photo Credit: WWE.com Remember when our champion looked more like the Mexican-American Male? Remember when Johnny Wrestling couldn't buy a win to save his life? God's Production Team remembers. Title v. NXTenure is our main event. Velveteen Dream: preens his way to the ring Center Stagers: WHOO! Vel vet een! Vel vet een! No Way Jose: dances his way to the ring Center Stagers: Meh. Jose: But... he's still a, and I'm, you guys realize that Center Stagers: WE SAID MEH. Jose: Say meh to these right hands and this plancha! Center Stagers: Vel vet een! Vel vet een! Jose: biels him across the ring a couple of times Dream: I hear you, mortals. Okada level dropkick! Rolling DVD! Purple Rainmaker! Say the one thing I like in lieu of my name! Referee: Winner! Dream: picks up the mic Center Stagers: Vel vet een! Vel vet een! Dream: Your male competitor of the year... Center Stagers: HOORAY! Dream: Overall competitor of the year... Center Stagers: HOORAY!...

Twitter Request Line, Vol. 224

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PIZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAA Photo Credit: TH It's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on here because 140 characters can't restrain me, fool! If you don't know already, follow me @tholzerman , and wait for the call on Wednesday to ask your questions. Hash-tag your questions #TweetBag , and look for the bag to drop Thursday afternoon (most of the time). Without further ado, here are your questions and my answers: FMK: new york pizza, chicago pizza, st louis pizza � TV's Brent (@TVsBrent) February 14, 2018 For those who don't know, FMK is the "fuck, marry, kill" game, usually played with three people. It's crude, but it relays certain desires. It's way less problematic when done with food, unless you're one of those kinky mfers who likes foodplay in the bedroom. Note, I am not here to fuck the pizza. In this case, the "fuck" is for pizza I'd e...

NXT In 60 Seconds

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This place looks like a tornado trios match just hit it Photo Credit: WWE.com ExDragon: ostensibly show up to defend their championships SAnitY: jump them from behind Pier 6: ensues, won by the ex champions Regal: Enough!  This ends tonight � in a tornado match! SAnitY: yesssss gooood the Era: uh, first of all, how dare you Heavy Machinery: get a +3 this week due to their Holzerman adoption Mossatelli: are roundly reviled HM: win the power game MT: show odd sudden signs of disunity HM: lay them out after Drake catches Tino's chicanery, Compactor Drake: Winners!   Riddick: blows off Tino after the match Center Stagers: D-Bry chant John Grapples: comes out Center Stagers: chant for him Johnny: Hell of a month.  I was confident Philly was my night, I knew I was going to win.  I was confident, I brought my family... then I lost.  And it sucks.  But the reaction I got from you guys... Center Stagers : That's us!  Huzzah!  Johnny Wrestling! Johnny: I e...

The 2017 TWB 100 Slow Release: 1-25

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Riddle kicking off the TWB 100 today, BRO Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein I decided against dragging this out for another week, so the top five will be introed with the rest of the top 25. Sorry! Anyway, the final entries on the list are below. THE SUSPENSE MUST BE KILLING YOU. 25. Matt Riddle Points: 968 Number of Ballots: 13 Highest Vote: 2nd Place (Chris Gibbons, Dylan Hales) Last Year�s Ranking: 27th Place TH: The drawback of Riddle getting more comfortable in wrestling and gaining influence over his creative is his bad habits are starting to come out. That being said, warts and all, he's still an enjoyable watch no matter what the setting, and the floor for his matches is always at least "watchable," with a near infinite ceiling, even against dudes you wouldn't expect like Dan Severn. Chris Gibbons: It�s strange that Riddle seems to have lost a bit of his luster in 2017 for some, because his in-ring work was just as good if not better than his incredible ro...