Dont Taze Me Bro Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) On 3/29/2022 at 12:51 PM, Spaceman Spiff said: Random question for the wrestling fans here. I was on twitter the other day, someone RT'd something that Ric Flair had tweeted so I went and looked at his profile and it says that he's a 16x Champ, which...wow, that's pretty awesome, 16 times a champ! But then I thought, "Does being a champ really matter when the **** is all scripted and pre-determined?" I suppose it means that a lot of people making these decisions think highly of him as a draw, someone that the fans are excited about, but that's really it, right? Absolutely matters to the wrestlers themselves, fake or not. How over they get with the crowd as a baby face or heal means a lot along with their actual in ring talent. In addition to a brutal schedule, traveling (for WWE they have to book their own rental cars, gyms to work out in, hotels, etc.), etc. and pay for it out of their own pockets. They are constantly traveling and doing up to 3 or 4 shows/tapings a week, do a lot of fan appearances, charity stuff, etc. Look at it more as all the hard work they have to do to along with fan support just to get a push from the shot callers and get a title shot at any of the belts, win the belt, and hold the title x number of days, winning the belt x amount of times, etc. One of the biggest achievements for a lot of wrestlers is just headlining Wrestlemania. So for them, just like anyone in any profession, winning a championship (or being picked by management to do so, if that is how you want to look at it) equates to success in their career. They really are "actors", so the belts they "win" is their Oscar so to speak. 3 hours ago, redskinss said: Unfortunately i lost my uncle to a motorcycle accident this weekend. Normally I wouldn't post this on extremeskins but I wanted to give him a little recognition that he deserves. He served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and like most combat veterans he was pretty closed off about it until later in life. The stories of survival were just amazing, I'll tell a couple of them. The second closest he came to the end was when he was shot down over the river, he came to in about 40 feet of water, unbuckled and when he regained his composure he sat still long enough to start floating so he could realize which way was up and he swam to the surface, hard to believe that was second. The closest he came to the end was when he was in a run just about to fire rockets at the enemy. The rockets fired from those helicopters would erupt in an explosion of sparks when fired and just as he was about to pull the trigger his gunner said " I think we have a problem" so he aborted the run and found a place to land safely. Once on the ground he discovered seven bullet holes in his fuel tank and jet fuel everywhere. He said if he had pulled the trigger nothing but dust would have come back down to earth. Crazy to think how scary that had to have been for someone in their early twenties. After Vietnam he returned home and served his hometown police department as a detective for 31 years specializing in domestic violence. He lived a life of service to his country and his community and he will be sorely missed. Sorry for your loss man. Sounds like your uncle was a really great man that loved our country and his community. I lost my uncle on Christmas day, 2010 and I'm still not over it yet. Edited March 30, 2022 by Dont Taze Me Bro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 47 minutes ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said: They really are "actors", so the belts they "win" is their Oscar so to speak. Exactly. It's frustrating when I still hear the "wrestling is fake" (insult, so to speak). All acting is fake. Stage, movies, TV...but everyone enamores those people. They are rich and beloved. Wrestlers, doing live stunts, taking huge bumps on the mat and whatnot, getting injured, riding up and down the road...well they're just fake. Please. It's a TOUGH gig. The belt holders should 100% be proud that they are some of the best at their craft. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Started watching Friday Night Lights the NBC series for the first time(its on Netflix). Only through about the first 5 or 6 episodes but I'm really enjoying it. I guess Matt Saresen is supposed to be Taylor Heinicke lolol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Another thing about wrestling: They better nail the Stone Cold thing this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I don’t feel tardy, @Spaceman Spiff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) @redskinsssorry for the loss. Sounds like an amazing dude to him and people like him Edited March 31, 2022 by tshile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, TradeTheBeal! said: I don’t feel tardy, @Spaceman Spiff! Where is this glorious place? Pizza looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 25 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: Where is this glorious place? Pizza looks great. Walking distance from the old Redskins practice field. https://hotforpizza.square.site/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 15 hours ago, Warhead36 said: Started watching Friday Night Lights the NBC series for the first time(its on Netflix). Only through about the first 5 or 6 episodes but I'm really enjoying it. I guess Matt Saresen is supposed to be Taylor Heinicke lolol. It's a great show, I watched it real time when it aired and watched it again a few years ago. I used to watch a show on Syfy ages ago called Early Edition (had Kyle Chandler in it). His character would get a newspaper each morning that was for one day into the future and they would try to prevent deaths, etc. from happening. Can't stream it anywhere, had to buy the box set DVD for the entire series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said: It's a great show, I watched it real time when it aired and watched it again a few years ago. I used to watch a show on Syfy ages ago called Early Edition (had Kyle Chandler in it). His character would get a newspaper each morning that was for one day into the future and they would try to prevent deaths, etc. from happening. Can't stream it anywhere, had to buy the box set DVD for the entire series. Whoa. That was him? I remember that show. Not sure that I watched it, but remember the ads. Probably was on CBS or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I think I'm gonna get another one of those family meals from Pappadeaux to vacuum-freeze. I can get about 13-15 meals for what I'd pay for one meal if I actually dined in. (And their blackened salmon Alexander is phenomenal.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/30/2022 at 3:25 PM, d0ublestr0ker0ll said: Exactly. It's frustrating when I still hear the "wrestling is fake" (insult, so to speak). All acting is fake. Stage, movies, TV...but everyone enamores those people. They are rich and beloved. Wrestlers, doing live stunts, taking huge bumps on the mat and whatnot, getting injured, riding up and down the road...well they're just fake. Please. It's a TOUGH gig. The belt holders should 100% be proud that they are some of the best at their craft. I've tried watching wrestling a few times and I just can't get into it. It's not for me. That said, those folks put their bodies on the line every time, and the stunts are cool. Mad respect. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Daughter likes baked beans...now all she needs is a campfire and some stories to tell... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 16 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Daughter likes baked beans...now all she needs is a campfire and some stories to tell... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 *14 month old spits, blows in harmonica, and says "bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bah!!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreaterbuzzette Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Ask @The Almighty Buzz how our day went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Too much lube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 28 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Too much lube? Hydraulic line blew out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Just now, The Almighty Buzz said: Hydraulic line blew out. Happens to a lot of gentlemen when they get up there in age. Nothing to be ashamed of. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Jabbyrwock said: Happens to a lot of gentlemen when they get up there in age. Nothing to be ashamed of. Heyooo. Edited April 1, 2022 by The Evil Genius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I love sports-heavy weekends like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 9 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: Heyooo. It was a long day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 My girlfriend just got me so bad. Called me and said she got a blood test and was positive and pregnant. She sounded so serious. My heart was beating like a million times a second. Then she texted me April Fools 🤯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 52 minutes ago, abdcskins said: My girlfriend just got me so bad. Called me and said she got a blood test and was positive and pregnant. She sounded so serious. My heart was beating like a million times a second. Then she texted me April Fools 🤯 That's ****ed up and crosses a line. You should throw her cat off the balcony and say "April Fools." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 hours ago, abdcskins said: My girlfriend just got me so bad. Called me and said she got a blood test and was positive and pregnant. She sounded so serious. My heart was beating like a million times a second. Then she texted me April Fools 🤯 I used that one this morning at work. It was all girls...half had the "oh, ****" look & half had the confused "but you've been through menopause" look. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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