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Post by BDS on Aug 2, 2007 9:56:45 GMT -5
And I would make a preliminary guess that the blogger (Erin) is in fact the evil genius Sapolsky himself. The poster "Big Daddy" (not yours truly) on the ROH boards seems to be the one claiming responsibility for the blog's existence. If you go back to that "this is over" thread on the ROH boards and look for Big Daddy's posts, there's some interesting tidbits to be gleaned. Alright, Holli's getting me out of the house so I don't obsess over this all morning. Later, guys! |
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 2, 2007 10:07:20 GMT -5
The blog came up with an idea that Afa the Wild Samoan could be involved. Obviously it shot down that theory but I couldn't help but laugh.
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 2, 2007 10:32:48 GMT -5
And the thread on the ROH message board just got locked. I can imagine all of the posters shaking each other's hands and saying "Good game" to each other as if nothing filled with hate ever happened.
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Post by Hegemony on Aug 2, 2007 10:34:57 GMT -5
Locked but not deleted, and Gabe has a notoriously "quick trigger finger" when it comes to these things on his board.
More evidence that this is all a work???
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 2, 2007 15:42:30 GMT -5
After seing what's been going on all day today, it is definately a work.
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Post by Knapik on Aug 2, 2007 16:05:25 GMT -5
Originally Posted by Gabe Sapolsky via email
"This Project 161 stuff has really gotten out of hand. I don't know who it is but they are calling me at home now, bringing my family into it. The whole website thing is just pulling my family into this thing and playing right into their hands. I'm trying to figure out who is behind this but please don't let them bring my personal life into it and please take the pics of them off your site."
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Post by Highway61Revisited on Aug 2, 2007 16:17:39 GMT -5
Vince take notes:
Angles like this and Jimmy Loves Lacey are what wrestling fans want to see.
Using the internet to your advantage and incorporating it in an angle?
These "indy" kids today! What will they think of next?
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Post by Subvert69 on Aug 3, 2007 10:06:32 GMT -5
I'm intrigued by this whole thing. Should be interesting.
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Post by Hegemony on Aug 4, 2007 15:01:57 GMT -5
The plot thickens, as this was posted today on projectonesixone.blogspot.com/ This is all after Gabe insists this was a prank/hoax. I love ROH. Here is the text in case the blog is closed down again in the near future. Saturday, August 4 A bustling city is like suffocation. Skyscrapers double as high walls, and if the air pollution doesn’t suck the life from you, they will. At rush hour, the business suits scatter like vermin. Freed from these prisons, they litter the streets, and not just with Starbucks and McDonalds, but with footsteps and fingerprints. I pass them and see nothing more than wasted flesh. Maybe they see the same in me, but chances are, they see nothing at all; their eyes unable to discern uniqueness any longer. I pass them and feel the filth of their ignorance layer my skin, like a membrane. I wonder if their water proof, stain-resistant khakis are also bullet proof. I doubt it, and I smirk. Everyone’s making names for themselves now. Escaping trust fund shadows. Building their own lives and fulfilling their parent’s dreams. American dreams. Nice stuff and modern things coming quick. Who’s the last one on the board to install heated sidewalks? What size are your wife’s breast implants? When’s the last time you forgot your stepson’s name? Where are your winter homes? Why should you not kill yourself? There are no good reasons. No one would care for more than a month. Your wife doesn’t love you, she loves your money. Your kids don’t even call you “Dad.” And ask yourself this, would you give a shit if the intern who forgets your coffee at least two times a week blew his head off in the bathroom? And he’d probably care even less if you did. He’d probably even laugh a little. Their scent is predictable. Every cheap Younkers fragrance that came with the teenage sales girl’s phone number you can imagine amalgamated in a must only comparable to formaldehyde. You know what they say, everyone is dying. I pass them and I hear nothing. If you try hard enough, so much noise can become silence. Cinematically, this is where the bombs go off, but who has the balls for that? Only the kids whose names you forgot. The kids you raised. Posted by Project 161 at 4:08 AM 2 comments Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Blog Archive ? 2007 (1) ? August (1) A bustling city is like suffocation. Skyscrapers ... About Me Project 161 View my complete profile |
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 4, 2007 15:35:25 GMT -5
I found that through www.project161.comThis year's Death Before Dishonor will have the answers apparently. |
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Post by Knapik on Aug 4, 2007 18:53:41 GMT -5
Boston 10, MA - Death Before Dishonor Night 1 Non-Sanctioned Boston Street Fight Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico ROH World Title Match Takeshi Morishima defends vs. Claudio Castagnoli Grudge Tag Team Match Austin Aries & Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero Pure Wrestling Rules Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney, Sara Del Rey, Tank Toland & Bobby Dempsey Special Attraction Match Bryan Danielson vs. Matt Sydal with Larry Sweeney, Sara Del Rey, Tank Toland & Bobby Dempsey Special Challenge Match Jack Evans vs. Davey Richards SHIMMER #1 Contender's Match (Winner Receives Title Match On 8/11) Lacey vs. Daizee Haze Plus more to be announced with: Brent Albright; Delirious; Matt Cross; Jigsaw; Eddie Edwards and others!!! No mention of Pearce, Whitmer, Jacobs, or Hagadorn. HMMMMMM. edit: The 2 DBD cards are going to be AWESOME! Check out the 2nd one here: www.rohwrestling.com/News/Article.aspx?id=516 |
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Post by LWPD on Aug 4, 2007 19:00:55 GMT -5
Pure Wrestling Rules SHIMMER #1 Contender's Match Knapik What exactly are these two formats? |
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Post by Knapik on Aug 4, 2007 19:07:08 GMT -5
"Pure" Wrestling Rules (from Wikipedia)
* Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls during the match. After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts under the ropes by the opponent are considered legal.
* There are no closed-fist punches to the face allowed in a Pure match, only open-handed slaps or chops to the face are allowed. Punches to other parts of the body (save for low-blows) are permitted. The first use of a closed fist will get a warning, and the second will cause the wrestler to be penalized a rope break. If he is already out of rope breaks, he will be disqualified.
* A wrestler is subject to a twenty count by the referee if the wrestler goes to the floor.
Very interesting matches! Nigel was the Pure Champion for almost a year before losing the title to Bryan Danielson in a title unification match.
SHIMMER is a fed of women (ran by Ring of Honor) and occassionally they have SHIMMER matches on the main ROH shows.
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 5, 2007 7:48:01 GMT -5
Got this through the blog. No idea what this has to do with wrestling.
20 years old, two boys deep, and she’s just married. Late night shifts at the diner pay for her bad habits, and his.
Home is a trailer on the South side of town. There he sits on his Keystone throne, too lazy to give a **** about giving a ****.
It’s 2 a.m., and as the little ones have finally fallen asleep on the hardwood floor, he puts his game on pause and he rolls his first joint since dinner. Taking a puff, he sets it down to burn another hole in the recliner, and another hour from the night.
It’s 2:15 now, and she forgot some kid’s bacon. He gave her a hard time. She’s in the cooler now wondering if her sons got snacks before bed. She tries hard to remember the last time she was home to tuck them in. Before she can cry, the microwave goes off—bacon is done.
It’s 3 a.m. His snoring startles him and wakes him up. The boys are resting soundly and he figures he should find some food. The refrigerator is barren, and the cupboards empty. He grabs his keys off the counter and a beer from the pack. He pushes open the screen door and gets on his bike. He starts it up, revs it up, and heads to Wal-Mart for a bag of chips and a candy bar.
It’s 3:02 and she gets shorted for the third time in a week. She looks in her apron—into her tips—to pay for the remainder of the shorted bill. She realizes she doesn’t have the cash for this, and tells her shift manager so. They bicker, he accuses, and she denies. The line is drawn, but she won’t budge. Predictably, she retreats; she hands in her nametag and walks out the front door. She starts her car and heads home to be with her little sleeping angels. Tears flowing now, like blood from bullet holes, she turns onto Highway 915 and speeds off.
It’s 3:10 and the city lights in the distance are getting blurry. He snaps his head for clarity, but his attempts are futile. Sooner, the darkness will envelope his body and his mind once more.
It’s 3:11 and lighting a cigarette has never been so difficult. Her hands and lips trembling, the cigarette falls to the floor. ****. And she quickly reaches down to pick it up.
His front tire crosses the center line.
Before she lights, she wipes the tears from her eyes.
Before he can shake his head again…
Before she has a second to notice…
The heartbreaking thing, however, is not how people die, but rather, how they live. Middle class America needs a wake up call. And frighteningly enough, tragedies like this occur ever single day. Though notice is quickly taken, it is dismissed even more so. No one feels a thing until they are meant to. No one makes a change until they are taught how. No one knows the truth until they are shown the way.
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Post by LWPD on Aug 5, 2007 17:13:50 GMT -5
Thanks Knapik.
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The above two rules are very similar to how Funaki's King of Pancrase event was formatted during their 'hard work' era. KOP used five rope breaks as opposed to three...and a negative scoring system that was factored in should a bout go the time limit. UWFI also used a similar format starting with 15 points and working down...although a match could be lost on points 'before' time expired should the initial 15 count dwindle to zero.
Neither did the twenty count out of the ring thing (for the appearance of looking legit)...everything was in the ring with a ten count KO rule.
If you were to chose one (and only one) match that defined an ROH Pure Style Rules match executed at it's best...which one would it be and why?
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Post by BDS on Aug 5, 2007 22:02:48 GMT -5
If you were to chose one (and only one) match that defined an ROH Pure Style Rules match executed at it's best...which one would it be and why? I'm not Knapik, but I feel compelled to offer input here ... Danielson vs. McGuinness, title vs. title under Pure rules, take I. McGuinness' reign was the most memorable of all of the Pure champions. He really made it a point to make the unique rules part of the match, doing everything he could to exploit them to win. Not to mention that McGuinness and Danielson are two of the best "wrestlers" in this business today, IMO. |
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Post by hofclemens on Aug 5, 2007 22:13:17 GMT -5
will be the 1st boston show I will miss since RRC 3 back in'04.. looks like a good one though
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Post by Knapik on Aug 5, 2007 22:18:09 GMT -5
If you were to chose one (and only one) match that defined an ROH Pure Style Rules match executed at it's best...which one would it be and why? I'm not Knapik, but I feel compelled to offer input here ... Danielson vs. McGuinness, title vs. title under Pure rules, take I. McGuinness' reign was the most memorable of all of the Pure champions. He really made it a point to make the unique rules part of the match, doing everything he could to exploit them to win. Not to mention that McGuinness and Danielson are two of the best "wrestlers" in this business today, IMO. I agree and I agree. Also Nigel vs. Aries... sometime in Febuary of last year. Two of my favorite guys in a classic. Nigel did whatever he needed to to keep the Pure title and wasn't humble about his reign. I hope they bring the title back once the World title if off of Morishima. I could easily see Nigel as World Champ and Danielson as Pure Champ (to bring back the title with a bang) |
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Post by Highway61Revisited on Aug 5, 2007 23:14:16 GMT -5
I actually preferred the Danielson/McGuinness match from Unified to Joe/Danielson at Fight of the Century.
(I'm saying it was the best ROH match I saw last year and unequaled in emotion except perhaps by the Homicide/Danielson match at Final Battle. I was lucky enough to be in attendance for that one.)
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Post by Knapik on Aug 5, 2007 23:16:57 GMT -5
WOW you were there for Homicide/Danielson!?! That finish was SO WELL BOOKED! Were there people crying and stuff? What an emotional end to the year!
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