Zero22xx
I am not a number.
Having stomped my feet and stormed off from TNA in protest of Tessa Blanchard, I think that in addition to trying to get into Stardom, I’m gonna start checking out NXT.
For Stardom, I think I’m going to go back in time a year. I found a download on the archive for All Star Grand Queendom 2024 and I’m going to take it from there, slowly making my way through PPVs (or also weekly shows if I really need to). I’m thinking that’ll probably be the best way to get you know everyone and how things work, while easier access to translations and / or subtitles without any wait. So this is gonna be a long term thing to get into.
And for my immediate needs and to fill the hole for my weekly soap opera drama, I think I’m gonna start with the closest NXT PPV and catch up from there. I get the impression that they also feature women’s wrestling a lot, plus I’d be seeing the Knockouts there. And it seems disconnected enough from the main roster that Raw and SmackDown would be optional, not mandatory. Although, honestly, I might check out how people like MCMG, the Lucha Bros and Jordynne Grace are doing too.
Yeah, sadly the pro wrestling lifestyle seems to fuck these guys up properly more often than not. I never actually saw Vampiro in his heyday but he strikes me as the kind of madman that did a lot of head related offense lol.
We actually never got WCW in my country I’m pretty sure until the Monday night wars were over and Vince already owned it. If I’m remembering correctly, we got it on TV around the time the invasion was already going on in WWE. And it wasn’t on TV for very long either. From what I can tell, WWF/E had already won the war outside of the USA and beat WCW to those markets. On that note, I wouldn’t mind finding and checking out old ECW shows, another important part of history I missed here.
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Thanks for the new website to add to my bookmarks! Honestly the timezone usually kills me, which is why I watch the next day normally, but maybe Japanese time will be kinder to me than US timezones. And it’s worth having a near all nighter for the occasional show sometimes.
Ah yeah I assumed the good wrestling torrents were probably locked behind a registration somewhere. I barely ever see wrestling torrents on standard sites and when they do exist, the seeding is poor. My go to through the years has usually been the watchwrestling websites, but they seem to only ever deal in WWE, AEW, TNA, ROH and NJPW. I found a steam for this Stardom show in yandex search results (it’s basically better than any other mainstream search engine for pirate shit) but still, not my preferred route.
God fuck AAA and fuck Konnan lmao
And fuck Vampiro too lol. Say what you will about Matt Striker, the guy had to do two commentators jobs when he was working with Vampiro because all you could get out of the guy was burps, farts and hot takes like “I dunno man, it’s just pro wrestling”. Lucha Underground was good in spite of him.
There are people like Merawrestling on Xitter who post translations of post-match/in-ring promos
Well that’s not too bad, I guess. Better than nothing and that’s the really important stuff that needs translating anyway. Pity they’re on Twitter though. Subtitles are actually fine too, so the YouTube channel might be worth a look see.
I’ve been wanting to look into this promotion for a long while now but apart from NJPW itself, Japanese wrestling isn’t nearly as easy to find online and start anywhere as American wrestling. Same goes for Mexican wrestling actually. Lucha can be as confusing as fuck without someone telling you what’s going on in English, especially chaotic AAA.
Still in between wrestling promotions and just quickly checked out an illicit stream of this. Do these guys ever release shows with English commentary?
While trying to figure out the discography of The Gathering, a band that has been on my radar for a long time but with a lot of albums and different sounds to go through, I’ve come across Agua de Annique / Anneke van Giersbergen, the solo career of the now ex Gathering vocalist, which is fairly easy listening (although still rock / alternative) and something to listen to slowly when I’m in the mood.
And then also the previous band of the current Gathering vocalist, Octavia Sperati, which is some sort of gothic flavoured metal I guess? I dunno, I don’t really care to know subgenres of subgenres. But I’m really enjoying this one. Which kinda sucks because it looks like they haven’t done anything since their vocalist joined the Gathering.
And then today I listened to some Chappell Roan and I liked it! Not music that I’m always in the mood for but I think it’ll go nicely in my rotation of '80s and '90s stuff when I’m feeling so inclined.
Edit: also I think I’m gonna finally look up whoever it is that does the intro songs for Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex.
When I was younger, I believed that it was an ideal worth striving for. Now I don’t have that much faith in people anymore and I think that the best you can ask for is to try to live life your way and stay true to your beliefs and morals as best you can, according to whatever circumstances that you’ve been given.
Just listened to “Good Luck, Babe!” and “Hot to Go!”. Definitely poppier than my usual tastes, which I was expecting. But old school, as you say, and it gives me feelings of nostalgia. Her voice is awesome too.
I’m definitely sometimes in the mood for this kind of jam, so this might actually become a little guilty pleasure of mine. I think it would fit well with all the '90s (and some '80s) shit on my playlist anyway.
While I agree with the gist of what you’re saying, rioting because your favourite sportsball team lost is also deranged shit that shouldn’t exist in a civilized society. It might not be nationalism to a country but it sure as shit comes from the same place, maybe just with a little more gang mentality thrown in.