Chris Jericho is

"The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah"
"The Man of 1,004 Holds"
"Role Model and Paragon of Virtue"
"The King of the Loopholes"

7/8/2010 9:14:11 AM

They were showing some WWE stuff over here a few nights ago on TV. Along with "World's Most Extreme Videos".

I was pleased that trashy American TV has worldwide appeal

7/8/2010 9:16:14 AM

wwe has calmed down the trash over the past two years or so

a lot of that has to do with linda mcmahon's senate campaign

but someone told me they missed the good old days of the '70s/'80s when wrestling wasn't so trashy

so i showed them the video of jimmy hart blaming jerry lawler's piledriver for andy kaufman's terminal cancer

7/8/2010 9:24:39 AM

THE GREAT HAMBINO

7/8/2010 9:24:49 AM

7/8/2010 9:27:09 AM

THE ALL-AMERICAN AMERICAN

7/8/2010 9:59:08 AM

I interviewed this guy for public radio once

he's a Muslim novelist and performance artist

[Edited on July 8, 2010 at 10:21 AM. Reason : noobed in the morning]

7/8/2010 10:00:38 AM

the original version of this thread included

Jack "The All-American American" Swagger

and

Ric "Space Mountain" Flair

and, as much as i dislike his gimmick

John "The Doctor of Thugonomics" Cena

but i thought it'd be funnier just to use jericho nicknames

7/8/2010 10:14:13 AM

it is

7/8/2010 10:17:23 AM

ARMBAR

7/8/2010 10:25:35 AM

Jericho's schtick/feud with Dean Malinko and his whole "Man of 1001-1004 holds" was hilarious.

"The full nelson, the armbar, the walls of jericho, the armbar, the sharpshooter, the armbar, the figure four, and of course... the armbar."

7/8/2010 10:40:59 AM

i am going to try this from memory, then post the video and see how accurate i am

my guess:

#1 ARM BAR
#2 ARM DRAG
#3 ARM BAR
#4 THE SASKATCHEWAN SPINNING WRIST HOLD
#5 ARM BAR
#6 THE DOUBLE TWISTING FAMILY GREDUNZEL
#7 ARM BAR
#8 MMMMADVHSBAJAKAKAKJHS
#9 ARM BAR

real:

#1 ARM DRAG
#2 ARM BAR
#3 THE MOSS-COVERED THREE-HANDLED FAMILY GREDUNZEL
#4 ARM BAR
#5 THE SASKATCHEWAN SPINNING NERVE HOLD
#8 ARM BAR
#9 THE SHOOTING STAR SPINNING SUPERPLEX
#10 RIGHT HANDED ARM BAR

7/8/2010 10:47:27 AM

I always forget that #1 is ARM DRAG and #2 is ARM BAR

7/8/2010 10:48:47 AM

i always forget that as well

it's because he puts this weird emphasis on "BAR" that sounds much better if you put it on "DRAG"

also, somewhere in that clip i lost the one where he just mumbles

which i had at #8

it's also worth noting that this whole promo came just after he squashed marty jannetty

7/8/2010 10:58:08 AM

Quote :

"#9 THE SHOOTING STAR SPINNING SUPERPLEX"

i'd pay good $$$ to see that move

7/8/2010 11:01:00 AM

btw, there's a GOUGE show in the middle of hargett st. in front of the times on 7/31

7/8/2010 11:04:52 AM

i miss the days of it being easy to suspend disbelief in pro wrestling and the fights actually looked like shoots and not completely staged


that era pretty much ended with the stone cold era, not do discredit steve austin but in that era it went from being about good story lines and great in-ring action to becoming shock and awe

7/8/2010 11:35:20 AM

you might like ring of honor

third in size behind WWE & TNA

but all about the wrestling and cutting vintage-style promos (jim cornette is their on-screen management)

http://rohwrestling.com/

the tyler black/davey richards match from their last ppv was supposedly a very stiff match

7/8/2010 11:41:02 AM

cool thanks man

ive always been partial to the guys that work stiff, i cant stand a lot of over embellishment

theyve been around a while havent they?? ive heard of this organizarion before

[Edited on July 8, 2010 at 11:43 AM. Reason : d]

7/8/2010 11:42:39 AM

i always thought the steamboat was a sweet nickname.

Ricky The Steamboat Dragon had such a ring to it

7/8/2010 11:46:29 AM

Vinyl bring the classics. I always like Deano Machino. And going back further, whenever To y Schiavone called the Yeti the "Yeh-teh" for no reason.

Bring back the Dungeon of Doom.

7/8/2010 11:47:01 AM

yeah, about 10 years

some alumni:

cm punk
samoa joe
bryan danielson
aj styles
christopher daniels
jay lethal
nigel mcguinness
teddy hart
low ki
colt cabana
amazing red
mickie james
KENTA
misawa

etc.

the only bad thing about ROH is that mike hogewood does the pbp on their weekly show

7/8/2010 11:48:00 AM

HBK

7/8/2010 12:03:57 PM

NECROBUTCHER

7/8/2010 12:05:26 PM

Chris Jericho is awesome.

I haven't watched wrestling in years, is Jericho still doing it? I know he's got that gameshow thing now.

7/8/2010 12:05:42 PM

Yes, he's still doing it.

But he's boring as sin now.

7/8/2010 12:19:02 PM

his vendetta against mickey rourke and old people last year was fun

7/8/2010 12:20:09 PM