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 Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 11:41am |
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The Ultimate Warrior was a man in good shape and had a job that involved dressing up, face paint, putting on a deeper voice and bad hair rock. It is fair to say that, like the majority of homophobes, he was more in the cupboard than the closet. |
I'd say he was definitely alot more in the cupboard as he had that illness where he genuinely thought he was The Ultimate Warrior and used to dress up in his WWE attire outside of his job  |
I’d say a more than a few of them went about like that! The daily injections didn’t help |
British Bulldog and Mr. Perfect were the only known severe abusers
But The Warrior actually went batsh*t crazy over it.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 12:04pm |
what do you consider as serial abusers? They were all on the juice in some way and therefore serial abusers of it in my eyes (it wasn’t illegal during the 80’s).
Bulldog and warrior used growth hormone which was more extreme than regular steroids I believe.
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I'll admit to watching WWF as a kid. One of the best gimmicks had to be Rick the Model Martell, the quintessential French playboy. His trademark move of spraying his own range of perfume, called Arrogancé, into his opponents faces to incapacitate them was superb.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 12:22pm |
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Bulldog and warrior used growth hormone which was more extreme than regular steroids I believe. |
That's what I'd call as serious abuse. Everyone did it back in the 80's and 90's, a select few like Lesnar and Triple H are still allowed to do it, but the 2 you mentioned were grossly bad for it.
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I'll admit to watching WWF as a kid. One of the best gimmicks had to be Rick the Model Martell, the quintessential French playboy. His trademark move of spraying his own range of perfume, called Arrogancé, into his opponents faces to incapacitate them was superb. |
I watch it every now and again when there's a big PPV on and I'm sat bored at work etc. And if you asked me what my favourite gimmick is, it's from the 90's - The Honky Tonk Man, the Elvis impersonator |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 12:22pm |
Wrestling 1985-2005 was great. Hard to watch anything before or after that era. We had the wwe network in the house for a few years when our young lad was into the wwe and enjoyed going back and watching some of the old PPVs and matches. Even found myself watching some WCW stuff which was the company that were competing head to head in prime time with the wwe during the 90’s that we kind of only heard about here or read online when the internet got bigger as we only really had wwe side of the story in Ireland, apart from a short period in the 90s when itv had WCW, followed by Thunder in Paradise then. Gladiators and. then blind date on a Saturday evening.
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I'll admit to watching WWF as a kid. One of the best gimmicks had to be Rick the Model Martell, the quintessential French playboy. His trademark move of spraying his own range of perfume, called Arrogancé, into his opponents faces to incapacitate them was superb. |
 loved it as a kid
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I'll admit to watching WWF as a kid. One of the best gimmicks had to be Rick the Model Martell, the quintessential French playboy. His trademark move of spraying his own range of perfume, called Arrogancé, into his opponents faces to incapacitate them was superb. |
loved it as a kid |
Good times indeed
We used to buy all the wrestlemania’s from Jonesborough market and watch them every weekend. We wore the tapes out.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 3:35pm |
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coyne wrote:
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Mcgregor living rent free in so many peoples heads. That's why he's the biggest draw. You either love or hate him.
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There was definitely far less interest and hype in this fight than his previous ones and that isn’t all down to it being behind closed doors |
It wasn't behind closed doors? |
Was it not? Point proven, shows how much interest I had in it lol |
Personal opinion on this but I think the declining interest is due to the fact the fanbase know he won't be fighting for a title anytime soon, and the nice man persona he's putting on isn't helping the cause, you watch McGregor for the WWE antics and sh*t-talk and the nice man persona has translated over into his ring performances - The likes of Jose Aldo, RDA and Eddie Alvarez were absolutely sh*t scared of him now he's this bloke who's literally asking what you time you went to bed last night and what you had for breakfast, it's just weird, uncomfortable and he's completely lost the fear factor he had because of it.
People might find the antics and sh*t-talking cringy but in both Boxing and MMA, being able to market yourself is more important than if you can actually fight - Look at the likes of the Youtubers
Michael Chandler has been in the UFC quite literally 2 minutes and he decided to cut a Ric Flair promo afterwards and he'll probably end up getting a title shot out of it.
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Yes, Chandler is very exciting prospect now.
Also, McGregor is now living off his past reputation, which he earned mostly from his sh*te talk, antics and his left hand. sh*te talk and antics have diminished and potentially his left hand and fight game too are on the slide. His latest fights for me say he is not really that tough when the going gets tough. If you catch him with a half decent shot then he is in trouble. He may need to go back to Featherweight to really get back his upper hand when it comes to power, which I don't think he would put himself through the weight cut process.
So what is left for him are the money fights. Diaz makes sense as a next fight.
It would be good if they brought back the sh*te talk and antics. It's what made him and it's no coincidence when you see the biggest buy-rates for last 12 months, you have Masvidal's fight with Usman the only fight doing similar numbers to McGregor, another sh*te talker!
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Masvidal is a likeable guy and is good at sh*t talking but he only made it as a star because he had 3 very impressive knockouts in a row. Darren Till, Ben Askren and Diaz by doctor stoppage. Same as mcgregor. Unless he cleaned out his division and won 2 belts in impressive style he wouldn't be a star.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 4:35pm |
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[QUOTE=Neil Armstrong]Supposed to have earned 30 million for this mornings efforts, dollars or euros? That softened his pain of defeat I'd say, probably a few more pay days left in him too his doing alright all the same. |
30 million for a 2000 spectator event during a global pandemic?! What on earth have you been reading
3.5 mil after his sponsorships. Dustin didn't even get 7 figures. That's how low the payouts are nowadays.
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No wonder he was so nice in his press conference afterwards If he earned 3.5M for that! |
That was a big PPV event and there's no way he made under 30M for it. He gets a big cut of those sales. |
According to Forbes, the former two-weight UFC champion is set to pocket a whopping €20.5 million from his stint in Abu Dhabi. An initial €3.25 million base pay was bumped up by an expected €17.25 million in PPV sales. This trumps the career-high €822,000 Poirier was paid to show up on top of his share in the PPV numbers.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 4:42pm |
eireland wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
eireland wrote:
Mcgregor living rent free in so many peoples heads. That's why he's the biggest draw. You either love or hate him.
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There was definitely far less interest and hype in this fight than his previous ones and that isn’t all down to it being behind closed doors |
It wasn't behind closed doors? |
Was it not? Point proven, shows how much interest I had in it lol |
Personal opinion on this but I think the declining interest is due to the fact the fanbase know he won't be fighting for a title anytime soon, and the nice man persona he's putting on isn't helping the cause, you watch McGregor for the WWE antics and sh*t-talk and the nice man persona has translated over into his ring performances - The likes of Jose Aldo, RDA and Eddie Alvarez were absolutely sh*t scared of him now he's this bloke who's literally asking what you time you went to bed last night and what you had for breakfast, it's just weird, uncomfortable and he's completely lost the fear factor he had because of it.
People might find the antics and sh*t-talking cringy but in both Boxing and MMA, being able to market yourself is more important than if you can actually fight - Look at the likes of the Youtubers
Michael Chandler has been in the UFC quite literally 2 minutes and he decided to cut a Ric Flair promo afterwards and he'll probably end up getting a title shot out of it.
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Yes, Chandler is very exciting prospect now.
Also, McGregor is now living off his past reputation, which he earned mostly from his sh*te talk, antics and his left hand. sh*te talk and antics have diminished and potentially his left hand and fight game too are on the slide. His latest fights for me say he is not really that tough when the going gets tough. If you catch him with a half decent shot then he is in trouble. He may need to go back to Featherweight to really get back his upper hand when it comes to power, which I don't think he would put himself through the weight cut process.
So what is left for him are the money fights. Diaz makes sense as a next fight.
It would be good if they brought back the sh*te talk and antics. It's what made him and it's no coincidence when you see the biggest buy-rates for last 12 months, you have Masvidal's fight with Usman the only fight doing similar numbers to McGregor, another sh*te talker!
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Masvidal is a likeable guy and is good at sh*t talking but he only made it as a star because he had 3 very impressive knockouts in a row. Darren Till, Ben Askren and Diaz by doctor stoppage. Same as mcgregor. Unless he cleaned out his division and won 2 belts in impressive style he wouldn't be a star. |
Masvidal is a Trump loving c**t who believes the Donald lost the election fraudulently.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 4:45pm |
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According to Forbes, the former two-weight UFC champion is set to pocket a whopping €20.5 million from his stint in Abu Dhabi. An initial €3.25 million base pay was bumped up by an expected €17.25 million in PPV sales. This trumps the career-high €822,000 Poirier was paid to show up on top of his share in the PPV numbers. |
Thats some amount of coinage.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 4:49pm |
eireland wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
eireland wrote:
Mcgregor living rent free in so many peoples heads. That's why he's the biggest draw. You either love or hate him.
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There was definitely far less interest and hype in this fight than his previous ones and that isn’t all down to it being behind closed doors |
It wasn't behind closed doors? |
Was it not? Point proven, shows how much interest I had in it lol |
Personal opinion on this but I think the declining interest is due to the fact the fanbase know he won't be fighting for a title anytime soon, and the nice man persona he's putting on isn't helping the cause, you watch McGregor for the WWE antics and sh*t-talk and the nice man persona has translated over into his ring performances - The likes of Jose Aldo, RDA and Eddie Alvarez were absolutely sh*t scared of him now he's this bloke who's literally asking what you time you went to bed last night and what you had for breakfast, it's just weird, uncomfortable and he's completely lost the fear factor he had because of it.
People might find the antics and sh*t-talking cringy but in both Boxing and MMA, being able to market yourself is more important than if you can actually fight - Look at the likes of the Youtubers
Michael Chandler has been in the UFC quite literally 2 minutes and he decided to cut a Ric Flair promo afterwards and he'll probably end up getting a title shot out of it.
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Yes, Chandler is very exciting prospect now.
Also, McGregor is now living off his past reputation, which he earned mostly from his sh*te talk, antics and his left hand. sh*te talk and antics have diminished and potentially his left hand and fight game too are on the slide. His latest fights for me say he is not really that tough when the going gets tough. If you catch him with a half decent shot then he is in trouble. He may need to go back to Featherweight to really get back his upper hand when it comes to power, which I don't think he would put himself through the weight cut process.
So what is left for him are the money fights. Diaz makes sense as a next fight.
It would be good if they brought back the sh*te talk and antics. It's what made him and it's no coincidence when you see the biggest buy-rates for last 12 months, you have Masvidal's fight with Usman the only fight doing similar numbers to McGregor, another sh*te talker!
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Masvidal is a likeable guy and is good at sh*t talking but he only made it as a star because he had 3 very impressive knockouts in a row. Darren Till, Ben Askren and Diaz by doctor stoppage. Same as mcgregor. Unless he cleaned out his division and won 2 belts in impressive style he wouldn't be a star. |
He is still a star. He took a title fight and a 40 lbs cut on 72 hours notice whilst flying 6900 miles across the world and only lost by a decision albeit an easy judged decision.
Losing doesn't always mean your stock lowers, in his circumstances it stayed the same.
I'm not remotely surprised he hasn't fought since, he documented the entire thing on his YouTube channel, he was literally just skin and bone left on weigh in day
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 9:03pm |
BrendanD88 wrote:
eireland wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
eireland wrote:
Mcgregor living rent free in so many peoples heads. That's why he's the biggest draw. You either love or hate him.
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There was definitely far less interest and hype in this fight than his previous ones and that isn’t all down to it being behind closed doors |
It wasn't behind closed doors? |
Was it not? Point proven, shows how much interest I had in it lol |
Personal opinion on this but I think the declining interest is due to the fact the fanbase know he won't be fighting for a title anytime soon, and the nice man persona he's putting on isn't helping the cause, you watch McGregor for the WWE antics and sh*t-talk and the nice man persona has translated over into his ring performances - The likes of Jose Aldo, RDA and Eddie Alvarez were absolutely sh*t scared of him now he's this bloke who's literally asking what you time you went to bed last night and what you had for breakfast, it's just weird, uncomfortable and he's completely lost the fear factor he had because of it.
People might find the antics and sh*t-talking cringy but in both Boxing and MMA, being able to market yourself is more important than if you can actually fight - Look at the likes of the Youtubers
Michael Chandler has been in the UFC quite literally 2 minutes and he decided to cut a Ric Flair promo afterwards and he'll probably end up getting a title shot out of it.
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Yes, Chandler is very exciting prospect now.
Also, McGregor is now living off his past reputation, which he earned mostly from his sh*te talk, antics and his left hand. sh*te talk and antics have diminished and potentially his left hand and fight game too are on the slide. His latest fights for me say he is not really that tough when the going gets tough. If you catch him with a half decent shot then he is in trouble. He may need to go back to Featherweight to really get back his upper hand when it comes to power, which I don't think he would put himself through the weight cut process.
So what is left for him are the money fights. Diaz makes sense as a next fight.
It would be good if they brought back the sh*te talk and antics. It's what made him and it's no coincidence when you see the biggest buy-rates for last 12 months, you have Masvidal's fight with Usman the only fight doing similar numbers to McGregor, another sh*te talker!
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Masvidal is a likeable guy and is good at sh*t talking but he only made it as a star because he had 3 very impressive knockouts in a row. Darren Till, Ben Askren and Diaz by doctor stoppage. Same as mcgregor. Unless he cleaned out his division and won 2 belts in impressive style he wouldn't be a star. |
Masvidal is a Trump loving c**t who believes the Donald lost the election fraudulently. |
This is ufc though not politics. Do people go around judging footballers by their political views? I'm sure plenty of Irish internationals like trump. Doesn't make them ****s.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 9:08pm |
eireland wrote:
BrendanD88 wrote:
eireland wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
coyne wrote:
Roberto Baggio wrote:
eireland wrote:
Mcgregor living rent free in so many peoples heads. That's why he's the biggest draw. You either love or hate him.
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There was definitely far less interest and hype in this fight than his previous ones and that isn’t all down to it being behind closed doors |
It wasn't behind closed doors? |
Was it not? Point proven, shows how much interest I had in it lol |
Personal opinion on this but I think the declining interest is due to the fact the fanbase know he won't be fighting for a title anytime soon, and the nice man persona he's putting on isn't helping the cause, you watch McGregor for the WWE antics and sh*t-talk and the nice man persona has translated over into his ring performances - The likes of Jose Aldo, RDA and Eddie Alvarez were absolutely sh*t scared of him now he's this bloke who's literally asking what you time you went to bed last night and what you had for breakfast, it's just weird, uncomfortable and he's completely lost the fear factor he had because of it.
People might find the antics and sh*t-talking cringy but in both Boxing and MMA, being able to market yourself is more important than if you can actually fight - Look at the likes of the Youtubers
Michael Chandler has been in the UFC quite literally 2 minutes and he decided to cut a Ric Flair promo afterwards and he'll probably end up getting a title shot out of it.
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Yes, Chandler is very exciting prospect now.
Also, McGregor is now living off his past reputation, which he earned mostly from his sh*te talk, antics and his left hand. sh*te talk and antics have diminished and potentially his left hand and fight game too are on the slide. His latest fights for me say he is not really that tough when the going gets tough. If you catch him with a half decent shot then he is in trouble. He may need to go back to Featherweight to really get back his upper hand when it comes to power, which I don't think he would put himself through the weight cut process.
So what is left for him are the money fights. Diaz makes sense as a next fight.
It would be good if they brought back the sh*te talk and antics. It's what made him and it's no coincidence when you see the biggest buy-rates for last 12 months, you have Masvidal's fight with Usman the only fight doing similar numbers to McGregor, another sh*te talker!
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Masvidal is a likeable guy and is good at sh*t talking but he only made it as a star because he had 3 very impressive knockouts in a row. Darren Till, Ben Askren and Diaz by doctor stoppage. Same as mcgregor. Unless he cleaned out his division and won 2 belts in impressive style he wouldn't be a star. |
Masvidal is a Trump loving c**t who believes the Donald lost the election fraudulently. |
This is ufc though not politics. Do people go around judging footballers by their political views? I'm sure plenty of Irish internationals like trump. Doesn't make them ****s. |
Well you’re actually taking about his character outside of the octagon, he’s not a likeable guy at all.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 9:08pm |
I'm pretty sure Dana White gives even little f**ks considering he endorsed Trump on both occasions and even gave Trump a free VIP booth in the Usman v Colby fight
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 9:09pm |
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I'm pretty sure Dana White gives even little f**ks considering he endorsed Trump on both occasions and even gave Trump a free VIP booth in the Usman v Colby fight |
I don’t think anyone on this planet thinks Dana is a likeable guy.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2021 at 9:12pm |
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I'm pretty sure Dana White gives even little f**ks considering he endorsed Trump on both occasions and even gave Trump a free VIP booth in the Usman v Colby fight |
I don’t think anyone on this planet thinks Dana is a likeable guy. |
He's funny... Not funny funny but batsh*t crazy funny.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 at 4:35am |
BrendanD88 wrote:
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I'm pretty sure Dana White gives even little f**ks considering he endorsed Trump on both occasions and even gave Trump a free VIP booth in the Usman v Colby fight |
I don’t think anyone on this planet thinks Dana is a likeable guy. |
Dana is actually very popular win many ufc fans. Anybody who follows mma seriously knows this. Masvidal is very popular too and many like his character. You or the poster above might not but millions do and that makes him likeable.
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