You mean "punches" and "kicks". Punches and kicks are very real.
That actually gave me an idea. Has there ever been something that mixed real fighting with fake fighting together in one package? I imagine two guys going into the ring and actually punching and kicking each other. Actually doing real damage. Then when someone is hurt enough, they bring out the ridiculous fake wrestling stuff as glorious finishing moves.
Basically his style used an abundance of submission holds, suplexes, and was grounded in mat wrestling. But Benoit used such a variety of holds and such that it never really got boring, and most of his matching do not look too similar from one another.
Interesting. So, probably much more similar to how pro-wrestling was back when it was real?
That actually gave me an idea. Has there ever been something that mixed real fighting with fake fighting together in one package? I imagine two guys going into the ring and actually punching and kicking each other. Actually doing real damage. Then when someone is hurt enough, they bring out the ridiculous fake wrestling stuff as glorious finishing moves.
Japanese pro-wrestling. In fact, Japan's mixed-martial arts scene largely grew out of pro-wrestling.
That would be appreciated. I'm actually doing my research for our upcoming wrastlin' show. It's a fantastic example of the fact that anything is nerdy if you're into it.
While I'm sure Hitman could say it more eloquently that I can, Benoit, along with Eddie Gurerrero, basically paved the way for the smaller guys to become big in wrestling. Back in the early days it was all about the big guys. 6'8" 300 pound burly men were the only ones really given a chance to make it big in the business. If you were small, you basically had to kill yourself in the ring doing all these high flying over the top rope moves to even get over with the fans. Gurerrero and Benoit basically said "fuck that noise" and preceded to wrestle very technical styles and made them interesting to watch. They had a huge cult following before making it big in WCW where they were brought to a mainstream audience and basically paved the way for the smaller athletes to have a chance in the business.
Justin largely covered Benoit's in ring legacy. Benoit and Guerrero among others set new standards in American wrestling by bringing elements of the Japanese style over and putting on matches on a level above anything the fans here had seen before. They inspired countless young men under that WWE size range to become wrestlers hoping to one day be stars in Japan or perhaps in a group like ECW where it was more about the hard work of the wrestlers than their size that made them stars. Eddie Guerrero's death in 2005 was discovered to be because his heart was in bad shape because of three factors. First, he had bad genetics, his heart was likely to be weaker in general. The other two factors were related to wrestling, and they were drug abuse and steroid abuse. His death led to WWE instituting a drug testing policy that should have been strict, but was extremely loosely enforced. When the Benoit murder-suicide happened, the drug testing got for real because it got such national attention that Congress was taking a look at them. As I said to you at Anime Boston, WWE's drug policy is tougher than UFC's because their testing is much more frequent and random. That combined with the gigantic changes we've seen in sports on the concussion front are why Benoit's legacy is gigantic, bigger than anyone else's. Hulk Hogan was a star, yes, but he didn't make the NFL change its rules. Chris Benoit did.
Sometimes I don't like to be reminded that I'm "old", but when I played Bioshock for the first time, I felt old when I realized I un-ironically had most of the soundtrack music on my iPod.
Sometimes I don't like to be reminded that I'm "old", but when I played Bioshock for the first time, I felt old when I realized I un-ironically had most of the soundtrack music on my iPod.
I had the same thing - both with bioshock and the Fallout 3, except I'm fifteen years younger or so.
I had the same thing - both with bioshock and the Fallout 3, except I'm fifteen years younger or so.
I gather that you're saying you were already into that stuff, but Fallout 3 and New Vegas got me into a lot of music I wouldn't have been otherwise. Video games seem to be particularly suited to that task. I think it's because it takes some time for unfamiliar music to grow on you (especially if you've already got the idea in your head that you don't like it), and goddamn do video games give you that time.
I gather that you're saying you were already into that stuff
Yeah, that's pretty much it. Then again, I also get it when I talk about the Stones, or The Who, Guns and Roses, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, so on, so fourth, and some kid who is of legal drinking age will go "Who are they? Never heard of them, are they new?"
Yeah, that's pretty much it. Then again, I also get it when I talk about the Stones, or The Who, Guns and Roses, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, so on, so fourth, and some kid who is of legal drinking age will go "Who are they? Never heard of them, are they new?"
I want to punch those people smarter when I have the unfortunate occurrence of bumping into them.
Sometimes I don't like to be reminded that I'm "old", but when I played Bioshock for the first time, I felt old when I realized I un-ironically had most of the soundtrack music on my iPod.
Bullshit, that music is excellent un-ironically. We should not be penalized for good taste in music.
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That actually gave me an idea. Has there ever been something that mixed real fighting with fake fighting together in one package? I imagine two guys going into the ring and actually punching and kicking each other. Actually doing real damage. Then when someone is hurt enough, they bring out the ridiculous fake wrestling stuff as glorious finishing moves.
I used the Save Select music from Sonic 3.