• Tippy@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    One racist fake fighter wears the costume of another racist fake fighter thinking he’s a champion and promptly gets taught that exhibition matches aren’t shit, and that your opponent hits a lot harder when they train and fight to win, rather than for sponsorships and youtube clout.

    Hope this chud finally realizes he isn’t a boxer now that he took his first real punch and fucks off.

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      If he fucks off from boxing he’ll probably try to join his brother in WWE, where all the fights are fake.

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        I mean, other than being racist shitbags, fine, I guess? Wresting isn’t really my thing, but I can respect it as a kind of cooperative dance and storytelling exercise. Still, being a big guy with a personal trainer and a built-in or built-up audience is sort of what pro wrestling is for.

        If he can’t get the choreography down, though, he won’t last long there either. It’s not a sport, but it is a challenging physical activity that a lot of the performers take seriously, including making sure they don’t hurt each other because of any lack of skill.

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          They might throw him into a storyline or two and into a tag team match. Honestly I am suprised he hasn’t been in a match with his brother yet.

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      Hope this chud finally realizes he isn’t a boxer now that he took his first real punch and fucks off.

      Don’t be hasty now - he’s still got some unfractured bones.

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      That fight was embarrassing.

      I was surprised that Baumgardner/Beaudoin was as competitive as it was. I expected Baumgardner to knock her out about halfway.

      The whole card seemed lopsided. Well, except Silva’s fight. That was pretty cool to see a 50yo man perform like that though.

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    I was poking around some boxing posts on the other link-aggregator site, and a lot of folks were noting that the ring seemed to be larger than usual, allowing Paul to last longer simply by running away like a Monty Python knight, and that his opponent was likely a bit past his prime and out of practice, and finally that the ref was letting Paul do some “anti-boxing” hijinks that they normally stop sooner. They were also speculating that Netflix was only willing to pay up if Paul fought a legitimate boxer, though, and everything up until now had been somewhere between pro-wrestling fixed and watching the top-pyramid amateurs at your local pay-to-play indoor soccer/football park.

    All that, and the asshat still ends up as a hilarious meme. Small win, but gotta take 'em when they come.

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    3 months ago

    ITT

    Me: expecting the anti schadenfreude buzz kills to show up

    Actually: People having a good time hating on racists

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      3 months ago

      Did he have a stroke typing that or am I out of the loop with wrestling lingo and it makes sense to people?

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        Little of column A and little of column B.

        The phrase is “Don’t work yourself into a shoot”

        “Work” is part of the show. “Shoot” is not part of the show.

        It’s why you might hear about “shoot fighting” in relation to MMA, especially on the Japanese side. Because MMA was born from pro wrestling.

        But the term “Don’t work yourself into a shoot”. Basically means, don’t get so wrapped up in how a story is presented that you believe the story is “legit”. If your opponent is cutting a promo and calls you a bastard, he’s not legitimately calling you a bastard.

  • CosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Stupid question from someone who doesn’t know fuck all about this guy: why did he even enter the ring? Like why did the guy, who clearly is outmatched, even consider being matched with the other boxer?

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    As much as I enjoj this clown being in pain, I would recommend ignoring him since the creature only gets stronger when you pay attention to it.

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    How did this chap wear that top and not realise that it was the slogan of a really scummy racist? I’m not even from that country and I know Hogan was a tosser.

    Does he have zero PR team to point these things out? Is he off his rocker?