Correct. And look where you are now. That leap worked out well, didn’t it? ;)

Lol @ #fan calling anyone else dishonest. His whole thing is picking sides he doesn’t believe in to pick fights with people. And no. He won’t respond to Seph, lol. Don’t be ridiculous. That would require he actually has a discussion that doesn’t derail into insults because it isn’t going the way he wants.

Guess not, but also, have you responded to Seph yet? :?:

Or are you just shitting up the thread with Weird and Obsessed outbursts?

He will not respond to Seph. He knows that was too ridiculous a stance even for him.

Yes. It was 2 posts after his post. Just after Noid began his desperate attempt to get his heat back and just before you. I know it may have gotten lost in the dipshit duo’s latest frenzy to try to save face but it’s not hard to go back and check before you ask a question in a smarmy manner.

Lol God, I would feel bad making fun of people this insanely dumb if they weren’t also so arrogant.

Its cute how you think asking a sarcastic question is actually providing an answer whatsoever.

So how about those ratings?

Through the roof!

match ratings or tv ratings? Because you deserve 6 stars, Seph. You're a Tokyo dome classic in my eyes.

Seriously, let’s do this.

Is SmackDown the only show that’s holding up? Or is it also slipping?

I’m interested to see whether or not Roman Reigns being able to go between the two shows helps Raw or hurts SmackDown. I don’t think we’ve had enough time with it yet.

I’d just like to point out that I’ve thwarted Seph’s attempts at stirring the shit multiple times and now he succeeded without actually trying. Lol

Re: ratings - I fucking hate the match rating/star system in recent WWE games. Just let me squash people in a "championship mode" to unlock other characters. Don't care to have a bunch of 5 star matches.

Unrelated to TV ratings but fuck it

needed to be said. Thus, it was said.

Jesus, is that really a thing? True to life I guess.

This is just the Ratings Thread. It doesn’t specify which ratings.

That sounds like it would be an AEW feature (they made it a part of Omega’s actual on-air presentation for a while). I don’t hate the idea that you get rewarded in-game for the difficulty of execution or something. It’s not unworkable, but I can understand why it’s annoying.

cant believe guys still do favors for him after this

lol that really is embarrassing. Holy shit.

this guy, who is a total bum btw, went out of his way to embrass punk and did it EFFORTLESSLY. and i really need to stress he's a complete bum. this is his 1 and only pro fight. he's a joke. was brought in specifically to job to punk in his home town to try and build him up.

ive never seen something so humiliating

That one was worse than the first one by a country mile. It doesn’t hinder my enjoyment of Punk currently. But man that gif…

I'd never want to show my face in public again.

Lol I don’t really have a problem with people who think his credibility in wrestling suffers because of his failure in MMA though. As long as they don’t also brush off other guys losing wrestling matches constantly because “wins and losses don’t matter”.

Either you think wrestling should be treated as a real combat sport, in which case losing in wrestling hurts your credibility just like losing in MMA or you’re fine with it not being treated as a real combat sport, in which case losing “real fights” don’t hurt your credibility.

:lol:

It really is bad. Like…that shouldn’t happen in a pro fight. People say it shouldn’t matter what happened in UFC, but how can you know that about Punk and still invest in him trying to be Bret Hart serious and suspend your disbelief?

Bret Hart would actually fuck CM Punk up in a real fight.

Bam Bam Bigelow got absolutely smashed by Kimo Leopoldo in a fight. He basically rolled around on the ground like a beached manatee.

Most wrasslers wouldn't make it to the end of a round. Some because they'd be too winded by the halfway point, others because they simply wouldn't "know how".


Too different.

Yes. You earn these tokens to "buy" certain rasslers to use. And you have to have competitive matches to get a better star rating to earn more tokens per match.

I hate it.

Sadly, it's been in the past 4-5 iterations of WWE games. It is shit. I've not bought one since Flair was the collectors edition though. Have a replica HOF ring of his and a plaque with a piece of his robe from one of the many he wore to the ring kinda like this


https://www.blowoutcards.com/wp/wp-c...E5831_1024.jpg

I like the game in general, but just...reward me for squashing someone in a few minutes too. I don't care if the in-game fans think the match was "boring." I get that aspect for MyGM mode, but for a regular exhibition match it's dumb as fuck.

I bought the deluxe edition for 2k18. I have no idea why I did because I didn't get any sort of collectible thing.

I did, however, preorder WWE 2k16 solely because The Terminator was the bonus. No regrets on that one.

I am pretty sure ANYBODY would fuck CM Punk up in a real fight, and that is the problem. It is not JUST that he lost MMA fights, it is how embarrassingly bad he lost those fights. Pair that with him still trying to act like he is a badass, and being virtually unbeatable in pro wrestling, it is just eyerolling. His first promo telling Darby the most dangerous place to be is in a ring with CM Punk, like OHHHNO how will Darby survive the dude that couldn't even stop Mike Jackson from tickling him in a fight??

It is more believable that Wee Man was actually able to beat up Sami Zayn than it is Punk being able to beat up anybody.

Many Pro Wrestlers have an actual athletic background, and would hold their own. Certainly they would be more successful after training in MMA for 3 years.

Not much into Rogan's politics, but here is a good accounting of CM Punk's ability.

An athletic background =/= an mma background. I'm not defending Punk at all here, I believe a lot of other wrasslers would end up the same way.

I would surmise only an actual combat background would really help. IMO the best base is amateur wrestling (at a high level). That way you can grab hold and beat someone up. Because even if you've got high-level Muay Thai, most MMA fighters will just drag your ass to the ground.

Exactly that.


It's great if you can deadlift a lot of weight, but to do it from a position where leverage comes into play while being made into a slinky, it's a different kinda weight.


There's a word for it, but I can't remember what it's called. "functional" training or some shit like that.

Either way, if someone excels at the art of pro wrestling to the level that Punk does, I’m not gonna reject it because he’s not a REAL fighter.