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Post by ansem120 on Jul 26, 2011 0:51:02 GMT -5
I marked out so badly when Cult of Personality hit. I was with my friends who aren't really wrestling fans, and they had no idea what I was going so crazy about.
Alas, even they know what has Punk has been doing, and they got the hint pretty quickly. The WWE has me in their palms right now.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 24, 2011 13:28:38 GMT -5
- First Stage: 12 - Second Stage: 8 - Third Stage: 0 - Final Stage: 0 - Adam Laplante: Soritatsu Kabe/Time Out - Adam Truesdell: Half-Pipe Attack - Akira Omori: Rolling Escargot - Brent Steffensen: Metal Spin - Brett Sims: Rolling Escargot - Brian Orosco: Cannonball Run - Bunpei Shiratori: Cannonball Run - Daisuke Miyazaki: Cannonball Run - Daisuke Morikami: Rope Ladder/Time Out - Daisuke Nakata: Half-Pipe Attack - David Campbell: Flying Bar/Final 3rd Stage Obstacle - Evan Dollard: Half-Pipe Attack - Geoff Iida: Jumping Spider - Hiromichi Satô: Cannonball Run - Hiromitsu Takahashi: Step Slider - Hitoshi Kanno: Balance Tank - Joop Katana: Rolling Escargot - Jordan Jochev: Cannonball Run - Jun Satô: Half-Pipe Attack - Katsuhide Torisawa: Step Slider - Katsumi Yamada: Soritatsu Kabe/Time Out - Kazuhiko Akiyama: Obstacle 3 - Kenji Takahashi: Cannonball Run - Kenjirô Ishimaru: Soritatsu Kabe - Kôji Hasimoto: Wall Lifting/Time Out - Koriki Chôshû: Step Slider - Kôta Honma: Half-Pipe Attack - Levi Meeuwenberg: Cannonball Run - Li En Zhi: Cannonball Run - Makoto Nagano: Ultimate Cliffhanger - Masaki Nomura: Rolling Escargot - Masami Harashima: Step Slider - Minoru Kuramochi: Rolling Escargot - Naoki Iketani: Soritatsu Kabe/Time Out - Naoya Tajima: Half-Pipe Attack - Patrick Cusic: Rolling Escargot - Paul Anthony Terek: Cannonball Run - Paul Kasemir: Ultimate Cliffhanger - Richard King: Rope Ladder/Time Out - Rick Huelga: Rolling Escargot - Rie Komiya: Jumping Spider - Ryan Stratis: Ultimate Cliffhanger - Ryo Matachi: Half-Pipe Attack - Shane Daniels: Cannonball Run - Shingo Yamamoto: Cannonball Run - Shinji Kobayashi: Rolling Escargot - Takuya Kawahara: Rope Ladder/Time Out - Tomohiro Kawaguchi: Cannonball Run - Toshihiro Takeda: Doorknob Grasper - Terukazu Ishikawa: Cannonball Run - Travis Furlanic: Ultimate Cliffhanger - Trevor Vaughn: Rolling Escargot - Yoshiyuki Okuyama: Ultimate Cliffhanger - Yasuo Aoki: Step Slider - Yukio Iketani: Rolling Escargot - Yûji Washimi: Metal Spin - Yuuji Urushihara: Rope Ladder/Time Out - Wakky: Half-Pipe Attack - Ninja Warrior Auction Winner: Jumping Spider - Sasuke Malaysia Winner: Rope Ladder/Time Out
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 19, 2011 10:11:26 GMT -5
Well, I had a pretty detailed post typed up, but my computer decided that wasn't good enough.
To summarize that post, just be strong all the way. That answer may be underwhelming, but you have to suffer now in order to reap the benefits later.
Also, set benchmarks to hit (1 week w/o smoking, 2 weeks, etc.) to keep yourself going. Before you know it, you'll be trying to hit a 3 month benchmark, or a 1 year benchmark.
Good luck dude.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 17, 2011 23:04:36 GMT -5
2011 Money in the Bank Results
Kelly Kelly d. Brie Bella (Kelly retains Diva's Championship)
Mark Henry d. Big Show
DANIEL BRYAN d. Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Kane, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Sheamus to win SmackDown's! Money in the Bank Contract
Alberto Del Rio d. Jack Swagger, R-Truth, The Miz, Alex Riley, Rey Mysterio, Evan Bourne, and Kofi Kingston to win RAW's Money in the Bank Contract
Christian d. Randy Orton to win the World Heavyweight Championship
And finally,
CM PUNK d. John Cena for the WWE Championship. RAW is going to be off the chain tomorrow night.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 17, 2011 16:51:08 GMT -5
The saddest thing about that is that all but one of those posts were made by dudes. We American guys have no compassion at all.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 17, 2011 16:30:32 GMT -5
Gotta say, I ended up rooting for Japan there in penalty kicks.
They needed that way more than we did, good for them.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 17, 2011 7:11:26 GMT -5
Awesome! Thanks Arsenette! I'm speculating here so forgive me, but I THINK it looks like the Step Slider and Rolling Escargot are back. I agree. In fact, I think the Step Slider has 5 steps now. Otherwise, that would be a hell of a jump to the slider this time around. On the flip side, I don't see any trace of the actual Hazard Swing. Plus, it seems like the space between the Step Slider and Rolling Escargot got considerably smaller. Of course, there's only so much you can get from that rinky dink pic, so there's a good chance I'm wrong.
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Post by ansem120 on Jul 3, 2011 0:44:37 GMT -5
Woah that's creepy, exact same age and act for me. Any chance you saw him in Cincinnati?
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 17, 2011 15:18:28 GMT -5
Hey David, congratulations on your success in SASUKE 26, and best of luck for the future!
1. How would you compare the Jumping Spider in 26 to your replica at home? Also, was it any different from the one you encountered in 22?
2. As you and your fellow Americans were competing (and succeeding), were you guys aware of the announcers drumming up the pressure for the Japanese competitors? And if so, did it seem to affect anybody besides Nagano and Urushihara?
Once again, thank you very much!
Andrew, 19, Columbus, OH
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 12, 2011 22:50:54 GMT -5
I seem to be the only person who feels this way, but I fully believe every American who made it to the 3rd Stage in 26 will be in the 90s in 27.
#100: Urushihara #99: Nagano #98: Okuyama #97: En Zhi (These 4 are no-brainers. 2 Champions and 2 Best from 26.) #96: Orosco (Beyond En Zhi and Okuyama, the only dude to make the 3rd Stage in the last 2 tournaments.) #95: Campbell (Incredible potential, and M9 knows that. David was the darling of the 26 broadcast by a long shot.) #94: Hashimoto (Unfortunate fail in 26, but still great potential.) #93: Steffensen (He may not be David, but still an amazing debut for Brent.) #92: Takeda (He's Takeda, he will always be in the 90s.) #91: Kasemir (3rd Stage in his debut, M9 has to like that.) #90: Iketani (MM connection, 1st clear in forever, just sneaks into the 90 slot.) #89: Takahashi (He has done great things recently, but had a bad fail in 26, and that will knock him down a little bit.) #88: Ishikawa (Again, MM connection, and has passed the 1st Stage 2 times in a row now.) #87: Sato Hiromichi (Even though people think Sato is surefire for the 90s, he was #81 in Sasuke 21, so it's not impossible.) #86: Kanno (Same exact thing as Takahashi, Kanno's kinda losing a bit of his luster as of late.) #85: Yamamoto (See Kanno and Takahashi, just not as good of results lately.) #84: Furlanic (Good level of potential, but not really proven quite yet.) #83: SASUKE Malaysia Qualifier (En Zhi got #92 in his debut, I don't see why this guy won't get a high number as well.) #82: Tajima (Still heaps of potential, but is starting to decline fast. He needs to pass Stage 1 again if he wants to stay in the 80s-90s.) #81: Miyazaki (Unfortunately, I think Miyazaki is going to get a little lost in the shuffle. The Rolling Escargot fail didn't help things either.) #80: Yamada (They seem to like putting Yamada at either 80 or 90, so I'm going with 80 for 27.)
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 12, 2011 13:10:42 GMT -5
Yeah, there's no way they'll put more than one american in the 90's. It'll probably just be Brian Orosco, even if he didn't get as far as Brent and David. Then MAYBE a couple more american's in the 80's. That's just my guess anyway. It's not unheard of to put multiple Americans in the 90s in the same tournament. (Sasuke 21 with Levi #99 and Henry Cejudo #92, as well as Sasuke 22 with Levi #91 and PAT #98) David is in the 90s, no doubt in my mind. You can just tell M9 sees a world of potential in the man. I mean, personally, I have David as #95 in 27. Again, at the moment, there's only so many people you can rightfully put above David in terms of true potential on the course. And one more thing, you can bet they will be playing up the Amerika vs. Nippon storyline in 27, so why would they relegate the strongest players (Sans Brian) on the "rival team" to the low to mid-80s? It just doesn't add up.
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Post by ansem120 on Jun 12, 2011 2:43:45 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Brent will be given in the 90's. After all, he was digested for all three stages so Japanese audiences already forgot about him. Brent will be in the 90s, as will Paul. They finished 4th and 5th overall in their respective debuts, and there aren't many people who deserve higher numbers currently. You only have Yuuji, Nagano, Okuyama, En Zhi, Brian and David who should get higher numbers because of their recent performance. And since virtually everybody else worth mentioning failed the Rolling Escargot, why not put them in the low 90s?
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Post by ansem120 on Apr 3, 2011 13:14:08 GMT -5
Del Rio and Miz will both win. There's a reason 2 new guys are in the Main Events at Wrestlemania, they want to create new stars sooner rather then later.
Taker over HHH, it just makes no sense to put HHH over here.
Lawler beats Cole. Again, common sense.
I'm actually pretty torn on the Punk/Orton match. Could go either way, but I'll pick Orton.
I think Rhodes is going to beat Mysterio. It's another case of "Why would he win?" Mysterio has nothing to gain here, and this would be a big boost for Rhodes.
Team Snooki, yep.
Sheamus ain't losing that title so quick, he wins.
The Corre really can't afford to lose here. That said, I think they will lose.
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Post by ansem120 on Jan 7, 2011 1:06:44 GMT -5
Damn, so close. I was weird this time around. I was either right on the money, (Kongu, En Zhi, Kuramochi) or I was painfully wrong. (Urushihara, Nagano, Matachi)
All in all, I'm happy with my predictions this year.
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Post by ansem120 on Jan 2, 2011 9:58:21 GMT -5
I have a bad feeling that SASUKE 26 just sealed SASUKE's future.
4 out of 6 Third Stage competitors being American, almost every Japanese star failing the First Stage, and nobody especially flashy making it deep this time around. There is no way that will translate to ratings.
Other observations:
Yay for Iketani, I had a feeling that was him on the commercial, but cool nonetheless.
Same goes for Ishikawa, I knew he probably wasn't going to the Third Stage, but still a fine performance.
I can't believe Hashimoto failed the Metal Spin. That was quite literally the one obstacle I thought he couldn't fail.
And, my computer went nutty for about 5 minutes in the middle, so maybe I missed it, but did anyone see Tajima or Sato Jun? Kinda weird to omit half of the Shin Sedai if they weren't in that little block.
All in all, I thought it was a good SASUKE, not great. I like unpredictability, but that was just crazy in every aspect.
My hope is that the celebrities (read: EXILE member) brought in the big numbers. It could literally take one big name to boost the ratings. I understand that, but what message is conveyed to the higher-ups if the first hour got a 15%, then the second and third hours got a 6-7%?
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Post by ansem120 on Jan 2, 2011 9:52:03 GMT -5
I have a bad feeling that SASUKE 26 just sealed SASUKE's future.
4 out of 6 Third Stage competitors being American, almost every Japanese star failing the First Stage, and nobody especially flashy making it deep this time around. There is no way that will translate to ratings.
Other observations:
Yay for Iketani, I had a feeling that was him on the commercial, but cool nonetheless.
Same goes for Ishikawa, I knew he probably wasn't going to the Third Stage, but still a fine performance.
I can't believe Hashimoto failed the Metal Spin. That was quite literally the one obstacle I thought he couldn't fail.
And, my computer went nutty for about 5 minutes in the middle, so maybe I missed it, but did anyone see Tajima or Sato Jun? Kinda weird to omit half of the Shin Sedai if they weren't in that little block.
All in all, I thought it was a good SASUKE, not great. I like unpredictability, but that was just crazy in every aspect.
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Post by ansem120 on Jan 1, 2011 18:41:14 GMT -5
- First Stage: 17 - Second Stage: 11 - Third Stage: 0 - Final Stage: 0 - Yuuji Urushihara: 3rd Stage, Pipe Jumper - Hitoshi Kanno: 1st Stage, Rope Ladder/Time Out - Kenji Takahashi: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot - Yoshiyuki Okuyama: 3rd Stage, Ultimate Cliffhanger - Li En Zhi: 3rd Stage, Ultimate Cliffhanger - Koji Hashimoto: 2nd Stage, Wall Lift/Time Out - Makoto Nagano: 3rd Stage, Ultimate Cliffhanger - Toshihiro Takeda: - Katsumi Yamada: 2nd Stage, Metal Spin - Shingo Yamamoto: 3rd Stage, Doorknob Grasper - Kazuhiko Akiyama: - Bunpei Shiratori: - Naoya Tajima: 3rd Stage, Ultimate Cliffhanger - Yuji Washimi: 1st Stage, Rope Ladder/Time Out - Sato Hiromichi: 1st Stage, Giant Swing - Terukazu Ishikawa: 1st Stage, Half-Pipe Attack - Tomohiro Kawaguchi: 1st Stage, Jumping Spider - Jun Sato: 2nd Stage, Metal Spin - Minoru Kuramochi: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot - Koriki Chôshû: 1st Stage, Step Slider - Masami Harashima: - Yasuo Aoki: - Paul Anthony Terek: 1st Stage, Giant Swing - Jordan Jochev: 1st Stage, Jumping Spider - Wakky: 1st Stage, Giant Swing - Shinji Kobayashi: 1st Stage, Half-Pipe Attack - Kenjiro Ishimaru: 1st Stage, Soritatsu Kabe - Masaki Nomura: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot - Takuya Kawahara: 1st Stage, Rope Ladder/Time Out - Kota Honma: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot - Akira Omori: 1st Stage, Jumping Spider - Naoki Iketani: 2nd Stage, Unstable Bridge - Yukio Iketani: 1st Stage, Half-Pipe Attack - Daisuke Miyazaki: 2nd Stage, Unstable Bridge - Shunsuke Nagasaki: - Daisuke Nakata: 1st Stage, Rope Ladder/Time Out - Ryo Matachi: 3rd Stage, Jumping Rings - Rie Komiya: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot - Hiromitsu Takahashi: 1st Stage, Hazard Swing - Katsuhide Torisawa: 1st Stage, Rolling Escargot
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Post by ansem120 on Apr 28, 2010 22:37:46 GMT -5
90. Yamamoto 91. Takeda 92. Kanno 93. Orosco 94. Takahashi 95. Hashimoto 96. Sato 97. Okuyama 98. Enchi 99. Nagano 100. Urushihara
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Post by ansem120 on Apr 21, 2010 23:25:21 GMT -5
Just curious, what state do you live in ansem? Ohio.
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Post by ansem120 on Apr 21, 2010 22:53:23 GMT -5
Do home schooled people get proms? Do they even ask a girl out on a date? Do they get picked on by a bully? And learn to deal with it? Do they have as much friends as kids do in school? I will answer your questions in order. 1. Yes, there are Homeschool proms that people can go to if they so please. Personally, I never saw the appeal of a Prom. 2. I am currently single, but I have had girlfriends in the past. I feel compelled to note that I have never had a Homeschooled girlfriend. 3. I have never encountered a bully, but am I right in saying that you actually consider encountering a bully in grade school an advantage that children who have a Formal Education have? 4. Yes, I am friends with people on my Golf Team, friends with workers at my local Golf Course, and I have a core circle of 4 friends who I have known since I was 12. And another thing, 2 of my "core" friends are also Homeschooled. And I don't mean to be mean, but you realize you are a perfect example of the person I am talking about in the final paragraph of my last post, right?
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