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Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:03:49 No.19422723 View View Reply Original Report

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He was the first Smark champ
he paved the way for AEW

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:08:48 No.19422735 Report

Quoted By: >>19423172

>capitalizes the S in smark
very interesting indeed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:11:06 No.19422741 Report

Quoted By: >>19423057

>>19422723
But enough about Bret Hart

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:14:40 No.19422748 Report

Quoted By: >>19423057 >>19430176 >>19431755

>>19422723
The first smark champion was Randy Savage

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:23:07 No.19422776 Report

Quoted By: >>19422787

https://archived.moe/asp/search/text/capital%2A%20smark/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:26:50 No.19422787 Report

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>>19422776
This board sucks because there's about 5 people who are like this & they ruin it every day with their shit spam

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:27:41 No.19422793 Report

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>>19422723
first smark champion? obviously lou thesz

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:31:39 No.19422801 Report

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>>19422723
I bet the trans freakshow on scjerk is loving this thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 13:59:08 No.19422875 Report

Quoted By: >>19423158 >>19424519 >>19426922

that was cm reddit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 14:56:27 No.19423057 Report

Quoted By: >>19423062

>>19422741
>>19422748
Zoomers are pure brain rot

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 14:58:18 No.19423062 Report

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>>19423057
what's the answer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:12:22 No.19423118 Report

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>>19423062
It's in OP

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:13:33 No.19423123 Report

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>>19423062
first smark champ was hephaistos
fired and got himself over on the indies, called back up after smarks complained long enough

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:15:52 No.19423133 Report

Quoted By: >>19423163

>>19423118
That's wrong though

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:21:31 No.19423158 Report

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>>19422875
Yep the redditor fags who were Punk fans in 2011 are the exact same people who went on to become AEW fans

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:23:04 No.19423163 Report

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>>19423133
It's correct
cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:25:17 No.19423172 Report

Quoted By: >>19423187

>>19422735
>Seething about Smark being capitalized
very interesting indeed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:25:26 No.19423174 Report

Quoted By: >>19423194

>>19423163
The smark choice that year was Batista

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:27:32 No.19423187 Report

Quoted By: >>19424516

>>19423172?
Why do you capitalise it though? Honest question.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:28:53 No.19423194 Report

Quoted By: >>19423216

>>19423174
I also remember it this way

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:32:06 No.19423216 Report

Quoted By: >>19423226

>>19423194
Smarks rewrite history yet again

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:34:04 No.19423226 Report

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>>19423216
They now claim the Yes Movement was the company's grand plan all along, not a smark champion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:36:58 No.19423244 Report

Quoted By: >>19423272

>>19423226
Normies wanted Bryan even more than smarks did. Only the dumbest marks cared about le evolution triple threat

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:41:18 No.19423272 Report

Quoted By: >>19423287 >>19423319 >>19423334

>>19423244
>Casuals wanted an indie midget champ

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:43:35 No.19423287 Report

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>>19423272
Oh, so you weren't even watching back then. Figures

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:45:08 No.19423296 Report

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>>19423226
The Yes Movement was so obviously a Triple Paul move it's not even funny. Look at how he booked Gargano in NXT. Paul was always a secret smark.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:47:49 No.19423312 Report

Quoted By: >>19423368

the best wrestlemania ever while triple nose fumbled 40 and 41 lmfaoooo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:48:41 No.19423319 Report

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>>19423272
Unironically, yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:50:42 No.19423334 Report

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>>19423272
If you legitimately aren't familiar with the buildup and feel of WM30, it was incredible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:57:05 No.19423368 Report

Quoted By: >>19423381

>>19423312
>Cody winning was a fumble
lmao Romanjeet forever seething

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:58:56 No.19423381 Report

Quoted By: >>19423418

>>19423368
>Wrestlemania attendance down YoY
>Smackdown views and attendance hit record lows
>people only care about Cody if he's feuding with Roman, Cena or The Rock

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 15:59:58 No.19423393 Report

Quoted By: >>19423404 >>19423408

>>19423334
i know you Smarks loved it
>684,000 PPV buys

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:01:54 No.19423404 Report

Quoted By: >>19423455

>>19423393
That was the year where they launched the Network, you could get the trial and watch wrestlemania for FREE.
and Bryan sells 684k buys anyways

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:02:39 No.19423408 Report

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>>19423393
it was the first PPV on the network, so ppv buys were obviously down.
https://youtu.be/ttiGTC5B2gg

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:04:17 No.19423418 Report

Quoted By: >>19423430 >>19423651

>>19423381
>it's all cody's fault, not the fact that the ticket prices doubled and no one has cable
WWE was the hottest it ever was because people wanted to see Cody finish the story. The attendance increased because of him, not the other way around.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:04:57 No.19423421 Report

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>>19422723
Nah it was Bret

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:05:23 No.19423423 Report

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>>19422723
>le smark champ
>y had the whole stadium behind him, women and kids included
Yeah, nah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:06:27 No.19423430 Report

Quoted By: >>19428869

>>19423418
that was because of Sami, Bloodline and The Rock, thoughbeit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:10:20 No.19423455 Report

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>>19423404
He's a draw in your mind as well?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:13:42 No.19423464 Report

Quoted By: >>19423521

>>19423455
Dude imagine if a show was free and you convinced seven hundred thousand people to pay to see you
He might be the best draw of all time. If he's not a draw then he was a total win!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:26:53 No.19423521 Report

Quoted By: >>19423529

>>19423464
He was such a huge draw that they gave it away for free?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:28:42 No.19423529 Report

Quoted By: >>19423562 >>19423566

>>19423521
They tried and 700k literally forced money into Vince's hand, plus overnight they had a huge installbase for the Network.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:35:15 No.19423562 Report

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>>19423529
I don't get why antismarks deny reality just because they don't like small wrestlers. I don't like Cena or Roman, but to deny that they are over is just retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:35:59 No.19423566 Report

Quoted By: >>19423584 >>19423587

>>19423529
only nerds and Smarks sub to the WWE network
so that backs my claim up even more

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:36:40 No.19423570 Report

Quoted By: >>19423592

>>19423562
But Bert was a mark for himself, he thought the championship was real

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:38:19 No.19423584 Report

Quoted By: >>19423600 >>19423605

>>19423566
holy shit, you're retarded

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:39:12 No.19423587 Report

Quoted By: >>19423629

>>19423566
That's the only way to watch the shows though now
They don't even call them PPVs. Probably because after Bryan they couldn't get peope to pay for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:40:13 No.19423592 Report

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>>19423570
Janetty to Ernie for sure

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:41:00 No.19423595 Report

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>>19422723
why does Based D-Bry make vanilla gorilla size queen fags piss and shit themselves in utter seethe?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:41:22 No.19423600 Report

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>>19423584
don't blame him, he doesn't really know the topic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:42:26 No.19423605 Report

Quoted By: >>19423634

>>19423584
Wrestlemania 30 was a decade ago, it's easy to forget. There are bitter jaded 22 year old smarks who have no fucking clue about it, which is odd to think about.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:44:09 No.19423613 Report

Quoted By: >>19423621 >>19423637 >>19430439

The kind of wrestling Danielson did on the indies, and the very generic underdog babyface stuff he did in WWE are vastly different than the wrestling that inspired Tony Kahn to start AEW

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:45:43 No.19423621 Report

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>>19423613
Was that up for debate? Danielso wrestles like Benoit. He uses like two of his finishers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:48:18 No.19423629 Report

Quoted By: >>19423639

>>19423587
>That's the only way to watch the shows though now
Most people don't

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:49:11 No.19423634 Report

Quoted By: >>19423653 >>19424357 >>19430564

>>19423605
I've been watching since 1999, and Bryan's run from 2012-2014 was really special. He was over with casuals and smarks alike. I hadn't seen a crowd react like that since Austin in the late 90s.
The real indicator was among my family and friends, they all had their favorites, Orton, Punk, Taker, Ziggler, Kane etc but they all rooted for Bryan. Unlike other babyfaces booked in his position, he felt incredibly sincere. He also had the charisma to pull off being a serious heel, comedy guy or babyface. equally believable in all roles.
I'm going to go back and rewatch that 2012-2014 run. Probably the last time WWE was great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:50:10 No.19423637 Report

Quoted By: >>19423660

>>19423613
>I think Bryan Danielson fits on AEW like a glove. As long as he will consider wrestling with us, that door is always open. I would bend over backwards for him and do anything for Bryan Danielson
t. Tony Khan

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:50:19 No.19423639 Report

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>>19423629
Why don't you stop being so negative and just go watch Wm30? You might like it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:52:37 No.19423651 Report

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>>19423418
>WWE was the hottest it ever was because people wanted to see Cody finish the story.

And to think, we now know that the Rock was actively trying to fuck that multi-year story up by sidelining Cody and injecting himself into the main event against Roman.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:53:26 No.19423653 Report

Quoted By: >>19424390

>>19423634
>he felt incredibly sincere
fag
>believable
kek. He's 5'9 with a shit physique (love handles)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:54:34 No.19423660 Report

Quoted By: >>19423689

>>19423637
Tony would bend over backwards for Pelle Prima cause he loves wrestling and is gay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 16:58:11 No.19423689 Report

Quoted By: >>19424534

>>19423660
yes he's a Smark

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 18:45:53 No.19424357 Report

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>>19423634
Wrestlemania XXX was the last good mania.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 18:53:07 No.19424390 Report

Quoted By: >>19424437

>>19423653
nah Anon nailed it, believable as hell
dangerous little fucker. you know he chased down a burglar and choke him out once?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:02:19 No.19424437 Report

Quoted By: >>19424470

>>19424390
This again shows me that you're a Smark
because you rank a real fight with some random hispanic low life as making him believable rather than his ring work
Because it's not believable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:06:43 No.19424470 Report

Quoted By: >>19424590

>>19424437
No, his ring work was extra believable, he would work around his size and be really intense and technical. Benoit but you can talk about him with normies.
It's a shame you've built this idea in your head about him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:13:09 No.19424516 Report

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>>19423187
bitchtits always does this

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:13:21 No.19424519 Report

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>>19422875
/thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:15:22 No.19424534 Report

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>>19423689
>Smark
stop doing that

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:15:48 No.19424538 Report

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>>19422723
I don't agree with the sentiment either way, but that's objectively not true. Rob Van Dam went over John Cena for the world title in Hammerstein Ballroom 8 years before this in front of 2000 of the sweatiest smarks imaginable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:17:04 No.19424550 Report

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>>19422723
This was literally a repeat of Benoit down to it being the 10 year anniversary of WM20

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 19:22:49 No.19424590 Report

Quoted By: >>19424838 >>19430441

>>19424470
>It's a shame you've built this idea in your head about him.
it's an idea that he's 5'9 and pudgy?
>he would work around his size
classic Smark talk
You see he's small and see him "work around it"
But it's okay because you're a Smark so you don't need to actually be convinced that he's believable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 20:06:37 No.19424825 Report

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No. Anti-smarks (the biggest smarks of all) wanted Batista to win.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Dec 2025 20:08:44 No.19424838 Report

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>>19424590
You're the one on the outside here, Bryan was really over. Vince kept him around the uppercard for years. Calling me names isn't going to change what happened.

Machine Jerk

Machine Jerk Sat 06 Dec 2025 21:18:36 No.19425260 Report

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Benoit and Eddie at XX was the one designed to send the hardcores home happy. Bret actually got a shot at being the face of the company, mainly because Vince needed someone who wasn't a roid guy. Bryan is in-between these because while he wasn't going to get an actual shot at being the top guy the whole company had become focused on him and they needed the payoff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 00:39:18 No.19426903 Report

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>>19422723
Yep. He irreparably broke the minds of so many smarks. 99% of the time when they complain about people being underused and ruined in WWE they are talking about this ugly fag

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 00:40:31 No.19426922 Report

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>>19422875
That part.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 00:43:11 No.19426961 Report

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>>19422723
Was this guy really over and based or was it all fake and manufactured and cringe? I wasnt watching but he looks like shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 00:58:23 No.19427180 Report

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>>19426961
the former

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 01:09:46 No.19427365 Report

Quoted By: >>19429046

>>19426961
Yeah he was pretty damn over
But like everything in wrestling post like 2007 they fumbled hard

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 01:29:12 No.19427730 Report

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>>19422723
>he paved the way for AEW
That part

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 02:41:38 No.19428869 Report

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>>19423430
>thoughbeit
Why does this word seem to always follow the most ass opinions this website can muster? Strange, isn't it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 02:44:14 No.19428907 Report

Quoted By: >>19429430

>>19426961
Anon, think of how over a guy that looks like that would have to be in order for Vince to put him over every member of Evolution in one night

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 02:55:39 No.19429028 Report

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>>19422723
Benoit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 02:57:35 No.19429046 Report

Quoted By: >>19429367 >>19429421

>>19427365
To be fair he was meant to hold it until Summerslam that year if he hadn't been injured, he was gonna be the one Brock viciously squashed like a sack of shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:33:33 No.19429332 Report

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>>19422723
Nope there was another

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:37:43 No.19429367 Report

Quoted By: >>19429421

>>19429046
Just like Kofi some years later. At least the wokes can't say it was a race thing, it was a Vince thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:45:51 No.19429421 Report

Quoted By: >>19429434

>>19429046
>>19429367
that's not true. Bryan and Lesnar had a competitive match at Survivor Series. One of Lesnar's best matches ever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:46:56 No.19429430 Report

Quoted By: >>19429448

>>19428907
Yes he was the first champ that was forced through by the Smarks
That's the point

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:47:31 No.19429434 Report

Quoted By: >>19430131

>>19429421
I'm sure they did, they had incredible respect for each other.
The Summerslam 2014 was a deliberate total squash. It was to establish Brock's power level when he returned from beating Taker.
It wasn't about burying Bryan, or Lesnar disliking him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:48:59 No.19429448 Report

Quoted By: >>19429489

>>19429430
How so?
Vince didn't have to give it to them. He just would have made a lot less money.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:49:27 No.19429453 Report

Quoted By: >>19430173 >>19430849 >>19430857

>>19426961
He was over with the Smarks
that's it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 03:53:32 No.19429489 Report

Quoted By: >>19429573 >>19429792

>>19429448
No but he gave in and it harmed the business and led to AEW and their indie midgetry
The idea that if Smarks pick you you should get the belt even though you're a midget midcarder
In the old days Vince would've stood strong
Keep in mind that he was busy taking shits on female employees etc so he might nottof been in his right mind

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 04:02:12 No.19429573 Report

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>>19429489
Well I appreciate you bumping the thread a lot so more people get to hear about Bryan anyway

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 04:33:19 No.19429792 Report

Quoted By: >>19430256

>>19429489
Vince gave the belt to Shawn and Bret
They were both midgets of their time

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 04:33:39 No.19429794 Report

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>>19423562
it took roman liek a decade to get over. i don't think any wrestler in history got as many chances as him

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:33:44 No.19430131 Report

Quoted By: >>19430143

>>19429434
>they had incredible respect for each other
Really? I'm surprised Brock didnt see him as a gay midget

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:35:07 No.19430142 Report

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The couch is downstairs

I can turn you a light if you fraid

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:35:07 No.19430143 Report

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>>19430131
Bryan Danielson is a real one, you gonna say Brock Lesnar is wrong?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:35:24 No.19430144 Report

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>>19426961
He was over and fans were upset about a mania main event being an evolution circlejerk

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:40:54 No.19430173 Report

Quoted By: >>19430278

>>19429453
everyone in the audience from 2012-2014 was a smark? Conor was a smark?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:42:39 No.19430176 Report

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>>19422748
This is true. Plus modern scripted matches start with him

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 05:57:35 No.19430256 Report

Quoted By: >>19430272

>>19429792
>They were both midgets of their time
what youre saying is they wouldn't be midgets in the Smark indie midget era of your Daniel Bryans

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:00:14 No.19430272 Report

Quoted By: >>19430299

>>19430256
bryan isn't the start of smart marks liking a wrestler and you keep trying to tell us that he is

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:01:10 No.19430278 Report

Quoted By: >>19430325

>>19430173
casuals stopped watching wrestling and they don't buy tickets to a show and stand and cheer for a midget
check the viewership numbers

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:05:51 No.19430299 Report

Quoted By: >>19430332

>>19430272
He was the first guy to become champion purely from a Smark push
yes Smarks existed before but they weren't catered to
First Semen Spunk appealed to the Smarks and embraced the Smark appeal
Then Smarks decided to put their power behind Danie Bryan and Vince gave in and allowed Smarks to book his show
AEW is basically Smarks booking an entire promotion with their beloved indie midgets

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:14:52 No.19430325 Report

Quoted By: >>19430327 >>19430353

>>19430278
delusional

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:15:35 No.19430327 Report

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>>19430325
Hit him with the guitar then

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:16:59 No.19430332 Report

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>>19430299
you aren't doing anything but stating things and trying to force your point
people on this board were there at the time

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:20:51 No.19430353 Report

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>>19430325
you see the blue line

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE

Grunt !!p2Bcsk1BHnE Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:22:14 No.19430358 Report

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Voting worst or better than tay

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:22:41 No.19430361 Report

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>>19430332
>people on this board
this board is 80% Smarks
>were there at the time
The smell must've been horrendous

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:24:47 No.19430372 Report

Quoted By: >>19430421 >>19430436

>>19430353
Bryan was champion for 2 months

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:36:19 No.19430421 Report

Quoted By: >>19430448

>>19430372
1. It set a precedent
2. a symptom of the wider Smarkification of wrestling that was happening at the time
3. funny because i was told itt that he was this amazing draw (he wasn't)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:39:29 No.19430436 Report

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>>19430372
I legitimately wonder where this discourse comes from because most people in the business have a lot of respect for Bryan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:41:13 No.19430439 Report

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>>19423613
It's amazing how the cringe elevates and peaks with the botched flippy chokeslam reversal and incredibly bad knee strike.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:42:32 No.19430441 Report

Quoted By: >>19430455

>>19424590
>5'9 and pudgy
So, you also hate Ric Flair?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:45:26 No.19430448 Report

Quoted By: >>19430473

>>19430421
I'm sure it was Bryan being world champion for 2 months and not the 10 year Roman push

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:46:08 No.19430451 Report

Quoted By: >>19430564

>>19422723
The series finale of wrestling.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:47:01 No.19430455 Report

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>>19430441
Yes he's highly overrated
But in his roid prime he was not pudgy

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:47:55 No.19430459 Report

Quoted By: >>19430533

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 06:52:41 No.19430473 Report

Quoted By: >>19430598

>>19430448
Smarks would certainly say that
I guess they should've gone with indie midgets instead to draw dimes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:09:24 No.19430533 Report

Quoted By: >>19430536

>>19430459
Nice password

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:11:20 No.19430536 Report

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>>19430533
They wanna know the trick I want chip design to win.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:18:55 No.19430564 Report

Quoted By: >>19430626

>>19423634
Bryan was the most over person in the entire industry from mid 2013 - WM30. He was so fucking over that Vince had no choice but to change the main event of Wrestlemania.
>>19430451
Ratings plummeted over the next several years so it pretty much was.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:33:02 No.19430598 Report

Quoted By: >>19430639

>>19430473
Surely we can have star wrestlers who aren't "flavor of the month indie darling" nor "the most boring Create-A-Main-Eventer motherfucker they plucked straight off the FCW nepotism assembly line who was pure dead air until he finally turned heel 8 years in then disappeared into part-timing as soon as he became actually decent"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:41:19 No.19430626 Report

Quoted By: >>19430635

>>19430564
>the most over person in the entire industry
and since then no person has "been over" with casual mainstream america
because "being over" from then on meant being over with sweaty stinky fat indie Smarks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:42:47 No.19430634 Report

Quoted By:

The bad announcer of 4:42

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:42:53 No.19430635 Report

Quoted By:

>>19430626
I'm sorry you were raped by a group of smarks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:43:48 No.19430639 Report

Quoted By:

>>19430598
Not if Smarks have their say

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 07:44:10 No.19430643 Report

Quoted By: >>19430721

>>19423062
That’s a zoomers answer because he doesn’t even know who Bret Hart or Savage even are, you imbecile

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:06:06 No.19430721 Report

Quoted By: >>19430743

>>19430643
two people who were household names and was over with casual fans

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:10:54 No.19430743 Report

Quoted By: >>19430814

>>19430721
>lists two things that have nothing to do with what makes a wrestler a smark favorite
Lel

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:35:01 No.19430808 Report

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>>19422723
CM Punk was WWE Champion for 434 days. 2011-2013.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:36:43 No.19430814 Report

Quoted By: >>19430826

>>19430743
It relates to why they were champs
It wasn't because of Smarks
Smarks was irrelevant back then in terms of who got pushed because back they were an insignificant part of the overall dime pool
It's irrelevant weather Smarks like Macho man or not because he would've been a champ regardless

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:40:29 No.19430826 Report

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>>19430814
so smark favourites are only bad when??? Bryan was gonna get the belt either way, he'd already been heavyweight champ. your perception of his fans is irrelevant

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:42:38 No.19430836 Report

Quoted By: >>19430857

>i share a board with wrestling “fans” who don’t remember how ridiculously over bryan was to the point vince literally had to bed the knee
im starting to feel old

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:45:16 No.19430849 Report

Quoted By: >>19430882

>>19429453
No dumbass, he was over with everyone. Kids fucking loved him

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:48:47 No.19430857 Report

Quoted By: >>19430871

>>19426961
>>19429453
>>19430836
https://youtube.com/watch?v=m0ttEbPycDs

Anyone who says Bryan wasn't over at the time is a filthy liar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:52:54 No.19430871 Report

Quoted By: >>19430893

>>19430857
im convinced that they just werent watching wrestling back then. im 32 and i remember back in my senior year of high school bryan was legit a mainstream attraction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:54:27 No.19430876 Report

Quoted By: >>19430905

https://youtu.be/a4Fcj3oog1Y?si=CKNfGYDWYA5ttFCg
just leaving this here

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:55:31 No.19430882 Report

Quoted By: >>19430885 >>19430887

>>19430849
he's the size of a kid

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:56:38 No.19430885 Report

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>>19430882
And the american dragon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:57:20 No.19430887 Report

Quoted By: >>19430895 >>19430901

>>19430882
yes. hes a manlet. whats your point? clearly that didnt stop him from becoming one of the most over acts in pro-wrestling history

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:58:37 No.19430893 Report

Quoted By: >>19430900

>>19430871
what do you weigh?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 08:58:48 No.19430895 Report

Quoted By:

>>19430887
More over in a time when pro wrestling is in the shitter, like being the king of a mountain of poop

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:00:52 No.19430900 Report

Quoted By: >>19430911

>>19430893
im 6’2 and i hover around 197-203. why is that relevant

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:00:53 No.19430901 Report

Quoted By: >>19430905

>>19430887
over with Smarks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:01:59 No.19430905 Report

Quoted By:

>>19430901
See>>19430876

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:03:15 No.19430911 Report

Quoted By: >>19430917

>>19430900
>6 foot 240 pounds of mostly fat
>i remember him being over!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:05:33 No.19430917 Report

Quoted By: >>19430936

>>19430911
are you a retard or something

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:07:40 No.19430924 Report

Quoted By:

The christian left

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 09:10:16 No.19430936 Report

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>>19430917
He’s one of those guys who thinks room temperature IQ insults erase history

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO First pure Smark champ.jpg, 107KiB, 1271x529

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 13:58:38 No.19431692 Report

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 14:07:13 No.19431709 Report

Quoted By:

>he's resorted to asking AI for back up after getting btfo in this thread
pig existence

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Dec 2025 14:25:51 No.19431755 Report

Quoted By:

>>19422748
That's extreme. He had a gimmick and it was very important. Bret Hart is really the first example of this sort of a thing, good or not.

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