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WWE ‘13 Laurinaitis Edition Seen on WWE RAW 5/28/2012

For those of you who truly believe in “People Power”, maybe you can download and print this version out for your game.

WWE ‘13 Cover Revealed, CM Punk and WWE Attitude Featured

I’m sure that the upcoming game will have the WWE Attitude Era featured prominently in the main storymode just as WCW was in WWE ‘12. The official commercial shows the Undertaker (King of the Ring 1998 Attire), “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and Mankind (King of the Ring 1998 Attire) battling it out while rumors of other Attitude Era stars are currently floating around on Twitter.

THQ has been in contact with X-Pac, but he initially turned them down before saying that things were good between them. “Road Dogg” Jesse James did admit to doing voice-over work with “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn, but we’ll have to wait and see what roles the New Age Outlaws will be playing in the upcoming game.

TNA Announces Brooke Hogan, Impact Wrestling Going Live

So…does TNA have the rights to “Real American” now? What’s THAT all about?

Ha!! Here we go!

Ladies and gentlemen, start your shipping.

Iron Sheik and Cyndi Lauper - 1985

Sheikie has one helluva smile here.

Bobby Roode Celebrates His Win Against AJ Styles - Impact Wrestling 5/24/2012

Roode’s champagne celebration was curtailed dramatcially after a wrestling ICON returned shortly after these photos were taken.

Rachel Diaz/Shaul Guerrero Debuts New Look in FCW

I like it.

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A lot of wrestling fans keep saying how Ryback is just another Goldberg and they even go as far as to shout “Goldberg, Goldberg” when he’s in the ring. While I see the similarities in the way they are pushing him ,especially with all the squash matches, there are some very important differences that make the comparisons between them inaccurate.

1. Goldberg never paid his dues - Ryback(Ryan Reeves) actually had an independent wrestling career prior to being hired by WWE. He was part of the rookie team Nexus as Skip Sheffield. He also went to FCW to train a bit more and develop his character prior to his re-debut as Ryback. 
2. Goldberg never liked pro wrestling before becoming a pro wrestler - He only joined WCW because he knew many of the wrestlers who lived in Atlanta who would go to the bars where he worked as a bouncer after being cut from the Atlanta Falcons. He was rushed through the Power Plant, WCW’s training center, and shoved down the throats of legitimate wrestling fans as if he were a real grappler.
3. Goldberg believed his own hype - Rather than thanking his lucky stars that he got such an easy gig, Goldberg has bragged about his wrestling career for years, failing to realize that real wrestling fans think he’s a joke.
4. Goldberg has no skills - All Goldberg had was an impressive physique. That’s it. His look was a rip-off of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s character which was painfully obvious. His move set? Forearm shots, clothesline, Irish whip, spear, jackhammer, pin. In that order, always. Except the one time he did a sidekick and permanently injured Bret Hart. In matches against people who could actually go, Goldberg’s weaknesses and lack of talent would shine through. Even Hogan knows more moves than he does. And on the mic? Don’t even get me started.

There are many more differences but you get the point. I’m not a big fan of Ryback but at least I’m not willing to be stupid ,as many fans are, in comparing someone who obviously has talent to someone who was a manufactured product and lacked most of the necessary skills to be a true pro wrestler.

I disagree.

1.  I cannot say whether or not he “paid his dues”, I will say that he did spend time in the WCW Power Plant before debuting in WCW. I’ve read other wrestlers describe the training facility as a joke that focused primarily on torturous stamina exercises, but he managed to survive it coming from his time in the NFL.
2. Some of the most prominent figures in the world of wrestling started off as strip club bouncers (both of the Road Warriors, Rick Rude, and Batista) or body-builders (Ultimate Warrior and John Cena). Liking or watching wrestling religiously before being trained to be a wrestler doesn’t matter.
3. You’re stepping into a territory of hyperbole and speaking for everyone that’s a “real” wrestling fan. The guy was on fire during his time in WCW. He inspired fans. Hell, even Wade Barrett has (had) a Goldberg tattoo and he actually is a “real” wrestling fan! So much that he’s actually a “real” wrestler.
4. Not true. The spear and jackhammer combo were pretty impressive stuff, but they also focused on his “mixed martial arts training” (in quotations as I’m not too sure how real that element was) and had Goldberg throw in a rolling-armbar or leg-lock every now and then. If you watched his entire run, he would debut new moves all the time, and the commentators would point this out as proof that he was improving. I truly believe THAT’S the reason he caught on fire, not so much the undefeated streak (however, to dismiss that would be silly too). People were watching a star being born. People were watching a guy rise through the rankings and make his way up to the top. Goldberg had ten second squash matches at times, but then there were actual matches where Goldberg debuted a standing side-kick, an exploder suplex, or a military press front-powerslam  — that’s what helped make the guy.

Ryback is destroying people on Smackdown, but it was when he pulled off that military press front-powerslam when Twitter branded him as a Goldberg-clone. That powerslam is not a Goldberg original, but it was one of his more unique signature moves. It also didn’t help that this happened in his first or second match back on Smackdown, so he’ll have to show that he can do much more before he shakes those “GOLD-BERG” chants.

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