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Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Mar 28th, '11, 05:03
by Bob-O
cero2k wrote:2) The way it breaks, having only two ring posts (ones shown in the camera BTW) and neither of them shooting out due to the tension in the ring ropes. a simultaneous break of both posts.
This! Things don't "break" like that, it was a work. The springs in the mat would have gone before the posts did.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Mar 28th, '11, 05:35
by Lynas
Bob-O wrote:cero2k wrote:2) The way it breaks, having only two ring posts (ones shown in the camera BTW) and neither of them shooting out due to the tension in the ring ropes. a simultaneous break of both posts.
This! Things don't "break" like that, it was a work. The springs in the mat would have gone before the posts did.
ALSO... the two posts closer to the point of impact would be most likely to break. NOT the opposite side, that just so happens to be a good angle for the hard camera.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 5th, '11, 22:24
by e-moose
A work... not 100% on that, but over 90% anyways. Just about anything "groundbreaking" 8-| that happens in wrestling is a work. Quite likely, this is as well.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 6th, '11, 10:29
by kiel297
Work. Looks a bit TOO perfect. The cameramen all were conveniently in places where they weren't gonna be hurt by the ring collapsing, such as a cameraman that had been filming through the ropes could have easily had something collapse on his foot. As for them rigging the ring before the match, it's not too hard to think that they used some sort of remote control release mechanism on those two ring posts, is it?
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 6th, '11, 13:36
by e-moose
kiel297 wrote:As for them rigging the ring before the match, it's not too hard to think that they used some sort of remote control release mechanism on those two ring posts, is it?
Interesting. Yesterday we were all discussing the same thing re: announce tables.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 16th, '11, 10:26
by Sassafras
I've been training in a ring for several weeks, and I find it difficult to believe that one would just naturally break in that way.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 16th, '11, 17:03
by Big Red Machine
Can I throw out a suggestion that lies between the two extremes: That the ring was poorly built (by accident).
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Apr 17th, '11, 15:50
by kiel297
Big Red Machine wrote:Can I throw out a suggestion that lies between the two extremes: That the ring was poorly built (by accident).
I highly doubt it considering it's WWE.
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Jan 19th, '14, 12:51
by Bob-O
I keep waiting for them to use this to hype up their Rumble Rematch...
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Jan 19th, '14, 13:12
by cero2k
Bob-O wrote:I keep waiting for them to use this to hype up their Rumble Rematch...
but as soon as the show/henry one happened, that one was lost in history
Re: Was the Lesnar - Big Show Ring Collapse Legit?
Posted: Jan 19th, '14, 13:40
by Bob-O
cero2k wrote:Bob-O wrote:I keep waiting for them to use this to hype up their Rumble Rematch...
but as soon as the show/henry one happened, that one was lost in history
Bah! Curse you Vince McMahon... I had forgotten all about that... I am now a statistic...