Thursday Night Throwdown: 03/07/2013

I love wrestling

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4th?

Haven't seen Jared on Giant Bomb for a long, long while.

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videogames.com

Awesome, love TNTs.

Does the audio cut out for anyone else at seemingly random times?

COLLUSION

AAAAH JESUS CHRIST RYAN'S FACE IN THE THUMBNAIL

What streaming website do they use for TNT? I love wrasslin games.

Lucky to get in on this one twice. Once as "Good Money", described as a guy who looks like he is from Saints Row or Samuel L Jackson. Both of these descriptions are indeed accurate. I was also in the final match as the Big Boss Man. Great TNT, great game. So much fun.

Woohoo I finally get my GB cameo at 1:10:00 into the stream!

Aw, I didn't mean to be disrespectful to the roster. In fact this is pretty much the only non Kinnikuman wrestling game I've played do to my interest in more than half of its roster (The older guys), and due to the arcade-style gameplay.

Kind of wish people wouldn't have left there. Oh well, still one of the best TNTs in a good while.

YESSS! More wrestling commentary on Giant Bomb please. It's like a marriage of my two favorite things: wrasslin' and GB's take on gaming.

Saw a chunk of this live. Jared was amazing.

Is this the first video with two bylines?

WRESTLING!

I believe it is, I've never seen it before at least.

Oh, look! I'ts Jared!

This TNT was great. I was laughing almost constantly. Also, my mind was blown by the revelation that the VGCW existed, and now I have to check that out. Jared was awesome as well, always like that dude when he comes on the bombcast or something like this.

EMPJared

@haltiamreptar: It's fitting for the wrestling theme. Drew and Vinny as the tag-team, Video Crew of Doom.

Jared was awesome, hope they can fit him in more often.

I thought I might die when he started dancing. I don't know squat about wrestling, but he was awesome regardless

BEST TNT.

This is the song Jared and Jeff referenced. Listening to Randy Savage try to rap is painful, but the lyrics are actually pretty touching. Those two guys must have been pretty close.

Woah! Ryan!

That... is... awesome! Love Thursday nights!

Best interview starts at 5:00. ^

Here's more amazing interviews:

"I AM THE MACHO KING BOW TO THE MACHO KING" *Pushes down interviewer's head* "BOW BOW"

"IN THE VIDEOSCOPE I AM LOOKING INTO YOU RIGHT NOW" "TIME DISTORTION SPACE IS THE PLACE"

Also, the Ultimate Warrior was batshit insane in interviews. They're among the best.

And here is the interview they talk about where Ultimate Warrior talks about hijacking a plane. His interview starts at 2:27 but Hogan's interview is good too:

IM NOT TALKING

"It's the squared circle of life." This might be the greatest quote ever.

Tomb Raider had it, I think that's it though.

Giant Bomb with discussions about VGCW? My loves are colliding. I've created a handful of the characters that show up in VGCW as well.

Jared should become GB's Wrestling Editor!

Great episode! I haven't watched wrestling since the late 90's, but I always enjoy looking back on the WcW.

Man, I just watched VGCW and it is fucking ridiculous in the best way possible.

Bazza tweeted his thanks to the GB crew for shouting out VGCW. I seriously hope he adds them to the roster.

Having Jared show up talking about wrestling is a delightful surprise in this TNT, loved it!

Now I must watch all of VGCW

That thumbnail you guys

Weird, video doesn't load for me.

Is there any other way I can enjoy this potentially awesome thing?

Holy crap that looks amazing. Where can I find more!?!?

@thedrewggernaut: Well then come join us in the wrestling thread son. More wrestling fans in the wrestling thread the better!

I didn't know who jared was but now he's my favorite giant bomb guest

luv u jared

I didn't realize that it was THAT Jared until he took his hat off. I'm really slow today.

Wow dropping some Youtube channel names. Collaboration could be reeeaaal interesting. I fear Game Grumps would just devolve into random noises though...

@retrovirus:

Complete archives are here: http://www.twitch.tv/bazza87/videos?kind=past_broadcasts
This has direct links to specific episodes and misc. information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BAELBnTuKkdxVKnPIXDw6tTKz7jU58fCO8rDrEfxc8Q/preview?pli=1&sle=true#
Lastly, the wiki!: http://vgcw.wikia.com/wiki/Video_Game_Championship_Wrestling_Wiki

Wrestling is the most bizarre of cultural phenomena from the outside looking in.

I can appreciate it in a highly distilled, isolated form, like in the classic Macho Man promos, but the core experience of watching wrestling is utterly inscrutable to me. It's like listening to aliens from another galaxy discuss their pop culture.

Well after looking at that thumbnail I'm not going to sleep. :(

I love that Jared is tuned into wrestling enough to know that The Rock isnt showing up to house shows.

As a child, up until 14 or so, I was in love with wrestling. I had hundreds of dollars of action figures and ring sets, went to events whenever it came to my town, etc.

Years later, I question how I liked it at all. Maybe it was way better when I was a lad, because now IT'S FUCKING STUPID. Maybe it's always been fucking stupid.