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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 6, 2011 20:08:46 GMT -5
*Given the response in this thread, I figured a name change was appropriate*
WWE Classics on Demand is running "Hostile Homecoming" month where they have clips from some recent returns, one of which is Chris Jericho's 2007 return. For all the hype, the actual promo Chris cut that night was sort of lackluster in my view. It got me to thinking - what other return promos didn't deliver what we expected? Anyone have any other thoughts?
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Rican
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Post by Rican on Aug 6, 2011 20:18:21 GMT -5
Matt Hardy in 2005. In fact, had that promo gone better I think Matt's career would be very different today. That promo killed all his momentum and probably soured the WWE on him.
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Post by Monkey Tennis? on Aug 6, 2011 20:23:47 GMT -5
Matt Hardy hoping Edge dies in a car crash.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Aug 6, 2011 20:30:45 GMT -5
I blame the Chris Jericho one on the camera people.Kinda killed the suspense.
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Post by Krimzon on Aug 6, 2011 20:34:40 GMT -5
Hardy's return promo wasn't lackluster. It was downright abysmal. It destroyed any chance he had at the Main Event.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Aug 6, 2011 20:36:48 GMT -5
Matt Hardy hoping Edge dies in a car crash. Bingo |
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Post by Massive G on Aug 6, 2011 20:45:03 GMT -5
Matt Hardy hoping Edge dies in a car crash. why was I not made aware of this sooner? it sounds hilarious |
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Post by Rican on Aug 6, 2011 20:48:23 GMT -5
Has there ever been a bigger momentum killing moment than that Matt promo? After WEEKS of "We want Matt" chants meeting Edge and Lita and a huge demand for his return, the pops he got when he made his sneak attacks on Edge, ALL of it ruined. The moment he said "I hope Edge dies in a car crash" you could just feel the enthusiasm sucked out of the crowd.
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Post by mystikz on Aug 6, 2011 20:51:00 GMT -5
something a bit more recent..... John Morrison
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Post by Massive G on Aug 6, 2011 21:13:04 GMT -5
hahahahaha oh my god I just watched that Matt Hardy promo.
YOU ROONED MY DREAM
hahaha what a tool
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Post by cabbageboy on Aug 6, 2011 22:51:19 GMT -5
My favorite part of it was "I wanna think Mr. McMahon for bringing me back here to Rawll." The whole Matt/Edge feud was such a disaster for Matt Hardy. All it did was make Edge an even bigger star and propelled him to the main event.
Oh, and I cracked up at the whole part about "Adam, you screwed me and ruined my dreams of having a family. You ruined my dreams of having children!" Dude, you can't find some other chick besides Lita? Ha!
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Post by Savage Gambino on Aug 6, 2011 22:56:42 GMT -5
I, for one, nominate this thread to be renamed the Matt Hardy Return Promo Depreciation thread. ;D Or not. It's totally up to you.  |
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Aug 6, 2011 23:03:31 GMT -5
Does AJ's debut on SmackDown count? Not that it was her fault, but the commentators who couldn't decide if she was always there or if both her and Kaitlyn were debuting.
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Post by joebob27 on Aug 6, 2011 23:03:38 GMT -5
To this day I still don't understand why he said that, it didn't make any sense in the first place.
"Well, the only thing that would make me happier than me kicking your ass (paraphrase) is you dropping dead before I get the chance!"
huh?
and I hate those kind of "exposing" shoots in the first place, he's basically telling you that the last year of TV leading up to that was contrived. Well, thanks for the memo, would it hurt to play along?
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Post by Massive G on Aug 7, 2011 1:52:10 GMT -5
WHILE SHE WAS MARRIED TO KANE, ON TV, EVERY NIGHT, AMY DOO-MAH CAME HOME TO ME
oh my ****ing god this is the most ridiculously bad thing I've ever heard
I love how after he wished Edge would be fatally wounded in an automobile accident, you can hear JR or King or possibly Coach (I can't tell who) go "ooooh", in sort of the same way someone does when a person makes a joke about someone who hasn't been dead long enough to joke about. Their discomfort is palpable, and it adds to the hilarity.
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Post by jadison on Aug 7, 2011 2:03:59 GMT -5
The only thing that could make that Matt Hardy promo better is if Michael Cole started ripping on it when it was over.
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Post by Cela on Aug 7, 2011 3:20:04 GMT -5
WWE CAN KISS MY ASS!
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 7, 2011 3:27:30 GMT -5
The Chris Jericho promo was WAY too drawn out. The fans popped at the pose after Jericho clotheslines the torchbearer, they popped for the initial video, they popped for the SAVE US.Y2J reveal, they popped for the countdown, they popped for the pyro, then they popped for the music, and finally he came out and all the false starts watered down the reaction. Had they cut out about half of those cues for the fans to react, his ovation would have been louder.
Still, at least he didn't wish that Orton would die in an auto accident.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Aug 7, 2011 3:50:31 GMT -5
WHILE SHE WAS MARRIED TO KANE, ON TV, EVERY NIGHT, AMY DOO-MAH CAME HOME TO ME oh my ****ing god this is the most ridiculously bad thing I've ever heard I love how after he wished Edge would be fatally wounded in an automobile accident, you can hear JR or King or possibly Coach (I can't tell who) go "ooooh", in sort of the same way someone does when a person makes a joke about someone who hasn't been dead long enough to joke about. Their discomfort is palpable, and it adds to the hilarity. Listening to it again, I'm pretty sure that's EXACTLY when all his heat went out the window, taking his career out on the way. I mean, the first "wish you were dead" was bad enough, but after wishing Edge died in a car crash, oh boy! He crossed the Rubicon, and hit the third rail on his way. |
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Post by husti on Aug 7, 2011 5:46:35 GMT -5
I think I could deliver a better promo than Matt did in 2005. At least I can say "Raw" properly
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