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Post by i.Sarita.com on Mar 24, 2009 4:04:11 GMT -5
I'd love walking around having to explain who the half naked dude is on my t-shirt.
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Post by Reptar on Mar 24, 2009 4:11:44 GMT -5
I usually don't say this, but I'd be embarrassed to wear one of those shirts.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Mar 24, 2009 5:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Mar 24, 2009 7:15:59 GMT -5
I wouldn't say zero effort because at less they included a pic. DId anybody see that gem of a shirt TNA made for Kevin Nash last year? This is what you call zero effort.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Mar 24, 2009 7:19:45 GMT -5
So when did WWE start making their own knockoff shirts? Yeah, it does look like those knockoff shirts you see on other websites trying to cash in on WWE's popularity. I'm sure it took them about 3 minutes to put all that together.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Mar 24, 2009 8:16:28 GMT -5
I'd rather it just said 'Evan Bourne' on the front, and then 'Defies Gravity' on the back or something.
Yeah its lame too, but better than that...thing.
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Post by Solid Stryk-Dizzle on Mar 24, 2009 8:20:52 GMT -5
It's one of WWE's cheaper kids style shirts. They make these cheap shirts for fans of the lower card and they save the higher quality designed shirts for bigger draws.
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Post by The Genesis of KoOS on Mar 24, 2009 8:28:12 GMT -5
That shirt is about as charismatic as he is. His moves are full of charisma and that's enough ;D. Wow then indy guys working high school gyms must be as charismatic as Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels. WWE...SIGN THEM UP!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 9:01:20 GMT -5
His moves are full of charisma and that's enough ;D. Wow then indy guys working high school gyms must be as charismatic as Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels. WWE...SIGN THEM UP! Charisma means force of personality. No more, no less. He does moves that make him stand out from others, moves that elicit cheers from the audience in a way that differs from many the general apathy that audience has for most people given his amount of screen time, story line time, and general length of appearance. Let me repeat, since this comes up over and over and over again: charisma is about the force of personality that one possesses, often exclusive from public speaking or any sort of other action. It is, pure and simple, the reaction that person generates in others regardless of what they do. Bourne has it; it might be how he's pushed, it might be the fact that he does moves that others don't in WWE, but he has charisma. To deny him that due to his status as a spot monkey is to overlook the reactions he garners from the fans due to his moves and presence. He has it.
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Post by Sana's got that SUPA LUV on Mar 24, 2009 9:11:50 GMT -5
I mark for Evan so much, but not even I would buy that shirt. Can we please have people who can put some effort into making shirts these days?
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Post by Woooooolhouse! on Mar 24, 2009 9:14:22 GMT -5
I voted for the fat Bourne.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Mar 24, 2009 9:14:51 GMT -5
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Post by nt86 on Mar 24, 2009 9:18:00 GMT -5
Wow that's pretty awful. And why does Evan look older in that picture than he usually does? Yeah I echo the sentiment...trying to ever explain why there's a dude with no shirt on on a t-shirt I wear.
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Post by The Genesis of KoOS on Mar 24, 2009 9:57:07 GMT -5
Wow then indy guys working high school gyms must be as charismatic as Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels. WWE...SIGN THEM UP! Charisma means force of personality. No more, no less. He does moves that make him stand out from others, moves that elicit cheers from the audience in a way that differs from many the general apathy that audience has for most people given his amount of screen time, story line time, and general length of appearance. Let me repeat, since this comes up over and over and over again: charisma is about the force of personality that one possesses, often exclusive from public speaking or any sort of other action. It is, pure and simple, the reaction that person generates in others regardless of what they do. Bourne has it; it might be how he's pushed, it might be the fact that he does moves that others don't in WWE, but he has charisma. To deny him that due to his status as a spot monkey is to overlook the reactions he garners from the fans due to his moves and presence. He has it. The only thing "over" with him is the SSP. You take that away and he is just another WCW Saturday Night jobber. He has NOTHING in terms of personality, he is the guy the comes out and flips around for a bit then walks to the back. His mic skills are horrendous and no one with half a brain could take him seriously against the main guys. He has no psychology and nothing redeeming about him that could make him a permanent fixture. He is a novelty much like Rey Mysterio, but at least Mysterio has a gimmick that kids love. Bourne isn't even that popular to begin with and even then what popularity he does have is because of his move. And that is a killer because a move can not be more over than the wrestler that is doing it. People here act like he's the second coming of Jesus and will usher in a new boom period. He is a byproduct of IWC ridiculous overhype.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 10:06:51 GMT -5
We have a new challenger! This one gave me a good laugh this morning. I can't imagine anyone over the age of 10 wanting to wear the shirts they had up in that poll, which I guess says something about their target audience right now.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Mar 24, 2009 11:31:16 GMT -5
His face looks creepy in the left one.
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Post by hargh on Mar 24, 2009 11:45:25 GMT -5
Hand up.....hand down......I can't decide!
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Post by Dean-o on Mar 24, 2009 12:00:27 GMT -5
That's something I would expect from a vendor selling knockoffs in the parking lot, not a WWE shirt.
Awful!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 12:09:06 GMT -5
Charisma means force of personality. No more, no less. He does moves that make him stand out from others, moves that elicit cheers from the audience in a way that differs from many the general apathy that audience has for most people given his amount of screen time, story line time, and general length of appearance. Let me repeat, since this comes up over and over and over again: charisma is about the force of personality that one possesses, often exclusive from public speaking or any sort of other action. It is, pure and simple, the reaction that person generates in others regardless of what they do. Bourne has it; it might be how he's pushed, it might be the fact that he does moves that others don't in WWE, but he has charisma. To deny him that due to his status as a spot monkey is to overlook the reactions he garners from the fans due to his moves and presence. He has it. The only thing "over" with him is the SSP. You take that away and he is just another WCW Saturday Night jobber. He has NOTHING in terms of personality, he is the guy the comes out and flips around for a bit then walks to the back. His mic skills are horrendous and no one with half a brain could take him seriously against the main guys. He has no psychology and nothing redeeming about him that could make him a permanent fixture. He is a novelty much like Rey Mysterio, but at least Mysterio has a gimmick that kids love. Bourne isn't even that popular to begin with and even then what popularity he does have is because of his move. And that is a killer because a move can not be more over than the wrestler that is doing it. People here act like he's the second coming of Jesus and will usher in a new boom period. He is a byproduct of IWC ridiculous overhype. I figure he could be a solid mid carder who goes in and out of the upper card; nothing wrong with that. He's not a main-eventer and, honestly, doesn't have to be. His mic skills don't matter, as that's not the role he's in. Seriously, he's the flippy guy and, as a flippy guy, he's good at it. ECW has had plenty of flippy guys in the past and will continue to have them in the future. He fills a niche role and for some reason that's a concept that people find unsatisfying. Niche roles exist in wrestling. Period. Santino has one, Finley has one, and Bourne has one. You cannot have main-eventers without those that support them. No one with half a brain could take him seriously against main-eventers... which is why he's teamed with people like Mysterio as his second from time to time or why he's used to wrestle secondary guys like Swagger, who have a bright future, but aren't Mr. Credibility. Again, that's his use. He's not wrestling people like HBK, Triple H, or Orton. That's not his role. If it was, yes, then people could call out his use. But, since he's not, I don't know why his legitimacy with hanging against the main eventers really comes to play here. The Miz and Morrison do their jobs exceedingly well and no one expects them to go toe to toe with Batista or the Undertaker, so I'm not sure why Bourne can't fill the same role. He's good against smaller guys and puts on a fast paced, spot-laden show.... which is his job. Period. Done. You talk about how he doesn't have any redeeming factors and yet, just last week, Jim Ross talked about how nice of a young man he is, how he comes off as a professional back stage, and how he has a bright future. Ross doesn't have to do that. Moreover, if you think that creative doesn't have at least a smidgen of long term interest in him, then why was he given hype videos for his return? They could have easily given up on him, as they have, for better or worse, done for others. They don't have to give him a shirt, but they did. At such an embyronic stage in his career, the man has a shirt, was given video time, and has frequently appeared on Raw. That's support. Now, nothing may ultimately come from that, but one can intuit that Creative has at least some sort interest in him..... A move can be more over than the guy doing it: see Petey Williams and the Canadian Destroyer or, initially at least, DDP and the Diamond Cutter. At this point, if he gets over with the move, than that has to be a plus. He hasn't hurt himself or anyone else with it, another plus. Apparently, you don't hear the cheers he receives or the interest he garners with his moves. Fine. They exist, however, perhaps more than one would expect for a relatively new wrestler with little character. People don't act like he's the second coming of Jesus. You just use that to attack the ICW. Find me 10 posts that says that he's the savior of the company, the greatest wrestler on the roster, that he's going to double ratings, and that he's Vince bff. I'll give you time. In fact, find all the Evan Bourne threads here.... ok, when you're done that, find all the threads talking about how he was a marvel in Roh. Ok, when you're done with that, realize that, even if those threads do exist (and, I assure you, if they do, there aren't many), realize then that sentiment reflects a small portion of the IWC. I like the guy, I think he's solid in his role, but I don't A. Think he's the savior of ANYTHING or B. Think he's the destruction of ANYTHING. He either does little and stays on the roster, does a moderate amount and moves along the different rosters, catches fire and becomes a solid mid to upper midcarder, gets released, or gets put on the shelf. That's the reality of the situation and, though I like him and think he adds something to ECW, it doesn't effect my life either way.
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Post by ultimatekennedy on Mar 24, 2009 12:37:30 GMT -5
Sorry but the first thing I thought of was something Kevin Nash said once. I think you all know what it is.
A bad design doesn't help much but the guy doesn't even have a remote expression on his shirt.
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