comahan
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by comahan on Nov 7, 2008 22:51:01 GMT -5
Im now sporting a MEM sig. Yay me.
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Chainsaw
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A very BAD man.
It is what it is
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Post by Chainsaw on Nov 7, 2008 23:05:18 GMT -5
Considering that the HBK/Jericho feud is over, I'd be inclined to say yes.
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Nov 8, 2008 10:37:37 GMT -5
now that the big long flair/HBK/batista/jericho saga has ended, i think so, unless you count the current thing in chikara as being the same angle as the original quack/hero feud, since it all kinda looped together.
but yeah, i like this angle so far. it's like the nWo and "new blood" angles, only with all the bad bits taken out, plus it's got loads of little sub-plots, like who's in charge of the MEM and if shelley can be trusted.
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Post by Cyno on Nov 8, 2008 13:59:01 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's the best angle in wrestling today, but it's certainly the best angle in TNA in years.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Nov 8, 2008 14:46:07 GMT -5
It's fairly fine storyline, what got me back into the company after some months. Just hope that the end is actually something that can happen/make sense/whatever, remember with Russo around we can expect a good start and that's it. Maybe with so many others there as guidance they'll give their first fleshed-out story since Triple X/AMW?
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Nov 8, 2008 17:39:55 GMT -5
I'd say it is.
For one, it's an actual angle, with a central focus in the company allowing it to develop week after week and allowing different feuds to spawn off the strength of the angle itself.
Jericho vs Batista isn't even an angle. If it is, it's a very poor one. It's a feud. HBK/Batista earlier in the year was an angle, because it actually spawned off of something else, and allowed for continuation. This isn't a continuation though, it's simply Batista winning a number one contenders match, and then having them spend the next 3 episodes of Raw trying to one up each other. That's not an angle.
What does come kind of close (although I still think TNA's angle beats it right now) is what's going on over on Smackdown. They aren't just feuds being used for one month and then discarded, there's a bit of development there and potential for character development. You have Big Show turning to help Vicky, using him against Taker, who is still making her life hell. You then have Kozlov on a path of destruction, looking for competition and the championship. However, to get to that, he has to help out Vicky. The whole ending a couple of weeks ago, with Vicki telling Kozlov he needed to beat Taker was great, because it was actual development, playing into the characters, and not just randomly announcing the match. We actually had to follow something from one week to the next, and one occurance had an impact on another.
So you have Kozlov aiming for HHH, with that being cleverly tied into the whole Taker/Vickie/Big Show feud. However, you then also have the whole literal wild card of Jeff Hardy, who is now developing his character and trying to do what Big Show and Kozlov couldn't do, and that's prove himself against Taker, all while turning 'extreme' and not being a typical goody two shoes.
Basically I think there needs to be a definition difference between an angle and a feud. Jericho/Batista is a feud. No-one else is involved, and no-one is being developed with any reasoning week on week. The whole Smackdown main event scene is an angle. The MEM is an angle. It's got the potential for development and a story week on week, with characters changing as the story progresses, the potential for twists and turns etc.
So I'd say yes, it is.
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Post by DeuceDominoMark on Nov 8, 2008 20:36:58 GMT -5
Sorry, but the best angle in pro wrestling is Kurt! He's running the Main Event Mafia with a broken freakin' neck! Beat me to it!
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ICBM
King Koopa
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Post by ICBM on Nov 8, 2008 20:49:18 GMT -5
I just read that Bonnie Hammer of USA network is putting heat on Shane and Stephanie to get the numbers up. They seem to understand that creative is sorry right now and to me the fact that we are all seemingly non-stop posting about TNA, the MEM feud, the legends belt ect. and we areen't tal;king about WWE's fantastic booking, than that means the MEM/TNA opriginals feud is the best thing in wrestling today
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