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Post by Overly large testicles on Jul 31, 2009 8:15:27 GMT -5
I was literally falling asleep during that promo. Did he really start to cut his hair for no apparent reason? Or did I imagine that?
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Jul 31, 2009 8:22:44 GMT -5
I thought that was a pretty bad promo, he has a great wrestling voice but, seemed to have trouble thinking of what he should or was told to say.
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Post by Lionheart on Jul 31, 2009 8:23:13 GMT -5
I was literally falling asleep during that promo. Did he really start to cut his hair for no apparent reason? Or did I imagine that? He made it look like he was going to symbolically shave his head, then he just sort of poked at his head two or three times with the clippers and then the match started. All of this would have made more sense if he had huge crazy Sideshow Bob hair or something, but I'm pretty sure his hair never entertained us before.
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Post by The OP on Jul 31, 2009 11:08:38 GMT -5
Me too. I like it a lot better than the Main Event Mafia, which to me is basically a second rate NWO knockoff. The World Elite is actually something a little bit different than anything we've gotten in wrestling in recent years. Really? It seems like an anti American stable shows up every two to five years. How is that a bit different. It's the only one I can think of that had a diverse coalition of anti-Americans. The closest thing to it I can think of is the Attitude Era version of the Hart Foundation, but that was all Brits and Canadians and it was a long time ago now, plus this group is more multinational.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2009 11:20:16 GMT -5
The World Elite is like an evil version of GI Joe. They need an American on their team though honestly. An American who's all like, "The world elite is just trying to do what's best for America" or something like that.
It doesn't have to be JUST "America is terribe." It can also be ", but we can make it better!" ::sinster laugh::
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Post by The OP on Jul 31, 2009 11:21:44 GMT -5
He did say that it's not the country's fault, it's the people who live in it. Maybe that'll be used as a setup for an American to join.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jul 31, 2009 12:28:40 GMT -5
I was literally falling asleep during that promo. Did he really start to cut his hair for no apparent reason? Or did I imagine that? I think the original idea was for him to shave his head there in the middle of the ring. However I get a feeling that the clippers weren't nearly as powerful as he thought.... it might have even been a beard trimmer or something! Anyway the clippers hardly made a dent in his hair, and the announcers covered the goof-up by saying something like "He was trying to shave his head, but that isn't really something you can practice beforehand" As for the group itself, I like the idea of having a World Elite. Sure the anti-USA gimmick has been done a million times already, but this particular group seems to be very diverse and colorful. I'm not entirely convinced Eric Young is the best guy to be leading the group... I think Bashir might have been a better front-man... but overall it seems like a good faction.
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Post by ICBM on Jul 31, 2009 12:37:00 GMT -5
It's something for him. He is a talented guy who who was always stuck with being a jester and not a very good one. Kids in the Impact zone reacted to him and he is a recognizable name for TNA (I mean he's been there for a long time). I am happy for him and I hope his mic skills improve as this angle progresses, but on the whole I generally don't enjoy the old USA USA USA gimicks or the anti-usa usa usa gimicks
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2009 12:42:42 GMT -5
They've pushed Eric Young? All I can remember is a handful of incidences where he supposedly had his breakthrough then spent the next year getting his character obliterated. Eric Young is the Shelton Benjamin of TNA. He's had like 20 half pushes.
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Post by The OP on Jul 31, 2009 13:18:05 GMT -5
It's something for him. He is a talented guy who who was always stuck with being a jester and not a very good one. Kids in the Impact zone reacted to him and he is a recognizable name for TNA (I mean he's been there for a long time). I am happy for him and I hope his mic skills improve as this angle progresses, but on the whole I generally don't enjoy the old USA USA USA gimicks or the anti-usa usa usa gimicks I thought the best line of the promo was "the only time you would cheer for me is when I made you laugh". Given that's he's been booked as the goofy kids wrestler, it was very believable to me that he would be tired of not being taken seriously. I was shocked at the sound of his voice; I never would've thought he would have a convincing raspy heel delivery. He almost sounded a bit like Bill Eadie. Bashir would've been good as the leader of the faction too, but having Eric do it is a little more unexpected so that's kinda nice about it. Bashir is a good interview though, so I hope he gets some mic time out of this as well and Eric doesn't always speak for the group.
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Post by KEJB on Jul 31, 2009 14:10:25 GMT -5
All I know is EY's belt shot to DeVon was pathetic.
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Post by SickFlipPiledriver on Jul 31, 2009 18:18:20 GMT -5
If he's not bald next week, World Elite fails.
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Post by Lionheart on Jul 31, 2009 18:20:23 GMT -5
If he's not bald next week, World Elite fails. I think you could get pretty competitive action taking bets on this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2009 18:21:08 GMT -5
If he's not bald next week, World Elite fails. I so hope that EY just shows up with hair that's styled just mildly different. To signify this tremendous change that's going to topple the wrestling world, he trimmed his bangs a 1/2 inch. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 11:48:30 GMT -5
I don't get why in a Stable with the Sheik and Brutus Magnus you make Eric Young the mouthpiece
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Post by The OP on Aug 1, 2009 12:19:19 GMT -5
I think it'd be cool if after Eric Young spoke, Bashir translated it into Farsi like he used to do with Muhammed Hassan.
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Post by AriadosMan on Aug 1, 2009 12:20:48 GMT -5
Okay, why is a Canadian leading a team consisting of an Iranian, some British guys, and Japanese jobbers? This makes no snorking sense, having Canadians and Mexicans (LAX) team up against US would make more sense than this far-reaching but bizarre alliance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 12:22:51 GMT -5
Okay, why is a Canadian leading a team consisting of an Iranian, some British guys, and Japanese jobbers? This makes no snorking sense, having Canadians and Mexicans (LAX) team up against US would make more sense than this far-reaching but bizarre alliance. Whatever happened to No Limit by the way?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 12:25:10 GMT -5
Okay, why is a Canadian leading a team consisting of an Iranian, some British guys, and Japanese jobbers? This makes no snorking sense, having Canadians and Mexicans (LAX) team up against US would make more sense than this far-reaching but bizarre alliance. I think it would be fine, but they didn't set it up. Here's what I'd do: Maybe have a few quick backstage segments where the British Invasion are having trouble with something about America and griping about it. Maybe EY wanders by and puts his two cents in. Maybe there's a moment of clarity. A "here's a guy that talks some sense" sort of thing. Duplicate this process for Kiyoshi and Bashir, and you've got yourself a leader.
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Post by Lionheart on Aug 1, 2009 12:39:27 GMT -5
Okay, why is a Canadian leading a team consisting of an Iranian, some British guys, and Japanese jobbers? This makes no snorking sense, having Canadians and Mexicans (LAX) team up against US would make more sense than this far-reaching but bizarre alliance. Whatever happened to No Limit by the way? They're gone.
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