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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Aug 31, 2010 18:01:26 GMT -5
I know a lot of people thought this angle was bad last year, and was kind of surprised myself that it wasn't considered for Gooker (at least I don't think it was).
Anyone else?
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Sept 1, 2010 12:48:58 GMT -5
I honestly expected a JBL/HBK Tag Team title run.
At one point, I expected JBL to force HBK to help him (JBL) win the WWE title from John Cena at the Royal Rumble. Then it could have been HBK vs. JBL vs. Cena for the title at No Way Out (or put them in the EC) and Cena wins the belt back headed into WrestleMania.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Sept 1, 2010 13:51:53 GMT -5
The premise was silly, sure...but I actually liked everything else about it. Everyone played their role REALLY well, particularly JBL. He's just such a fantastic heel.
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Post by wrasslinmachine on Sept 2, 2010 9:12:49 GMT -5
It was just hilarious that a guy like HBK who been working for the company for years did not have a dime. I remember Lance Storm wrote a blog how illogical that is for him to be flat broke.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 3, 2010 1:03:09 GMT -5
Not just that he'd been working for them, after all, he could have had bad investments, but that he was still working main events.
'Damn, I'm flat broke, not a penny to my name'
*Mail arrives containing $100,000 paycheque*
'Well, that sorted things out, much quicker than usual too'
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Post by johnnyk9 on Sept 15, 2010 11:41:28 GMT -5
I never saw the point to the whole angle definitly an induction
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Post by molson5 on Sept 30, 2010 22:03:53 GMT -5
I don't think it was illogical at all, I mean, Ric Flair could main event the next 10 wrestlemanias and he'd still be broke.
And in any event, "logic" has to take a background position in any scripted fight where people are always punching each other but nobody ever gets a facial injury (to name 1 of 15 billion "logic" issues with professional wrestling).
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Post by the5thhorseman on Oct 1, 2010 23:21:37 GMT -5
I thought it was a decent angle. Not great but not horrible
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Post by reiko22 on Oct 6, 2010 22:34:05 GMT -5
the problem I think was having Shawn Michaels in that role, if they would have pick someone else like lets say rey mysterio that would have been more believable
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Post by thewickedclown on Oct 6, 2010 23:25:43 GMT -5
I know a lot of people thought this angle was bad last year, and was kind of surprised myself that it wasn't considered for Gooker (at least I don't think it was). Anyone else? I think the angle was late 2008, early 2009 and ended way before Wrestlemainia. Normally people forget early angles unless they were epic in their horribleness. Now if the angle lasted until Wrestlemaina then I think it would of been at least a finalist. |
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Post by mrjl on Oct 7, 2010 18:17:24 GMT -5
Not just that he'd been working for them, after all, he could have had bad investments, but that he was still working main events. 'Damn, I'm flat broke, not a penny to my name' *Mail arrives containing $100,000 paycheque* 'Well, that sorted things out, much quicker than usual too' The point was basically that he'd been wiped out and JBL effectively doubled his salary, allowing him to continue living the style he'd been accustomed, pay all his debts, put money aside for his children's college, put money into savings for his retirement which as a wrestler with severe inuries could happen the next day and last till his death. |
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Post by Woooooolhouse! on Oct 8, 2010 12:27:40 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels: This year, I invested in pumpkins. They've been going up the whole month of October and I got a feeling they're going to peak right around January. Then, bang! That's when I'll cash in.
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Post by James McCloud IS John Godot on Oct 8, 2010 14:25:40 GMT -5
The angle was a stretch but I don't think it was so completely and utterly ludicrous. Mortgages, debts, interest payments, bad investments, it could eat things up pretty quickly. The point wasn't that HBK would be a hobo without JBL but what about the future? Retirement? His wife? His kids? Their education, college, et cetera?
As I said, a stretch but not so completely inane that I couldn't get into it while watching.
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Post by Error on Oct 8, 2010 14:32:35 GMT -5
I'm usually neutral on the whole HBK/JBL times but honestly, it's something people remember, I guess.
I think it would be unbelievable and amazing if they pulled it off with a jobber though.
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Post by TromboneMan on Oct 9, 2010 3:15:48 GMT -5
I don't think it should be inducted simply because how well the two played their parts sucked me into the story for the first time in a long time. That one angle where JBL was literally pushing Michaels around and bullying him made me want Shawn to kick him in the face then and there, then I was surprised at how well they made me react to that segment. Bradshaw did play such a fantastic heel.
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