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Post by Citizen Zero on Mar 12, 2011 13:19:55 GMT -5
Was just watching Swagger right when he won the championship confronting Edge and Jericho...and I was seriously getting some Ivan Dragon vibes when he was just standing there. Now I know we all hated SRS Swagger (I did too) but I think it could've worked somewhat better if they ran with that. Get him a Russian-esque sounding manager, be booked...well...alot more dominantly, that sort of thing.
Who knows, maybe that's where they'll be going with him and Cole?
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Mar 12, 2011 13:22:21 GMT -5
I loved serious Swagger! His promos detailing all his accomplishments were awesome, probably my favourite stuff with him. Didn't like how he was booked much mind, but I loved his work.
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Post by noleafclover1980 on Mar 12, 2011 16:36:45 GMT -5
I don't get the "serious" thing... cause he wore a suit and tried to look like a champion? He wasn't all that serious... during that time he also described how he had a sandwich named after him (The Swaggie! It tastes like freedom!" He really came off as more of a dork then anything.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Mar 12, 2011 16:46:54 GMT -5
I think SRS Swagger could have worked if it was portrayed as him TRYING to be a serious Champion like a Chris Jericho or Kurt Angle...but he just couldn't shake his natural goofiness.
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Post by Munkie91087 on Mar 12, 2011 16:51:25 GMT -5
I remember literally the second he won the title, he got up and had this expressionless look on his face.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 12, 2011 16:54:27 GMT -5
I think SRS Swagger could have worked if it was portrayed as him TRYING to be a serious Champion like a Chris Jericho or Kurt Angle...but he just couldn't shake his natural goofiness. This is what I was going to say. Give me goofy jock Swagger with a mascot over Suited Swagger any day of the week though. |
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Post by Just Jay on Mar 12, 2011 16:54:33 GMT -5
SRS Swagger dropped the goofy push-up/pyro combination, the running around in the ring, the constant smiling, all in favor of him slowly walking towards the ring Jericho-style while he's theme played. It just didn't suit him. Especially with that voice.
When Kurt Angle became serious, it was only after a long list of accomplishments in the WWE and the fans respected him as such an athlete. With Swagger, the change was the very minute he won the championship from Jericho and it seemed like the WWE was trying to all of the sudden pull a fast one on us.
Also, with the MitB the holder needs a chance to be displayed as a future WWE or WHC, and Swagger never got that chance. Never mind the fact that just a week prior he was jobbing to Santino of all people.
It gets thrown a lot on here, but this is one of the legitimate cases of when a star is pushed too fast, too soon.
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Post by zeez on Mar 12, 2011 17:24:30 GMT -5
Swagger's not the type of guy who can pull off the suit-wearing heel who talks all the time effectively. If they wanted him to get over they should've had him beating up faces every week. It'd work for his character. They did that with Kurt early on and it worked great.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 17:30:03 GMT -5
He should have been telling faces to make like a tree...and get out of here.
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Post by Captain Charisma on Mar 12, 2011 19:51:51 GMT -5
He should have been telling faces to make like a tree...and get out of here. If he was walking with Shad Gaspard in Columbus, Ohio he'd shout 'Hey I'm walking here' to cars driving by. He did it fighting Rey Rey on a Smackdown as WHC. By the way: I hope that Shad sues the **** out of those racist pricks. |
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Post by Citizen Zero on Mar 12, 2011 19:56:25 GMT -5
He should have been telling faces to make like a tree...and get out of here. If he was walking with Shad Gaspard in Columbus, Ohio he'd shout 'Hey I'm walking here' to cars driving by. He did it fighting Rey Rey on a Smackdown as WHC. By the way: I hope that Shad sues the **** out of those racist pricks. And busts out a 'Money, Money' chant if he wins. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 12, 2011 20:04:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't have minded the change, had they not then booked him right into oblivion. It wasn't so much the character switch, which I woulda gotten used to, it's that he then started to become increasingly hapless, even with the title.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 12, 2011 20:07:03 GMT -5
This is a small thing, but I liked his look at Royal Rumble without the black tape over his wrist and hand.
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Post by The Freakin' Deacon on Mar 13, 2011 0:45:09 GMT -5
This is a small thing, but I liked his look at Royal Rumble without the black tape over his wrist and hand. I'm the exact opposite. I love the taped fists. Looking at how he was booked after he lost the title, I can't believe he has a clean victory over Randy Orton. This was when Orton was white hot too. |
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Post by Captain Charisma on Mar 13, 2011 12:32:16 GMT -5
If he was walking with Shad Gaspard in Columbus, Ohio he'd shout 'Hey I'm walking here' to cars driving by. He did it fighting Rey Rey on a Smackdown as WHC. By the way: I hope that Shad sues the **** out of those racist pricks. And busts out a 'Money, Money' chant if he wins. YEAH! YEAH! |
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