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Post by cookiethemonster on Mar 8, 2011 22:12:21 GMT -5
I've never liked Rey but it surprised me when he came back from an injury and beat someone using the top rope splash instead of a west coast pop.
Is he just getting old? Fat? Lazy? Or just feels like giving someone an ole belly flop is more effective
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Mar 8, 2011 22:16:34 GMT -5
More of a guess than an actual answer, but I think it has something to do with his knees. But, since he still does the 619, that feels kinda like a wrong guess...
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Post by Andrew is Good on Mar 8, 2011 22:16:44 GMT -5
He doesn't work with as many guys as he used to that might take the west coast pop as well. He works with a lot bigger guys now. If he worked with Tyson Kidd more, we might see it.
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Post by crimsonwolf on Mar 8, 2011 22:21:57 GMT -5
I think his knees have slowed him down. That and he got roided up.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2011 22:22:32 GMT -5
More of a guess than an actual answer, but I think it has something to do with his knees. But, since he still does the 619, that feels kinda like a wrong guess... Not necessarily. Keiji Mutoh has essentially eggshells for knees these days but his finisher involves him kneeing a guy in the face. So, I think your guess is a good one; Rey could just be fighting through the pain when he does it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2011 22:25:03 GMT -5
Rey himself said that it was his bad knees that forced him to remove the west coat pop from his move list in an issue of wwe magazine.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Mar 8, 2011 22:51:55 GMT -5
Mysterio got knees like Muta.
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Post by noleafclover1980 on Mar 8, 2011 22:59:34 GMT -5
That move is the reason why his knees are shit to begin with.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 9, 2011 1:06:19 GMT -5
It doesn't help that you can only hit a move like that on guys less than 250 lbs max, and Rey routinely fights guys bigger than that now.
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Post by yapappi4life on Mar 9, 2011 1:07:20 GMT -5
Rey should go fat and feud with Horny. With the 619 chokeslam combo, a new facet of his career could start. FAT Rey.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 9, 2011 1:12:37 GMT -5
It doesn't help that you can only hit a move like that on guys less than 250 lbs max, and Rey routinely fights guys bigger than that now. Is a Hurricaranna that hard to take. Its just a front flip for the most part and I think even I a nonathletic fool (though small) can do a front flip. |
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Post by pundabaya on Mar 9, 2011 4:32:48 GMT -5
I remember Akio nearly breaking his neck when taking the West Coast Pop.
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Post by tamalesteve on Mar 9, 2011 4:51:13 GMT -5
It still baffles me how anyone can hate Rey. He's one of the best workers WWE has ever had.
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Post by Paco on Mar 9, 2011 5:04:28 GMT -5
I remember Akio nearly breaking his neck when taking the West Coast Pop. Well, Yang was great at taking those DDT-like headbumps. Like an exclamation point. Same for RVD, Val Venis and Robert Roode. |
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Post by cookiethemonster on Mar 9, 2011 12:50:20 GMT -5
It still baffles me how anyone can hate Rey. He's one of the best workers WWE has ever had. I was pretty "meh" on him until his World heavyweight title reign. Seeing someone his size as WHC was just a complete joke to me. |
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Post by yapappi4life on Mar 9, 2011 14:07:43 GMT -5
BOOYAKA BOOYAKA! Rey Mysterio is now 619 pounds and trying to eat Hornswaggle.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Mar 9, 2011 14:11:51 GMT -5
Too fat? The body-image preconceptions of the pro-wrestling world continue to confound and enrage me.
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Post by jimfear on Mar 9, 2011 14:14:31 GMT -5
Too fat? The body-image preconceptions of the pro-wrestling world continue to confound and enrage me. TBH, I've almost stopped coming to this forum because of it. I'm a 160 lb dude and it bothers me, can't imagine how someone who has battled weight loss their entire life feels when they see stuff like this. But I've chalked it up to a problem with society as a whole and not just this forum, so I stay. |
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Post by cookiethemonster on Mar 9, 2011 14:18:01 GMT -5
BOOYAKA BOOYAKA! Rey Mysterio is now 619 pounds and trying to eat Hornswaggle. I legitimately laughed out loud at that. It's wrestlers job to stay in shape and Rey has packed on the pounds |
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Post by Sharpy Snow on Mar 9, 2011 14:21:02 GMT -5
Without Matt there to clear out the Smackdown snack table, Rey has been unable to control himself
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