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Post by FailedGimmick on Nov 18, 2011 21:39:28 GMT -5
I'm still sad JBL's Clothesline From Hell was not renamed as the 401(K-O)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2011 22:20:58 GMT -5
I'm still sad JBL's Clothesline From Hell was not renamed as the 401(K-O) Holy crap, that's clever. That would've been an awesome name for his finisher! |
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Post by El Jefe/The Chief on Nov 18, 2011 22:28:53 GMT -5
I'm still sad JBL's Clothesline From Hell was not renamed as the 401(K-O) Even more clever since he became a financial analyst after WWE. |
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Post by Starshine on Nov 18, 2011 22:34:56 GMT -5
When the heel turn involves a substantial change in character, and the old finisher name is rooted in the old character, you've got to change it. If R-Truth's finisher was still called the "Whats up", that would be dumb. Christian calling his move the "Unprettier" was heelish AND a reference to a TLC song from 1999, so that needed to change as well. But that doesn't explain the Pedigree. |
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Post by Burst on Nov 18, 2011 22:41:05 GMT -5
When the heel turn involves a substantial change in character, and the old finisher name is rooted in the old character, you've got to change it. If R-Truth's finisher was still called the "Whats up", that would be dumb. Christian calling his move the "Unprettier" was heelish AND a reference to a TLC song from 1999, so that needed to change as well. But that doesn't explain the Pedigree. Although, to be serious... what COULD you rename the Pedigree at this stage? Or really at any other stage in Trips' career. /and don't say 'the burial' //or the 'nosejob' |
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Post by Beartato on Nov 18, 2011 23:41:22 GMT -5
I wonder what they would change Women's Special Slap to.
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Post by A damn road sign on Nov 18, 2011 23:43:12 GMT -5
I wonder what they would change Women's Special Slap to. Women's Special Slap 02. |
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Post by FailedGimmick on Nov 18, 2011 23:55:57 GMT -5
I'm still sad JBL's Clothesline From Hell was not renamed as the 401(K-O) Even more clever since he became a financial analyst after WWE. I believe he was also doing that while he was also wrestling. IIRC it was the Germany Goosestepping incident that got him dropped from MSNBC. |
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Post by Krimzon on Nov 19, 2011 1:29:27 GMT -5
But that doesn't explain the Pedigree. Although, to be serious... what COULD you rename the Pedigree at this stage? Or really at any other stage in Trips' career. /and don't say 'the burial' //or the 'nosejob' "The Endgame" or simply "Game Over." |
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Post by Renslayer on Nov 19, 2011 1:55:54 GMT -5
When Punk turns heel again, if it's post-PG era, he should really re-name his finisher to the title of my new favorite kids book, Go the F*** to Sleep. This needs to happen |
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Nov 19, 2011 4:14:21 GMT -5
When Punk turns heel again, if it's post-PG era, he should really re-name his finisher to the title of my new favorite kids book, Go the F*** to Sleep. God bless Samuel L Jackson for that book. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2011 11:11:00 GMT -5
Forgetting our buxom canary, Jillian Hall's finisher was changed to "The High Note".
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Post by The Line on Nov 19, 2011 11:16:11 GMT -5
Even more clever since he became a financial analyst after WWE. I believe he was also doing that while he was also wrestling. IIRC it was the Germany Goosestepping incident that got him dropped from MSNBC. Yep, while he was injured, he wrote that book about being successful on Wall Street (I remember the first edition of it still had him with his APA look). When he came back, I remember he was still teaming with Simmons as the APA(although he now had his new Wall Street look), but was slowly incorporating new parts of his character in. But yeah, JBL is another example of a superstar simply turning their real-life character up a few notches to play them on TV. |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Nov 19, 2011 14:17:56 GMT -5
I also thought that JBL should have called the clothesline or his powerbomb or his fall away slam, "The Crash." Also fits with the Wall Street theme.
When Angle first started, it was the Olympic Slam, but they had to change it because the Olympics people didn't want them using the name. Thus, the Angle Slam.
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