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Post by Unaffiliated on Jun 22, 2012 13:05:24 GMT -5
Does anyone find it harder to buy into the more bizarre gimmicks/storylines now that WWE has entered this so-called "reality era"? I was thinking like that Ascension tag team on the new NXT, psycho AJ, or anything involving Kane or Undertaker. While most of these are good most of the time, I realize I find them hard to take seriously when there is a general shift in rooting storylines and characters closer to reality.
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Post by sportatorium on Jun 22, 2012 13:21:28 GMT -5
I just wish there were more of them. When gimmicks are done well ( Undertaker, Honky Tonk Man, Goldust, Mankind, JBL), they add a ton of the entertainment value of the show. I loved Lord Steven Regal in WCW.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jun 22, 2012 13:24:07 GMT -5
I find it hard to take the Ascension seriously when I can still remember Connor O'Brien following a trail of cheese.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jun 22, 2012 14:06:45 GMT -5
It's hard to take anything in this era seriously when they have the commentators laughing like a bunch of drunk fans during every interview segment.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jun 22, 2012 14:35:25 GMT -5
I personally like the Ascension and also Bray Wyatt, it seems like FCWNXT has them but once they get called up they get rid of what makes the wrestler unique
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2012 15:07:56 GMT -5
I know nothing of FCW...Explain the Ascension gimmick (in detail if you can) please? I did see Bray Wyatt...He reminds me of Waylon Mercy
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Post by Unaffiliated on Jun 22, 2012 15:10:50 GMT -5
I know nothing of FCW...Explain the Ascension gimmick (in detail if you can) please? I did see Bray Wyatt...He reminds me of Waylon Mercy Don't know what they are exactly... but definitely something out of the ordinary. Maybe like the Ministry of Darkness or the Brood. |
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Post by Jim Stansel on Jun 22, 2012 15:14:39 GMT -5
I know nothing of FCW...Explain the Ascension gimmick (in detail if you can) please? I did see Bray Wyatt...He reminds me of Waylon Mercy Don't know what they are exactly... but definitely something out of the ordinary. Maybe like the Ministry of Darkness or the Brood. yet to see, but sounds great, i LOVE stuff like this. the out there entertainment stuff, prob due to i was raised on 80's WWF |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 22, 2012 17:33:15 GMT -5
I like the mix. That is what WWE does best.
To use a cliché it is the 'three ring circus'. Something for everyone.
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Post by Essential1 on Jun 22, 2012 18:02:09 GMT -5
It's time for a bunch of gimmicks to debut just out of nowhere. These gimmicks shouldn't interact for a couple of months and when they do make it a hillarious backstage segment.
Gimmicks are just what got alot of people into wrestling. The old days were great just watching jobbers with gimmicks, midcarders with gimmicks and main eventers who were serious with mild gimmicks. They should bring them back because it would be memorable.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jun 22, 2012 18:40:49 GMT -5
I find it hard to take the Ascension seriously when I can still remember Connor O'Brien following a trail of cheese. That menacing guy laughing evilly? Remember when he got KO'd by rat poison spray that Ricardo Rodriguez used on him? |
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jun 23, 2012 3:49:23 GMT -5
They have fake looking produced backstage segments. How can anyone call this the Reality Era?
1997 wwf was more reality based than what we have now.
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