Samuel Shaw...American Psycho?

[TK The Friendly Robot]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXFta7PeBA

So what did everyone think of the Sam Shaw promo and the major Patrick Bateman vibes the guy was giving off? I marked out when he hid the rest of those drawings from Christy and then that look at the end? Creepy. I hope to see more of Samuel anyway, I'm definitely interested in this one.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

I'm really interested so far. This character could go far if they keep slowly hinting at his insanity.

[TOO SWEET]

Honestly, that's pretty cool and I can't wait to see how it plays out.

My only big question mark is how well the gimmick will translate in the ring or to a live audience, but for right now, I'm excited.

[________ has left the building]

Since his character has OCD, will he be wrestling in a body suit to protect himself from filthy germs? I hope so I don't have to see his hideous tattoos and wakeboard shorts.

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It could be good, though I do remember that Shaw kind of sucked last time that I saw him. If it's bad it will probably be pretty funny though.

Percent chance that he debuts against Norv or Dewey: 97.3

[The Spelunker!]

This gimmick has a ton of promise. Interesting to see where this goes.

[A Platypus Rave]

Nov 22, 2013 10:38:17 GMT -5 TOO SWEET said:

Honestly, that's pretty cool and I can't wait to see how it plays out.

My only big question mark is how well the gimmick will translate in the ring or to a live audience, but for right now, I'm excited.

That's always the problem with those type of gimmicks.

I did notice the fixing the pens and pads to be in the perfect spot... but I missed the demon pictures in the back of the book as I was only half paying attention.

I didn't really like how that promo was setup though... I think it was the random shift from regular interview/promo to TNA's terrible hidden camera shenanigans.

[JTG Fan]

[Michael Coello]

If true, I expect this scene to show up once on 365:

Kazarian: If they have a great moveset and they're not great looking... then who f***ing cares?

Samuel Shaw: Well, let's just say hypotetically ok? What if they have a great moveset?

[pause, all laugh]

Samuel Shaw: I know, I know.

[all in unison]

Samuel Shaw, Kazarian, Christopher Daniels: There are no female wrestlers with good movesets.

Christopher Daniels: A good moveset consists of a model with a little hard body, who will satisfy all sexual demands without being too slutty about things, and who essentially will keep her dumb f***ing mouth shut.

Kazarian: The only wrestlers with good movsets who are talented or maybe charismatic or halfway decent in the ring or "veterans", though god knows what the f*** that means, are ugly chicks.

Christopher Daniels: Absolutely.

Kazarian: And this is because they have to make up for how f***ing unattractive they are.

Samuel Shaw: Do you know what Ed Gein said about female wrestlers?

Kazarian: Ed Gein? Some guy from New Japan?

Patrick Bateman: No, serial killer, Wisconsin, the '50s.

Christopher Daniels: So what did he say?

Samuel Shaw: "When I see a pretty girl in the ring, I think two things. One part wants me to take her out, talk to her, be real nice and sweet and treat her right."

Kazarian: And what did the other part think?

Samuel Shaw: "What her head would look like on a stick... "

[laughs]

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

Nov 22, 2013 10:38:17 GMT -5 TOO SWEET said:

Honestly, that's pretty cool and I can't wait to see how it plays out.

My only big question mark is how well the gimmick will translate in the ring or to a live audience, but for right now, I'm excited.

Yeah I hate to be negative about this since that segment was cool as f*** and the TNA board has enough ridiculous negativity already BUT this reminds me of how I felt watching the Wyatt Family vignettes. I thought they were super cool and that they'd be really awesome in a different form of media (TV/Film etc.) but I worried about how they'd translate within the parameters of pro wrestling... and it turned out that the Wyatt's (Luke Harper's ring work aside) were a huge disappointment. I have a feeling that this Samuel Shaw thing will turn out the same way... I'd love to be proven wrong though.

[HMARK Center]

Oh my God, will it finally happen?

Will we finally get a wrestler with the best possible theme song ever composed?

[tigermaskxxxvii]

Now I imagine Samuel Shaw will just idly watch Chastity's scene from "Live Bait" when he makes dinner reservations for his date with Christy Hemme.

Nov 22, 2013 11:23:28 GMT -5 @akeem said:

It could be good, though I do remember that Shaw kind of sucked last time that I saw him. If it's bad it will probably be pretty funny though.

Percent chance that he debuts against Norv or Dewey: 97.3

He's gonna wrestle the two of them in a handicap match. He'll win after stacking the two of them on top of each other face down and put them in a double camel clutch while admiring his own reflection in a mirror placed outside the ring while "Sussudio" by Phil Collins plays over the public address system.

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So does this mean he is gonna chase Christy around with a chainsaw while he runs around backstage with no clothes on?

Intriguiging or frightening...unsure as of now.

[BorneAgain]

I really want him going steadily crazy when he starts analyzing how nice other guy's robes are.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Just imagine if Christy caught on and gave him a fake number and it further drove him insane and I loved how after she called him Sam he was like no its Samuel

[lodirulz]

I like the idea they are going with, he has the look of somebody that's hiding something, and slow development is key to this, not TOO slow (11 months until the reveal of WHAT A SURPRISE- HE'S INSANE!), but still enough to build it, build it, build it, and then BANG! Something awesome.

Good start to the character thus far.

[kidtamagotchi]

Nov 22, 2013 17:24:05 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

Now I imagine Samuel Shaw will just idly watch Chastity's scene from "Live Bait" when he makes dinner reservations for his date with Christy Hemme.

Nov 22, 2013 11:23:28 GMT -5 @akeem said:

It could be good, though I do remember that Shaw kind of sucked last time that I saw him. If it's bad it will probably be pretty funny though.

Percent chance that he debuts against Norv or Dewey: 97.3

He's gonna wrestle the two of them in a handicap match. He'll win after stacking the two of them on top of each other face down and put them in a double camel clutch while admiring his own reflection in a mirror placed outside the ring while "Sussudio" by Phil Collins plays over the public address system.

This would be amazing if it really happened!

As for Sam, excuse me, Samuel Shaw, I am intrigued!

[Crusty Ruffles]

He does the Bateman look down/smirk perfectly.

I love the book and the movie, so if they went full blown (minus the serial killing) American Psycho I'd have to watch.

[Waffel113]

That was unnerving. I'm certainly interested to see where it goes from here, but there's some promise right now.

[Blindkarevik]

Okay.... he HAS to have a partnership with Sting. Then he can turn on him in the most amazing way possible.

Shaw: Hey, did you watch Bash At The Beach '96?

Sting: Yeah, I was there.

Shaw: See, people remember that for the night Hulk Hogan turned his back on WCW and joined the NWO, they also remember it for the night Bobby Heenan almost spoiled the whole thing by questioning Hogan's motives before he hit the ring.

Sting: *Drunkenly* Hey, why is there newspaper all over the floor?

Shaw: What most people forget is, in kayfabe, Hulk Hogan has always been Bobby Heenan's mortal enemy, extending back to their days together in the American Wrestling Association, or AWA. And thereby, his comment was not JUST a comment hinting towards a possible heel turn, but it was also an indication of Heenan's ongoing hatred for the character.

Sting: Hey, is that a trenchcoat?

Shaw: YES IT IS! In essence, it also provided ultimate proof that Bobby Heenan was right all along about Hogan's questionable motives. Thereby showing us all that Hulkamania was only a lie built up to generate money, and once it no longer became profitable he would turn his back on the very same values he had always claimed to hold in such high regard. Hey, Sting!

*Sting Turns*

Shaw: RRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH *** Smashes Sting with a chair, then forces him to his feet ***

Shaw: TRY GETTING A TAG MATCH AT BOUND FOR GLORY NOW, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH!!! ** gives Sting a Scorpion Death Drop **

** TV: "Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell, you can go straight to hell.." **