Hawk Hart
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Sold his organs.
The Best There Is, the Best There Was, and the Best That There Ever Will Be
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Post by Hawk Hart on Apr 20, 2014 10:16:07 GMT -5
We call him the Fruit Brute around these parts. I'm worried that this will catch on and JBL will eventually go "FRUIT BRUTE MAGGLE" and we won't be able to take him seriously anymore. I'm worried it won't catch on and we'll never get the glory of that.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 20, 2014 10:18:06 GMT -5
RUSEV......CRUSH!!!!
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 20, 2014 10:26:06 GMT -5
Love everything but the Camel Clutch.
If they wanted to give him a power submission move I'd rather them go for something like the full nelson.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 20, 2014 10:31:12 GMT -5
VINNYMANIA!
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Apr 20, 2014 10:33:27 GMT -5
I understand the pessimism but I remain cautiously optimistic as NXT is churning out some really solid characters from FAR better athletes than the past. They're righting a LOT of wrongs nowadays and everyone knows that.
If you look at Rusev's matches and promos in NXT, you'll find that he has more natural talent in his pinky finger than the entire body of braindead 'wrestler' Vladmir Kozlov. Be sure to look up Rusev's recent NXT bouts with Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Apr 20, 2014 10:42:32 GMT -5
I'm not that much of a fan at the moment. I think the big Eastern European heel is a passe and prehistoric gimmick. Until he has a match more than 10 mins and his character has a little more nuance, I've no reason to care about him
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Allie Kitsune
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Always Feelin' Foxy.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 20, 2014 12:43:39 GMT -5
I don't even mind the Steiner Recliner as his finish, I just find everything about him to be...
...not very compelling, so far.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2014 12:50:36 GMT -5
He has a cool moveset, but a monster heel having 2 minute squash matches does nothing for me.
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Apr 20, 2014 12:56:25 GMT -5
Love everything but the Camel Clutch. If they wanted to give him a power submission move I'd rather them go for something like the full nelson. Or combine the two and give him a brutal looking seated full nelson.
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Chip
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Chip on Apr 20, 2014 13:01:54 GMT -5
Especially when his super kick looks so much more painful to be on the receiving end of. Other then that the Fruit Brute is someone I look forward to having proper matches, rather then the introductory squashes he's participating in currently. Cesaro vs Rusev is a personal wanted match. An agile Swiss wrestler who is freakishly strong against a giant Bulgarian brute who is unexpectedly agile. It'd be a great tag team if Cesaro's career was in a worse off position. It's not about power, it's about suffering. The camel clutch has gone from the hold of Middle Eastern wrestlers to the hold of people they want to suggest are cold and cruel That's fine and cool but it doesn't stop it from being a boring finish now. Big Show even introduced steel steps to make it interesting and he still dropped the move.
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Post by Stu on Apr 20, 2014 13:03:26 GMT -5
They need to build him up. Put him in a feud with Henry, before giving him the US title (I liked the idea of renaming it the European title) and then have him work with Cena or Bryan toward the middle of 2015 at the very earliest.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 20, 2014 20:49:50 GMT -5
Love everything but the Camel Clutch. If they wanted to give him a power submission move I'd rather them go for something like the full nelson. Or combine the two and give him a brutal looking seated full nelson. YES!
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