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Post by Lance Uppercut on Mar 8, 2015 5:05:48 GMT -5
He's kind of a doofus. Jeff Hardy-esque kind of doofus.
Sure the paint is cool, but it looks really goofy when he does most of the same mannerisms without the paint. When he does have the paint, he gets extra boogeymanish with the dancing.
I get that his cool body paint is like War paint for big events, but aside from the fact that it's Takeover, none of his opponents or matches warranted him to go to Evil Fin mode. It's like if Mick Foley went "okay ppv time, I'm Cactus Jack now".
I don't know if this guy is cool or a giant dork.
That being said, Like Jeff Hardy, he'll make it work and I'm sure it'll be huge once he makes it to Raw.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Mar 8, 2015 7:20:48 GMT -5
A clean Jeff Hardy, that would be a hell of a career for the guy.
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Post by Marty McFry on Mar 8, 2015 7:24:00 GMT -5
He doesn't do this entrance without the paint does he?
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Post by Sephiroth on Mar 8, 2015 8:42:40 GMT -5
That's why they need to be careful not to overdo it with the paint.
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Post by RIHT on Mar 8, 2015 9:29:33 GMT -5
The hair piece is absolutely stupid. If he got rid of that, I feel that it would help.
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Post by Ryushinku on Mar 8, 2015 9:41:14 GMT -5
My only problem is I can't really notice the paint job as I'm too busy noticing how he has to tilt his head quite comically to show it off.
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Post by Digital Witness on Mar 8, 2015 9:55:31 GMT -5
He doesn't do this entrance without the paint does he? He does a few of the mannerisms but its significantly toned down. He walks normally and doesn't have all the spastic/jittery movements. He does sort of a conductor type movement with his hands when the music reaches its high point mid ramp and he gets on the top turnbuckle the same way before diving and rolling off into the traditional "atlas pose". I wish I had a video of it. But yes, its nowhere near as crazy as the paint entrance yet still shows some of his enigmatic qualities which aren't full blown Jeff Hardy in nature but vaguely similar. Still lots of presence there.
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Post by BRV on Mar 8, 2015 10:06:22 GMT -5
I've been holding this one back, mainly out of fear of the backlash it's bound to receive, but if I'm not going to say it now, I really won't ever get the chance to, so here goes...
Finn Balor's entrance when he dons the paint is SOOOOOOO LAAAAAAAAAAME.
Don't get me wrong, the paint job itself is exceptionally awesome. But from his Boogeyman crawling to his Willow mannerisms, all I can think is how much of a f***ing goober this guy looks like. If he just showed up as Finn Balor with awesome paint, then we're getting somewhere. But when he wears the paint and bumbles out to the ring, all I can think is, "Man, not even Stardust is this much of a dork."
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Mar 8, 2015 10:09:40 GMT -5
The fact that Finn is inviting Boogeyman comparisons could doom him when he hits the main roster...
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Post by The Yes Man on Mar 8, 2015 10:16:18 GMT -5
I Could deal with it being toned down a bit. It'd also be better if his paint was a bit more different each time.
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Post by r. on Mar 8, 2015 10:28:23 GMT -5
I Could deal with it being toned down a bit. It'd also be better if his paint was a bit more different each time. This. Part of what made finn such an attraction was that you'd never know what he'd be painted as. However in an attempt to make money they came up with a design and likely won't alter it. Oh and like that other guy said, the head piece is f***ing stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 10:53:59 GMT -5
He should adopt a Randy Orton-ish walk to the ring where he's sorta slithering, but not literally crawling. And also don't take about 5 hours to get to the ring like Orton does.
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Post by Zen411 on Mar 8, 2015 11:14:49 GMT -5
The thing I hate most is his dramatic gestures that go to the music. It takes away from any supposed badass evil character he is supposed to have and seems too musical theaterish.
I like the idea that this character shows up when he is pushed to the edge but it hasn't happened. I say let local men show up and ruin things. Then emerge as body paint man.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 11:38:55 GMT -5
I did think the entrance was kinda hokey the first time I saw it, but I love the face paint. I dunno, maybe it can be altered a bit once he gets to the E.
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Post by bluemeii on Mar 8, 2015 11:49:36 GMT -5
They're gonna have to tone this thing down or speed it up when he gets to the main roster.
With the long ramp and him doing his painted up "just say no to drugs" entrance, hell even Taker will look at him and go "Damn that boy got a long entrance".
I'll be honest I don't watch wrestling on the net nor follow a fed unless I can watch it on TV (actually watching ROH for first time on TV right now as it just started broadcasting where I"m at today.) So alot of these guys I only hear about what they did before they came to WWE. I try to always give them a fair shake and just judge on what I see. But I gotta say when I saw him come out at the last NXT 2 hour live show I couldn't stop laughing at how silly it was.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Mar 8, 2015 12:00:49 GMT -5
I cant criticise the guy for trying to create a unique look.
Too many people on the roster have a bland generic look to them already, it's nice to see someone standing out for a change.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Mar 8, 2015 12:03:10 GMT -5
It can do no wrong for me
I wish more wrestlers would wear Facepaint
Not necessarily to that extreme but it's something I enjoy none the less.
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Post by H-Virus on Mar 8, 2015 12:09:39 GMT -5
The fact that Finn is inviting Boogeyman comparisons could doom him when he hits the main roster... Those comparisons should vanish the moment they see him in the ring. Boogeyman was nothing but an entrance, Balor can go far with or without his.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Mar 8, 2015 12:58:15 GMT -5
he should think about adding some black combat pants and a big black vest
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Mar 8, 2015 13:03:24 GMT -5
I want to believe he's gonna switch up the paints more and do some other style of entrances but we'll see.
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