Professor Chaos
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jun 12, 2015 13:37:17 GMT -5
This guy is just a flat out embarrassment to the business.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jun 12, 2015 14:51:06 GMT -5
So...
Is he like the Scottish non-union equivalent of Jedo or Gado?
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Jun 12, 2015 16:36:55 GMT -5
Pretty goddamn terrible. Even worse is that he's technically the representative for the current UK wrestling scene to American audiences. Much much better workers who could be given the spot. Noam Dar in Grado's current slot would be pretty ace to see.
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Square
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Post by Square on Jun 12, 2015 17:13:58 GMT -5
He's the Scottish Dusty Rhodes Tell me you didn't just say that. Dusty never got over for being a workhorse or being in great shape, he got over because not only did he connect with the fans he became the representation of the fan in the ring. The die hard, never give up underdog. Watch ICW, Grado has that connection. He has IT. Much like Dusty and much like Big Daddy |
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chrom
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Post by chrom on Jun 12, 2015 17:36:39 GMT -5
Tell me you didn't just say that. Dusty never got over for being a workhorse or being in great shape, he got over because not only did he connect with the fans he became the representation of the fan in the ring. The die hard, never give up underdog. Watch ICW, Grado has that connection. He has IT. Much like Dusty and much like Big Daddy No, No, No, a thousand times No. Dusty while never in all star athletic shape could go in the ring and do stuff you didn't think he could do and each blow he landed made you believe in him more and more and could bring a roaring crowd to silence by just raising his hand and make them go into an outburst with just landing one elbow. The only IT Grado has is the girdle he's wearing to keep his bloated stomach in. |
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Square
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Post by Square on Jun 12, 2015 17:39:25 GMT -5
Dusty never got over for being a workhorse or being in great shape, he got over because not only did he connect with the fans he became the representation of the fan in the ring. The die hard, never give up underdog. Watch ICW, Grado has that connection. He has IT. Much like Dusty and much like Big Daddy No, No, No, a thousand times No. Dusty while never in all star athletic shape could go in the ring and do stuff you didn't think he could do and each blow he landed made you believe in him more and more and could bring a roaring crowd to silence by just raising his hand and make them go into an outburst with just landing one elbow. The only IT Grado has is the girdle he's wearing to keep his bloated stomach in. (language) Does Grado work in America? Hell no, but built right and given enough TLC he can be a main event star in the UK as proved by ICW. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 13:42:21 GMT -5
Great way to redebut him with a show-long angle about how fat he was.  |
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Jun 13, 2015 15:55:42 GMT -5
If you don't like this, you don't like wrestling. Grado knows how to connect with audiences, which is priority number 1. I feel it's unfair to judge him by how TNA is using him because, quite frankly, it's TNA. You could have made the same thread three years ago about Okada. Putting Grado in the X-Division goes directly against all of his strengths. They're using him terribly. |
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jun 13, 2015 16:14:44 GMT -5
At least he isn't Jose Lothario
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Jun 13, 2015 20:37:14 GMT -5
One poster compares him to Dusty another to The Rock. What the damn hell is going on here?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 13, 2015 20:44:08 GMT -5
One poster compares him to Dusty another to The Rock. What the damn hell is going on here? It is all a big joke right......right...... |
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Post by markymark on Jun 14, 2015 13:03:40 GMT -5
This guy is just a flat out embarrassment to the business. Johnsons, Cheex, Trytan, Rob Terry, Garrett Bischoff, Robbie E(when he had Cookie), Jenna Morasca beat him in that department. |
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Post by H-Virus on Jun 14, 2015 15:14:27 GMT -5
This guy is just a flat out embarrassment to the business. Johnsons, Cheex, Trytan, Rob Terry, Garrett Bischoff, Robbie E(when he had Cookie), Jenna Morasca beat him in that department. I know you're trying to defend the guy, but comparisons like that really don't help his case. "This guy sucks." "Well, he's not as bad as these guys who only wrestled one match before vanishing forever, or this guy who only made it into the business through nepotism, or this girl who's not even a wrestler!" Sure, it's true, but it doesn't exactly make Grado look any better considering he's had more in-ring experience than any of the people you listed. |
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Post by prettynami on Jun 14, 2015 15:16:28 GMT -5
I kinda find Grado entertaining... But I also liked Garrett Bischoff... Maybe I need an bad taste intervention.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Nov 16, 2015 6:24:24 GMT -5
ICW Champion.
Beat Drew Galloway
Endorsed by Mick Foley.
Cry in your pints haters
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Nov 16, 2015 6:38:51 GMT -5
ICW Champion. Beat Drew Galloway Endorsed by Mick Foley. Cry in your pints haters An endorsement from Mick Foley ain't worth anything, he endorsed like half of the Tough Enough cast. |
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Post by sternrogers01 on Nov 16, 2015 6:40:44 GMT -5
As expected, the typical Blah blah yackety smackety damage control. No better than people in the offices of WWEAK or TNA
Be my guest and deny a reaction like this. A moment like this. You're never going to get this with WWEAK or TNA in the foreseeable future. This was a guy working his arse off for the fans and to give them a spectacle, and a legend like Foley only added to the effect. Anyone with a passion for the way this industry works would get ecstatic for this. Guess this really separates the men from the boys don't it?
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Post by jp49er80 on Nov 16, 2015 7:14:20 GMT -5
He sure draws for ICW.
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Emmet Russell
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Post by Emmet Russell on Nov 16, 2015 7:25:20 GMT -5
I certainly don't get his appeal. But watching ICW shows lately you can tell he's the most popular guy on the card and it was the right move to put the ol' strap on him at their biggest show.
I'm not surprised he doesn't connect in TNA. No one does. There's obviously some appeal to him - no f***ing clue what it is - and I don't TNA will tap into it anytime soon.
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Post by Emmet Russell on Nov 16, 2015 7:29:10 GMT -5
As expected, the typical Blah blah yackety smackety damage control. No better than people in the offices of WWEAK or TNA Be my guest and deny a reaction like this. A moment like this. You're never going to get this with WWEAK or TNA in the foreseeable future. This was a guy working his arse off for the fans and to give them a spectacle, and a legend like Foley only added to the effect. Anyone with a passion for the way this industry works would get ecstatic for this. Guess this really separates the men from the boys don't it? WWEak? Petty stuff like this just makes you come off as smug. Not saying you're wrong about Grado - he was the biggest star at the biggest ICW show - but if you've only seen him in TNA like I'm sure a lot of people here have, you can't blame them for not understanding what's appealing about Grado. He's nothing in TNA. In ICW; he's a star. In TNA; he's nothing. |
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