Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 18, 2015 11:16:35 GMT -5
NJPW have a show named after Chris Kamara's catchphrase?
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Post by Stuart Baggs The Brand on Jun 18, 2015 11:48:25 GMT -5
Loved it.
I've been calling for WWE to humanize their performers for... well shit, years now so this was very nice to see.
If you show the audience who these performers are, the audience will relate to them and be drawn to them far more than if they're presented as "guy with paint", "guy who gravity forgot" or "big guy who deals mainly in food based metaphors".
Getting beyond the gimmick and becoming emotionally attached to the performer is the way to go.
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Steveweiser
Dalek
Mickie Mickie You're So Fine... Hey Mickie!
THE GRAPS
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 18, 2015 12:03:33 GMT -5
NJPW have a show named after Chris Kamara's catchphrase? No, PROGRESS Wrestling do, they're the ones who have the Devitt/Sabre Jr. match.
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543Y2J
Patti Mayonnaise
Seventh level .gif Master
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Post by 543Y2J on Jun 18, 2015 15:18:06 GMT -5
A truly amazing package
Makes me love Lynch even more as well. So down to earth/cute and just overall lovely
So many clips of him doing the Dreamcast jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick. It's such a good looking move, I wonder why they don't let him keep it as one of his signature moves. Especially as he has been allowed to keep the other signature moves and kicks, like the pele/overhead kick.
Can't wait for part 2. I know they will reference Bullet Club and his heel turn. But I hope his face run and tag run in Apollo 55. He is a phenomena heel, no doubt about it and the Bullet Club has been on an incredible streak since he created it. On the other hand I think people forget how good of a badass/risktaker face he was in NJPW and how he was the most over face for years/how good he was in Apollo 55 and his tag work overall.
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Post by britstap on Jun 18, 2015 15:56:52 GMT -5
A truly amazing package Makes me love Lynch even more as well. So down to earth/cute and just overall lovely So many clips of him doing the Dreamcast jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick. It's such a good looking move, I wonder why they don't let him keep it as one of his signature moves. Especially as he has been allowed to keep the other signature moves and kicks, like the pele/overhead kick. Can't wait for part 2. I know they will reference Bullet Club and his heel turn. But I hope his face run and tag run in Apollo 55. He is a phenomena heel, no doubt about it and the Bullet Club has been on an incredible streak since he created it. On the other hand I think people forget how good of a badass/risktaker face he was in NJPW and how he was the most over face for years/how good he was in Apollo 55 and his tag work overall. I remember him teasing the dreamcast kick at R-Evolution. I keep wishing they would let him use it, too.
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Post by Instant Classic on Jun 18, 2015 16:00:33 GMT -5
Was very awesome. Can't wait for part 2.
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Paco
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Paco on Jun 18, 2015 16:21:07 GMT -5
Loved it. I've been calling for WWE to humanize their performers for... well shit, years now so this was very nice to see. If you show the audience who these performers are, the audience will relate to them and be drawn to them far more than if they're presented as "guy with paint", "guy who gravity forgot" or "big guy who deals mainly in food based metaphors". Getting beyond the gimmick and becoming emotionally attached to the performer is the way to go. Always works for me. Mick Foley in '97 as a prime example. Heck, even with Hideo Itami earlier this year.
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543Y2J
Patti Mayonnaise
Seventh level .gif Master
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Post by 543Y2J on Jun 18, 2015 16:30:16 GMT -5
A truly amazing package Makes me love Lynch even more as well. So down to earth/cute and just overall lovely So many clips of him doing the Dreamcast jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick. It's such a good looking move, I wonder why they don't let him keep it as one of his signature moves. Especially as he has been allowed to keep the other signature moves and kicks, like the pele/overhead kick. Can't wait for part 2. I know they will reference Bullet Club and his heel turn. But I hope his face run and tag run in Apollo 55. He is a phenomena heel, no doubt about it and the Bullet Club has been on an incredible streak since he created it. On the other hand I think people forget how good of a badass/risktaker face he was in NJPW and how he was the most over face for years/how good he was in Apollo 55 and his tag work overall. I remember him teasing the dreamcast kick at R-Evolution. I keep wishing they would let him use it, too. Yeah only to miss because Konnor ducked it Its absolutely stunning. Everything Balor does is smooth, but I have never seen such a destructive pace on a kick, yet also being visually magnificent/ascetically pleasing at the same time. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} There is literally no reason for them not to let him use/keep it as a signature move. It's so damn unique in execution. The guy is so damn cool and smooth when he used to do the angel wings pose before hand as well. Half of it got put up on the WWE YT channel
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mrbananagrabber
King Koopa
Paul Heyman's unofficial joke writer
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jun 18, 2015 19:07:19 GMT -5
Must be nice for ICW etc to have their original footage shown on WWE TV. Dixie Carter would f***ing kill for that to happen.
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percymania
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Percymania will live forever! Oh yeah!
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Post by percymania on Jun 18, 2015 20:03:47 GMT -5
There's going to be a part two?!?!?! *wets self*
the dreamcast kick looks too much like Trouble in Paradise. That's a problem.
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Crappler El 0 M
Dalek
Never Forgets an Octagon
I'm a good R-Truth.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jun 18, 2015 20:05:24 GMT -5
The Finn Balor videos were awesome. I could see him being a contender for a 'top guy' type spot in the future. It's hard to explain, but I see him having some aspects of Jeff Hardy from his big WWE run and maybe some John Cena aspects.
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Post by walterharrow on Jun 18, 2015 20:28:16 GMT -5
I would love to see a relationship between Finn Balor and Becky Lynch on TV (NXT or WWE) but not a romantic one. A relationship similar to Ambrose and Reigns but obviously between a male and a female
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 18, 2015 21:25:29 GMT -5
I would love to see a relationship between Finn Balor and Becky Lynch on TV (NXT or WWE) but not a romantic one. A relationship similar to Ambrose and Reigns but obviously between a male and a female Vince: A good looking man and woman, who aren't related, and share the same ethnic background who are friends but not banging?
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spagett
Hank Scorpio
Great Job!
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Post by spagett on Jun 19, 2015 2:19:22 GMT -5
The Finn Balor videos were awesome. I could see him being a contender for a 'top guy' type spot in the future. It's hard to explain, but I see him having some aspects of Jeff Hardy from his big WWE run and maybe some John Cena aspects. I've said before but I'm convinced that of all the guys in NXT, Balor has the most potential of all of them. He really could be the main guy.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 19, 2015 3:09:14 GMT -5
So, is Grado going to be the only wrestler in history to have been onscreen on both TNA and WWE programming in one week?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 19, 2015 3:22:24 GMT -5
So, is Grado going to be the only wrestler in history to have been onscreen on both TNA and WWE programming in one week? Nope. Rashad Cameron worked as a Ryback jobber on Smackdown and then worked Impact six days later in an X-Division tournament.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 19, 2015 3:23:46 GMT -5
So, is Grado going to be the only wrestler in history to have been onscreen on both TNA and WWE programming in one week? Nope. Rashad Cameron worked as a Ryback jobber on Smackdown and then worked Impact six days later in an X-Division tournament. He also has a better claim since he's actually worked a match in both cases.
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Post by hyperstorm on Jun 19, 2015 3:35:51 GMT -5
So, is Grado going to be the only wrestler in history to have been onscreen on both TNA and WWE programming in one week? Christian in 2012, he had a match on the 5/8 Smackdown and then appeared at Slammiversary two days later as part of a deal WWE made with TNA to have Flair appear at the HOF.
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Paco
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Paco on Jun 19, 2015 4:20:01 GMT -5
I was gonna say Raven in 2003 but I checked and the appearances were 9 days apart.
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mrbananagrabber
King Koopa
Paul Heyman's unofficial joke writer
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jun 19, 2015 5:10:46 GMT -5
That was Grado's best ever showing on TV right there.
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