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Post by bootytea on May 4, 2016 23:03:24 GMT -5
It's good that they're giving guys video packages again, and it's something that everyone should get (imagine the difference establishing guys like Tyler Breeze and the Vaudvillains would make), but I think these vignettes will give them the same reaction than if they just appeared on Raw one night - zero. This is what bothers me the most about WWE. These vignettes are quite expensive and it will likely leave the two in the same spot. They even built up Los Matadores so well yet guys like Tyler just show up on Smackdown. So many people on the roster need some sort of character. Not everyone can be like AJ Styles and just be known as a good wrestler. Some people, especially those without a career outside WWE, need a little more to get people to care.
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Post by JTG Fan on May 4, 2016 23:49:57 GMT -5
It'd be really odd if this was Vince's idea of trying to help Puerto Rico out. "Go there, damn it!" My theory is Vince probably has money in hedge funds betting against Puerto Rico and sees this is some bizarre way to get back at them.
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on May 5, 2016 8:35:22 GMT -5
It's the old "Your Town Sucks" gimmick.
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Post by Fauxnaki on May 5, 2016 12:01:06 GMT -5
They've both never been over in their whole WWE careers and epico just sucks. Why haven't they been fired yet?
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2016 12:03:16 GMT -5
They've both never been over in their whole WWE careers and epico just sucks. Why haven't they been fired yet? Most likely because of that youngster Carlos Colon.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 5, 2016 14:05:31 GMT -5
They've both never been over in their whole WWE careers and epico just sucks. Why haven't they been fired yet? Most likely because of that youngster Carlos Colon. They got him into the Hall of Fame, so their work is done. Primo's aight but can we get rid of Epico and give Primo a new partner if he has to have one.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2016 14:08:13 GMT -5
Most likely because of that youngster Carlos Colon. They got him into the Hall of Fame, so their work is done. Primo's aight but can we get rid of Epico and give Primo a new partner if he has to have one. My point had nothing to do with Carlos being in the Hall of Fame. Carlos is the promoter for WWE when they run shows in Puerto Rico. and from my understanding Carlos is pretty much THE guy in wrestling there.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 5, 2016 16:26:42 GMT -5
I honestly laugh harder at them every time, because Primo and Epico are actually selling the shit out of them. The issue is they have absolutely nothing to sell in the vignettes. I can't wait to see how this translates to TV, because it will be the f***ing worst.
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Post by LuciCypher on May 5, 2016 16:32:25 GMT -5
Triple H: Hey pop we got some vignette money who should we spend it on? Vince: Primo & Epico you know re-energize them and dump that Matador gimmick Triple: I was thinking The Vaudevillains you know those old timey carny looking dudes Vince: That's stupid Paul, trust me on this Primo & Epico big money in the Tag Team Division (Triple H Face Palm)
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Post by ilggant on May 6, 2016 2:31:58 GMT -5
Well, maybe the point to these vignettes is that finally they'll have one with some people filmed travelling to Puerto Rico because of the promotion by Primo and Epico, only to land, look around in disgust and realise how shitty the place is with the economic collapse and such, and get robbed at gunpoint.
Too extreme?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 6, 2016 9:43:55 GMT -5
I honestly laugh harder at them every time, because Primo and Epico are actually selling the shit out of them. The issue is they have absolutely nothing to sell in the vignettes. I can't wait to see how this translates to TV, because it will be the f***ing worst. Yeah, it seems like they already dropped the "The rest of you all suck because you're not from here" aspect of the whole thing, so what do you have left? You've got Primo. And that other guy. Hooray.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on May 6, 2016 9:47:47 GMT -5
Here's my thing though. Are Primo and Epico about to get a push? If not, why do this shit, lol? Seems like a total waste of resources to put all this money and effort filming videos for an act that's gonna be on Superstars in a month.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 9:51:33 GMT -5
It's good that they're giving guys video packages again, and it's something that everyone should get (imagine the difference establishing guys like Tyler Breeze and the Vaudvillains would make), but I think these vignettes will give them the same reaction than if they just appeared on Raw one night - zero. This is what bothers me the most about WWE. These vignettes are quite expensive and it will likely leave the two in the same spot. They even built up Los Matadores so well yet guys like Tyler just show up on Smackdown. So many people on the roster need some sort of character. Not everyone can be like AJ Styles and just be known as a good wrestler. Some people, especially those without a career outside WWE, need a little more to get people to care. I'm holding out to see if this is some Brodus Clay situation where there's some big twist in their presentation that brings it all home. Like maybe these segments are so milquetoast and they want us to think that they're just gonna come in as these bland do-nothings and they end up doing something so out of left field that we realize these vignettes were just a misdirection. This is modern WWE so it's pretty safe to assume that WWE created two more characters with zero hook to them, but we don't know until it happens I guess.
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Post by Abdullah on May 6, 2016 11:10:35 GMT -5
I honestly laugh harder at them every time, because Primo and Epico are actually selling the shit out of them. The issue is they have absolutely nothing to sell in the vignettes. I can't wait to see how this translates to TV, because it will be the f***ing worst. Yeah, it seems like they already dropped the "The rest of you all suck because you're not from here" aspect of the whole thing, so what do you have left? You've got Primo. And that other guy. Hooray. They haven't dropped it. This week, all non-Puerto Rican food sucked. But it's way too subtle. The Reddit insider who spoiled the gimmick said it was going to be 'hysterical.' I'm still waiting for that.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 12:07:25 GMT -5
I just love the idea that they spend all their days going to these restaurants and beaches and telling each other facts about the place. Ignore the cameras and it's pretty hilarious. "Hey Primo, did you know that this street is where..." "FOR f***S SAKE YES! YOU TELL ME EVERY f***ING DAY!" It would be like if I discovered something cool about AJPW and told Tyson Kidd about it. "Well, DUH! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT! FACT!"
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Post by Bo Rida on May 6, 2016 14:13:26 GMT -5
I think they're travel bloggers. Each week they're say the place they're in is rubbish unlike authentic Puerto Rico. Then they can say the WWE Authentic line is all about them. Authentic. It's the new buzzward for JBL to yell. Authentic.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 6, 2016 15:41:15 GMT -5
Here's my thing though. Are Primo and Epico about to get a push? If not, why do this shit, lol? Seems like a total waste of resources to put all this money and effort filming videos for an act that's gonna be on Superstars in a month. Everyone should have some kind of character. Epico sucks donkey dick but at least this might make people care about him.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on May 6, 2016 17:04:26 GMT -5
"We love where we live." "Um...yay?" "But it's not here." "Booooo?"
White hot heat, I tell you.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 18:21:31 GMT -5
I said in the SmackDown thread last night, I thought they were a pair of gay food critics.
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Post by saintpat on May 7, 2016 1:30:28 GMT -5
I honestly laugh harder at them every time, because Primo and Epico are actually selling the shit out of them. The issue is they have absolutely nothing to sell in the vignettes. I can't wait to see how this translates to TV, because it will be the f***ing worst. A lot of people were saying the same thing about the New Day vignettes before they finally "arrived" on Raw. And while the vignettes themselves weren't the overriding factor of the group getting over, they set a tone and made people pay attention when they were first showing up. I'm not saying they never would have gotten over without the vignettes, but they played a part in creating some kind of expectation and reason to make people wonder WTF this was all about. At the very least, it signaled "WWE must be somewhat invested in this" rather than just throwing out these three random guys who individually weren't over at the time. Instead of taking the Primo & Epico vignettes literally, at face value, perhaps it's better to look at them as a symbol ... a symbol of life ... Life, that is, in the Shining Star of the Caribbean. What the vignettes are saying, essentially, is that Puerto Rico is cool. And maybe, just maybe, there's someone out there somewhere who spits in the face of people who don't want to be cool.
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