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Post by corndog on Feb 21, 2017 12:29:14 GMT -5
It's pretty obvious Strowman has made massive improvements and been working on getting better. The match was solid and had some pretty cool spots that showed Strowman's potential. If he continues to improve, he can certainly be a very big star in this business. Obviously this was pretty hard to see in the beginning, since he was greener than goose shit and still learning the basics when he came up.
On the other side of the coin, he was clearly running out of gas by the end of the match and botched a few spots at the end. So I think his current focus should be conditioning and not becoming another Goldberg that can't work a match past 12 minutes.
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Post by Flo360 on Feb 21, 2017 12:37:00 GMT -5
Saw him at a Houseshow läßt november against Big Show. That crazy Bastard did a Hurrincarrana. I believe in BRAAAAUNNN!
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Post by sunnytaker on Feb 21, 2017 12:54:07 GMT -5
and let's not forget, Braun took big show's two finishers and kicked out of both after barely a two count. not a last second before the three kickout but pretty much as soon as the ref hit the mat the second time kickout. like "yeah this hurt a bit but i'm good" he's grown on me the last couple of months now.
I did groan a bit with roman coming out at the end right after braun had just finished one of his longer matches in the wwe, but at least it set up the idea of "ok braun just took everything Big Show had and still dropped roman in about a minute. what's he gonna do when braun is starting the match fresh?"
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Post by the2ndevil on Feb 21, 2017 13:54:52 GMT -5
Saw him at a Houseshow läßt november against Big Show. That crazy Bastard did a Hurrincarrana. I believe in BRAAAAUNNN! O____O |
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Post by feartear on Feb 21, 2017 14:54:33 GMT -5
Now I pretend to hear the never before heard "you CAN wrestle!" chant.
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Post by Brainbustaaah! on Feb 21, 2017 15:01:27 GMT -5
Saw him at a Houseshow läßt november against Big Show. That crazy Bastard did a Hurrincarrana. I believe in BRAAAAUNNN! O____O Ah, the fabled Hurricanbrauna. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 21, 2017 15:13:26 GMT -5
Braun is the best booked monster heel since Lesnar's original debut run. Like, they've booked him almost to perfection
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Post by saneiac on Feb 21, 2017 17:11:54 GMT -5
They really should of done the ring break spot. And I'm super glad they didn't. I thought they were going that way when show put him up on the turnbuckles. (And so did some of the live crowd. There were some boos when Braun fought him off.) I think it was a much better match with a finish. My favorite part, though, was when Braun did his somersault arm-wringer reversal and nip up, and there were actual gasps from the crowd, and people actually got to their feet. That was a real moment. Not one of Vince's manufactured "moments" with Michael Cole screaming about what how "historic" it is, but an instance of a guy truly capturing the undivided attention of the crowd. If they can follow up on that properly, Braun could be huge. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 21, 2017 17:57:09 GMT -5
On a random sidenote, I get that they want to emphasize how big these guys are but they seriously reinforced the ring? Didn't they just have the rumble where at times there was something like ten guys in it? Yet somehow Cheex managed to break a ring |
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Post by 4TheGlory on Feb 21, 2017 18:03:27 GMT -5
I am definitely warming up to the big man. Let's hope he continues to improve. Badass baby face Braun is going to be awesome
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Feb 21, 2017 18:03:34 GMT -5
In the history of wrestling, has getting a haircut ever improved someone's entire game as Braun shaving his sides did?
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 21, 2017 18:07:19 GMT -5
In the history of wrestling, has getting a haircut ever improved someone's entire game as Braun shaving his sides did? Rock getting rid of his Judge Doom/Chia Pet haircut as Rocky Maivia helped quite a bit, too. |
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Post by katiemorgan67212 on Feb 21, 2017 19:11:25 GMT -5
Can all the doubters apologize to Vince for being called delusional and out of touch when he recognized the Star power of Braun that is now obvious to anyone?
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Post by Instant Classic on Feb 21, 2017 19:14:47 GMT -5
Best thing going on Raw.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Feb 21, 2017 22:17:28 GMT -5
Doesn't hurt that while they obviously had a plan to push Braun, they let him work with some great talent to get him heat. Also becoming quite clear he's freaky athletic for his size.
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Post by schma on Feb 22, 2017 0:43:13 GMT -5
Can all the doubters apologize to Vince for being called delusional and out of touch when he recognized the Star power of Braun that is now obvious to anyone? Law of averages, he's gotta get it right at some point  |
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Post by Ricky Nightshade on Feb 22, 2017 4:08:18 GMT -5
After that kip up, I lost all remaining cynicism for the man.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Feb 22, 2017 4:48:17 GMT -5
Braun is the second coming of Kane. Dude has unlimited potential.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Feb 23, 2017 4:53:04 GMT -5
He's still not the finished article but holy crap is he improving at an incredible rate. One of the fastest growths in ability I can remember seeing. I will forever wish that calling him Slamwell Tarly had caught on, but I can happily go all in on full power Braun Strowman. Saw him at a Houseshow läßt november against Big Show. That crazy Bastard did a Hurrincarrana. I believe in BRAAAAUNNN! I want him to pull this off at some point on TV. Say, Strowman gets fired for going too far in destroying people one week. The next week, out he comes as one of Los Conquistadores and everyone acts like he's a new luchadore except Big Show, and everyone else insisting that no, he's not a giant man in a mask, he's just stood really close to the camera. This leads to Strowman winning the cruiserweight title before unmasking and everyone is shocked. |
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Post by Dub H on Feb 23, 2017 5:18:40 GMT -5
Can all the doubters apologize to Vince for being called delusional and out of touch when he recognized the Star power of Braun that is now obvious to anyone? Law of averages, he's gotta get it right at some point Plus the delusional part is that he wanted to super push Braun last WM since he was hiding his "super in-ring skills" and that was the joke. He is super ready now, glad Vince waited |
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