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Post by chazraps on Sept 16, 2019 23:06:33 GMT -5
Wow, I only faintly remember the tweets and have zero recollection of the leaked emails. Crazy to think that following the end of SCUM when Cornette had booked Elgin into the ground, Delirious in six months successfully rehabbed Mike into a believable top guy once again going into ROH's first live terrestrial pay-per-view. I forgot how fast that went away. Was there ever any character work between moody Mike and the Mike who was winning Survival of the Fittest and teaming with Tanahashi to where he went back to his old music and persona again? I have no idea why that period for Mike is so blurry for me. As far as I can remember, he just went to Japan and when he came back he was a good guy again. I think everybody just decided the heel turn was such a failure that they were just better off ignoring it even happened. That sounds about right. I applaud your memory on all of this.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Sept 17, 2019 2:43:43 GMT -5
Pretty sure this is a work. It plays into the, Shane Taylor Promotions, angle they have been doing recently. Shane is mad that ROH isn't promoting him despite the fact that he's TV Champ. He's "not on the posters and he's not promoted for big shows." I'd be shocked if this is legit since Taylor seems to be one of Bubba's pet projects.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 17, 2019 3:10:09 GMT -5
That felt very much like a wrestling promo & this seems like a work. Mentioning “Tampa” & “Jacksonville” made it pretty obvious what he was referring to. If he really quit ROH, wouldn’t he just say NXT & AEW? I like Shane Taylor & wish he had a better storyline and a better company with better TV to promote him. Right, it's like when Cornette (I know, I know, bear with me, though) did a promo where he said something about how Midnight Express could go on the road, something to the effect of, "We could West, we could go East, why, we could even go North!" It was an obvious reference to potentially going to the WWF, but it wasn't like an earnest threat. Same with RVD in ECW when he had his heel gimmick of that he was way too good to be in ECW and would leave for WCW or WWF, the "Mr. Monday Night" shtick. I don't recall if he explicitly name-dropped the companies, though.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Sept 17, 2019 3:50:17 GMT -5
Shane Taylor has been doing some pretty good promos in ROH lately. He's been sneaking in some good lines here and there. He was promoting a match with Tracy Williams and referred to Williams as an outsider to Ring of Honor. Shane said "why is he even here? Because he didn't EVOLVE as fast as his buddies to get signed somewhere else?"
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 17, 2019 5:40:33 GMT -5
Eh, this doesn't bother me too much; it's not so far off the deep end of a worked shoot that you just want to roll your eyes into the back of your head, don't mind it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 17, 2019 5:50:21 GMT -5
Eh, this doesn't bother me too much; it's not so far off the deep end of a worked shoot that you just want to roll your eyes into the back of your head, don't mind it. More or less where I am on it. If it's a work, it's fine for now, but hopefully doesn't get TOO much more out there.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Sept 17, 2019 7:14:03 GMT -5
Shane Taylor reminds me a lot of Punishment Martinez (currently NXT's Damien Priest) in which I see flashes of potential in him, but it's pretty inconsistent. Some time in the performance center might do him some good. If this is an angle, I really don't think it will help him any.
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Post by markymark on Sept 17, 2019 13:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by bigbadbull on Sept 17, 2019 16:49:36 GMT -5
I respect you, booker man.
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