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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Aug 31, 2021 5:34:49 GMT -5
The wild thing about firing Braun mid-story because we have 'bigger dudes now' is that aside from those bigger dudes needing to no longer be green and terrible, if you build up one of those big dudes to the level where he can feud with and beat Braun Strowman, you have done way more to establish the guy. Like, remember how Big Show in his later years was called on to lose to guys like Braun and Big Cass on the idea that they could use this established, all-timer big man to establish the next generation of giants? Obviously nothing could be done about Cass and how that went, but they just shitcanned Braun without even considering that there was any kind of upside to having him stick around even just to put over one of the new guys. It's not even that they've forgotten how wrestling is supposed to work, they've just endeavored to show it open, seething contempt at every turn. Hey, now, be fair, they did have Braun interact with Azeez long enough to, uh, completely squash him in two minutes. Just when I think it doesn't get worse
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Post by dav on Aug 31, 2021 6:15:12 GMT -5
This is the future Vince McMahon apparently wants If Meltzer is to be believed... they cut Braun because Azeez and Omos were just "Bigger Giants" Christ this is gonna get worse before it gets better. Wait, THAT's why they cut him? This f***ing company...
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Aug 31, 2021 6:19:53 GMT -5
This is always WWE’s playbook. It’s like they’re mad the Diesel thing didn’t work out so they’ve been trying to make the whole “big tall bodyguard of small talented guy breaks off and becomes a megastar” thing ever since.
Christian and Tomko Brian Kendrick and Ezekiel Jackson Tyson Kidd and Jackson Andrews
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Post by Legion on Aug 31, 2021 6:27:47 GMT -5
If you watch the Stone Cold session with Nash, Nash talks about how he's been working with him and training him, pre-pandemic.
That might explain a lot...
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Post by freeze Austin on Aug 31, 2021 10:10:19 GMT -5
I'll never understand why WWE insists on upending something that's working okay-ish (and a lot of times things that are working better than okay) and pushing someone beyond what they're ready for. Sometimes it's okay to just hide a big guy in a tag team or bodyguard role.
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Post by floundertime on Aug 31, 2021 10:51:30 GMT -5
Omos vs Khali in Saudi? Best 2 out of 3 falls match. 5 STARS These 2 out of 3 falls match has to take place in the Punjabi prison environment
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 31, 2021 10:53:30 GMT -5
This guy also started training in 2019. He may end up sucking at this in the long term but he's still very early in his career and has barely ever worked in front of a crowd. They didn't have to put him on TV this early.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2021 10:58:37 GMT -5
Omos is the one of the few people I think they've been using really well lately, but the more they put him in singles matches (which he's clearly not ready for) the more people are just going to hate him.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 31, 2021 17:32:34 GMT -5
If you watch the Stone Cold session with Nash, Nash talks about how he's been working with him and training him, pre-pandemic. That might explain a lot... That's unfair, Nash was decent enough, if lazy at times. Say what you will about his attitude, he was usually safe, rare for a man his size, he had a good grasp of what he could do with his body and avoid injury and he rarely looked out of place in the WWF ring, considering how green he was when he got his main event push. There are worse big men to learn from than Nash, he knew how to be good enough to be carried.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2021 17:46:32 GMT -5
This is the future Vince McMahon apparently wants If Meltzer is to be believed... they cut Braun because Azeez and Omos were just "Bigger Giants" Christ this is gonna get worse before it gets better. Wait, THAT's why they cut him? This f***ing company... Braun may be kind of a dick at times, but anyone who'd rather have f***ing Azeez over him must be smoking some of Riddle's shit.
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