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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 12:30:14 GMT -5
Anytime they talk about "unleashing his inner Damian" it just sounds like they're talking about his penis. "Priest calling his penis 'Damien'" atleast sounds like it would be funny for a bit. This shit is just lame.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jan 27, 2022 14:57:32 GMT -5
What really sucks is every single person besides Vince probably knows it’s trash. From Priest to his opponents to the announcers screaming about his inner Damien.
Meanwhile McMahin’s in the back thinking he’s made genius in his pants again.
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Post by r. on Jan 27, 2022 15:20:00 GMT -5
Suggestion to add 'What is Damian angry about?' photoshop to this thread
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 27, 2022 15:36:07 GMT -5
He was a character they didnt create and that could not stand. They let it go while the big celebrity was there to work with him. But as soon as the celeb was finished up then they had to get involved. They DID create it, or at least, HHH and Shawn Michaels did. Priest got tinkered with a lot in NXT before he became the effortlessly cool guy. In fact, what they're doing now with the intense anger is a lot closer to Priest's character when he was Punishment Martinez. See there is the problem. The gimmick was created in NXT. Those losers could not even beat AEW. And its because they went with stupid simple to understand gimmicks that play to the wrestlers strengths. That will never work in real WWE. So now the 400 writers have come up with something complicated for the guy. And if he cant get it over then he sucks and needs to be released.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 27, 2022 15:42:41 GMT -5
I think he's going to succeed in spite of this and may actually wind up in the final four on Saturday, but yeah, something's gotta give. I didn't mind one DQ loss if it advanced a story but becoming a character trait is an albatross around his neck.
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Post by Perd on Jan 27, 2022 16:11:51 GMT -5
As always, it’s Vince. Everything is filtered through him. And that’s why almost everything they do is so uncool. It’s why “good shit" became such a meme. Because it confirmed everything we thought we knew about WWE. It’s written and produced for an audience of one.
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Post by ronin705 on Jan 27, 2022 16:26:12 GMT -5
He had swag and machismo for days, and they do this to him??? Smfh
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 27, 2022 16:48:13 GMT -5
I've seen a little bit of this guy and liked what I saw beforehand, but that beatdown posted in here lacked any intensity. That's one of my biggest issues with modern wrestling - so much of it feels over-choreographed, safe, heatless, and lacks believability.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 27, 2022 20:51:17 GMT -5
THis shit is so bad it makes me yearn for the days of Punishment Martinez.
Dude was cooked the second Bad Bunny left to tour and it was clear he wasn't gonna come back. Bunny picked Damien out in NXT as the dude he wanted to roll with so they brought him up as is from NXT and didn't neuter him like every other act they do, which stood out all its own, but it stood out all the more when they finally did, because it showed they didn't HAVE to change anything, but they will anyway.
It's a travesty, even worse is they blame the talent for not getting it over, not the gimmick being DOA and breaking something that didn't need fixing.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 27, 2022 20:54:51 GMT -5
I haven't watched... well, pretty much anything WWE, so I had to check out YouTube to understand the key issues. f***ing hell. This is one of the most lifeless and lethargic "angry beatdowns" I have ever seen. Even when the match is over his reaction is more akin to someone who's just kind of annoyed and saying "aww, man." Wow that was pathetic. I get he's been destroyed by the WWE but his performance there was completely half-assed. No intensity at all. This doesn't even show the segment afterwards which was just Sonya backstage drilling into him about how this was bullshit and that he was going to start recieving punishments and fines while he just stood there like a kid who got caught stealing a cookie Made all the more awkward because it was just done during an entrance, like literally they faded into it, and then faded out of it during an entrance during the show, not even ENTRANCE THEN OTHER THING, literally THING DURING THE ENTRANCE lmfao.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 27, 2022 21:09:07 GMT -5
I didn't watch that video till right now and yeah... wow...
for something like that to work you have to like... look like you have something behind your hits... I mean you don't ahve to actually lay into people it's wrestling so it's bullshit but...
if your gimmick is that you get so pissed off you can't control yourself you should have some snap in your offense... and... like there's nothing behind those strikes.
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Post by King (Super) Dragunov on Jan 27, 2022 21:20:25 GMT -5
With Priest we can now clearly see where the creative visions of HHH end and the ones of Vince begin.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 27, 2022 21:38:13 GMT -5
With Priest we can now clearly see where the creative visions of HHH end and the ones of Vince begin. Since people are saying this is similar to how he was preNXT I worry that this was his bad idea made worse by Vince.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 21:47:23 GMT -5
I can't wait for his inevitable explanaton for how his happened just based on what happened to Kross and how that entire thing played out.
I imagine Vince keeps trying to put a gimp helmet on him but Priest keeps hiding from Vince and just makes a mad dash for the entrance as to why it has not happened yet.
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Post by King (Super) Dragunov on Jan 27, 2022 22:41:58 GMT -5
With Priest we can now clearly see where the creative visions of HHH end and the ones of Vince begin. Since people are saying this is similar to how he was preNXT I worry that this was his bad idea made worse by Vince. I'm more worried that Vince himself was shown footage of the dude in his Punishment Martinez days, and he was like "goddamit pal, that's the guy I want" not realizing how god awful it was then. And still is now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 22:47:06 GMT -5
Still amazes me how into negative realm this company has become at not understanding SHOW DON'T TELL!
And that is such a huge part in the complete and utter failure of this entire failure turtle of a gimmic change.
You can't simply tell the audience on this guy is suppose to have a split personality or whatever because it just looks like he really has to take a shit mid way through every match.
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Post by evilhomer on Jan 28, 2022 0:08:09 GMT -5
I kind of liked it the first time they did it, he had a legitimate reason to be angered and it was an excessive beatdown, it could have done without the ridiculous facial expression, but nothings perfect. But like anything WWE, once it gets any kind of reaction, it has to get watered down and overused to the point of being annoying. What pissed him off against Owens anyways, did he break a nail or something, must have really angered him to repeatedly lightly tap him in the corner in a spot done hundreds of times in previous matches with no consequences, but leading to a dq this time because..... ummmm..... yeah.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 28, 2022 0:30:40 GMT -5
He was going so well. But this is WWE, so of course they just HAD to mess with it. Needed “more character.”
And it has been a disaster for him so far.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 28, 2022 0:33:42 GMT -5
Still amazes me how into negative realm this company has become at not understanding SHOW DON'T TELL! And that is such a huge part in the complete and utter failure of this entire failure turtle of a gimmic change. You can't simply tell the audience on this guy is suppose to have a split personality or whatever because it just looks like he really has to take a shit mid way through every match. It is amazing just how long and how much they've completely forgotten like rule number one of visual storytelling.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 28, 2022 0:38:56 GMT -5
Also it’s just the same thing every time. He loses his mind, beats someone up too much, and gets DQ’ed.
How does this help ANYONE? It doesn’t. It just makes everyone look bad. Also the whole “split personality” thing came out of nowhere in the first place.
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