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Post by eJm on Feb 11, 2022 7:20:59 GMT -5
I know the obvious comparison is Triple H/Batista, and I may be wrong here, but I don’t ever recall Triple H being this openly passive-aggressive towards Batista like this, not even at the point of the actual turn (which was Batista overhearing Triple H’s big “This plan to get rid of Batista to protect my belt had better work” speech backstage, which then led to the contract signing where Batista sealed the deal and sent him through a table). This has way more parallels to DiBiase/Virgil, especially with the specifics of the bodyguard actually being employed by the wrestler, not by the promotion. With that, there was more of a sense that Batista was the second choice after Orton to turn so there wasn't as many seeds planted until around January of 2005 when the last embers of the Orton feud were being lit and Orton was the one to say "Hey, this guy's been a bit of a shit to you, hasn't he?" which then lead to Elimination Chamber and the Rumble which Batista won. Like you said, this is more Dibiase/Virgil where the relationship started "rosey" but has slowly been MJF taking advantage of the fact he's contracted to him and not to AEW themselves.
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Post by salz4life on Feb 11, 2022 15:19:40 GMT -5
It wasn't the biggest thing from the show but man, I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. Wardlow coming out with the cardboard cutouts, Tony going from trying to be professional to slowly losing it when Justin Roberts started reading the nickname list, JR being confused about what a palanquin was, MJF smooching the red head, Wardlow rapidly being fed up of life, it was something that shouldn't have worked but did. I know some might see it as WWE-like but you know what, sometimes that works and it did here. Just hilarious. The best thing is how much Tony, Excalibur and JR just despise him and throw the "announcer objectivity" out of the window. It's hilarious to me.
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Post by salz4life on Feb 11, 2022 15:21:58 GMT -5
Everybody played their roles perfectly - from Justin Roberts being forced to read the intros, to the commentators dunking on the whole thing, to the different reactions of the Pinnacle. The segment made MJF even more of a douchebag heel (who knew that was possible) and made the crowd even more rabid for the Wardlow turn. They need to do the Wardlow turn in Chicago or Vegas (Double or Nothing) because the crowd is going to go absolutely ape-sh*t when it happens.
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 11, 2022 18:03:41 GMT -5
It wasn't the biggest thing from the show but man, I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. Wardlow coming out with the cardboard cutouts, Tony going from trying to be professional to slowly losing it when Justin Roberts started reading the nickname list, JR being confused about what a palanquin was, MJF smooching the red head, Wardlow rapidly being fed up of life, it was something that shouldn't have worked but did. I know some might see it as WWE-like but you know what, sometimes that works and it did here. Just hilarious. MJF is a Prime Time Scumbag. He's a heel that exists to annoy, be infuriating and want to see him get the piss beat out of him. His eventual championship celebration might be the most self serving heel shit ever.
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