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Post by Starshine on Mar 14, 2022 5:44:49 GMT -5
So what other names can the NXT UK crew get when they get shifted off the brand?
Tyler Bate is now Jolly Jeeves, Happy Corbin's british butler.
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Post by eJm on Mar 14, 2022 8:04:49 GMT -5
Also, I get that they gave themselves an out with the "You know him by a different name" thing but that was the same stuff they did with Piper Niven and we were all expecting that to be dropped after Eva Marie got fired but apparently the somewhat intense monster figure is still happy with being called Doudrop for some reason?
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Post by Hurbster on Mar 14, 2022 8:32:23 GMT -5
Most made up wrestling names are stupid, if you think about it. Just depends how much it bothers you, it seems. Names don't worry me in the slightest. More important things to get het up about.
Anyway, I just didn't get why people are getting upset over a name.
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Post by eJm on Mar 14, 2022 8:38:23 GMT -5
Most made up wrestling names are stupid, if you think about it. Just depends how much it bothers you, it seems. Names don't worry me in the slightest. More important things to get het up about. Anyway, I just didn't get why people are getting upset over a name. You weren't doing a good job at getting the other side, just brushing it off so...yeah... And if you want to know my annoyance, it further just tells me "Hey cool, we can just further ignore NXT 2.0 and NXT UK are things that actually matter in the wider ecosystem of the company". I mean, we know they don't but at least try and make out that they do, they're still paying for the things to exist. And it happens all the time and it pushes me further from being anything but a FAN thread observer. Which sucks because, I've said it time and time again, I used to watch WWE all the time, used to stay up for PPVs and Raw etc and I'd like to be more of a fan again but they just clearly don't want me to be. Like, it saves me money and my money wouldn't have made a difference compared to Comcast, Fox and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but still.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2022 8:53:35 GMT -5
Most made up wrestling names are stupid, if you think about it. Just depends how much it bothers you, it seems. Names don't worry me in the slightest. More important things to get het up about. Anyway, I just didn't get why people are getting upset over a name. It's like you were watching Star Wars, and Han Solo says, "you may know him as Luke, but he's Marvin now." It's just a weird, pointless thing that accomplishes nothing other than reminding you that nothing you see on that show ever matters, because everything you've known can change on the whim of a 76-year-old eccentric at any time.
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Post by pinja on Mar 14, 2022 8:58:11 GMT -5
Most made up wrestling names are stupid, if you think about it. Just depends how much it bothers you, it seems. Names don't worry me in the slightest. More important things to get het up about. Anyway, I just didn't get why people are getting upset over a name. It's like you were watching Star Wars, and Han Solo says, "you may know him as Luke, but he's Marvin now." It's just a weird, pointless thing that accomplishes nothing other than reminding you that nothing you see on that show ever matters, because everything you've known can change on the whim of a 76-year-old eccentric at any time. Darth Hancock: "Marvin, I'm your dadday."
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Post by eJm on Mar 14, 2022 9:04:16 GMT -5
Most made up wrestling names are stupid, if you think about it. Just depends how much it bothers you, it seems. Names don't worry me in the slightest. More important things to get het up about. Anyway, I just didn't get why people are getting upset over a name. It's like you were watching Star Wars, and Han Solo says, "you may know him as Luke, but he's Marvin now." It's just a weird, pointless thing that accomplishes nothing other than reminding you that nothing you see on that show ever matters, because everything you've known can change on the whim of a 76-year-old eccentric at any time. It’d be more like if a character appeared on an Arrowverse show as one character, we’ll say Diggle from Arrow for this example, and he appeared on Superman and Lois and said his name was Tony and didn’t act like Diggle even though the audience knows him as Diggle with no real explanation considering they’re both set in the same world. Why would the audience invest in other Arrowverse shows if you’ve already established that Barry Allen can travel to Star City whenever he feels like it and doesn’t have to change his name to Derek Samuels or something?
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 14, 2022 9:06:40 GMT -5
WWE should start doing the old TNA bit where the announcers go "well we all know who that is!" despite them legally being able to say their old name.
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Post by 06vwgti on Mar 14, 2022 9:10:21 GMT -5
My issue is why waste the time to re-establish someone from ground zero again when he's been on NXT and NXT UK for years that parts of your audience had seen. This is the disconnect from developmental to the main roster that should have had a process in place (and now seems they are addressing now)
It comes off tone deaf and insulting your audience. Like the Adam Cole rumors of the gimmick and name changes, whereas he waltzes right over to AEW with no change in character or gimmick.
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Post by mc74 on Mar 14, 2022 9:58:54 GMT -5
"Oh for Pete's sake" is right. What in f***'s name is it with WWE and their constant need to repackage its wrestlers?
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Post by themagnificentmoo on Mar 14, 2022 10:40:36 GMT -5
We're just one name change away from The New Bushwackers. Can you imagine Pete Dunne and WALT-er GUNTHER licking the heads of children?
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Mar 14, 2022 11:03:11 GMT -5
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Mar 14, 2022 12:05:54 GMT -5
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Mar 14, 2022 14:12:51 GMT -5
BUTCH ROCKS
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 14, 2022 14:14:58 GMT -5
The name's not ideal, but I think if he's just booked as a psycho that beats the shit out of everybody like he did Kofi, he has a shot. I think the name has a chance of getting over ironically, too.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Mar 14, 2022 14:15:34 GMT -5
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 14, 2022 14:17:02 GMT -5
Yeah, he's taking the meme wrestler approach to it, probably the best move to make.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2022 14:26:08 GMT -5
Yeah, he's taking the meme wrestler approach to it, probably the best move to make. I mean, I guess that "worked" for "Shorty G" while also doing damage that he is only just now recovering from. So, sure, we're all upset over nothing.
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Post by eJm on Mar 14, 2022 14:27:45 GMT -5
Ahh, John Silver fan I see.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 14, 2022 14:30:57 GMT -5
Yeah, he's taking the meme wrestler approach to it, probably the best move to make. I mean, I guess that "worked" for "Shorty G" while also doing damage that he is only just now recovering from. So, sure, we're all upset over nothing. I was thinking more along the lines of Hook, Veer and T-Bar and Mace for a bit. I also didn't say it wasn't bad or that folks didn't have a right to be upset, if others did in the thread, that's not great.
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