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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Mar 15, 2022 8:54:26 GMT -5
Man, RAW must have been a real drag to not even get a reaction thread for this!
LETS DISCUSS!
I’m very intrigued. Edge was due a heel turn. I absolutely didn’t expect a whole scale change like this though. New music?! A suit?! I hope he gets to the point where he’s calling himself God under his beautiful lights of omnipotence.
And that pop when he turns back face to Metalingus for his actual swan-song face run is going to be epic, so there’s that stored away for a later day
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Post by eJm on Mar 15, 2022 8:56:59 GMT -5
For a turn that happened due to circumstances rather than the story being told, Edge is great at going all into something like that.
It sort of reminds me of Edge's first singles heel turn where the storyline was "Edge is feeling overshadowed by everyone else" and whilst anyone else would have made it dull, Edge looked like it was eating him up inside that Shawn Michaels won an online poll over him.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 15, 2022 8:57:14 GMT -5
I haven't watched the promo yet but I was curious about the entrance song. I like it. I think they should try and get a voice-over similar to the woman who did "You think you know me" to do "you never knew me" if this is a long-term thing, though. His voice-over on it was kinda weird.
I appreciate that he's trying something new. It may take a little bit to fully click, but there's potential.
Also of note, is Alter Bridge actually good? This is like the second banger Edge's pulled out from them.
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Post by FinalGwen on Mar 15, 2022 9:10:34 GMT -5
New theme is probably a good idea, and nice that it's consistent, but it's kinda sad that that opening that's been a connective tissue since Edge's debut is gone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2022 9:15:07 GMT -5
Also of note, is Alter Bridge actually good? This is like the second banger Edge's pulled out from them. It's music, it's a matter of taste. You say you think the only two songs you've heard are bangers, so they must sound good to you. I personally think they suck, and still maintain that people need to acknowledge that its just Creed with an even worse singer.
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 15, 2022 9:55:00 GMT -5
Edge is the man. He really goes all in on everything and pulls it off. He seems to be here for the long-haul too, as you have to imagine he’ll eventually turn face before fully retiring.
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Post by ayumidah on Mar 15, 2022 11:36:26 GMT -5
Alterbridge is ok, I've seen them live a time or two. I do prefer the stuff Myles Kennedy does with Slash more because it's usually more my style of music.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2022 12:07:50 GMT -5
Alterbridge is what happens when the guitar player from Creed gets to show off his skills a bit more with a singer that doesn't sound like like a caterwauling buffalo, for what that's worth.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Mar 15, 2022 12:14:38 GMT -5
Alterbridge is what happens when the guitar player from Creed gets to show off his skills a bit more with a singer that doesn't sound like like a caterwauling buffalo, for what that's worth. Really? I've always hated Kennedys voice. Scott Stapp is one of my personal favorite singers of all time tho.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2022 12:16:12 GMT -5
Hate the opening voice-over but the song itself is fine.
As for Edge's heel turn...he's trying his absolute best but even he can't make shit material like "I sit perched atop my mountain of omnipotence" work.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 15, 2022 12:37:48 GMT -5
Wrestling themes neeeeeed to stop with the choir like openings
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 15, 2022 13:11:34 GMT -5
"Oh what you think you knew me?"
No Edge, your theme songs made it very clear over the years that we did not. In fact, your first theme explicitly said we will never know you.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2022 15:57:49 GMT -5
Really not feeling this heel turn so far, but it isn't due to a lack of effort on Edge's part.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 15, 2022 17:29:28 GMT -5
This has made me feel like I am lost
...scared
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Post by msc on Mar 15, 2022 17:51:23 GMT -5
Alter Bridge are OK (tbf so were Creed - My Own Prison, Young Grow Old were proper bangers) but for the curious One Day Remains and Blackbird, the two albums, will probably give a good taste of if you like them or not.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 15, 2022 23:55:48 GMT -5
I'm kind of split in that I mostly think this Edge stuff reads as very dumb and don't think there was any need for him to get a new theme, but there's something to be said about devoting part of his comeback run to actually trying something different and fresh instead of just finding himself a little buddy and playing the hits in perpetuity. ... Which I intended as a shot at Sting but it occurs to me you could say the same thing about what Christian's doing.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 16, 2022 0:42:22 GMT -5
I feel like the last two WrestleMania's have had Edge going through a rushed Heel Turn where now he's supposed to have gone insane going into the match, which I feel has also thrown me off on this turn particularly. It came so out of nowhere, and also right off the heels of the f***ing Miz feud which was played up a lot for laughs and teaming with his wife, that the juxtaposition is kind of jarring.
I feel like there should have been WAY more build to this, like, have him make this turn after AJ BEATS him at Mania or something, him coming out one week after the Miz feud ended, suddenly pissed "No one is stepping up" for Mania, and then he snaps when Styles does because he wants to "Help" him along with all the horrible mood lighting which imo, really stagnates the entire thing... it just feels like it's trying way too hard to get Edge over as a sudden sadistic unforgiving heel, WAY too fast, it's ok for some things to like, have seeds planted, and simmer. The fact it happened right off another heel turn plus beatdown also just felt extremely poorly paced and that also bugged me lol.
Like Edge is giving it his all I am not faulting the guy himself at all, it's cool the theme change is still an Alter Bridge song, but I feel like when it comes to this Arc, it's like we skipped like 20 chapters of a book or an entire season of a show with how this happened, and we're just supposed to accept it, and I just ain't feeling it at the moment. Maybe if it sticks around and gets into better storylines? But as it stands, this was some intense whiplash from a storyline/writing perspective to me.
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Post by ARI WOW WOW on Mar 16, 2022 1:01:04 GMT -5
Welll.. I love Alter Bridge and Myles Kennedy and i think they should do all the WWE themes cuz def rebel and the CFO suck!
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Post by wildojinx on Mar 16, 2022 13:47:24 GMT -5
Considering that he was wearing an Amon Amarth shirt when he turned heel, I thought that he would have them do his theme, but then again "Oar in the back" doesnt really work as a wrestling theme.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2022 14:30:29 GMT -5
I wasn't big on the heel turn but this new theme has sold me.
Great intro too.
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