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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 5, 2023 22:48:11 GMT -5
MJF is great at this type of angle
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Jul 5, 2023 22:56:25 GMT -5
MJF being more over as a face and a heel in his own world title feud. This is HHH level stuff I must respect.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 5, 2023 23:42:23 GMT -5
The pop for that double clothesline is going to be incredible.
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Post by Fade on Jul 6, 2023 0:14:52 GMT -5
I cannot believe they didn’t go with him as face when he won the title. It’s so, so good. Had a smile on my face the whole time. He’s that guy. The Cole thing is lightning in a bottle, it’s really helped both in different ways.
On a side note, and I’m not the first to say it, MJF should have people on his side to bounce off of. That’s when he’s at his best. I respect him going his heel title run alone but he absolutely shines when he has company around him, be it this, Spears, Wardlow, etc.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 6, 2023 0:16:31 GMT -5
I cannot believe they didn’t go with him as face when he won the title. It’s so, so good. Had a smile on my face the whole time. He’s that guy. The Cole thing is lightning in a bottle, it’s really helped both in different ways. On a side note, and I’m not the first to say it, MJF should have people on his side to bounce off of. That’s when he’s at his best. I respect him going his heel title run alone but he absolutely shines when he has company around him, be it this, Spears, Wardlow, etc. Yeah, he's a character who basically demands an entourage, so him not having one is weird.
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Post by eJm on Jul 6, 2023 2:24:08 GMT -5
“I wanted to see if we can pal down again this weekend!”
Crowd: YES!
Schiavone (almost a whisper): No.
Died
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Post by Dub H on Jul 6, 2023 2:41:31 GMT -5
I cannot believe they didn’t go with him as face when he won the title. It’s so, so good. Had a smile on my face the whole time. He’s that guy. The Cole thing is lightning in a bottle, it’s really helped both in different ways. On a side note, and I’m not the first to say it, MJF should have people on his side to bounce off of. That’s when he’s at his best. I respect him going his heel title run alone but he absolutely shines when he has company around him, be it this, Spears, Wardlow, etc. I don't think mjf title run is a failure but man pseudo face MJF was amaaazing ,it would have been incredibly better to keep it.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jul 6, 2023 3:55:51 GMT -5
I almost don't want to invest in how fun this story is because there's absolutely an MJF turn coming. A better story would be they make it to the final but MJF loses the match and is devastated, and that finally earns Cole's trust.
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Post by KME on Jul 6, 2023 4:05:34 GMT -5
Every part of this angle was so great last night, absolutely loved all of it. Crowd was amazing too, really helped the post match segment that they responded so strongly to everything.
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Post by clifford on Jul 6, 2023 6:08:31 GMT -5
I cackled like a mad man at the birthday streamers going off. This is great.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 6, 2023 8:09:55 GMT -5
Find a way to keep MJF like this, for longer. No reason to have him go evil serious villain by the next PPV.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Jul 6, 2023 8:11:59 GMT -5
“HELP MEEEEEEEEE!!”
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Post by eJm on Jul 6, 2023 8:15:20 GMT -5
Also, good for Puf for getting the work.
Between him Wednesday and Man Called Deiress getting punched by Roman Reigns last Friday, it’s been a good week for loveable indie talent getting spots on shows.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Jul 6, 2023 8:26:49 GMT -5
Find a way to keep MJF like this, for longer. No reason to have him go evil serious villain by the next PPV. Yeah, whatever the plan is or was, Tony Khan needs to call an audible now and lean into this longer. All the complaints in recent months about MJF and Cole floundering and now they've both stumbled into pure magic.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 6, 2023 8:54:34 GMT -5
I almost don't want to invest in how fun this story is because there's absolutely an MJF turn coming. A better story would be they make it to the final but MJF loses the match and is devastated, and that finally earns Cole's trust. I think at this point, when he inevitably goes back to the "I'M THE DEVIL!" stuff, someone should just say to him "I don't know, have you ever just tried, y'know, NOT being The Devil?"
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Post by MrElijah on Jul 6, 2023 8:59:31 GMT -5
“I wanted to see if we can pal down again this weekend!” Crowd: YES! Schiavone (almost a whisper): No. DiedI kinda want Cole & MJF to win the Tag Titles to Schiavone's chagrin and he has to interview the 2 he hates.
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Post by eJm on Jul 6, 2023 9:11:30 GMT -5
I'm conflicted in all this, as someone going to All In.
Like, I'm pretty ready for MJF/Cole II as the first basically exceeded all my expectations and outside of Punk or Omega, it's the biggest world title match you can make right now considering Moxley's likely facing Kingston and Danielson won't wrestle (you'd hope but it is Danielson).
On the other, they have enough time to heat up a team or even bring back someone like Proud and Powerful (if Santana is fully cleared, obviously) and that'd be a cool match to have with clear faces and heels and hold off the match itself until Arthur Ashe (even though I'm on the side of "Kingston wins here") or Full Gear.
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 6, 2023 9:12:08 GMT -5
I really wish MJF wasn't the world champion for this angle. It'd be so much more fun and interesting to invest in if he wasn't the champ.
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Post by eJm on Jul 6, 2023 10:38:24 GMT -5
And I JUST remembered Mark Davis should be back before All In.
Aussie Open vs. Better Than You Bay Bay sounds fun as hell. Now I’m more conflicted.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jul 6, 2023 10:59:11 GMT -5
I liked MJF being a good sport about Cole throwing his face into the cake, when in the past, MJF would have yelled furiously at him.
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