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Post by welshpenguin on Jul 6, 2023 5:23:08 GMT -5
I think he’s fine. Very talented guy. He’s done some entertaining stuff in the past & he’s only young so he has time to evolve & find what works.
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Post by HIM on Jul 6, 2023 10:11:25 GMT -5
Personally, I was one of the people who made a thread here years ago about Theory being a future world champion. The problem is that Theory didn't improve when he should have. It's weird, like I could see why they like him. He's young, he's got a good look, he's someone that's relatable to the head brass of the company because they've grown up around people like that. I get it. There's just been a disconnect with him on the main roster and no amount of changes they've had for him has helped that. He went from the selfie guy to being Vince's protege to winning MITB to winning the US Title and for the life of me it feels like nothing really worked there. I gotta go back to Reigns because even when he was pushed to the moon from 2014-2019 it felt like I could see some slight changes. Whether it's him being more comfortable to him getting better in areas to just him having different "eras" of his career. For example, when I think of "Reigns in 2016" I instantly think "beat Trips at WM, AJ Styles feud, oh he got in trouble this year and ended up with the US Title", stuff like that. Like, it felt like when they wanted to do something with Reigns, they were really GONNA DO IT. With Theory it's like "well we're gonna try this out and whatever happens happens, if it fails lets try something else."
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 6, 2023 22:45:33 GMT -5
Some of you seem to dislike the guy solely because you didn't choose him to be a top guy. It's like a form of oppositional disorder, "the company likes him, so I must not!" He's fine, decent in the ring, great look, just needs to find a character beyond the shite he's been given so far. For me personally, the issue isn't that the company likes him, it's that the company puts him in a position that he's either not ready for or doesn't have the character work for. I think far too often WWE (or wrestling in general) falls into the trap of giving a wrestler a title and hoping they grow into a role. He really hasn't yet which is fine, but the other issue is that WWE for whatever reason has decided they want to modernize title records so they're keeping a belt on him past expiration as well
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Post by clifford on Jul 7, 2023 9:01:53 GMT -5
He's 5/10 in literally every metric you measure a pro wrestler against. Looks, ability, promo, charisma etc. The epitome of mediocrity. If there's something to get with him, I aint getting it, sorry.
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jul 7, 2023 9:34:35 GMT -5
"I'm Austin Theory and I'm the Biggest Idiot Ever"
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 7, 2023 20:07:15 GMT -5
Theory's finisher is waiting for someone to do a run-in Not even hyperbole, it's just a fact.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Jul 7, 2023 20:35:25 GMT -5
Feel bad for the dude. They have given him impossible expectations to live up to.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Jul 7, 2023 23:34:59 GMT -5
Why do people keep saying he has a great look? I’m not even trying to shit on him but like, he’s a guy with shorts, abs and a bad haircut.
That’s like half the roster.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 7, 2023 23:53:28 GMT -5
I said earlier, I like Theory. But my god, A-Town Down sucks. Why can’t he use Ataxia? It’s stupid and doesn’t make sense, but at least it looks better.
Remember when A-Town Down was that other thing before the stupid Facebreaker?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jul 8, 2023 0:06:10 GMT -5
Why do people keep saying he has a great look? I’m not even trying to shit on him but like, he’s a guy with shorts, abs and a bad haircut. That’s like half the roster. He feels like something focus grouped and market researched as f*** to create the least offensive wrestler possible. Young, fit, conventionally attractive, can work and kinda talk, he even starts off as heel so people can “find what they like about him” and don’t feel pandered to like they would if he were getting pushed as a babyface… and is American, male, white and (presumably) straight. Which seriously overlooks how open-minded the majority of wrestling fans actually are.
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Post by Brickstone Kid on Jul 8, 2023 1:13:53 GMT -5
If they give him some new music and he totally changes his personality, he could be good. His match with Sheamus wasn't bad.
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Post by KingPooper on Jul 8, 2023 1:24:23 GMT -5
Just pair him with Waller. They could play off each other well.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 8, 2023 7:25:41 GMT -5
Why do people keep saying he has a great look? I’m not even trying to shit on him but like, he’s a guy with shorts, abs and a bad haircut. That’s like half the roster. And a bad beard.
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Post by 4real on Jul 8, 2023 8:29:27 GMT -5
Get Sheamus away from his Water in a cereal bowl bland heel and get him on Raw with Gunther dammit!
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 8, 2023 8:49:26 GMT -5
Given how unproven he is as a main event talent, he's more like Austin Hypothesis amirite?
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Post by Push R Truth on Jul 8, 2023 9:41:11 GMT -5
Last night made me feel sorry for Sheamus, wasting precious moments of his career's twilight trying to get a single ounce of charisma out of this human turnip.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jul 8, 2023 10:30:16 GMT -5
With Reigns we were all like, "Turn him heel idiots! That's what is going to make him the star of the company, not this Cena Mrk 2 rubbish!" and what do you know? We were right (as usual). So how about taking that US title off Theory giving him a few kickings and turning him into a sympathetic humbled babyface working his way back up after blowing his privilege? It eventually worked for Drew.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Jul 8, 2023 15:51:15 GMT -5
This is what Theory should be:
It's still the only time I've found him entertaining on the main roster.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jul 8, 2023 17:04:00 GMT -5
Why do people keep saying he has a great look? I’m not even trying to shit on him but like, he’s a guy with shorts, abs and a bad haircut. That’s like half the roster. Dude is like early Orton or Shelton when JR was like “he has all the tools to be a star!” And it’s like..yes, he’s got the intangibles of an ok decent worker down, cool. But if he’s gonna be some big main event superstar, we need to see flashes of that. So far outside of the goofy selfie thing, Theory is just generic INTENSE guy from mid 2000s WWE. Like a less buff Mark Jindrak.
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Post by Treklubj on Jul 8, 2023 17:43:36 GMT -5
Just pair him with Waller. They could play off each other well. Waller seems to be significantly stronger at basically everything than Theory so this could hurt Theory. When the dude standing next to you does everything better, it's easy to wind up looking worse.
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