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Post by Duke Cameron on Apr 20, 2024 6:09:18 GMT -5
That sucks, I liked her. At least her personal life is going well. Who is that lucky man? Instagram says his name is Jonathan Poole. Not sure what he does, but he seems to really be into fitness. Him and Xia have been posting a lot of lovey dovey stuff together since around Valentine’s Day.
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Post by mistery on Apr 20, 2024 6:43:45 GMT -5
I kinda feel like Xia's push was doomed the moment she got into it on social media with fans over her hairstyle. Long story short: She was accused of co-opting various African American hairstyles, and instead of apologizing or explaining her actions, she told people she didn't care and would continue to do it, because she doesn't see the big deal in "taking" hairstyles from other cultures.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Apr 20, 2024 7:02:38 GMT -5
I remember just laughing when Jinder became WWE champion. I was so burned out with the product at the time that I couldn't even be bothered to be angry about it.
Was there a bigger fall from grave however?
I suppose debatably you could say Kofi but atleast he still showed up regularly on TV and was a Regular in the tag division.
Either way never like to see people lose their job. But hopefully they can go find success elsewhere.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 20, 2024 7:30:11 GMT -5
Still stunned finding out he was the guy who “Million Dollar Arm” was based on and the best they could do was “foreign monster heel”. Like, Christ, really? they had the easiest sports gimmick that would work of all time, just have him do an old timey windup like a softball pitcher and punch someone. that or have him nail people with baseballs. Like, if freaking No Way Jose could have the "baseball wind-up" punch, why couldn't Veer?
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Post by chrom on Apr 20, 2024 7:43:24 GMT -5
This is what happens when I decide to go on vacation
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 20, 2024 7:47:37 GMT -5
I remember just laughing when Jinder became WWE champion. I was so burned out with the product at the time that I couldn't even be bothered to be angry about it. Was there a bigger fall from grave however? I suppose debatably you could say Kofi but atleast he still showed up regularly on TV and was a Regular in the tag division. Either way never like to see people lose their job. But hopefully they can go find success elsewhere. Kingston may have had a harder exit from world title level, but he's never fallen below that IC/US/Tag level of regular contender/occasional champion with regular TV and PPV bookings. Other than a brief US title run which seemed to be more to do with Vince mindf***ing with Rusev than anything to do with Mahal, Mahal sank like a stone after losing the world title and never came back up. Having a few injuries in that time didn't help him much, either. More stats for you... Mahal only won 31 televised matches in the six and a half years or so after he lost the world title (November 2017 - April 2024). To put that into perspective, Damian Priest won 30 televised matches in 2023 ALONE.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 20, 2024 7:50:34 GMT -5
Wonder if he joins his wife in AEW.
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Post by chazraps on Apr 20, 2024 8:09:42 GMT -5
Dang, like how do you f*** up VEER?!
Seriously, on top of a great story, he's so genuinely stylish and cool on social media and interviews. He'll be a success wherever he lands next.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Apr 20, 2024 8:22:36 GMT -5
What's Maharaja Mike doing in the Dynamite Zone?!
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Apr 20, 2024 9:03:36 GMT -5
They uh... they really released three desi men in one go and didnt worry about the optics huh? OK.
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Post by eJm on Apr 20, 2024 9:05:25 GMT -5
They uh... they really released three desi men in one go and didnt worry about the optics huh? OK. I mean, this is a company that’s blown away the optics of an impending lawsuit against the company and their former owner and a lawsuit against a whole state for potentially releasing public information concerning the Royal Rumble. They likely don’t care about the optics.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 20, 2024 9:12:43 GMT -5
They uh... they really released three desi men in one go and didnt worry about the optics huh? OK. It probably says something horrible about every place else on the internet, but generally those other places don't seem as focused on optics as FAN does in general. I think that generally most fans (at least, most who don't post here) haven't really spent a lot of time in environments that would condition them to care about optics.
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Post by random420 on Apr 20, 2024 10:05:23 GMT -5
So how long before we get NWA World Champion, Jinder Mahal?
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Post by BorneAgain on Apr 20, 2024 10:27:52 GMT -5
The thing with Jinder was that he never really felt like any booking highlighted his strengths. 3MB at least played to the charisma he did possess but outside that run, he constantly came off as someone that had his weaknesses put in the spotlight rather than downplayed. You could be forgiven for assuming the WWE Title reign was done to sabotage him with how poorly he came in off in it.
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Post by Watch AEW Magnitude on Apr 20, 2024 10:58:09 GMT -5
So how long before we get NWA World Champion, Jinder Mahal? He feels more like a TNA hire to me. They sign so many of the lower card talents that WWE releases (Heath, Curt Hawkins, Dana Brooke, Konnor, etc)
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Post by chazraps on Apr 20, 2024 11:01:32 GMT -5
Still wild to me that Jinder literally wrestled for "Tiger King" with photographic evidence and WWE didn't mention it at all at the height of the pandemic when everyone was watching it on Netflix and desperate for any new entertainment:
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Post by XIII on Apr 20, 2024 11:49:52 GMT -5
After almost coming for so long Veer finally gets his release.
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Apr 20, 2024 12:21:17 GMT -5
So how long before we get NWA World Champion, Jinder Mahal? It's a step up from Tyrus. But someone that was cut from the Performance Center that the fans don't know would be a step up from Tyrus. The bar is low there, but the plus side is things can only get better!
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Post by markymark on Apr 20, 2024 12:54:33 GMT -5
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 20, 2024 12:56:03 GMT -5
hmm. so that cryptic message was probably about all of them being put in the usual boring foreign heel gimmick when things were turning around
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