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Post by hutter on Sept 10, 2007 17:02:46 GMT -5
I find people's reactions to the Rikishi thing to be bizarre. first of all, everyone's all about "Make new stars! Make new stars!" And then Rikishi is revealed as the driver, and everyone's like, "What? He's just a midcarder! I thought this was going to be big!" There's also weird revisionist history regarding this, too. People act like Rikishi wasn't over (he was), that okay, he WAS over, but not in any kind of believably threatening way (he'd been put over the Radicalz and appearing in main events, and also he was huge) that people only popped for the stinkface and the dancing (his entrance pop was killer) or that okay, he was over, but he couldn't work (his Rikishi babyface run featured the crispest, most energetic work of his career). Seriously, what is this? Why is this considered such a bomb, when really it wasn't even given a chance to work... did Rikishi and Austin ever even get a blowoff match? Really, it's like the fans (not just smarks) were disappointed they suddenly tried to thrust a midcarder into a main event angle, the WWE panicked and made it all about HHH without even really giving Rikishi a chance, and so now all anyone remembers is The Rock's parody of the big speech later. It's not because Rikishi was a mid-carder (hell, most main eventers were once mid-carders) but because Rikishi's motives didn't make any damn sense!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 17:05:17 GMT -5
yeah.... they didnt really give it time... that is one of the reasons why i didn't like it. I never really liked Rikishi anyway tho so i may be a bit biased
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Sept 10, 2007 17:14:35 GMT -5
I must have been the only one who actually liked the Higher Power payoff. Although really, there was no one else who it could have been. Very true. Though I think that the best thing that came out of the Higher Power was all the random and silly guessing that came out of chat rooms.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on Sept 10, 2007 18:44:30 GMT -5
In WCW, I would say the mysterious voice laughing at Nitro for weeks, then it turned out to be the doll from Child's Play. "Chucky! Get yer raggedy rear end out here and say that to my face!""He can't, cuz....he's a doll."
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Post by DeuceDominoMark on Sept 10, 2007 19:01:33 GMT -5
I'll answer this question after tonight's RAW. ;D
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Post by Arturo Classico on Sept 10, 2007 19:03:31 GMT -5
I'll answer this question after tonight's RAW. ;D the bastard son is...................................nobody, it was a rouse. IT WAS ME ALL ALONG! NO ONE KNEW! NOT EVEN MY FAMILY! HAHAHAHA!
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Sept 10, 2007 19:11:25 GMT -5
Higher power. I know it was supposed to be Vince's master plan all long but so many things about it didnt add up
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Post by Arturo Classico on Sept 10, 2007 19:16:46 GMT -5
Higher power. I know it was supposed to be Vince's master plan all long but so many things about it didnt add up What like trying to sacrafice his daughter and trying to get her married to the Undertaker?
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Post by discoron77 on Sept 10, 2007 19:18:34 GMT -5
Higher Power, nothing came of it, except Austin as "CEO" for about 3 weeks.
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Post by Near Fantastica on Sept 10, 2007 19:21:34 GMT -5
I don't get why everyone hated the higher power. I was like 11 or 12 I think and I absolutely loved it. It was a huge surprise for me. I wish I had that innocence back.
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Post by kitsunestar on Sept 10, 2007 19:30:21 GMT -5
InVasion, by far.
And I'm not saying the WCW/ECW guys had to win in the end, just that, well, WWE should have shelled out the cash for Flair, Goldberg, and The Outsiders, and should have made it look like, y'know, they could actually win a couple matches, even if they were going to lose in the end.
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Post by kitsunestar on Sept 10, 2007 19:31:47 GMT -5
I must have been the only one who actually liked the Higher Power payoff. Although really, there was no one else who it could have been. Very true. Though I think that the best thing that came out of the Higher Power was all the random and silly guessing that came out of chat rooms. Somehow, I was convinced that it was Chyna, and a friend of mine was sure it was D-Lo Brown...
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Post by adamclark52 on Sept 10, 2007 20:15:10 GMT -5
For one night in July 2001 ECW came back and all was so good. Then the pay-off, "the new owner of ECW"...I can't even finish that sentence.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Sept 10, 2007 20:32:08 GMT -5
Who blew up McMahon. A storyline that got me interested in wrestling again never to be finished. Yes, I understand that due to circumstance that it had to be stopped. I'm not denying that. But the fact that it never ended bugs me still.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Sept 10, 2007 20:48:59 GMT -5
In WCW, I would say the mysterious voice laughing at Nitro for weeks, then it turned out to be the doll from Child's Play. "Chucky! Get yer raggedy rear end out here and say that to my face!""He can't, cuz....he's a doll."
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 10, 2007 22:06:57 GMT -5
So, we now have a new winner after tonight.
Agree? Disagree?
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Post by Pierre the Renaissance Man on Sept 10, 2007 22:08:22 GMT -5
I loved tonights ending. Makes for some fun in the near future
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Sept 10, 2007 22:09:35 GMT -5
So, we now have a new winner after tonight. Agree? Disagree? It was made even more disappointing to me, since it seems pretty clear that Kennedy would have been the son had he not gotten into trouble. Instead, now we have weeks of "midget humping leg" jokes which haven't been funny since.... well ever.
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Post by bshadye413 on Sept 10, 2007 22:10:56 GMT -5
So, we now have a new winner after tonight. Agree? Disagree? Agree. I dont see what good can possibly come of this
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Post by ultimatekennedy on Sept 10, 2007 22:13:30 GMT -5
Is the Invasion a choice?
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