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Post by Starshine on Feb 18, 2022 6:11:22 GMT -5
You know, maybe Vince didn't make a mistake when he didn't really try with EC3 on the main roster. He made a mistake with not even trying.
Just because EC3 on his own is currently shitting the bed, doesn't absolve WWE of getting it wrong with EC3, as Braun being involved in this lets WWE off the hook for making Strowman the biggest choke artist in wrestling history.
Same story with Damien Sandow. Just because he had an absolutely wretched TNA run doesn't mean WWE didn't drop the ball with him.
Plus it's not like WWE would give EC3 a mic and tell him to "go wild." He'd be just as overly scripted as everyone else. So this weird stuff would never hit air time. But I just don't know how anyone can take a guy who's obvious strong point is their speaking ability, and turn them into a mute. It's cutting off your nose to spite your own face.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 18, 2022 1:00:13 GMT -5
Almost certain they were meant to wrestle in the finals of the AEW Title contenders tournament last year. So this feels like booking catch up.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 18, 2022 0:31:05 GMT -5
I'm never ever going to watch this, but I so want to see where this train-wreck ends up going.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 16, 2022 19:31:05 GMT -5
Now that his music is probably gone for good, did Cody ever say which specific family he was referring to with “wrestling has more than one royal family.” Because that implies he had one family in mind. McMahon, probably.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 16, 2022 14:48:43 GMT -5
Nope Every single story has faults somewhere some clearly more glaring than others but perfect? naw especially when you start looking at the story deeper than face value. If you're nitpicking, maybe. But I'd love to hear, for example, how the Batista/Triple H feud could have been executed any better than it actually was. I’ll answer that. The second part of that feud was built around the notion that Batista was supposedly deeply afraid of the Pedigree, I shit you not. Talk about completely redundant and absurd plot points that add nothing of value.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 16, 2022 2:40:47 GMT -5
It hurts because for a long time Cody was such a big part of AEW's initial image. I haven't been as put off by his recent angles as much as others, but at the same time I'm more interested in seeing others get his slot rather than whatever he had planned for next. I'm glad he had this run, and if he goes back to WWE it doesn't change my view either on him personally, or what he did for the company, but I just won't really care about him about him anymore, like everyone else who works there.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 16, 2022 1:21:46 GMT -5
I've recently finished the Stardust Crusaders arc of Jojo. It's interesting how much of the lore of the series has changed since the beginning, but it's really for the better. While SC was probably the most predictably written series of the 3 so far, with it's consistent 'monster of the week' story format, stands are definitely easier to grasp, and generally more interesting than hamon energy was. SC would probably be the first series I would tell people to watch for JoJo. It has a shit ton of action and suspense and hardly ever breathes as a new threat always comes. Then I would say watch Season 2 and 1 as both are very good in their own right as I really do like Joseph as a character. You’re in for a trip for Diamond is Unbreakable but since you are familiar with the characters I think you will like it. Action is still there but a lot more suspense Since you liked SC you will really enjoy Golden Wind which is basically SC even more crazier Already started DiU and like it’s slice of life aesthetic. Gotta also add how much the credit song choices sound like we’re listening into someone’s personal playlist. I loved Walk Like An Egyptian for SC, and completely lost it when Savage Garden of all things played this time.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2022 22:32:58 GMT -5
Not too bad for pissant t-shirt company. Are we still doing that, or is it considered punching down at this point? Given the state of NXT and the amount of former NXT talent now just flooding AEW?? No, that's just karma imo in the end. And no I'm not happy with what happened to NXT either but probably not a good idea to talk shit like that and then say "It's a marathon, not a sprint" when the future isn't certain... I have to say, Triple H did a bang up job developing AEW's talent pool.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2022 22:31:52 GMT -5
You know, considering Saudi Arabia seemed to be smack bang in the middle of the New Generation a little while back, they might have just hit the Attitude Era which creates new demands for 2022 WWE.
Gotta please the folks who propagate the machine pay the bills.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2022 22:25:02 GMT -5
Not too bad for pissant t-shirt company.
Are we still doing that, or is it considered punching down at this point?
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2022 21:36:50 GMT -5
I think most people would admit he's one of the best ever. But they also resent him for being a big focal point for WWE's cyclical booking patterns that ultimately go nowhere, which isn't his fault. He just does what he's told to do and makes big bucks for it. I don't blame the guy for taking advantage of that.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2022 20:21:39 GMT -5
I've recently finished the Stardust Crusaders arc of Jojo. It's interesting how much of the lore of the series has changed since the beginning, but it's really for the better. While SC was probably the most predictably written series of the 3 so far, with it's consistent 'monster of the week' story format, stands are definitely easier to grasp, and generally more interesting than hamon energy was.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 12, 2022 20:28:55 GMT -5
the most bizzare thing of all of this is clearly someone in the WWE see Ali having star potential... but ... then they also don't want to actually use him... Which is weird because in the grand scheme of things, who is Ali compared to other names they have let go? I mean, they've pushed Roman Reigns harder than almost anyone else in memory, and he could up and leave tomorrow and it also wouldn't make much difference to them busines wise. It just comes off as petty and vindictive.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 11, 2022 3:53:38 GMT -5
I feel like the issue Vince had with keith was never the body. But Keith personality and wrestling style is not what Vince wants from a big guy. You really gonna go and want Keith lee to be Generic Angry Big Guy. And Keith is way too nice for Vince. As everything, Vince has a mold for someone like him and he didnt fit the mold Yep. Keith Lee is more of a relatable Dusty Rhodes "ordinary guy" than a big angry guy like Bam Bam Bigelow for example. I can't believe they f***ed him up man. He is probably the easiest guy to write for. Well Vince didn't get Dusty either, so that cognitive dissonance checks out.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 11, 2022 0:12:06 GMT -5
It's almost like wrestling 300 days a year is bad for anyone and shouldn't happen... No, it is the extremely talented man who is the problem. Maybe... I'm just talking from a business perspective. Right now WWE has a model and Keith Lee's style didn't really fit it. Could they have made exceptions for him ? Of course.. Should they have? Idk...I just can see how a company with a talent roster as deep and diverse as WWE could pass on someone like Keith Lee.. Their business model is built on generic mass content creation, they could make the shows interesting and engaging and it wouldn't change their bottom line. There's no debate on what they should do because there's no measure of booking success anymore, everything is already paid for in the immediate future.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 9, 2022 22:57:51 GMT -5
Mmm, I don't know. I feel like he could use some baggy shorts and a skin tight top. Also they should call him 'Opossum.' You know, really make me believe.
Seriously though, the fact WWE managed to f*** up Keith Lee is something else. Even if they'd just turned him into a Mark Henry proxy, that would have been better than the shit they had planned (wait, do they even plan things?) for him.
Very happy to see him arrive.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 9, 2022 20:23:53 GMT -5
*Ric Flair reads tweet, then reaches for a nearby razor blade and brings it to his hairline.*
AH GAWD!
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Post by Starshine on Feb 9, 2022 18:58:23 GMT -5
Don't worry kids, Dalph Zuggler is here to save the day!
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Post by Starshine on Feb 8, 2022 0:17:43 GMT -5
The worst thing about that segment was the very next segment was Braun Strowman doing a promo to camera going "I don't have a path to WrestleMania". F***er, John F***ing Cena was just in the ring saying "HEY, WHO WANTS TO FACE ME AT WRESTLEMANIA?!" and NOBODY SHOWED UP EVEN THOUGH THE DUDE DOING THE CHALLENGE WAS JOHN F***ING CENA! I'm sorry, I do go on about it at this time every year but everything about that whole thing was moronic, made little sense and somehow devalued John F***ing Cena because nobody wanted to face him. Why?! How?! I do remember them trying to retcon that way later, like a week before Mania later with a throw away... "I Don't want any random match I want a headline match" which... at that point it just made Cena look like a whiny beggar >_> It was basically like a really lazy version of the 2010 story where Shawn Michaels was obsessed with wrestling Taker. It's kind of a good indicator of how far the quality of basic aspects of storytelling have fallen in that period. They could have run almost the exact same story, and at least it might have had some substance behind it.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 8, 2022 0:10:22 GMT -5
f***. No. I sat through a good chunk of WWE with Triple H on top, the pain was still very fresh. I felt like the only sane man when the audience was cheering for Trips to win. Plus I was still sour they didn't go with Cena/Edge, which was easily the more interesting angle. But no, we so needed super-duper-megastar Triple H in the main event again. I mean, can you imagine the havoc if WWE hadn't gone with him in the main event?! They might have had to close the company a year later! Edge vs Cena at Mania would of been dope, but Cena needed that crowning win which he didn’t really get with JBL. Edge was white hot but Cena def needed that win over Hunter to be the man No he didn't. He'd spent a chunk of 2005 pinning Kurt Angle. Triple H was on about the same level of star power as Kurt, despite how WWE tries to convince us otherwise. This is like arguing that Steve Austin needed to wrestle Undertaker at Mania 15 instead The Rock, who was on a similar main event trajectory as Edge at that time.
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