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Post by Monty Black on Dec 19, 2007 22:44:40 GMT -5
I didn't see this mentioned on here anywhere, but last night I was at Raw and in the opening dark match Drew McIntyre defeated Atlas DaBone. What's even stranger is that McIntyre worked the match as a face. It seems like they're starting him afresh and this time as a face, which personally I found he plays a lot better. I think him and Harry Smith would make a great tag team as well. So any thoughts on all this? Were you one of the three tools with the French Canada flags that ruined the show for the 20 or 30 people who sat behind them Nah I was the guy with the braids and shiny shirt sitting a few seats down from them. I was with my friend with the big puffy Carlito hair. We actually talked to the two with the flag, it turns out they're from Rochester. They marked out when we told them we were actually from Quebec.
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Post by rzombie1988 on Dec 19, 2007 23:04:09 GMT -5
Atlas DaBone sucked hard in that match... Though I liked watching his hair change shape as the match progressed. And his temper tantrum after losing was so over the top and phony it was gold. Yeah I agree Atlas was horrible in that match, but the post match temper tantrum was hilarious and actually made me kind of appreciate the guy, still not tv ready in my opinion. Also does anyone know what his gimmick is supposed to be, he came across to me as being a juiced-up bum off the streets. And in that pic from OWW he looks like a cross between Carlito and Armando Estrada. His character is really hard to describe. He used to be a bodybuilder(where he was signed from). He kinda reminds me of some kind of a 70's/80's hip character. He's completely unique though. Most likely he's going to be brought up as a 70's guy/hippie or he will be brought up as some kind of Superstar Graham clone. He also has a crappy moveset(by IWC standards), and is really going to have to get by on charisma and character.
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 19, 2007 23:09:29 GMT -5
Yeah I agree Atlas was horrible in that match, but the post match temper tantrum was hilarious and actually made me kind of appreciate the guy, still not tv ready in my opinion. Also does anyone know what his gimmick is supposed to be, he came across to me as being a juiced-up bum off the streets. And in that pic from OWW he looks like a cross between Carlito and Armando Estrada. His character is really hard to describe. He used to be a bodybuilder(where he was signed from). He kinda reminds me of some kind of a 70's/80's hip character. He's completely unique though. Most likely he's going to be brought up as a 70's guy/hippie or he will be brought up as some kind of Superstar Graham clone. He also has a crappy moveset(by IWC standards), and is really going to have to get by on charisma and character. While he's not a good worker, I like him. If WWE is going to try and tell us that they're an "entertainment" company, and not a "rasslin" company I at least want unique, entertaining characters. While he is a big, muscular hoss, I find Atlas to be really unique and a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of the OVW-bot clones with their similar characters, matching haircuts, etc.
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