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Post by Johnny Q Public on Dec 12, 2007 22:03:46 GMT -5
I haven't posted in a while so I hope I'm not rehashing a topic, but...
Does anyone else feel that TNA has totally dropped the ball on this guy from day 1 of Team Canada break-up?
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Post by comahan on Dec 12, 2007 22:05:45 GMT -5
Hes been feuding with Joe and Booker lately, is involved with Kurt Angle's stable/group, and main eventing iMPACT's. He's fine.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 12, 2007 22:06:50 GMT -5
Nah the Hundred Dollar Man is getting more interesting with time, so I'd say they're on the right track.
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Post by Johnny Q Public on Dec 12, 2007 22:16:34 GMT -5
I think he's getting there now, I guess I was just disappointed when they brought in (IMHO) legends for his promos and then he gets low to mid-card booking and is still losing matches. I can totally see him as a champ in the future.
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Post by jfpierce on Dec 12, 2007 22:32:20 GMT -5
He's doing fine. I like the old-fashioned gimmick, I just wish they explained how he got so rich, other than him saying "it pays to be Roode". How much does it pay, exactly? Is it a salaried position, or does he get an hourly wage?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2007 22:46:14 GMT -5
Did they do anything more with Rain and Traci at the tapings this week? None of the spoilers I saw mentioned interaction with them. Did they just drop the whole angle?
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Post by Rube on Dec 12, 2007 23:01:14 GMT -5
He's doing fine. I like the old-fashioned gimmick, I just wish they explained how he got so rich, other than him saying "it pays to be Roode". How much does it pay, exactly? Is it a salaried position, or does he get an hourly wage? I think he just made some good investments.
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 12, 2007 23:05:55 GMT -5
He's doing fine. I like the old-fashioned gimmick, I just wish they explained how he got so rich, other than him saying "it pays to be Roode". How much does it pay, exactly? Is it a salaried position, or does he get an hourly wage? I think he just made some good investments. Nah.Apparently, it was his grandfather. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugHWT_Hg8hMAround the 0:38 mark.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 12, 2007 23:22:27 GMT -5
Considering this is the biggest push he's had in a long time (concurrent with Kaz's), he's fine.
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Post by I'm The Cool One on Dec 12, 2007 23:47:36 GMT -5
i think he's better now than he was with team canada, really. i mean, back then he was just Bobby Roode... That guy from petey williams's stable.
now he's got name recognition
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Post by Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta on Dec 13, 2007 3:58:10 GMT -5
Nah the Hundred Dollar Man is getting more interesting with time, so I'd say they're on the right track. Haha, you're selling him short, he's clearly gotta be the Thousand Dollar Man at this point. But I agree that he's getting better. He was generic and crappy in Team Canada, then his current gimmick started terribly when he chose Ms. Brooks as his manager over hall of fame-calibur managers he met with, then Ms. Brooks inexplicably became his woman-servant/punching bag, and now who knows what's gonna happen between the two. His feuds with Kaz and Joe produced some great matches and brawls, though. My main gripe is that his whole gimmick is a mishmash of The Million Dollar Man, Mr. Perfect, and Rick Rude, yet he's not nearly as good as any of them on the mic. I know, I know, it's a tall order to fit that bill, but once he hit's his stride with his mic/promo work that, along with his already solid ring-work, and hopefully an evolution/maturation of his current gimmick will lead him to the main event.
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Post by Timmy8271 on Dec 13, 2007 3:59:39 GMT -5
Once they finally end this god awful Traci Brooks storyline, he'll be better. He has improved over the year though.
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Post by slasher911 on Dec 13, 2007 4:06:50 GMT -5
Am I the only one who can't stand him? I hate his character, I hate his promos, and I'm bored to death by him in the ring. He was leaps and bounds better than A-1, but still.
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Post by Thank You Shawn on Dec 13, 2007 4:12:25 GMT -5
hopefully his future endeavors will involve the WWE
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 13, 2007 7:54:24 GMT -5
At first yes, they brought in managers like Sherri, Parker and Heenan to make this guy look like a big deal, but it amounted to a big pile of nothing as shortly thereafter he was "Mr.Pregame show" on the PPV's and his seemingly neverending feud with Eric Young. He seems to be on the right track finally.
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Post by Cooler Than Sliced Bread on Dec 13, 2007 9:33:24 GMT -5
They should've booked him as a silent monster.
Have all his matches (except for a credible opponent) be
squashes.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Dec 13, 2007 10:46:46 GMT -5
Actually I think he's doing better at this gimmick than his generic heel stable member role in Team Canada even if his gimmick is a mishmash of Million Dollar Man/Rick Rude. Not everybody needs to be running around spouting off about pie, games, roosters, and stompin' mudholes every 5 minutes.
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Post by Dolph Zalgo on Dec 13, 2007 10:52:15 GMT -5
Robert Roode's gimmick has finally evolved into something great. I like him now. And there's nothing wrong with being a mishmash of Dibiase/Rude/Jarrett... The latter had a misogynist gimmick at some point in WWF, didn't he?
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Post by GaTechGrad on Dec 13, 2007 12:07:05 GMT -5
He's doing fine. I like the old-fashioned gimmick, I just wish they explained how he got so rich, other than him saying "it pays to be Roode". How much does it pay, exactly? Is it a salaried position, or does he get an hourly wage? He inherited it from a rich uncle or something.
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Post by hollywood on Dec 13, 2007 12:14:25 GMT -5
I still hate his gimmick. But as far as I can tell, he's doing fine.
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