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Post by thestinger on Dec 13, 2007 12:30:40 GMT -5
His character is so patchwork.
He's got a robe like Ravishing Rick (that used to belong to Terry Taylor), he's rich like the Million Dollar Man and he has an attractive woman he berates to get heat (which he admits he got from watching tapes of Macho and Liz.) Then he copies a lot of Curt Hennig mannerisms and uses his finisher.
He doesn't have his own identity. Everything about him is taken from the best heels of the 80s.
Don't get me wrong, he chose perhaps the best heels of that decade to rip off, but he's got to add SOMETHING new. Next he'll be handcuffing people and beating them with nightsticks and going "Whoo!"
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Post by hollywood on Dec 13, 2007 12:45:03 GMT -5
His character is so patchwork. He's got a robe like Ravishing Rick (that used to belong to Terry Taylor), he's rich like the Million Dollar Man and he has an attractive woman he berates to get heat (which he admits he got from watching tapes of Macho and Liz.) Then he copies a lot of Curt Hennig mannerisms and uses his finisher. He doesn't have his own identity. Everything about him is taken from the best heels of the 80s. Don't get me wrong, he chose perhaps the best heels of that decade to rip off, but he's got to add SOMETHING new. Next he'll be handcuffing people and beating them with nightsticks and going "Whoo!" Now, see, if he waltzed out in Rick Rude's robe, to Ric Flair's theme, wearing a Million Dollar belt, used Curt Hennig's moveset, and talked like Ted Dibiase, while the announcers accused him of just ripping everyone off and pointing out each gimmick, I'd pop for him.
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 13, 2007 12:56:19 GMT -5
They were dropping the ball with him, with his endless feud with Eric Young and being stuck in lower Midcard hell. But they're finally starting to book him right. And thank God for that.
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Post by radicalbuttercup on Dec 13, 2007 12:58:18 GMT -5
Scares me how much he looks like Kevin Thorn.
I've found something out. You can put Eric Young in a feud with anyone and I'll hate it. It made me look at Roode in a negative light. Now that he's away from him..eh..he's not so bad.
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Post by thestinger on Dec 13, 2007 13:02:03 GMT -5
Now, see, if he waltzed out in Rick Rude's robe, to Ric Flair's theme, wearing a Million Dollar belt, used Curt Hennig's moveset, and talked like Ted Dibiase, while the announcers accused him of just ripping everyone off and pointing out each gimmick, I'd pop for him. That's only, like, a half step further than the way he is now! ;D In interviews he comes off as a really nice guy, and a guy who works really hard. But what he's doing now, just isn't working for me. I do kind of get a little of a nostalgia vibe from him. He's not trying to be a 'cool' heel that gets some cheers. He wants every single human being in the arena to be booing him out of the building. That's kind of neat. What he needs is something, ANYTHING new.
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Post by Johnny Q Public on Dec 13, 2007 18:44:42 GMT -5
Once they finally end this god awful Traci Brooks storyline, he'll be better. I totally agree. I felt the same way about the whole EY storyline. Thank Jeebus thats over.
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Post by maxx420 on Dec 13, 2007 18:51:25 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. Yeah, you'd think that Ms. Brooks would be able to get her man a match on the actual PPV rather than on the pre show if she's such a great manager, right? His promos & ring-work have improved massively. How someone can get those things so right & his hairstyle & robe so wrong is a puzzler!
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Post by laotioncommotion on Dec 14, 2007 3:10:12 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. Why do people say he's like Rick Rude? Because he wears a robe? Because his last name is Roode, which isn't a gimmick, it's his actual name? Rick Rude was a narcissist who was always talking about how sexy he was and that wrestling fans were fat, out of shape losers. Bobby Roode hasn't really done that at all
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Dec 14, 2007 5:37:30 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. Why do people say he's like Rick Rude? Because he wears a robe? Because his last name is Roode, which isn't a gimmick, it's his actual name? Rick Rude was a narcissist who was always talking about how sexy he was and that wrestling fans were fat, out of shape losers. Bobby Roode hasn't really done that at all I've always hated that Rick Rude comparison. And I like both Rick and Robert. But they are SO different. As a worker, Roode's much closer to (Rick's pal) Curt Hennig. I'm not saying he's as good as Hennig, but Hennig wasn't really awesome until around 1987 in AWA...and Roode's around that point in his career. And if we want to nerd out about it, Roode's always taken Hennig-style bumps, plus stole the guy's entire offense. On the other hand, Rick Rude was a REALLY good worker by 1991 or so, but every match before then was basically like watching Chris Masters or Lex Luger wrestle (which I guess means there's still hope for Masters)...but Bobby Roode's always been better than that level in the ring, even in his Team Canada days. Roode's really solid for the main event style, and his mic work is coming on super strong. The guy's gonna be a star eventually. I think he'd be huge in WWE (with the right character) within a matter of months. In fact, if I were Vince McMahon and had to raid TNA for any five of TNA's "homegrown" wrestlers...Robert Roode would be in my top three. The guy's getting pretty good, he's just been handled terribly from a creative standpoint in TNA since he left Team Canada two years ago...though I guess it's looking better there, too.
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Dec 14, 2007 5:39:02 GMT -5
And leave the guy alone about the robe. It's Terry Taylor's robe. Literally.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Dec 14, 2007 9:46:40 GMT -5
I thought that they were going to make his character eveen deeper when he stood up for Ms. Brooks, but that did not last very long. I was slightly disappointed at that.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Dec 14, 2007 10:09:45 GMT -5
Honestly I never once even thought about Rick Rude relating to him until Fatu called him Rick Rude by accident. I was like "Ha Ha, oh yeah they do have the same last name don't they."
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Post by WinOwensWin on Dec 14, 2007 12:33:50 GMT -5
I was never a fan of Robert Roode. I thought he was worthless in Team Canada, and I really just can't stand watching any of his matches now...I mean, I do, but I can't stand them.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Dec 14, 2007 13:01:10 GMT -5
I think the president of the Robert Roode fan club should get her own fan club, of which I will be the president.
I want a sign that says "Robert Roode Fan fan club president."
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 14, 2007 13:05:26 GMT -5
I generally don't like abusive guy gimmicks, but that's probably just me. I thought it would've been cool if he actually stood up for Ms. Brooks rather than telling her immediately to "SHUT UP" after Drunko Jackie left.
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Post by Thank You Shawn on Dec 15, 2007 6:33:25 GMT -5
probably is a REALLY stupid question but is Bobby Roode, Joey Abs?
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Dec 15, 2007 7:47:26 GMT -5
Bobby Roode is as dull as dishwater. He gets a big "meh" from me.
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Post by maxx420 on Dec 15, 2007 10:09:41 GMT -5
probably is a REALLY stupid question but is Bobby Roode, Joey Abs? You're absolutely correct. That is a REALLY stupid question. To recycle a joke a fellow poster reminded me of earlier this week: IT'S ENRICO PALAZZO!
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Post by plushtar on Dec 15, 2007 13:11:11 GMT -5
probably is a REALLY stupid question but is Bobby Roode, Joey Abs? I thought that also. I also mistook him for Typhoon. Roode got his start somewhere in Canada, while Abs got his start with the Hardys a few years earlier.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 15, 2007 19:31:36 GMT -5
Off the record, I think Robert Roode sucks. However, on the record, allow me to say this....I think Robert Roode really smurfing sucks.
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