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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jun 1, 2010 7:30:31 GMT -5
I like them. They got a lot of potential and what makes it good is the fact that for the first time in a while. That the WWE debut a Samoan wrestlers that there gimmick was a savage.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 1, 2010 7:34:40 GMT -5
The team, I like. Tamina Revolta on the other hand should never touch a mic again. I have to get ready to send apologies to Chyna, Lita, and Vickie.
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Jun 1, 2010 8:35:29 GMT -5
I thought they were awesome on the mic, they had rhythm, they play their characters well using a distinct style. Plus, I don't think they were saying that 'they' were from educated colleges, they were saying that 'they' weren't stereotypical because they have style, and nowadays not 'all' Samoans are uneducated, they are in our colleges, and in our law firms. They're not saying they are lawyers as well are they? Nooo.
The woman I think has a great early Stephanie McMahon bitchy quality about her. They'll do very well. Happy as last week I thought they would be stereotypical Samoans, but this week they were anything but.
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Post by PKO on Jun 1, 2010 9:48:58 GMT -5
I was really impressed by all three. The double team superkicks and samoan drop were fantastic. Tamina's clothesline to Nattie was also nasty.
Really disagree with those saying Tamina was bad on the mic as well. Of all three she sounded the most confident, and actually put emotion behind what she was saying. I did think their was a clash of styles between Jimmy/Jay and Tamina, but it wasn't too bad.
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Post by Allison Reynolds on Jun 1, 2010 10:16:46 GMT -5
I was really impressed by all three. The double team superkicks and samoan drop were fantastic. Tamina's clothesline to Nattie was also nasty. Really disagree with those saying Tamina was bad on the mic as well. Of all three she sounded the most confident, and actually put emotion behind what she was saying. I did think their was a clash of styles between Jimmy/Jay and Tamina, but it wasn't too bad. I am so happy, that someone agrees with me about Tamina. I completely agree with your analysis here! Reposting what I typed earlier: I actually like Tamina. It must be because I live in Hawaii or something, but she looks, dresses, acts, and sounds just like the local Big Samoan girls/women here. I thought she seemed so real compared to the Uso Brothers, in terms of talking. The Usos, seemed wannabe black a bit there.
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Post by W?Y on Jun 1, 2010 10:24:05 GMT -5
Their promo together was decent enough, and their splashes were cool. But what I can't get over is the INSANE amount of heat they were getting, even though they were new-comers. Usually, guys as new as them get tepid heat and "what" chants; last night, they were getting booed rather heartily (most likely due to the great crowd).
I'ma keep my eye on them.
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Post by greeby on Jun 1, 2010 11:05:55 GMT -5
What do these Usos know about domination? THIS is domination
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Post by 4real on Jun 1, 2010 11:15:05 GMT -5
The only thing I could think during their promo was "Yeah but you slipped over on the top rope last week ha ha!"
Also I don't get the hate for Tamina on the mic I thought she was pretty decent.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 1, 2010 12:33:41 GMT -5
Was I the only one that was half hoping that after Jay and Jimmy stopped talking Tamina would pick up the mic and start talking like Umaga?
I dunno I just thought it would have been funny <_< >_>
Seriously though, the promo was alright.
Also... my brother started calling them the Island Nation of Domination... and this was before the end and actually used domination.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 1, 2010 15:00:03 GMT -5
What do these Usos know about domination? THIS is domination Usos: "Is it the combination of... vapor and precipitation?" WRONG!
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Post by poontangler on Jun 1, 2010 16:37:35 GMT -5
I was really impressed by all three. The double team superkicks and samoan drop were fantastic. Tamina's clothesline to Nattie was also nasty. Really disagree with those saying Tamina was bad on the mic as well. Of all three she sounded the most confident, and actually put emotion behind what she was saying. I did think their was a clash of styles between Jimmy/Jay and Tamina, but it wasn't too bad. I am so happy, that someone agrees with me about Tamina. I completely agree with your analysis here! Reposting what I typed earlier: I actually like Tamina. It must be because I live in Hawaii or something, but she looks, dresses, acts, and sounds just like the local Big Samoan girls/women here. I thought she seemed so real compared to the Uso Brothers, in terms of talking. The Usos, seemed wannabe black a bit there. I was okay with her as well. I had a bigger problem that they botched the triple splash for a second week now (was it the same Uso both times?) And agreed, the double team Samoan drop was very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing them in an actual match.
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Post by joey joe joe junior shabadoo on Jun 1, 2010 16:47:36 GMT -5
I think they're awesome, can't believe so many people are disliking them, you'll see, they'll go far!
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Post by Kevin's Thorn on Jun 1, 2010 19:54:43 GMT -5
You know, with this board, I am shocked that no one has made a "DUMINADE!" thread for them yet. But Kneelift hasn't been on yet tonight, so there's still time I guess. ;D She might have been scared off by that guy who posted that her picture is his desktop background. LOL, it's funny that you Kneelift groupies didn't understand that I was mocking you with that phony desktop wallpaper. I'm sure KL got the obvious joke considering her sense of humor, but if not to set the record straight, that is not my actual desktop. My gf would kill me if she saw me with that on my PC ;D
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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Jun 2, 2010 2:40:07 GMT -5
That double team Samoan drop was SICK Didn't Jamal and Rosey do that as 3MW a couple of years ago?
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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Jun 2, 2010 2:45:43 GMT -5
I like them, I've liked everything I've seen from them in FCW and I have no doubt that they will do well, as long as creative remembers there's a tag team division for longer then 2 weeks. One problem I have though is, if your going to actually incorporate the fact that they are Rikishi's sons, then why is their last name still Uso? Shouldn't logically their last name be Fatu, since we do know who their father is? They've also mentioned that Chris Jericho's father is Ted Irvine (at least, I'm pretty sure they have), but nobody wonders why he's not called Chris Irvine. I don't recall mentions of Jericho's dad being Ted Irvine, which of course doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't happened. The only nod that Jericho has made to his dad's hockey career is the Y2J hockey jersey he used to wear, at least that I know of.
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Post by Azrael from Outerspace on Jun 2, 2010 2:54:21 GMT -5
I actually like Tamina. It must be because I live in Hawaii or something, but she looks, dresses, acts, and sounds just like the local Big Samoan girls/women here. I thought she seemed so real compared to the Uso Brothers, in terms of talking. The Usos, seemed wannabe black a bit there. Not to be a stickler but the term "wannabe black" is ridiculous to me. I do understand what you're saying but that phrase is...outdated i suppose. They act street, and they do it rather well. I've grown up around a lot of street kids and the Usos are one of the best representations of it i've seen in wrestling.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jun 2, 2010 3:23:41 GMT -5
I actually like Tamina. It must be because I live in Hawaii or something, but she looks, dresses, acts, and sounds just like the local Big Samoan girls/women here. I thought she seemed so real compared to the Uso Brothers, in terms of talking. The Usos, seemed wannabe black a bit there. Not to be a stickler but the term "wannabe black" is ridiculous to me. I do understand what you're saying but that phrase is...outdated i suppose. They act street, and they do it rather well. I've grown up around a lot of street kids and the Usos are one of the best representations of it i've seen in wrestling. Also another thing on this is that pretty much every Samoan kid from the last ten years I've known talks just like that. It is more of a minority thing although living in Kansas City I have also seen a lot of white guys also have that accent and it isn't because they are "acting black". They just really talk that way naturally. People need to realize that it is actually a regular accent now a days. Come on people it's 2010. Not 1996. I've heard the Usos talk before in regular interviews and that is actually how they talk. Also to clear it up The Briscoes don't "talk black" either. I've seen them talk to people out of the ring before and they sound just like that. They have that urban rural mixed southern east coast accent. As for back on topic I love The Usos. Back when 3 Minute Warning was around I thought they were really awesome and hated that they didn't last very long. I think the Usos are awesome in the ring and being so young that is a very good sign. I love the fact that they are breaking the whole Samoan stereotype and acting like how most Samoans really do. It may sound racist to some the way they did their promo but technically everything they said was right on and pretty politically correct and incorrect all at the same time.
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Post by Fauxnaki on Jun 2, 2010 5:06:02 GMT -5
i absoloutly hated them they just seemed like a tag team version of david otunga with annoying voices.
I doubt their last long
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Post by Larryhausen on Jun 2, 2010 5:42:13 GMT -5
I think the producers will probably have Tamina tweak her promo style so it doesn't clash so much with Jimmy and Jules. She sounded too stilted and SRS by comparison. It didn't sound natural. I think that people who are saying 'Vince hiring Tamina means he's opening up to hiring non-stereotypical looking Divas' are forgetting that Tamina is the legit daughter of one of the biggest stars of the 1980s - the man who probably would have been the face of WWE had they been unable to sign Hulk Hogan. She's going to get more slack than anyone else. If that's the case, then what about her brother? But anyway, I'm REALLY liking these guys, and I can't wait to see them in an actual match.
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Post by Allison Reynolds on Jun 2, 2010 7:20:07 GMT -5
Yea, about "wannabe black" I didn't mean it that way.. But I hope you guys got what I meant by it, in terms of the talking. I guess I should of said "talking street" But same idea basically.
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