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Post by The Tank on Jul 31, 2010 13:21:36 GMT -5
I'm not even angry about him on Smackdown anymore. I'm just...tired of watching him. I want to enjoy Smackdown, I really do. But I can't with it being The Rey Mysterio Show.
No one gets to go over him. NO ONE. He goes out there with "a bad ankle" and wins a 2/3 Falls Match against Jack Swagger, then gets attacked by Kane post-match...and gets the upper hand against Kane. The World Heavyweight Champion.
And on the rare occasion somebody does get to beat him or get the advantage against him..."You just beat a guy half your size, whoop-dee-f***in'-doo."
Can he still work? Yes...but barely. And the guy's so injury-prone these days he makes Edge look reliable.
Yeah, he was awesome. I'll admit, Mysterio used to be one of my favorites. But today he's a broken down shell of what used to be the greatest wrestler on the planet, and seeing him go over everyone and everything is just......depressing.
Please, retire. Quit. Whatever, just...stop making Smackdown suck.
I know this has been discussed a fuhbuhjillion times, but after last night's show I really needed to vent.
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Post by MGH on Jul 31, 2010 13:23:34 GMT -5
I just finished watching Smackdown about a half hour ago actually. When I was about 1:45 through it, I was thinking to myself that it had been a great show. Lots of fun, great wrestling, I was enjoying it. Then Rey came out, and I just groaned.
I make no secret about the fact that I find Kane to be a worthless lump at this point in his career. Yet somehow WWE managed to do the impossible. They have me rooting for Kane on a weekly basis, hard. I want him to squash Rey in the worst way. Just end this little shit's reign of terror. I beg of you Big Red Machine.
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Post by BxB on Jul 31, 2010 13:26:02 GMT -5
I make no secret about the fact that I find Kane to be a worthless lump at this point in his career. Yet somehow WWE managed to do the impossible. They have me rooting for Kane on a weekly basis, hard. I want him to squash Rey in the worst way. Just end this little s***'s reign of terror. I beg of you Big Red Machine. Well said. Rey Mysterio has outlived his gimmick by so much, it's not even funny.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jul 31, 2010 13:26:34 GMT -5
I still don't get the Rey Mysterio hate..........
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 31, 2010 13:28:01 GMT -5
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 31, 2010 14:19:35 GMT -5
I always hear he is a big part of SmackDown drawing big numbers from Latinos and also that he is very popular with kids who buy a lot of Rey merch. I am a bit tired of Rey too, but I understand why he's used the way he is.
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Post by torcha on Jul 31, 2010 14:30:07 GMT -5
I still don't get the Rey Mysterio hate.......... Same here, but then again I also don't watch Smackdown very often.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jul 31, 2010 14:39:39 GMT -5
I always hear he is a big part of SmackDown drawing big numbers from Latinos and also that he is very popular with kids who buy a lot of Rey merch. I am a bit tired of Rey too, but I understand why he's used the way he is. I understand he has slowed down a bit from his WCW days but people really need to aim their anger at creative instead of him because he doesn't control how he is booked. Why attack a wrestler personally just because of the way he is booked? The guy has worked his ass off since he was 14 and will probably have to retire before he is 40 because of how good of matches he has had over the years.
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Post by SSP on Jul 31, 2010 14:40:11 GMT -5
A lo of people tend to complain about Rey just because of the way he is booked and not necessarily his wrestling himself. Is he the same wrestler as in the90s? No. But over the past 3 years, he has had multiple MOTY candidates. The Elimination Chamber when it came down to him and Edge and his matches with Morrison, Bourne, Ziggler, Punk, and Jericho have all been great. Besides, looking at his world title run, he was made to look like an absolute Punk, being dragged around an arena screaming for help.
People should just relax. If you hate that he is dominating, blame the booking team. But in-ring, he has been pretty good for awhile now.
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Post by Dr. Rosenrosen on Jul 31, 2010 15:20:11 GMT -5
Holy Barf...!!! where did you get that...? is there a make your own gpk site or is it photoshop...?
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Post by blackmegaman on Jul 31, 2010 15:26:48 GMT -5
Still would gladly see him than Edge back on smackdown clogging up the main event...........the lesser of two evils by far.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 31, 2010 15:35:14 GMT -5
The overabundance of Rey Mysterio on Smackdown is because he sells large amount of merchandise, brings in the Latino and kids 6-12 demographics, and provides starpower need for the brand. Blame WWE for not keeping more big name wrestlers on the show. Rey was supposed to take a lengthy sabbatical a few months ago but WWE management begged him to delay it. His kness are worst than Muta's but he's still going.
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Post by Randy Barber 4-Life on Jul 31, 2010 15:46:56 GMT -5
Now that Rey/Kane is moving on and it seems like the Swagger feud is over, I can't understand how anybody can still say Rey doesn't absolutely bury his opponents. Despite being "The Ultimate Underdog" and on one leg for part of their feud, did Swagger EVER get a victory over Rey? And the last moment of the feud is The All-American American flailing around pathetically crying for someone to save him because he can't swim? Really?
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Post by moneysum on Jul 31, 2010 16:00:37 GMT -5
i agree with those who say that the bookers are to blame..rey has had great matches on wwe for YEARS, but now that he gets his due, people complain...its time for rey to shine a bit, even though he is a shadow of his wcw run...he had a lot of great matches in the wwe, which is more then i can say about one john cena..
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Post by Soultastic on Jul 31, 2010 16:04:55 GMT -5
I always hear he is a big part of SmackDown drawing big numbers from Latinos and also that he is very popular with kids who buy a lot of Rey merch. I am a bit tired of Rey too, but I understand why he's used the way he is. I would just like to point out that I am a Latino and I also want him to go away forever. Not because all Latinos think like me, but because I don't want people to assume that I like Rey just because I am one.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 31, 2010 16:05:49 GMT -5
I like Rey as a person, and I get that he's big with kids and sells merch, etc.
But there's no reason he can't lost the occasional match, or even, gasp, feud!
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Post by Massive G on Jul 31, 2010 16:35:20 GMT -5
I respect the guy and all he's meant to the business, and all he's done for it. But I felt this same way last night watching Smackdown.
It just annoyed me when Swagger was carrying him toward the river, he would be, you know, "out" or whatever, and then he would snap out of it and start making this horrible AH AH AH AH AH noise and kicking Swagger's ass. Then Swagger would get the upper hand but then the same thing would happen and he'd start going AH AH AH AH and I swear to God this happened like 4 billion times until Kane showed up and mercifully tossed him in the drink.
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Post by King of Harts on Jul 31, 2010 17:43:03 GMT -5
You know what? I've seen so many kids know more about the UFC today than wrestling and this holds true for a lot of people in different parts of the US. Kids these days aren't raving about wrestling, they're more so to this with MMA. Rey still being the cash cow and being on top is WWE not doing their job right in marketing new stars. They worry more about marketing the brand name rather than the wrestlers themselves.
To a casual, they'll know who GSP and Lesnar is. They won't know who a Swagger or Sheamus is (both their two heavily pushed new stars).
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jul 31, 2010 18:18:43 GMT -5
Like D-Day Dave said, I don't blame Rey himself, I blame the bookers. You can't try to portray a character that never loses as a f***ing underdog!
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jul 31, 2010 18:27:34 GMT -5
Rey Rey, go away, come again another day.
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