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Post by Jacob Lee on Apr 3, 2012 4:31:46 GMT -5
I love how people are judging his entire run on a 3 minute squash.
He'll probably be fine.
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Post by keezy on Apr 3, 2012 5:51:42 GMT -5
Am I the only one who think he should drop the mist gimmick? Tajiri and Muta did it because they were sneaky, Tensai is just a big brawler who just needs to overpower people.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 3, 2012 6:02:16 GMT -5
Dumb name, stupid gimmick and further compounded by the idiotic comments by the commentators "doing research" to learn more about a guy that they should be familiar with from memory.
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Post by mistressofpain on Apr 3, 2012 6:10:23 GMT -5
They probably just didn't recognize him without the back hair.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Apr 3, 2012 6:17:33 GMT -5
It feels like creative thought hmmm we have A-train returning and since he had a very successful run in Japan why not give him a stupid gimmick that comes across as weird mish mash of every Japanese wrestling cliche known to man.
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Post by gonzo16 on Apr 3, 2012 6:46:54 GMT -5
new name...new tattoos....same reaction Pretty big "WELCOME BACK" and "A-Train" chants, then a mega "OHHHH" for his splash? Not to mention the reaction and cheering when he took the mask off. I would say he got a good reaction throughout the match.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Apr 3, 2012 7:11:33 GMT -5
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Post by Talent Name on Apr 3, 2012 7:18:30 GMT -5
I think the crowd trolled Riley by chanting his name even though they knew he had no chance what so ever
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 3, 2012 7:36:33 GMT -5
I think the crowd trolled Riley by chanting his name even though they knew he had no chance what so ever Doubtful. We like to think that Riley is useless here because he was so generic on NXT 2 (and that the office preferred him to Kaval), but he consistently gets better reactions than anyone else as low on the card as he is (ie : Hawkins, Reks, Slater, Kidd, McGillicutty, Yoshi, etc.), and has been doing so for a good while now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 7:37:14 GMT -5
This is probably the first time I'm baffled by how positive a thread is on this bored.
That was just awful, the gimmick is Hakushi 2.0 and it's being played by a white guy that everybody already knows. This is the kind of dated, insulting the fans intelligence stuff CM Punk was talking about, when he was saying WWE needed to evolve and change with the times.
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Post by gonzo16 on Apr 3, 2012 7:37:21 GMT -5
For the people that are saying to can the gimmick and give up on it......relax. It's one match and it wasn't even bad. People have NO patience these days at all.
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Post by Squirrel Master on Apr 3, 2012 7:42:12 GMT -5
As a student of Japanese culture and history, I am highly intrigued by the arrival of Lord Tensai on the WWE scene. The allusions to his tutelage under the grand masters of Edo should continue. In fact he should become MORE Japanese, and more mysterious. WWE should look to the cinematic diirection of Akira Kurosawa to guide his reign of terror.
They could bring in another Japanese performer to feud with him.
Lord Tensai should roll with an entourage which includes a beautiful valet, an obnoxious manager and a fall guy who takes the big lumps Tensai always escapes. Why not assign the role of fall guy to Alex Riley, who having "seen the light" can be made to look utterly ridiculous as a Japanese wannabe?
If they handle this right, I see big things ahead for him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 7:46:41 GMT -5
I'm curious to see where things go for him, but more than anything I hope the squash matches against random jobbers are done with in short order instead of going on for months like is the usual. I can get doing them for a few weeks to make the guy look dominant, but doing them for months does nothing for anyone involved unless it's like Umaga or Big Daddy V where they were straight up f***ing murdering people, sometimes three at once.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Apr 3, 2012 7:59:20 GMT -5
I thought it was a very good re-debut.
He showed some good moves; especially that stalling Implant Buster dropped into a slam which looked killer.
I loved his entrance too. He just looked like such a badass.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 3, 2012 8:01:39 GMT -5
As a student of Japanese culture and history, I am highly intrigued by the arrival of Lord Tensai on the WWE scene. The allusions to his tutelage under the grand masters of Edo should continue. In fact he should become MORE Japanese, and more mysterious. WWE should look to the cinematic diirection of Akira Kurosawa to guide his reign of terror. They could bring in another Japanese performer to feud with him. Lord Tensai should roll with an entourage which includes a beautiful valet, an obnoxious manager and a fall guy who takes the big lumps Tensai always escapes. Why not assign the role of fall guy to Alex Riley, who having "seen the light" can be made to look utterly ridiculous as a Japanese wannabe? If they handle this right, I see big things ahead for him. I can't see Riley as a Weeaboo. Evan Bourne, on the other hand...
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Apr 3, 2012 8:05:27 GMT -5
I actually think Riley was the wrong choice of opponent. He should have squashed somebody who actually matters and who the fans care about.
Kofi Kingston or R-Truth would have been good choices for getting destroyed since at the leats the fans care about them.
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Post by PKO on Apr 3, 2012 8:41:51 GMT -5
Liked most of the match. Liked the "former WWE wrestler goes to Japan, becomes even more badass" angle. Loved the KO finish and the claw. Misting the hand before the claw was at least somewhat different than the rather overdone mist-to-the-eyes, so I liked that too. Did not like the ring attire. It wasn't as over-the-top as I expected, but it's still too cheesy for my tastes. Agree on all points. And am I the only one who LOVED his music?!
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Post by forbiddenstarr on Apr 3, 2012 8:44:28 GMT -5
For me, his gimmick is boring and although the match served its' purpose, I thought it dragged on longer than the time it needed. I loved the ending, but I wasn't a fan of Riley being his opponent.
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Post by 543Y2J on Apr 3, 2012 9:28:21 GMT -5
He yelled ICHIBAN before the finish Great redebut though
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Post by Banecat on Apr 3, 2012 9:50:24 GMT -5
I will always mark for modern wrestlers using the Claw.
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