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Post by sonofblaine on Apr 3, 2012 12:48:05 GMT -5
I marked out and enjoyed it. I hope that when he gets on the mic, he talks about leaving WWE and Japan making him stronger. As a heel, maybe he can push the superiority of Japanese wrestling (OK, maybe that's not exactly false, but the USA Only, Cheer for the Good Guy fans will eat it up)
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Post by Jimmy on Apr 3, 2012 13:24:50 GMT -5
So has the identity of his manager been stated yet on the net?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 3, 2012 13:29:25 GMT -5
So has the identity of his manager been stated yet on the net? Sakamoto from FCW. One of TAKA's students.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 18:03:43 GMT -5
Lord Tensai was booked (and looked) like an absolute beast. He's going places.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Apr 3, 2012 18:10:37 GMT -5
So has the identity of his manager been stated yet on the net? They had Sakamoto's name in the entrance bar
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Post by klapaucius on Apr 3, 2012 18:22:56 GMT -5
I think the match went a little too long.
Anyways, the debut was good.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Apr 3, 2012 18:25:44 GMT -5
And am I the only one who LOVED his music?! I thought it was cool; the whole entrance was brilliantly designed, IMO. It's the sort of exaggerated, stylized characterization that was so common during the New Generation but which has (sadly, IMO) fallen out of fashion since then.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Apr 3, 2012 19:06:13 GMT -5
That was just awful, the gimmick is Hakushi 2.0 and it's being played by a white guy that everybody already knows. So just because he's white he can't make this gimmick work? I can't believe this level of intolerance still exists in 2012, haven't white guys been through enough? Can't tell if serious....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 19:09:32 GMT -5
I thought it was awesome. Though one of the first things that popped in my mind while watching is how long until WWE gives up and has him dancing with Brodus Clay.
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Post by Krimzon on Apr 3, 2012 19:15:41 GMT -5
I thought it was awesome. Though one of the first things that popped in my mind while watching is how long until WWE gives up and has him dancing with Brodus Clay. Hip Hop Hippo? Wait, since he's all Asian now, he'll be the SingStar Sensei.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Apr 3, 2012 19:17:55 GMT -5
He yelled ICHIBAN before the finish Great redebut though I laughed also but more because there is a sweets shop at a shopping centre in Melbourne called Ichiban.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 19:41:18 GMT -5
WWE.Com has a feature on him and stated that he was A-Train back in the day.
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Post by Talent Name on Apr 3, 2012 19:43:32 GMT -5
Apparently Ichiban means first, so Riley was the first of what hopefully will be many
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 19:45:41 GMT -5
Apparently Ichiban means first, so Riley was the first of what hopefully will be many Ichiban has a closer meaning to "best" or "Number 1".
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Post by saintpat on Apr 3, 2012 19:52:40 GMT -5
He could easily be the next Snitsky ... or even Kozlov
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Apr 3, 2012 22:19:59 GMT -5
hate to be that guy... but its Albert...or A-train. He wont get over and will continue to suck like he did 10 years ago. might have a decent midcard push....maybe but in the end he will be back in japan If you honestly thought he sucked, check out his IC title feud with Kane, albeit a short one, if for no other reason, to see what someone who "sucks" can do. He tossed Kane around like he was a beanbag. Or, for that matter, go look up Bad Intentions, one of the best tag teams going until Tensai got resigned to the WWE. He's not the same guy he was back in the day. And he wasn't BAD back then.
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Post by "American Dragon" on Apr 3, 2012 22:59:45 GMT -5
I dug it. I'm glad they gave him that gimmick. It takes me back to the 80's/90's, when wrestling was all about characters just like him.
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Post by molson5 on Apr 3, 2012 23:05:18 GMT -5
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. They're not pretending he's from Japan though, Cole said on commentary he was a "former WWE superstar who went to Japan to wrestle", and at the start of the match, they were playing up the years he spent there wrestling. In character, he's a white guy who learned to excel in wrestling in Japan and has now embraced Japanese culture.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2012 23:05:45 GMT -5
So has the identity of his manager been stated yet on the net? Sakamoto from FCW. One of TAKA's students. Wow, that guy is some big teeth away from looking like a horrible caricature.
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Post by PTBartman on Apr 3, 2012 23:28:26 GMT -5
He needed an opponent that could make his moves look devastating, like an Evan Bourne or a Kofi Kingston. With all due respect to Riley, who sold his injuries like a champ, I thought he could have put a little more effort into making Tensai's moves look more convincing (minus the Baldo Bomb). Aw, c'mon man. Number 3 is totally unfair. I thought that move where he was so beaten he jus kind of leans against LT then slides down was brilliant. I know it's only A-Ry but give credit where credit is due. When the ref called TKO I believed he was so beaten he couldn't go on.
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