WWE Officials deem Tensai "a flop"

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Gimmick is officially ruined

It looks like Lord Tensai, now known simply as Tensai, has been deemed "a flop" by WWE officials when he did not impress anyone backstage after his victory against John Cena on the April 16 edition of Raw. Creative had plans to book Tensai in a feud with Cena, with a match happening at Over The Limit. This was not the case, as they gave the push to The Big Show, who interfered in a match between John Cena and John Laurinaitis.

It has been discussed internally to scrap the Tensai and John Laurinaitis vs. John Cena feud, which was expected to carry into the summer months. Tensai, who has yet to lose on WWE TV, suffered his first loss in front of a WWE crowd after Raw went off the air Monday. He was pinned by John Cena.

It looks like Tensai will continue to stay on WWE Superstars and work there before a possible repackaging. Officials are noting that he is not connecting whatsoever to the crowd, and that no progression has been made since his return. He has already lost the robe and mask, and has been seen with a more aggressive attitude before his matches.

We will continue to watch this story unfold in the coming weeks.

www.wrestlezone.com/news/255483-wwe-deems-new-superstar-qa-flopq-repackaging-being-discussed

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Thank god because this is one meme here that was completely annoying

[Krimzon]

Tensai is officially ruined. May that meme rest in peace.

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May 30, 2012 18:22:04 GMT -5 @slickrickstyles said:

Thank god because this is one meme here that was completely annoying

They all get ran into the ground pretty fast here but I agree this one was especially annoying for some reason.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Will ruining the Lord Tensai gimmick ruin the Lord Tensai gimmick?

[________ has left the building]

May 30, 2012 18:24:51 GMT -5 @chikago said:

May 30, 2012 18:22:04 GMT -5 @slickrickstyles said:

Thank god because this is one meme here that was completely annoying

They all get ran into the ground pretty fast here but I agree this one was especially annoying for some reason.

Maybe it was the 200 threads created that did it.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Well. No s***.

Maybe they now realize bringing him back under something other than what fans remember him for was just plain stupid.

[Krimzon]

Just call him A-Train again and be done with it.

[Bravo Echo November]

Just use his Giant Bernard character.

[Burst]

Oh FFS just let him be the beast that he was in Japan, that's all we wanted. Now people are going to say that he still sucks.

[Wolf Hurricane]

A white guy pretending to be a totally different Japanese guy didn't get over in 2012?

[YeahYeahYeahYeahYeah]

I don't care if no one else likes him, I still do!

[Mac]

I dont know why they thought a voiceless and bland Japanese gimmick was going to be over. He was basically Sultan 2012.. Let him be Albert/Bernard or whatever and have him kick some ass and see if that works

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

May 30, 2012 18:35:11 GMT -5 Wolf Hurricane said:

A white guy pretending to be a totally different Japanese guy didn't get over in 2012?

Yes, because they NEVER acknowledged his prior WWE background, they always INSISTED that Tensai was an absolute newcomer we'd never seen before, and that he was TOTALLY Japanese. ......f*** it, the gimmick failed, and honestly, deserved to. Why couldn't we just get the badass that was Giant Bernard?

[kidglov3s]

Sure Albert sucked but he went to Japan. That means he's great now. I don't believe this news for a minute.

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May 30, 2012 18:38:21 GMT -5 Spankymac is sick of the swiss said:

May 30, 2012 18:35:11 GMT -5 Wolf Hurricane said:

A white guy pretending to be a totally different Japanese guy didn't get over in 2012?

Yes, because they NEVER acknowledged his prior WWE background, they always INSISTED that Tensai was an absolute newcomer we'd never seen before, and that he was TOTALLY Japanese. ......f*** it, the gimmick failed, and honestly, deserved to. Why couldn't we just get the badass that was Giant Bernard?

WWE never ignored his previous stint nor passed him off as a Japanese person. He was more of a Japanophile.

And Giant Benard was just A-train in a Japanese setting.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

May 30, 2012 18:43:25 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

May 30, 2012 18:38:21 GMT -5 Spankymac is sick of the swiss said:

Yes, because they NEVER acknowledged his prior WWE background, they always INSISTED that Tensai was an absolute newcomer we'd never seen before, and that he was TOTALLY Japanese. ......f*** it, the gimmick failed, and honestly, deserved to. Why couldn't we just get the badass that was Giant Bernard?

WWE never ignored his previous stint nor passed him off as a Japanese person. He was more of a Japanophile.

And Giant Benard was just A-train in a Japanese setting.

No, Giant Bernard was a badass. Bad Intentions is one of the best tag teams in the history of the medium. Then he comes to WWE and all that intensity and power is just...neutered. I don't know what happened.

[Krimzon]

May 30, 2012 18:42:27 GMT -5 kidglov3s said:

Sure Albert sucked but he went to Japan. That means he's great now. I don't believe this news for a minute.

Could you try to not sound so dismissive? He was wrestling a different style as Tensai, which is NOT the one he was wrestling in Japan. Nobody could've made Tensai work the way they had him wrestle.

[Kevin Hamilton]

About time they stopped trotting him out there to complete apathy.

[PKO]

I hate these newz stories that aren't news and just say what has happened over the past few weeks.

I didn't mind the gimmick but it hasn't clicked so they need to change things, which is what they've started doing on Superstars.