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Post by Error on Jan 9, 2013 8:31:54 GMT -5
Hey, WWE? Your new trend of spoiling your own tv shows = me skipping your show. I tried to avoid this but low and behold it's plastered unexpectedly on the home page of WWE.com. Un-freakin-believable. Not to be an ass but how can this be new and unexpected when they've done it for near a decade?
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Post by #RUDO Coco Del Rio on Jan 9, 2013 8:37:15 GMT -5
Surprise there's been little negative reaction to this, seeing as you know this guy was our worst of 2012 Superstar....Does a face turn really change that much? Although I guess, "Anythings better than Big Show" logic works here. My guess is they've put it on Del Rio so it's more believable for Ziggler to cash in rather then being predictable and mirror the Bryan cash in on Show from last year. Either way I'm not thrilled with this news, Del Rio doesn't do much for me. I find him horrendous on the mic and I can't stand his obvious "work the arm, look at del rio working the arm!" match psychology. It gets old fast. It's not because he turned face. It's because with the face turn came changes to his overall character which people liked. That "work the arm" psychology you mentioned? He doesn't do that much anymore. If you notice, he relies more on his kicks and enzuigiris than his armbars now. Plus, we've been hearing less about his destiny when given the chance to spek and now that his destiny has been fulfilled, I am confident that it's a thing in the past now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 8:40:58 GMT -5
Surprise there's been little negative reaction to this, seeing as you know this guy was our worst of 2012 Superstar....Does a face turn really change that much? Although I guess, "Anythings better than Big Show" logic works here. My guess is they've put it on Del Rio so it's more believable for Ziggler to cash in rather then being predictable and mirror the Bryan cash in on Show from last year. Either way I'm not thrilled with this news, Del Rio doesn't do much for me. I find him horrendous on the mic and I can't stand his obvious "work the arm, look at del rio working the arm!" match psychology. It gets old fast. The fact he was this forums worst superstar of 2012 is hilarious. Then again I've loved the guy since he joined WWE and think most of the flaws in his character weren't really his fault. The guy always puts on spectacular matches with every opponent, so for a big fan of ADR it's just fantastic news. He deserves that title, he truly does. He deserves to not be a third wheel in a feud for the first time since losing his title opportunity to Christian years ago and hopefully him with the title will make him a focal point. TL;DR: the dude's awesome.
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Post by Spearmint* on Jan 9, 2013 8:42:49 GMT -5
Surprise there's been little negative reaction to this, seeing as you know this guy was our worst of 2012 Superstar....Does a face turn really change that much? Although I guess, "Anythings better than Big Show" logic works here. My guess is they've put it on Del Rio so it's more believable for Ziggler to cash in rather then being predictable and mirror the Bryan cash in on Show from last year. Either way I'm not thrilled with this news, Del Rio doesn't do much for me. I find him horrendous on the mic and I can't stand his obvious "work the arm, look at del rio working the arm!" match psychology. It gets old fast. It's not because he turned face. It's because with the face turn came changes to his overall character which people liked. That "work the arm" psychology you mentioned? He doesn't do that much anymore. If you notice, he relies more on his kicks and enzuigiris than his armbars now. Plus, we've been hearing less about his destiny when given the chance to spek and now that his destiny has been fulfilled, I am confident that it's a thing in the past now. Ah okay thats fair enough he's added more kicks, I always thought that was the better part of his offensive. DAT enzuirgi after all. I'll be watching this Smackdown, my first in a long time, so hopefully I'll come around to Del Rio as well. It just surprised me to see this forum warmly receive the guy that was voted "Worst of 2012" here, win the World title. But hey everyone deserves second chances so I'll watch.
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Post by #RUDO Coco Del Rio on Jan 9, 2013 8:50:41 GMT -5
It's not because he turned face. It's because with the face turn came changes to his overall character which people liked. That "work the arm" psychology you mentioned? He doesn't do that much anymore. If you notice, he relies more on his kicks and enzuigiris than his armbars now. Plus, we've been hearing less about his destiny when given the chance to spek and now that his destiny has been fulfilled, I am confident that it's a thing in the past now. Ah okay thats fair enough he's added more kicks, I always thought that was the better part of his offensive. DAT enzuirgi after all. I'll be watching this Smackdown, my first in a long time, so hopefully I'll come around to Del Rio as well. It just surprised me to see this forum warmly receive the guy that was voted "Worst of 2012" here, win the World title. But hey everyone deserves second chances so I'll watch. 2012 was Alberto's worst year, definitely. Come back from injury, never-ending feud with Sheamus, lackluster feud with Orton... He relied on the same wash-rinse-repeat cycle every month. So I understand why people would vote him as Worst of 2012. But toward the end of the year, something changed. He's been getting good reactions in live events since turning face so something's definitely working! Hopefully this year will be better for him.
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Post by PTBartman on Jan 9, 2013 9:46:50 GMT -5
there has to be some reason they would do the change now Big Show wellnessed? Is pizza a PED? Big Show likes pizza. He's a dinosaur. Do you like pizza?
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Post by nonrev on Jan 9, 2013 10:04:35 GMT -5
Del Rio wins by the skin of his teeth at RR which leads to a Ziggler cash-in. Ziggler loses his first title defense at EC to Orton. Giving the title to Del Rio just so Ziggler doesn't cash in on Show or Sheamus seems really pointless if Dolph's just going to lose the tile in the EC. It hurts both Del Rio and Dolph* *especially Dolph
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Post by Sparvid on Jan 9, 2013 10:07:15 GMT -5
"We understand that Alberto Del Rio is gonna win their world title! Ha! That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 10:13:40 GMT -5
"We understand that Alberto Del Rio is gonna win their world title! Ha! That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh." OVER 600,000 PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE CHANNEL (only to realise that Smackdown wasn't actually airing until the following evening)
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Post by audiencewatching on Jan 9, 2013 10:56:08 GMT -5
Well thats the WHC made boring until Mania.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jan 9, 2013 10:59:35 GMT -5
"We understand that Alberto Del Rio is gonna win their world title! Ha! That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh." TNA NEVER BEAT WWE IN THE RATINGS AGAIN ...OR EVER DID IN THE FIRST PLACE
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 9, 2013 11:02:00 GMT -5
"We understand that Alberto Del Rio is gonna win their world title! Ha! That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh." OVER 600,000 PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE CHANNEL (only to realise that Smackdown wasn't actually airing until the following evening) they still didn't return, opting to watch reruns of Friends instead.
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Post by PTBartman on Jan 9, 2013 11:20:22 GMT -5
OVER 600,000 PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE CHANNEL (only to realise that Smackdown wasn't actually airing until the following evening) they still didn't return, opting to watch reruns of Friends Impractical Jokers instead. Fixed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 11:51:08 GMT -5
Sheamus beats Del Rio repeatedly.
Big Show beats Sheamus repeatedly.
Del Rio beats Big Show.
Oh wrestling...
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Post by Hellina Cell on Jan 9, 2013 12:55:29 GMT -5
Sheamus beats Del Rio repeatedly. Big Show beats Sheamus repeatedly. Del Rio beats Big Show. Oh wrestling... It's like the WWE's version of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 14:07:58 GMT -5
So how long was Big Show champ? Because I remember around the time he won the belt, reports came out that the WWE was looking to keep people champs for longer periods of time....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 14:13:27 GMT -5
So how long was Big Show champ? Because I remember around the time he won the belt, reports came out that the WWE was looking to keep people champs for longer periods of time.... Just over 3 months. In all fairness, there was only three World Heavyweight Champions all year (Bryan, Sheamus, Show) and, of course, only one WWE Champion (Punk).
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Post by Error on Jan 9, 2013 14:16:33 GMT -5
So how long was Big Show champ? Because I remember around the time he won the belt, reports came out that the WWE was looking to keep people champs for longer periods of time.... Got it at Hell in a Cell and lasted 72 days according to Wiki.
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Post by DragonMasterP on Jan 9, 2013 14:29:53 GMT -5
So, my question is this: Did Big Show's reign have any real point to it, or was he just a placeholder?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 9, 2013 14:36:18 GMT -5
Is Del Rio just providing a babyface for Dolph to cash in on or what?
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