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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 9:07:49 GMT -5
It's weird how we're known for cheering only heels, yet one face turn has redeemed a man for all of us. And we voted him worst superstar of 2012 to boot
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 9:08:33 GMT -5
All the Spanish-speaking fans are now solidly behind a guy whose character is supposed to be a rich, racist Criollo.
...anyone see the irony in this?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 24, 2013 9:30:23 GMT -5
All the Spanish-speaking fans are now solidly behind a guy whose character is supposed to be a rich, racist Criollo. ...anyone see the irony in this? People cheered for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase after he turned face. Besides would the vato, Hunico, be a better choice?
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Jan 24, 2013 9:36:23 GMT -5
It's pretty obvious that they want him to be the next big Latino star. Then why hire El Generico? to be El Hijo de Gran Luchador?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 10:22:22 GMT -5
All the Spanish-speaking fans are now solidly behind a guy whose character is supposed to be a rich, racist Criollo. ...anyone see the irony in this? People cheered for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase after he turned face. Besides would the vato, Hunico, be a better choice? Haha, that's an excellent point. Though Anglophone Americans are more renowned for their reverence for rich and powerful people (Rockefellers and the Gilded Age) so it's not like his gimmick was treated as that bad. Not to mention that when he turned he had been around for a long time and people had grown accustomed to him and he had the traditional villain decay going on. Del Rio's only been around for a brief time, and only as a heel, and as soon as he turns face he wins over an entire demographic. Sure, he makes a lot more sense than a guy whose whole character is based around being ghetto, but would something in the middle have been so bad? If they had kept Primo face after Carlito or not ruined Chavo Guerrero they could've pulled something decent out of either of them since they're pretty much regular guys. Who makes a better "man of the people" than a man who is one of "the people?" And they wouldn't even have had to ruin their main event for two years just to do it!
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Post by Trout Stratus on Jan 24, 2013 10:38:24 GMT -5
I had to read that article listening to ADRs music. It adds so much, I wonder if it was written to it
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Post by 543Y2J on Jan 24, 2013 10:49:43 GMT -5
I hated heel Del Rio, but love! face Del Rio
I have a theory that its because he is so goofy and expressive with his facial expressions that I couldn't take him sirously as a heel, but now as a face it just works...I don't know why. I also love how he has added the moonsault, hurricanrana etc to his move set
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jan 24, 2013 12:58:43 GMT -5
All the Spanish-speaking fans are now solidly behind a guy whose character is supposed to be a rich, racist Criollo. ...anyone see the irony in this? People cheered for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase after he turned face. Besides would the vato, Hunico, be a better choice? Exactly...by the way, where the heck is Hunico??
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 24, 2013 13:33:57 GMT -5
People cheered for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase after he turned face. Besides would the vato, Hunico, be a better choice? Exactly...by the way, where the heck is Hunico?? Real: injured. Kayfabe: stuck behind the Mexican border.
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Post by ayumidah on Jan 24, 2013 13:34:45 GMT -5
Hunico's still injured, isn't he?
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Jan 24, 2013 13:54:44 GMT -5
Well they're sure as hell getting Show to push him as that.
"You people think that Alberto........a LATINO.......can beat me, just because he's your new HERO, LATINO LATINO HERO"
Also I thought it was funny in that first speech like that when Show said "No Latino can beat me, no Irish can beat me, no Viper can beat me" or whatever.......A bit off colour, right? The prefered term these days is Viperidian-Americans
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Post by BigWill on Jan 24, 2013 14:00:03 GMT -5
Hunico's still injured, isn't he? I could have sworn that I heard he's been wrestling in NXT for a while now.
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Post by cahuette on Jan 24, 2013 14:02:07 GMT -5
I feel weird for liking him better before his turn, even if he got stale, I kinda hate gimmicks being "he's from this country", feels very cheap to me "I'm the rad russian, I'll crush some capitalist skulls!" "Orale vato mi rassa!" "I'm japanese so obviously I only speak japanese".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 14:05:41 GMT -5
I feel weird for liking him better before his turn, even if he got stale, I kinda hate gimmicks being "he's from this country", feels very cheap to me "I'm the rad russian, I'll crush some capitalist skulls!" "Orale vato mi rassa!" "I'm japanese so obviously I only speak japanese".Kendo Nagasaki is on his way to your home to wrestle you in a steel cage bout for targeting him in the above post.
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 24, 2013 14:37:37 GMT -5
I'm the rad russian, I'll crush some capitalist skulls! Hey! If you don't appreciate everything Nikita Koloff did to mend USSR/USA relations by teaming with The American Dream Dusty Rhodes, you can gittttt out!
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Post by 543Y2J on Jan 24, 2013 14:51:05 GMT -5
Hunico's still injured, isn't he? I could have sworn that I heard he's been wrestling in NXT for a while now. If thats the case I want him back on the main roster. He should have been given Sin Cara's position on the card and push, its incredible how well he managed to incorporate his style into what the WWE wants. One of the most underrated workers on the roster, one of their best technicians and can fly when needs be. They just need to change the gimmick (see video below) If this video showed anything I feel he would be great with a tag team with Mysterio, again instead of Cara. He has that much respect for the lucha style and so much talent that I have no idea why they went with a stereotype gimmick. It makes no sense to me
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jan 24, 2013 18:10:11 GMT -5
Mysterio is the most boring, one dimensional mid-card/main event wrestler in the history of the WWE, Sin Cara has flopped badly so.. yeah. Who else ya gonna call? Face Del Rio is awesome.
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Post by ayumidah on Jan 25, 2013 3:50:31 GMT -5
Hunico's still injured, isn't he? I could have sworn that I heard he's been wrestling in NXT for a while now. Hm. I admit I'm a little hit-and-miss on following NXT results, but I haven't seen his name mentioned. Have seen Camacho's more lately.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jan 25, 2013 4:14:32 GMT -5
I'm guessing Mysterio will retire fairly soon, so Del Rio will pretty much replace him. I do like his new face moveset.
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Post by YiHammer on Jan 25, 2013 13:28:05 GMT -5
Mysterio is the most boring, one dimensional mid-card/main event wrestler in the history of the WWE, Sin Cara has flopped badly so.. yeah. Who else ya gonna call? Face Del Rio is awesome. I love the revisionist history people have regarding Rey throughout the years
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