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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jan 24, 2013 14:17:04 GMT -5
CM Punk
Though things are starting to come full circle with him
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 14:38:35 GMT -5
When Umaga debuted for the first six months or so I thought he was just another boring stereotypical monster heel.
Then he had that amazing last man standing match with Cena and I became a fan from that day forward.
I wanted to see a match between him and Undertaker at some point.
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Post by THRJamesAngelo on Jan 24, 2013 15:16:57 GMT -5
Mark Henry - To me, he was nothing special and nothing more than a mid carder. His Hall of Pain schtick happened, and completely won me over
Most recently, Del Rio. Very interested in where his face turn will go.
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Post by TGM on Jan 24, 2013 15:50:47 GMT -5
Batista. R-Truth. Mark Henry.
It's amazing what a well crafted heel turn can do for you.
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 24, 2013 15:55:31 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels is the ultimate example of this. From his turning on Marty Jannetty through all of his 90's run, I couldn't stand the guy. It came from partially being a Bret Hart guy and partially from not really liking Shawn's character, either as a good or bad guy. As time went on, the Montreal Incident happened and stories of Shawn's backstage manipulation came out, I utterly despised him. Even during the early years of his return, I couldn't accept that he was a changed man and continually wanted to see him lose. And then something just clicked, I want to say it was around 2004-2005, where I just realized that even though I spent over a decade hating this guy, he was one hell of a performer and was continually putting on the best matches of the night even at this late stage of his career. I learned to like the performer and put aside my hate for the man. Over time, I got to accepting and liking the man he had become and always looked forward to Shawn's matches, up until the end of his career. I still feel this twinge of hatred when I go back and watch his older matches, but I think his last run could have been a phenomenal career all on its own. I was the same way. I heard all of the backstage horror stories and I was a huge Bret Hart fan who thought Shawn was a punk, albeit a very talented one. But as you said, when it was clear by 04-05 that he was in it for the long haul and was putting young guys over, I dropped the bad feelings and now can simply enjoy him as perhaps the greatest performer ever.
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Post by 543Y2J on Jan 24, 2013 16:04:56 GMT -5
Same with me. I thought he was rather bland as the heel who kept talking about "destiny" and all that. I dunno whether it's my unapologetic love of faces or somethin', but ADR's current good guy run has won me over.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 24, 2013 16:13:13 GMT -5
Batista.
It was around 2008 that I finally started realising that if a wrestler is over, you push him, regardless of talent, and I stopped being as hung up on workrate.
And it was the Rumble that year where Batista stood toe to toe with Cena and Triple H and got just as good a fan reaction that made me realise that he was worth keeping around.
From that point on, terrible matches or no, I loved the big lug, just because the fans loved him. And then he turned heel, and it was the best thing to happen in YEARS.
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Post by kingbookermark on Jan 24, 2013 16:50:30 GMT -5
I would have to say: Cena, Miz, Big Show.
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Post by Captain2 on Jan 24, 2013 17:04:41 GMT -5
The Miz, I found him annoying up until he US title run.
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 24, 2013 17:10:47 GMT -5
Cody, before he became Dashing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 17:17:22 GMT -5
Going to go out of the usual area here and say I like Miz's face turn.
Though I've actually liked most of Miz's work since he went on from the HOORAH stuff. I might question the push he got towards the world title a while back but overall I think he's done quite well.
I also think his face turn is going to end up working out well, even though it's obviously off to a rocky start.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 17:25:13 GMT -5
Cody, before he became Dashing. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashing CODYRHODES
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Post by The Great El' PANDA King on Jan 24, 2013 20:48:34 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan.
People were annoyingly overrating him when he first appeared in the WWE and thought it was ridiculous that The Miz, an established star and a much better talker on the mic, was his teacher on NXT. He was bland, vanilla on the mic, and while his matches were good, it's not like he deserved to be treated by some people like he deserved better.
Then he improved drastically on the mic, became one of the most charismatic people in the company, and is very deserving of all the praise he gets.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jan 24, 2013 21:13:32 GMT -5
Tully Blanchard and Jerry Lawler. I hated them for their heel tactics, especially Lawler for cheating his way to victory at Superclash III over my all-time favorite Kerry Von Erich. It wasn't until I got older that I fully appreciated their roles as heels.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 24, 2013 21:17:40 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes. I hated his WWF work (plus when I first started watching wrestling, he was feuding with Savage and DiBiase, my two favorites at the time), then I went back and watched his old NWA stuff and became impressed.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 24, 2013 21:20:15 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan. People were annoyingly overrating him when he first appeared in the WWE and thought it was ridiculous that The Miz, an established star and a much better talker on the mic, was his teacher on NXT. He was bland, vanilla on the mic, and while his matches were good, it's not like he deserved to be treated by some people like he deserved better. Then he improved drastically on the mic, became one of the most charismatic people in the company, and is very deserving of all the praise he gets. Same, I remember being so "Why is this guy so popular?" when Daniel Bryan first started out, but he's really made me a fan. Also, CM Punk but I'm still on the fence with his heel stuff.
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Post by mizerable on Jan 24, 2013 21:23:07 GMT -5
Bradshaw
He spent the majority of his time in WWE doing that stupid Stone Cold ripoff act. Whether it was the Blackjacks, Justin Hawk, the Ministry, APA, his quick singles run as Hardcore champion...he flat out sucked. I didn't know why WWE kept pushing this guy when it was clear that he displayed little to no charisma when on the mic and his character was well beyond stale by 2004. His APA reunion was okay...I'll admit that I was glad they decided to ax his single's run...and I figured sooner or later, he and Simmons would both just retire. So I was pissed when Heyman fired Simmons, meaning that Bradshaw was going to become some stupid Heyman lackey, who pretty much would be the same character as before...just cocky.
Boy, was I wrong...and I was wrong very quick.
A complete 180 in character...I mean never...and I mean NEVER have I turned over a new leaf over a single promo than when JBL debuted and cut a promo on Smackdown. Why in God's name, did they never utilize this untapped potential before? He never in his entire career displayed the kind of mic talent that he did right there...and he was a complete and total pro at it. My jaw just about hit the ground when that happened. I knew right then and there that he would be a main eventer in no time. And while he did have a few rough patches in his title run (I think more of it had to do with the fact that I hadn't been used to a longterm WWE champion like that in about 10 years), as a whole...it was a lot of fun and one of the better reigns over the last decade.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 24, 2013 21:42:14 GMT -5
Cena.
One Night Stand 2 made me a huge fan. Seemed to thrive on the environment made him a huge deal in my eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 21:50:18 GMT -5
Ryback.
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Post by celticjobber on Jan 24, 2013 21:57:06 GMT -5
John Cena for sure. I warmed up to his in-ring work around the time of his feud with CM Punk last year. But he still annoys me with his jokey promos (like on this week's RAW).
Mark Henry, I never liked him and I thought WWE should have released him years ago. Then he went on his awesome, monster heel run.
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