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Post by kamero00 on Aug 20, 2013 0:14:02 GMT -5
If the WWE just ran a few of the comedy bits the P2P have on the WWE youtube channel, they would be over. Those guys are hilarious.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 0:19:34 GMT -5
D-Young was over!
At first I thought that Zeb was going to rant about DYoung being gay, luckily he stayed PC and called out those wacky illegals!
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 20, 2013 0:20:44 GMT -5
It was weird seeing Titus play the helpless face in peril, but it was nice to see the PTP get a win.
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Post by britishbulldog on Aug 20, 2013 0:21:03 GMT -5
I found it interesting that people thought WWE would handle this badly. Hell how long has Patterson been out and employed? In many ways wrestling has always been far a head of the curve with things like this.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 20, 2013 0:24:53 GMT -5
I still think he's a bad wrestler. I still can right? You can, but you might get verbally beat up for it or looked down on by the "right side of history" types that are going to say that you're not helping the cause...
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Post by Lancers on Aug 20, 2013 0:27:51 GMT -5
D-Young was over! At first I thought that Zeb was going to rant about DYoung being gay, luckily he stayed PC and called out those wacky illegals! Writer #1: "Should Zeb say anything regarding Darren Young coming out?" Writer #2: "Nah, too sensitive of a topic. Let's have him stick with complaining about Mexicans." RVD: "HEY! As a defender and hero of the Latino community, I will not stand for this." Writer #1: "Hey Rob. Do I hear "The Big Lebowski" being played in the other room?" RVD: "WHICH ROOM?" *RVD does a rolling thunder out the writers room*
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 0:40:00 GMT -5
I liked how they handled it tonight, didn't bring it up and just made them suddenly faces like they should be anyway. I just pray it's not fuel for a Colter promo next week.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 0:43:03 GMT -5
I liked how they handled it tonight, didn't bring it up and just made them suddenly faces like they should be anyway. I just pray it's not fuel for a Colter promo next week. If it is, they should (and no, I'm not serious as you can't do this these days) have Darren turn the tables on them, saying, "You got an old man with a big mustache talking about all them evil Mexicanos, surrounded by a giant who used to roll around on mats with other men and a hairy European guy who tapes his thighs and salutes all the time. And I'm the gay one?"
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Post by mizerable on Aug 20, 2013 0:47:01 GMT -5
It was weird seeing Titus play the helpless face in peril, but it was nice to see the PTP get a win. It should definitely be the other way around. It's like when Morrison played Morton so Miz would look strong. I don't mind the big guy-little guy aspect, but I think Young is far more sympathetic as an underdog. I still would love to see them as tag team champions.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 20, 2013 9:08:29 GMT -5
Even without D-Young coming out, I don't think The Prime Time Players would have been heel much longer anyway. End of the year at the latest.
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Post by Malenkinky on Aug 20, 2013 9:13:15 GMT -5
Good to see PTP as faces, they seem pretty natural in that role. Hopefully they actually get mic time soon explaining the turn rather than just handwaving it with 'one of them got us some good publicity'.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 9:17:25 GMT -5
I think PTP will be number one contenders for Night of Champions.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 9:47:14 GMT -5
All I can say is that was probably the best I've ever seen Darren Young performed. He looked like a beast that night and brought so much energy you just couldn't help but to cheer for the guy. I wish he shows that same energy and passion from now on and all of his matches. Or any babyface midcard. Energy is contagious, it helped Daniel Bryan become the most over guy in the WWE as it did with his indy days.
But damn that Gut Check looked brutal. Kudo's to Antonio selling it but damn it looked strong. I'm glad on how WWE handled it and the crowd to react nicely. I think I did hear some chants being quietly muted from TV, if so what were they saying?
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Post by PKO on Aug 20, 2013 9:56:44 GMT -5
I've been a fan of Darren in the ring since his match with Cena when he got kicked out of Nexus, so I was happy to see him make it a win (copyright Titus O'Neil) last night!!
He also had a great babyface fire, so I hope the PTP are faces from this point on.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 20, 2013 10:27:10 GMT -5
They handled it well. They put him over while not referring to his sexuality. This is a team that should have been pushed further anyway, regardless of whether Darren Young came out or not. They are very entertaining and they are getting over.
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Post by Mesousa287793 on Aug 20, 2013 11:03:08 GMT -5
Just the fact that they didn't exploit it was the best course of action, and they actually went with that.
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Post by amaron on Aug 20, 2013 11:14:09 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is even a little bit bothered by the fact that it appears the PTP push is going to be because TY came out and it's good publicity?
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Post by azrael502 on Aug 20, 2013 12:34:08 GMT -5
well he's sorted now he needs to be very good friends with vince and bam job for life
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Post by Dave the Dave on Aug 20, 2013 12:36:06 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is even a little bit bothered by the fact that it appears the PTP push is going to be because TY came out and it's good publicity? I'd be more bothered if it didn't feel like a long time coming. They should have been faces a while ago. It was actually nice to see what Darren could do. it's definitely exploiting the situation though.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 20, 2013 12:48:06 GMT -5
It was weird seeing Titus play the helpless face in peril, but it was nice to see the PTP get a win. It should definitely be the other way around. It's like when Morrison played Morton so Miz would look strong. I don't mind the big guy-little guy aspect, but I think Young is far more sympathetic as an underdog. I still would love to see them as tag team champions. For the first televised match since the news broke, they did the right thing. Putting them out there and having Young be the one victimized throughout the entire match might have had people questioning whether or not he was quietly being punished and booked to look bad. This was the moment they had to put him out there and show he was just as good/equal as anyone else on the roster, and they handled it well. There'll be plenty of opportunities as time goes on for him to be the tag partner in peril.
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