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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 23:35:02 GMT -5
I look forward to every time he has a mic.
He's already done some pretty bad mic work, but nothing really funny yet. I KNOW it is just a matter of time though.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Aug 28, 2013 2:37:54 GMT -5
I have always like his in ring work. He is not his father, but I don't think we should expect that from him or anyone. We shouldn't, so it would help if he wasn't brought up constantly.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 28, 2013 2:41:00 GMT -5
I have always like his in ring work. He is not his father, but I don't think we should expect that from him or anyone. We shouldn't, so it would help if he wasn't brought up constantly. I agree. As ridiculous as Michael McGillicutty sounded, it allowed him to forge his own identity. Renaming him after his father and grandfather, and giving him a remix of his dad's music does nothing to get him out of his father's shadow.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 28, 2013 2:46:22 GMT -5
I look forward to every time he has a mic. He's already done some pretty bad mic work, but nothing really funny yet. I KNOW it is just a matter of time though. As Axel, he hasn't, but his Genesis promo is seriously some of the most ludicrously bad promo work of the modern era. I want WWE to hire Shark Boy, just so Axel can tell him that this isn't a swimming pool, no matter how much he wants it to be.
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Post by celticjobber on Aug 28, 2013 2:54:00 GMT -5
You make it sound like he's a cancerous growth or something... It's not like he's Bo Dallas.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Aug 28, 2013 3:47:33 GMT -5
He's great at being what he's supposed to be. A reasonably competent, not-too-smart goon for Heyman.
Not everybody gets to be cool. Gotta respect guys playing the role Axel plays.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Aug 28, 2013 5:27:26 GMT -5
I've marked for Axel since his Genesis (tm) and I'm glad to see he's winning over some of the doubters.
I think some fans are way too harsh on the guy, like they want his two laughable promos from NXT to be career-killing Shockmaster moments from which he can never recover -- an odd phenomenon, considering the outrage over Bray Wyatt getting a "Husky Harris" chant. I think any performer deserves a chance to rise above a crap name and/or gimmick, doubly so when they're as solid in the ring as Hennig. It's one thing to find the guy uninteresting, but if you honestly think he's a bad wrestler, you're letting the McGillimeme cut too deep.
It's unlikely he'll be a top tier main eventer with the roster as stacked as it is, but he doesn't need to be. He makes a great upper-midcard heel, and if we had a proper secondary singles title instead of the overcrowding problem with the IC, US and WHC straps, I think he'd do it justice.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Aug 28, 2013 5:36:06 GMT -5
I think some fans are way too harsh on the guy, like they want his two laughable promos from NXT to be career-killing Shockmaster moments from which he can never recover -- an odd phenomenon, considering the outrage over Bray Wyatt getting a "Husky Harris" chant. Actually, that comparison is a good indication of exactly why Axel gets so mocked around these parts. Husky/Bray was saddled with a crap name and a "gimmick" that consisted of jokes about him being fat, and put in competent work anyway. McGillcutty/Axel also got a crap name, but that's not what people laugh at him about; it's the time he was given a live mic on an unscripted show and allowed to go to town, and the best he could come up with was to declare his conflict over whether to spank or breastfeed Kaval. Axel hoisted himself by his own petard, while Wyatt was a victim of circumstance.
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