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Post by fortknox on Sept 2, 2013 21:48:13 GMT -5
That promo was good until you really think about.
I mean Dusty in polka dots was fun and suited his personality. And Dustin as Goldust was far more over and memorable then he was as The Natural.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Sept 2, 2013 21:50:35 GMT -5
It worked for the angle they're trying to sell, but yeah, Cody's talked in interviews about how awesome he thinks the Goldust gimmick is, so this "shoot" has as much reality to it as most of them.
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Post by hossfan on Sept 2, 2013 22:09:08 GMT -5
You can rationalize it though by saying Cody believes Vince was trying to make his father and brother look like fools, but they were so talented they rose above the gimmicks that were meant to bury them.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 2, 2013 22:17:25 GMT -5
It should also be noted that, while while both Rhodes's the gimmicks in question, a number of smarks believe the gimmicks were meant to "bury" them, especially in Dusty's case. Whether it made sense or not, Cody sold the hell out of it. I always new he was good on the mic, but I think i can honestly say he is among the company's top ten. Or was, anyway.  |
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Post by mizerable on Sept 2, 2013 22:19:04 GMT -5
There will be a lot of that on his honeymoon.
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Post by BigWill on Sept 2, 2013 22:20:56 GMT -5
It's fine as long as you don't try to assume that every emotional promo is a shoot.
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Post by Sektor on Sept 2, 2013 22:30:48 GMT -5
It's fine as long as you don't try to assume that every emotional promo is a shoot. Seems to be a lot of that going around lately. |
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 2, 2013 22:32:06 GMT -5
It was a good little segment and I hope he gains from it when he returns.
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Post by mattperiolat on Sept 3, 2013 0:34:52 GMT -5
Cody's "shoot" actually reminded me of when Dustin was The American Nightmare after Seven was aborted in WCW. If they try that when Cody comes back, I'm hip to that.
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Post by nickcave on Sept 3, 2013 0:49:42 GMT -5
I think calling every serious wrestling promo a "shoot" now is dumb, this was obviously Cody the character speaking and not Cody the man.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Sept 3, 2013 0:51:15 GMT -5
I thought it was awesome. Stuff like that is what sets guys apart from the pack and makes the audience care about them. They should throw him a mic and let him cut loose on promos more often.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 0:56:54 GMT -5
I think it's kind of interesting how it's becoming canon in WWE that a lot of wrestlers weren't actually doing what they wanted to be doing. The fact that in kayfabe Goldust and Polka-Dusty were both just being company men in dressing and acting that way. That's not meant to be a slam or anything, I just find it interesting how kayfabe and reality have come together to form some new form of kayfabe. Do we call it kayshoot or shootfabe.
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Post by percymania on Sept 3, 2013 0:57:33 GMT -5
It wasn't anything I haven't heard before in non-shoot form.
Didn't Dustin come up with the Goldust gimmick though?
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 3, 2013 1:32:41 GMT -5
Didn't Dustin come up with the Goldust gimmick though? Nope, once he got rolling with it Dustin really took control of it, but it was all Vince's idea. Dustin has told the story of Vince pitching with great excitement the idea of an 'androgynous' character, and Dustin admits he had no idea what that word meant and immediately consulted a dictionary after their meeting. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 7:49:43 GMT -5
There are no decent "HHH fires people and they rant" shoots in this giant egotastic angle until someone says "Well, I guess it's off to TNA with me....." ;D
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Post by Essential1 on Sept 3, 2013 22:59:15 GMT -5
Well, Goldust will always get bashed on TV which is ludicrous considering it is one of the greatest characters of all time.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Sept 3, 2013 23:02:40 GMT -5
I can buy his onscreen character hating what was done with his brother, it makes perfect sense both for his current and past heel personas. That was a darn great pipebomb by Cody. Weird that we've gotten two in a row. Now I'm going to wonder if someone else drops one next week.
And since Edge returns next week.......
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Post by celticjobber on Sept 3, 2013 23:10:14 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Dusty himself has said that the polka dot outfits and dumb promo videos (like the "doo doo is good for you!" one) were meant by Vince McMahon to embarrass him. But he made it work and got it over.
And as far as worked-shoot promos go, it was like a million times better than the AJ Styles disaster on Impact last week.
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Post by Marvelis on Sept 3, 2013 23:21:32 GMT -5
I don't think it was a shoot, I just think it was, you know, the character talking. Nonetheless, it was a great promo and Cody did an amazing job at delivering it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 0:47:36 GMT -5
There are no decent "HHH fires people and they rant" shoots in this giant egotastic angle until someone says "Well, I guess it's off to TNA with me....." ;D Could definitely see them being cute and having someone say "I think I'm gonna go make an impact somwhere else" with an aside glance. |
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