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Post by A damn road sign on Sept 16, 2013 14:50:36 GMT -5
Will they be on Twitter now blaming everything on Bill DeMott?
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Sept 16, 2013 14:54:38 GMT -5
Guess it wasn't Vader Jr time. I dunno, Carter had a good look, but I feel they'd probably have been more inclined to push him if he looked more like Vader. I mean, you tell a casual fan he's Vader's son, they probably wouldn't believe you. And I realise Cody doesn't look that much like Dusty physique wise either, but facially he does. Carter still had some use, even if he didn't look all that much like his father. He may not have been as big as Vader, but Carter has some size to him; he's like 6'3 (or maybe 6'4) and 250 lbs. Even without Vader's immense size, Carter could've still probably been pushed as a hard hitting explosive guy who can just bum rush the f*** out of people, no different from an Alex Riley or a Roman Reigns. Add his whole cocky pretty boy demeanor to it, and you'd have a pretty great character to work with. Oh, I know. I was actually a fan of the dude, I was just saying, with WWE being as lazy as they are, they'd probably be more inclined to push him if they could just put him in a mask and a singlet and say "YEP, VADER JR! DONE HERE!" rather than have them actually explain it via commentary or vignettes. Totally wasted potential. |
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Post by Talent Name on Sept 16, 2013 14:59:03 GMT -5
Honestly when was the last time Jake Carter even was on NXT, I only know of him because of his tag team with Corey Graves
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 16, 2013 15:01:02 GMT -5
Honestly when was the last time Jake Carter even was on NXT, I only know of him because of his tag team with Corey Graves Sadly, they were only utilizing him as a Kane/Primo jobber.  |
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Sept 16, 2013 15:25:12 GMT -5
Really sad to hear about Carter. Can't say I agree with that particular cut.
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Sept 16, 2013 15:52:11 GMT -5
Really sad to hear about Carter. Can't say I agree with that particular cut. Well, you can't say you agree because you have no idea why he was cut. For all we know, he's the dumbest person in the world, can't take direction and is a dick to everyone backstage. We have no idea. |
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 16, 2013 15:56:41 GMT -5
Really sad to hear about Carter. Can't say I agree with that particular cut. Well, you can't say you agree because you have no idea why he was cut. For all we know, he's the dumbest person in the world, can't take direction and is a dick to everyone backstage. We have no idea. How weirdly aggressive of you. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 16, 2013 15:58:33 GMT -5
WWE needs to stop wasting people's potential. I was honestly looking more forward to Carter's called up than I was any of the regularly talked about "hot prospects" like the Wyatt Family, <insert big name indy star here>, or any of the guys who competed on the original NXT.
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Post by Square on Sept 16, 2013 16:11:46 GMT -5
Vader Jrn will have some love in Japan, I'm sure of it
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 17:00:57 GMT -5
Vader Jrn will have some love in Japan, I'm sure of it Didn't Vader already get him some training in Japan before he signed with the E? |
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Post by Square on Sept 16, 2013 17:09:24 GMT -5
Vader Jrn will have some love in Japan, I'm sure of it Didn't Vader already get him some training in Japan before he signed with the E? I think he did a tour. Much like Ted Dibase Jr did. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 16, 2013 17:53:22 GMT -5
I wanted Alex Riley to team with Jake Carter thinking that he was teaming with The Miz again... "No, Jake Carter was a CHARACTER Miz played. I'm a different guy. Honest." Honestly a Carter/A-Ry pairing could've worked. A team of two big, quick athletic smash-mouth bruiser/high flier hybrids would've owned the tag division. |
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Post by Chip on Sept 16, 2013 18:03:49 GMT -5
Wow, Ward got cut FAST. I have to wonder if there's more to that then we could guess.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Sept 16, 2013 18:05:18 GMT -5
I wanted Alex Riley to team with Jake Carter thinking that he was teaming with The Miz again... "No, Jake Carter was a CHARACTER Miz played. I'm a different guy. Honest." Honestly a Carter/A-Ry pairing could've worked. A team of two big, quick athletic smash-mouth bruiser/high flier hybrids would've owned the tag division. Carter and Miz doing twin magic would've been more entertaining. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 16, 2013 18:09:13 GMT -5
Honestly a Carter/A-Ry pairing could've worked. A team of two big, quick athletic smash-mouth bruiser/high flier hybrids would've owned the tag division. Carter and Miz doing twin magic would've been more entertaining. You're right. Although Carter is bigger than Miz and has a tattoo on his shoulder, it would be funny if no one acknowledged those differences. |
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Sept 16, 2013 18:19:04 GMT -5
Well, you can't say you agree because you have no idea why he was cut. For all we know, he's the dumbest person in the world, can't take direction and is a dick to everyone backstage. We have no idea. How weirdly aggressive of you. Haha wait, me?? People are always quick to judge firings as if Vince McMahon, HHH, or somebody else just carelessly pulled the plug on talent. I'm the guy coming from a non-biased perspective here, folks. We simply don't know anything what's happened. I used that example for Carter because he's been there a long time. So maybe he's just way too slow on the uptake for notes, criticism, ring work, etc. But who knows? Bottom line, it's weird to judge WWE for their firing decisions when, shockingly enough, it's typically the talent to blame anyhow. (PS: In before "HHH, is that you?") People in this thread are talking about characters they could have been given, new gimmicks, etc. But what difference does it make if the talent simply isn't good enough? Or can't listen? Or doesn't have a good attitude? Or isn't safe in the ring? A thousand different reasons why. |
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Sept 16, 2013 18:43:28 GMT -5
Carter and Miz doing twin magic would've been more entertaining. You're right. Although Carter is bigger than Miz and has a tattoo on his shoulder, it would be funny if no one acknowledged those differences. They'd be fine, if the ref's don't notice the difference in size between the Bella tits, then I think Marter (Ciz?) would be fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 18:50:03 GMT -5
This does seem to fit in line with the "fire the bottom three prospects" idea they have now. I can't really say I'm upset by any of these. Kinda confused by the Carter release but they weren't really using him and NXT is packed with talent so it's no big loss in the long run.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Sept 16, 2013 19:04:06 GMT -5
I thought Carter had potential, but he seems like someone who could really use a run in the indies, maybe a tour of Japan. If he sticks with the business I wouldn't be surprised if the WWE re-signed him in a few years.
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Post by The Man That Sanity Forgot on Sept 16, 2013 19:07:18 GMT -5
Jeez, Luther Ward and Malik Omari got cut quick. Malik Omari I could understand but Ward seemed to have something about him, so I can only imagine there's something behind that. Jake Carter, I'm not surprised about, that was a long time coming.
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