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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2013 8:30:31 GMT -5
Yeah. At best he's a cackling side kick of a mid level star. The fact that WWE thought Heyman/Axel v Punk would be anything other than a complete boondoggle is indicative of a larger problem backstage.
At this point, he is just a blank CAW holding the IC title.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2013 11:13:34 GMT -5
Looks like the genesis of McGillicutty has failed... Now that you mention it he was at the point of Sega CD with that promo. I mean, he's been through Saturn and is into the latter days of the Dreamcast, whilst he DOES have the ability at times to work and pull out surprisingly good matches, his lack of ability to work effectively with most guys, along with his lack of extra features (no DVD player? VMU squealing promo noise when it runs out of battery) is putting him in an early career grave. He COULD have been good but a mixture of circumstance, expectation, and a simple lack of ability to change with the times has SEGA'd McGillicurtis. Well, I say early career, the guy's 33 and has no inherently great abilities. Several of his organs will go to a better person under the guise of Sonic Team, sadly nothing of quality will come of that either.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2013 11:37:41 GMT -5
I love how he rolled out Heyman in wheelchair last Monday, and then like a complete local indy guy paid 100$ for the night HE WALKED TO THE BACK?
I guess the IC champ isn't worth staying on the stage while his crew is doing a promo.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 23, 2013 11:42:38 GMT -5
I can think of so many people who would make better IC Champs than Axel.
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Post by Injustice45 on Sept 23, 2013 11:48:36 GMT -5
Looks like the genesis of McGillicutty has failed... Now that you mention it he was at the point of Sega CD with that promo. I mean, he's been through Saturn and is into the latter days of the Dreamcast, whilst he DOES have the ability at times to work and pull out surprisingly good matches, his lack of ability to work effectively with most guys, along with his lack of extra features (no DVD player? VMU squealing promo noise when it runs out of battery) is putting him in an early career grave. He COULD have been good but a mixture of circumstance, expectation, and a simple lack of ability to change with the times has SEGA'd McGillicurtis. Well, I say early career, the guy's 33 and has no inherently great abilities. Several of his organs will go to a better person under the guise of Sonic Team, sadly nothing of quality will come of that either. I see what you did there... Curtis should have realized that if the genesis of McGillicutty has failed, he should have used the Mega Drive as a backup plan.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 23, 2013 13:16:45 GMT -5
I think it speaks volumes about Paul Heyman's promo skills that people thought Curtis Axel was going to be WWE Champion.
That was never the idea from the start, let's face it. You believed it because Paul Heyman made you believe it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2013 13:21:53 GMT -5
I think it speaks volumes about Paul Heyman's promo skills that people thought Curtis Axel was going to be WWE Champion. That was never the idea from the start, let's face it. You believed it because Paul Heyman made you believe it. I don't think anyone in their right mind could ever consider that outside of WWE 13/14s Universe Mode. Maybe 5 years ago when there was room for development of a character and/or talent. Not this year, not in anyone's brain cabinet of a mind.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 23, 2013 13:28:54 GMT -5
I think it speaks volumes about Paul Heyman's promo skills that people thought Curtis Axel was going to be WWE Champion. That was never the idea from the start, let's face it. You believed it because Paul Heyman made you believe it. I don't think anyone in their right mind could ever consider that outside of WWE 13/14s Universe Mode. Maybe 5 years ago when there was room for development of a character and/or talent. Not this year, not in anyone's brain cabinet of a mind. Unless I'm mis-reading what the OP meant, his post was basically ranting about how they screwed up Axel by making him IC Champ instead of WWE Champ. But yeah, maybe WWE Champ is pushing it, but judging from most reactions after his debut, people thought Axel was getting a huge push. My theory has always been that they needed someone, ANYONE, to be out there for Heyman to manage since CM Punk was taking a break, and now they can't get rid of the guy.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Sept 23, 2013 16:56:29 GMT -5
Random observation but I think Axel would do well with the old Dusty Rhodes working class gimmick. He just has that look. If Paul Heyman starts dancing around like sweet Sapphire, it might have a chance of working.
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