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Post by buttersock on Sept 28, 2013 5:31:01 GMT -5
If this happened in Chikara, the fans would be praising it. It fact, it did remind me of the Osirian Portal.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2013 5:38:08 GMT -5
This segment > anything ADR has done in his whole career.
And people say how Santino doesn't deserve to be WHC.
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Post by CM Parish on Sept 28, 2013 6:18:53 GMT -5
I watched it alone, thank God. That's the sort of humiliating, childish bullshit that people who don't like wrestling walk in on, and they look at me like I'm mentally ill for watching it. Horrible, stupid segment, and the crowd didn't get into it one bit. Well, aren't you a treat.
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Post by Freddy BooJangles on Sept 28, 2013 8:36:56 GMT -5
Loved it. I like a nice twist of wackiness in my wrestling. Wrestling should be fun.
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Post by Snowman on Sept 28, 2013 8:45:19 GMT -5
It was truly amazing. Wwe has been missing wacky shit lately so this was a welcome surprise
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 28, 2013 8:48:42 GMT -5
It fell flat with the crowd, but I thought it was hilarious.
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Post by Viking Snad on Sept 28, 2013 9:04:24 GMT -5
The overdubbed music kinda killed it, but ... I guess I didn't expect Khali or Jinder to be able to play a flute. No harm, I laughed a little, the idea doesn't deserve to be taken through the mud.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2013 9:14:37 GMT -5
It fell flat with the crowd, but I thought it was hilarious. It was a match between the WWE's Terrible Trio and a group of misfits, neither of which would factor into the "Good for Business" plot going on right now, so that's probably why the crowd wasn't into it. To me, it can be described as "dumb as hell", but I'd rather have dueling flutes over somebody's head getting busted open any day. Much easier to explain, as well. All in all, I liked it.
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Post by BigWill on Sept 28, 2013 9:30:30 GMT -5
It's stuff like this that makes me think that Smackdown is slowly turning into a non-canon show like Superstars.
The segments will get more and more ridiculous and nonsensical that eventually on Raw they'll start acting like nothing on the previous Smackdown actually happened.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Sept 28, 2013 12:13:24 GMT -5
Very lame. Im all for some comedy in wrestling when done right but stuff like this, Hornswoggle's universe and R-Truth exploding really take me out of the show.
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Post by bob on Sept 28, 2013 12:17:26 GMT -5
Hands down the dumbest thing on WWE in quite some time. And a bit racist too.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Sept 28, 2013 12:57:00 GMT -5
If this happened in Chikara, the fans would be praising it. It fact, it did remind me of the Osirian Portal. I agree with this -- not because it'd be a double standard, but because if Chikara did it, I'd probably find it legitimately funny. The delivery of a joke is just as important as the joke itself, and if you're trying to spoof the trope, a good way to start would be not having guys of Indian descent do the spot, given pro wrestling's long history of presenting ethnic caricatures. It's a lesson the WWE should have learned from the Mexicools, who originally debuted as a heel parody of Mexican stereotypes, but soon came to be perceived as embodying the stereotypes themselves. I can't always qualify why I enjoy some wacky comedy bits and not others (loved Muppet Raw, loved "ADR kills Santa", hated nearly everything Hornswoggle has ever done) but this one definitely missed the mark.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Sept 28, 2013 13:37:22 GMT -5
I found it hilarious because of how past insane it went. Like, Jinder having a flute to charm the cobra? Got a chuckle out of me. Khali pulling out his own flute and immediately countering with his own song? Hilarious. Is Khali the goddamn Batman? Does he bring a flute with him every time he wrestles with Santino just in case the opposite team tries to charm the cobra? Is that something he has always been preparing for? IS KHALI SECRETLY A GENIUS WRESTLER?
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 28, 2013 13:48:52 GMT -5
See, I have no problem with this. The Cobra is an absurd move to begin with that kills the credibility of any guy that gets beat by it. If you're gonna be a cartoon, go all the way with it and be a f***ing cartoon!!!
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 28, 2013 13:53:28 GMT -5
See, I have no problem with this. The Cobra is an absurd move to begin with that kills the credibility of any guy that gets beat by it. If you're gonna be a cartoon, go all the way with it and be a f***ing cartoon!!! Ignoring the theatrics and the sock puppet, a striking jab to a nerve, the juggular or the throat is absurd?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Sept 28, 2013 13:56:07 GMT -5
I found it hilarious because of how past insane it went. Like, Jinder having a flute to charm the cobra? Got a chuckle out of me. Khali pulling out his own flute and immediately countering with his own song? Hilarious. Is Khali the goddamn Batman? Does he bring a flute with him every time he wrestles with Santino just in case the opposite team tries to charm the cobra? Is that something he has always been preparing for? IS KHALI SECRETLY A GENIUS WRESTLER? There was an issue of Avengers where it's revealed Hawkeye always carries a lead containment arrow on the off-chance that Radioactive Man shows up and he has to fight him. Khali is the Clint Barton of WWE.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Sept 28, 2013 13:59:26 GMT -5
If this happened in Chikara, the fans would be praising it. It fact, it did remind me of the Osirian Portal. It happened in WWE, and I'm praising it. It was funny. But I get it. Grrr, indies. And I guess Jinder really is the fun one.
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Post by BigWill on Sept 28, 2013 14:05:55 GMT -5
See, I have no problem with this. The Cobra is an absurd move to begin with that kills the credibility of any guy that gets beat by it. If you're gonna be a cartoon, go all the way with it and be a f***ing cartoon!!! Ignoring the theatrics and the sock puppet, a striking jab to a nerve, the juggular or the throat is absurd? It's not that it wouldn't hurt like hell, but it's not the kind of move that should be able to knock someone out like it's presented to.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 28, 2013 14:08:06 GMT -5
I found it hilarious because of how past insane it went. Like, Jinder having a flute to charm the cobra? Got a chuckle out of me. Khali pulling out his own flute and immediately countering with his own song? Hilarious. Is Khali the goddamn Batman? Does he bring a flute with him every time he wrestles with Santino just in case the opposite team tries to charm the cobra? Is that something he has always been preparing for? IS KHALI SECRETLY A GENIUS WRESTLER? Khali is Jinder's brother in law. He knows how Jinder operates.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 28, 2013 14:11:13 GMT -5
See, I have no problem with this. The Cobra is an absurd move to begin with that kills the credibility of any guy that gets beat by it. If you're gonna be a cartoon, go all the way with it and be a f***ing cartoon!!! Ignoring the theatrics and the sock puppet, a striking jab to a nerve, the juggular or the throat is absurd? ...Is that seriously what it's supposed to be? I honestly never noticed. I haven't seen many people sell it like a shot to the throat.
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