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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 12:41:59 GMT -5
He was scary.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Nov 11, 2013 12:44:27 GMT -5
I vaguely (mis?)remember him saying after he was released that Cena, the genius of all evil, broke his leg on purpose because he feared he was going to steal his place in the WWE.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 12:54:26 GMT -5
Tarver's greatest legacy will be standing around backstage for no reason whatsoever. He looked imposing with his mask thing but dude sucked.
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Nov 11, 2013 12:56:38 GMT -5
I vaguely (mis?)remember him saying after he was released that Cena, the genius of all evil, broke his leg on purpose because he feared he was going to steal his place in the WWE.
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Post by mizerable on Nov 11, 2013 13:02:03 GMT -5
He looked intimidating, but that was about it. If he was 6'7...he might have fit the same role as a guy like Sid.
Unfortunately, he was garbage in the ring. People always complained that Otunga was bad, I thought Tarver was worse.
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Post by Stu on Nov 11, 2013 13:09:15 GMT -5
I wish he was around just so we could say all of the original NXT/Nexus guys were on the roster.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 11, 2013 13:17:37 GMT -5
Does anybody remember the random sightings of Michael Tarver back in early 2011?
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Nov 11, 2013 13:19:38 GMT -5
I thought Tarver was decent in the ring... a good seller, and he had a lot of presence. For some reason, though, despite his size, they seemed really reluctant to push him as a big offensive force. This implies to me that he was either really limited in the moves he knew, or (more likely) they were scared he'd injure someone.
Just speculation, though. In any case, he never stood out to me as terribly awful in his FCW time. But his real strength was on the mic. I thought the dude was spectacular as a talker, and he should have been made a manager.
Another thing, given that the first two seasons of NXT were free-for-all nightmares of actual fake reality competition, I thought it was really clever and interesting that he developed a character that refused to do any of the challenges.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 11, 2013 13:44:29 GMT -5
Tarver's greatest legacy will be standing around backstage for no reason whatsoever. He looked imposing with his mask thing but dude sucked. Personally I found his "Scary" Faces while wearing the mask more comical than actually scary...
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Post by WorkingInAColeMine on Nov 11, 2013 13:46:35 GMT -5
He was my favorite Floyd Mayweather bodyguard
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Post by JTG Fan on Nov 11, 2013 13:56:20 GMT -5
I liked him until it turned out he was crazy and kind of an asshat IRL.
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Post by Raskovnik on Nov 11, 2013 14:11:40 GMT -5
I know he had that goofy knockout punch that looked like a punch my sister would throw.
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Post by Bootista on Nov 11, 2013 14:13:20 GMT -5
..... He blocked Daniel Bryan's kick to Cena during the Nexus beatdown
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 14:15:16 GMT -5
He was actually my favorite member of the Nexus at the time, so boy do I know how to pick 'em. I always thought he could have been the black Randy Orton... so....
I actually saw him on TCW this last week, and he pied a female manager in the face. So yeah, he's still intimidating.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 14:44:53 GMT -5
I know he had that goofy knockout punch that looked like a punch my sister would throw. The only thing faster than his 1.9 second KO punch was how quickly he jobbed.
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Post by thegame415 on Nov 11, 2013 14:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Nov 11, 2013 19:04:42 GMT -5
I vaguely (mis?)remember him saying after he was released that Cena, the genius of all evil, broke his leg on purpose because he feared he was going to steal his place in the WWE. And then Cena laughed at him about it right afterwards. Yes, Tarver really said all that.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 11, 2013 19:13:24 GMT -5
I have his action figure
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2013 19:42:25 GMT -5
Are you sure it's not the "WWE all black guys look the same" action figure? That series sold well.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 11, 2013 20:01:23 GMT -5
Are you sure it's not the "WWE all black guys look the same" action figure? That series sold well. I am sure it was with Justin Gabriel in a Nexus two pack and made by Mattel I wasn't going to pay the online prices I found him in Toys R Us
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