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Post by JTG Fan on Nov 27, 2013 4:33:44 GMT -5
But then again, a young black guy hasn't really moved up since Kofi.
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Post by Abdullah on Nov 27, 2013 4:43:34 GMT -5
But then again, a young black guy hasn't really moved up since Kofi. Touche. Still, it's yet to be seen if he keeps it up or not. I don't think anyone expected Kofi to wither away after his MSG moment.
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Post by Chip on Nov 27, 2013 6:56:16 GMT -5
I agree that coming in in the mid card is good for him but unless they make Truth and Woods a threat in the tag division the dude is probably going to end up as Kofi 2.0. Honestly I don't think that's as much of a bad thing as we make it out to be at times. Kofi is probably one of few talents that never dipped too far when it was his down-swing on the yo-yo.
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Post by Boshek on Nov 27, 2013 7:02:03 GMT -5
I don't like him because he looks like Johnny B. Badd and "borrowed" Clay's music and dancers. What if other wrestlers "borrowed" themes and managers too?
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Post by stealthamo on Nov 27, 2013 11:23:25 GMT -5
I don't hate the guy, but I'm extremely indifferent to him. If I hadn't heard of him from NXT, I would barely have an idea of his gimmick being a '90s Guy, and that's only because of him yelling "It's morphing time!" and him having Over 9,000 on his attire. If they actually hyped that up (or actually knew what Over 9,000 meant) that would be one thing, but the announcers don't have a damn clue. It also doesn't help that they gave him the least hyped debut in recent memory. Just him randomly coming out with R-Truth and having him say, "Hey, this is my friend Xavier Woods!" doesn't get me hyped up to see him.
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Post by Chip on Nov 27, 2013 11:34:45 GMT -5
I don't like him because he looks like Johnny B. Badd and "borrowed" Clay's music and dancers. What if other wrestlers "borrowed" themes and managers too? It's weird because Xavier has his own NXT theme he could be using, I guess they are working on a new theme for him and it just wasn't ready yet. That whole deal was really weird and felt kinda unnecessary though.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 27, 2013 12:09:33 GMT -5
Black stereotype, no black stereotype. Either way, he's still annoying. Exactly. When I started this thread I didn't think it would turn into talking about the Bella Twin's ethnicity.
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Post by Tha Don on Nov 27, 2013 12:45:01 GMT -5
I swear I should do something about the "Three Faces of the Black Wrestler." The Dancin' Fool. The High Flyer. The Brute. ALL THREE BABY! Total package
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Post by Bootista on Nov 27, 2013 12:46:52 GMT -5
That's not Lex Luger
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Post by audiencewatching on Nov 27, 2013 13:02:38 GMT -5
Knowing nothing about the dude except pictures of him in a USA pair of trunks, I was hugely disappointed he debut trying to get the US title and have a singles run.
He's on the fast track to be a Yoshi Tatsu being in a tag team with RTruth and no doubt appearing on Main Event weekly.
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Post by Essential1 on Nov 27, 2013 13:15:33 GMT -5
He's no Percy Watson I can tell you that.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Nov 27, 2013 13:58:10 GMT -5
He's on the verge of being an interesting character, but it doesn't all come together. And yeah, it's the dancing that's the problem, it doesn't fit in. And if he DOES dance, he should dance to new jack swing, so at least it fits into the 90s thing.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Nov 27, 2013 14:58:59 GMT -5
I don't hate the guy, but I'm extremely indifferent to him. If I hadn't heard of him from NXT, I would barely have an idea of his gimmick being a '90s Guy, and that's only because of him yelling "It's morphing time!" and him having Over 9,000 on his attire. If they actually hyped that up (or actually knew what Over 9,000 meant) that would be one thing, but the announcers don't have a damn clue. It also doesn't help that they gave him the least hyped debut in recent memory. Just him randomly coming out with R-Truth and having him say, "Hey, this is my friend Xavier Woods!" doesn't get me hyped up to see him. They do need to emphasize the 90s thing a bit more Have him do guest commentary during a random match and shout random phrases from 90s video games, shows, and songs. Cesaro hits Swiss Death: TOASTY!!!! Guy hits his finisher: "DAAAMMMNNNN, GINA!!!" Maybe give him a backstage segment where some random guy like Alex Riley offers him orange soda. A-Ry: Who loves Orange soda? Xavier: Xavier loves orange soda. A-Ry: is it true? Xavier: I do I do I do, ooh.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 17:03:50 GMT -5
I hope he uses a reverse STO of some kind.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 19:19:09 GMT -5
I agree that coming in in the mid card is good for him but unless they make Truth and Woods a threat in the tag division the dude is probably going to end up as Kofi 2.0. Honestly I don't think that's as much of a bad thing as we make it out to be at times. Kofi is probably one of few talents that never dipped too far when it was his down-swing on the yo-yo. That's because he's too busy spinning his wheels doing little of importance. He's just kind of there.
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Post by The Tee Why on Nov 27, 2013 19:20:26 GMT -5
WHOS XAVIER WOODS?!!? Really though I kinda like him. The funkadactyls and Brodus' theme actually fit him. I'll give him a liitle more time before I full on judge him. The mustache and Fro are Golden though especially with the flying Fro juice. Yeah when he came out with the Funkadactyls I was like damn, this is the guy who should have gotten this gimmick. Everything was just better, the flying fro juice with the spotlight is awesome, sliding in between the two girls on the ring apron was awesome. Im a fan but him shouting 90's catchphrases is kinda...ehhh
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 27, 2013 19:23:22 GMT -5
But then again, a young black guy hasn't really moved up since Kofi. I heard that his great great grandma was white so it doesn't count.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Nov 27, 2013 22:25:43 GMT -5
I hope he uses a reverse STO of some kind.
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