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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 6, 2015 19:01:47 GMT -5
Am I the only one who is making it a Tuesday tradition to rewatch all of this Season's episodes?
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 9, 2015 21:15:36 GMT -5
So wait....WHY didn't Luke win? You know, the only guy who didn't have the personality of a block of wood and was a decent wrestler from day one? Yeah, the fact that him and Martin didn't even get a bite at the apple is crazy, considering they already had so much going for them. Can I just say how hilarious it is that Cameron got signed over both Silent Rage and Christina/Caylee in particular, despite both of them already being contracted to the WWE for some years? It's like they basically said "I know we put in time and resources with you two, but I we're just gonna start from scratch with Miss Divalicious here who couldn't make it to episode two." And I say that as one of about four (if that many) people on this board who actually like Cameron unironically.
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Post by Racksman on May 9, 2015 22:47:43 GMT -5
Matt Cross was a big time indy guy long before Tough Enough or Lucha Underground, I just felt the need to add that.
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Post by Stuart Baggs The Brand on May 10, 2015 3:09:45 GMT -5
Pre-tough enough, Luke was involved in some homoerotic wrestling website. Maybe they got hold of that stuff and ditched him.
As for Cameron I bet someone saw her talking heads and instantly thought "TOTAL DIVAS". Either that or they planted her to test the waters.
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Post by Zach on May 12, 2015 9:41:12 GMT -5
Pre-tough enough, Luke was involved in some homoerotic wrestling website. Maybe they got hold of that stuff and ditched him. As for Cameron I bet someone saw her talking heads and instantly thought "TOTAL DIVAS". Either that or they planted her to test the waters. I thought that was after tough enough? Oh well, even if he won he would probably be in the lower mid card doing nothing anyway
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 17, 2015 7:07:53 GMT -5
Anyone else finding Bill DeMott extremely unsettling to watch since all the accusations and rumours about him?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 21, 2015 3:36:18 GMT -5
Anyone else finding Bill DeMott extremely unsettling to watch since all the accusations and rumours about him? It doesn't really bother me, but I am constantly cracking jokes at his expense whenever he has a major role on the show.
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Post by fw91 on May 23, 2015 16:59:36 GMT -5
Man, Andy's bottom 3 episode was as hilarious as I remembered
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 24, 2015 9:36:02 GMT -5
Siiiiiiilent Rage.
Watching it now, there's at least two other guys who should have won instead of Andy. Martin, for one, if he hadn't got injured, and Jeremiah once he cleaned his work up. There's an argument for Luke but he's such a douchecannon I wouldn't want him to win.
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Post by Gopher Mod on May 24, 2015 10:31:13 GMT -5
Siiiiiiilent Rage. Watching it now, there's at least two other guys who should have won instead of Andy. Martin, for one, if he hadn't got injured, and Jeremiah once he cleaned his work up. There's an argument for Luke but he's such a douchecannon I wouldn't want him to win. Then again, Martin did make it to Lucha Underground as well. He's Marty "The Moth" Martinez.
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Post by BRV on Jun 2, 2015 21:05:58 GMT -5
Siiiiiiilent Rage. Watching it now, there's at least two other guys who should have won instead of Andy. Martin, for one, if he hadn't got injured, and Jeremiah once he cleaned his work up. There's an argument for Luke but he's such a douchecannon I wouldn't want him to win. I just finished the season finale and here I am four years later and I still can't believe they picked that goober to win. A.J. was given the nickname "Tumbleweed" for the way he just sort of breezed through the competition without ever really being noticed or doing anything noteworthy, but man if that nickname didn't fit Andy. For the first five or six episodes, do you even notice Andy? What does he do that is memorable aside from sit alone at the retro diner while everyone else gets drunk or make a ridiculous character for that WWE video game? And don't even get me started on his performance in the final three, one of the most laughably embarrassing things I've ever seen. Guy is literally in tears because the RAGE is no longer SILENT. Or his dumbass facial expressions and muttering under his breath when someone else says they're better than him. You said there were at least two others who should have won, I think there honestly was six who I thought would have made better winners and potential WWE wrestlers than Andy: Martin, Luke, Jeremiah, Ivelisse, Christina, and A.J.
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Post by Stuart Baggs The Brand on Jun 4, 2015 12:58:05 GMT -5
The finale still sucks as much as I remember it.
Big Andy didn't have a promo in him to save his life. His weird "pumped up" walk to the ring was... well it was weird.
And then to have Andy get floored by Vince and stunned out the ring was... weird.
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Post by BRV on Jun 4, 2015 16:29:17 GMT -5
The finale still sucks as much as I remember it. Big Andy didn't have a promo in him to save his life. His weird "pumped up" walk to the ring was... well it was weird. And then to have Andy get floored by Vince and stunned out the ring was... weird. I get why they did it, it was sort of their way of saying, "Congratulations on winning this game show, now comes the real hard part, where you have to eat crap and like it!" But what always baffled me was how Andy sold a slap from Vince McMahon like he just took a cannonball to the mouth, but sold a Stone Cold Stunner like he just tripped and stumbled over an ottoman.
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Post by Zach on Jun 5, 2015 8:04:47 GMT -5
Siiiiiiilent Rage. Watching it now, there's at least two other guys who should have won instead of Andy. Martin, for one, if he hadn't got injured, and Jeremiah once he cleaned his work up. There's an argument for Luke but he's such a douchecannon I wouldn't want him to win. You do realize that you're SUPPOSED to think he's a douche? He was playing a heel role and he was kayfabing it 24/7 on there. I never understood people that said "Oh man I hate that guy...I hope he doesn't win" Uh hello?! This is wrestling....the fact that you would probably pay money to see him get beat up is exactly WHY he should have won.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 5, 2015 8:42:27 GMT -5
Siiiiiiilent Rage. Watching it now, there's at least two other guys who should have won instead of Andy. Martin, for one, if he hadn't got injured, and Jeremiah once he cleaned his work up. There's an argument for Luke but he's such a douchecannon I wouldn't want him to win. You do realize that you're SUPPOSED to think he's a douche? He was playing a heel role and he was kayfabing it 24/7 on there. I never understood people that said "Oh man I hate that guy...I hope he doesn't win" Uh hello?! This is wrestling....the fact that you would probably pay money to see him get beat up is exactly WHY he should have won. In fairness, I posted this before I rewatched the final, and saw how much heat Luke had. Honestly, the guy gets it and you're totally right - I loved to hate him.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jun 5, 2015 21:35:19 GMT -5
She was already under WWE contract before Tough Enough even started which is why she was probably saying that That was Alicia Fox's sister Christina (I think that's what her name was), not Cameron. Cameron was signed after she got eliminated. As an aside, can I just point out how awkward I found it every time people would mix up Christina and Ariane/Cameron in the Tough Enough threads? Even more so considering people considered to mix the two of them up when Cameron got called up. Of course, I've seen a couple of people actually mix up Cameron and Naomi, but that's a filet of failure all on it's own...
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 5, 2015 21:38:06 GMT -5
That was Alicia Fox's sister Christina (I think that's what her name was), not Cameron. Cameron was signed after she got eliminated. As an aside, can I just point out how awkward I found it every time people would mix up Christina and Ariane/Cameron in the Tough Enough threads? Even more so considering people considered to mix the two of them up when Cameron got called up. Of course, I've seen a couple of people actually mix up Cameron and Naomi, but that's a filet of failure all on it's own... Well, considering the refs mixing up Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods was actually an official ending to a match this year...
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 9, 2015 7:52:41 GMT -5
As an aside, can I just point out how awkward I found it every time people would mix up Christina and Ariane/Cameron in the Tough Enough threads? Even more so considering people considered to mix the two of them up when Cameron got called up. Of course, I've seen a couple of people actually mix up Cameron and Naomi, but that's a filet of failure all on it's own... Well, considering the refs mixing up Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods was actually an official ending to a match this year... Accusing WWE of being racially insensitive is fair enough, but they've done the 'he looks like the guy' finish with white guys too, including Edge and Kurt Angle. I was getting Cameron and Christina mixed up at first as well, honestly, because there's a big cast at the start and not many people get a great deal of facetime.
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Post by Shy Guy on Jun 9, 2015 9:07:05 GMT -5
i totally forgot that was cameron on the first episode. christina i remembered and could point her out immediately, but cameron just looked so much....darker? than she does now
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jun 9, 2015 14:48:17 GMT -5
Well, considering the refs mixing up Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods was actually an official ending to a match this year... Accusing WWE of being racially insensitive is fair enough, but they've done the 'he looks like the guy' finish with white guys too, including Edge and Kurt Angle. I was getting Cameron and Christina mixed up at first as well, honestly, because there's a big cast at the start and not many people get a great deal of facetime. Also, in the New Day example, all he saw was Xavier's back, and Kofi and Xavier have very similar builds, are roughly the same complexion, and have identical tights. I have an easier time believing someone could mix those two up in the heat of a match and with only their backs to go on than I do someone mixing up Christina and Ariane/Cameron when you can see their faces and they don't look alike, they don't have similar voices, and they didn't even have the same hair color.
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