schma
Hank Scorpio
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Post by schma on May 12, 2015 0:58:17 GMT -5
Eck is blogging again? Cool. I used to enjoy his stuff before he went to work for WWE.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on May 12, 2015 2:20:28 GMT -5
I actually loved the Tensai gimmick from start to finish. It was just very "pro wrestling" and WWF to me in all the glorious ways.
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Post by lildude8218 on May 12, 2015 2:26:09 GMT -5
James Mitchell has the ability to turn shit into gold
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Boshek
Mephisto
I miss the WWF at Scranton CYC
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Post by Boshek on May 12, 2015 9:40:36 GMT -5
I like combining that he was in Japan and had to go to one of their jails. He could have wore a Japanese style prison suit and been managed by his parole officer. Keep the A Train name too.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 12, 2015 9:47:03 GMT -5
He's Albert
He is always going to be Albert
The fans were never going to regard him as anything but Albert
If he was going to come back, it should have been as Albert
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
Surviving
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Post by Sephiroth on May 12, 2015 10:02:11 GMT -5
Should probably have mentioned that debuting him on the night Brock Lesnar returned to WWE was a lousy idea too. Might as well have tattooed "Overshadowed" on his forehead.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on May 12, 2015 10:39:08 GMT -5
Tensai ichiban!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 12:38:32 GMT -5
The only thing I liked about Tensai was him shoving Sakamoto out of the way in his entrance
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Post by Mid-Carder on May 12, 2015 12:39:15 GMT -5
He's shit though, so that's good that it didn't work out
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Post by Hit Girl on May 12, 2015 12:47:07 GMT -5
I maintain that having Tensai physically abuse his manservant, who seemed to willingly accept it, made the whole gimmick look like some sort of Japanese sub-culture sex fetish.
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Post by DJ Maniak on May 12, 2015 15:45:27 GMT -5
Should probably have mentioned that debuting him on the night Brock Lesnar returned to WWE was a lousy idea too. Might as well have tattooed "Overshadowed" on his forehead. Who's to say they didn't? He had all that kanji on him, "overshadowed" may have been one of them.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 12, 2015 17:00:29 GMT -5
He's Albert He is always going to be Albert The fans were never going to regard him as anything but Albert If he was going to come back, it should have been as Albert Pretty much. Some guys will never be able to get rid of that jobber taint no matter how much you try.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on May 12, 2015 18:56:50 GMT -5
The idea they went with wasn't even bad they just went over the top with it. If they just said A-train spent some time in Japan and he's an animal now, would have been fine. To literally try and turn him Japanese was crazy. Turn him Japanese we're gonna turn him Japanese we really think so... If only they'd sent him out to this theme.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on May 12, 2015 19:14:21 GMT -5
Not going to lie I think it would have been a good idea to have him be an ex prisoner. Say that WWE fired him because he got arrested for assault or something and now after prison time he is even more dangerous than he was before. There are some notable similarities with Crush, not least the facial tattoo. As long as he didn't go on to form a NEW NATION, I'd be down with this. I'd find it more plausible, though, if the explanation for his incarceration was that a hungry Albert went berserk and threw a brick through the window of McDonalds.
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Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
Knows when to hold them, knows when to fold them
I've been found out!
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on May 12, 2015 22:38:43 GMT -5
I think something in between would have been about right for Tensai.
First, for the love of all that is Holy they should have hired James Mitchell as a manager. I know that position has been phased out for the most part, and I can safely say that is quite moronic. Imagine how it could have gotten over for Mitchell to start as a color commentator who talked less about the matches and talked more about the strengths and weaknesses of the wrestlers involved and what kind of advice that he would offer them.
After a few weeks, have his co-announcers ask him if he is so interested in acting as a manager, why not do it instead of commentate? Mitchell's response would be that he fully intends to, but his first client still has commitments elsewhere and cannot even negotiate with the WWE yet, but refuse to comment on who it is. Sure, that would most likely get people thinking some disgruntled TNA star like Samoa Joe, but that is unavoidable.
After a few weeks, Mitchell stops commentating and starts appearing in both backstage scenes with HHH and/or Vince to continue their negotiations for resigning Tensai. They can make it clear that Vince/HHH is impressed with what they have seen from him since he last was with the WWE, but have Mitchell make it clear that Tensai is very sore with the WWE in general and that not only will it cost a lot to get him to agree to come back, but that he will likely be looking to take his new-found aggressions out on the WWE favorites.
A few weeks later, the negotiations are over and Mitchell starts talking up his client more specifically. After being fired, he headed to Japan where he developed a taste for violence that he did not have before (bonus if they can get some footage from Japan or simulate it using trainees). He can even have picked up some bad habits from Japan (misting) and maybe even trained in new ways.
Upon his arrival, the outfit he had is out (red trunks is not a good look for him). Perhaps custom painted singlets with scenes of torture and misery might have been a better choice. The Claw is also out (that finisher has not gotten over in the US for decades) and replaced with a trio of submission finishers, possibly the Camel Clutch, Fujiwara Armbar, and some variant of the STF that is different enough from the STFU and Regal Stretch (I would say Muta Lock if I thought he could bridge like that). Why three finishers? For starters, one can be left protected as DEATH and the others could potentially be escaped from. Also, three submission holds keeps with his new sadistic streak.
Also, never let him talk. He refuses to talk. He is now above talking to the swine that the WWE attracts to their shows. That is part of the reason he agreed to sign with Mitchell in the first place. Talking to scum is his job. That would work better anyways. Since he was to be built up to be an opponent to Cena, who would you rather see trading barbs with Cena, Tensai or Mitchell? I know who I would prefer.
What about the Albert chants? They are also unavoidable, but use them. Let them piss him off royally. It will stop being a chant to show how smarky the crowd is and becomes a troll chant against a heel (not unlike how The Rock reacted to "ROCKY" chants). Also, kill them by having the chants piss him off and ESCALATE his violence against his opponents. Intentionally taking DQ losses because he got pissed at a few Albert chants would actually be a good thing.
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Renslayer
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
every time i come around your city...
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Post by Renslayer on May 13, 2015 1:50:12 GMT -5
Ex-prisoner? It's f***ing Albert for God's sakes. I know you recycle angles after 7 years, but did they really think the crowd (especially that snarky post Wrestlemania crowd) wouldn't realize it's Albert & crap all over whatever he did? The masked suggestion is the best of that proposed bunch
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 16, 2016 8:12:07 GMT -5
So he wanted Lord Tensai to be the result of Abyss doing the fusion dance with Big Daddy V. I have no idea how to feel. I am neither Abyss nor Big Daddy V. I am Byscera, the one who will destroy you! Byscera's gimmick is that he knows how to rap well, but he tries to kidnap fans in the crowd and he always loses his speciality "Ghoul's Ball" match for some reason.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 16, 2016 8:15:02 GMT -5
That feel when you resurrect a thread just in the spirit of conversation and you briefly forgot how old it actually is until you've hit the send button.,
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