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Post by Surfer Sandman on Dec 16, 2016 21:52:55 GMT -5
Darren Young "never being 'great'" was part of the joke. You can't have a star who has had a legit run in that role, as then it becomes a "look at how far they've fallen that they need Backlund" comedy bit. Crazy Backlund seeing the potential in Darren is why it worked. And it did work. We got legit "DAR-REN YOUNG!" Chants. It was undisputedly over, a good idea, and a good execution. But then they went into a former-tag-partner feud that kills pushes dead. Especially when that former tag partner is Titus O'Neil. How in the hell is he still employed and Ryback is not? He's more careless. |
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MOONDOG
Trap-Jaw
I've got a bone to pick with you !
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Post by MOONDOG on Dec 16, 2016 23:12:00 GMT -5
Angle was dead as soon as Darren grabbed a live mic
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neilc
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Post by neilc on Dec 17, 2016 1:19:08 GMT -5
They were together at the house show I went to Sunday in White Plains, N.Y.
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brody
Don Corleone
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Post by brody on Dec 18, 2016 9:29:49 GMT -5
I totally dug the Backlund/Sheik managing the Sultan in 1997. This...not so much.
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trollrogue
Hank Scorpio
Nashville City of Music!!
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Post by trollrogue on Dec 19, 2016 19:18:43 GMT -5
I think the gimmick fizzled out after the US Presidential election was over and done with. Making anything 'great again' will leave half of the audience who voted for Linda McMahon (or that other wife of a famous male figure) feeling salty and nobody wants to risk a live crowd getting even more out of hand than they already are with those damn "10!" chants.
Hopefully Young and Backlund will come back with a revamped gimmick without the political farce cause I liked their chemistry together.
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Bub (BLM)
Patti Mayonnaise
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Fed. Up.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 19, 2016 23:05:45 GMT -5
Angle was dead as soon as Darren grabbed a live mic The angle was dead as soon as it involved Darren Young. He sucks. |
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
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Post by chazraps on Dec 19, 2016 23:57:14 GMT -5
Angle was dead as soon as Darren grabbed a live mic The angle was dead as soon as it involved Darren Young. He sucks. Except people were chanting his name for a month and he was putting on good matches (sans the Del Rio one where Del Rio clearly did not care). He had improved to the point where him getting a push was justified by how over he'd gotten. Let's not act like the Make Darren Young Great Again vignettes weren't successful. Let's also not act like former-tag-partners-feuding isn't an immediate crowd killer. Yes, exceptions to that rule do exist, but they are so few and far between, it baffles me that tag-splits like this keep getting booked. |
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