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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 20, 2017 10:20:42 GMT -5
I usually don't get offended by much, but Robbie E's "you're still doing this/wearing women's lipstick" thing from Impact tonight really pissed me off. So who am I supposed to cheer for here? Is it the parody of an entertainer that died when I was six and his buddy, the world's most flamboyant milkman, or transphobic, homophobic K-Mart brand Zack Ryder and his buddy, that guy from Raw I used to hate? Right now, I'm cheering for the inventor of the fast forward button. You should also probably cheer for the inventor of the Off switch on your TV. This is pretty awful. Which is weird cause you'd think it'd be the guy who invented the TV. Apparently his original design the TV stayed on forever
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jan 20, 2017 10:29:23 GMT -5
Say what you will about why WWE tidied their product up and their motivations behind it, but at least they don't do shit like this anymore. There's bad taste and then there's this horseshit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 10:41:23 GMT -5
Honestly the worst part of that clip is that it's opened my eyes to TNA's microphones having stupid little triangles on them. Why? Either go with a modern microphone or just do it like WWE's, don't do that half-and-half bullshit that just looks super cheap.
Still better than Enzo's dildo mic, I guess. Though I'm sure Rex will end up with that within a couple tapings himself.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 20, 2017 12:28:59 GMT -5
I usually don't get offended by much, but Robbie E's "you're still doing this/wearing women's lipstick" thing from Impact tonight really pissed me off. So who am I supposed to cheer for here? Is it the parody of an entertainer that died when I was six and his buddy, the world's most flamboyant milkman, or transphobic, homophobic K-Mart brand Zack Ryder and his buddy, that guy from Raw I used to hate? Right now, I'm cheering for the inventor of the fast forward button. That was the main issue that I knew I would have with the gimmick, which is that the so-called babyfaces would essentially mock his behavior and make it seem like he's some sort of weirdo because of how he chooses to portray himself. On the other hand, Rex seems to be doing this as a form of cheap heat, so both of them can f*** off. Cheap Heat? In TNA? Well, I never.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 20, 2017 13:19:02 GMT -5
Say what you will about why WWE tidied their product up and their motivations behind it, but at least they don't do shit like this anymore. There's bad taste and then there's this horseshit. Yep. WWE may still do tasteless things on occasion, but we can clearly see why this gimmick was never allowed to see the light of day. I've even seen some die-hard TNA fans that have said that this is just absolutely disgusting. And sadly, unless I'm mistaken, every gimmick in TNA that has either been implied as or just flat-out admitted to be of LGBT orientation, such as Orlando Jordan and The Rainbow Express, has been viewed as the heel.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 20, 2017 13:20:58 GMT -5
Say what you will about why WWE tidied their product up and their motivations behind it, but at least they don't do shit like this anymore. There's bad taste and then there's this horseshit. Yep. WWE may still do tasteless things on occasion, but we can clearly see why this gimmick was never allowed to see the light of day. I've even seen some die-hard TNA fans that have said that this is just absolutely disgusting. And sadly, unless I'm mistaken, every gimmick in TNA that has either been implied as or just flat-out admitted to be of LGBT orientation, such as Orlando Jordan and The Rainbow Express, has been viewed as the heel. Jordan was a face at one point.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 20, 2017 13:21:57 GMT -5
Yep. WWE may still do tasteless things on occasion, but we can clearly see why this gimmick was never allowed to see the light of day. I've even seen some die-hard TNA fans that have said that this is just absolutely disgusting. And sadly, unless I'm mistaken, every gimmick in TNA that has either been implied as or just flat-out admitted to be of LGBT orientation, such as Orlando Jordan and The Rainbow Express, has been viewed as the heel. Jordan was a face at one point. True, but he debuted as a heel and thats when he was doing some of his more questionable behavior.
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Post by N E O G E O B O Y S on Jan 20, 2017 13:26:20 GMT -5
Seriously, he has to be one of the fastest "The WWE wasted him" to ... "ok... maybe the WWE was right not to push him" turn arounds I've ever seen... I used to say that about Ken Anderson but then I saw Damien Sandow in TNA. Cody was the fastest, by Wrestle Kingdom everyone released that Cody wasn't that good
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 20, 2017 13:28:11 GMT -5
I used to say that about Ken Anderson but then I saw Damien Sandow in TNA. Cody was the fastest, by Wrestle Kingdom everyone released that Cody wasn't that good People have turned against Cody? First I'm hearing about this situation, I still like the guy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 20, 2017 13:32:58 GMT -5
I used to say that about Ken Anderson but then I saw Damien Sandow in TNA. Cody was the fastest, by Wrestle Kingdom everyone released that Cody wasn't that good Nah, Rex was quicker than that. He was released in May... he debuted in like August... and people were already getting sick of him. Cody was also released in May... Wrestlekingdom was January.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 20, 2017 13:49:58 GMT -5
Spud is thinking he almost was in the UK tournament.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Jan 20, 2017 16:24:12 GMT -5
I'm pretty much the last person to sour on performers that leave WWE, and I'll defend guys like Punk and Cody until I'm blue in the face. On top of that, I'd become a pretty big Sandow fan before his departure, but this? If this shit really was his idea, he should be ashamed of himself.
Either way, f*** TNA for allowing it on their programming.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 20, 2017 16:59:31 GMT -5
Cody was the fastest, by Wrestle Kingdom everyone released that Cody wasn't that good People have turned against Cody? First I'm hearing about this situation, I still like the guy. I don't know that turned on is the right way to put it but a lot of people have gone from "Oh he is going to be so awesome without WWE holding him back" and the buzz from "The List" to "He is just Cody, there isn't really much more to him than what we saw in WWE". Now that does lead to some "Why are they booking him/putting him over that guy" moments.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jan 20, 2017 17:01:43 GMT -5
I used to say that about Ken Anderson but then I saw Damien Sandow in TNA. Cody was the fastest, by Wrestle Kingdom everyone released that Cody wasn't that good Not only did Cody take longer to fall from grace, but there's still people who defend Cody and think he can find his way again. Sandow showed up in TNA and may as well have written "My good will" in marker on the ring and then took a dump on it.
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Post by percymania on Jan 20, 2017 17:06:45 GMT -5
Hey there fellow Impact fans. It's been a while, but I thought I would stop in to see what's going on today in the world of Impact Wrestling... Welp, uh, I guess I'll be checking back in again in a few months. Later!
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Post by Emmet Russell on Jan 20, 2017 17:54:02 GMT -5
It's a little thing, but in TNA this character is a heel, and mocked by faces, while in ROH, the character is a babyface and the guy doing it is challenging for the World Title soon.
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Post by chrom on Jan 20, 2017 18:15:07 GMT -5
It's gonna take a special kind of awful to top this for worst of the year.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Jan 20, 2017 22:15:34 GMT -5
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places Worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere Going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression No expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tomorrow No tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'Cause I find it hard to take When people run in circles it's a very very Mad world Mad world Mad world Mad world
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jan 20, 2017 22:26:28 GMT -5
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places Worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere Going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression No expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tomorrow No tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'Cause I find it hard to take When people run in circles it's a very very Mad world Mad world Mad world Mad world wow that's depressing. oh hell, I'll laugh anyway.
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Post by cabbageboy on Jan 20, 2017 23:29:28 GMT -5
Rex doing this gimmick is a sure sign that TNA has zero quality control. From what I understand he proposed this idea to WWE and they turned it down flat. His entire TNA run reeks of desperation. He debuted as a bitter "WWE held me down" babyface, and that basically bombed in a matter of weeks. So then he did a random heel turn, so random in fact that I can't recall why he turned. That too got him nowhere. Now he's doing this Liberace act.
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