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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 4, 2017 11:26:47 GMT -5
Sometimes WWE defies my expectations and actually gets a story down perfectly, and last night this match did that. Apollo, Titus, and Braun all came off better for it.
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Post by nickcave on Jul 4, 2017 12:31:50 GMT -5
Is it safe to say Vince gave the ok for Braun to unleash his hidden arsenal of moves yet?
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Post by emk on Jul 4, 2017 14:13:46 GMT -5
Et voilà:  |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 4, 2017 14:19:14 GMT -5
Et voilà:  |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 4, 2017 14:37:44 GMT -5
Apollo: Man, my head is BUMPIN'!
Titus: Now that you mention it...I think I'm bleeding inside my chest.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jul 4, 2017 17:29:59 GMT -5
That was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. It's also one of those rare things just when you think you've seen everything that needs to be seen in wrestling, we see this. But shit I was scared for how Apollo landed on his head. Shows you how athletic Braun is to have the coordination to do that and it was a scary bump by Apollo but thankfully nothing serious came of it. If there's one thing people need to do is give Vince and co. more credit on how they brought Braun along Said it in the Raw thread but I'll say it again- Strowman is legit amazing and I am entirely down with him murderkilling Lesnar with his long awaited 720 Imploding Phoenix Splash. He's genuinely impressive in the ring, he could stand to do a few more crazy feat-of-strength moves in his arsenal and I'll never be a fan of the powerslam as a finisher, but he moves so quick for a guy his size, his positioning and ring awareness and mobility are all great, for a guy still relatively green to be improving at the rate he does is really something very special. Big hosses are a dime a dozen in wrestling, but hosses like Strowman are a real rarity. The only thing that worries me is they have another super-talented hoss in Luke Harper who has been squandered to hell, because those two could honestly be their generation's Undertaker & Kane. For as much as I originally groaned at the idea of Vince superpushing Strowman, my body is now ready. I will also echo the sentiments that WWE seem to have hit onto a good thing at last with Titus. The two things he's got are energy and talking ability, manager-who-wrestles-sometimes is the best use of him, and he's putting a fun twist on the sports agent gimmick. He's like if Paul E Dangerously was actually likeable and it's interesting. |
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Post by Yacht Persona on Jul 4, 2017 17:34:02 GMT -5
The only thing it was missing was Apollo lifting Braun and slamming him at some point, or just lifting him. No doubt he's powerful enough to do so.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 4, 2017 17:38:26 GMT -5
Shows you how athletic Braun is to have the coordination to do that and it was a scary bump by Apollo but thankfully nothing serious came of it. If there's one thing people need to do is give Vince and co. more credit on how they brought Braun along Said it in the Raw thread but I'll say it again- Strowman is legit amazing and I am entirely down with him murderkilling Lesnar with his long awaited 720 Imploding Phoenix Splash. He's genuinely impressive in the ring, he could stand to do a few more crazy feat-of-strength moves in his arsenal and I'll never be a fan of the powerslam as a finisher, but he moves so quick for a guy his size, his positioning and ring awareness and mobility are all great, for a guy still relatively green to be improving at the rate he does is really something very special. Big hosses are a dime a dozen in wrestling, but hosses like Strowman are a real rarity. The only thing that worries me is they have another super-talented hoss in Luke Harper who has been squandered to hell, because those two could honestly be their generation's Undertaker & Kane. For as much as I originally groaned at the idea of Vince superpushing Strowman, my body is now ready. I will also echo the sentiments that WWE seem to have hit onto a good thing at last with Titus. The two things he's got are energy and talking ability, manager-who-wrestles-sometimes is the best use of him, and he's putting a fun twist on the sports agent gimmick. He's like if Paul E Dangerously was actually likeable and it's interesting. Big Show said, himself and Kane had been working with Braun on the live shows to teach him while he was with the Wyatt Family. He said Braun still wants to go to fast sometimes but he's an even more athletic big man than he was. It's good to see they had some type of long term plan for Braun and did everything they could to help him along the way. Normally a guy would not have grown this fast in only a year of a singles push but his previous help and Braun being smart to the business has helped him |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 4, 2017 17:44:23 GMT -5
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Post by Dub H on Jul 4, 2017 18:16:37 GMT -5
So, was Braun truly hiding his amazing skills (which he has) or did Vince luck his way into this?Or both?
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Post by the2ndevil on Jul 4, 2017 18:38:47 GMT -5
So, was Braun truly hiding his amazing skills (which he has) or did Vince luck his way into this?Or both? Yes. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 4, 2017 20:03:09 GMT -5
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