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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2017 12:50:57 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Seems like a just a few weeks ago Gable and Shelton were energetic faces, but now they’re definitely heel. A bit. I think. Maybe?
What happened?
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Post by CeilingFan on Dec 21, 2017 12:54:28 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Seems like a just a few weeks ago Gable and Shelton were energetic faces, but now they’re definitely heel. A bit. I think. Maybe? What happened? Rusev and English happened. |
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 21, 2017 12:55:59 GMT -5
Chad was a young babyfaced kid and Shelton was on his grown man shit. Gable was like, "I'm gonna win matches and get ice cream after the show". Shelton was like, "nah, f*** that. We heelin' it and then heading to the titty bar after the show." Gable was like, "k" and now they are mean.
...I'll be honest, I ain't been watching Smackdown so I don't know what's going on with this act, haha.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2017 13:02:41 GMT -5
They don't have a fun crowd-participation hook.
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Post by The Yes Man on Dec 21, 2017 13:08:54 GMT -5
Chad was a young babyfaced kid and Shelton was on his grown man shit. Gable was like, "I'm gonna win matches and get ice cream after the show". Shelton was like, "nah, f*** that. We heelin' it and then heading to the titty bar after the show." Gable was like, "k" and now they are mean. ...I'll be honest, I ain't been watching Smackdown so I don't know what's going on with this act, haha. That's actually pretty accurate |
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2017 13:28:48 GMT -5
It just seems sad that it seems that even less people care about Shelton Benjamin now than they did ten years ago.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 21, 2017 13:32:22 GMT -5
Everyone on Smackdown is a heel.
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Post by hossfan on Dec 21, 2017 13:35:14 GMT -5
I assumed they turned heel when Gable illegally chop blocked one of the Usos outside of the ring during their tag titles match on Smackdown, leading to them winning by count out.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Dec 21, 2017 13:47:08 GMT -5
Because they're not as charismatic as New Day or The Usos.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 13:59:46 GMT -5
Pretty much the heel turn started after HIAC when the New Day and Usos had their truce and turned the Usos face. That night Gable and Benjamin became number one contenders, and then after that they started cutting heelish backstage promos.
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Post by sportatorium on Dec 21, 2017 14:44:54 GMT -5
The Usos were getting face reactions pretty consistently & they weren’t turning New Day heel, so Gable & Benjamin became the #1 heel tag team instead of the #3 babyface tag team.
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Post by trollrogue on Dec 21, 2017 14:59:52 GMT -5
SDLive is where the heels are all cheered all of a sudden. Rusev and English, The Usos, Sami and Kevin, I'll take the real crowd heat wherever I can get it in the vacuum of The Miz leaving Smackdown (Corbin is always a pure heat magnet, but aside from him and Jinder true heels are scarce).
I'd like to see Gable and Benjamin adopt a gimmick like The Revival's. They will just out tag-team-wrestle you every time no matter the opponent, and they are brash heels who say things like they are the 'best tag team on this planet' while backing it up with wins.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2017 15:04:46 GMT -5
Gable just seems like such a natural face, though. He’s small enough to be the underdog but powerful enough to throw larger guys around and wrap them up in knots. I suppose being a heel gives him the “edge” that, say, Jason Jordan clearly didn’t have.
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Post by trollrogue on Dec 21, 2017 15:07:48 GMT -5
^^I much rather prefer the way they're slow-building Gable, compared to the rocket push of Jordan on RAW. I think him playing with heel/face alignments (versus Jordan being forced to turn heel due to the crowd shitting on him) has made a drastic difference for Gable's career now that he's no longer with JJ. He looked pretty good in the F4W and they are using that as a launchpad for tag team momentum (pinning the champs clean).
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2017 15:16:19 GMT -5
^^I much rather prefer the way they're slow-building Gable, compared to the rocket push of Jordan on RAW. I think him playing with heel/face alignments (versus Jordan being forced to turn heel due to the crowd shitting on him) has made a drastic difference for Gable's career now that he's no longer with JJ. He looked pretty good in the F4W and they are using that as a launchpad for tag team momentum (pinning the champs clean). Again; is it REALLY a rocket push if he not only loses every match, but they make him so much of a whiny bitch that it makes Dolph Ziggler look like a motivational speaker to boot? |
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2017 15:36:43 GMT -5
^^I much rather prefer the way they're slow-building Gable, compared to the rocket push of Jordan on RAW. I think him playing with heel/face alignments (versus Jordan being forced to turn heel due to the crowd shitting on him) has made a drastic difference for Gable's career now that he's no longer with JJ. He looked pretty good in the F4W and they are using that as a launchpad for tag team momentum (pinning the champs clean). Again; is it REALLY a rocket push if he not only loses every match, but they make him so much of a whiny bitch that it makes Dolph Ziggler look like a motivational speaker to boot? I get his point though; Jordan went from being in a mid-card tag team to suddenly being heavily focussed in the upper card thanks to a terrible storyline that no-one bought for a second. He’s in a no-win situation with that. Gable, on the other hand, can slowly move up the card, proving his worth in the ring and hopefully building momentum and a following. I honestly think he could be a future main eventer. Dude is superb. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 17:53:37 GMT -5
Shelton's a nice veteran hand to have, but Gable's fantastic. I've been saying it for a few weeks now, I want to see him get a nice US TItle run as a heel.
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Post by Tenshigure on Dec 21, 2017 17:57:38 GMT -5
Gable just seems like such a natural face, though. He’s small enough to be the underdog but powerful enough to throw larger guys around and wrap them up in knots. I suppose being a heel gives him the “edge” that, say, Jason Jordan clearly didn’t have. Gable should've been US Champ months ago, but they chose the Janetty to be the singles star of American Alpha. |
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Post by bob on Dec 21, 2017 18:49:36 GMT -5
....they're heels?
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Post by sunnytaker on Dec 21, 2017 19:35:28 GMT -5
i believe things are like this at the moment
new day- faces
usos- tweeners heading to the face side
gable and Benjamin- tweeners heading to the heel side
Rusev day- heels heading to the tweener side (i mean they were against xmas (since it falls on rusev day this year most likely) so can't really call them faces yet)
slater and rhino- face
bludgeon brothers- heel
breezango- face
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