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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jan 6, 2018 15:25:45 GMT -5
I see pictures of tattooed Rene acting weird on indies every now and then. What's Sly up to now? Canadian indies, from what I can tell. Every now and again, he and Renee team up again.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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didn't want one.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jan 6, 2018 16:25:32 GMT -5
One of the best taunts ever.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 6, 2018 19:39:05 GMT -5
One of the best taunts ever. Judging by that, seems he was starting to get over with the crowd.
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EyeofTyr
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Post by EyeofTyr on Jan 6, 2018 19:50:14 GMT -5
One of the best taunts ever. Judging by that, seems he was starting to get over with the crowd. Yeah, he was actually. There were noticeable reactions for the "French Tickler" taunt after a while. Why management told him to cut it out and infamously at the time Rene still did it at a Smackdown taping after being told not to, and they had an awkward edit to his match when it aired that cut it out. After that, Rene disappeared for a while from TV to cool him off before he returned to Smackdown sans the taunt. In a way, it was a precursor for instances that would happen in the years to come from it. Things like Bad News Barrett.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 6, 2018 19:50:35 GMT -5
He was billed as a French sympathizer, that was the explanation for why he was on the team. IRL he was added to give the team a solid worker who had some experience as Grenier and Dupree while really over as heels due to France's refusal to help in the war at the time, were both really green and in over their heads in ring and with the big push they were getting. I look at La Resistance and that earlier RVD match I posted above and marvel how much better they got progressively than the other two French dudes on NXT-- Marcus Louis I think is one of their names, that dude has an unlovable mug which kinda works for him as a negative-Rene heel's face cause nothing else really works for him IMO (especially in-ring, Louis's moves lack any impact compared to Dupree who looks like he can murk Cena or Reigns on a good night). They are like night and day as far as green European tag teams go. Sylvester LaFort was so bad that they turned him into a manager. Marcus Louis was also so bad that he killed his own gimmick by not being believable
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