Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Mar 7, 2019 18:07:51 GMT -5
Dude's really learned how to harness his anger/frustration over his years on the shelf.
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Post by sportatorium on Mar 7, 2019 18:58:10 GMT -5
I love the way Bryan always points out how talented his opponents are. Just like he did with Styles. Pro Wrestling 101. Put the other guy over & sell the match, but then tell them why you’re going to win.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 7, 2019 20:49:43 GMT -5
Never mind that, Erick Rowan is representing we who belong to the metal community with that Behemoth shirt. I'd still love to hear Bryan's take on him wearing a Duff's shirt a few weeks back. The Metal dive bar in Brooklyn who's full name is "Duff's Alcohol Abuse Center." As long as he takes public transport to get there DB is cool with it
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Post by Blindkarevik on Mar 7, 2019 22:18:34 GMT -5
I love the way Bryan always points out how talented his opponents are. Just like he did with Styles. Pro Wrestling 101. Put the other guy over & sell the match, but then tell them why you’re going to win. I can't remember who said it... but I remember a story where a wrestler, it may have been Chris Jericho, where he was going up against the top draw in the company, who was a veteran of years. Jericho cut a promo about how the guy was old, he couldn't do it any more, he's slow, all that. He thought it was pretty good, but after asking the veteran, he said, "You idiot. Everyone knows I'm old and slow. But now, if you beat me... which you won't, you just beat an old man. If I win, and I will, it shows you can't even beat an old slow man." Flair was always great at building up his opponents. Hell, one of the most recent master-classes in this was the post Styles/Lesnar promo Paul Heyman cut where he gushed at how much he admired and respected AJ Styles. Just heaped on praise, then went into how if somebody THAT good still can't beat Brock Lesnar, what hope does anyone else have.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 22:20:18 GMT -5
I can't remember who said it... but I remember a story where a wrestler, it may have been Chris Jericho, where he was going up against the top draw in the company, who was a veteran of years. Jericho cut a promo about how the guy was old, he couldn't do it any more, he's slow, all that. He thought it was pretty good, but after asking the veteran, he said, "You idiot. Everyone knows I'm old and slow. But now, if you beat me... which you won't, you just beat an old man. If I win, and I will, it shows you can't even beat an old slow man." Damn that's a great story. Just shows what one promo can do.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 23:18:55 GMT -5
I love the way Bryan always points out how talented his opponents are. Just like he did with Styles. Pro Wrestling 101. Put the other guy over & sell the match, but then tell them why you’re going to win. Exactly, never bury your opponent. What Bryan did here was impressive. Sure, he dug at Owens, but instead of just going, "Aw, Owens is a fat pig, compared to my vegan superiority!", his argument was that Owens had been blessed with wrestling acumen and had lucked out in the industry due to his size and looks, but Bryan felt slighted at what he considered to be "wasted potential". Didn't help that the vignettes leading up to his return weren't him getting into shape or showing intensity, but rather him going bowling and asking Owen Owens who took his change. Considering how hard it took Bryan to get back to the ring (wacko pseudo-medicine like hyperbaric chambers aside), a part of him does feel a bit peeved whenever he sees anyone not take a match seriously, which must've made working with Kofi at Elimination Chamber all the sweeter. Again, for a moment, I assumed he was digging at Brock Lesnar, which let's be real, this promo could have been aimed for, and would actually pass as a babyface remark.
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segaz
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Post by segaz on Mar 10, 2019 10:30:27 GMT -5
Wow this was so much more effective than the 5 hours of go-home Raw & SDL this week shame so few will see it. Isn't that the truth. It's amazing to me how often and how much more the actual talent can sell a program more so than some writers backstage. It's almost as if they know what they are doing and should be trusted with that responsibility as much as possible. Ronda: "hear hear!"
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