Abdullah
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Post by Abdullah on Mar 19, 2019 21:22:54 GMT -5
...was awesome. I have a lot of respect for how he took a crowd that was lukewarm to him at the start and got them chanting for him. It’s fair to worry about his viability as a face, long-term, but he showed tonight he could absolutely succeed in the role.
Loved the touch with the redness around his eyes as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:24:32 GMT -5
This storyline's honestly really frustrating to me in that Shane's promo last week was pretty good, Miz's tonight was great, and Miz is the first person in an eternity to genuinely grow as a person in turning face instead of just suddenly smiling and high-fiving fans when he comes to the ring... but the destination is still a Miz vs. Shane McMahon match.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:25:58 GMT -5
Awesome promo from Miz, easily one of the best of his career. While I wasn't too high on the idea of him going face a few months ago, he's come so far since 2012-13 when they first tried him as a face that I was confident it'd go much better this time around.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:26:54 GMT -5
Too bad he’ll have to wrestle....made all the worse that it will be against Shane.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:27:37 GMT -5
I'm fully behind this version of face Miz. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than her 2012/2013 self. He's got it.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 19, 2019 21:28:55 GMT -5
He did a great job tonight.
The match will suck, but that's forgivable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:28:59 GMT -5
I'm not expecting a classic either way, but the match itself might be fine as long as they make it a street fight or whatever (don't know how likely that is with HHH/Batista already being no holds barred). As a straight up wrestling match, yeah it'll probably blow chunks.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 19, 2019 21:35:14 GMT -5
I like that he made sure to mention that he had to earn the fans’ respect with the promo. It’s a nice touch that you don’t often see with heels turning face, who often just turn by fighting bad guys instead of good guys.
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Post by Perd on Mar 19, 2019 21:37:27 GMT -5
Recently, I remarked that Daniel Bryan or Samoa Joe was the best promo on the roster. I made a glaring omission. Miz is definitely in the conversation. The man can talk.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 21:40:38 GMT -5
I just listened to it, and he f***ing crushed it. I got chills.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 19, 2019 21:54:03 GMT -5
Recently, I remarked that Daniel Bryan or Samoa Joe was the best promo on the roster. I made a glaring omission. Miz is definitely in the conversation. The man can talk. And it's different
Despite being a big fan of him, my biggest gripe against him was I felt his best promos was always leaning on the crutch of "being looked down on" and getting angry but Miz is just an all around great performer
Dude really is like a modern Jericho
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 22:08:10 GMT -5
Miz has been the master of turning trash into treasure for a while.
Yeah, nobody wants to see the match. But not many people could even elevate a storyline like this and make it intriguing -- especially after how awful things got with the daddy issues stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 23:40:15 GMT -5
Watching it again now, I like this even more than the Talking Smack promo on Bryan. f***ing great stuff.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Mar 19, 2019 23:48:12 GMT -5
Crowd was chanting "You Deserve It!"
He absolutely does.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 19, 2019 23:51:23 GMT -5
“You weren’t born Best in the World... you’re a McMahon, you were born rotten.”
f***ing great stuff.
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Post by schma on Mar 19, 2019 23:53:26 GMT -5
It was a fantastic promo and I was drawn in the entire time. It reminded me a bit of Regal's promo to Triple H where he admitted to being a bad man. The Miz didn't try to gloss over the things he's done, he didn't shy away from that fact that he's been a backstabber or opportunist. He may be face but he's still the wily 13 year vet who has managed to win countless titles. I loved when the crowd started chanting 'you deserve it' and his response was 'you're damn right I do'.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Mar 19, 2019 23:59:50 GMT -5
We're all writing off the match but something tells me the match will honestly not be that bad assuming it's short.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 20, 2019 0:13:46 GMT -5
There are some interesting parallels between Daniel Bryan and Miz's promos recently, the "hard work beats talent" mantra, and from what I recall, the two are friends, so I could see them seeing real similarities in their road to get where they are now, even if they obviously went very different places, and their challenges were different.
I will say that my favorite part of the promo was the crowd chanting "you deserve it" and Miz saying, "you're damn right I do". It's refreshing, not having the forced modesty of some face turns. Miz can be humble later if he wants, but right now, he needs to maintain the confidence to make the transition believable.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 20, 2019 0:17:41 GMT -5
It's also really nice that we actually had something of a real face turn, instead of having someone just show up one day as a face because crowds started cheering him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 0:25:32 GMT -5
That was one hell of a promo. I’m on board with Face Miz now.
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