Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 2, 2019 20:30:14 GMT -5
I can't think of any gaijin with a solid push under Gedo's booking era that have been less worth the interest or focus than Elgin has. Even just from an in-ring consideration the dude is as generic a not-so-tall big man as they come. It was my understanding he was/is popular in Japan, so I wonder if it's like with Ishii (who I think is a superior talent, don't get me wrong), where the language barrier is to his benefit. Elgin's not going to have any electrifying promos, which the audience wouldn't understand by and large, anyway, so it doesn't especially matter. |
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 2, 2019 21:17:46 GMT -5
I got to see Elgin vs. Ishii at least (in a match that I swore Ishii broke his (freaking) neck). That's all I cared about in his entire run. Dude is impressive, and got himself in fantastic shape, but he's just boring otherwise. "oooh I lift weights, look at the dumbbells on my gear!" Dude, everyone else there lifts weights too. Might as well have a picture of a potato and a fork on your gear being all "I eat food!"So, Elgin vs. Ryback in some weird backwater indie nobody has ever heard of? We can drop them off at Panera Bread and have a "loser is the first person to lose their shit because they somehow can't find anything to eat" match. |
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Post by 67 more on Apr 3, 2019 4:19:09 GMT -5
I got to see Elgin vs. Ishii at least (in a match that I swore Ishii broke his (freaking) neck). I'm assuming you're talking about the avalanche splash mountain and yes, I squealed.  |
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Post by corndog on Apr 3, 2019 10:25:45 GMT -5
This one was inevitable I would think. He couldn't even be a gaijin geared towards the American market due to him being persona non grata at this point. Once they didn't book him at the Cow Palace and put the NEVER title back on Goto I think that was the beginning of the end. I think Harold Meij taking over was the end for him, his downfall seems to correlate quite a bit with him. He understood that Elgin had no value in the states, even though he won the NEVER title, outside of that he was primarily just used for tournaments. While the Elite was most likely talking to Meltzer about wrestlers being unhappy with Meij, I wouldn't be surprised if Elgin was a big part of that as well. |
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Post by Fundertaker on Apr 3, 2019 13:19:34 GMT -5
The talk is he might be going to NOAH Nooooooooo AJW and BJW also seems to be a suitor, going by his instagram. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 13:22:08 GMT -5
AJW and BJW also seems to be a suitor, going by his instagram. All Japan, though they would like the notoriety, shouldn't go for it. Big Japan... meh. |
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Apr 3, 2019 19:34:33 GMT -5
Shame.
Not because he's fired, dude absolutely deserves it.
But because he just so happened to get super cut and make me take a second look at the exact same time it comes out that he's a victim blaming piece of crap.
Ah well, Jeff Cobb can do everything he can and more, so New Japan has nowhere to go but up from this decision.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Apr 3, 2019 21:16:56 GMT -5
Sounds like AJPW judging by his Twitter.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Apr 4, 2019 7:55:34 GMT -5
Sounds like AJPW judging by his Twitter. That’s too bad. Was looking forward to board of razors deathmatches with Ito in BJW. |
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