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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 1, 2019 8:44:54 GMT -5
I was always kinda confused. I got the implication that working in Japan made him think he was actually Japanese now, or at least it felt like that's where they were going with it.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 1, 2019 8:52:25 GMT -5
He lived in Japan! He WAS Japanese, in the sense that he had been living there for years. If the issue is the stereotypes, fine. Foreign stereotype gimmicks are lame. But stereotypes on a white guy (who lives in Japan) are not worse than those same stereotypes on an ethnically Japanese person who lives in Japan. This is what I mean, there's this weird focus on ethnicity that just doesn't really make sense. There is a big difference between living there your whole life/being born there and livign a few years and acting as if all the traditions are you.He was being presented as if Japan IS his legacy and everything he is. I lived 4 years in Canada,did I get some Canadian mannerisms?Yeh. But i didnt come back wearing a lumberjack hat and stuffing my face with poutine ...I don't know Canadian culture very well. But there should be a clear definition between something being the culture you were born or raised with and somewhere you live. Honestly, considering the Canadian wrestling stereotype is "small guy trained in Alberta, can't talk but man can the guy work!" I'd fine a ridiculous lumberjack who eats poutine and has a pet beaver to be a refreshing change lol.
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Post by Squirrel Master on Jun 1, 2019 8:53:34 GMT -5
It is obvious to me that no one in WWF Creative knew the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.
Lord Tensai should have been a real Lord of a clan.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 9:31:42 GMT -5
Albert was booked like a chump his first go round in the company he would have had to have came in completely different instead of being shaved Albert that’s now a Japanophile for some reason.
It was one of those things that could have worked if Vince understood why he got over in Japan and had booked him accordingly.....but the Prince Albert/Albert/A-Train/X-Factor Guy/whoever else he was the first go around May have still been too much to overcome.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jun 1, 2019 9:46:36 GMT -5
Should have made him a weaboo.
Use Japanese words like Kawaii (mispronounced), run like Naruto when he gets clotheslined, talk about his samurai sword, wear cosplay, try snd fail to start an anime club, feud with CM Punk after Punk says Tom and Jerry is an anime, have a piece of toast hanging from his mouth
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 1, 2019 19:44:44 GMT -5
But neither he, nor commentary next outright said it was "Albert." They said "Former WWE superstar" exactly once and then didn't have his past factor into any part of it. That and the super racist Sakamoto bit (talk about a talented dude who NEVER got a chance) are why it failed. I think they mentioned the "former WWE superstar" part on a few occasions but you're right they never flat out said it was Albert. And therein lies the problem. WWE never fully committed to that part of the gimmick. They should have either said nothing or just straight out stated this was Albert but now he's a new and better man. Maybe run some videos of him getting his ass kicked as Albert along with a few clips of him going to Japan and really get into the story of how that move changed his life and career. There was an awesome (and partly true) story there to be told instead of the way they went about it. yeah Cole every time he came out said he was a former WWE wrestler that went to Japan and dominated and came back. they did call him albert outright on the website and I am pretty sure they did on tv at least once.
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