Perfect Timing
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Perfect Timing on Dec 16, 2019 18:37:16 GMT -5
What was this lameness about? did Ted want to do this to help get himself over as a babyface?
Seemed ridiculous him coming out to I Come From Money as a babyface and grinning like a chesire cat as he skipped down the isle and having announcers talk about tailgate partys like I'm supposed to buy him as a good guy because he's sharing a few hot dogs with fans.
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Post by Andee9001 on Dec 16, 2019 18:53:15 GMT -5
It's kinda like how Heath Slater still comes out to the 3MB theme. It just showed how little they cared about Ted that they couldn't even give him random stock music. In saying that they never gave him a chance with his new character to get over.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 18:56:40 GMT -5
I thought DiBiase was a pretty good face in terms of how he carried himself in the ring, but they just gave him nothing at all in regards to a hook as a character. His entire gimmick was told to us instead of shown.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 16, 2019 19:11:46 GMT -5
I mean it was getting him over tho
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ayumidah
Wade Wilson
Don't bother pretending I seem fine, I like that I'm a mess
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Post by ayumidah on Dec 16, 2019 19:18:11 GMT -5
Pretty sure the whole tailgating/connect with the fans thing was closer to the actual Ted DiBiase Jr in temperament and stuff than when he tried to be more like his dad.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 16, 2019 19:38:41 GMT -5
Pretty sure the whole tailgating/connect with the fans thing was closer to the actual Ted DiBiase Jr in temperament and stuff than when he tried to be more like his dad. Yea, Ted Jr is more down to earth and just never looked comfortable doing the rich snob stuff and having Maryse with him as a valet |
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krozor
Don Corleone
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Post by krozor on Dec 16, 2019 20:33:10 GMT -5
Some other, cooler alternate universe got millionaire activist, philanthropist man of the people Ted DiBiase Jr. and Rick Blood, the most vile, hateful man to ever step foot in a wrestling ring with aims on destroying his own father's legacy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 16, 2019 20:45:02 GMT -5
I thought DiBiase was a pretty good face in terms of how he carried himself in the ring, but they just gave him nothing at all in regards to a hook as a character. His entire gimmick was told to us instead of shown. I mean that was always his problem. Even during his heel phase... we were told how rich he was... but like he never really did anything to flaunt his wealth. Ted Sr's career was built on Vignettes. |
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Post by Pipe_Bomb2k13 on Dec 16, 2019 20:56:52 GMT -5
To me Ted lost all momentum as a babyface when they didn't pull the trigger on him in that random match with Orton on Raw, when Randy told him to lay down and he pushed back and got a pop for it, after that no one seemed to care.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 16, 2019 21:09:51 GMT -5
Man, I thought for a second, this was coming back.
Making it 2011 even more now!
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Post by zrowsdower on Dec 17, 2019 20:33:00 GMT -5
what is he doing now?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 20:53:09 GMT -5
I thought DiBiase was a pretty good face in terms of how he carried himself in the ring, but they just gave him nothing at all in regards to a hook as a character. His entire gimmick was told to us instead of shown. I mean that was always his problem. Even during his heel phase... we were told how rich he was... but like he never really did anything to flaunt his wealth. Ted Sr's career was built on Vignettes. Hey, hey, he bought that guy's eye once. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 20:57:27 GMT -5
That was really him.
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mrbananagrabber
King Koopa
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 18, 2019 9:23:20 GMT -5
When your name is literally the same as your all-time great Dad you’re never going to live up to that.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 18, 2019 9:27:14 GMT -5
Some other, cooler alternate universe got millionaire activist, philanthropist man of the people Ted DiBiase Jr. and Rick Blood, the most vile, hateful man to ever step foot in a wrestling ring with aims on destroying his own father's legacy. I really had high expectations of him, and part of me still thinks he could have been more if used in a more interesting way. But the rest of me thinks that other part is totally wrong and he was just never going to be more exciting than buttered toast. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 18, 2019 9:27:54 GMT -5
To me Ted lost all momentum as a babyface when they didn't pull the trigger on him in that random match with Orton on Raw, when Randy told him to lay down and he pushed back and got a pop for it, after that no one seemed to care. Definitely one of the plethora of "should have struck while the iron was hot" moments in WWE. |
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Squirrel Master
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Squirrel Master on Dec 18, 2019 9:58:54 GMT -5
When your name is literally the same as your all-time great Dad you’re never going to live up to that. By going his own way, Ted Jr. was adhering to one of the 48 Laws of Power. This Law dictates that you must go in another direction whenever you step into the shoes of a great man. Slay the legacy of the overbearing father and adopt your own style. We see Cody Rhodes doing this to great effect today. See, that's how power works. Adhere to the Laws and power accrues to you; transgress the Laws and power eludes you. Ted Jr. was starting to get over on his own and unfortunately WWE management frowned on that and derailed his momentum. |
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