ToyfareMark
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Post by ToyfareMark on Dec 23, 2019 14:17:56 GMT -5
I saw ONE match with Bruiser and the big spot was him looking at the camera and saying “I don’t have teeeeeeeth” I hate him. Every f***ing match he has he bites someone. The ref yells at him. He says i can't bite him I Ain t got no teeth. So stupid. So his gimmick is being the argument Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse Ventura had at WM5 over which Bushwhacker had no teeth.
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Post by honsou on Dec 23, 2019 16:31:41 GMT -5
"I have five TEETH, referee!" Imagine ROH sending him to a New Japan show. Out of the ROH guys they send he is always far and away the most over guy at those NJPW shows.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 23, 2019 17:34:11 GMT -5
And honestly, odd as it might be to consider, I do kind of feel from watching an array of different promotions these days that ROH might have some of the most polished "workrate" of most of the US promotions going right now when you combine match pacing, in-ring narratives, and sheer execution, at least when you focus on the promotion's midcard and higher. It's not universal, of course, but it never really was during the golden age, either.
This is going to sound harsh and I don't mean it to, as I don't begrudge anybody not being interested in supporting ROH following the news about Kelly Klein, the general mishandling of Women of Honor, and all the malfeasance by management exposed by Joey Mercury (not to mention the sheer "Sinclair owns them" factor), but I get the vibe sometimes that people drag some of the actual wrestlers/matches the promotion puts on without actually watching them. Again, I do NOT begrudge anybody speaking with their wallet over the issues surrounding ROH and its management, but the wrestlers themselves usually put on a really solid show.
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Post by Starshine on Dec 23, 2019 17:40:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I don’t see a problem with Bruiser. Guy works fine, gets a nice reaction, and it’s not like he’s dominating screen time if you’re not a fan of his. Besides, I remember the Carnage Crew era. Right, also reminds me that one of the longer term angles back in 2005 was the CC trying to solve a mystery of who shit in their bags.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 23, 2019 17:58:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I don’t see a problem with Bruiser. Guy works fine, gets a nice reaction, and it’s not like he’s dominating screen time if you’re not a fan of his. Besides, I remember the Carnage Crew era. Right, also reminds me that one of the longer term angles back in 2005 was the CC trying to solve a mystery of who shit in their bags. Never, ever forget Dusty Rhodes sitting in a locker room and sniffing saying "I smell dood-eh."
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Dec 24, 2019 0:55:40 GMT -5
I like Bruiser but he’s really the type that should be tearing up the undercard seldomly winning
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 24, 2019 2:53:26 GMT -5
And honestly, odd as it might be to consider, I do kind of feel from watching an array of different promotions these days that ROH might have some of the most polished "workrate" of most of the US promotions going right now when you combine match pacing, in-ring narratives, and sheer execution, at least when you focus on the promotion's midcard and higher. It's not universal, of course, but it never really was during the golden age, either. This is going to sound harsh and I don't mean it to, as I don't begrudge anybody not being interested in supporting ROH following the news about Kelly Klein, the general mishandling of Women of Honor, and all the malfeasance by management exposed by Joey Mercury (not to mention the sheer "Sinclair owns them" factor), but I get the vibe sometimes that people drag some of the actual wrestlers/matches the promotion puts on without actually watching them. Again, I do NOT begrudge anybody speaking with their wallet over the issues surrounding ROH and its management, but the wrestlers themselves usually put on a really solid show. Yeah, stuff like Klein, iffy promotion of cards, it being 2019 and a lot of their shows still looking kind of dumpy from a production standpoint, the exodus of a good chunk of people, Women of Honor being so poorly handled, etc, stuff like that are legitimate gripes. "Get a load of the fat guy" is not really it, nor am I going to say even a lot of the whipping boys like Taven have been bad, just, presentation, bad timing, and questionable booking have hamstrung much of the promotion from feeling important. PCO as champion is a good step in the right direction. Nothing against Rush, but PCO is the more attention-grabbing choice, a very George Foreman-style comeback story leading to a feel-good win.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 24, 2019 7:56:34 GMT -5
And honestly, odd as it might be to consider, I do kind of feel from watching an array of different promotions these days that ROH might have some of the most polished "workrate" of most of the US promotions going right now when you combine match pacing, in-ring narratives, and sheer execution, at least when you focus on the promotion's midcard and higher. It's not universal, of course, but it never really was during the golden age, either. This is going to sound harsh and I don't mean it to, as I don't begrudge anybody not being interested in supporting ROH following the news about Kelly Klein, the general mishandling of Women of Honor, and all the malfeasance by management exposed by Joey Mercury (not to mention the sheer "Sinclair owns them" factor), but I get the vibe sometimes that people drag some of the actual wrestlers/matches the promotion puts on without actually watching them. Again, I do NOT begrudge anybody speaking with their wallet over the issues surrounding ROH and its management, but the wrestlers themselves usually put on a really solid show. Yeah, stuff like Klein, iffy promotion of cards, it being 2019 and a lot of their shows still looking kind of dumpy from a production standpoint, the exodus of a good chunk of people, Women of Honor being so poorly handled, etc, stuff like that are legitimate gripes. "Get a load of the fat guy" is not really it, nor am I going to say even a lot of the whipping boys like Taven have been bad, just, presentation, bad timing, and questionable booking have hamstrung much of the promotion from feeling important. PCO as champion is a good step in the right direction. Nothing against Rush, but PCO is the more attention-grabbing choice, a very George Foreman-style comeback story leading to a feel-good win. There may be worse/more obvious problems sure, but “get a load of the fat guy” can also be said in reference to legitimate gripes. Like how in the mid 1990’s the Kliq may have been more dangerous to the WWF, but that didn’t mean guys like Bastian Booger were great either.
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