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Post by Cyno on Mar 26, 2020 16:06:37 GMT -5
Jericho cutting a promo on a drone and making it work is one of the best things I've seen in wrestling in a long time. It's also great seeing Broken Matt back in its full insanity versus the neutered WWE version.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 16:06:51 GMT -5
Just wait until Orange Cassidy has a match against Vanguard That's some dream scenario booking right there, fella!
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Mar 26, 2020 16:25:15 GMT -5
How did WWE not give us THIS Matt Hardy? Honestly. For a company that's supposed to be all about "entertainment", how did they figure nostalgia act Matt Hardy was more entertaining than Broken Matt Hardy? Give me this wacky shit over worked shoots and boring looking guys any day. Also Jericho cutting that promo on the drone was one of the best things I seen in years lmao. Is there anything this man can't do? I think classic Matt Hardy worked perfectly for his contribution to the Edge and Randy Orton feud.
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Post by Viking Hall on Mar 26, 2020 17:48:38 GMT -5
The only thing I didn't like was Cody/Kenny taking the piss out of Jericho for interacting with the drone when just minutes earlier they had established that Vanguard 1 is a character by having him check up on Nick Jackson.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 18:01:57 GMT -5
I liked the segment apart from the teleporting bit
That bit was just a bit too much for me personally
Still enjoyed it though, Jericho and Vanguard was good as was Cody getting upset every time Jericho trashed the elite lol
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Post by King Devitt on Mar 26, 2020 19:34:38 GMT -5
Jericho playing it straight was fantastic, it would have been so easy to laugh this off but he helped elevate Broken Matt. This is what I loved the most about it. Unlike WWE's "I'm sorry for what you're about to see" approach in shitting all over the gimmick, Jericho played it 100% legit the entire time. Jericho could have easily made Matt look stupid, or made fun of him for being Damascus and being over 3000 years old, but he rolled with it, and it made Matt look even better. Once Jericho said "Well if you're over 3000 years old you must be very wise..." I knew Matt was in good hands.
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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 26, 2020 22:48:06 GMT -5
I think Jericho again proved how amazing he is. He literally cut a promo on a robot with no face or voice, and it felt like a legitimate promo. It was a master class.
I think people complaining about Hardy teleporting have not seen or gotten the Broken Hardy stuff. Broken Universe is its own thing. You can't think of it as part of Earth-Prime wrestling reality, it's like Earth-Broken.
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Post by robferatu on Mar 26, 2020 23:49:42 GMT -5
Wrestetalk touched on this best, but the whole Matt Hardy teleporting portion of the segment is the same hooky, eye-rolling stuff that people often complain about the WWE for doing. It's one thing for Matt Hardy to think he's a three hundred thousand year-old entity, but it's another thing to give him supernatural powers.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Broken Matt Hardy gimmick, but there's portions of where I feel like he takes it too far and it becomes just too silly for my tastes.
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Post by Dub H on Mar 26, 2020 23:58:20 GMT -5
I like more when Matts power arent that physical like teleportinf ,but mystical en of the mind.
The teleport I can take it or leave it ,but the drone promo was amazing.
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Post by nate5054 on Mar 27, 2020 0:52:33 GMT -5
Him cutting the promo on the drone was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling.
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Post by badkarma on Mar 27, 2020 1:46:32 GMT -5
Jericho was great (as usual). Broken Matt made a great first impression. How about some love for the timing that Cody, and Kenny, had on commentary. They didn’t jump on it right away, but Jericho kept repeatedly bad mouthing The Elite as he went on. Finally, after letting Broken Matt get established, they broke their silence. “Hey, we’re right here.” was one of my favorite lines from that segment. They way they said it with a “dude, wtf?” sound in their voices was perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 6:06:43 GMT -5
The inevitable Broken Matt interactions with Hangman are gonna be fun. "Man of hanging".
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Post by Macho Pichu on Mar 27, 2020 6:43:14 GMT -5
The teleporting was my favorite part. It's the kind of thing I'd been advocating for in these empty arena shows. Sure, it was more of a 2006 YouTube effect than "cinematic," but it fit with what it was supposed to be.
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Post by bog on Mar 27, 2020 22:25:10 GMT -5
I AM MAGIC made me lose it
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Post by Bo Rida on Mar 28, 2020 6:58:49 GMT -5
I've never fully got the whole broken thing but the promo on the drone and the teleporting were great. Jericho was amazing throughout.
Just went a bit too long, the Abe Lincoln stuff just didn't click with me.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 28, 2020 9:14:23 GMT -5
Actual conversation between me and my brother:
Me: "You been keeping up with AEW?"
Him: "Not really, I find it a bit boring."
Me: "Jericho cut a promo on a drone."
Him: "Say no more."
He then spent the next 20 minutes laughing his ass off at the segment.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 28, 2020 9:35:23 GMT -5
In retrospect I think it would have been better for Matt to come in as a little quirky but together version of himself who had worked through his delusions. Then at Blood & Guts something happens that triggers a relapse and he's broken again. That way you don't have to deal with the goofy gimmick in the serious match but you end up after that match with Broken Matt & he can go do his own thing in attraction programs. But with everything irl being so messed up and affecting the way these shows are laid out I can't fault them for doing what they did.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Mar 28, 2020 10:12:50 GMT -5
Keeping in mind that wresting fans have been conditioned to accept that the lights going off and suddenly coming back on meant that the Undertaker or Bray Wyatt (DEH!) teleported from wherever to right behind (or in front of) whoever was in the ring....
Matt took that conceit and kinda turned it on it’s head. He didn’t just tell us Damascus can teleport, he showed us.
And I am all the f***ing way here for it it. The batshit wrinkle that Matt Hardy adds to the mix is exactly what was missing from AEW - not that they were missing much IMO, for me they’ve been literally perfect since the jump. I genuinely didn’t think it was possible for me to love this company more but then along came Matt and proved me wrong.
And all this before we even get something at The Compound.
The possibilities....Oh the possibilities.
Personally, I look forward to the potential of - for example - King Maxel selling for Orange’s Kicks of Doom (and the literal heart attack that might possibly unleash on...you know...) 😂😂😂
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Mar 28, 2020 10:14:52 GMT -5
Him cutting the promo on the drone was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling. And yesterday he dead ass cut a promo on a roomba on Instagram 😂
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Post by Deputy Muscle on Mar 28, 2020 10:58:25 GMT -5
Jericho can take absolutely any situation and make it must watch. Promo versus drone just seemed 100% legit. I was living it He is without a doubt the most versatile wrestler of all time.
Unfortunately he will soon be DELETED!
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