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Post by warden on Apr 18, 2021 15:49:56 GMT -5
I'm glad they brought back the Samoan spike. I wondered what happened to it. Seems like it was on a long journey and now resided in Nigeria.
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Post by sportatorium on Apr 18, 2021 17:19:52 GMT -5
I hope this gets over for Apollo, but it’s the unintentionally hilarious version of Broken Matt Hardy. If he just had a Brother Nero & Senor Benjamin to go with Commander Azeez. They could control vanguard one and ride on skarsgaard.
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Post by prettynami on Apr 18, 2021 18:58:10 GMT -5
Haha. I'm starting to like how ridiculous this is being played. Between just the way Apollo laughs, his cadence, and they way everything in his life is now a "Nigerian X". Nigerian Nail, Nigerian Drum Match.... I bet he has a Nigerian breakfast, drives the Nigerian Car, etc. etc. The guy is pretty entertaining at the moment. It's sooooo weird.
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Post by No One on Apr 18, 2021 21:08:46 GMT -5
I like it. They need more over-the-top silly stuff like this.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Apr 18, 2021 21:11:02 GMT -5
Haha. I'm starting to like how ridiculous this is being played. Between just the way Apollo laughs, his cadence, and they way everything in his life is now a "Nigerian X". Nigerian Nail, Nigerian Drum Match.... I bet he has a Nigerian breakfast, drives the Nigerian Car, etc. etc. The guy is pretty entertaining at the moment. It's sooooo weird. I never would have put “Apollo” and “entertaining” in the same sentence before this. Yet here we are.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 18, 2021 21:20:58 GMT -5
All of this nonsense better result in a flag match.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Apr 18, 2021 21:22:50 GMT -5
All of this nonsense better result in a flag match. *NIGERIAN Flag Match
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Post by Starshine on Apr 18, 2021 21:27:29 GMT -5
All of this nonsense better result in a flag match. Big E's great in those. ![](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BadFearfulChimpanzee-size_restricted.gif)
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 19, 2021 18:00:54 GMT -5
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 19, 2021 18:27:48 GMT -5
I just find his name confusing since it's weird to see someone named Commander being the one taking orders. I lived through season 3 of GI:Joe, so I’m fine with it. Cole: Fearing that Roman can no longer lead, Jey Uso and Paul Heyman comb the tombs of the most Evil Heels in History and from their genetic tissue produce a composite clone! With the genius of Bobby Heenan, the Ruthlessness of Gary Hart, The Daring of Ernie Ladd and the Cunning of Gorgeous George, behold the Ultimate Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion: Apollo Crews!! "APOLLOOOO!! The Most Evil Heel of Pro Wrestling!! Smackdown Live, A Real American Hero!!"Cole: What happens next?! Find out, Fridays on Fox!!
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Apr 20, 2021 6:07:42 GMT -5
All of this nonsense better result in a flag match. *NIGERIAN Flag Match That does not involve the Nigerian flag in any way.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 8:33:01 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons.
A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough?
B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before?
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Post by mrtuesday on Apr 20, 2021 9:37:27 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons. A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before? It's nothing new in WWE. Husky Harris and Bray Wyatt were sold as two different people. Same for Issac Yamnkem, Fake Diesel, and Kane. Golga and Earthquake. Papa Shango and The Godfather. And so on. It's actually rare for WWE to acknowledge a wrestlers former gimmick on screen. X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid and Goldust/Dustin Rhodes for example. The biggest one that I can think of is Vince on commentary constantly correcting Roddy Piper that Saba Simba wasn't Tony Atlas.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Apr 20, 2021 9:47:24 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons. A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before? It's nothing new in WWE. Husky Harris and Bray Wyatt were sold as two different people. Same for Issac Yamnkem, Fake Diesel, and Kane. Golga and Earthquake. Papa Shango and The Godfather. And so on. It's actually rare for WWE to acknowledge a wrestlers former gimmick on screen. X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid and Goldust/Dustin Rhodes for example. The biggest one that I can think of is Vince on commentary constantly correcting Roddy Piper that Saba Simba wasn't Tony Atlas. VINCE WASN'T FOOLING RODDY PIPER! THAT WAS TONY ATLAS!
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 20, 2021 10:38:17 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons. A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before? It's nothing new in WWE. Husky Harris and Bray Wyatt were sold as two different people. Same for Issac Yamnkem, Fake Diesel, and Kane. Golga and Earthquake. Papa Shango and The Godfather. And so on. It's actually rare for WWE to acknowledge a wrestlers former gimmick on screen. X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid and Goldust/Dustin Rhodes for example. The biggest one that I can think of is Vince on commentary constantly correcting Roddy Piper that Saba Simba wasn't Tony Atlas. I think the difference is that the gaps are substantially shorter between most of those and you could get away with changing characters because, well, the WWF hired a lot of big guys so most were interchangeable with costumes on. Hell, with Bray, he even made it a part of his character that Wyatt’s spirit inhabited Husky Harris’ body so technically they’re the same guy. Dabba Kato was on TV, like, not even a year ago. Of course people are going to notice when you were trying to make him a big part of Raw Underground. I’m not saying that’s not true but it’s much harder to get away with now and practically insulting to try it when Kato was mega pushed for weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 10:45:21 GMT -5
I think the difference is that the gaps are substantially shorter between most of those and you could get away with changing characters because, well, the WWF hired a lot of big guys so most were interchangeable with costumes on. Hell, with Bray, he even made it a part of his character that Wyatt’s spirit inhabited Husky Harris’ body so technically they’re the same guy. Dabba Kato was on TV, like, not even a year ago. Of course people are going to notice when you were trying to make him a big part of Raw Underground. I’m not saying that’s not true but it’s much harder to get away with now and practically insulting to try it when Kato was mega pushed for weeks. That's exactly it. This isn't WWE not acknowledging Braun Strowman as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds (god I feel old just remembering that gimmick). This is more like if WWE had changed Braun's name once he split from the Wyatt Family, and then tried to pretend he was a completely different person than the guy in the Wyatt Family.
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 20, 2021 10:46:56 GMT -5
It's still no THE UNDEFEATED SNITSKY
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Apr 20, 2021 11:09:17 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons. A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before? Yeah, even as someone that doesn't watch the product regularly, this was a pretty egregious repackaging to pretend dude wasn't just getting murked by Braun Strowman last year
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 20, 2021 16:26:00 GMT -5
If I can be serious for a moment, the "Commander Azeez" thing really annoys me for a couple of reasons. A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? B) This is a guy we've seen twice before on TV, in minor but still noticeable roles (hard not to be noticeable when you're built like that), under different names. Apollo is a heel who, as of late, has been all about "this company forced me to hide who I really was!" If you had any writing ability whatsoever you could, I dunno, maybe draw a goddamn parallel there? "Babatunde was forced to hide who he was, just like me - but now we've both embraced our heritage, embraced our names, and we will be unstoppable!" or something? Instead of trying to pretend that the 7-foot tall Nigerian guy is someone we've never seen before? They didn't even change his damn haircut. He just cuts in mid match at Mania with the same ass dreadlocks with a side shave and they expect us to not know it was the same "he big" guy with that hair that was a massive feature of Shane's Lucha Underwhelming segments for like 3 months late last year?
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Apr 20, 2021 21:34:29 GMT -5
A) The new name is stupid - was Babatunde somehow not Nigerian-sounding enough? Too Polish.
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