Fade
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Post by Fade on Mar 6, 2021 0:27:50 GMT -5
Dude, I was all aboard during the entrance, the security guard detail, even the voice/accent but just a few minutes into the promo...yeah, I dunno about that
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Post by S-Chrome on Mar 6, 2021 1:02:09 GMT -5
Subtlety would be the word. I would be perfectly fine with Apollo claiming he's a descendant of African nobility and carrying himself as such and demanding respect as such, but nah...
...let's make him a wrestling Idi Amin/Shaka Zulu hybrid. With a spear.
WWE, stop eating mah sesame cake.
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Post by Rave on Mar 6, 2021 1:07:19 GMT -5
I'm catching Black Jinder vibes just from looking at that image and I don't like that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2021 2:02:39 GMT -5
So how long before he started feuding with a face f***ing Gunner?
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mattyy
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Post by mattyy on Mar 6, 2021 2:18:34 GMT -5
So how long before he started feuding with a face f***ing Gunner? thought that was Finn Balor?
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Post by Starshine on Mar 6, 2021 2:56:32 GMT -5
He's already got the scarf, and now his own Nigerian Singh Bros by his side. He just needs to get on Vince to push WWE programming hard in Nigeria and he'll be set.
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Post by bearned on Mar 6, 2021 5:50:38 GMT -5
Don’t know what I think about this gimmick overall but that image of him in the ring with his guards or whatever they are looks badass.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Mar 6, 2021 6:35:46 GMT -5
Apollo looks at old clips of himself: Yeah, that brother starvin’
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Mar 6, 2021 7:31:24 GMT -5
Did Vince McMahon finally see a bootleg of The Book of Mormon and decide he wanted a Warlord character?
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Post by warden on Mar 6, 2021 10:43:30 GMT -5
Apollo seems to be channeling Idi Amin more than anything lol. I dig the guards and spear though
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Post by mo on Mar 6, 2021 10:59:44 GMT -5
Yeah I thought it was pretty cool visually, the accent was a bit much but I can probably get used to it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 6, 2021 11:01:52 GMT -5
Visually it is a cool look but black people and spears don't have a good connection with each other
Like I said I hope Apollo suggested it
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Post by dbrussel on Mar 6, 2021 11:27:04 GMT -5
So he's basically Nigerian Jinder. Ok. Needs some goons soldiers tho. You're welcome That metalic spear has to be from Wakanda. He stole it in a museum.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2021 12:00:21 GMT -5
Eagerly awaiting the damage control newz about how Apollo totally pitched this look and gimmick himself, just like how Paige mocking Reid Flair's death years ago was totally Charlotte's idea.
But yeah this was stunning. Like if you had just one aspect of this gimmick - the accent, the soldiers, the ****ing spear - it would be walking right up to the edge of tasteless but still likely be acceptable. But to combine all of them is is just...wow, man.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2021 12:02:42 GMT -5
I'm here with the most important criticism of all guys
Don't pick bodyguards who are a foot taller than your new act
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Pushed to the Moon
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Mar 6, 2021 12:10:03 GMT -5
The way Big E responds next week will show us whether they're going to carry on with it I guess. If he rips him for it like it's a joke and makes fun then it'll stop but if he takes it seriously then I guess it's here to stay.
I think it could work with a couple of tweaks. I don't know anything about Nigerian royalty but just from literally googling "Nigerian king" I think if they replaced the spear with a wooden cane or staff and replaced the military outfits just with some fancy robes or something then it might look better.
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Post by bob on Mar 6, 2021 12:11:53 GMT -5
he's not Malcom X..... he's Nigerian royalty professional email scammer
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Post by saneiac on Mar 6, 2021 13:51:46 GMT -5
I'm here with the most important criticism of all guys Don't pick bodyguards who are a foot taller than your new act That wouldn't make sense. If you're bigger than your bodyguards, why do you need them guarding you? You never see guys like Undertaker or Big Show walking around with bodyguards. On the other hand, Shawn & Diesel Shawn & Sid AJ Styles & Omos pre-bulky Hunter Hearst Helmsley & Mr. Hughes Reverend D-Von & Deacon Batista Tyson Kidd &... um... that really tall guy he had for two weeks
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Post by Cyno on Mar 6, 2021 14:18:53 GMT -5
This is a reminder that for every racial angle WWE does right, they do 10 wrong. Apollo is veering fast into the latter.
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Post by nisidhe on Mar 6, 2021 14:25:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I expect this to last until about three days after the opening weekend for _Coming 2 America_.
He'd have been better off joining the Hurt Business. At least they'd be able to tease a sweep of all the titles before one of them falters or gets ambitious or whatever.
This is pushing into some real-life 11 o'clock news stuff crossed with the email scamming Nigerian prince trope, and I'm not sure how well it's going to go over. If there's a mass kidnapping of the entire SD women's division....
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