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Post by sportatorium on Nov 16, 2022 18:57:09 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion.
...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing?
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 16, 2022 19:39:04 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion. ...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing? He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Nov 16, 2022 19:46:49 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion. ...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing? He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does. Man, I don't know why I assumed he was like in his late 30s, the fact all THOSE guys are younger is jaw dropping
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Post by Cyno on Nov 16, 2022 19:53:55 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion. ...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing? He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does.
Chris Jericho, Sting, and PCO are all older than him and also move better in the ring than Tyrus does.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 16, 2022 19:54:37 GMT -5
He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does. Man, I don't know why I assumed he was like in his late 30s, the fact all THOSE guys are younger is jaw dropping "G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Nov 16, 2022 19:58:09 GMT -5
Man, I don't know why I assumed he was like in his late 30s, the fact all THOSE guys are younger is jaw dropping "G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him. I'm so curious what on Earth kept him in the system that long. I know Deep South was kind of the backup developmental that WWE didn't care about in contrast to OVW, and had some other guys who stuck around in limbo there for forever without much to show for it (Konnor too, right?), but it's hard to imagine anyone trying for so long with this guy when he had so little upside at any point.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Nov 16, 2022 20:04:19 GMT -5
I decided to watch NWA Powerr, since I figured I should give the product a chance before I take a wet dookie on it: <Review> Not doing a lot to inspire confidence in this company. Aron Stevens was the high point. Terrible wrestling show. Thanks for taking one for the team and watching so we didn't have to. Sometimes I end up enjoying the stuff that I thought I'd hate, like increasingly large parts of Noah, but don't think that would apply here. There's pices of stuff that has potential, but I'm just not confident that they have what it takes to capitalize.
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Post by Rave on Nov 16, 2022 20:16:55 GMT -5
Jesus Christ that's f***ed but also hilarious that the guy in the gimmick is RODNEY MACK Especially when, I mean, Red Dogg/Rodney Mack is enough of a name in his own right that they should just be using him as that. Obviously not an enormous name, but more notable than a lot of their undercard. That's what he was doing before this shit and it was working well enough. Even had him help get over a younger guy who's since disappeared completely.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 17, 2022 0:16:52 GMT -5
Jesus Christ that's f***ed but also hilarious that the guy in the gimmick is RODNEY MACK Especially when, I mean, Red Dogg/Rodney Mack is enough of a name in his own right that they should just be using him as that. Obviously not an enormous name, but more notable than a lot of their undercard. Rodney Mack should have a gimmick of never shutting the hell up with reminding you that he was in Here Comes the Pain. Like, "Yeah, widely considered one of the best wrestling games of all time. It's because I was in it."
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2022 0:39:15 GMT -5
Especially when, I mean, Red Dogg/Rodney Mack is enough of a name in his own right that they should just be using him as that. Obviously not an enormous name, but more notable than a lot of their undercard. Rodney Mack should have a gimmick of never shutting the hell up with reminding you that he was in Here Comes the Pain. Like, "Yeah, widely considered one of the best wrestling games of all time. It's because I was in it." "I got that Tiger Driver version you liked in, the one you could use for your Misawa CAW. You're welcome."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2022 0:48:15 GMT -5
Man, I don't know why I assumed he was like in his late 30s, the fact all THOSE guys are younger is jaw dropping "G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him. Like, according to CageMatch, he debuts in Deep South in September 2006, and his last match under that name was in April 2010 before he's rebranded, and it still takes another year before he makes his main roster debut (not counting game show era NXT). He's in his 30s at that point, too, so it's not like he was a youngin.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2022 0:51:57 GMT -5
"G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him. Like, according to CageMatch, he debuts in Deep South in September 2006, and his last match under that name was in April 2010 before he's rebranded, and it still takes another year before he makes his main roster debut (not counting game show era NXT). He's in his 30s at that point, too, so it's not like he was a youngin. WWE past a certain point either must have fallen for a sunk cost fallacy or thought that they could put him in some role as a big guy that'd be impressive for faces or heels to beat who were going to be pushed. Truthfully, if he hadn't been a dumbass, maybe he would have stuck around as the Funkasaurus longer and been able to comfortably enjoy the Bushwhackers job security, but his ego wouldn't allow for it.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 17, 2022 5:36:02 GMT -5
Man, I don't know why I assumed he was like in his late 30s, the fact all THOSE guys are younger is jaw dropping "G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him. And then when he debuted as Del Rio's lackey, disappeared, got vignettes for MONTHS for a return gimmick, which went so long it was meme'd on the actual program itself... and then well... someone called his Momma. Never ever forget from his re-debut "YOU SUCK BRODUS!" "My Bad!"
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Nov 17, 2022 6:08:49 GMT -5
He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does. Chris Jericho, Sting, and PCO are all older than him and also move better in the ring than Tyrus does. This is all true. As broken down The Hardys are, they still move better than this. Sting in his 60s moves way better. Than again they are also not 400 pound fat guy. He has to be that and not whatever Billy claimed.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2022 6:24:48 GMT -5
Chris Jericho, Sting, and PCO are all older than him and also move better in the ring than Tyrus does. This is all true. As broken down The Hardys are, they still move better than this. Sting in his 60s moves way better. Than again they are also not 400 pound fat guy. He has to be that and not whatever Billy claimed. I'd buy he was maybe 375, maybe, if he was 6'0, but at his height? He has got to be significantly heavier than that right now, even if he probably has less muscle than he did 10 years ago.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 17, 2022 6:25:28 GMT -5
"G-Rilla" was in developmental/house shows/dark matches for a LONG time before they finally debuted him. And then when he debuted as Del Rio's lackey, disappeared, got vignettes for MONTHS for a return gimmick, which went so long it was meme'd on the actual program itself... and then well... someone called his Momma. Never ever forget from his re-debut "YOU SUCK BRODUS!" "My Bad!" It was charming for like a month or so, in a "Season 1 of Family Matters when everyone isn't sick to death of Urkel's schtick" kind of way. There are receipts on this board.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 17, 2022 6:33:50 GMT -5
And then when he debuted as Del Rio's lackey, disappeared, got vignettes for MONTHS for a return gimmick, which went so long it was meme'd on the actual program itself... and then well... someone called his Momma. Never ever forget from his re-debut "YOU SUCK BRODUS!" "My Bad!" It was charming for like a month or so, in a "Season 1 of Family Matters when everyone isn't sick to death of Urkel's schtick" kind of way. There are receipts on this board. Hey the Funkasaurus run did give us Xavier Woods and Naomi in the end... so it did SOMETHING for WWE's future, it just wasn't Brodus himself.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 17, 2022 11:47:16 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion. ...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing? He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does. I had no idea he was pushing 50. Holy shit, that puts him at an even greater risk for a heart attack.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 17, 2022 11:53:56 GMT -5
No matter how many stories there are about Nick Aldis being a jerk or that he's boring- he might as well be Ric Flair, Bryan Danielson & Kurt Angle combined compared to Tyrus in general- much less Tyrus as your champion. ...and Tyrus is 50 years old. I just learned that. Seriously NWA...WTF are you all doing? He'll be 50 in February next year. Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy are all younger than him, and all of them move better in the ring than Tyrus does. Continental drift moves faster than Tyrus does.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 17, 2022 14:29:14 GMT -5
And then when he debuted as Del Rio's lackey, disappeared, got vignettes for MONTHS for a return gimmick, which went so long it was meme'd on the actual program itself... and then well... someone called his Momma. Never ever forget from his re-debut "YOU SUCK BRODUS!" "My Bad!" It was charming for like a month or so, in a "Season 1 of Family Matters when everyone isn't sick to death of Urkel's schtick" kind of way. There are receipts on this board. The Crowd still was popping for him, during his quick matches... and likely could have been employed for years since that's like one of the safest spots to be in cardwise.
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