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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 10, 2021 23:54:56 GMT -5
Dude came off super well tonight. Dude just translated and still got over the cockiness of Penta. Hope this stays a thing.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 10, 2021 23:56:42 GMT -5
I loved him in his BTE segments and how much he sold being in Dark Order and the whole Dark Order Kai thing
Dude being Penta's translator was great because he has the cadence to make it work.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 11, 2021 0:01:42 GMT -5
Abrahantes really works in this role. There's something very particular about getting very gruesome threats from a clearly very violent Penta translated in a clear, professional sort of way, and it's good.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Mar 11, 2021 10:14:30 GMT -5
I’ll second this. Managing to keep tone during translation can be tough, and I love his work on BTE.
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Post by Dub H on Mar 11, 2021 10:26:49 GMT -5
He really had this smug" I`m saying it,i`m loving it but you cant do shit because it I`m just translating" attitude to him.
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Post by Convoy on Mar 11, 2021 11:27:09 GMT -5
It was so funny to see him perfectly capture the swagger of Penta's comments, especially after seeing portions of the AEW roster bully him on Twitch. He nailed it though, and I would love to have him in that spot as needed going forward.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 11, 2021 17:34:25 GMT -5
I kind of marked out for this promo. I don't watch BTE so I'd never seen this dude before but he was really adding to the promo.
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Post by eJm on Mar 11, 2021 17:38:50 GMT -5
Abrahantes has always been one of my favourite personalities in AEW because he's enthusiastic without coming off as a tryhard and enough of an interviewer to know how to react in a situation depending on the question.
I'm glad he had some time to shine and hope he sticks as Penta's translator.
EDIT: Also, him kissing up to the Dark Order, before now, was one of the funner parts of his act.
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Post by sunnytaker on Mar 12, 2021 12:09:24 GMT -5
He really had this smug" I`m saying it,i`m loving it but you cant do shit because it I`m just translating" attitude to him. yeah i liked how he made sure to keep saying "penta says" so that way cody wouldn;t be getting mad at him for saying it. |
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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 13, 2021 1:45:09 GMT -5
He's been doing great work on the pre-shows since 2019. He's 1989 Sean Mooney, and no one even knows. In the best way.
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Post by mystermystery on Mar 13, 2021 17:39:29 GMT -5
It was so funny to see him perfectly capture the swagger of Penta's comments, especially after seeing portions of the AEW roster bully him on Twitch. He nailed it though, and I would love to have him in that spot as needed going forward. So, you too heard Colt Cabana shouting "DO YOUR TASKS!" when Alex appeared on screen? |
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Mar 13, 2021 20:36:47 GMT -5
He's been doing great work on the pre-shows since 2019. He's 1989 Sean Mooney, and no one even knows. In the best way. Was Sean Mooney a heel, because the best part of Alex Abrahantes is how he's a heel and Dark Order but is still promoting the shows and excited about things shaking out. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 14, 2021 8:25:27 GMT -5
He was great. Loved that presentation of Penta.
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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 14, 2021 13:04:32 GMT -5
He's been doing great work on the pre-shows since 2019. He's 1989 Sean Mooney, and no one even knows. In the best way. Was Sean Mooney a heel, because the best part of Alex Abrahantes is how he's a heel and Dark Order but is still promoting the shows and excited about things shaking out. I love his new character work. He was just very good in the pre-shows just being a hype newsman for so long, but I think the Dark Order BTe stuff led to his Penta stuff, which is great for him. I do remember Mooney doing something heel, but maybe it's not a real memory. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 18, 2021 0:21:46 GMT -5
He did a great job again tonight and the announcers noted that he might be having a bit too much fun in this role. Hope he continues to get screentime.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 18, 2021 0:24:06 GMT -5
If Alex being his cocky translator is what it takes for Penta to be a main eventer, I am all for it, and it helps I like Alex too.
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Post by Bad Moon on Mar 18, 2021 8:05:29 GMT -5
The Spanglish bits on BTE never did anything for me, but I love him with Penta. Something to do with his friendly excitable Mike Goldberg soundbite voice delivery translating Penta's own sadistic glee, it just works so damn well.
And yeah, this is just what Penta needed to step up to the next level. He can give perfectly servicable promos in English, but obviously everyone can do it even better in their native tongue.
Except for WALTER, oddly enough. Maybe it's cause of my bias against Hochdeutsch but when WALTER cuts promos in German he sounds like a total geek.
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Post by markymark on Mar 19, 2021 17:27:02 GMT -5
If Alex being his cocky translator is what it takes for Penta to be a main eventer, I am all for it, and it helps I like Alex too. Like I said in the other thread, Penta and Alex together reminded me of Del Rio and Ricardo. |
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Post by 06vwgti on Mar 19, 2021 18:24:16 GMT -5
He's got the smug look down and I love it.
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Post by wankah on Mar 19, 2021 19:14:25 GMT -5
I never saw him as a smug prick. Just a fella who likes to have fun, really. And the reason he works with Penta as well as the latino crew and the Dark Order in BTE is his presence with these alignments while actually being a pro and a fan at the same time. Good pick for his job I guess that delivered more than the expectations were for.
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