I want another wrestler whose 'dark side' is like Ibushi's. All the life drains from their eyes and they just violently beat someone half to death with a dead-eyed stare and a mouth that never changes expression.
No facepaint, no gear change, just "I can't come to the phone right now, but you can talk to the killer. But the killer won't talk back."
I never understood why Riddle only did that the one time. He was awesome at it and then they never explored it further.
Talking about the match against Velveteen Dream where he beat the absolute dog shit out of him? He went from smiley bro to I’m going to kill you in that match and that makes me think he def had a future as a heel who will just hurt you
Out of curiosity since this looks familiar: was Chris Jericho also supposed to be the painmaker when he fought Darby Allin on one of the first episodes of Dynamite?
Because at the time, I don't remember them making any special reference to this being Jericho's dark side and it just came across to me at that time that he was mocking Darby Allin with his facial make-up.
Yes, that was the Painmaker's first AEW match.
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I love that in wrestling the idea of a darker side that you can tap into for extra sadism or even for outright supernatural power is just like, an established thing in canon, but with Jericho everyone is just like 'lmao ok whatever'.
I want another wrestler whose 'dark side' is like Ibushi's. All the life drains from their eyes and they just violently beat someone half to death with a dead-eyed stare and a mouth that never changes expression.
No facepaint, no gear change, just "I can't come to the phone right now, but you can talk to the killer. But the killer won't talk back."
Thats straight up Shibata and Nakajima all the time lol
Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jul 15, 2022 7:49:28 GMT -5
Don't really get the Painmaker hate. I always figured the semi-cringe nature was part of the point, and in Jericho's current gimmick that feels especially true. It'll be fun.
I love that in wrestling the idea of a darker side that you can tap into for extra sadism or even for outright supernatural power is just like, an established thing in canon, but with Jericho everyone is just like 'lmao ok whatever'.
I want another wrestler whose 'dark side' is like Ibushi's. All the life drains from their eyes and they just violently beat someone half to death with a dead-eyed stare and a mouth that never changes expression.
No facepaint, no gear change, just "I can't come to the phone right now, but you can talk to the killer. But the killer won't talk back."
I never realised until now that Ibushi's darkside gimmick is Taylor Swift from Reputation.
I want another wrestler whose 'dark side' is like Ibushi's. All the life drains from their eyes and they just violently beat someone half to death with a dead-eyed stare and a mouth that never changes expression.
No facepaint, no gear change, just "I can't come to the phone right now, but you can talk to the killer. But the killer won't talk back."
Thats straight up Shibata and Nakajima all the time lol
Yeah, but it's not as compelling if you're _always_ in kill mode.
Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jul 18, 2022 13:23:20 GMT -5
I mark for Painmaker Jericho, usually means the motherf***er is gonna absolutely bring it in the match. Although I’m a sucker for Jericho, Manitoba basically only has Piper, Jericho, Callis and Omega who have made names for themselves in wrestling so you gotta support the home province guys.
17th Summer of Muskrat? Good God I've been here a long time.