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Post by 4real on Aug 10, 2022 1:22:27 GMT -5
Bubby is the best US Champ of the last... gosh, I don't know how many years. At least since Cena. Priest had a pretty good reign too before the ending nonsense but yeah Lashley in the month he has had the championship has made it feel special He treats it like a big title and wears it like one. Whilst I think Lashley should be in the World Title picture since he never lost the WWE title technically he is an excellent US champion and is giving that title credibility. His booking since the Lana angle finished has been one of the best things WWE has done in the last couple of years. Man is just a star at this point. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 10, 2022 2:54:32 GMT -5
Reminds me of Taker with how they both got better approaching their 40's and STILL got better as they rolled through them To be fair, it was easy for Taker to improve because there were a few years there where he had fallen off. He wasn’t really himself again until the Orton feud. From my understanding for most of the Attitude Era the dude was working with a messed up back, but didn't want to take time off because he was making so much money. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2022 3:31:12 GMT -5
Bubby is the best US Champ of the last... gosh, I don't know how many years. At least since Cena. Priest had a pretty good reign too before the ending nonsense but yeah Lashley in the month he has had the championship has made it feel special He treats it like a big title and wears it like one. I forgot about Priest's. Yeah, I enjoyed that too up until THE DAMIAN SIDE started coming out. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2022 8:41:53 GMT -5
Not WWE, but I have to praise Dustin Rhodes for looking like he's hardly missed a step since the height of his Goldust days. Dude got saddled with terrible gimmick after terrible gimmick, battled his share of personal demons, and came out the other side like he just stepped out of a time machine.
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Post by Totorob101 on Aug 10, 2022 8:54:58 GMT -5
It's good to see and it feels like a lot of guys will go on to live long healthier lives which is a great thing,it's a shame things couldn't have been better for talent sooner with so many gone now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2022 9:22:51 GMT -5
The biggest detriment to the health of wrestlers was always the grind and the attitude from the office.
These days they're actually treated like legit athletes would be, where you're put on the bench if you're injured, rehabbed, and put back on the field.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Aug 10, 2022 13:28:28 GMT -5
I didn't see Rey mentioned yet (excuse me if I missed this).
The man is truly a living legend at this point, sorely underappreciated. The fact he can perform at the level he does is astonishing.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Aug 10, 2022 14:19:12 GMT -5
I didn't see Rey mentioned yet (excuse me if I missed this). The man is truly a living legend at this point, sorely underappreciated. The fact he can perform at the level he does is astonishing. Considering when he left he was held together by duct tape and he's been able to get back to a top level is nothing to scoff at |
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 10, 2022 14:31:44 GMT -5
To be fair, it was easy for Taker to improve because there were a few years there where he had fallen off. He wasn’t really himself again until the Orton feud. From my understanding for most of the Attitude Era the dude was working with a messed up back, but didn't want to take time off because he was making so much money. That his marriage was in shambles and he was facing down a costly divorce probably also wasn't putting a pep in his step, or giving him encouragement to take time off. |
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Post by celtics543 on Aug 10, 2022 14:55:10 GMT -5
Not WWE, but I have to praise Dustin Rhodes for looking like he's hardly missed a step since the height of his Goldust days. Dude got saddled with terrible gimmick after terrible gimmick, battled his share of personal demons, and came out the other side like he just stepped out of a time machine. I agree Dustin is great but I disagree that his gimmick was bad. That original Goldust gimmick was awesome. And I have to agree with a previous poster. This is great for the people behind the characters, I'm thrilled that they're living longer and healthier lives. But wrestling is best when there's almost complete turnover every 6 or 7 years. Having the same guys around near the top of the card for 10 or 20 years is going to make things pretty boring. One guy in a generation like Taker is okay but do you want your midcard guys around for 15 years? The only real benefit is that it opens up more need for a greater number of wrestling companies. If guys were still dying and retiring at the rate they were 20 years ago then there wouldn't be enough talent for AEW to exist. |
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