ASYLUMHAUSEN
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Aug 18, 2022 12:21:13 GMT -5
I'm genuinely shocked the discussion about Kenny today has gone THIS long trying to decided if it's kayfabe, shoot or a mix of both. I figured by now everyone would collectively do some version of "wait a minute...dude (at least in BTE Kayfabe) legit reads psychology books to make his ring psychology BETTER. Of COURSE this is all an angle"
Naysayers, Kentucky Fried Historians, whoever can say what they want but I stand by what I've said for years; Dude 100% is the best wrestler walking the planet and gets movement, movesets and especially psychology in a way that very view in the modern history of wrestling ever have.
The sport, not just AEW, is better off with him back.
And if you doubt that? Go watch the video of his entrance again. As loud as it was on TV it was louder in person. Like...deafeningly loud (to my ears at least)
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Aug 18, 2022 13:10:34 GMT -5
I'm genuinely shocked the discussion about Kenny today has gone THIS long trying to decided if it's kayfabe, shoot or a mix of both. I figured by now everyone would collectively do some version of "wait a minute...dude (at least in BTE Kayfabe) legit reads psychology books to make his ring psychology BETTER. Of COURSE this is all an angle" Naysayers, Kentucky Fried Historians, whoever can say what they want but I stand by what I've said for years; Dude 100% is the best wrestler walking the planet and gets movement, movesets and especially psychology in a way that very view in the modern history of wrestling ever have. The sport, not just AEW, is better off with him back. And if you doubt that? Go watch the video of his entrance again. As loud as it was on TV it was louder in person. Like...deafeningly loud (to my ears at least) I still don't like him.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 18, 2022 13:18:46 GMT -5
Was the compression shirt part of the sell? Yes and it's genius. It's definitely getting ripped off to reveal a bullet club/UE/new stable/WWE or some other t-shirt somewhere down the line.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 13:25:00 GMT -5
I'm genuinely shocked the discussion about Kenny today has gone THIS long trying to decided if it's kayfabe, shoot or a mix of both. I figured by now everyone would collectively do some version of "wait a minute...dude (at least in BTE Kayfabe) legit reads psychology books to make his ring psychology BETTER. Of COURSE this is all an angle" Naysayers, Kentucky Fried Historians, whoever can say what they want but I stand by what I've said for years; Dude 100% is the best wrestler walking the planet and gets movement, movesets and especially psychology in a way that very view in the modern history of wrestling ever have. The sport, not just AEW, is better off with him back. And if you doubt that? Go watch the video of his entrance again. As loud as it was on TV it was louder in person. Like...deafeningly loud (to my ears at least) Absolute goat INSIDE the ring. Everything else that makes up a wrestler makes me want to change the channel...He has not had a single promo that I can remember and all of his stuff comes off as a guy trying to capitalize on nerd culture. I think the hype surrounding him before AEW began did him no good either kind of like CM Punk first entering WWE...I still am like "thats it?"...I think Callis is exactly what he needs to show character besides being the single Young Buck
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Post by clifford on Aug 18, 2022 13:42:28 GMT -5
Meltzer on WOR said Omega is 100% doing the ring rust angle and the plan is we’re gonna watch him slowly get back to “Best Bout Machine” Kenny over time. God damn it he really is the f***ing best. How he physically and mentally sold the 'i don't know if I should be back yet' last night was just amazing
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 18, 2022 16:09:23 GMT -5
What are the odds of the trios finale not being Undisputed vs Elite? Pretty much zero. Well, unless something’s changed 2 out of the 3 members of Undisputed aren’t medically cleared and aren’t expected to be anytime soon. And thus they aren’t in the tournament, so while possible with some tom f***ery, seems unlikely they’re in the finals
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Post by Chiral on Aug 18, 2022 20:34:21 GMT -5
"I don't get out much, so I became a strange individual."
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Post by Glitch on Aug 18, 2022 23:49:49 GMT -5
wait. the shirt is part of the sell? This some 4D chess they're playing.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Aug 19, 2022 4:23:07 GMT -5
One thing I find really interesting with this 'not 100%' selling situation is that it brings to mind Kenny when the company was first formed having his broken ace crisis of confidence story. Kenny's taken his creative freedom and he seems to like a lot of 'rebuilding himself from the pieces' storylines instead of just being the unquestioned ace. It's a really interesting angle to take, because it's a kind of vulnerability most ace wrestlers never really show. He's not just selling an injury or selling a loss. He's raising the question of if he's really still good enough and he's putting the intrigue behind the idea that he could ever not be. Most aces won't go that path. Most guys won't take their huge amounts of creative freedom and be like "Hey I wanna really seem like I'm f***ed". It's a really unique spin Kenny keeps putting on his downfalls, I like it.
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ASYLUMHAUSEN
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Aug 19, 2022 7:20:35 GMT -5
The only downside to this particular psychology for me? I didn’t get to see the Terminator Rise and Dive (truly a thing of beauty on TV) in person 🫤
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Aug 19, 2022 7:22:30 GMT -5
"I don't get out much, so I became a strange individual." Evergreen statement for…most people 🤦🏼♂️😂 February 2020 to Present
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 19, 2022 7:27:04 GMT -5
I can buy that the truth is somewhere in the middle, that he's not at 100 percent, but that he's also playing it up for drama's sake.
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Post by King Devitt on Aug 19, 2022 7:29:31 GMT -5
There were specific spots to highlight each of his rumoured surgeries in this match so he could make a point to sell them and play up the story that he's not quite there yet. Love it. It's a very common story in japanese wrestling with someone coming back from a long injury - to come back too early and have to work off the rust. I think its a smart and compelling story to tell, and one he'll do super well because hes Kenny Bi-God Omega. Not sure if intentional (as I assume you meant by-god) but goddam is that an amazing play on words either way. Now I want him to go all in on it and give everyone the legit Kenny "Bi-God" Omega. Can you imagine?!
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Post by comahan on Aug 19, 2022 12:52:36 GMT -5
There were specific spots to highlight each of his rumoured surgeries in this match so he could make a point to sell them and play up the story that he's not quite there yet. Love it. It's a very common story in japanese wrestling with someone coming back from a long injury - to come back too early and have to work off the rust. I think its a smart and compelling story to tell, and one he'll do super well because hes Kenny Bi-God Omega. Not sure if intentional (as I assume you meant by-god) but goddam is that an amazing play on words either way. Now I want him to go all in on it and give everyone the legit Kenny "Bi-God" Omega. Can you imagine?! very intentional not that i came up with it myself, i started seeing a few people do it a while back when callis started doing the intros, and its just perfect so i ran with it
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 19, 2022 15:56:43 GMT -5
Was the compression shirt part of the sell? It absolutely was part of the sell Even though I found some of this match disappointing I was in awe of the 4D chess psychology of what Kenny was doing I haven't understood how great he was since I saw one of the Okada matches
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