Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 23, 2023 7:11:52 GMT -5
Well at least this suggests they're alive, don't think they've been heard from since the wesuk debacle.
However I doubt WWE would employ nft scammers that could prey on their fanbase.
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Post by Citizen Grimm on Jan 23, 2023 8:05:22 GMT -5
I'm down for them to comeback. Loved them in NXT but felt they floundered a lot of the main roster.
Not stoked on them much as people though.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 23, 2023 8:22:03 GMT -5
Not really sure why we're bringing back a team that wasn't really over or that good when they've been out of the sport for like 3 years. Just call up folks from NXT and try something new.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 23, 2023 8:25:20 GMT -5
Not really sure we're bring back a team that wasn't really over or that good when they've been out of the sport for like 3 years. Just call up folks from NXT and try something new. This is where I'm at with these things at this point. Like, you want a tag team that's ready and knows your system, Pretty Deadly's been in NXT for a while now on both sides of the Atlantic. You might as well call them up. The more holes you fill with signings, the more you look like Pro Wrestling's equivalent of Chelsea Football Club. Paying wages for people that basically clog the chain for your developmental talent to fill in the near future.
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Post by krozor on Jan 23, 2023 8:54:29 GMT -5
It is time to do what they should have done with them on the main roster the first time: keep Ellering with them, but rename him Arthur F. Paine.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 23, 2023 10:00:26 GMT -5
Not really sure we're bring back a team that wasn't really over or that good when they've been out of the sport for like 3 years. Just call up folks from NXT and try something new. They were both over and very good in NXT. That act is money. Obviously Vince got rid of Ellering as soon as they debuted on the main roster, which took a lot of shine off of them. And they’re both not even 30 years old. As for NXT, there’s plenty of room in the tag divisions for a team like Pretty Deadly, too.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 23, 2023 10:16:12 GMT -5
I liked AOP's tag matches on NXT, and bringing Ellering back with them is a good idea, since Drake Maverick managing AOP was just comical.
That said, I hope this won't delay Pretty Deadly going to the main roster.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 23, 2023 12:52:57 GMT -5
Not really sure we're bring back a team that wasn't really over or that good when they've been out of the sport for like 3 years. Just call up folks from NXT and try something new. It's some kind of psyop. Like Triple H went to Vince and said "If you want everyone to think it's business as usual and I'm still booking the show, let me rehire these guys from NXT who you fired and who have minimal value to the product, it'll trick everyone!"
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 23, 2023 13:20:00 GMT -5
Not really sure we're bring back a team that wasn't really over or that good when they've been out of the sport for like 3 years. Just call up folks from NXT and try something new. It's some kind of psyop. Like Triple H went to Vince and said "If you want everyone to think it's business as usual and I'm still booking the show, let me rehire these guys from NXT who you fired and who have minimal value to the product, it'll trick everyone!" I can hardly wait for the imminent return of TM-61.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 23, 2023 13:26:03 GMT -5
It's some kind of psyop. Like Triple H went to Vince and said "If you want everyone to think it's business as usual and I'm still booking the show, let me rehire these guys from NXT who you fired and who have minimal value to the product, it'll trick everyone!" I can hardly wait for the imminent return of TM-61. At least they're actually, like, prominently doing stuff in NJPW. Other than scamming people where the hell've AOP been?
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 23, 2023 14:13:28 GMT -5
Just what WWE needs: more nft scammers. Though at least Logan Paul had the excuse of being something of a celebrity and freakishly good for someone with no pro wrestling experience. AOP sucks.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Jan 23, 2023 14:29:42 GMT -5
I won't go so far as to say AOP "suck", but they definitely benefited from being in the ring with guys who were much better than they were that were willing to bump around for them.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 23, 2023 14:30:48 GMT -5
I won't go so far as to say AOP "suck", but they definitely benefited from being in the ring with guys who were much better than they were that were willing to bump around for them. That’s true, but they held their own in those matches in NXT. And the total package with Ellering is a money look and presentation, in my opinion.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Jan 23, 2023 14:36:13 GMT -5
I won't go so far as to say AOP "suck", but they definitely benefited from being in the ring with guys who were much better than they were that were willing to bump around for them. That’s true, but they held their own in those matches in NXT. And the total package with Ellering is a money look and presentation, in my opinion. Eh, I dunno, I guess I'm the only one that wasn't enamored with Seth putting together "The Shield we have at home" with them. I think people just really(justifiably) like Ellering, and that causes them to overrate the AOP by association.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 23, 2023 14:54:11 GMT -5
That’s true, but they held their own in those matches in NXT. And the total package with Ellering is a money look and presentation, in my opinion. Eh, I dunno, I guess I'm the only one that wasn't enamored with Seth putting together "The Shield we have at home" with them. I think people just really(justifiably) like Ellering, and that causes them to overrate the AOP by association. I wasn’t really a fan of their main roster run at all. I think Ellering and having them have killer matches with smaller talent is the way to go about presenting them. Not as henchmen for a top heel.
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Post by Legion on Jan 23, 2023 15:02:37 GMT -5
Go on then.
They were nothing special, but they weren't bad, and the tag division could do with some depth, and Ellering is always a joy to see.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 23, 2023 18:57:41 GMT -5
I'd take them and Ellering over some of the other tag teams on the main roster, but there are already a couple tag teams in NXT like Pretty Deadly and Gallus that could be called up.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jan 23, 2023 22:34:56 GMT -5
Drake Maverick probably pissed himself when he heard the news….
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 24, 2023 4:55:47 GMT -5
Turns out they actually signed two NFTs of the AOP
And the real Paul, who has no idea what is going on
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 5:56:25 GMT -5
After these guys ran their scammy show I'm kinda good. wait what happened? never heard about this I liked aop somewhat but they definitely need ellering with them. never got why they just were like kick rocks old man one day lol
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