salz4life
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Prichard is a guy who gets that his job is to service his boss.
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Post by salz4life on Feb 2, 2023 14:21:23 GMT -5
I mean, Edge and Randy Orton had the Greatest Wrestling Match of All Time... what more do you want from him?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2023 14:50:06 GMT -5
I'm disappointed with his and Beth's hairstyle choices.They weirdly look like people from 5-10 years ago, and they're usually pretty stylish.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Feb 2, 2023 16:24:24 GMT -5
Outsider opinion as I don't watch anymore. Edge had a magnificent career that got snuffed out. It's beyond a miracle that he's been able to come back at all. Anything he does now is gravy, to me, Edge is a higher profile version of the mid-2000s legends, banking on him to have legendary feuds is a big ask. Edge is in that Danielson spot for me where like I adamantly do not care what they do as long as they get to do it. Working a match at all is so much more than he was ever supposed to receive. Unless it's like all-time bad television, f*** it, let him have his fun. I'm happy to go along for that ride.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 2, 2023 16:30:52 GMT -5
I do appreciate that, unlike most of the part-time legends, he tried to reinvent himself and do a new schtick instead of coasting on the greatest hits. Sure, Edge’s Judgment Day didn’t take and he’s back to playing the hits because dammit, he’s got two of the GOAT entrances and is seemingly using them interchangeablely, but I don’t think that it’s entirely on him.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 2, 2023 16:38:46 GMT -5
I don't know if I would say I have been disappointed. I think for a 50 year old guy with a bad neck who hadn't wrestled for years prior to this run he's been pretty good. I'm usually happy to see him when he pops back up. I will say though that his heel run did nothing for me at all. It's telling that Judgement Day improved significantly after he was kicked out of it.
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tirtefaa
Unicron
If you wanna know the truth, you gotta dig up Johnny Booth.
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 2, 2023 16:41:56 GMT -5
That's Edge for me since 2004.
While he has had a few good moments, mostly punctuated by being the lesser of two evils as far as what I enjoy (Edge winning the WWE title from Cena as an example), most of the time he was meandering around, either being subjugated to being a random tag team, having a bland stable, winning the World Heavyweight title when it was already losing value, feuding with the same handful of people, or just being on the shelf with an injury.
I like Edge. I just wish there was a little more to his singles' legacy. Maybe a few more memorable matches, maybe a few more memorable promos. There's not much as far as being innovative once he became a main eventer. He was just...there.
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
Better have my money when I come-a collect!
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Post by chazraps on Feb 2, 2023 17:04:13 GMT -5
All of them tbh.
Happy he was able to come back at all and close his book on his terms - but outside briefly having the Brood entrance return and the Mania match with Bryan and Roman (although I think Edge winning the Rumble from #1 was a bad call) nothing else of it has really landed with me.
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mrbananagrabber
King Koopa
Paul Heyman's unofficial joke writer
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Feb 2, 2023 20:30:04 GMT -5
Nah I’ve enjoyed them for the most part, especially as we never thought we’d get any.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 3, 2023 23:58:49 GMT -5
I feel like he's in an awkward middle ground for me where he's not so important that his returns matter a ton and he doesn't stick around long enough for me to get invested in whatever he's doing.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 4, 2023 0:14:15 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say, he just feels mid-card. And that's okay. But he definitely doesn't feel like a main event attraction at this point in his WWE return.
I guess only Shawn Michaels could pull off that aura when he came back from 2002-2010 where he instantly and constantly felt like a main eventer no matter which superstar he was feuding with.
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Fade
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Fade on Feb 4, 2023 1:06:07 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say, he just feels mid-card. And that's okay. But he definitely doesn't feel like a main event attraction at this point in his WWE return. I guess only Shawn Michaels could pull off that aura when he came back from 2002-2010 where he instantly and constantly felt like a main eventer no matter which superstar he was feuding with. I’ve felt him, like, in that middle ground. Upper Mid Card-Obvious beneath the main event.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 4, 2023 1:46:13 GMT -5
his biggest time at the top was as an unrepetant asshole heel.
which is not something that he can do at the moment, and doing a big emotional comeback doesn't fit to the heel mode... and when he tried something new it was this weird I'm dark and evil and also your sports team sucks... and it was terrible...
second issue his big thing that got him over in the first place in terms of work rate... were high spots and things he's sure as hell shouldn't be doing with a f***ed up neck.
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asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by asuka007 on Feb 4, 2023 2:36:52 GMT -5
I think his feuds just go on for too long. Why is he STILL feuding with Judgment Day for example? Move on already, we want to see you do new stuff.
His age does bout help in this regard either.
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