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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 3, 2023 5:00:23 GMT -5
Very overatted wrestler and an awful gimmick in the demon which should be put out to pasture. I like Finn but it looks like he wont make it any furthur then he has now so i do wonder if he might consider jumping ship in the future. Could kind of see it going either way honestly, on one hand he's 41 and has a pretty comfortable role, plus he seems to enjoy what he's doing now, but on the other I could definitely see him being unfulfilled stuck where he's at especially given he already seemed to get fed up a few years ago before they let him do his second NXT run that feels like a distant memory at this point.
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Post by ariestheram on Apr 3, 2023 6:01:41 GMT -5
I think it took away from the match last night. That would have worked fine as Judgement Day Balor vs Edge. Although the paint did help disguise how badly Finn got busted open by the ladder.
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 3, 2023 6:35:37 GMT -5
In Japan and the euro indies, he used the cosplay shtick to just add some variety into his shows-he wasn’t trying to portray a separate character Ala Foley. WWE have just never seemed to grasp that.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Apr 3, 2023 6:38:06 GMT -5
I think that it 100% doesn’t work in the daylight when he’s swinging his smoke sticks around. lol Yup it exposed the gimmick, and then he went full Nikki Cross for the rest of it sealing his fate. Used to LOVE the Demon. This was embarrassing. Whomever decided this should've been on while it was still light out needs to lose their jobs.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Apr 3, 2023 6:41:53 GMT -5
“I’m REALLY mad at this guy. And I want to scare him to his core!! But I have to make a quick stop at PartyCity first”
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 3, 2023 8:00:44 GMT -5
Still better than the Fiend.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Apr 3, 2023 8:07:54 GMT -5
What is really lame is when poor Michael Cole is forced to try and put into words why Balor is doing the Demon.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 3, 2023 8:56:25 GMT -5
“I’m REALLY mad at this guy. And I want to scare him to his core!! But I have to make a quick stop at PartyCity first” Off-topic but related but I laughed out loud at there being no feud personal enough for Rey that he won't get a costume and some pyro for his entrance.
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Post by SneakMan on Apr 3, 2023 9:07:10 GMT -5
NJPW Finn was cool because his paint was basically "I made myself look like Venom, doesn't this look f***ing awesome."
NXT Finn was cool because even though The Demon was now a thing, it was still mainly portrayed as him psyching himself up for big matches and playing mind-games with his opponent.
Main roster Finn is when The Demon went downhill, going from psychological warfare to an outright super mode, ala Goku's super saiyan forms (or, at its goofiest, Chris-Chan's Electric Hedgehog Power).
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 3, 2023 9:24:47 GMT -5
NJPW Finn was cool because his paint was basically "I made myself look like Venom, doesn't this look f***ing awesome." NXT Finn was cool because even though The Demon was now a thing, it was still mainly portrayed as him psyching himself up for big matches and playing mind-games with his opponent. Main roster Finn is when The Demon went downhill, going from psychological warfare to an outright super mode, ala Goku's super saiyan forms (or, at its goofiest, Chris-Chan's Electric Hedgehog Power). It likes great when he did a Texas Chainsaw Massacre motif for a show in Texas or a Jack the Ripper motif for a show in London. They should have stuck with that, with him only breaking it out for the big shows and doing something thematic around the event or location. I could totally have seen an Edgar Allan Poe theme for a show in Baltimore, or a Lovecraft theme for a show in New England.
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Post by Fade on Apr 3, 2023 14:06:04 GMT -5
NJPW Finn was cool because his paint was basically "I made myself look like Venom, doesn't this look f***ing awesome." NXT Finn was cool because even though The Demon was now a thing, it was still mainly portrayed as him psyching himself up for big matches and playing mind-games with his opponent. Main roster Finn is when The Demon went downhill, going from psychological warfare to an outright super mode, ala Goku's super saiyan forms (or, at its goofiest, Chris-Chan's Electric Hedgehog Power). Boom. Man, that shit was corny. Finn even seemed to be pushing it with the sounds and everything.. Could have/should have been just Finn Vs Edge. Maybe they felt it needed it cause Dom and Rhea were way more over in comparison to Finn, iono. The thought occurred to me during the match that, man, maybe the supernatural shit is done in wrestling. Give it a break, maybe.
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Post by Ryushinku on Apr 3, 2023 14:12:33 GMT -5
Sorry, count me in as someone that found it cringey even in NXT.
It's a bloke with a deadlock beanie showing everyone his neck. I didn't see it in NJPW, but it's always been tough for me to take seriously and his wahh bahh grahhh zombie noises last night actively worked against the ultra violence of the match.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Apr 3, 2023 14:40:03 GMT -5
The dreadlocks absolutely kill it for me. Can't believe they've made it this far.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Apr 3, 2023 17:07:01 GMT -5
The Demon many be cringe in a funny way, but this is cringe in a horrifying way. Open at your own risk. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}
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