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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 5, 2023 13:12:15 GMT -5
I told y’all he was a BUM.
Even Cena went, “ay dawg l, I probably shouldn’t have took that L…f*** it, imma pretend it didn’t happen”
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 5, 2023 13:12:39 GMT -5
Hear me out: pair him with Heyman Sprinkles on doo doo is just wasting the sprinkles
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 5, 2023 13:15:27 GMT -5
He's good in-ring. He *can* be good character wise if given the right stuff. But he's just.....there now.
And I cannot recall anything noteworthy from his Long US title run, which sucks because they did so well at making those titles matter again. Gunther is killing it and him dropping the IC title will be a big deal. Get the damn US title off Theory ASAP.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 5, 2023 13:16:25 GMT -5
Hear me out: pair him with Heyman This era Heyman has a type. Theory ain't it.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jul 5, 2023 14:40:49 GMT -5
Hear me out: pair him with Heyman If Roman is going to have the belt for another 9 months until WM and he's already lost the Usos and Solo is getting fed up of him he is going to need some new goons to get him through the sparse defenses he will have up to April 2024.
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Post by HIM on Jul 5, 2023 14:52:19 GMT -5
Saw a live event clip with LA Knight beating dude up and holding the title. Please take the belt from this man at Summerslam.
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Post by PTBartman on Jul 5, 2023 16:46:54 GMT -5
Saw a live event clip with LA Knight beating dude up and holding the title. Please take the belt from this man at Summerslam. Or before. I'm hoping the Blow off is at Summer Slam and we get a Montezuma Ford Feud after Summer Slam
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 5, 2023 17:26:50 GMT -5
Hear me out: pair him with Heyman Why, so Heyman can at best ignore him to talk about Roman and at worst just bury the shit out of everyone he goes up against? Heyman hasn't done anything to help anyone get over in like the past 20 years.
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Jul 5, 2023 17:29:46 GMT -5
Hear me out: pair him with Heyman Why, so Heyman can at best ignore him to talk about Roman and at worst just bury the shit out of everyone he goes up against? Heyman hasn't done anything to help anyone get over in like the past 20 years. I won't go so far as that last sentence, but yeah, Heyman knows where his bread is buttered, and he doesn't put out the effort for anybody but the main eventers. Ryback, Curtis Axel, and Cesaro prove that point.
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Post by Chiral on Jul 5, 2023 18:22:52 GMT -5
It's always a bummer when a promoter gets attached to someone early in their career and instead of letting them grow their skills organically they're just forced into main character roles where you can tell that A.) they're company favs and B.) they're not ready for the spot.
If the talent's there they eventually make it work but it sucks that these chosen one types have to waste years miscast, or if they don't have the talent and it never works out and we're just stuck with a promoter favorite just everywhere despite not being over. And Theory feels like the latter.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jul 5, 2023 18:51:18 GMT -5
So Austin Theory is not a movie about a murderous clown living in a sewer?
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Post by Some Guy on Jul 5, 2023 18:55:04 GMT -5
Doesn't help him that Gunther is killing it with the raw equivalent belt. That's probably not ultimately fair since Gunther has been more or less a top 10 talent in the world for the better half of a decade by now. Though to be clear, I have never entirely understood what people see in Theory in the ring, at least. He did well in that McAfee match but that was more just McAfee's vibe controlling the whole thing. Everything else is a situation where he's just the other guy in the match across a much more talented guy. You could essentially switch him out with a hundred indy guys and they would do about as well if not better ultimately.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jul 5, 2023 20:09:27 GMT -5
It's always a bummer when a promoter gets attached to someone early in their career and instead of letting them grow their skills organically they're just forced into main character roles where you can tell that A.) they're company favs and B.) they're not ready for the spot. If the talent's there they eventually make it work but it sucks that these chosen one types have to waste years miscast, or if they don't have the talent and it never works out and we're just stuck with a promoter favorite just everywhere despite not being over. And Theory feels like the latter. I was preparing myself for Cena 3.0 and another decade of "Let's go Theory!" "Theory sucks!" dueling chants. Also can I nitpick for a sec? My biggest pet peeve with him is his only distinguishable quality is that he's from Atlanta. It's his catch phrase. It's in his theme song 500 times. It's his hand gesture. It's his merch. It's the NAME of his theme song. It's the NAME of his finishing move. No wonder he feels one note. "From Atlanta" is what he's resting all of his hats on.
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 5, 2023 21:31:58 GMT -5
Theory is a career midcarder and I have a tough time seeing him take that next leap at this point. Nothing wrong with that because not everyone can be World Champion. But he's bland in pretty much everything. And while he's fine in the ring, it's not enough to make up for lacking in everything else.
The only thing that really helps him is that he's only 25 so maybe he'll eventually find something that works for him. Or maybe he'll be like Drew or Lashley and find his spark outside the WWE system and bring it back to WWE down the line when he's older and wiser.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 5, 2023 21:32:05 GMT -5
What's funny is they depushed Theory when Vince retired for a bit, and then after a couple months put the US title back on him thinking that was enough. He's okay in the ring, but aside from his time as the goober and 4th most important member of The Way (5th most important in that angle if we include Dexter) he's never really had a character. The other issue WWE tends to run into when they like someone they have to be super serious and Theory just... isn't that?
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jul 5, 2023 22:09:11 GMT -5
It's always a bummer when a promoter gets attached to someone early in their career and instead of letting them grow their skills organically they're just forced into main character roles where you can tell that A.) they're company favs and B.) they're not ready for the spot. If the talent's there they eventually make it work but it sucks that these chosen one types have to waste years miscast, or if they don't have the talent and it never works out and we're just stuck with a promoter favorite just everywhere despite not being over. And Theory feels like the latter. I was preparing myself for Cena 3.0 and another decade of "Let's go Theory!" "Theory sucks!" dueling chants. Also can I nitpick for a sec? My biggest pet peeve with him is his only distinguishable quality is that he's from Atlanta. It's his catch phrase. It's in his theme song 500 times. It's his hand gesture. It's his merch. It's the NAME of his theme song. It's the NAME of his finishing move. No wonder he feels one note. "From Atlanta" is what he's resting all of his hats on. And not even in a way where it feels like anything. He's literally just "from Atlanta". He should be constantly slipping references to his favorite movies and comedians and stuff from Atlanta into his promos. He should ask for lemon pepper wings everywhere he goes. Have him demand entrance music by Mastodon or Sevendust or 2 Chainz. Really push that shit up to 11.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jul 5, 2023 22:10:51 GMT -5
So Austin Theory is not a movie about a murderous clown living in a sewer? He's not IT! The Terror From Beyond Space. Nor is he IT! the late 60s golem movie starring Roddy McDowell.
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Post by Andew9001 on Jul 6, 2023 2:24:55 GMT -5
For what it's worth he's decent in the ring and confident on the mic. The stuff he did in NXT with The Way was great. His personality really shined through as Johnny Gargano's goofy himbo son. The backstage stuff, eliminating himself from the battle royal, the shiteating grin when he posed with Indi Hartwells tag belt. Great stuff.
The problem now is his current character is just nothing. Who is Austin Theory and why should i care?
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Post by 4real on Jul 6, 2023 3:11:14 GMT -5
So Austin Theory is not a movie about a murderous clown living in a sewer? He's not IT! The Terror From Beyond Space. Nor is he IT! the late 60s golem movie starring Roddy McDowell. He’s not the IT crowd either Maybe someone needs to turn Theory off and on again?
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Post by Legion on Jul 6, 2023 4:04:48 GMT -5
Some of you seem to dislike the guy solely because you didn't choose him to be a top guy. It's like a form of oppositional disorder, "the company likes him, so I must not!"
He's fine, decent in the ring, great look, just needs to find a character beyond the shite he's been given so far.
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