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Post by firsttimelongtime on Aug 5, 2023 14:32:12 GMT -5
LA Knight is so much more confident on the mic than most modern wrestlers. It works. He's way ahead on the mic than a lot of featured WWE wrestlers like Rollins, McIntyre, Theory, to name a few.
It's also easier to stick out with mic skills in 2023. Almost everyone is a pretty good in-ring worker. You're not gonna set yourself apart being a good between the ropes anymore.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 5, 2023 15:29:13 GMT -5
Remember when LA Knight told Jake Atlas he was going to need an Atlas to find his ass after Knight kicked it down the street?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 5, 2023 16:39:11 GMT -5
Absolutely add me to the list of people who just doesn’t get how LA Knight got so over. I think he’s a solid performer, should be a perennially IC/US level dude who occasionally flirts with the main event but f*** me has that cat gotten over.
Still don’t think he should ever be pushed to the main event, but might as well run with the hot hand and feature him as much as possible as long as the crowds are loving him.
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Aug 5, 2023 16:41:25 GMT -5
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Aug 5, 2023 16:51:47 GMT -5
Ryback was once over, too.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Aug 5, 2023 17:12:57 GMT -5
It's because he's got the shoes of a champion. Wow gotta b3 what at least late 30s to get that reference. M3h let me go put on my Blue BKs.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 5, 2023 17:37:18 GMT -5
Ryback was once over, too. And? Ryback was also a f***ing moron that cost himself opportunities, don't get what you're going for here.
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Post by ace on Aug 5, 2023 17:59:55 GMT -5
Ryback was once over, too. And he drew a big buyrate for his title shot. They beat him and never got behind him in a major way again. This may make the opposite of the point you think it does.
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Post by fw91 on Aug 5, 2023 18:05:14 GMT -5
Ryback was once over, too. Ryback was over on look and style not really in charisma and not at Knights peak
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 5, 2023 18:39:48 GMT -5
The man has been over for years with the Eli Drake "DUMMY YEAH" shit which has always caught on
Fans like a guy with a ton of charisma and he has it. He could easily been fired with the Maximum Male Model shit they was doing but they let him get back to wrestling and the fans have bought in
He's a good upper midcard guy. Give him a few IC/US title runs with the occasional WWE/World title shot. Basically same blueprint as Miz except he is fresher with the audience
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Post by katieklaus on Aug 5, 2023 21:13:21 GMT -5
The crowd just reacted to the guy winning a Slim Jim battle royal as if he had won the Royal Rumble.
I don't think it's irony.
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Aug 5, 2023 21:18:39 GMT -5
It's as ironic as apple pie
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Post by champchumpchange on Aug 5, 2023 21:21:34 GMT -5
My dude needs to get rid of those ugly vests with the "spikes" on the shoulders
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Post by DMO- on Aug 5, 2023 21:21:46 GMT -5
It's as ironic as apple pie DID SOMEONE SAY…..PIE?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 5, 2023 22:39:35 GMT -5
Look, I f***ing hate this guy and even I understand why he gets cheered. Especially for a WWE crowd, he is made for that shit.
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Aug 5, 2023 23:03:24 GMT -5
This thread is peak smark bullshit. The dude has been over for a decade in every single promotion that he's been in.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Aug 5, 2023 23:48:28 GMT -5
I don’t quite get how he’s gotten as over as he has (it’s only really now that he’s starting to win matches on a regular basis), but clearly the fans are buying what he’s selling, so this is more on me. Never underestimate the power of easily quotable lines. “Let me talk to ya!”, “L! A! Knight!”, “Nah nah!”, and of course his main weapon, “Yeah!”. The latter, when he is in front of the crowd, is nigh as ubiquitous as Austin’s “What?”. Also LA Knight, unlike a lot of the people on the roster, has such a confidence, conviction, and believability in what he says. His promo work is on a tier probably exclusive to him. He’s going through the path The Rock did basically. Win the crowd over with his voice, the wrestling can come later(and it isn’t like he is bad in the ring either, and the crowd pop big for his elbow and BFT).
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Post by AwamoriRock on Aug 5, 2023 23:55:27 GMT -5
Lmao
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 6, 2023 0:00:18 GMT -5
This thread is peak smark bullshit. The dude has been over for a decade in every single promotion that he's been in. Also "Daniel Bryan but with the WWE body" was meant to be an insult I think but like why the f*** would that actually be a problem? Lol Even if he's "Ok at everything" like yeah? A lot of the most over talents didn't need Danielson's workrate to be over or be megastars either? They just needed what Knight has... which is an intangible connection, it's not something you can manufacture, like Bryan it's something you can just have
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Post by BlahBlah on Aug 6, 2023 12:13:48 GMT -5
I was at Summerslam and Knight was as over as anybody. Getting cheered before the show even began. When the crowd got restless with Rousey match they started an LA Knight chant. Roof blew off the place when he won a random battle royale. My point is, 0 irony in anything when near 60K people are doing it in unison.
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