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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 2, 2023 22:28:48 GMT -5
I know the ending was teasing that the feud will continue but like, any chance of taking this dude seriously is completely spent at this point, right? Dude's twice turned heel to try to win the belt just to come up short and this time it came after entering to a dramatic manga supervillain monologue and he lost to the worst stomp ever.
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Post by HIM on Sept 2, 2023 22:31:28 GMT -5
Apparently he attacked him after the show ended. Doesn't matter to me. This is gonna be that AJ feud all over again.
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Post by Chiral on Sept 2, 2023 22:32:52 GMT -5
He lost? I had a brief thought like "oh maybe I should tune in just for this match if Shinsuke's gonna finally win a world title" but apparently I thought better of it accidentally; I just can't with WWE's dangle the carrot and get your hopes up booking.
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Post by Fade on Sept 2, 2023 22:34:29 GMT -5
I could see the feud going on. But all the back stuff is going to be capitalized on by someone else. That’s Nak’s part in this.
I figured it wouldn’t happen but man a part of me wanted this vicious side of Nakamura to win. That anime/cartoon thing before the match was sick too.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 2, 2023 22:47:40 GMT -5
I mean, we thought it was spent five years ago when he couldn't do the thing multiple times against Styles, not long after he was somehow able to beat Cena and Orton clean but dropped two title shots to Mahal. But even tonight he was still getting duelling chants against Rollins, one of the most over faces in the territory. I kinda mentioned it in the live thread in relation to Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes, but it kinda holds true here, I don't think live crowds are as harsh in terms of just straight up "Win the big match or f*** off outta my life" demeanour as we are.
That's not saying any of those results, or even this one, were the right call. But we are way more judgmental about this stuff, and I don't think I'm out of school in saying that.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 2, 2023 22:48:35 GMT -5
I guess Asian Lex Luger it is.
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Post by Demented on Sept 2, 2023 22:49:48 GMT -5
A real shot in the balls to all the Nakamura fans.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 2, 2023 22:54:11 GMT -5
It was fine
For him to have been cold and made a threat to Seth in 3 weeks is more than that you could have expected. Would love to see him win and he put on a good performance but it is fine either way
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 2, 2023 22:55:51 GMT -5
A real shot in the balls to all the Nakamura fans. Expert Jones over here...
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 2, 2023 22:59:13 GMT -5
I couldn't give less of a shit about it continuing when the dude is never going to win the title. Dude should have gotten out of WWE when he had the chance, he just has a very noticeable ceiling and has for years... but it's an easy bag to get so I can't fault him for it.
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Post by SirLucas on Sept 2, 2023 22:59:32 GMT -5
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Post by HIM on Sept 2, 2023 23:36:34 GMT -5
Yeah here's the video.
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Post by SirLucas on Sept 2, 2023 23:44:07 GMT -5
I take it we are now getting Rollins vs. Nakamura part II at Fastlane in some sort of stipulation or gimmick match.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Sept 2, 2023 23:57:51 GMT -5
its ok he’ll win at the next ppv don’t worry…
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Post by J. Hova on Sept 3, 2023 2:33:27 GMT -5
I don't get it. They keep giving him these big time entrances and video packages and then proceed to tell him to f*** right off.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 3, 2023 2:41:08 GMT -5
I don't get it. They keep giving him these big time entrances and video packages and then proceed to tell him to f*** right off. Why is it when WWE book someone to lose it is a personal affront to them telling them to f*** off, but any other company books someone to lose and it’s just fine?
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 3, 2023 3:34:01 GMT -5
I don't get it. They keep giving him these big time entrances and video packages and then proceed to tell him to f*** right off. Why is it when WWE book someone to lose it is a personal affront to them telling them to f*** off, but any other company books someone to lose and it’s just fine? I would like to think that if a company books someone to choke this many times, it wouldn't be fine.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Sept 3, 2023 3:45:22 GMT -5
I don't think WWE hated Roddy Piper, or Jake Roberts, or Scott Hall, or (if we're not counting the time he bought the championship from Andre) Ted Dibiase.
As much as it might suck when your guy doesn't hold the top belt, I think it adds to the allure of the championship that some of the best wrestlers ever came super-close but never actually attained it.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 3, 2023 3:45:37 GMT -5
Why is it when WWE book someone to lose it is a personal affront to them telling them to f*** off, but any other company books someone to lose and it’s just fine? I would like to think that if a company books someone to choke this many times, it wouldn't be fine. That doesn't answer the question, though. I'm just trying to apply common sense here. If someone being booked to lose matches is implied to be a punishment, why is it only a punishment in WWE and not literally anywhere else? Adam Cole has had three AEW Championship matches in his run there and he's lost all three, so let's start calling him a choke artist. Same with Bryan Danielson, with an additional time limit draw. I don't know for certain that they're ever winning that belt, so let's do it. I mean, it only took two shots with Nakamura, so it's only fair, right? Performative outrage aside... Is it a follow-up thing? Is it that him losing means he's gonna be cycled out, possibly off of TV entirely, to facilitate the next challenger? That's the only thing I can think of that might separate WWE from other promotions in similar situations, their struggles in following up in satisfying ways. Because otherwise all we're going on is speculation and gut feelings.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Sept 3, 2023 3:53:05 GMT -5
By this thread, you'd think that Seth won in 4 min with a falcon arrow and the show went off air with him cackling and swinging the title around his head as Shinsuke was having "loser" branded on his ass.
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