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Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Dec 5, 2023 14:31:28 GMT -5
I seriously hope. With age and an injury riddled past that people temper their in ring expectations for him. I say he works no more than 4-8 matches a year. Why would people do that when he was between very good to perfectively servicable in AEW....? He went downhill pretty fast because his body is not capable of working AEW style, which is more difficult than WWE ring style. If he stays to basic stuff and WWE type style he should be ok, if he tries a buckshot lariat or a bunch of dives...bad news.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Dec 5, 2023 14:34:51 GMT -5
Why would people do that when he was between very good to perfectively servicable in AEW....? He went downhill pretty fast because his body is not capable of working AEW style, which is more difficult than WWE ring style. If he stays to basic stuff and WWE type style he should be ok, if he tries a buckshot lariat or a bunch of dives...bad news. Honestly, the Buckshot just seems like a torn ACL or MCL for anyone of any age. I'm shocked that Hangman hasn't hurt himself doing it.
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Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Dec 5, 2023 14:36:44 GMT -5
He went downhill pretty fast because his body is not capable of working AEW style, which is more difficult than WWE ring style. If he stays to basic stuff and WWE type style he should be ok, if he tries a buckshot lariat or a bunch of dives...bad news. Honestly, the Buckshot just seems like a torn ACL or MCL for anyone of any age. I'm shocked that Hangman hasn't hurt himself doing it. Punk refusing to acknowledge he couldn't do it...and trying it more than once was pretty funny though! Also I saw Hangman live do a buckshot in street clothes and actual Cowboy boots, guess he can just do it.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Dec 5, 2023 14:41:14 GMT -5
Honestly, the Buckshot just seems like a torn ACL or MCL for anyone of any age. I'm shocked that Hangman hasn't hurt himself doing it. Punk refusing to acknowledge he couldn't do it...and trying it more than once was pretty funny though! Also I saw Hangman live do a buckshot in street clothes and actual Cowboy boots, guess he can just do it. Would love to hear Hangman break it down one day after he's done in the ring. It just seems like it'd be really difficult to do. And yeah, Punk's never been graceful.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 5, 2023 14:49:01 GMT -5
Punk refusing to acknowledge he couldn't do it...and trying it more than once was pretty funny though! Also I saw Hangman live do a buckshot in street clothes and actual Cowboy boots, guess he can just do it. Would love to hear Hangman break it down one day after he's done in the ring. It just seems like it'd be really difficult to do. And yeah, Punk's never been graceful. The buckshot is definitely one of those moves that is harder in practice than in paper
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Dec 6, 2023 18:24:33 GMT -5
He went downhill pretty fast because his body is not capable of working AEW style, which is more difficult than WWE ring style. If he stays to basic stuff and WWE type style he should be ok, if he tries a buckshot lariat or a bunch of dives...bad news. Honestly, the Buckshot just seems like a torn ACL or MCL for anyone of any age. I'm shocked that Hangman hasn't hurt himself doing it. Basically how Seth did it
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Post by markymark on Dec 6, 2023 18:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by ChitownKnight on Dec 6, 2023 18:47:22 GMT -5
On a side note it’s really weird having people acknowledging CM Punk chants and him being awknowedged in general
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Dec 6, 2023 21:49:00 GMT -5
*Punk stocking up on comic books and gift cards for that loyalty he's gonna try and buy*
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Dec 6, 2023 22:30:29 GMT -5
Oddly enough, today's the ten-year anniversary of the match where Punk shit his pants.
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Fade
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Post by Fade on Dec 6, 2023 23:27:16 GMT -5
I wonder if AJ shows him the time of day, I mean everyone’s gotta be professional but I could see him keeping him at arms length. A lot of the old heads and younger crops prbly chill; I could see the young upper carders the most frustrated - ko, Seth, Roman, Drew, Sami etc Gallows and Anderson are going to Phil’s new FTR. Gable or Gargano’s his new Danhausen
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 6, 2023 23:28:37 GMT -5
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Post by Chiral on Dec 6, 2023 23:35:28 GMT -5
Guh the editor side of my brain is going nuts reading that. THE WORD STACKS WADE, THE WORD STACKS
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 6, 2023 23:50:12 GMT -5
Graphic design is my passion.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 7, 2023 0:46:20 GMT -5
So if you look at his entire body of work in WWE, who is Punk's greatest rival?
Rey Mysterio? John Cena? The Rock? Jeff Hardy? Other?
The answers really vary so I wanna hear them!
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 7, 2023 0:48:23 GMT -5
As much as we noted his past with certain talents in the locker room or how they think. I can honest see sources feeding the dirtsheets absolute lies right now to throw off the fans. SRS, Meltzer and all these dues took huge L's at survivor series and some of their egos came out of this really bruised.
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 7, 2023 1:38:05 GMT -5
So if you look at his entire body of work in WWE, who is Punk's greatest rival? John Cena? John Cena is his greatest rival, but Punk is nowhere near the greatest rival of Cena, that has to go to Edge.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Dec 7, 2023 5:06:50 GMT -5
I wonder if AJ shows him the time of day, I mean everyone’s gotta be professional but I could see him keeping him at arms length. A lot of the old heads and younger crops prbly chill; I could see the young upper carders the most frustrated - ko, Seth, Roman, Drew, Sami etc Gallows and Anderson are going to Phil’s new FTR. Gable or Gargano’s his new Danhausen AJ, Roman, KO, Drew and Sami all seem like grown-up adult men who can do business with Punk or at least keep out of his way without making a drama out of it.
Seth might be a different story although I feel like he's playing up to that reputation.
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Post by Abdullah on Dec 7, 2023 6:06:39 GMT -5
As much as we noted his past with certain talents in the locker room or how they think. I can honest see sources feeding the dirtsheets absolute lies right now to throw off the fans. SRS, Meltzer and all these dues took huge L’s at survivor series and some of their egos came out of this really bruised. Dirtsheets have always been really bad at this. Meltzer had “no idea where AJ Lee is” in 2014, suggesting she was on her way out. She won the title from Paige a week later. Websites continued to report that AJ was leaving. They were wrong each time until she announced her surprise retirement. When she did retire, none of the websites correctly mentioned that she had serious back problems that impacted her decision. A personal favorite: LordsofPain.net reported in 2008 that Carlito may not return to WWE. I had to send in a tip that Carlito did a live event over the weekend, tagging with Maryse, and he had a new haircut. (They did not credit me or the Carlito fansite that they took the photos from…) But the Punk saga was just stupifying. There were initial reports that Punk would possibly return. WWE started referencing him. And then all of a sudden, the websites walk it back and say he’s not returning, actually. Anyone with two brain cells would add the caveat that WWE and Punk are trying to maintain the surprise and leave it at that. But instead, we got weeks of pointless ‘will he??? won’t he??? we’ve heard he won’t.’ Just really shoddy stuff. In some ways, it’s always been.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 7, 2023 14:24:52 GMT -5
Lmao the new “HELL FROZE OVER” shirt.
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