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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 22, 2023 11:04:01 GMT -5
This angle may lose Shawn Michaels the Hooker of the Year. ...so how long before I live that one down?
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 22, 2023 11:09:35 GMT -5
Sorry if there's a thread already for this but I just finished this week's NXT and even knowing in advance about what happens...just what the hell is this? -Ridge randomly interrupts an Ilja promo looking disheveled and depressed -Talks about all the injuries and accidents and says "so far my career is a series of unfortunate events" -Says this will be his redemption and asks for a title shot -During said title shot, he kayfabe breaks Ilja's neck Like...what the f***? Not only is it really tasteless, like where do they go from here? Why do this while Ilja is in the middle of an angle with Trick and Melo? What redemption arc do you do for a wrestler that wants to not be known as the neck breaking guy immediately breaking another neck? Are they gonna do the Billy Kidman thing and start to have him like hurting others? Why would you use a guy who's had genuine tragic accidents in ring for this? Count Olof gimmick confirmed.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Dec 22, 2023 12:19:28 GMT -5
I know it's supposed to be like boxing style "I want to beat you bad enough to win but not kill you or anything" but in kayfabe stuff like this is a mess.
Think about what the DDT is. It's a move literally designed to spike someone's head into the mat. How can you do that move then be like "oh no I didn't mean for this to happen. I merely wanted to give you mild brain trauma and keep you down for 3 seconds. I'm not a savage!"
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Post by HIM on Dec 22, 2023 12:58:59 GMT -5
All they had to do is not let Ridge be this guy in this position. All they needed to do.
Hell...why not have Drag accidentally "injure" Ridge like this? It makes more sense, forces him to address how it feels and it sounds better. Like, that's one small tweak that could have a world of difference.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 22, 2023 13:33:06 GMT -5
This angle may lose Shawn Michaels the Hooker of the Year. ...so how long before I live that one down? When I live down being a Detroit Pistons fan. NEVER!
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 22, 2023 20:08:50 GMT -5
I don't understand Ridge being in NXT in the first place. Dude was doing just fine as part of Brawling Brutes, why send him back down to NXT? What's Sheamus's status? Because the Brawling Brutes have kinda ran their course without him, and I have to believe that Triple H has bigger plans for Butch/Pete Dunne then that act.
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 22, 2023 20:28:06 GMT -5
I don't understand Ridge being in NXT in the first place. Dude was doing just fine as part of Brawling Brutes, why send him back down to NXT? What's Sheamus's status? Because the Brawling Brutes have kinda ran their course without him, and I have to believe that Triple H has bigger plans for Butch/Pete Dunne then that act. Sheamus is out injured.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 22, 2023 20:59:53 GMT -5
What's Sheamus's status? Because the Brawling Brutes have kinda ran their course without him, and I have to believe that Triple H has bigger plans for Butch/Pete Dunne then that act. Sheamus is out injured. Though there was chatter that he should be back soon.
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Post by katieklaus on Dec 22, 2023 21:43:10 GMT -5
I don't hate the angle but moreso how it was done. What a cold end to a lukewarm episode of NXT. It had it's good moments but the wind was so knocked out of it's sails by the time that finish came along.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Dec 26, 2023 3:15:41 GMT -5
Sorry if there's a thread already for this but I just finished this week's NXT and even knowing in advance about what happens...just what the hell is this? -Ridge randomly interrupts an Ilja promo looking disheveled and depressed -Talks about all the injuries and accidents and says "so far my career is a series of unfortunate events" -Says this will be his redemption and asks for a title shot -During said title shot, he kayfabe breaks Ilja's neck Like...what the f***? Not only is it really tasteless, like where do they go from here? Why do this while Ilja is in the middle of an angle with Trick and Melo? What redemption arc do you do for a wrestler that wants to not be known as the neck breaking guy immediately breaking another neck? Are they gonna do the Billy Kidman thing and start to have him like hurting others? Why would you use a guy who's had genuine tragic accidents in ring for this? Okay as I promised in the Skye Blue thread: Dem legs tho. Balance is once again achieved.
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Post by bob on Dec 26, 2023 4:41:54 GMT -5
This angle may lose Shawn Michaels the Hooker of the Year. dude is gonna be crushed by this news He's just a sexy boy after all
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 27, 2023 19:39:51 GMT -5
So Ilya seems fine now. Maybe they're just moving on.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 27, 2023 23:29:21 GMT -5
I hated this, but then I saw Ilja in the neckbrace last night and decided it was totally worth it.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 28, 2023 0:20:32 GMT -5
Remember, all this is because they're worried people (people that probably aren't worth listening to, to be honest) may find it implausible for 100% healthy Trick Williams to beat 100% healthy Ilja Dragunov clean for the NXT Championship, so they had to handicap Dragunov with a kayfabe injury in the worst method possible.
The ends won't justify the means, but the ends (Williams as NXT Champion about to feud with Hayes, Dragunov free of any NXT obligations freeing him up for a potential main roster run sooner rather than later, possibly for WM season even) do look good.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 28, 2023 8:42:13 GMT -5
Stay neck strong Ilja
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 28, 2023 10:49:07 GMT -5
Dragunov:"WILLIAAAAMMMMMMMS!"
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Post by schma on Dec 28, 2023 18:10:30 GMT -5
This angle may lose Shawn Michaels the Hooker of the Year. ...so how long before I live that one down? It may have been a typo, but this has become your Mike Tenay windmilling. Embrace it.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 28, 2023 18:33:20 GMT -5
...so how long before I live that one down? It may have been a typo, but this has become your Mike Tenay windmilling. Embrace it. Neck embrace it? Hii-Yooooooooo!
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 29, 2023 0:15:07 GMT -5
Though there was chatter that he should be back soon. Dave said he was scheduled to come back in late November but then he didn't so it seems like he was ready and either had a setback or creative changed.
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