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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 15, 2024 15:37:30 GMT -5
As much fun as it is to dunk on Taven, he handled himself well last night, but let me also say the main event showed a weakness with the UK right now. The idea of this match is to build up Roddy vs OC. OC is perpetually over, but what has the feud done to get people interested in seeing Roddy dethrone Orange? The feud is more built around Orange trying to survive this gauntlet Undisputed Kingdom and his own hubris are breaking him down. He wants to defend the belt and still do his thing, Kingdom want to try and break him down further and are willing to destroy themselves if it means taking a pound of flesh from Orange, all while slowly removing his friends in the process I think it's been built up extremely well for making a match THIS far in advance. It's helping get other members over, it's made the group look dangerous, and it's also set up a pretty big wrinkle that could come into play of Trent being the guy taking bullet after bullet for Orange as he is the last friend standing. It's built up more than Roddy and OC, it's built up both factions as a whole throwing shots at one another building to this match climax
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Post by Cyno on Feb 15, 2024 15:39:58 GMT -5
Out of the two shows I watch that are doing gauntlet stories, I find myself liking OC vs Roddy and Friends a hell of a lot more than Ridge vs Gallus.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 22, 2024 3:31:22 GMT -5
Wardlow's promo tonight:
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Feb 22, 2024 5:10:00 GMT -5
This whole plotline feels like it's built for the internet to snark on it's just non-stop
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 22, 2024 5:24:48 GMT -5
This whole plotline feels like it's built for the internet to snark on it's just non-stop The irony is a lot of people online genuinely liked Wardlow's promo, dead serious, I expected Twitter to hate it and the most I saw were ironically, upset CM Punk fans at the line that is... the exact same shit Drew McIntyre is doing lol
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Feb 22, 2024 5:50:50 GMT -5
in a way wardlow’s promo was perfect. i think uk is snoozeville rn but he has something now.
you either think he was billy badass or he went off like the colonel in metal gear solid 2. both are a gigantic W for him.
I hope he goes out there next week in a top hat telling us how many chicken breasts he’s eaten this week to fuel him for violence and points to his leg saying “THAT BIG STRONG LEG IT IS MY LEG MINE ONLY”.
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Post by Kalmia on Feb 22, 2024 6:44:34 GMT -5
"I beat this guy out of the company" is one of the oldest lines in wrestling. People have used that for decades to get themselves over after someone leaves. Maybe it's a little surprising to hear it against Punk because of how he left, but it's as old school as it gets. As is gloating over injuries. I'm sure Punk would understand that as well.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Feb 22, 2024 7:04:40 GMT -5
Wardlow's promo entertained me although it seemingly came out of left field.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 22, 2024 8:47:10 GMT -5
Wardlow is too good for the Boredom
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Feb 25, 2024 14:57:34 GMT -5
On the other side.
I'm actually less interested than before in Roddy/OC
They're driving OCs tiredness and injuries they've booked it into a corner.
If Roddy wins, he beats a guy held together with tape who hadn't slept in a month. If he loses, he can't beat that guy.
When they did this kind of angle with Mox, it was building up how much punishment OC could take to make him a more serious competitor.
This is about Roddy doing all he can to drag OC down to a level where he has a chance, so he looks like crap.
I know, weasily heel but it's just mot that fun to me.
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Post by Bo Rida on Feb 25, 2024 15:50:14 GMT -5
On the other side. I'm actually less interested than before in Roddy/OC They're driving OCs tiredness and injuries they've booked it into a corner. If Roddy wins, he beats a guy held together with tape who hadn't slept in a month. If he loses, he can't beat that guy. When they did this kind of angle with Mox, it was building up how much punishment OC could take to make him a more serious competitor. This is about Roddy doing all he can to drag OC down to a level where he has a chance, so he looks like crap. I know, weasily heel but it's just mot that fun to me. It doesn't even make sense as a plan for Roddy to wait over 6 weeks. OC will happily take on any challenger so Ishii, someone in revpro or anybody else could have been the ones to take advantage and win the title before him. They still might. There's nothing to stop Okada winning it Wednesday. Why take the chance? If he succeeds it's only through dumb luck.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Feb 25, 2024 20:37:00 GMT -5
On the other side. I'm actually less interested than before in Roddy/OC They're driving OCs tiredness and injuries they've booked it into a corner. If Roddy wins, he beats a guy held together with tape who hadn't slept in a month. If he loses, he can't beat that guy. When they did this kind of angle with Mox, it was building up how much punishment OC could take to make him a more serious competitor. This is about Roddy doing all he can to drag OC down to a level where he has a chance, so he looks like crap. I know, weasily heel but it's just mot that fun to me. When they did this with Mox, they also put OC in front of arguably the final boss of AEW. Not the most protected, but the most violent. They built a story up around how dangerous Moxley was, had OC actually bring out a more violent side and have to change up his style, still lose, but take so much punishment to do so that he earned Mox's respect. Even on his last legs, OC refused to quit and took an insane amount of punishment to show off just how much heart he had and it was against Mr. Punishment. A story they only could have told with those two characters on the scale they did. The most Roddy can do is, what, wrestle really good on him? Some goon interference on top of that? It's a weird story beat to try and echo only six months after the time they did it so flawlessly. As the faction's first 'real storyline', it doesn't give me a ton of confidence that they're already just rehashing that and rerunning "Wardlow fights matches for a guy who doesn't really respect him" it's all recycled.
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Post by defectiveepitaph on Feb 25, 2024 20:55:07 GMT -5
This whole plotline feels like it's built for the internet to snark on it's just non-stop The irony is a lot of people online genuinely liked Wardlow's promo, dead serious, I expected Twitter to hate it and the most I saw were ironically, upset CM Punk fans at the line that is... the exact same shit Drew McIntyre is doing lol Count me as one of the ones who loved that promo as well.
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Post by Bo Rida on Mar 1, 2024 18:22:53 GMT -5
I need a technique by Taz to break down what Matt Taven was going for here. The first grab could be seen as a weak but genuine effort to impede Trent's attmempt to reach Roddy. However the second attempt to grope Trent's ass seemed so late and unnecessary. Even if succesful and firmly held onto Trent's ass the over extension means the most likely result would be him being dragged into the ring for a 3 on 1 pounding.
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Post by CeilingFan on Mar 1, 2024 20:38:47 GMT -5
I still expect Undisputed Kingdom to be in Blood And Guts.
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Post by jm on Mar 1, 2024 22:00:52 GMT -5
I still expect Undisputed Kingdom to be in Blood And Guts. If so, then UK need to be built up big time between now and then. If MJF comes back, it'll help out alot with that. I would be ok with UK being in Blood and Guts if it was them vs MJF and a few members of the Bang Bang Scissor Gang.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 3, 2024 21:36:51 GMT -5
The Kingdom are ROH Tag Champs
Roddy is now the International Champion
Wardlow has a World Title Shot
Almost like the stable is now starting to rise up and become a threat after building it for a few weeks...
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Post by CeilingFan on Mar 5, 2024 6:22:30 GMT -5
Only 3 things left for UK to accomplish :
Taven and Bennett win the World Tag Team Title Tournament. Wardlow win the World Title. Undisputed Kingdom win Blood And Guts.
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Post by 4real on Mar 14, 2024 4:01:15 GMT -5
Wardlow losing clean tonight was somewhat of a surprise considering the Adam Cole story package shown before the match and I assumed there would be shenanigans even if it was too soon for an MJF return. Where to now for Wardlow? Dissension with Cole & The Undisputed Kingdom?
Also I assume Strong is turning on O’Reilly sooner rather than later to set up their program.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Mar 14, 2024 5:40:12 GMT -5
I was surprised at the clean Wardlow win with no shenanigans. Unless it leads to him going on a rampage (no not the show) I don't see what the point of all of this was
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