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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Feb 23, 2024 5:04:56 GMT -5
Rewatching it again, and that bit where he says people should be in jail for him not having a world title match? That's your nugget. THat's your gold. Run that. Have him keep saying completely outrageous shit like that. Make him the evil himbo whose greatest artistic influences are Bully Ryback and Real Life Youtube Ryback circa 2013. If they want to make Wardlow happen, this is the avenue for it to.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 23, 2024 5:18:06 GMT -5
Rewatching it again, and that bit where he says people should be in jail for him not having a world title match? That's your nugget. THat's your gold. Run that. Have him keep saying completely outrageous shit like that. Make him the evil himbo whose greatest artistic influences are Bully Ryback and Real Life Youtube Ryback circa 2013. If they want to make Ryback happen, this is the avenue for it to. I love how some people online got insulted and riled up that he said he's the reason CM Punk's body keeps breaking down not three weeks removed from Drew McIntyre saying to CM Punk's face "I prayed you would get cripplingly hurt and it it happened" lmfao I love this kind of ruthless shit in wrestling, more of these guys being sadistic sociopaths please
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Post by KME on Feb 23, 2024 6:22:39 GMT -5
No surprise I guess but already seeing "how does this do ANYTHING for his character" and "I don't understand what he's talking about!" from the usual clowns. Suppose the gormless f***ing c***s needed 15 video packages recapping what he said and how he said it from multiple angles. Seriously how did decades of WWE putting on a dogshit product with just hours of filler, replays, recaps, ads, 100 million camera changes per second gain this army of dorks who now so strictly critique anything else? Saw Ice Cube's son at it recently, telling AEW how to do a wrestling show, bemoaning things he didn't understand and not wanting to "research" (an issue I can't remember EVER having, despite the fact I haven't watched from the start nor caught up on everything they've ever done, Excalibur always fills in the blanks enough to the point I'm never in the dark about who someone is or what's going on and nothing is ever that complicated) and basically wanting it to be WWE, as if they provide(d) high brow television, the big f***ing quim. People are so willing to make themselves appear thick as pigshit just to have a dig at a company. Don't know how they don't die of embarrassment.
Presumably it's all based on him mentioning Punk, which is even more f***ing stupid because "how does mentioning he beat the shit out of a former world champion do anything for him?!" is just a hysterical thought process. Can't see many having had a problem with it if he hadn't mentioned Punk because his promo had 100% logic and the delivery was believable.
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Post by CeilingFan on Feb 23, 2024 6:33:42 GMT -5
Wardlow needs to be Swerve's first challenger.
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Post by GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY on Feb 23, 2024 7:51:33 GMT -5
Rewatching it again, and that bit where he says people should be in jail for him not having a world title match? That's your nugget. THat's your gold. Run that. Have him keep saying completely outrageous shit like that. Make him the evil himbo whose greatest artistic influences are Bully Ryback and Real Life Youtube Ryback circa 2013. If they want to make Wardlow happen, this is the avenue for it to. have him get the title after months of staring at himself on the screen and when Cole says “now give me the title”, have Wardlow smack the shit out of him with it and be like “HERE’S THE TITLE! ANYONE ELSE WANT IT?” while eyeing down the rest of the group. he can be billy badass to some and the ultimate himbo people’s champ to different sets of people. there is something here with this
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Feb 23, 2024 8:36:47 GMT -5
Hard to dispute it was his best promo ever. I actually want to give the cat more props, because the crowd sucked, and he still rose above them and remained psssionate and said everything with conviction. I’m if two minds on the Punk reference- A.) It’s fugging true, so yea, why not say it. B.) bruh they don’t need n e more attention lol..
But great job on wahrdawgs part. Compare this merely on a “Presentation” front with a long competitive match with a dude the size of Komander; It’s night and day. What I thought during was “You really want to follow up on this and keep giving the guy momentum?” Have him and the UK come out and have him absolutely destroy them. Maybe even get his hands on Cole. Get him out of there.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 23, 2024 12:23:57 GMT -5
I do think it was his best promo ever, but also very funny
At least it's better than THE INTERNET SEZ WARDLOW IS COOLIN AWFF
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Post by Dub H on Feb 23, 2024 12:47:53 GMT -5
Rewatching it again, and that bit where he says people should be in jail for him not having a world title match? That's your nugget. THat's your gold. Run that. Have him keep saying completely outrageous shit like that. Make him the evil himbo whose greatest artistic influences are Bully Ryback and Real Life Youtube Ryback circa 2013. If they want to make Wardlow happen, this is the avenue for it to. Today Ryback aside I still stand that Ryback was some of the most charismatic muscle head wrestlers. Dude has intensity as a face and he was hilarious and entertaining as a heel ,dude had it perfected,definitely a great source for inspiration
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Post by fg on Feb 23, 2024 12:53:28 GMT -5
I've always been a huge fan of the Mr. Backlund character so if Wardlow can continue like this and get crazier/worse, he could go from my most disliked guy to most liked guy in AEW. I'm not even trolling, that shit last night was f***ing hilarious. I think we all need a Mr. Backlund/Timeless Toni interaction. YOU HEAR THAT? LADIES AND GENTELEMEN?
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 23, 2024 14:25:58 GMT -5
I loved it. Now they need to actually follow through with a push, and don’t bottle the follow through.
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Post by Cyno on Feb 23, 2024 14:58:50 GMT -5
They really need to pivot to Wardlow being the Scott Steiner of the company. Just big heel who says outlandish, sometimes goofy things but can also kick your ass.
Watching it again, I really enjoyed the promo whether or not it was intentionally over-the-top and funny. Though man, that crowd SUCKED for it.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 23, 2024 15:04:03 GMT -5
Only thing missing was him taking credit for Cody becoming popular by saying "If it wasn't for me, a certain golden boy would've left wrestling a long time ago and taken up plumbing instead!"
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Post by The Ichi on Feb 23, 2024 15:49:11 GMT -5
I liked it quite a lot, but this really feels like his last chance to run with the ball.
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Post by Chiral on Feb 23, 2024 18:04:26 GMT -5
I like the idea of him tapping into the anger but being like pro wrestling stupid funny about it. His whiny MJF promos were whatever because it was just him bitching but that had that almost WCW "wow this large guy just gets to talk like that huh" energy (IDK how to better describe it lol)
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Post by HIM on Feb 23, 2024 22:59:03 GMT -5
It felt like a really great version of that "talent cuts promo on how shitty he's been booked" thing . It had energy, he was authentic and it had some memorable lines. Like, I posted that Damian Sandow in TNA pic in the Dynamite thread during this promo for a reason. He cut one of those promos but rather than it appearing lame, sheepish, vengeful and crapping on a company he kept things within the company and it worked for his character. I liked it.
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Post by ghost on Feb 24, 2024 8:06:31 GMT -5
I thought it was a good promo as well, and yeah the crowd sucked but Wardlow was able to overcome that. Everything he said within kayfabe was true as well. He literally squashed Punk and had him dead to rights when they wrestled before the MJF shenanigans. He squashed MJF with 10 powerbombs. He beat Joe multiple times. Of course it’s all about follow up now. The follow up after he beat MJF was awful (of course Max no selling his loss and cutting a Russo promo 2 days later didn’t help). They’ll never be able to get the magic back that they had with him after the MJF feud, they clearly dropped the ball there, but I think Wardlow is talented enough to bounce back. But yeah he needs to get out of the UK stable.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Feb 25, 2024 14:49:05 GMT -5
It felt like a really great version of that "talent cuts promo on how shitty he's been booked" thing . It had energy, he was authentic and it had some memorable lines. Like, I posted that Damian Sandow in TNA pic in the Dynamite thread during this promo for a reason. He cut one of those promos but rather than it appearing lame, sheepish, vengeful and crapping on a company he kept things within the company and it worked for his character. I liked it. That's my take. This is noting the bad booking, but not whining, using it as motivation to do something about it no matter what. And what he says is true, when he's pushed he has been booked as a monster so he has destroyed big names, so he should have had at least a match. As for people talking about the UK I don't care, its pretty much been a bust the whole time, if he breaks from the group, so what. Just needs follow-up now.
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