"IcePic" Rick Cobos
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Post by "IcePic" Rick Cobos on Jan 9, 2007 2:35:17 GMT -5
While I admittedly have not seen any of Rikio's work, I've read many, many, many times that he was a failure as GHC heavyweight champion.
On the other hand, I HAVE seen Xavier's ROH World title reign.
This isn't a question as who sucks more, as I see a lot of potential in Xavier and I assume that Rikio has some goodness to him as well.
However, neither was world title material obviously.
So which world title booking decision was dumber?
Xavier (ROH)
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Takeshi Rikio (NOAH)
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Post by samachine on Jan 9, 2007 2:36:14 GMT -5
Other: Marufuji because if they were giving it to him for that short time, what was the damn point
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"IcePic" Rick Cobos
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Post by "IcePic" Rick Cobos on Jan 9, 2007 2:38:42 GMT -5
Other: Marufuji because if they were giving it to him for that short time, what was the damn point NOAH wanted a GHC Heavyweight title match in NYC Also, Marufuji was a preview/experiment of newblood/juniors being on top for NOAH, because the All Japan 1990s stars won't be around in the ring much longer. |
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jan 9, 2007 2:44:25 GMT -5
Rikio as champ dethroned the two year reign of Kobashi, then defended against Saito, Tanahashi (NOAH's Dome Show) MISAWA, before losing to Taue. He was difficult to carry and as the "next great heavyweight", he failed miserably. At least Xavier was in the role of the Prophecy's lackey and did that well.
And NOAH fans said they could tell the crowd didn't care for Rikio as champ and attendance went down for the Budokon shows.
And at least Marifuji had two awesome defenses (KENTA and McGuiness) and people really cared for him as champ. He'll get another shot down the road. Misawa is on his swan song right now and should lose it on 1/21 to Morishima, who'e the real "next big thing" in NOAH.
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Jan 9, 2007 7:04:53 GMT -5
Rikio as champ dethroned the two year reign of Kobashi, then defended against Saito, Tanahashi (NOAH's Dome Show) MISAWA, before losing to Taue. He was difficult to carry and as the "next great heavyweight", he failed miserably. At least Xavier was in the role of the Prophecy's lackey and did that well. And NOAH fans said they could tell the crowd didn't care for Rikio as champ and attendance went down for the Budokon shows. And at least Marifuji had two awesome defenses (KENTA and McGuiness) and people really cared for him as champ. He'll get another shot down the road. Misawa is on his swan song right now and should lose it on 1/21 to Morishima, who'e the real "next big thing" in NOAH. I agree with everything T-Dog has said here. Although I gotta say Xavier was the worst. There was all kinds of "Get the belt away from f*****g Xavier, its probably one reason why Samoa Joe was such a popular champion |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 9, 2007 7:06:23 GMT -5
Xavier was an awesome champ... there has seldom been a champ that's so easy to despise.
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Post by STMP on Jan 9, 2007 7:24:36 GMT -5
I don't know Xavier, but why was Rikio given the belt?
He wasn't overly talented, he wasn't really that big either (looked a little like Tenzan or Kojima only a little more ouf of shape) and he didn't seem charismatic at all.
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Ratings
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Post by Ratings on Jan 9, 2007 12:37:53 GMT -5
........Who?
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