Rockhound
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Post by Rockhound on Jan 30, 2007 17:28:38 GMT -5
Well, John Cena has now pinned then knocked Umaga out. Something no one has come even close to doing and now the Samoan Bulldozer is no longer unstoppable. Is he, now, going to travel the same road as Kane who, himself, was once an unstoppable monster? Is Umaga now destined for the mid-card? You make the call.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jan 30, 2007 17:29:21 GMT -5
No he squashed Val Venis...again.
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Post by revolver86 on Jan 30, 2007 17:35:01 GMT -5
No, I feel that the amount it took for Cena to take Umaga out made him look even stronger than before. Hopefully he'll continue to bulldoze the competition!
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Post by EvilShadow76 on Jan 30, 2007 17:38:38 GMT -5
Superman stopped him. He can no longer be considered "unstoppable" unless he moves to Smackdown or ECW and begins a new streak over there.
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Joekishi
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 30, 2007 17:44:51 GMT -5
Well, John Cena has now pinned then knocked Umaga out. Something no one has come even close to doing and now the Samoan Bulldozer is no longer unstoppable. Is he, now, going to travel the same road as Kane who, himself, was once an unstoppable monster? Is Umaga now destined for the mid-card? You make the call. Umaga lost to a roll up, and then was strangled to near death. that doesn't exactly not make him monster. seriously if anything that loss made Umaga look even more of a monster
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oltrelamorte
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Post by oltrelamorte on Jan 30, 2007 17:49:59 GMT -5
I thought he was a bigger monster as Jamal.
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salTy
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Post by salTy on Jan 30, 2007 18:14:40 GMT -5
It's not that Umaga is less of a monster, more that Cena is more of a Superman for choking him out.
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Garee
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Post by Garee on Jan 30, 2007 18:57:25 GMT -5
No they will just build him up again, and he'll challenge someone new at Mania, and lose, then he'll be done
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 30, 2007 19:00:07 GMT -5
He's only done if he's booked as done... it's a worked sport, y'know, it's not like he's a boxer who's punch resistance has gone.
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 30, 2007 19:10:57 GMT -5
No, I feel that the amount it took for Cena to take Umaga out made him look even stronger than before. Hopefully he'll continue to bulldoze the competition! What he said
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hunkd
Mike the Goon
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Post by hunkd on Jan 30, 2007 20:11:52 GMT -5
While Umaga isn't terrible in terms of wrestling ability (unlike, say, Khali), the fact that he lost to Cena means the unstoppable monster got stopped. And the fact that he had a squash match against Val Venis means he's already on the mid-card.
Hopefully he won't go the Sean O'Haire route and become the leading jobber destroyer on a lesser show, like Heat or Velocity, and I don't think those are even on anymore.
And was anyone else surprised those tables he ran on even supported his weight? I figured he'd pull a Triple H and fall through before he was supposed to.
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Post by Loki on Jan 30, 2007 20:18:35 GMT -5
He's done as Unstoppable Monster, because he got two shots at the Champion and failed twice. Barely, but he failed.
So we know Umaga CAN be stopped. The fact he still can beat midcarders and steamroll over the undercard doesn't mean a thing in the big picture...
Umaga'll rise up again, if needed, but at this point he'll be the new Kane. The Monster who kills everyone in sight just to miss the last step and get eventually beaten.
And BTW, Umaga's push reminds me of the one of our friend Earthquake... A solid (lower)-midcarder pushed as a monster just to get fed to the Champion, but with a guaranteed spot one step higher on the card than the original one...
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miked
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Post by miked on Jan 30, 2007 20:31:49 GMT -5
God, I hope so.
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G2
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Post by G2 on Jan 30, 2007 20:32:41 GMT -5
I felt Umaga actually looked stronger than any other contender Cena has faced as champ. He got loads of offence in during the bout and the STFU finish was ace (Cena's facial expressions were 1st class I thought). I think we'll see a good few people looking at the lights for Umaga before he's a spent force.
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Crappler El 0 M
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 30, 2007 20:36:20 GMT -5
He's not unstoppable because he has been stopped twice. However, he is still a monster.
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HRH The KING
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Post by HRH The KING on Jan 30, 2007 20:46:51 GMT -5
The unstoppable monster role is the only one he can play.
Trying anything else would be a mistake.
There's no need to change the role since it did after all take a TV monitor, a ring connector, a ring rope and metal steps to beat him.
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pezsoup
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Post by pezsoup on Jan 30, 2007 20:48:31 GMT -5
I consider him to be a stoppabe monster.....like Kane.....
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Post by carter 15 on Jan 30, 2007 21:07:53 GMT -5
His character isn't hurt, if you saw the rumble. He was never ment to be the number 1 guy or anything, just let him be the "samoan bulldozer" that he is.
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Post by rrm15 on Jan 30, 2007 21:09:01 GMT -5
I consider him to be a stoppabe monster.....like Kane..... Exactly. He's only gonna get wins over jobbers like Val Venis now, but always lose to upper mid-carders and during big feuds.
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Joekishi
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 30, 2007 21:46:50 GMT -5
I think he can convincingly beat HBK, Orton, Edge, and the other top guys on RAW.
But on RAW really the face pool is so shallow.
putting him on ECW or Smackdown would be great.
Or they could pair him up with Khali and dominate the tag scene before losing to Cryme Tyme or TWGTT
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