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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on Jan 18, 2007 15:54:05 GMT -5
No way, I have never seen a "hoss" oriental so they will never get to be a main eventer in the WWE
The highest they can get is the CW title
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Post by Lino on Jan 18, 2007 16:09:51 GMT -5
I would've said no before Rey Mysterio won the World Heavyweight Championship (well actually Eddie won it, but it was Rey's body). Probably not in the forseeable future. Japanese wrestlers are great but they all lack the mic skills needed to be a World Heavyweight Champion in any American mainstream company. Although I guarantee I would mark for Kenta Kobashi and recent AWA Champions Takao Omori and Shinjiro Otani, I think Keiji Muto and Antonio Inoki are as far as you're gonna get for now.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 18, 2007 16:19:37 GMT -5
Yokozuna was a main eventer.......oh wait, he was samoan
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Post by leemir on Jan 18, 2007 16:27:24 GMT -5
I reckon they'd like Tanahashi, he could do big things in WWE.
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Post by Chris Decker-The Wild Rover on Jan 18, 2007 16:30:20 GMT -5
well, antonio inoki was a WWE champ at one point, reguardless of no record or it.
i mean if you get a asian lesnar, thats all it really takes
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Post by Lino on Jan 18, 2007 16:32:01 GMT -5
The winner of this match, and new ECW Heavyweight Champion of the World, Sho Funaki!
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 18, 2007 16:48:53 GMT -5
Didn't Jinsei Shinzaki get a main event push in the WWF as Hakushi?
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 18, 2007 16:52:00 GMT -5
It´s about Vince wanting big dudes going for the main belt. He says it´s cash...Bullshit. He just need a good way to build the character and the wrestler and marketing on him. Any one can be a credible champ, especially in the WWE.
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 18, 2007 16:53:22 GMT -5
I really think that there hasn't been an Asian dude that sticks out as main eventer.
Tajiri did just fine as an upper midcard dude.
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Post by wrestlesmarks on Jan 18, 2007 16:55:39 GMT -5
If we go to war with Korea again you can bet your ass we'll have an Asian heel main-eventing.
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Post by careless on Jan 18, 2007 17:04:30 GMT -5
In the Orient, sure. Why would Vince want to have one here? All they would do is draw more international fandom and possibly make American wrestling seem like less of a joke.
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 18, 2007 17:12:39 GMT -5
I think having a lot of athletically gifted black dudes in WWE really makes it look like less of a joke
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Post by samachine on Jan 18, 2007 17:27:11 GMT -5
no because Vince makes them into a joke. They'd have to sign a good-looking guy for it to work.
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 18, 2007 17:32:11 GMT -5
the only "cute" asian guys would be Tanahashi and well TJ Perkins..
Did TNA sign Puma?
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Post by The OP on Jan 18, 2007 17:32:23 GMT -5
I'm confused about all this Asian stuff. Who are we qualifying as Asian? The Great Khali is from India, which I think is part of Asia, unless I'm horrible at geography. That's why the word "Oriental" is neccessary sometimes, even if people don't like it. Otherwise there's no way to distinguish between the region that includes Japan, Korea, China, etc. and the part that includes India and Pakistan. The people of these two different area have very different cultures and physical ethnic features. Lumping all these peoplel together as "Asian" is a little too vague if you ask me.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 18, 2007 17:34:53 GMT -5
WWE doesn't even acknowledge (though they briefly did via WWE.com) that Antonio Inoki briefly won the WWE Championship. Technically, Iron Sheik is Asian (Iran being in Southwest Asia). The Great Khali is getting a push. Hakushi did okay, but had no long lasting impact. Tajiri at various times in his WWE career was used well. I could see Khali getting some a brief run as champ, just because of his size (definitely not for his workrate) and so that the man who beats him would be promoted as overcoming the odds.
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Post by Byakugan on Jan 18, 2007 17:38:24 GMT -5
I'm confused about all this Asian stuff. Who are we qualifying as Asian? The Great Khali is from India, which I think is part of Asia, unless I'm horrible at geography. That's why the word "Oriental" is neccessary sometimes, even if people don't like it. Otherwise there's no way to distinguish between the region that includes Japan, Korea, China, etc. and the part that includes India and Pakistan. The people of these two different area have very different cultures and physical ethnic features. Lumping all these peoplel together as "Asian" is a little too vague if you ask me. EXACTLY why I said ORIENTAL Jeez, people are so dense sometimes |
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Post by samachine on Jan 18, 2007 17:38:37 GMT -5
the only "cute" asian guys would be Tanahashi and well TJ Perkins.. Did TNA sign Puma? Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto come to mind, and I think PUMAs in WSX |
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Post by Tonto Goldstein on Jan 18, 2007 17:40:22 GMT -5
 "Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please." |
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Post by doctorhillbilly on Jan 18, 2007 17:42:09 GMT -5
Will there ever be an Oriental main eventer?
It'll happen right after Vince releases his long awaited book "Will There Ever Be A Rainbow"
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