manx21
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Post by manx21 on Jan 9, 2007 13:57:20 GMT -5
i mark hard for mortal kombat burchill.
now for a street fighter gimmick!
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Jan 9, 2007 14:00:13 GMT -5
Burchill wasn't really mis-handled.
He was given a child friendly typical Smackdown gimmick then lost this due to injury. Although i think he should have stuck with it to cash in on the whole POTC wave, i'm not writing for WWE.
Before that he was just Regal's tag partner, where he was able to show he could wrestle. Then on Smackdown he showed he could wrestle.
The problem with Birchill is that he is British, which means either give him a stereotypical gimmick of a brawler (which would clash with Finlay and eventually Regal and Taylor, but after that where do you take a british version of the broklyn brawler) or give him a cartoony gimmick.
Obviously some would say he doesn't need a gimmick, he can just go and wrestle and to those people i say look at Chris Benoit. Benoit is a great wrestler and had held the top title. But he held it in as a transition champion because the guy is not great on the mic and is not all that entertaining. As such he doesn't really fit at the top of the WWE.
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 9, 2007 14:04:02 GMT -5
I figure given that he's been working off his ring rust in OVW and is now the champion there, there must be some future plans from him, which is a good thing, but I do agree his pirate gimmick was mishandled in a way.
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Post by Bobafett on Jan 9, 2007 14:05:27 GMT -5
I think there shoulda been a pirate stable..with Snitsky, I mean come on he woulda looked crazy dressed as a pirate
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Post by Bobafett on Jan 9, 2007 14:12:10 GMT -5
I hope he shows up in WWE with the new gimmick. Although the pirate one never reached it's full potential. Sigh..I only wish Tajiri had sticked around. Perfect ninja/pirate feud. only if you had Mike and the 'bots to shout "Hi-kiba" everytime Tajiri attacked |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 9, 2007 14:21:34 GMT -5
The pirate thing had a shelf life anway.
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Joekishi
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 9, 2007 14:24:48 GMT -5
 For a Second I thought that was tRiple H, gosh dang, Burchill looks very well built. |
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Post by George Harrison on Jan 9, 2007 14:30:21 GMT -5
I was just thinking the same thing, he looks massive. i didnt see much of the pirate gimmick, but I thought his entrance with the swinging rope was perfect.
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Jan 9, 2007 14:31:08 GMT -5
For a Second I thought that was tRiple H, gosh dang, Burchill looks very well built. Burchill always used to be built when he was over here in FWA, he seemed alot smaller when he was Pirate Paul, now imagine a guy the size Burchill is now doing the C4 |
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Joekishi
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 9, 2007 14:39:42 GMT -5
He's also doing the Curb Stomp
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Jan 9, 2007 14:45:53 GMT -5
I hope he shows up in WWE with the new gimmick. Although the pirate one never reached it's full potential. Sigh..I only wish Tajiri had sticked around. Perfect ninja/pirate feud. Bring in the Berzerker for the world's greatest three-way.  |
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Post by BHB on Jan 9, 2007 14:55:04 GMT -5
I figure given that he's been working off his ring rust in OVW and is now the champion there, there must be some future plans from him. Considering the other losers in OVW right now i'm not surprised he's the champ. The man is seriously underrated. |
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thiazzi
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Post by thiazzi on Jan 9, 2007 14:55:27 GMT -5
I completely missed his stay in WWE. Looks motherf***in' dangerous, though.
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Post by Loki on Jan 9, 2007 15:02:21 GMT -5
As cool as the pirate character is, he is never going to win a world title as a pirate. I think it's good that he dropped the pirate gimmick, maybe he can come back and be pushed as legit competition. Agreed... The pirate gimmick was good for "standing out" and being recognizable in the undercard swamp, but it'd have hardly brought Burchill past the Tag Title level... Not that WWE have bigger plans for him ATM, but you never know... |
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Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Jan 9, 2007 19:39:34 GMT -5
As cool as the pirate character is, he is never going to win a world title as a pirate. I think it's good that he dropped the pirate gimmick, maybe he can come back and be pushed as legit competition. Agreed... The pirate gimmick was good for "standing out" and being recognizable in the undercard swamp, but it'd have hardly brought Burchill past the Tag Title level... Not that WWE have bigger plans for him ATM, but you never know... Which has a Pirate Burchill fan, I know that... That's why I thought of this... That I posted on page one. As cool as the pirate character is, he is never going to win a world title as a pirate. I think it's good that he dropped the pirate gimmick, maybe he can come back and be pushed as legit competition. He should have gotten over with the gimmick and won the US title. Then, when he's at his peak as a face, start turning heel and drop the gimmick saying that he was done paying the fans. And that now he secure he doesn't need them anymore. I'm glad he got in SvR07 with the gimmick but I would have liked a Pirate Burchill shirt. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 9, 2007 19:41:30 GMT -5
Was Pirate Burchill even that popular that 'turning against the fans' would have any kinda impact? I know he had a following on here, but say more than us rooting for him?
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Boku AKA Da Green Guy
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Always and Forever, Hurricane.
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Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Jan 9, 2007 19:45:30 GMT -5
Well, if you never give anything a chance in a slow build (a la Austin or Rock) then nobody will get over. That's the problem with promotions today... If something doesn't get over within the first five minutes, it's dropped.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 9, 2007 19:46:17 GMT -5
Fair point, but I don't think the pirate thing was gonna do it.
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Post by respectmeordye3 on Jan 11, 2007 12:04:28 GMT -5
One thing I think some of you guys are forgetting is that thanks most likely to Pirates Of The Carribbean, the Pirate thing is extremely enormous right now.
There is a third movie on it's way, and a reality show, and possibly even an animated series, so this pirate thing still has a way to go---and it's certainly better than the old and moldy "vanillia Ice routine Cena has been lugging around since his face turn.
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thiazzi
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Post by thiazzi on Jan 11, 2007 12:28:27 GMT -5
I'm kinda sick of all the anime-tards at my school going on and on about pirate this and ninja that. I hate them, but only because I liked pirates way before any of them.
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He went to community college.
