threev
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Post by threev on Nov 21, 2007 9:02:13 GMT -5
I was a Thorn fan from the start. I got married on Halloween sothat should tell you what i'm like. All i have to say is What the Hell!!! He will be gone in 3 months. Damnit. Way too generic.
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Post by silentrage on Nov 21, 2007 9:10:32 GMT -5
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Nov 21, 2007 9:27:04 GMT -5
Yeah, but I've never heard Thorn say anything...ever.
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Phosphor Glow
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 21, 2007 9:34:45 GMT -5
Ew. I don't like it...at all. The old look actually had something remarkable and interesting about it. This...is not.
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Lt. Palumbo
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Nov 21, 2007 9:53:45 GMT -5
His new gimmick should be that he walks around crying and asking people to define him
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Post by mysterydriver on Nov 21, 2007 10:40:42 GMT -5
Everyone would not have been so surprised at his new look when his match came up if they had paid attention to the opening video. Don't worry, I missed them to. I guess they've had this change planned for a while...
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Hiroshi Hase
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 21, 2007 10:50:14 GMT -5
He sorta looks like Bobby Roode now, and I don't care for him anymore than I did when he was a follower of Vampirism. He'll be wished well on his future endeavors before long.
What a Conway Pop too, BTW.
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Sajoa Moe
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Nov 21, 2007 11:48:52 GMT -5
Too bad he cut his hair. He'd look even more like Robert Roode with the old hair.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Nov 21, 2007 12:29:37 GMT -5
I like his new look. Instead of trying to be a vampire, he now comes across as a regular guy who probably likes gothic stuff. If nothing else, it's a fresh look for him since he had gotten stagnant.
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Post by RedSmile on Nov 21, 2007 12:46:29 GMT -5
The Vampire gimmick was pretty much doomed from the beginning. Vampires are typically smooth, graceful, seductive and extremely charismatic. Kevin Thorn is a brute, a brawler. not very graceful or charismatic. Thorn would have been better as a werewolf or a gargoyle.
And what is with WWE and its "dealings" with botches. Wrestler A botches and very little becomes of it, but Wrestler B botches and it results in a gimmick overhaul.
Personally I think this is one of WWE's underhanded tactics of changing the guy's look on purpose, so that when they inevitably release him, he'll be less "marketable" or "credible". I believe they did the same thing with Raven.
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Post by threev on Nov 21, 2007 12:52:36 GMT -5
Generics are not just necessarily physical appearance, they're also aesthetics, charisma and microphone ability. It's 2007. Kevin Thorn is a vampire. The gothic thing has been done at least three times in the WWE in the last twenty years. It became a generic formula for a WWE character. When Stone Cold came about in the WWE as "Stone Cold", he was the careless bad ass. In the American wrestling scene, that hadn't been played to that extent before. He was original, and is the original in the WWE of that sort of "Attitude". If you look at attempts after that to copy Stone Cold's formula, they haven't been as successful.
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Haulk
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Post by Haulk on Nov 21, 2007 14:12:01 GMT -5
Is that a swimsuit? or is he kronik?
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Fundertaker
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Post by Fundertaker on Nov 21, 2007 14:20:59 GMT -5
Someone hire Bryan Clarke fast, cause I see Kronik returning soon...
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Nov 21, 2007 14:25:57 GMT -5
crap man I missed an eventful sounding ecw
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 21, 2007 14:26:30 GMT -5
crap man I missed an eventful sounding ecw From what I saw and heard about it, you didn't miss anything at all really.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Nov 21, 2007 14:28:49 GMT -5
I like the new look personally. Makes it seem as if he's a power wrestler ready to hold a belt rather than just be a sideshow power guy.
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Post by bindergang on Nov 21, 2007 14:34:02 GMT -5
Bring back Gangrel to whip this boy back into the vampire he once was.
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 21, 2007 14:52:50 GMT -5
The new look is...different, to say the least. Fact is, Thorn had gotten rather bland over the last few months. Since he lost Ariel, a lot of previous marks for him stopped caring. And with nothing to do but squash Stevie week after week, he was in need of a good change. Whether a new outfit and hairdo will be all he needs is yet to be seen.
Personally, I actually think they should use the "talent exchange" to feud with with Palumbo. With Chris Masters gone, Palumbo's first feud has come to an abrupt halt, and Thorn would make a good replacement. It would also be a good chance for Thorn to start getting some real heel heat, as Palumbo is surprisingly over.
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Post by Legion on Nov 21, 2007 14:53:52 GMT -5
That's the singlet he used as Seven in OVW. And a midget version of Roseanne managed him? That's Synn, she's just got married to Jim Cornette i think...
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Sajoa Moe
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Nov 21, 2007 15:37:48 GMT -5
And a midget version of Roseanne managed him? That's Synn, she's just got married to Jim Cornette i think... No wonder Cornette has to wear those huge glasses...
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