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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 2:35:37 GMT -5
Very, very good match for "a guy whose 2 years rusty" and "a guy who sucks in the ring". Face it, Sandusky Mozzarella haters, the man can produce in the ring when he's given someone better than Lawler to work with. This is only going to get better.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 2:36:55 GMT -5
Jericho comes back, I finally get excited about watching Raw again, and who's the first person they put him up against? The absolute epitomy of everything I hate about the company right now. Made me change the channel out of frustration. You missed out, then, buddy.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 28, 2007 6:30:42 GMT -5
I think it was eventually going to happen and it's not like it was a huge outcry from the internet, just some people on this forum who go crazy for Santino.
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Post by britishbulldog on Nov 28, 2007 10:42:14 GMT -5
I loved the Jesse Ventura inspired Chico Santana
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Post by Lionheart on Nov 28, 2007 10:49:27 GMT -5
Very, very good match for "a guy whose 2 years rusty" and "a guy who sucks in the ring". Face it, Sandusky Mozzarella haters, the man can produce in the ring when he's given someone better than Lawler to work with. This is only going to get better. I'm not totally burying Santino's ring ability, but there's more to being a good worker than selling. Santino had like 45 seconds of offense in the whole match.
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Nov 28, 2007 11:46:58 GMT -5
Santino can work well in the ring.
That is all.
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Post by rra on Nov 28, 2007 12:04:15 GMT -5
The crowd was amazingly dead. Why? I know they're happy that their hero came back, but come on....
As for KYJ and Sandinista......good work.
So yeah, anyone crapping on Jericho's return can go and suck my noodle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 12:14:32 GMT -5
I think it was eventually going to happen and it's not like it was a huge outcry from the internet, just some people on this forum who go crazy for Santino. It's not just this forum, he's getting quite a fair bit of praise from other sources on the internet - the comments on his promos and even his Boris Alexeev clips on YouTube reek of Sandinista Morella love, and in fact even the Sun Online's wrestling section ran a piece called "Why We Love Santino Marella" featuring a summary of his greatest promo pieces to date and a discussion on the most successful reinvention of a character in history. Just saying, if you think it's limited to a couple of freaks on this forum, you are mistaken. The man has appeal and deserves it. More than that, deserves a chance to improve and tap what seems to be a lot of potential.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 12:18:28 GMT -5
Very, very good match for "a guy whose 2 years rusty" and "a guy who sucks in the ring". Face it, Sandusky Mozzarella haters, the man can produce in the ring when he's given someone better than Lawler to work with. This is only going to get better. I'm not totally burying Santino's ring ability, but there's more to being a good worker than selling. Santino had like 45 seconds of offense in the whole match. Having seen clips of his OVW gimmick, I'm convinced that he has the basics down of ring psychology and even if you don't like his MMA-inspired moveset, I believe at least he has shown in the past that what he doesn't know, he's capable of learning. He's been forced to completely reinvent his character, so I expect a learning process. He'll get a finisher besides "Summon The Bobby Lashley". And may even get to win a match. All in good time. All I'm saying is that the man is a competent wrestler. Maybe I just mark for the guy because he stood up to the Boogeyman's stupid gimmick and I just can't stand the Boogey Stupid Man.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 28, 2007 12:45:27 GMT -5
I think it was eventually going to happen and it's not like it was a huge outcry from the internet, just some people on this forum who go crazy for Santino. It's not just this forum, he's getting quite a fair bit of praise from other sources on the internet - the comments on his promos and even his Boris Alexeev clips on YouTube reek of Sandinista Morella love, and in fact even the Sun Online's wrestling section ran a piece called "Why We Love Santino Marella" featuring a summary of his greatest promo pieces to date and a discussion on the most successful reinvention of a character in history. Just saying, if you think it's limited to a couple of freaks on this forum, you are mistaken. The man has appeal and deserves it. More than that, deserves a chance to improve and tap what seems to be a lot of potential. I dunno, I've been to quite a few forums myself recently and I've not seen all the Santino love that seems to generate around WC. A funny midcard heel guy, but that's it really. People make it sound like The Rock just came back and became champ again or something.
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Post by Big L on Nov 28, 2007 13:04:27 GMT -5
yea it was pretty good
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Post by valiens on Nov 28, 2007 16:56:47 GMT -5
It's not just this forum, he's getting quite a fair bit of praise from other sources on the internet - the comments on his promos and even his Boris Alexeev clips on YouTube reek of Sandinista Morella love, and in fact even the Sun Online's wrestling section ran a piece called "Why We Love Santino Marella" featuring a summary of his greatest promo pieces to date and a discussion on the most successful reinvention of a character in history. Just saying, if you think it's limited to a couple of freaks on this forum, you are mistaken. The man has appeal and deserves it. More than that, deserves a chance to improve and tap what seems to be a lot of potential. I dunno, I've been to quite a few forums myself recently and I've not seen all the Santino love that seems to generate around WC. A funny midcard heel guy, but that's it really. People make it sound like The Rock just came back and became champ again or something. It IS like that. I'd love to see a promo involving The Rock & Santino. Why? because clearly this guy is smart and witty enough to hold his own against Austen & Y2J. He's friggen great whether you like it or not.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 28, 2007 16:59:27 GMT -5
I dunno, I've been to quite a few forums myself recently and I've not seen all the Santino love that seems to generate around WC. A funny midcard heel guy, but that's it really. People make it sound like The Rock just came back and became champ again or something. It IS like that. I'd love to see a promo involving The Rock & Santino. Why? because clearly this guy is smart and witty enough to hold his own against Austen & Y2J. He's friggen great whether you like it or not. He's ok, but not as great as many on here have said. If you like him and mark for him, god bless you, just don't expect everyone to do so as he's just average to me.
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Post by britishbulldog on Nov 28, 2007 17:15:12 GMT -5
I think lance Storm said it best. That he would be a great manager. I agree, he could easily be a Brain type of manager. Big mouth that helps people get over. He acts tough, but when push comes to shove he gets his ass handed to him
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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 28, 2007 17:16:47 GMT -5
The options on this poll are too vague. "Just what I thought it would be" could either mean "I expected it to be that funny and it was" or "Just like I expected....totally sucked."
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Nov 28, 2007 17:22:47 GMT -5
the fact that, that skit gave us a cookie monster titantron image was worth its weight in gold.
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Post by Bullhead on Nov 28, 2007 17:28:37 GMT -5
It was only the second funny thing Santino has done. The first being "I'm Jerry Stupid Lawler. I like puppies."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 17:50:07 GMT -5
I think lance Storm said it best. That he would be a great manager. I agree, he could easily be a Brain type of manager. Big mouth that helps people get over. He acts tough, but when push comes to shove he gets his ass handed to him When did Lance Storm talk about Santino? Link please? I'd love to read it, as I always felt Mr. Storm has a great head for the industry. IMO Santino has too much wrestling skill for a manager, but he certainly would be an incredible manager. However, he is an early step towards re-establishing the WWE midcard. And I know there's been some pretty rabid Santino fandom around here; I think the record shows that while I've enjoyed his work, I've never expected him to be main event material, and I've been at least rational out of what I expect out of the guy. And I think he'll be credible enough before long that another IC run is plausible and in his future.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 23:08:23 GMT -5
the fact that, that skit gave us a cookie monster titantron image was worth its weight in gold. yeah.... im with this guy
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Nov 28, 2007 23:16:47 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one's mentioned what I thought was the best part.
When Santino randomly jumped on Lawler. The way he did it was just gold.
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