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April Wrasslin' |OT 2| I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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wild wild rice
Member
RVD's explanation of the 420 dropkick (or whatever) to Vince is still the best.
"Nah man, it's cuz you hit the guy with, uh, 4 feet with 20 toes. Totally not a reference."
"Nah man, it's cuz you hit the guy with, uh, 4 feet with 20 toes. Totally not a reference."
Because it's why the title was conceived in the first place.
Bluekaveli
Member
Why wouldn't it be?
SallyIsNow
Banned
It's Matt Riddle now
Orton is boring, but has quite a few good matches under his belt and is still able to move just as well as he did back then, aside bad shoulders. I'm way more excited for any storyline involving Orton than Dean, and, believe me, I don't get very excited for stuff involving Orton.
I agree, even though I don't like Dean's goofy gimmick. But Orton's work is not bad.
Orton can be a great worker and has matches to prove that, the flow is backed by his performance as a wrestler, not just character. He is very talented.
serenewarfare
Banned
There's no "rumor" of that.
What's happening is he's working with Aries and Neville on the European Tour. So people extrapolated that to say he'll be a CW when he's called up, which, while not exactly a leap of logic, is no confirmation of anything. Could just be that they want to fit him on the cards and that's the spot they have open.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Any update on Ember Moon? I hope she's alright.
The last Orton march I fully enjoyed was his triple threat at WM30.
I'm down with the ridiculousness of the mountain.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Fucking lol.
British Monsoon
Member
C'mon. It's because people actually like him full-stop and he works hard.
*edit, oh wait, you're making a point about Jinder. Carry on.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
I definitely feel like these elaborate stage sets from WWE are doing more to hurt the appearance of wrestling being a sport vs entertainment. Even in 1999 they're not using a massive giant ramp for Mania and it just helps sell the "here comes the fighter" feel so much more.
I agree with that. After WM30 he had a few decent and a lot that were just boring. Still very talented and with a good enough tracking record to avoid being called out for his laziness.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I miss unique sets for PPV's.
I would love if for Backlash they brought the hooks back.
I would love if for Backlash they brought the hooks back.
UrbanDandy
Member
Where can I listen to this?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Orton has the most over finisher in the company, maybe of all time. As long as he has that he's pretty much set.
BronsonLee
Member
When you get given the Diamond Cutter and somehow make it more outta nowhere then you did good
Norwegian Rudo
Member
She'll likely be in the tournament, and may even be signed if she impresses, but this "context" is all in your imagination. They needed bodies, she was available and local.
Who exactly has NXT signed and debuted without even a single word leaking? Some of the TNA signings debuted straight on TV, but they were all heavily rumoured beforehand. But now somehow they have gone to all the trouble of keeping this a secret, and pushed her straight to TV. All so that she could be a jobber in a Battle Royal?
I don't think he's very good either but it's nice to see somehow work hard and get over with the crowd, and accordingly, get rewarded for it. If he stayed in NXT he'd either still be there jobbing to the next new signing every few months, Curt Hawkins status on the main roster, or released.
sounds like jinder mahal
formated4tv
Member
Ah, cool, thanks for the clarification.
The US title
So he's essentially doing the Kanyon Cutter?
"AJ Lee was never a draw"
https://mobile.twitter.com/MeltdownComics/status/854856464824885249/video/1
Bonus Big E:
Jinder Mahal has been getting over with crowds? Maybe in India.
Dean: Hey Brock lets have a killer match! See what we can do is...
Brock: I don't give a fuck...
Brock knew to not sell for somebody like dean.
British Monsoon
Member
Has Jinder actually got over with live audiences, or is it all internet fans? Legit question, haven't been watching.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Maybe they want to have the UK title to be just for UK people. WWE clearly wanted this title to have it to be exclusive to people from the UK. They did something similar to the European title in the 90s and that just became another title before it went away.
Except he has like zero 5 star matches.
Not sure how true it is but people are speculating its because WWE is catering to its new audiences in India. Heard that on a podcast this week. Hence why the Bollywood boys are also with him. Either way, im cool with it. Its a fresh new heel that they can push a little bit. They need new top heels and Jinder is a scary looking mother fucker, so it works IMO.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Business move to appeal to Indian market as they continue to push and expand the brand in South Asia. Someone covered this a day or two ago here.
People didn't make a lot of noise at first. His reactions were a bit less than Mojo's, as far as I remember, but he got some serious heat on Tuesday. Some will say it's real heat, I wouldn't.
BronsonLee
Member
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Internet fans. Up until his win on Smackdown, I don't remember any large reactions for him from the crowd, just everyone here and other places commenting on how jacked the dude was. When he won, he got huge boos for his post match promo.
sf2fanatic
Member
😔
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Not many people in the WWE do. A lot of the top WWE guys have no 5 star matches.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
shit youre right. nevermind
Sir_Crocodile
Member
It's one of the paid wrestling observer ones, so you'd need to be a subscriber
SallyIsNow
Banned
How's her territory doing?
The only time Jinder got a reaction before now was at Wee-L-C.
formated4tv
Member
Khali winning the title is the 4th most popular video on WWE's youtube. His debut is the 7th most popular. India is a huge fucking market that WWE has neglected for years despite how popular they are over there.
How often do they have live shows in India?
excelsiorlef
Member
Wait what?
When Bray got it he was pretty hot. Both the EC and the triple threat were great. People were into Bray... I'd say Orton killed it not Bray.
They had a chance to do something really interesting with Wyatt after Orton burned down the compound but then they fucked it up and Orton's phoned it in ever since
serenewarfare
Banned
She wasn't a "jobber" in the Battle Royal though. She was brought out as a surprise, got a reaction, and was eliminated by one of the biggest women's acts on the show.
Plus, Meltzer has made it known that there won't be unsigned women doing anything significant in this tournament, as they don't want another Ibushi or Sabre situation where people get over then leave.
She's too big a name to throw out and never use again, and if they are using her in the tournament it's because she signed with them.
Like you really think they would have waited all this time to bring her in as a jobber if she was local and available? NXT has shot out of the same place for five years now and Gargano has been there for almost two. They've even done battle royals where they needed bodies before. Why now of all times if it's just random?
sf2fanatic
Member
Gonna have me caged like Jericho?You versus me in a SF2Fanatic on a pole match!