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April Wrasslin' |OT| A Max Landis Production
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Yeah, for sure. But you're saying chants are fun and useful when appropriate, right? You're just not into that forced-chant culture, yeah?
Tremendous match. Sloppy at times, but it didn't matter. Excellent stuff.
Professor Beef
Banned
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
I almost felt bad for Revival/AA. They put on a fantastic match, and it was forgotten one hour later once Nakamura/Zayn tore down the house. Revival especially, while not seemingly as athletically gifted as AA, just get it in terms of tag team wrestling. Really fun match. I'm really hoping we're going to see a strong tag division on the main roster soon.
It's not bad. Based solely off of that one episode I watched when I had PS Vue for a week. I was somewhat entertained, which I did not expect.
Bluekaveli
Member
Gorilla motherfucking Monsoon!
Professor Beef
Banned
I most certainly have not forgotten it. But I think if you have to recommend one NXT Dallas match, you gotta go with Nakamura/Zayn.
Really, though, the entire event is worth one's time.
He's a decent enough heel and this is a good way to get him in a program with his brother but man, what a visual coming out with these guys, his wife, and his baby. He inherited EC3's old heel stable and added his wife...and his baby.
I didn't realize that bolded bit (obvs). That seems pretty interesting.
But yeah, that baby and its weird hair are the real stars of that show. (Although Matt's hair was pretty funny, too. >_>)
Bluekaveli
Member
How many of you all would shoot with Bart knowing that he got knocked the fuck out in 24 seconds.
You guys can do it.
You guys can do it.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Yes, when appropriate a chant can be great. Not the best example, but while watching some stuff from 97 people are chanting stuff that is relevant to the story and what's going on. Not just random ass smarky stuff.
UberTag
Member
Roman is of more value to the WWE than any performer besides Brock, Cena, Taker and Triple H because they have decreed him to be of more value.
They've invested too much in building up his image to the point where his loss would be felt more than those who are infinitely more talented and worthy.
He's the baby of WWE Marketing.
For the last time, Bluekaveli: if you're asking me "would you shoot...?" the answer is always "yes."
Alright. We cool, we cool.
I mean, do you want the added force or not? Seems like a stupid question.
Professor Beef
Banned
He brings them money. Fans want to see him, according to actual data. He also hasn't gotten repeatedly injured in-ring.
Yes, that's 100% accurate. I hope it fades away a bit, but until very recently, everything was all about him.
UberTag
Member
It boggles my mind when people pull the "what has Roman done" card. He didn't need to DO anything apart from show up for work, not get hurt, be pretty and be born. Pretty people have it easier in life. Just like the rich. It has nothing to do with merit or him bringing any intangible to the equation. At this point his value has everything to do with what they've built up with him as the foundation. The Roman Reigns brand. That's enough.
El Pescado
Member
How long did it take for you to recover your voice after that?
FlammableD
Banned
I assume he's referring to this http://harlot.media/articles/2622/a-wrestler-in-character-sent-fans-to-harass-misgender-me which I don't think is fair to lay entirely at the feet of Aries.
Jimmy King
Member
Roman had a hernia last year in the middle of his push and was out for surgery during the build to this year's Mania. He can't be trusted. Pull the plug, WWE.
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
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Yeah I've been trying to catch TNA for the past couple of weeks expecting some WCW 2000 level fuckery, but the dude is actually doing some great (and hilarious) heel work.
Haha. Incredible.
Bluekaveli
Member
Shoot by any means necessary
I always wonder why does this asshole cole insist on saying shit twice.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Shoot by any means necessary
I always wonder why does this asshole cole insist on saying shit twice.
I never knew Ahmed Johnson was in the Nation of Domination. Whatever happened to Ahmed Johnson anyway?
Hm. I expected something more. I'm sympathetic to trans folk, but this doesn't seem like blatant malice from Aries. I'm picking up what this write-up is putting down, but I think you're right that it doesn't seem fair to blame Aries without reservation.
Got fat, won the rights to the letter T, and retired as an all-time great.
Sweeney Tom
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TarpitCarnivore
Member
Brett shootin on Malenko:
What's so gouda? Isn't it a multiplayer doodle? Eeehhh...
I've been playing Earthbound Beginnings with my son (and he's been playing the new Ratchet game).
Vince paid him off, brother. Gave him the jack to get jacked, dude.
I'd like to hear a response from Deano. Someone get him on the horn.
UberTag
Member
Well, if you want to talk about talent, the most talented guy on the roster is Shinsuke Nakamura. The WWE would be impacted more by losing Roman, though.
Could they have replicated what they've invested in Roman in anyone else? Of course they could have. But they didn't. And 3 years of Royal Rumble records, Mania main events, never getting pinned clean... this doesn't happen over night. So while Reigns is replaceable, their investment in him can't easily be transplanted onto someone else.
Jimmy King
Member
"little Malenko"
I always knew NeoGAF Vince McMahon was the Kool-Aid Man...
Uber already provided the answer in his/her post. Roman didn't do anything of note. I might have misunderstood what he/she meant, but I read it if it said Roman didn't do anything to deserve it, his value is the value defined by the company because they simply wanted him to be valuable.
WWE has written the entire thing around him for a while just because they think he is marketable, due to his looks, and that is a BIG investment, as they have built him over any other and, as Uber said, worthier performer. He's the face of the brand now, thus losing him would be more impactful to the company than losing others.
Roman has become a solid performer, he's gotten much better, don't get me wrong, but when he was chosen, I honestly believe it was due to his looks and family ties only, and it'll be very hard to make me think something different.
British Monsoon
Member
Aries simply tried to do Big Kev's twitter gimmick, but he picked poorly and also failed to realise that with his "not all men" attitude and obnoxious vegan demeanour, he cultivated a twitter following of exactly the sort of people who'd hurl gender-specific abuse at a person simply for wishing a wrestler got punched in the face by another wrestler in a wrestling match.
I don't think Aries meant anything by it, but you reap what you sow and he's only made things worse going on about SJW's with sand in their vaginas.
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Deleted member 47027
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I remember that, good callback. Funny podcast.
Eww. I see, I see.
Bluekaveli
Member
He was in it for a month then got his ass beat by them for trying to take be too up front.
He got fat and retired.
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Deleted member 47027
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Hard to say. BUT.
Aries absolutely sexually harassed Christy Hemme in TNA. So he's still a shitlord.
Pop-O-Matic
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You're leaving out his brief run in WCW where he (as Big T) took Booker Ts place in Harlem Heat when Booker T & Stevie Ray started feuding, leading to Big T & Booker T feuding over the rights to the letter T.
Edit: He also played Suge Knight in a MC Hammer biopic for some reason.