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April Wrasslin' |OT2| The Coronation of The King of Swing

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slightconfuse

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Showaddy said:
Punisher Devitt:
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That's pretty rad
 
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strobogo

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Dragonzord said:
Well since Ric stole his gimmick, maybe she's stealing it from him.
Let's look at the great 'wrestling kids' on who made it and who didn't, shall we?

Made it
Randy Orton - Doesn't act a thing like his dad. Doesn't rip off his gimmicks. Doesn't rip off his mannerisms.
Bret Hart - Sorta acts like his dad out of the ring, but in it, he's very different. His brother Owen, also, very different from Bret and very different from his father.
The Rock - Nothing like his dad
Goldust - Nothing like his dad. When he was like his dad, he went nowhere
Bray Wyatt - Nothing like his dad. Or his brother. Even though they all have the same face
Macho Man - Absolutely nothing like his dad or his brother. Completely original. I'd say the same for Lanny, but he never really 'made it.' But he did beat Hogan
Mr. Perfect - nothing like his dad who was more of a old school brawler with a relatively down to earth gimmick.

Didn't Make it/Is a complete joke who mooches off their father's legacy
Natalya - The absolute worst of them all. No attempts to differentiate herself form her family. Used to rip off her dad's stupid laugh. Now? She steals from people who aren't even her parents. Definition of nepotism.
Tamina - Rips off her dad. Has nothing unique or original to bring. Mediocre talent who only got signed because of her murderous father.
Ted Dibiase Jr - Used his dad's gimmicks and his dad's finishing move. I give Ted a little credit that he did develop some of his own things, but he still relied far too heavily on the Dibiase name once he realized he couldn't get over just as a competent wrestler since he had little charisma.

Notice something? All the failures or jokes take heavily from their dad or uncle while the ones who made it are all working different styles, different gimmicks, different mannerisms. Using a similar move as your father is fine, I guess, but mannerisms, characters, set-ups? Come on.
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I agree with most of those, but Orton DOES have a lot of mannerisms of his dad, but they are natural. The pose is from his dad, as are the side slam and superplex.

Dustin was successful as Dustin Rhodes and would have headed up WCW had Hogan not come on.

The pinky and finger movements came from Angelo Poffo. I don't think anyone realizes because they likely have never seen an Angelo Poffo match, but the Memphis set opened my eyes to Macho doing his wacky hand movements was less coke nerves and more as a tribute to his dad.
 
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somedevil

Member
ggnoobIGN said:
What's a committed match
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The loser is sent to a mental institution. Basically they are going to copy what happened to Flair when he went to one.

Also, TNA viewership:

Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling television show drew 1.088 million viewers for Spike TV, up from the 1.015 million viewers who tuned in last week
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Yeah cops on Spike does better ratings then them now.
 
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Hasney

Member
Watching the Hall of Fame stuff on the network and good fucking Christ the Heenan speech is just gold, even just coming off the throat cancer he's just the funniest person in wrestling of all time.
 
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sf2fanatic

Member
Right down coming down the elevators there's a guy wearing a Bobby Roode TNA shirt..

I lol and wanted to say bean that you..

Lol real TNA marks
 
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XenoRaven

Member
Plywood said:
It's only good until he starts sweating.
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If it's like the paint he had on in the Ibushi match at Wrestle Kingdom, it doesn't seem to come off like Goldust or Sting face paint. There's probably a trade-off though, like it causes skin cancer or something.
 
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Deleted member 47027

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Hasney said:
Watching the Hall of Fame stuff on the network and good fucking Christ the Heenan speech is just gold, even just coming off the throat cancer he's just the funniest person in wrestling of all time.
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Yeah, he's really something. I was whining about his WCW work the other day but overall, Heenan is one of the best ever.
 
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Data West

coaches in the WNBA
Who's the more phony commentator shill, Vince or Tony?

Don't even say Cole. Cole's like amateur hour compared to these two.
 
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strobogo

Banned
Vince McMahon said:
Yeah, he's really something. I was whining about his WCW work the other day but overall, Heenan is one of the best ever.
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You should watch his first few PPVs in WCW where he had no idea about the product or any of the wrestlers he didn't work with in WWE or the AWA. He was just making shit up and doing what ever he could to get some kind of reaction from Tony.
 
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Keyser Soze

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I wonder why they put an end to Vnimaniye? There was nothing wrong with it, it was getting an nice reaction, and it was a cool catchphrase :./
 
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Rapstah

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Keyser Soze said:
I wonder why they put an end to Vnimaniye? There was nothing wrong with it, it was getting an nice reaction, and it was a cool catchphrase :./
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They gave her entrance music instead to grab your attention.

Besides no one seemed to know what she was saying or what it meant.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Plywood said:
It's only good until he starts sweating.
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somehow it doesnt come off, look at the match where he had the Carnage body paint.

Also, as a marvel fan, these paintjobs he uses make him my new favorite wrestler

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Macho Madness

Member
Yeah, of all the shows to complain that Punk wasn't the main, that is not the one. Now, should he have mained the others from that point on? Yes. John Laurinitis, Big Show... yawn...

And these paintjobs lower my opinion of Devitt.
 
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Ithil

Member
The bodypaint gimmick would work well in WWE given he could have new, original designs all the time, and get the copyrighted ones for WM, like Mysterio.

Infinite Ammo said:
I hope Enzo returns soon.
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He's back training at the Performance Center, so he should be back by the next tapings.
 
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Sblargh

Banned
I dreamed I was training to be a pro wrestler and my reasoning was that I didn't need to be strong, I only needed cardio, because I could have a cool gimmick and be a submission specialist.
 
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Liquidsnake

Banned
Sblargh said:
I dreamed I was training to be a pro wrestler and my reasoning was that I didn't need to be strong, I only needed cardio, because I could have a cool gimmick and be a submission specialist.
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I was out on a date with Lisa Marie Varon last night. Man I was charming, I really think she was falling for me. We were about to kiss when I fkn woke up.
 
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