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Unforgivable. Ruining promos since 2001 or whatever.
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December Wrasslin' |OT| PUT A Z-PAK ON THE THREAD, PAL. YOU'RE WORKING TONIGHT
Unforgivable. Ruining promos since 2001 or whatever.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Wonder if Punk will talk about this on his next podcast next week. Wonder if he even watched it.
I sort of get him with Cesaro. He just doesn't have a ton of charsima. Even though Bryan and Reigns don't have much by way of mic skills either, they have charisma in other ways, through their look, with Bryan the whole David vs Goliath thing he has going against most WWE stars makes him likable. With Reigns it's probably just looks (like Orton). He looks like if the guy from Sons of Anarchy had sex with the wolf kid from Twilight. Women are going to love this guy even though he's probably right now Test with a tan.
I sort of get him with Cesaro. He just doesn't have a ton of charsima. Even though Bryan and Reigns don't have much by way of mic skills either, they have charisma in other ways, through their look, with Bryan the whole David vs Goliath thing he has going against most WWE stars makes him likable. With Reigns it's probably just looks (like Orton). He looks like if the guy from Sons of Anarchy had sex with the wolf kid from Twilight. Women are going to love this guy even though he's probably right now Test with a tan.
blackaroni
Member
My dream for this SS was Cena and a bunch of his buddies versus a Dangerous Alliance of all of Heyman's Clients. Rybaxel, Big Slow, Cesaro, BROCK LESNAR versus Cenar...and I don't know...Cryme Thyme and the Usos
Austin was on the road and he had called Christian and Christian didn't pick up. Austin then proceeded to leave a dumb fucking message as a goof and decided it would be a "great" heel gimmick.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ukut_stone-cold-steve-austin-what_sport
CHECK YOUR FUCKING FACTS.
Honestly I have no problem with tasteless jokes. I just piled on him like everyone else because I got tired of his shitty Buzzfeed style posts.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
The problem is the WWE's priorities seem to be as such:
1. Look
2. Mic
3. Wrestling
I think the disconnect is how most fans would probably put the "look" factor far lower than the WWE does. Unless they're going for the teen female demographic, in which case Cody Rhodes would be the at the top and they wouldn't be covering his face with paint.
Terrabyte20xx
Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
Okay, I can't take it anymore.
I DON'T SEE WHAT LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE SEES IN ROMAN REIGNS!!!!
No charisma, no impressive physique, not even the "movie poster" thing that's consistently brought up. I just don't get it.
I DON'T SEE WHAT LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE SEES IN ROMAN REIGNS!!!!
No charisma, no impressive physique, not even the "movie poster" thing that's consistently brought up. I just don't get it.
Is Lesnar really a heel?
Half of the audience hates Cena and Lesnar comes across as a bad ass fighter.
Other than beating Cena what heel thing has he done? Take the streak away from fans?
He earned that with a match.
Cody Rhodes is a handsome man. Dashing even.
serenewarfare
Banned
I trust you implicitly WrassleGAF, so settle an argument for me. If you had to go with one guy to give a big main roster push to, with the goal being to create the biggest star possible, who would you go with: Balor or Zayn?
CELL PHONES WEREN'T RELIABLE.
Cesaro vs Brock
in a iron man match with daniel bryan as the referee...I can dream
blackaroni
Member
Balor
slightconfuse
Banned
Kurt Angle talk on the monday night wars!!
JesseEwiak
Member
Is None of the Above a valid answer?
Honestly the only other questions related to content today that could be asked:
- PG or TV-14?
- Network library expanding?
- Should highlighting the sport be more of a focus?
- Term Wrestlers vs Superstars? Couldn't a person be a wrestler to set themself apart from other media figures?
- Do you view raw as a product to target a specific segment of the audience or do you believe that it can satisfy everyone?
- How would you differentiate Smackdown and Raw?
What I would do is take the graduating class of NXT right now and have them invade Smackdown, restarting the brand split.
Serpentine
Banned
I wouldn't choose only one
but also, Balor's been there for like a month so that colors it a bit, but i'd say Zayn atm
bean breath
Member
The ladder symbolizes Jacob's ladder.
Net_Wrecker
Member
He's Jason Statham though. Anyone with half a brain could book this dude. Put him in a suit. Give him goals. Let him wrestle. Rent an Audi. Feed him tough guy one liners.
2K's marketing team figured it out with like 5 seconds of a commercial but the WWE gives him ambulance music? The game is rigged, son.
He has the body that HHH and co think is the future.
With Cesaro he did. It was all "MY CLIENT BROCK LESNAR CONQUERED THE STREAK MY CLIENT BROCK LESNAR CONQUERED THE STREAK MY CLIENT BROCK LESNAR CONQUERED THE STREAK MY CLIENT BROCK LESNAR CONQUERED THE STREAK here's cesaro" Nothing there to work with. If, as a manager, you mainly build up your client by standing beside him showing off in the ring rather than speaking on his behalf, you're not really adding anything by being there.
Axel and Ryback--I think he did the best he could with what he had there, but there was a ceiling on that entertainment. Axel was a replacement for Punk and that wasn't ever going to go over well, then Axel and Ryback were Punk's neverending matches after Brock and at the time, that was as midcard as you could get. Significant step down from the above-the-main-event Brock.
That's fucking great. Look forward to their return.
Deadly Joker
Member
They had a match at WrestleMania 27 though.
JesseEwiak
Member
Jason Statham's a B-tier star, though. He's not The Rock. And Vince wants The Rock.
Terrabyte20xx
Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
Mark my words, Zayn is the next face of WWE, and Balor will be the biggest heel there ever was next to Triple H.
The hair is a big reason why I don't see anything in him,FnP or not.
But that hair though...
Zayn... But it would come with a huge revamp of his look, and in-ring personality. For some reason I can see him being a huge heel in the same ranks as a Ric Flair.
Ninja Scooter
Member
They could probably give him an ADR/Million Dollar Man style gimmick pretty easily. That seems kinda lazy but it's worlds better than the shit he does now. That music and that awful arm cannon gesture he does have GOT to go.
Best post.
They choose who they want to push. Nuff said. If they choose someone to be their guy, and they're flawed, they grind it out with them. If someone they didn't choose gets over on their own, they'll take every opportunity to snatch the rug from underneath them. We've seen this countless times.
slightconfuse
Banned
david arquette on the monday night wars!!
serenewarfare
Banned
The argument is specifically which of the two has a better shot at becoming a huge star and who would be the better choice. So I'm not saying choose one of them over everyone else, I'm simply comparing and contrasting the two against one another.
bean breath
Member
Jimmy King
Member
Next live broadcast should be a roundtable of ROH stars on the main/NXT roster talking about those salad days.
The main things that caught my attention during the podcast was the territories, Vince wanting punk back, and Vince "listening to the fans"...other than that I'm not surprised Vince is out of touch with reality and have no faith in his own roster despite how well they perform in the ring or liked by the fans.
That was before Punk became the top star of the company though. Orton spent most of Punk's reign having excellent matches on Smackdown.
slightconfuse
Banned
WAIT ARQUETTE WON THE TITLE ON THUNDER??
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
JesseEwiak
Member
I see both of them as second-tier guys. Not guys who can carry the promotion, but can main event the occasional PPV and be part of the mix. Zayn can be the 2010's Ricky Steamboat and Balor can be a good prick heel in Perfect/Ziggler/Rude mold.
bean breath
Member
Comfortably?
Ninja Scooter
Member
Look at him. THe kids will tune in for Cena and their moms will tune in to moisten their panties at the sight of Roman Reigns the same way they do over Charlie Humman on Sons of Anarchy every week even though he has the acting ability and charisma of a plank of wood. They should give Roman a 50 Shades of Grey gimmick.
JesseEwiak
Member
To be fair, Thunder was still booked as an A-tier show at that time. Kinda. It wasn't a B-show. It was an A-/B+ show.
Literally the most memorable thing that happened on Thunder. Ever. It's only competition was the first episode(s)
Maybe a B- in the Russo era. It was still skippable but shit did happen.
But that hair though...
That Test with a tan description works well. Thank you, Ninja Scooter.
Nevermind, you had to go and ruin it.
Net_Wrecker
Member
They don't even have a B tier though, that's what I'm saying. Even if Cesaro isn't the next Rock, they need a strong supporting cast. And even IF they find the next Rock, they STILL need a strong supporting cast.
It's one thing if they were giving us incredibly entertaining setups yet the roster was garbage and couldn't carry the torch, but they aren't even holding up their end of the bargain. The writing is grade A trash. There's only so much someone can do to elevate the stuff they're handed, especially when they aren't handed anything at all.