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February Wrasslin' |OT| Did somebody not get what they wanted?
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Maybe they valued the money I was throwing at the screen to make him get off my TV.
Serpentine
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That's true, but now he's waaaaaaaaaaaaay less than that
FallingEdge
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He could have been a white Kofi.
Serpentine
Banned
No way. He could never pull off those Rumble spots. Maybe he could of pissed off Orton though.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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And now that ship has sailed
Is this guy a Skyrim mod?
Perspicacity
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This is rad
No no no no no.
You see, when the Real Americans break up it no longer becomes plural and he's simply a Real American.
You see where this is going.
And now that ship has sailed
Oh god please no, I can at least stand to look at and listen to Kofi
British Monsoon
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Bourne never would've been a top guy, weed or not (and it was synthetic weed he got busted for, at that). Cena's whole association with him and praising him in interviews was such an apparent ploy to ingratiate himself to the smark fans, who felt at the time that Bourne deserved better. Ryder, on the other hand, got over on his own terms, so he was always destined to fail - Cena just tried his best to leech off Zack's new-found popularity. Those are the two guys I can remember Cena ever "going to bat" for and in both occasions it was just a cynical, token gesture for Cena to try and come across as a Good Guy, rather than the guy who's perfectly happy with the way things are (and, really, who could blame him?).
Lol, like he needed it.
Cena is definitely one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
Perspicacity
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Zack Ryder is professional wrestling's Milhouse
Woo woo ... damn
FallingEdge
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Survivor Series in NYC.
I meant more in a "midcarder who sells decent merch but will go nowhere in the long run" kind of role.
aka Kofi!
Zack should be thankful. No jobber has ever had more merch. It's insane really.
Perspicacity
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3MB needs more merch
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British Monsoon
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He didn't NEED it, that's not the point - Zack got himself over and they certainly weren't going to use that momentum for Zack, so they do what they always do; give it to Cena.
Honestly, I'm at that point in the 'Cena Cycle' where I'm just sick to death of talking about him like his ISN'T the number one thing I despise about WWE. I'll tell you the one situation where Cena won't be damned if he does; the one where he quits and goes home and doesn't return. I'll be full of praise for him on that day.
Actually that is done too, he has four items left now and they are all discounted: http://shop.wwe.com/Zack-Ryder/superstar-current-zackryder,default,sc.html
His only shirt now is the pink cancer one and that's down to 7,99.
QueenOfThorns
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I don't really play that many games anymore. In my horizon there's DKC Tropical Freeze and Dark Souls 2 and that will probably be it for the year. I've gotten to a point where unless a game immediately impresses me within the first hour I just stop playing it.
For whatever reason I still feel that Cena does care about putting guys over. But true, he does stuffer disingenuous that Hogan does. Stories days in and out past wrestlers always felt that Hogan never had anyone's back, even if by chance he truly did want to put them over.
He was over with a subsection of the audience and it didn't translate mainstream. I always found him really corny/lame, but appreciated the effort and that he worked for other people.
He appears to be oblivious, rather than malicious. Not sure if that's actively better.
FallingEdge
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Bootaaay, when we are done with these Archie avs, I'm gonna need a dope Nakamura one. Hook me up!
Only so much time to spare. Thanks to demos I didn't waste time on.....certain games.
Spiderjericho
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Yeah. Zack was hot for like 2 months. The crowd was getting behind him, so much so that the Rock mentioned him in the post Survivor Series promo. I'm not sure if left alone, he would've ever become anything more than a mid carder. But that Cena storyline killed him. It was ridiculous. And Eve came off looking like a slore. It also did Kane and Cena no favors. Kane didn't recover until he joined Team Hell Yes.
It was clearly a terribly booked storyline. No different than the Nexus. Or the the Punk Nexus storyline. The Kofi push. Pushing the button on ADR after the Rumble.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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So Summer Rae is the hoeski of the group? Ah shieeeeeeeet
lovely ladies
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I know wrestling shirts are supposed to be loud and garish but I wouldn't wear that even if somebody paid me.
I shudder to think how the current WWE shirt designers would have mangled the classic Austin 3:16 shirt.
Khrysler Jerikho
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RIP Big Vis.
Still hate the Viscagra as a move name though.
Still hate the Viscagra as a move name though.
Ugh, yeah. I still stand by my claim that I never really remember Ryder being over but that Cena/Ryder/Eve/Kane storyline pretty much destroyed Ryder, made Eve look bad, and ruined Kane's return-to-evil gimmick.
FallingEdge
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that looks so bad and so fake lol
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Deleted member 47027
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Why would Cena try to get himself over to smarks? What value is there?
None. They don't buy anything.
Well not totally true. They are actually buying tickets and showing up to arenas to say YES and bury matches. But they much rather have a witty sign than buy any kind of merch.
I have to imagine that the "Cena Sucks!" chants actually do bother him.
Then he drives off in his muscle car to eat the Bella twins ass in his mansion or 5 star hotel. I think he manages ok.
That's some stuff man. People paying money to boo you. Good business.
Zack is probably one of those guys in the back waiting for an executive to "call him up" for his "shot"
at least we know he's the type of guy to wear passive-aggressive "PUSH ME" ring attire
edit: I bet it doesn't bother Cena. All the cynicism from smarks and adults goes away when he does Make-A-Wish... aaand when he goes home to Nikki Bella OR SOME FAT LADY
at least we know he's the type of guy to wear passive-aggressive "PUSH ME" ring attire
edit: I bet it doesn't bother Cena. All the cynicism from smarks and adults goes away when he does Make-A-Wish... aaand when he goes home to Nikki Bella OR SOME FAT LADY
Well, yeah. But he's still human and his job is an entertainer, I don't know a single entertainer alive that wouldn't get bothered by something like that at some level.
But they are not boycotting him, which would hurt more.
He's profiting of the so called hate to some extent.
edit: Cena truly can't lose, lol.
That's some deep shit
Yes.
Seriously. From completely over the top from every boss fight to the final showdown being some sort of demonic Vinny Mac. LOVED IT
Speaking of which, #HEELZIGGLER is such a bad look.
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