I am actually fan of the incarnations of Finn from New Japan into NXT up to now. The Demon gimmick is cool. However, I recognise that in the ring Finn has limits and he's probably not going to get much better. We've already seen evidence that WWE will overuse the "Demon King!" gimmick and run Face Finn straight into the ground but I'm more than happy to see that after years of enduring Reigns.
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His return is going to get a big pop. Plus WWE is giving him a 24 on his return like Seth got.
Uhh 39 favorable rating is not considered popular. Plus have you figured out the difference between Cameron and Naomi yet?
Sweeney Tom
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serenewarfare
Banned
Didn't matter with who?
Surely you aren't talking about Roman, the babyface that gets booed every week, right?
At least Finn gets the appropriate response from the crowd.
SallyIsNow
Banned
Sheamus is the only good irish wrestler in WWE. Compared to Balor he's AJ Styles.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
4 world titles fellaaaaaaaaaaa <3 Good triumphs always
JesseEwiak
Member
By 'appropriate response', you mean more people caring about the color of a title belt than his title match, right? Whatever you want to say about Roman, I never saw him being overshadowed by an inanimate object during a match.
But nope, there's this other person who by all metrics was the most popular person on the show for a decade and was very popular outside of the Internet, but that never stopped people from critizing him.
But, not Finn. He's 'popular', so it's not OK to criticize him.
Are they going to ruin his injured babyface pop and try to make him a heel like they did Seth as well?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Too many obvious Trump fans in here for me right now. It's a #DeadGiveaway friend but the good will triumph always. Case in point:
Can't wait until Roman beats Braun at Fastlane and then Undertaker at Mania....
When the New Day last mattered
Professor Beef
Banned
Don't you have another forum to post in?
SallyIsNow
Banned
That Sheamus/Cesaro No.7 was so lit, friends. Until the finish, at least.
excelsiorlef
Member
Umm Becky Lynch
My brother and his kid came over tonight. The boy and my son took over the living room in a GTA V party. My brother and I in a completely unplanned move went to the back room and played WCW/nWo Revenge!! It was the best. We played a 20-man battle royal and then played through the tag tournament-y title thingy. Jekel and Brickowski dethroned Goldberg and Rey Mysterio, Jr. (??) and all was right in the world.
Oh, and then we all played 4-player couch co-op Broforce which was fun, too.
Oh, and then we all played 4-player couch co-op Broforce which was fun, too.
Professor Beef
Banned
Her theme is growing on me tbh
I like that Mauro is the only one that drops the "self-proclaimed" off of irish lass kicker.
Yeah, it's always so fucking weird when they do that "self-proclaimed" thing, it does nothing for the characters, might as well not call them by their nicknames.
Of course Roman is exempt of this problem, because they sure as hell know "THE SELF PROCLAIMED BIG DOG" and "THE SELF PROCLAIMED THE GUY" doesn't sound as marketable
whatevermort
Member
(I'm assuming there's a lights out during the match, Taker appears in ring, freaks Roman out, Braun gets the pin thanks to that, keep roman strong and keeps Braun monstered and sets up Mania with taker slightly on the heel side blah blah blah)Can't wait until Roman beats Braun at Fastlane and then Undertaker at Mania....
Sad really because I see a lot of promise in Braun now. They did a great job building him up.
excelsiorlef
Member
Would make the most sense
Fell asleep just before the main event of Over The Edge '99 last night. Finished it this morning, and overall I disagree with Zach's F. It's still only a C- from me, but there's some fun matches in the lower part of the card. Rock/HHH is serviceable though not spectacular, and Austin/Taker is marred by the sudden screwy finish.
Now watching this week's NXT and glad to see Trent Seven still has his theme from the UK Championship. That's some good stuff.
Now watching this week's NXT and glad to see Trent Seven still has his theme from the UK Championship. That's some good stuff.
HOSS battle? I'll be watching this later
Dude on the right looks like a generic fat guy in an SNK fighting game
They apparently want to keep Braun and Reigns both strong at FastLane so I guess this will happen.
- Reigns gets beat up most of the match
- Reigns starts comeback and almost wins
- Light turn off and then Taker appears in the ring and screws Reigns
- Braun beats Reigns
Keeps both guys "strong" and sets up the Taker match.
- Reigns gets beat up most of the match
- Reigns starts comeback and almost wins
- Light turn off and then Taker appears in the ring and screws Reigns
- Braun beats Reigns
Keeps both guys "strong" and sets up the Taker match.
According to WWE's latest financial report they have 185 wrestlers under exclusive contracts, which probably means that doesn't include the UK guys, so that makes it 201 wrestlers
Holy fuck that's a lot of people (even though I wouldn't be surprised if 40 of them were Chinese guys training at the PC)
Holy fuck that's a lot of people (even though I wouldn't be surprised if 40 of them were Chinese guys training at the PC)
British Monsoon
Member
I liked it when he said Gordon Solie couldn't have done his job because he wouldn't know how to work a modern day production truck.
Like, no shit, Josh. Dude's prime was 40 years ago. And he's dead. Still better than you, though.
Like, no shit, Josh. Dude's prime was 40 years ago. And he's dead. Still better than you, though.
Professor Beef
Banned
Dude wasn't even better than Lawler past his prime.
You ever watch that match I told you about?
whatevermort
Member
Which almost definitely means it won't happen.
excelsiorlef
Member
They've been pretty coherent lately, maybe they're able to maintain that
Conrad Link
Member
I cringe when I hear Cole say "HERE COMES THE BIG DOG" it sounds so corny, especially from his scripted old ass.
Honestly if I was the wrestler I'd be like, please don't call me that. >_>
Honestly if I was the wrestler I'd be like, please don't call me that. >_>
Bluekaveli
Member
He's trying to go byte this shoot Cole on everyone
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Cole doing that always confused me because Becky never actually calls herself the lass kicker so she isn't self-proclaiming anything.
nope
TarpitCarnivore
Member
I've been meaning to go back and watch those prime matches he had to see for myself. same with Nak because wee/nxt Nak has been pretty boring to me.
Nocturnowl
Member
This combined with the ridonkulous number of stomps and front dropkicks per match, does he think he's in a platformer or something?
You know who managed to wrestle in a different style between DEMON and normal forms in 2015 despite having an incredibly limited moveset? Basically I'm saying Finn needs to get lessons from one Glenn Jacobs.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
AFAIK the demon look was originally just his big match look, so WK mainly, but WWE/NXT turned into and every PPV kind of thing. That and made him look like a dumb as raver with that head piece.
SallyIsNow
Banned
Lol
I got worked into liking Braun
The Big Dato knows what's up
To be fair to the beautiful and talented Zach, here's his Gradez post:
If I could ignore Owen Hart dying at Over the Edge '99, maybe I'd grade it similarly to other WWF events around this time. Maybe a D+, or even a C-. But the death of Owen Hart at this event cannot and should not be ignored. I feel like anything but the lowest possible grade would be disrespectful and wrong. Maybe grading it at all is disrespectful and wrong. But you sickos demanded it.
I would like to hear thoughts on Vince letting the show continue that night, though. Bad call? Hard, yet correct, decision? What do you guys think?
mightynine
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No kidding. Watching last week for that Hardys bait and switch, I thought, "Is it possible Josh has gotten worse?"
That's fair enough.