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January Wrasslin' |OT| The Assassination of Daniel Bryan by the Coward Vince McMahon
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BronsonLee
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This is pretty close to the longest running thing Rumble history RE: Barrett claiming The Godfather/Papa Sango is taking his place
He is a good performer no doubt. Just a terrible athlete. I know wrestling is fake and shit, but that dude looks like he can't even throw a football much less beat athletes like Brock or Angle.
This is pretty close to the longest running thing Rumble history RE: Barrett claiming The Godfather/Papa Sango is taking his place
Oh, I didn't even consider it could be a joke since he already seemed to have been removed from the match.
Angle vs Roode was the only thing of interest on Impact. Cool match, even if not very original.
The ending was the same as last week, I was actually expecting a lengthy match between the two but I guess not.
The rest was very bland, that's the best word to describe Impact these days. Bland.
The ending was the same as last week, I was actually expecting a lengthy match between the two but I guess not.
The rest was very bland, that's the best word to describe Impact these days. Bland.
Nameless
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I've definitely seen worse, buf he just doesn't do it for me. Ring work us boring, Mic work is boring fella, the guy is just a drag.
Give me Jesus Reigns any day.
BronsonLee
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I'd bet on him not being in it anyway, or if he was, he just stays on the podium talking shit and never gets in the ring
I never felt he was out of place against Brock and he is a freak of nature. He isn't booked like an equal to those big guys, it's as believable as wrestling is.
But I do agree, he isn't very athletic but his storytelling is top notch and easily compensates for that.
But, if WWE wanted to be believable, Big Show wouldn't lose since he can throw KO punches like nothing. Tons of stuff aren't realistic, him not being very athletic isn't a big issue for me.
Angle hasn't had an interesting match in years to me. The Angle/Anderson cage match from a few years ago, but only because Kurt didn't just do his formula.
The thing was, Sting wasn't really booked like Superman in it. Most of the run ins were on Joe. Sting really didn't get attacked much during all those run ins. And he stayed down from Magnus' finish for probably 2 minutes. I wouldn't say Sting was booked to go down like Superman. Despite all the run ins, the actual finish was fairly clean. Which was nice considering how Hogan went out. Shows the difference in egos between Sting and Hogan.
EC3 is far and away the best thing in TNA. Bromans is terrible and I enjoy Robbie E quite a bit. Abyss is back. I can't take serious Joe's push seriously. It will last 2 months at the most. And then his contract will be up and they'll offer him half as much. Same thing with Daniels.
But its real to me. He is good at everything else a good wrestle needs to be good at by working hard. Good for him. I like wrestling for the athleticism. Punks matches always looked extra scripted and phony, because he had zero natural athleticism.
Nameless
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More seasoned, less green? Sure. But Reigns has oodles more charisma , athleticism, and natural ability.
Mr. Enigma
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With everyone gone, Daniels supposedly now has one of the largest contracts in the company. The reports are his deal expires in April.
It's either him or Angle. They got a huge bargain on Hardy whereas they were the only ones super hot on Daniels and gave him a big deal.
Nameless
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Shotgun Saturday Night.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I agree. But he's been lousy since Summerslam. They've had him feuding with the likes of Curtis Axel and Ryback and he clearly checked out at some point. Can't say I blame him but some time off would do him and honestly the WWE some good at this point. It's either that or just have him win the Rumble.
Charisma's hard to define, but how do you figure on the later two?
I've seen Sheamus go for 30 minutes with great matches. I've seen Sheamus have great matches with Big Show. The only guy I've seen Sheamus have a BAD match with is Orton. I've seen him have a great match with Cesaro while letting Cesaro hurl him around instead of 'worrying about looking weak.' That dude busts his ass every time they give him a big match.
All I've seen Roman Reigns do is a spear and a superman punch and SCREAMING A LOT
It was formulaic but I still enjoyed it.
Angle going through the motions it's better than most guys trying hard, but he is a shadow of his former self, that's for sure.
Roode it's also very fun to watch, that guy could be huge in a good company. He is being wasted in TNA.
Don't ask me why I was pretending to be a school child between the ages of 4 and 18 to get into the WrestleMania Reading Challenge web page, but figuring that the Bella Twins and the Miz were involved I had to see how bad this was.
Depending on your age you get a video or a written presentation of the wrestler(s) you pick. This is the written presentation on the Bella twins for someone born in 2006.
(Why are they the same choice if they picked different answers to both of the questions they got to answer?)
Regardless, if you pick above a certain age you get video presentations instead. That's kind of backwards. Even more backwards is that you get to see the videos before you pick one as your pen pal... which makes it obvious they're all reading from the same script. The script contains the line "[...] but outside of the ring I'm an avid reader who loves going to the library to pick up new books". AJ Lee, Alberto Del Rio, Mark Henry, as well as Big Show all read this same script.
The top 2 prizes are a visit from a WWE Superstar (not specified who as in there's literally a space after "WWE Superstar" where they didn't put in someone's name) approximated at a retail value of 0$:
Basically this is a decent idea that WWE put somewhere slightly below the minimum effort into.
Depending on your age you get a video or a written presentation of the wrestler(s) you pick. This is the written presentation on the Bella twins for someone born in 2006.
(Why are they the same choice if they picked different answers to both of the questions they got to answer?)
Regardless, if you pick above a certain age you get video presentations instead. That's kind of backwards. Even more backwards is that you get to see the videos before you pick one as your pen pal... which makes it obvious they're all reading from the same script. The script contains the line "[...] but outside of the ring I'm an avid reader who loves going to the library to pick up new books". AJ Lee, Alberto Del Rio, Mark Henry, as well as Big Show all read this same script.
The top 2 prizes are a visit from a WWE Superstar (not specified who as in there's literally a space after "WWE Superstar" where they didn't put in someone's name) approximated at a retail value of 0$:
Basically this is a decent idea that WWE put somewhere slightly below the minimum effort into.
Nameless
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Is it really a stretch to call Reigns more athletically gifted? That seems pretty obvious from watching the two work.
And yeah, look where Sheamus was a year in and look where Reigns is. His match was Punk >>>>>> anything I saw from Shame at that stage in his career, and that's not even mentioning the countless phenomenal tag team matches he's had. You hear about Jesus Reigns being groomed for the main event and that makes all the sense in the world. When the same was said about Sheamus the consensus was his push was a product of being Trips' work out buddy and Vince's man crush of the moment.
Mr. Enigma
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slightconfuse
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Reigns has wen protected well by being teamed up with 2 great workers . Guy has the presence now jus needs to work on singles matches. Give him the Goldberg 3 minute squashes and work up from their.
Boom instant star
Boom instant star
His match with Bryan at Extreme Rules was one of the best matches that year.
His bouts with Big Show were also surprisingly good.
The ring work isn't the problem, the character on the other hand... Unbearable.
..he's boring!
Nameless
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You're right, he was teamed up with two all around studs, which makes his rising, at the very least, to their level even more impressive.
More or less.
It doesn't help that he's had one of the most unlikable characters ever since he arrived. Heel or face, nothing about him is charming or likable. He actually got worse when he was the face champion. Dear lord...
Which is weird because in his shoot interviews he's a likable guy.
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Who? I think everyone in here recognizes sheamus as a great worker white a shit character!
His matches with sandow wee great and elevated sandow . Cena just buried sandow instead
dang
Nameless
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Stro keep your wolf tickets, fella. Not buying them.
New episode of Grantland's Cheap Heat Podcast is up. Royal Rumble preview and a short & sweet interview with Jesus Reigns himself.
New episode of Grantland's Cheap Heat Podcast is up. Royal Rumble preview and a short & sweet interview with Jesus Reigns himself.
Heh, I started listening a few minutes ago.
Face it stro, he's the fucking Rellik of the WWE.
He's slow, not fun to watch.
Only amusing thing he did was bury daniel bryan at WM
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Listened to Ambrose on Art of Wrestling. Skipped the ads.
Ambrose is a weird fucker. I've known a few people with that strange, detached treatment of life. It was good. Dude's weird.
Ambrose is a weird fucker. I've known a few people with that strange, detached treatment of life. It was good. Dude's weird.
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Sheamus gimmick should be Irish brawler. Just beat the piss out of people
Also heyman should manage reigns. His pronunciation would be godlike
RO-MAN
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Also heyman should manage reigns. His pronunciation would be godlike
RO-MAN
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darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
You guys are insane.
Sheamus is great in the ring. I like him just being a simple I'm IRISH and I like to FIGHT guy but that shit really only works when you're a heel. Him being on the mic as a face was legit painful to listen to.
Sheamus is great in the ring. I like him just being a simple I'm IRISH and I like to FIGHT guy but that shit really only works when you're a heel. Him being on the mic as a face was legit painful to listen to.
FallingEdge
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speaking of stings wrestling contract
yup
wrestling contract
yup
wrestling contract
canadian crowe
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US champ Sheamus was consistently entertaining. I wish he'd bring back the Razor's Edge though. The Brogue Kick is fine, but we need more power bombs.