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pantsattack
Member
Ugly. Looks like Medieval Times.Unused KOTR belt
I heard beach volleyball is a work, in-door volleyball is a shoot.
real_slime
Banned
but then you'd have the rumble, money in the bank and KOTR all giving the same reward. seems like too much. like at the moment i just want to forget sheamus is gonna cash in at some point in the next year.
Channel?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
This should have been a thing. I rather see this getting defended than the US title....
If Cena wasn't defending the belt
Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V (RIP :[) had it made after his win, and it was specifically not used on TV because he had it made, WWE didn't make it, and he didn't ask Papa Vince for permission before requesting it be made by the third party.
It's a comforting story for when you wonder if it's only been recently that people trying to get over on their own have been brushed off if not outright punished for it.
I remember loving the king of the ring in 2002.
Didn't they spread the matches over the entire month?
Jimmy King
Member
This is why Mabel saved the WWF from sinking in 1995. Dude improvised and paved the way for wrestlers to go against the grain like Zack Ryder. People don't give him enough credit for carrying the WWF from ingrates like the Kliq.
at this rate pretty soon we'll see only Owens because by Vince logic people might confuse him with Kevin Nash
Frecklestein
Banned
Sigh....Sheamus with that goofy ass beard and haircut holding the belt around his waist.
it's a shameful thing
real_slime
Banned
For me it's probably cos I'm Scottish, which is close in the cultural spectrum to Irish, and the way Sheamus is defined 100% by his Irishness makes me think of how bad a Scottish WWE superstar would probably be, so I just tune him out.
Ring wise he's fine, but he's never really impressed me. His paleness is at least unique amongst the roster but it isn't really enough.
The prospect of him feuding for and then holding the title is just really boring to me.
Jimmy King
Member
therein lies the problem, American Strong Style from an Irishman? That's a Cognitive Dissonance
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I love Sheamus for all those reasons. That said, from the second he won MITB, I've agreed with people saying he was the worst choice.
Even in the match, everyone else had a storyline where a win would have made sense. Sheamus just came back, should have had the IC title instead (was changed at the last second for a guy who's already gotten hurt, so he dodged a bullet of a curse there at least), and has a movie he'll be able to promote in less than a full calendar year when he inevitably cashes in. And when he cashes in, he'll win because the company loves him and won't let him be "only other guy than Sandow to lose cashin cleanly"
Barrett did the gimmick better because dude backed his shit up. Sheamus can put on a good match when he feels like it, but that's about it.
Credible top heel LMAO
JesseEwiak
Member
Sheamus has been a top 5 to top 10 worker in the WWE for the past few years, but he's never been in the main event of a ROH show, has muscles, wins too many matches, and is Triple H's gym buddy, so he's "boring" and "pushed down our throats."
real_slime
Banned
I mean he's okay, he's just really boring. Admittedly he is better in his current incarnation with the crazy celtic beard thing he's got going on, and his theme isn't bad. Sounds like an evil Irish guy is coming to get you, has a hint of mythology about it, but all of that is still 'this guy is Irish' which isn't enough for me.
The only nationality that works as your whole gimmick is Russian, I think. I don't know why that is but Rusev is our current example, even though he's openly a Bulgarian on the show.
The only nationality that works as your whole gimmick is Russian, I think. I don't know why that is but Rusev is our current example, even though he's openly a Bulgarian on the show.
Jimmy King
Member
I've missed this
JesseEwiak
Member
I wouldn't say worse, but he's perfectly mechanical and fine in a early-to-mid 2000's WWE developmental kind of way - ya' know, Chuck Palumbo without the motorcycle.
Frecklestein
Banned
You can get with this.
Or you can get with that
You better get with this
Cuz' this is where its at
What's up!!!
He did a promotional where he said he won real championships and made more money than everyone else, then said he didn't care when the fans booed him.
I always thought he was popular with the fans, but I guess he is dastardly and hated.
real_slime
Banned
Stone Cold likes Barrett and thinks he should be doing a lot better than he has been, and I'm inclined to trust Stone Cold's judgment on that kind of thing. I think he brought it up with Vince while he was asking why Cesaro wasn't being given a better spot.
Also Barrett was getting over with the Bad News gimmick, which is still by far his best gimmick, and they nerfed it because they wanted him as a heel. So now he's still a heel and nobody gives a shit rather than him a heel and people kind of liking him.
Also Barrett was getting over with the Bad News gimmick, which is still by far his best gimmick, and they nerfed it because they wanted him as a heel. So now he's still a heel and nobody gives a shit rather than him a heel and people kind of liking him.
do you mean in the ring or with regards to his booking?
Like people talk about Erick Rowan not being a good wrestler, but I don't see one thing from Wade that makes him any better. Outside of people being impressed where he has 'lets stiff each other' matches with Sheamus which got REALLY old REALLY fast.
He also wrestles like a big guy despite the fact that he can't bulk which is never a good look.
He also wrestles like a big guy despite the fact that he can't bulk which is never a good look.
Frecklestein
Banned
Wade chose to give a career to all those other NXT nerds instead of getting a title shot after winning. He just doesn't have that killer instinct we need in a main eventer. He's got to realize that it's singles competition and their can be only ONE WWE world heavyweight champion. /wwe pre-show
He was for a while, but he's being doing basically the exact same squash match for 10 months now, the crowd have gotten sick of his shtick.
Jimmy King
Member
I take it those were William Regal and Fit Finlay's PowerPlant names?
Frecklestein
Banned
Because in the future Sheamus is going to have a leprechaun son and Cena is going to piss in Wade's water.
dream
Member
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6awdh_wcw-fit-finlay-vs-steve-regal-parki_news
that's some goddamn IRA shit
that's some goddamn IRA shit
Jimmy King
Member
I decided to take a stroll down Wikipedia lane after my last post and I see the WCW's Power Plant page has been vandalized and neglected.
I don't get it. He's a tall, incredibly cut up dude. I get his in ring is uninspiring and he's fragile like Michael Owen but surely his look is something that can't really be criticized.
I just wish they would have shoot harder to the point of a broken nose. Finley/Regal matches were amazing because they didn't give a fuck about Turners censorship. They helped WCW Uncensored lived by the name.
slightconfuse
Banned
Sheamus lacks the "it factor". Also was a terrible face
Wade just needs to go any where but wwe
Wade just needs to go any where but wwe
real_slime
Banned
Barrett looks great, sometimes people just have odd opinions.
dream
Member
Agreed. RKO is by far the most gorgeous wrestler in WWE, with Fin being a close second, but Wade is in the conversation as well.