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June UltraViolent Wrasslin' |OT| This is Small Potatoes!
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In order to fight corruption...you got to dress up like a sleazy car salesman Daddy!
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We need to get back to pro wrestling friends, we're always positive about that
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Gears 3 had great multiplayer. Some really solid stuff
That game's never coming out. Carny Blow is taking all the money and running off with it. Not to mention his last game got the Soulja Boi seal of disapproval
I blame E3 on the hatred towards Somoa Joe to be honest....
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Bottom line, my view on Owens is that he looks slovenly and fat by design. WWE is currently doing The Ultimate Work Pt 2, Pt1 being Daniel Bryan's visual appearance that they sort of stumbled on and realized "sometimes people like cheering for someone that reminds them of themselves" and are taking it to the next level.
Which is great for Owens - he can concentrate on his actual matches as opposed to dieting and working out, which has never been something he appears to do much of on a serious level, and instead work on his character, ala Dusty Rhodes (RIP) - Dusty was a personality, and Owens can work on that. The checks write themselves.
In this past decade and some change we've kind of noticed the general public has woken up - the 80s and 90s with Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin being physical role models for people wanting to live vicariously have been supplanted by the realization that most of these people won't ever actually try to look like that - and that realization is what's going to help in this era of the Everyman. There's still a place for huge monsters, absolutely. But you don't build a company around them unless your revenue is strictly children.
However, demographics show that most WWE viewers are grown ass folks in their 40s. Usually in their 30s is when people give up, physically, and just let what will be, be. Que sera sera.
Owens is a brilliant marketing target for those with disposable income and no breeding ability. Cena remains for those who are continuing their bloodline.
Follow the money.
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Shamu Joe - Sea World Champion
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The iOS game? You can't have your #BigPuzzleFeel on mobile devices, daddeh.
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The story in gears was embarrassing, but it's easily the best playing cover based shooter out there.
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Their patented Stop'N'Pop gameplay is what keeps people coming back.
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I mean that's cool and all. But I don't really think cover based shooting is very fun, and I don't think they have a ton of serious competition.
I'll play Space Marine or Vanquish over Gears any day. And even Binary Domain had a far better storyline than Gears. Which is hilarious considering Binary Domain's characters.
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Vince your post plagiarized mine
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Yup. Plus, co-op was good times. I'm down with any game me and my dad can play together and both enjoy
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Big Bo and Cain are really outstanding. Space Marine was so good.
Great minds think alike. A lot of people just don't want to admit that Owens is a product, not a person.
Is that the match order? Balór Owens main event?
I thought it was that Cena tag thing
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That's what I like too.
Absolutely, a "behind the scenes wwe-approved" anti-Cena.
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I wish I had my reaction jiffs here with me. Those tweets...
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I just like him because he's a legitimately strong heel with a well established character. I think he's been amazing in the WWE despite the fact that didn't give a shit about him during his indie days.
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Torque bow such a great weapon.
Owens is just a rad dude
Owens is just a rad dude
Great posts.
KO is KO. There is no other reason to legitimately like him than that he is just that awesome. I don't care what the company message or IWC message is; he's Kevin frickin' Owens. The movesets, the stickwork, the theme song, everything just works. Only Brock gives me these kinds of feels.
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ROH fans may remember the Jimmy Rave/AJ Styles feud that took place about a decade ago - well, small southern indie Pro South Wrestling hosted a rematch this past May and the match is up for VOD & download for a pretty reasonable price;
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ajstylesvsjimmyrave
This was honestly a really enjoyable match, had a good old-school feel to it in the outset and they paced things perfectly. Rave did the whole "I've got you scouted" thing nicely, but without ever getting too cute and making it a typically indie counter-for-counter spotfest. Styles was working a bit slower as well, which only emphasised the explosiveness of his offence once he did let loose. There were at least three amazing moments in this where I was reminded of the promise Jimmy showed at one point. He and AJ's careers took remarkably divergent paths and, while Rave's been in better shape and doesn't get much work outside of small southern indies these days, he fits into the role of a local veteran well and this made me want to see more of his 2015 work. Seriously, a great match. This one's going on my list.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ajstylesvsjimmyrave
This was honestly a really enjoyable match, had a good old-school feel to it in the outset and they paced things perfectly. Rave did the whole "I've got you scouted" thing nicely, but without ever getting too cute and making it a typically indie counter-for-counter spotfest. Styles was working a bit slower as well, which only emphasised the explosiveness of his offence once he did let loose. There were at least three amazing moments in this where I was reminded of the promise Jimmy showed at one point. He and AJ's careers took remarkably divergent paths and, while Rave's been in better shape and doesn't get much work outside of small southern indies these days, he fits into the role of a local veteran well and this made me want to see more of his 2015 work. Seriously, a great match. This one's going on my list.
An endless post of "Owens is mediocre and also stupidheaded" is great?
Post 1: The machine crafted a character that a certain portion of the audience enjoys by making it feel "real" or "organic."
Post 2: The character is mediocre.
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It's all about authenticity. Punk had it, Bryan had it, Owens had it. Hell DUSTY Built a career on it.
Less scripting and more natural promos and prenstation beats being generic dude 2345 like cena shemaus and del rio
Less scripting and more natural promos and prenstation beats being generic dude 2345 like cena shemaus and del rio
I don't feel the character is mediocre. He's about the only heel that has any kind of character beyond "dislikes local sports teams".
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But they don't sound like they are reading from a script.
Daniel Bryan sounds more natural than John Cena?
Are we in crazy-verse? Daniel 'This is THEIR RING' Bryan?
Depends on the promo. Cena in his robot PR mode is as scripted as anyone gets.
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GoW4 lead was probably the most disappointing thing revealed in Microsoft conference. Give me Delta Squad, I don't want to play as some dude who looks like Brock plant.
In this case, I think 'authentic' means 'I look like them.'
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Angry /heelDaniel Bryan did. Not hippie dippy Bryan
Well I mean if that's your great measuring stick then I could understand why you would think he's a cut above the rest.
None of them. I get that people like Daniel Bryan, but that dude is one of the most basic 'I am cutting a promo. I am fulfilling a character in the script that you have opted in for me.' Del Rio is more authentic than him. Bryan was the ultimate company man. Vince gave him his promo and he happily reads it.
He's not even close to as 'authentic' as John Cena. Just because you don't like the character John Cena plays doesn't mean he's not authentic in that character. John Cena CAN'T be reading his script to the letter because John Cena has wildly different crowds to deal with every week depending on how much they like or hate him.
But that's 'authentic' Daniel Bryan. That's him.
Did I say that was my entire criteria?