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March Wrasslin' |OT| The March to Wrestlemania XXXIII!
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I mean, I don't see why not. It's like they're saying "This isn't Eli Drake talking to EC3, this is Shawn Spears talking to Michael Hutter" on-screen.
Angle and Batista were clearly balding before they went with shaved heads. I don't think Orton and Hunter are balding.
Yeah a lot of the time guys cut their hair because they're balding and sometimes they gotta freshen up their look.
Tbh, that's one reason why I think Rusev cut his hair. "Long-haired Rusev" was part of that Cena and most notoriously the Reigns feud. The guy shaved his mustache off and it didn't do much, you still associate this Rusev with Reigns. Him changing his entire hairstyle though, this is a new Rusev. It separates him from how he used to be which is great for his character. You gotta separate your gimmicks. That's one reason why guys like HBK, Jericho, Trips even and most famously Undertaker had been around and fresh for decades. They've constantly changed their characters and have different incarnations so they don't get stale.
Sometimes it doesn't work though because even with that, you could get shit booking. I mean look at Ziggler for the past 3 1/2 years.
Tbh, that's one reason why I think Rusev cut his hair. "Long-haired Rusev" was part of that Cena and most notoriously the Reigns feud. The guy shaved his mustache off and it didn't do much, you still associate this Rusev with Reigns. Him changing his entire hairstyle though, this is a new Rusev. It separates him from how he used to be which is great for his character. You gotta separate your gimmicks. That's one reason why guys like HBK, Jericho, Trips even and most famously Undertaker had been around and fresh for decades. They've constantly changed their characters and have different incarnations so they don't get stale.
Sometimes it doesn't work though because even with that, you could get shit booking. I mean look at Ziggler for the past 3 1/2 years.
That was like 1 week too it was crazy.
I also gotta hand it to Rusev. He's changed his character a lot in the past few years he's been on the roster.
- Bulgarian Undefeatable Monster Rusev (ended with Cena feud, this Rusev didn't talk)
- Punished Rusev (sad turtleneck Rusev who was separated from Lana, he started doing more of his own promos here, showed different sides of his character)
- League of Nations Rusev (just bullshitting around with his boys, Lana was mostly backstage)
- US Champion #2 Rusev (Rusev who talked a lot more, went against Reigns, he shoulda never lost this belt against Cena/Reigns)
- Handsome Rusev (Current Rusev pre-haircut who's with Jinder, tried to shave his mustache off to change his look but didn't do much, talks a lot more and does comedy)
- Handsome Rusev w/haircut (Current Rusev)
Excited for the ROH fans to explain how this is totally different than TNA using ex-WWE guys
SallyIsNow
Banned
Bluekaveli
Member
Every time I hear"my prerogative", I think it's Razor's theme.
Bluekaveli
Member
At least someone got the reference lol
Professor Beef
Banned
First thing I'm gonna do when I get the new FirePro is download Okada and Reigns, then have Reigns go over Okada.
Like what should happen IRL.
Like what should happen IRL.
Beef... You're the best.
FeenixRising
Banned
Umm... yea, pretty much
Kurt Angle had a pretty bad receding hairline before he cut his hair off
Same with the Rock
If only Dean Ambrose and Baron Corbin would take a look at their hairlines and get a hint.
But LeBron's fight against his is influencing everyone else to keep theirs.
Also, I think Randy Orton looks a lot better with a shaved head. With hair, he looked like a beefed up Woody Allen.
Professor Beef
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Probably since the dollar is gonna weaken thanks to Trump.
I'm worried that this Handsome Rusev character is just going to turn into a DJ Khaled gimmick.
My dream is for him to team with GM Kurt Angle and discover everything great about America as a Bizarro Ivan Drago... waving flags like Don King, trash talking the former Soviet Union, everything.
JesseEwiak
Member
Nope, this is wrong. The VICE Sports article misread a statement from New Japan's President that New Japan was going to spend 2 million over the next 5 years getting Okada into mainstream culture in Japan via appearances and such.
Okada got a 100 million yen salary (appx. $833k) for the 2015 annual re-up according to a note in the Observer around that time.
Khaled is great but who knows. I do think that they're either gonna be forced to make Rusev a world champion soon, put him on SD or turn him face. He's too good to be floundering and he'd freshen up either brand's main event scene.
I just want him to do what he's doing now except with more mic time, more wins and more time in the spotlight.
Shit.
Okada makes less than Ambrose did in 2015.
JesseEwiak
Member
I mean, he also isn't paying for transport, hotels, or most meals/drinks while out ("sponsors" take care of that), so it's not like Okada is hurting. Also, Japan's a different society where CEO's don't make 800 times the wage of the average worker either.
Idk about Corbin, breh. Something tells me him without hair is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Corbin needs to lose a hair vs hair/mask match. He's good enough that he can bounce back from a kayfabe loss to reestablish himself as a decent level heel.
Rusev can do a face turn - two good ones I can remember would be Mark Henry when facing Orton in the gauntlet match a few years back (fingerwave.gif), or Sheamus turning up to challenge Henry with one of his "Irish relative promos. I can see Rusev challenging a heel and getting a good response.
Rusev can do a face turn - two good ones I can remember would be Mark Henry when facing Orton in the gauntlet match a few years back (fingerwave.gif), or Sheamus turning up to challenge Henry with one of his "Irish relative promos. I can see Rusev challenging a heel and getting a good response.
Dat crowd tho, were they in Green Bay?
HashtagLapsed
Member
Red Shoes is the best.
It's to bad that Kota isn't in New Japan anymore, I would love to see him in a match with Okada or Kenny again.
Corbin must never be a face and he must never shave his head.
Hmmm most of the match you say.
*looks up the match*
Roman is out 3 mins out of 12 mins
Nice try tho.
Hmmm most of the match you say.
*looks up the match*
Roman is out 3 mins out of 12 mins
Nice try tho.
PartTimeWarrior
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Alternative Roman Facts
sf2fanatic
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Lol
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Yes. Also isn't hair loss a side effect of PED's/roids?
I'm pretty sure H isn't balding. It's more a corporate look thing
funkystudent
Member
He wasn't going bald but his hair was thinning enough that the long hair was really looking dumb.
Dude needs to just copy Undertaker's Big Evil look completely.
I remember that being pretty good. Then again, I was 10 when I saw it so I could be wrong.
FallingEdge
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Eh. It can speed up the process but if you are genetically predisposed to lose your hair, you are gonna lose it.