He does flips, ten times better flips than Kofi. He will be over as fuck with the kids.
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He does flips, ten times better flips than Kofi. He will be over as fuck with the kids.
Generico won't bomb. He'd going to be the next D Brine, in the sense that the fans are going to latch on to him no matter what he's doing and it will be impossible to deny him a higher spot on the card. I don't think that he's going to be the face of the company in the next few years (although I think he totally could, maybe even more so than Bryan), but I think he's going to definitely be the most successful NXT call up since Shield.
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As long as he leaves Ricardo behind, yes he will.
His Lucha chant could catch on pretty quick too.
Ricardo looks like Kalisto's fat little brother that he has to bring along or their mom will get mad at him.
Are The Legionairres supposed to be a bad Fabolous Rougeaus? It amazes me how bad and uninspired the heel wrestlers in NXT can be. Who's the top heel now that Bo's gone? Because a lot of the mid card/jobber team heels are just RAH DONT BOO ME THE FANS. It's like, you're the fucking French tag team. Play it up. Be snooty, give each other hugs all the time to piss off the fans. If you're going to steal mannerisms, steal something a little less generic. Give them tiny little American flags to wave. ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING BLACK SHORT TRUNKS. JESUS.
Macho Madness
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Zayn will catch on, no doubt. It might take time, and I don't think he'll get the booking help, but it'll happen.
Prediction time.
Kalisto is the next Rey Mysterio. Kids are gonna go crazy for his crazy flips. Neville will have to fight for his spot because Kalisto can do the same things without the expectation of cutting a promo.
Zayn will be big. He doesn't need a gimmick. He comes across as a real, genuine guy with a lot of personality without sticking him with a wacky character. He can wrestle, he can do spots, and he can talk.
Kalisto is the next Rey Mysterio. Kids are gonna go crazy for his crazy flips. Neville will have to fight for his spot because Kalisto can do the same things without the expectation of cutting a promo.
Zayn will be big. He doesn't need a gimmick. He comes across as a real, genuine guy with a lot of personality without sticking him with a wacky character. He can wrestle, he can do spots, and he can talk.
Dr Duncan Steel
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And his sincere face promos are really great. He can be fun but stern. He has that cool grandfather vibe in him. He doesn't pander any catchphrases because the audience does it for him with the OLE chants which can easily be spun with his Montreal background. Honestly, Bryan can learn a thing or two from Zayn.
He also seems to have transitioned so well into the WWE style. The fact that he got NXT screen time so early says a lot about how they feel about him.
Speaking of, his masked friend sucks on the mic and I'm not really feeling the "lucha" chants they're attempting to get going.
Most important, Kalisto looks cool. A kid could easily dress up like Kalisto and kind of look like him for Halloween. Nobody wants to look like a roided out Elf. That's the guy they should have put a mask on.
Lambda Pie
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can this Kallisto character cut a promo?
Does it matter? GSP can't cut a promo to save his life and he's been pretty successful.
Are the NXT commentators supposed to sound so bored? They don't have much enthusiasm. Renee just sounds like she's having a conversation and her 'whoas' sound really fake. The other guy is just generic play by play. And the color guy? I guess that's what he is. He's real bad. Is that A-Ry? I guess that would make sense.
He has a mask that doesn't allow you to see his mouth which means he doesn't have one. Therefore, no promos.
I feel bad when people make fun of Neville's looks but millions of people are going to judge him when he gets on TV so it's unavoidable. I think he'd be fine if he got his ears pinned or whatever that procedure is.
I feel bad when people make fun of Neville's looks but millions of people are going to judge him when he gets on TV so it's unavoidable. I think he'd be fine if he got his ears pinned or whatever that procedure is.
Doesn't need to, I imagine. I'm not saying he'll be World champ a la Mysterio(he's tiny), but he'll be a guy they can easily sell a ton of merch with. Maybe a midcard run while being so over that they could put him against main eventers or stick him in a 'main event' tag team.
He also has that weird hair that is bordering on being an under cut. And shows up for promos in tight polos and basketball shorts, which is weird. I don't think he's getting called up for a while though, so he has time to change his look a bit and work on his promos.
Macho Madness
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Kalisto can talk (both English and Spanish). That's one of the reasons they like him so much.
Lambda Pie
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he's the best looking Canadian ever.
slightconfuse
Banned
Give Zayn the bouncing souls song
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Vince ain't making no A-Rab the face of his company.
Better Superstar Billy Graham
70s long blonde, angry, confident heel
or
80s bald, dyed goatee, possibly even more jacked rhyming mellow tie dye face
Or underrated badass Billy Graham with the camo tanktop and the moustache where he looks like the final boss of a beat em up or what Sgt Slaughter thought he looked like
70s long blonde, angry, confident heel
or
80s bald, dyed goatee, possibly even more jacked rhyming mellow tie dye face
Or underrated badass Billy Graham with the camo tanktop and the moustache where he looks like the final boss of a beat em up or what Sgt Slaughter thought he looked like
Macho Madness
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From the Observer. Sounds like he'd been working hurt on it for a while.
GSP is anti-draw to me. He was a big reason in me losing interest in MMA. I have no respect for guys with his talent who never try to finish fights. Plus his terrible promo skills. Zero charisma. I bet he smells like BO and Axe.
I talk about stuff I like all the time. Sorry, I guess it doesn't count if it's not owned by the WWE.
70s Superstar is the only Superstar that is canon. Get that bald, karate shit and awful face color man bullshit out of here.
This guy:
Not this guy:
Not this guy:
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Talking about the #TNAtion is okay too.
70s Superstar is the only Superstar that is canon. Get that bald, karate shit and awful face color man bullshit out of here.
This guy:
Not this guy:
Not this guy:
70s Graham didn't cut no promos with spiders on his face
They like who they're told to like. It's no big challenge.
This should have been a fucking ban. What the fuck.
Lambda Pie
Banned
Superstar already looked 60 back in the 70s.
You can look 60 when you give Arnie tips
The man of steel is the real* deal, daddy.
That "it's fake" can be applied to almost anything but yea I laugh it off
serenewarfare
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I'm excited for the NXT show next week, and I feel like that's less to do with the main event, and more to do with
. Not sure if that's a spoiler, but it hasn't been officially announced so I'll mark it just in case. I do think Kidd and Neville will have a great match, I just don't see any chance of Kidd leaving with the belt.
Zayn vs. Breeze
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Wait, wrestling is fake?
It can't be
It can't be
I don't care about the fake thing. I care about the thread shitting that would get you banned in just about any other thread type. Maybe the mods haven't seen it yet.
BronsonLee
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PAGING DARKSIDE AND BEEF
Snitches are in again
GET EM BOYS
Snitches are in again
GET EM BOYS
Professor Beef
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You should report it.
I'd honestly love to, but I'm late as it is picking up my lunch from the deli.
The Red Goddess is the only thing real in this world,friend
Yea report it if needed be. It might have been overlooked. Thats if you want to
phillipgessert
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Guy made himself look stupid more than anything else, middleschool-tier rabble-rousing.
He didn't have to in the 70s. It's amazing how many dudes stole from Superstar, as blatantly as possible with Hogan (both in the 80s and then 1999 on) and Scott Steiner (1998 on). Even Dusty stole a lot of his promo stuff from Superstar, who stole it from Ali, who stole shit from Gorgeous George. I know I've made this point a few times, but it is really crazy how you can really trace everything back to George. It's like a tree of wrasslin.
George starts everything, more or less. Ali steals from him. Buddy Rogers steals from him. Superstar steals from Ali. Dusty steals from Ali and Superstar. Hogan/Ventura/muscly guys in general steal from Superstar. Flair steals heavily from Buddy Rogers and Dusty. Savage lifted lines directly from Superstar/Dusty promos.
Hogan inspires two decades of guys of big muscly dudes. Flair inspires 2 decades of guys like HHH and HBK. A whole generation of guys were inspired by HBK, and guys inspired by him were the inspiration for a lot of guys in the modern era.
This doesn't take everyone into consideration. I've left out the whole genre of shooters/straight wrestler types that were obviously a continuation/off shoot of the early days. Like all the Funks, the Briscos, Thesz, Harley, Kiniski, Gagne, etc. I'm also missing out on regional guys like Jackie Fargo (who just going from the few things I saw from him on the Memphis set, was probably inspired by George as a kid), who then begat Lawler. If books were still big, WWE could have a super interesting coffee table book on this subject.
But basically, Gorgeous George is the most influential wrestler of all time, based on all the people that stole from him, got huge, and then inspired others. But Superstar might be as big. He ushered in a whole new era of promos, of muscularity and majesty (and steroids), of the idea of the cool heel. He basically laid out the ground work for the next 30 years of pro wrestling in the US in a run that was only about 4 years long. It's bananas. I mean shit, calling guys "Superstars" was a direct reference/tribute to him.
It's actually kind of hard to think of many people in any genre of entertainment that were as influential as Superstar was to wrestling. It's hard to come up with a musical artist or actor that changed their game as much and forever.
With all those people stealing, it's funny to think how few did anything original with it. I actually think Jesse took the gimmick and ran with it. Not in the ring but in the way he developed the character. Linking himself with actual famous people, opening for Rolling Stones, always having the celebrity hosts play up their friendship. It really did make Jesse feel like an actual superstar. Not just a wrestler.
You know this match is going to be nuts when Kawada Jr is the weak link. Though Fujita is forreal Kawada 2.0. Needs more mass. Sekimoto has such a weird ass body.
Him and Big E should be a tag team. They got the same fucking face.
You know this match is going to be nuts when Kawada Jr is the weak link. Though Fujita is forreal Kawada 2.0. Needs more mass. Sekimoto has such a weird ass body.
Him and Big E should be a tag team. They got the same fucking face.
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Right you are, friend. Right you are :')
Arrowgigantic
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More like Super Leg Day Skipper Billy Graham.
slightconfuse
Banned
Whoa
Any good graham stuff on the network ?
British Monsoon
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Dangan Yankees make such a great pairing, would love to see them in New Japan, but that match against Sekimoto and K. Hash should be awwsome as well. Kazuki's impressed a lot over the past year. He seems to be doing better than Daichi Hashimoto, who keeps getting injured.
serenewarfare
Banned
AJ's coming back soon.
Also, some potential Payback stuff:
Good lord I hope they don't go with that finish. Too much Reigns. I like the guy, but that's too much.
Also, some potential Payback stuff:
Good lord I hope they don't go with that finish. Too much Reigns. I like the guy, but that's too much.
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Remember, friends, nightmares do come true.