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Raul Mendoza was the best. Loved his moves and he was doing such crazy poo poo that I really thought he might win against THE Brian Kendrick. Hope to see him again. Anthony Bennett impressed too.
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Bennett's gimmick is great but I thought he was very meh in the ring Raul Mendoza was really good I'd like to see more of him
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Bennett was better than I thought he would be, but I thought he would be the greenest guy in the competition so that's something. Really looking forward to the 2nd round where there's only one competitor who sucks, but is likeable anyway so it doesn't matter.
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Jenkem Delivery posted:Bennett's gimmick is great but I thought he was very meh in the ring For real. All his goofy entrance charisma disappeared the moment the match started - compare to someone like No Way Jose, who's pretty green but a complete joy to watch due to his in-ring character work Also I just wanna note that my previous favorite thing about the CWC so far, "Tozawa's first round performance", has been eclipsed by "Zack Sabre Jr. causing people to freak out, in 2016, about professional wrestling not actually being a very good combat strategy"
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Platypus Farm posted:What? No, I hated ecw and basically won't watch hardcore wrestling because it's stupid. He hosed it up by making the guy stand on the turnbuckle for a minute, and then once the other guy said he was okay, the announcers were like "oh he said he's okay" and then he continued to lay there for a turnbuckle spot. It was terrible storytelling. If he was hurt, which he obviously was, just end the match. If he wasn't hurt, make them go to opposite corners and restart, even if the match only lasts ten more seconds. I don't know understand why you think he should've separated them. In the UFC, if the referee calls a stop to the action while one fighter is in a dominant position for any reason other than the dominant fighter having committed a foul, the match is of course restarted with the one fighter still in a dominant position.
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Bennett didn't get a chance to do any flippydoos which was weird because in the video package for him he was doing some.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Really looking forward to the 2nd round where there's only one competitor who sucks, but is likeable anyway so it doesn't matter. i acutally think taijiri is pretty good in the ring
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Jenny Angel posted:For real. All his goofy entrance charisma disappeared the moment the match started - compare to someone like No Way Jose, who's pretty green but a complete joy to watch due to his in-ring character work My favourite thing is TBK's masteful performance in turning a crowd pre-disposed to like him, even moreso after cutting a total babyface promo, and getting them to boo him vociferously, AND having it still make sense with the aforementioned promo.
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I loved that match cause it proves that good old fashioned heel tactics still work very well. The whole CWC has been such a refreshing return to the basics of wrestling.
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Gaz-L posted:My favourite thing is TBK's masteful performance in turning a crowd pre-disposed to like him, even moreso after cutting a total babyface promo, and getting them to boo him vociferously, AND having it still make sense with the aforementioned promo. Hell yeah. We're 3 for 3 on great main events so far, but this week's was the only one where both guys were very much pulling their weight
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I can't get over how heartstring-tugging the 'Without wrestling... I'm just livin'..." line was, and how it totally played into the story, where Kendrick NEEDS to win this thing because it's his last shot, and he will do ANYthing to make that happen.
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As my first experience with Sabre, I was really happy to see some of that kind of action. The technical graps is my favorite style so I'm all about it. It definitely didn't seem like a great showcase for how deep his talents go, though, but I'm definitely ready for more. Wasn't much impressed with Bennett, but bummer about him looking like he got hurt legit. Seemed to me like his knee wasn't liking the way Nese was whipping the dude around. Nese seemed like a fun Neville-type but I wonder if messing up a guy's knee in the first match might not look good for him. Super happy to see Kendrick again, he and Mendoza put on an excellent show.
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Well, there have been two reported possible injuries thus far, that being Mustafa Ali's neck and the other being Anthony Bennett's knee. I guess since the 450 is very likely to hit anywhere from the chest to the knees, it wasn't a bad idea to check up on him before letting Tony Nese do it.
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I'd forgotten how great The Brian Kendrick is, it's been so long since I've seen him wrestle. It's pretty impressive for a smark favorite coming back with a huge nostalgia pop to get the crowd to totally turn on him by the end of the match to the point which they're cheering some luchador they've never heard of before. Of course Mendoza helped it along by being loving great. That cloverleaf spin was amazing and I'll never not mark out for the Coast 2 Coast.
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IcePhoenix posted:Reminds me of when Mankind was using the mandible claw and people constantly wondered why the other guy wouldn't just bite down Being stupid kids, we tried out all of the moves when wrestling each other growing up. The mandible claw loving HURTS. You can't even think about wanting to bite someone. I remember it being very unpleasant.
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Between ZSJ's diapers and Jack Gallagher's high-ridin' undies the Poms need to sort out their trunks game.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Between ZSJ's diapers and Jack Gallagher's high-ridin' undies the Poms need to sort out their trunks game.
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Its a non copyright infringing soundalike of this: https://youtu.be/0QpkuxPJ-8A
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Jul 30, 2016 19:42
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Shout out to Kendrick for turning heel during the match and to Mendoza for winning the crowd over real good.
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Mons Hubris posted:Ok it finally showed up. I don't get Zack Sabre Jr. If he's going to put you in a submission while you're standing up, just walk to the ropes. His style just requires too much suspension of disbelief. My wife caught this episode with me and said "How come the one guy is just letting the British guy do whatever he wants? Why doesn't he just move or something?"
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Wait, I got Bennet and Neece's names confused. Bennet kinda sucked and Neece really rocked.
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Nese, and yes, he rocked. I can see why they hired him. I just hope they also pick up Mustafa Ali. Edit: Speaking of which, found an interview from a few days ago: http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/732...ercoaster-video AMReese fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Jul 31, 2016 |
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I disagree and don't respect his opinion because it's stupid.
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I don't see the Bollywood Boys going very far since they came in as a tag team, but I do hope they get signed as a tag team. Their gimmick is a great fit for WWE's tag division.
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My favourite bit is when they say they don't want to be a stereotype but then call themselves the bollywood boyz and come out to Punjabi MC and do a bollywood dance
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Skarsnik posted:My favourite bit is when they say they don't want to be a stereotype but then call themselves the bollywood boyz and come out to Punjabi MC and do a bollywood dance They said they don't WANT to be. Tiger Ali Singh didn't WANT to just put on the loving turban!
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Skarsnik posted:My favourite bit is when they say they don't want to be a stereotype but then call themselves the bollywood boyz and come out to Punjabi MC and do a bollywood dance They said they didn't want to be the usual Indian stereotype and do something different with it. The Indian stereotype in the media is often turban-wearing, flying carpet-riding, cow-worshiping, curry-eating yogis with big beards and pointy mustaches. Bollywood is much different from that stereotypical portrayal.
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That's not the stereotype over here in the slightest, in fact it's exactly what they are doing, but if that's what it is in america land then fair enough I guess
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India stereotype in both Hollywood and in pop culture has long been equated to Apu from The Simpsons. Bollywood is still unfamiliar to us.
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I want the Bollywood Boyz to get signed but only if they actually bill them from Burnaby and not India E: I will also accept Richmond or Surrey
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Their gimmick needs to involve honour killings and somehow constantly reference dead bodies in the Ganges.
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They need to breathe fire and teleport around and stretch their limbs to smack people across the ring. That's the true Indian stereotype that I know.
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C. Everett Koop posted:They need to breathe fire and teleport around and stretch their limbs to smack people across the ring. That's the true Indian stereotype that I know. The true powers to learn from the master, DDP
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Jul 31, 2016 19:08
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Not the Benoit tribute Raw. What a rip off! https://twitter.com/WWE_Network_Bot/status/759827119547506688
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The Benoit tribute Raw was just clips from his DVD mixed with people talking about him, wasn't it? Were there any actual live matches? Skarsnik posted:That's not the stereotype over here in the slightest, in fact it's exactly what they are doing, but if that's what it is in america land then fair enough I guess I mean by wrestling standards. I guess the exception is Khali, but if he wasn't huge enough to trigger Vince's big man boner he'd have been in a tag team with Jinder called the Flying Carpets and their entrance theme would be Tunak Tunak Tun because Vince only just saw the video a week ago.
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checksin posted:I want the Bollywood Boyz to get signed but only if they actually bill them from Burnaby and not India I can't remember the last wrestler to get billed from anywhere in BC, so all of these would be cool, unless they overshoot east and hit Chilliwack or something. The music might be more important. Since WWE almost certainly wouldn't license their ECCW theme, my fantasy pick would be something from Dan the Automator's Bombay The Hard Way. For them and everyone else on the roster, actually.
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