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OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

dolph ziggler

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zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

Aron Rex

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Happy anniversary

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

"This is just a no-nonsense guy who's all business," which is usually code for "this guy is boring."

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

Chris James 2 posted:

Happy anniversary



Karen Jarrett is in charge of direction now?

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

"The New [existing tag team name]"

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

"And I'm loving life!"

Quinntan
Sep 11, 2013

Defiance Industries posted:

"The New [existing tag team name]"

Can't wait for The New New Day

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

Quinntan posted:

Can't wait for The New New Day

Nattie and Owen Hart's son as The New New Foundation

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
Has a "new" tag team ever gotten over or not been a hilarious failure? New Blackjacks, New Rockers, New Midnight Express, etc. They've all sucked and crowds immediately rejected them as lame ripoffs of the original, cooler team.

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Benne posted:

Has a "new" tag team ever gotten over or not been a hilarious failure? New Blackjacks, New Rockers, New Midnight Express, etc. They've all sucked and crowds immediately rejected them as lame ripoffs of the original, cooler team.

can we count the New Age Outlaws

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


exploded mummy posted:

can we count the New Age Outlaws

Only if there was a famous tag team named the Age Outlaws

MotU
Mar 6, 2007

It was like she was evicting walking garbage.
Pillbug

Defiance Industries posted:

Only if there was a famous tag team named the Age Outlaws

actually thats what they were on their return in 2014

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Do you want to know what we do to artists?
New Nexus was okay.

Martian Buddy
Jun 4, 2010

Are you ready to swear
right here,
right now,
before the devil
I for one look forward to the New Voodoo Kin Mafia.

Max Coveri
Dec 23, 2015

by Athanatos
The New Johnsons will carry TNA into the 2020s.

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
Guys, you know it's going to be the New World Order.

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

Germansimp posted:

Wait, does he have DNA helixes on his trunks? So he's still going by "The Blueprint" then as well? Guess I shouldn't be surprised, if your wrestlings and promo skills don't show any improvement worth poo poo in over a decade, why bother with improving your gimmick.

It's an old gif, back when he was a fresh, young talent

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

WrasslorMonkey posted:

It's an old gif, back when he was a fresh, young talent

so last week

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

is there a blue-chipper gimmick that's lasted longer than Matt Morgan?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Jason Sextro posted:

is there a blue-chipper gimmick that's lasted longer than Matt Morgan?

...Billy Gunn?

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

...Billy Gunn?

Wasn't The One Billy Gunn just a brief dalliance between rear end Man stints?

Would Shelton Benjamin count? I can't think of any other gimmick he's had.

rare Magic card l00k
Jan 3, 2011


Jason Sextro posted:

is there a blue-chipper gimmick that's lasted longer than Matt Morgan?

The Heartbreak KID, Shawn Michaels

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Kid Kash

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
Does "The Total Package" Lex Luger count as a blue-chipper gimmick?

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

"fighting his father for control of the company"

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

Max Coveri posted:

The New Johnsons will carry TNA into the 2020s.

New
Dicks rock!

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rhonne posted:

Is there any gimmick sadder than "this guy is a can't miss prospect with all the tool to succeed"?

Naomi

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.

flashy_mcflash posted:

Wasn't The One Billy Gunn just a brief dalliance between rear end Man stints?

Would Shelton Benjamin count? I can't think of any other gimmick he's had.

He was the Gold Standard and then had a sassy fat momma.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Shelton would be main event if he had half of his mama's charisma.

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

if anyone was ripe for a revival of the "mom on a forklift" match it was Shelton Benjamin

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I've been watching a little Impact lately just to see if there's anything worth paying attention to (I haven't noticed anything besides maybe LAX) but my God, heel Josh Matthews just makes it utterly unwatchable.

And like, I'm sure that's not a new sentiment but seeing as how I was once considered the big TNA white knighter in here and I actually never really minded Josh Matthews I feel like expressing how I literally can't watch Impact when Matthews is screaming his heel nonsense nonstop.

I might watch that 8 man because (a) I'm sucker for War Games/Survivor Series/Lethal Lockdown type matches and (b) if it means the death of Heel Josh Matthews it will be worth it. But I assume he'll have a mic and then I'll have to turn it off and just FF to the end.

STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Apr 10, 2017

FUCKFACE MORON
Apr 23, 2010

by sebmojo
How is Matthews compared to Heel Cole?

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Eli Wiggum posted:

How is Matthews compared to Heel Cole?

When Matthews gets his comeuppance, it'll have only been after a few months

Cole was doing that poo poo for a full year

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Heel Cole made me break a near 20 year habit of watching wrestling every Monday night and never again go back to that feeling like what I just was supposed to be watching on Monday night.

Heel Matthews just makes me not want to watch a show I wasn't watching anyway.

So that's all I can really compare it on.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

flashy_mcflash posted:


Would Shelton Benjamin count? I can't think of any other gimmick he's had.

He was a Momma's Boy, which I thought was cool, untill she had to leave for health reasons.

Also I would argue his "All American Athlete" thing is slightly diferent to a "blue chipper/all the tools" style opf gimmick,


Edit: Heel Cole was good. But they let it drag on and on and on and on. And then it became the worst. If Cole had gotten his comeuppance earlier when he should have, or even if the Mania match was the blow off, then it would have been fine. But WWE being WWE they didn't and ruined what was a good thing. I am an unrepentant Cole Miner!

Edit 2: Heel Don West is better than Heel Matthews and Heel Cole put together.

BrigadierSensible fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Apr 11, 2017

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Heel Cole would have been an amazing manager, but Vince hates them nowadays.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP
The Cole Mine was pretty funny tbh.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

i still dont understand why cole didnt lose at mania, it would have blown the whole thing off perfectly. instead they just kept it going for like another half year until it quietly fizzled out.

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