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  1. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="djthefunkchris" data-cite="djthefunkchris" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The only way I think I will even like his character, is if he goes heel. </div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Every time I hear people say this it just... In my mind, the definition of a 'Heel' is a character who is designed to be hated. His role, his job, is to be hated. So when people say that they'd only 'like' someone if they went heel (and I hear it a lot, about Cena, Batista, Undertaker, Triple H, once about Jeff Hardy) it grinds my gears.</p><p> </p><p> Not that it's the fan's fault. Well, partly it is, smarks seem to gleefully prefer heels (Note to Self: conduct psychological survey about why that is) but mostly it's WWE's fault. Their babyfaces are so restricted and bland that the Heels shine ever so brightly. It's not even WWE's fault. Look at Hollywood action movies. The villains are always the most fun. The lack of morallity. The raging id. It's wish-fulfilment at it's finest.</p><p> </p><p> As I'm in danger of answering my own question, I'll conclude. I maintain that John Cena shouldn't turn heel. He should twist sideways, find an interesting, fun new level to his character and stay babyface, but with a new edge.</p><p> </p><p> P.S. Caylen Croft got new gear, but it inexplicably doesn't match Trent Baretta's. The mind boggles. The music still rules.</p>
  2. I just watched ECW. Move over Zack Ryder, I have new favourite wrestlers. Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft. Don't get me wrong, the squash match sucked pretty hard, but there's something about their gimmick I love. The music was awesome. Constantly interupting Tiffany was great. The fist pound (with explosion!) was fantastic. Something about them gave me a very 'Edd Stone-y' vibe, and that works for me.

     

    Ways to make them better!

     

    1. Get matching gear.

    2. Don't slap hands when tagging. Use the fist pound. Every. Single. Time.

    3. Do offence. Beyond stomps and stuff. Kill jobbers.

     

    P.S. I think they were called 'The Dudebusters' in FCW... THEY NEED THAT NAME! It's so lame it's awesome!

  3. <p>Don't think I've posted this before, but it just cropped up in my diary, so I think I might as well spread it around in case folks want to use it. Sorry to hijack your thread, ReapeR, but this is THE place for titles these days. Just a generic trophy.</p><p> </p><p>

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    As you were everyone. Carry on the awesome work, ReapeR. You're a peach.</p>

  4. ... and while Heyman was in charge of the big picture, the details were often booked by a team under him. I believe Lance Storm said that he, Raven and Dreamer were booking the small shows and the minutiae of the matches for a time.

     

    Teams are good, but in my mind I say the smaller the better. The bigger you get, the more time spent arguing between different points of view.

  5. In my experience, the Irish don't tan well. Which is fine by me. Anything to break out of that generic 'Main Eventer' mould and be different is nothing but a good thing in my book.

     

    Decemember PPVs in general have been weak cards because they are beginning the road to wrestlemania with royal rumble in a month

     

    On a related note, I think I heard that after this coming PPV, they're going to have SEVEN weeks before Royal Rumble. That's a mighty long build.

  6. I'm skim reading these posts, so forgive me if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but is someone suggesting that Sheamus should have decisivly beaten Kofi in that Battle Royale? That is a bad idea.

     

    Kofi Kingston's push is far more important than Sheamus' right now. WWE need fresh, new, Main Event Babyface talent far more than they need a legitimate monster to feed to Cena. The Kofi/Orton feud is heating up nicely, but if Kofi is beaten by anyone, ANYONE, it could stall his momentum.

  7. It should be a fine midcard battle. Sure it's a title match, but if it goes on after DX vs JeriShow, Kofi vs Orton or whatever Undertaker is doing I'll eat my hat. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm glad WWE are mixing it up a bit.

     

    Would I have picked Sheamus? No. I'm in the 'too soon' camp. I would have had him in a dominating feud on RAW first, to build him up some more, but I like his look and certainly don't begrudge him the spot.

  8. Flicking through RAW (very dull night in the land of Self) and I love the narrow entranceway. Getting rid of the stage and having that tunnel makes it looks so different from the year-in year-out fare. Plus, the visual of the fans reaching down and coming oh-so-close to touching the wrestlers make them look more like stars than when they have to wander over to the crowd themselves. Still prefer the UFC way of entrances, but this is pretty cool.

     

    Is... Is The Miz' catchphrase getting over? I don't watch RAW often, but are people actually chanting along with it on a weekly basis, because that's... AWESOME!

  9. I thought he wasn't suppose to go near that (wrestling). lol

     

    He wasn't... back when he was trying to create the image of himself being a serious actor. Apparently he feels he's accomplished that, so he feels safe to do a little wrasslin' for fun. Which is awesome news in my book. His promo he did on the 10th Anniversary of Smackdown was great. Wrestling would be lucky to have him back, even for a little while.

     

    P.S. Just finished watching ECW. Still struggling to get used to the new ring announcer. I'm terrified she's going to mess up and embarrass herself every second... Really takes away from my glee at Zack Ryder's entrance music.

     

    P.P.S Zack Ryder promo to kick off the show??? Woo Woo Woo. You know it!

  10. what school u from? us ohio people dont get privileged with things like that my first year of high school was the first time they had a soccer team and a swim team so just to give u an example lol. so ur a gymnast? well id still like to see u try that jump over the ring ropes and take some guy out with out hurting him or u now thats whats impressive besides the fact the shooting stars r hard enough to do let alone right over a ring rope with just jumping. now u can do that i'd be even more impressed ;). maybe since u know how to do it ur not looking at everything everyone else is looking at, just think how long they was already wrestling and possible how slippery that mat could of been from everyones sweat and for him to hit it perfect like that without getting hurt is amazing if i was still a lil kid i would of flipped seeing that...

     

    I wasn't saying it in a negative way, or to sound superior. I'm genuinely surprised that the 'Fosbury Flop' isn't a thing that people automatically know. Then again, I'm British, so I probably went through a vastly different curriculum than most folks in the world.

     

    Also not trying to take anything away from AJ either. He's a physical freak. However... I think I could probably do it. I'm no gymnast. I haven't flopped for several years. I'm not even particularly tall. Still, give me a couple of goes practice and I reckon I could clear those ropes. Could I land properly? Probably not. Could I do it without hurting Joe & Daniels? Perhaps not. Could I do it in the middle of a wrestling match? Oh God no. Never said I could.

     

    AJ is awesome, it just makes me chuckle to see folks this excited about such an 'exotic' move. Not just you, but I've been on other forums that were completely marking out.

  11. thanks thats a kick ash move thats only my 2nd time seeing it.

     

    You should check out the Summer Olympics. It'll blow you mind.

     

    I'm half joking. It did look really cool. I'm just surprised anyone can find it that impressive as I was taught how to do that in High School. I'm guessing it wasn't a standard technique taught all around the globe though.

  12. The "Shooting Star" that AJ did was a Fosbury Flop. It's not a wacky name for a cool move, but rather the technical term for how high jumpers clear the bar in modern athletics. It's so named because it was popularised and perfected by Dick Fosbury in 1968.

     

    The rest of the show was fun. Nigel needs to work on his kick outs. They look really weak. The finish of Beer Money/British Invasion/MCMG just made me not want to watch TNA ever again. Really fun match spoiled by a ridiculous ending involving two characters I have no interest in seeing.

  13. I'm watching Turning Point now (work sure got a lot more fun since I got my own office) and I just watched the Beautiful People match. I liked it. I really didn't think this show would make me want to watch Impact again, but this match kinda did. I knock TNA a lot, but the Knockouts just have more personallity (well... gimmicks) than the Divas, and I dig that.

     

    Lacey was well protected, she didn't embarrass herself. I've always liked Velvet in a 'wrestling skill has nothing to do with it' kinda way. Madison totally won me over in that match. After reading Remi's positive review I was looking extra closely at her, and she seems pretty good. She was the one taking all of Taylor & Sarita's high flying spots and she bumped off ODB's clotheslines like she was getting hit by a frieght train. Solid heel work. Making the babyfaces look good.

     

    Also, I like the Sarita/Taylor team. They remind me of early Motor City Machine Guns in the way that they are two vaguely similar workers, put into a team seemingly at random, but have thrown themselves totally into it with matching outfits and dual poses. It's very cute.

  14. I might check out this PPV. Even though the idea of Joe vs Daniels vs Styles for the title deeply offends me as a storyteller, it'll probably thrill me as a fan of wrestling matches. I've been YouTubing a lot of Wolfie's segments, still waiting to be sold on the guy, but have been pretty unimpressed thus far. Maybe this'll turn it around.

     

    P.S. I would have killed to have seat warmers in my car this morning. Literally. If the devil had showed up offering them to me in exchange for ganking the postman, I would have shown up to work covered in blood, with an extremely warm arse.

  15. I got kicked out of the bouscouts for eating brownies:(

     

    Dude. If you mean what I think you mean, High Five.

     

    I am surprised that a few people have mentioned the Lepper Messiah but not have mentioned that his pic looks like the Joker with blond hair and upside down smile from the movie "The Dark Knight". Amazing movie by the way. The Jokers magic trick is top notch. :rolleyes:

     

    I've managed to see Iron Man, Indiana Jones and every superhero movie for the last couple of years without having it ruined by spoilers, but I think I'm going to stumble upon something that's going to ruin Dark Knight for me. I didn't think Batman was that big a deal, but... close calls already.

     

    You kept it vague though, for that I tip my cap. I think the Leper Messiah thing is more of a chicken/egg situation. I remember when the pic was made, but not whether the Leper gimmick was in before that. I was always uncomfortable about using a copyrighted image as the basis of an alt, but if it's in the game, Adam must have no problems, legal or ethical.

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