Really into Wade Barrett's new gimmick
 

I was kinda meh was he came back, but I really like what they are doing with Barrett. I love his new finisher. Ryder sold that like he got shot.

Hopefully this goes somewhere.

His finisher is new, his gimmick is not. He's simply continuing the Barrett Barrage where he left off before his injury.

The gimmick is definitely tweaked. He's got more character to him now. He wasn't this much of a badass fighter type before the injury.

And those fight club promo videos before he returned did wonders for him. WWE has lacked characters with depth so badly. Everyone's generic. Cody had a good thing going with the "disfigured" thing but now he's generic heel #317. I was completely bored with Barrett already but the fact that they gave his character some depth actually has me interested too.

Of course his gimmick has changed he's more gritty than ever he's not about the paycheque anymore it's about kicking ass. Never been a fan of brawler style wrestler that is until Wade Barrett came along but I guess it's because he's done the real thing it makes his punches seem more realistic. Plus he's a great on the mic to boot this guy is a future WHC there's no doubt in my mind it's just a matter of time.

Barrett wasn't actually a bare knuckle boxer though.

Wikipedia says otherwise. Is it lying or are you lying?

love barrett..would love him even more if they kindly gave him new entrance music

His music sucks dick and needs to be changed back to End of Days or even We Are One. He should do Wasteland as an alternate finisher.

He needs to use the Black Hole Slam more on smaller opponents and make it look as devastating as Abyss does.....

I would say he would definitely need a new finisher. For example... if he were to go over Big Show..... that would be lame if he finished with a short-arm forearm smash :/

Other than that, I think Barrett will be the next big heel, given enough air time. Give him a couple more weeks, say after HIAC, and start a feud for the IC title, just for starters.

Honestly? I don't know.

I read somewhere that the boxer thing was all kayfabe but wiki says otherwise. That said, their citations are based on interviews that seem to be littered with kayfabe answers admittedly based on a skim read).

Wikipedia doesn't lie...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Barrett#Early_life

"At the age of 14, Bennett appeared on Nickelodeon's Global Guts, winning a silver medal for the United Kingdom even after breaking his toe halfway up the Aggro Crag."

True story.

Please tell me there is a clip of this SOMEWHERE!

Barrett's "Souvenir" is similar to Regal's "Power of the Punch" but without the brass knuckles. I agree that he'll need to change up his finishing sequence a bit later on (see Lex Luger's greater success after he changed his running forearm finisher into a mere signature move and began using the torture rack as his finisher), but for now everything about his gimmick serves the purpose.

Me too.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR CITATIONS JESUS FUCKIN CHRIST TALK ABOUT CALLIN THE POT BLACK

Just spent awhile searching for a clip. Could not find.

Keep looking

:shifty:

XL the Kayfabe Killer:-\


Nice finisher though, Wasteland looked terrible.

Erm, didnt Luger use The Torture Rack like forever as his Finisher in wcw? and that was before his wwf run. Dont think im quite sold on the receipt just yet but i bet kassius ohno is pissed

Barrett did some bare knuckle boxing when he was living in Liverpool. He was probably just trying to fit in.

If Barrett's elbow smash doesn't finish the Big Show, he can wow the crowd by getting him up for the wasteland.

Barretts a big dude but dunno if hes jacked enough to wasteland big show.

Barrettt did indeed wasteland big show during the nexus run, and it looked absolutely terrible even tho it was assisted if memory serves me correctly..

my bad it was during his corre run still sloppy tho :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGO6dGL40A

the really bad wasteland was on mark henry Henrys fault tho imo

you try lifting that fat sack of shit

I like that Barrett seems more gritty, but I'm not really into this yet. I guess it's because we haven't really seen him feud with anyone yet. That will come in time. Barrett is a good worker and fantastic on the mic -- don't get me wrong -- I'm just not into his current thing just yet.

I'd be into Barrett vs. Jericho at WrestleMania next year. Barrett tries to knock of his old NXT Pro. Have Barrett become IC Champion before WrestleMania and throw that title into the mix. Barrett could beat both his Pro and one of the greatest IC Champions of all-time to validate his reign in one big win.

I hope to any god or goddess that there is... I fuckin' LOVED Guts. Better'n American Gladiators ("because they're kids like me!!!" at the time), and right up there with Legends of the Hidden Temple/Finders Keepers!

Nothing tops Double Dare, though. Can't outdo the original.

Somebody find that video: challenge issued. Major rep points will be given.

Barrett is the man. Still not a fan of his music, though.

Marc Summers was my hero as a child.

Used to watch Double Dare and What Would You Do!? religiously.

And I'm proud to be on the Barrett Barrage Barracks team! It's still open for business. Anyone want a souvenir? :p

This has been deleted.

Are you calling Wikipedia a liar?

OMG dude What Would You Do? was one of the best shows of all freakin' time! All the shows they are rehashing lately, this should have been at the top of the list! :y:

I'm quite a fan of this gimmick.

I like it but would have loved if he kept the jacket with rose since it had an actual meaning from his NXT days as him being the "gentleman" brawler of NXT.

He's still a brawler but now added in the business part to his gimmick with all the product samples he's handed out so far.

Yeah I liked his old entrance attire too and I also wish he'd kept his previous ring gear too find the new one to be a little too generic maybe once he's back in the main event picture they will return ya never know.

Yes, quit sucking wikipedia's dick. They get shit wrong all the time. Even if you didn't add that shit yourself some dipshit like you did.

STD cries like a bitch when he's wrong.

Noted.

All I said was it was deleted, which means I'm right.

I didn't say you posted it. YOU implied that. So, that means you're wrong.

Rep: "you added that part yourself didnt you?"

"Grr! Insults to distract from looking like a fool! GRR!"

:roll:

:rofl:

Quit sucking wikipedia's dick, STD. They get shit wrong all the time.

Though the thought of you anxiously awaiting someone posting the video and then when you find out it is deleted being like "Psh! Wikipedia's always wrong. I totally knew they were wrong about that." is pretty fucking funny.

That statement does NOT mean that I trusted wikipedia on it. The "major rep points" actually points to the fact that I did NOT trust your information.

I bet you were the kind of person who would quote wikipedia in term papers in school.

I bet you were the kind of person who cried and threw a bitch fit when someone posted a crazy story about Wade Barrett being on Global Guts and climbing the aggro-crag with a broken toe from Wikipedia a couple weeks ago.

Seriously. Your random angry bitching and "sucking whikipedia's dick" shit right now is amazing.

This Slicky Tricky Damon - No. 1 WWE Fan confrontation is shaping up to be Feud of the Year!

Back to the point of the thread, the vignettes could have set expectations too high, but Barrett knows how to convincingly punch. It was wise to limit Barrett's faux shoot fighting gimmick to bare knuckle boxing so that he doesn't have to try out MMA holds and make them look convincing (although that could make for a good feud with Lesnar over who has the better kimura, triangle choke, or other MMA hold). I'm starting to "wade" into popping for Barrett!

The Barrett Barrage is a nonstop train to the WHC, true story.

All I'm going to say at this point is that the Wade Barrett/Sheamus match this past Monday was really, really, really good.

Oh, and that his music is just fine. Good, even.

I'd say give him a year or two before he's finally World Heavyweight Champion.

lol. "Finally"

Like the man's been around forever.

I'm liking Barret's new gimmick as well, but I think the WWE will need to invest some more time into building him up and/or getting the fans to care about him more.......otherwise, I could see Barret getting lost in the mix.

I think a long standing feud/rivalry with Barret and Sheamus would be the best way to go.

If they're serious about pushing him as a solid main event star, a nice feud with Sheamus based on just brutal brawling and letting him go toe to toe with him but just fall short of winning the title would do wonders for him.

I felt like they should have done the same thing with Tensai when he and Sheamus were showing that they could put on fantastic stiff matches on Raw and Smackdown. Make it a legit feud, give them a 15 minute PPV match and put the title on the line and suddenly Tensai looks like a badass even in a loss.

Ah well. Barrett's got the character to pull off the same effect.