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2 more things
1. Billie Kay did a good job covering that powerbomb botch
2. Samoa Joe his performing better than he ever has his whole career. When I was a teenager in Buffalo, I was legit terrified of Taz. Even though I knew wrestling was scripted, I still believed he would rip me in two if I walked up to him, because everything about his character felt completely real. Later when I saw him getting pushed into a bunch of pudding by half naked women, I realized he was just really really good at his job.
And now Joe is too. He's played the badass his whole career, but that's what it's felt like. Playing the badass. But ever since he has turned heel on NXT, he has had the same aura of legit intimidation that Taz had all those years ago. Like, he has been genuinely scary, and has been so believable that it seems like he has legit heat with everyone he has worked with.
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