I was watching some Nigel for the first time on Youtube and I realized there was...

[Blakeamus]

Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead something he was missing... not in the "he doesn't have 'it'" or anything that's not my point at all. It goes without saying the guy can work and he seems pretty good on the mic, he definitely comes off well rounded. However there is something that somewhat bothered me, and it was like the tiniest thing but it could help get him over more. It is so subtle that I'm going to sound stupid.... but here goes... So since the lariat is a huge part of his arsenal, and his finished, I don't get why he doesn't wear a tensor or an elbow pad/bandaging around his arm. It's really simple but would help people in TNA acknowledge the move a little more. The problem with the lariat is even though it can be a devestating finisher and Nigel does it well, people have seen so many different lariats and they usually don't finish guys, the last guy to use it was JBL and obviously it was an homage to Stan Hansen and both are about 35253x the size of Nigel. Hansen I know for a fact always had the bandaging around the lariat arm and I'm pretty sure JBL was the same though I could be wrong. If you're hitting someone so fucking hard you're going to call it the jawbreaker lariat, wouldn't it really kill your arm? Wouldn't it makes sense to have the bandaging to really sell the move. He could have the tensor sort of around his forerarm for the majority of the match and then when it was time for the big lariat, pull it up higher and the fans would go nuts cuz they'd know it'd be time for the big jawbreaker lariat. It would draw attention to the move and it would psycologically make sense and give the crowd something to look for etc... I dunno just something I thought of

What I don't get is how he runs and gets in between the ropes. It looks awkward when the opponent stands there for about 4 seconds knowing it's coming. The match that sticks in my mind was the Nigel v.s. Morishima match

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Originally Posted by Weapon X i'm pretty sure nigel broke jimmy rave's jaw with his lariat which is why it started getting called a jawbreaker lariat.

I'm pretty sure that was a work. I think Rave DID break his jaw, but it wasn't actually due to the lariat. They just did that for story line purposes

Originally Posted by Blakeamus What I don't get is how he runs and gets in between the ropes. It looks awkward when the opponent stands there for about 4 seconds knowing it's coming. The match that sticks in my mind was the Nigel v.s. Morishima match

Yeah, the rebound lariat is badass as a counter in some situations, but when he tries to do it on his own, it looks pretty retarded.

The one thing I've been dying to see is to see him sell a German suplex by rolling all the way through, staggering backwards into the ropes, and blasting the guy as he gets back up.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by Blakeamus What I don't get is how he runs and gets in between the ropes. It looks awkward when the opponent stands there for about 4 seconds knowing it's coming. The match that sticks in my mind was the Nigel v.s. Morishima match

Was thinking the same thing. Haven't seen enough nigel to judge but that struck me as odd.