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That's Not My Name
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Re: Jericho. He has lacked spark since his return, but in the currently heavily scripted world of WWE where deviation from the plan is a fatal sin and balls are constantly on the line, where politicians have their knives out waiting for any opportunity to pounce, it does not bode well for any wrestler to go beyond the words and actions written down on the page for them. Not neccessarily defending Jericho per se, but the whole roster bar the tippy top crew... they can only work with what they are given, and you can't polish a lump of shit. |
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yes. yes. yes.
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His match with MPV was good imo, his match with Punk wasn't. I can't understand why they didn't give Punk the win over Hardy before his suspension and Jericho the MITB. I mean, have we ever had a Jericho/Taker feud? I don't recall it. The writers are pretty much clueless, which is why I'm surprised that Regal even won KOTR. Pretty random and fragmented thoughts, but its late. |
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That's Not My Name
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But yeah, it's no good ripping on Jericho (and Carlito, and Shelton, and all the rest of the so-called "lazy" crew) for not producing the goods when they're given a pile of wank to work with. No more than you could blame an actor for a film being absolutely abysmal. If the script is abysmal, the premise is abysmal, the support cast is abysmal and in some cases the actor has been horribly miscast (say Jack Black as James Bond, or Samuel L. Jackson as The Joker in a Batman movie) then it should come as no surprise if the movie sucks even if the lead acts his heart out in it. I'm not saying they deserve NO blame for not trying harder to turn the lemons into delicious lemonade, but when you're banging your head against a brick wall 365 days a year, it must be pretty easy to become disheartened. When you're told you need to "step up your game", yet every step of your 3 minute match is pre-planned, the interviews are scripted word-for-word and you're having no leeway to bring anything of your own into the equation, what the fuck are they supposed to do? |
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That's Not My Name
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That's why I said
You're right, but do you really think even if Jericho was at his peak (call it WCW 1998, WWF 2000, whatever you may believe was his prime year) it would have made any difference to his position on the card today? The answer is most likely no more so than it ever did then. |
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Pelvic Sorcerer
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Shelton's not lazy, he just gets sloppy in ring. Carlito has been doing better to be fair.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Well,m of course it starts at the top, but if you can't be professional enough to do your job, part of the blame is still yours. |
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