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For all y'all that hate Heath Slater...
I suggest you watch his match with Daniel Bryan on Superstars this week. Really nice bout. Slater is seriously the goods in the ring, and I have faith that he can be a heat machine. They just need to fine-tune his gimmick a little. No one gives a shit what sort of music he listened to as a kid. Have Slater presented as a cunning opportunist -- much smarter than his hick persona seems to let on.
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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I am one of the very few that actually likes Slater..... I find him better than Justin Gay-briel..... maybe not quite as good in the ring but at least he has some personality and charisma.....
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Last of a Dying Forum
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I don't want to watch Wendy be carried by Danielson. We know Danielson is good.
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Slater isn't a terrible wrestler I just don't feel like there's any reason I need to care about him. He slightly below a solid mid-carder skill wise and he's got a terrible look with that hair. Dunno.
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'12 Tipsters Champ!
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For some reason when I watch him...I can actually see him be the next "Edge" in about 2 to 3 years.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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I am impressed more by Heath Slater in every category except actual technical skill than I am of Daniel Bryan.
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The Great Pink Hope
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Most wrestlers will look good in the ring when working with Danielson.
I don't hate the guy, but he definitely doesn't have 'the look' of a Superstar. It's hard to take his seriously - needs to re-tune and repackage IMO. |
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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His current theme is garbage though. Heard it for the first time on Monday and just had to laugh and totally lose most of the respect that he had gained from me.
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Basically, I feel Slater could be presented like Samoa Joe. Only, instead of having Joe's physical build, he's got silky red hair and a hick accent. I think Slater looked better in the ring against Daniel Bryan than a lot of other guys have, by the way. Seriously, go out of your way to watch it. Maybe I am giving the match more credit than it is due, just because I like Slater more than most, but I feel that he and Bryan tried some stuff that they haven't tried with other guys before. I think they have got great chemistry. Just two of those guys that have a better match together than you'd expect. Slater is far from shitty, is my point, although it's easy to not see anything special in the guy. I think he "gets it," though, as he is constantly a guy the WWE is using in a pretty big way. He hasn't been booted from the main roster yet, like so many other ex-NXT guys. Plus, they've been giving him offence against guys like Ezekiel Jackson and Randy Orton. Soon will be Heath Slater's time. I hope. |
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Shelly Martinez = Ratings
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I'm a fan. Solid in the ring, has charisma but I think his character needs a bit of tweaking. Not big on the one man rock band thing. Dunno.
But he does make some great facial expressions. |
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I get that this doesn't really fit Heath Slater perfectly, either; but I don't know why they changed his theme from this:
It just makes him seem like a bigger deal, even if that deal is enhancing higher priority talents. |
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Here is Heath Slater teaming up with Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd to take on rivals The Usos, who were teaming with Trent Barreta. Great little six-man tag, that also highlights why I love Trent Barreta and Tyson Kidd. And Justin Gabriel. And The Usos are fun, too.
I can only find highlights of Slater vs. Bryan, and that doesn't do it right justice. |
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They're eating the dogs..
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Missing a gold opportunity with Heath. They should totally hav his finisher be a butt bomb and they could call it the Slater Dump.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I don't know why they didn't just give that theme to Gabriel honestly
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Y2KoTF
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Yeah he doesn't do much for me. Just can't get interested in him.
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Ever since MITB I've felt his stock has gone well south give him back his old Black and White music for starters and pair him with Christian and have em rip it up in the tag division since it seems to be making a comeback.
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prodigal son
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i agree with you on after mitb...i was very impressed with him in that match, he held his own and looked like he really belonged then..i wouldnt hate it if he got a mid card push
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I've always liked Heath Slater
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The Champ is Here!
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I could definitely see a Christian/Slater tag te... oh, I see what you did there.
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Needs to be 20% cooler
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Edit : Speaking of themes, Heath needs the X-Factor theme... "I know ya'all hate Heath Slater but you aint gotta look at me like that..." |
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They're eating the dogs..
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Taller than Adam Cole
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Really nice bout with Daniel Bryan?
C'mon, Bryan had a match against Khali that was watchable. Bryan could have a "nice bout" with a broomstick. |
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Enter If You Can
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Are you guys serious? Slater is shit. As for Bryan, he has good "technical" matches yes, however, seeing as how wrestling is fake, that style is boring as fuck to anyone who still watches this as opposed to UFC. You can argue with me all night, but UFC has turned a lot of wrestling fans away from the product.
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BAY BAY
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I want to like Slater, but noooooo (0:55)
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I would like Slater a lot more if he adopted some sort of mute gimmick
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The black Corey Graves
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For the person who mentioned Slater and Christian pairing up -- I actually wouldn't mind seeing Slater once again become a protoge to Christian. It seems Captain Charisma is going to be moving into a feud with Sheamus. Slater could help Christian get one over Sheamus, and move once again into the World Title picture -- and even help Christian beat Orton for the World Heavyweight Title. I enjoyed La Familia when they were with Edge, and it would make sense that a heel Christian stick to Edge's template of success. A "Coalition" consisting of Heath Slater, Tyson Kidd, Alicia Fox and perhaps a returning Skip Sheffield could be pretty radical. If not Sheffield as the muscle, then maybe put Brodus Clay in that position. |
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Junior Member
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CARROTS TOP WAS BAD ACTOR BUT FANS LIKED AS JOKE.
HEATH SLATER BAD WRESTLER FANS CAN LIKE AS JOKE. SO HEATH SLATER SHOULD BE JOKE GIMMICK |
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Ghost town
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I’d love to see Brodus Clay team with Heath Slater.
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Cranky Kong
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Is this the match you're talking about?
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Feeling Oof-y
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I wouldn't say that I "hate" the guy but neither WWE nor Slater himself have done anything to make me care.
"One Man Rock Band" isn't a gimmick, it's a moniker. What does he even do that relates to music or being a rock star? They haven't pushed a gimmick with him at all as far as I can see. It might be hokey but having the guy driven round in limos full of women and booze, with paparazzi taking pics, vignettes of him throwing TVs out of windows and other lewd "rock star behaviour" might not be ground breaking but at least it's something. Better yet, have him ACT like he's a huge deal when quite clearly he's not. Stuff like signing autographs for people that clearly aren't interested, demanding VIP access to clubs/restaurants, having his own dressing room, etc. Just do something to make "One Man Rock Band" mean something. |
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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What music? |
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Feeling Oof-y
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I BASICALLY JUST SAID THAT!!
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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Repeat.
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Cranky Kong
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Feeling Oof-y
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That's the exact kind of thing I'm talking about. I think it'd draw some pretty serious heat.
Or even just a tiny bit of heat, which would be better than no reaction or "We hate you cos you talk funny" heat. |
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Isn't that kind of what Morrison was/is supposed to be though?
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Cranky Kong
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Sort of, but they could really kick it up a notch. Morrison just quoted a few lyrics a few times, and that's about it.
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Feeling Oof-y
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They did the A-List thing with MNM years ago but that was played pretty straight (i.e. selling them as legit "glitteratti" types), Morrison hasn't done anything like that for years. Think I'd prefer to play for the LULZ if Slater were to do it. |
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