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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Damn sweet theme and entrance though. Pretty much the only thing I can give him.
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I am the cheese
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mad gyno tho
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Jinder as a foreign heel worked better than Cesaro because Cesaro is too good in the ring to be truly hated. I dont believe he was only champion to expand in India considering when they actually went to India he got jobbed out to Triple H. I think it was certainly part of it, but it was also how jacked he got and Vince loving evil foreign heels.
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That or Vince also accepted a bet and lost. |
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Higher. Further. Faster.
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Wait, wait, wait...they put the fucking World Title on JINDER FUCKING MAHAL?????
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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They sure did.
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#7 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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It was at a time when Smackdown was feeling fresh and new and great right off the brand split and had a lot of promise.... then they kinda killed it with Mahal
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I didnt even mind Jinder winning it, but they then proceeded to book him like a worldbeater for like 5 months, which made no sense.
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Higher. Further. Faster.
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Well, WM 32 was my cut-off day so I most definitely avoided that shitshow. SmackDown! around that time was most certainly not feeling fresh and new and great.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Then Mahal won the title and it was just like "what" and all Smackdown momentum seemed to kind of grind to a halt..... Styles eventually won the title off Jinder but by then the damage was done and it was like "who cares now" |
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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I totally was fine with given Mahal a chance as champion. He came back from absence (injury? released?) looking like a million bucks! However, he still sucked in the ring and on the mic. But props to him for getting in such great shape!
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He was fired because he wasn’t very good.
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Mad props to him turning his life around, don’t get me wrong.
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You know that’s right
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Ignorant question here: is Jinder getting jacked the reason why Drew McIntyre also got jacked?
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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That's a personal question
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President of Freedonia
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Dakota Kai
Draco Anthony Harland (Parker Boudreaux) Malcolm Bivens Persia Pirotta Released |
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the heartbreak king
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i'm surprised they didn't release dakota kai sooner. love her tho.
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king of sucks
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Triple A
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Dexter Lumis gone
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king of sucks
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Triple A
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worried about Indi Hartwell!
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Hey Mister!
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dirty irani
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That Harland must have been poor in the ring then. Had a good look and they were very hot on him when they brought him in.
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Yeah I'm surprised by Harland being on the list.
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Diamond Mine is the most cursed faction ever.
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the heartbreak king
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somehow roddy still has a job!
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king of sucks
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President of Freedonia
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They took any look Bordeaux had away from him the moment he debuted on screen looking like Snitsky.
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dirty irani
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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Feeling Oof-y
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Apparently Bivens signed an extension to his last contract but had rejected a new deal. Same for Dakota. Surprised they never even tried her on the main roster. Could have even kept her with Raquel
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It's a blood match!
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Crazy how good NXT was at one time under Triple H's leadership. I mean it really changed wrestling on a main stream level. It feels forgotten now, at least by me. I'll never forget NXT selling out arean's for Takeover's and those shows being absolutely nuts. Nakamura vs Zayn ... my lord.
I guess it wasn't "sustainable" not really prepping guys to work for Vince, at all. But still, it was a huge thing, and aside from some booking differences AEW isn't all that much different. All of these companies that are blooming in the last 5 years are pretty much extensions of ROH. Evolve and PWG were evolutions of ROH in ways, the talent went between all of those companies. And then that talent was hired for NXT, and then for AEW. I can't really watch NXT right now they really need to tour. |
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Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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Instead, Vince folded the tents of XFL well beforehand (in something wildly unforseen), then immediately went "what the fuck?!" about things like size, and proceded to put stupid touches on callups like name changes or tennis skirts or Demolition masks... and instead of taking the good shit from NXT and introducing it to the main roster, they're going the other shit by infecting NXT with the more garbage aspects of the main roster. |
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He astonishingly went out of his way to push the few people that came from NXT who had little to no impact on the black and gold brand whatsoever. Alexa Bliss was a manager for almost her entire NXT run. Ditto for Carmella. Elias was just a weird outlier that Graves would trash on commentary. Mojo got a few start/stop pushes, way more of a push than anybody expected considering he was jobbing to the likes of Bull Dempsey. Xavier Woods didn't do much of anything in NXT. Then of course you have guys like Strowman and Omos who were in developmental but never even made it to having a match. He actually pushed Jackson Ryker for a while ![]() |
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#35 |
I am the cheese
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everything is the child of something. everything Gabe learned that allowed him to craft RoH he learned working under Heyman in ECW. we're all someones child.
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Feeling Oof-y
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