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Christian rox my sox
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#42 |
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Way to sum up there RDD....
Seriouslly though, who would've thunk that Christian, a dude who to be perfectly honest with you, I would've never thought he was going to get out of the Tag Team stigma. Now he's very popular, getting super skilled on the mic, and has a decent arsenal. Plus he's really got a good look going for him that I doubt he'll let go. And I think RDD really summed it up. |
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#43 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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I'm interested to here The Prodigy's picks for whom he think should be future main eventers.
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HANDS OFF THE MERCHANDISE
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Don't be hatin' bitch!
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As far as who my favorite wrestlers on the current roster are, well, to be honest I don't have any favorites. I just don't see anybody that stands out or anybody that could be the next Austin, Rock, Flair, etc. There's some good wrestlers on the roster, don't get me wrong, but nobody really all that special. There's some guys with good in-ring skills, there's guy with good mic skills, and there's guys with good ring psychology but in my opinion nobody currently on WWE's roster has enough of all three of those qualities. To me, a truly great wrestler must excel in all three qualities. |
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#47 |
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not even Angle?
Ok, well who's your favorite in any fed out there? |
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#48 |
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At least you know your shit and you're not being an asshole mark. You're just not a fan of him, that's understandable I guess. It is your perspective. I personally am very impressed with the Christian character the past couple of years. I think it's really evolved into something we all can enjoy. It's good to me because nobody expected that he would grow on the fans and actually be worthy of the main event (which obviously some still don't think he is worty) and now he's proving alot of people wrong. Xtian is gold IMO
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The only wrestler that really pops in my ahead as being TRUE greatness is Raven. Yeah some people say he's a little past his prime but that doesn't make a damn bit a difference, he's still better than anybody on Vince's roster with the exception of Flair who is really past his prime. I also think Chris Sabin has an extremely bright future but it's just going to take him a while to get there. Chris Daniels is also a great competitor. Love that BMS. I can't really comment much on TNA because it's been awhile since I've seen Impact and I don't get to watch ROH, OVW, or any of the other big indy feds. So I guess I would go with Raven as my favorite wrestler that's currently active. He's got all the major tools a truly great wrestler must possess. |
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#51 |
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Kurt's mic skills are limited?? Are you joking?
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#53 |
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Well there is a reason Raven has never been a main guy in a major company before. He has a cult of fans, but the mass audience really doesn't care about him at all. He's never been a huge draw to a mass market and never will be.
Flair greater then everyone on the WWE roster, which I think you're saying also, is pretty funny. |
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#54 |
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Did you hear all he big pops Raven got in the WWE? Neither did I.
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The Reckless One
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Raven wasn't over in WWE because he wasn't properly pushed.
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#56 |
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Raven wasn't over in the WWE because he didn't hold the interest of the casual wrestling fans.
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#57 |
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What about WCW? He had he fans of course, but never really amounted to anything past mid-status. He's had the same gimmick forever and that's all he can really do. I was a huge Raven fan too, but saying he's better then the entire WWE roster is crazy I think. The only thing we can base who's better then who is by drawing power, ticket/merchendise/video sales, main eventing matches consistently and crowd reactions. And Raven was never really at the top there in WWE or WCW, which are the only two companies really worth mentioning.
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#58 | |
The Reckless One
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For instance, Matt Hardy wasn't hugely over the last few times we saw him on WWE TV but since they fired him and the whole story broke out about the love triangle between himself, Lita, and Edge he's all over the place. Now some are considering Hardy the current "hot commodity" in wrestling. Everywhere you look there's something about Matt Hardy. When his music played during Edge and Lita's "wedding ceremony" the crowd went absolutely nuts and he wasn't even there. The same concept would apply to Raven. He's been all over the Internet the past few years and if it was announced that he was signing with WWE Internet fans the world over would be shocked and many people who don't currently watch WWE programming would be tuning in. I guarantee if Raven was in WWE now and was booked right he would be insanely over. |
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#59 |
I'm all there is
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Trust me and CyNick says this all the time. About 5% of wrestling fans are Internet fans. That's who we refer to as the "smart marks" today. The thing on Raw when Edge plated Matt's music, that joke went over about 95% of the fans in the audience that night. Notice the reaction when he said "I'll explain later." It was like
![]() 1) they hear the "smart marks" doing it and it eventually catches on 2) they still see Matt as part of the storyline with Lita and Kane, so it's only natural they scream it. I bet half those fans don't even know Matt was fired. You really obviously don't know the wrestling market. Read Melzer's Observer. He mentions the Internet fans and the Casual Fans all the time. And always mentions that Internet fans are such a small minority of the wrestling population, that Vince doesn't bother with what we think. I bet anything most of the fans you see at Raw have no clue Raven is the World Champion in TNA. Even people on here didn't even know. |
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#60 |
I'm all there is
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And Raven gets flamed all the time on here, so even the Internet fans don't think he's anything special.
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I realize Vince doesn't care what the Internet fans want or even the casual fans for that matter. But the fact is today's casual wrestling fan would respond more to Raven than the casual fans of the last 90s-early 2000s. Whether or not the casual WWE fans are aware of Raven's recent NWA World title win is irrelevant. The fact is if he were in WWE today he would be more over than he was the last time he was in WWE and he would be more over than some of WWE's current workers. Today's wrestling fans, casual or Internet, would appreciate Raven alot more than they did 5 or 6 years ago. |
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#62 |
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Raven would NOT get over. Why should he? Last time WWE Fans saw him he was that guy who was on Heat alot.
If he comes back, so what? Will they care? Most of them will probably have forgotten him. If they pushed him and gave him mic time, than yes, he could EVENTUALLY get over. EDIT- One more thing.... Related to the actual topic of Christian on Smackdown and not this arguemen. I marked out when Michael Cole called UPN the United Peeps Network. |
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Anyway, when you get to the WWE (and I hope you do, because I wish you the best), it will be ironic if you're out there busting your ass day in and day out only to find some people on the internet talking about how you're "only average". Watch any of the high profile matches Christian has been in and tell me he isn't making it an entertaining match. Watch the TLC 1, TLC 2, TLC 3, TLC 4, his Ladder Match with Rob Van Dam, his Ladder Match with Chris Jericho or his Triple Threat at Vengeance, and tell me that guy doesn't go above and beyond for us. You mentioned Raven was never over in the WWE because he wasn't push right? Christian has never been pushed right and he is MASSIVELY over. The guy was more over than The Undertaker, Booker T or Chris Benoit on SmackDown! (I wish they didn't edit SmackDown!'s crowd reactions), and that is saying something. I don't think the guy should be World Champion immediately, but by the end of the year, sure. He's got perfect mic skills (that's not an exaggeration). Everything he says comes out sounding perfectly, and his promo a few weeks ago with Jericho was top stuff. The only reason he would have been saying "Problem Solver" a lot (which I don't remembr happening) is probably because he was trying to help Tomko get over, which is something that probably sounds strange since we don't usually hear Triple H spout off names. Christian's ring skills may no be perfect, but he's one of eht more solid performers on either brand, and he knows how to string together a match. I'm looking forward to him beating Booker T at The Great American Bash, and eventually moving on to Dave Batista. |
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I'm all there is
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I know your not a smart ass fan who bitches. I've seen you post. But if you've studies wrestling, you would know that the Internet fans are just a little piece of the pie of wrestling fans. A real little piece. That's why all those ridiculous shoots WCW tried to pull never worked. Because 95% of those fans didn't have a clue what was going on. Alienoid said it perfectly. Why would anyone care about Raven when all he did was job and appear on Heat in the WWE? Even in TNA, they didn't have enough faith in Raven to make him a long-term champ right when he came in. Now they give him the belt when they aren't even on TV anymore. Like I said, I like Raven. I loved him in WCW. He has a unique character and solid mic skills. But the character can only be taken so far in big companies like WCW and WWE. |
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#66 |
I'm all there is
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By the way, this is a real good discussion.
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#67 |
Instant Credibility
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Hard to take someone serious when they say Angle has limited mic skills.
That's all I'm saying. |
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#68 |
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Meh, his opinion.
I always thought Bret Hart had limited mic skills. My opinion. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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It's not as though the internet is more prevalent, access is easier, more affordable, and possible in multiple locations. It's not as though the numbers have changed for viewership either. As those are fixed, the percentage who are net fans is also fixed. It's not as though most of the people who make this argument are using outdated " proof" and "facts" that are 5+ years old and hold no relavence to the current state of the market... |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I'm all there is
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I brought up the Matt Hardy/Edge/Lita storyline to make it "current" More then half of WWE's fanbase don't have a clue Edge cheated with Lita. And yea more people use the Internet now, but that doesn't make them smart-makrs. Proof is right on this site in that thread linking to another site with a bunch of marks. Just read thier comments. Sure, they might read WWE.com all the time, but WWE.com is not a smark site. yea, the net fanbase is bigger then 4 years ago, maybe, but it's still a small portion. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I disagree with the use of SIGNIFICANTLY out-of-date facts which have not been updated or researched in a time period where internet access has gone way up and wrestling viewing has gone down. I think Raven gets Hogan/Taker pops. I think that while those people are still synonymous with wrestling to the core fanbase, Raven is not. I also think you are wrong to make dated statements in an attempt to prove him wrong. I think a lot of things. One of which is that Raven has about as much business being in the ring right now as Hogan/Nash, and is only accepted by people ' round here because they're Raven fanboys, so it's okay for THIS has-been to dominate, and SURELY he would have the same name recognition. |
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***HEEL HEAT*** Oh and its like 30% internet fans 70% casual posters |
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#74 |
Formerly Ġohâń3k
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Trade Show for Christian
![]() they spent SO MUCH time building a christian vs cena feud with all of his fucking promos for 4 months, and the royal rumble, just for a friggin match at a small payperview... and it wasn't even 1 on 1. thought they were finally doing something right, Christian vs Cena, longterm feud would have been gold, they could have ended it at summerslam. But no, let me guess, Triple H got bored of the world title and now wants the WWE title? |
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Kiss the blade
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#76 |
Kiss the blade
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forget it...
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I've got that Nerd Rage.
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If you are, in fact, a promoter, and have worked shows, I have questions. "Who trained you? Where do you Promote? And how does a steady diet of pro wrestling treat your intestines? WHERES THE FIBER MAN!!??" |
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#78 | |
Don't be hatin' bitch!
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Spammy Certified
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Kiss the blade
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lol sorry I can't do the strikeout font thing...how do you do it??
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