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King K Cool
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Think they'll acknowledge he created the GTS since Punk's on the outs, segue into a feud if/when he returns.
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Hey Mister!
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Could actually be a great way to bring him in. He's pissed at everyone stealing his moves so he came to the WWE to show everyone how it's done.
FIGNUTS FUN FACT: When CM Punk first hit WWECW, he wasn't using the GTS, but he was using KENTA's strike combination. |
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USO Crazy!
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They're eating the dogs..
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Flying USO's!!!
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Ouch
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Hahaha I remember this thread. I was all about the RYBACK then.
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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'Member when they tried to get people behind The Ryback again by having him come out and do a promo about The Secret?
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Feeling Oof-y
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That was his idea, I think.
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Resident drug enabler
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‘Member when they turned him face again and made him a focal point of the build to Survivor Series by having him turn on The Authority and join Team Cena... only to have him be the first elimination.
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Resident drug enabler
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The damage had already been done long ago. But still. Such a fucking waste.
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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At least Vince got what he wanted, Fandango got to win his Mania debut lol. |
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President of Freedonia
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In an alternate universe, The Ryback is a multi-time World Heavyweight Champion and future Hall of Famer.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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President of Freedonia
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Remember when they brought Goldberg back basically as soon as they let Ryback go? Ugh.
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President of Freedonia
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lol I was at that Mania and everyone in the crowd were absolutely baffled at Henry going over
Big Show 100% should've been WHW champion going into Mania and Ryback could've Shell Shocked him to win the belt. |
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In hindsight it shouldn’t have been that big of a surprise. It’s been a trend in the last decade or so to make sure everybody loses their first Mania match and I think it’s by design to make The Streak look even more impressive over time.
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He had lost every PPV match building up to that match. Icing on the horseshit cake.
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Started with HIAC
Lost to CM Punk Lost to CM Punk and Cena in a Triple Threat match at Survivor Series Lost to the Shield at TLC Made it to the end at the Royal Rumble, eliminated by Cena Lost at EC to the Shield Lost to Mark Henry in the 3rd match at WrestleMania Turned heel No Contest with Cena at Extreme Rules Lost vs Cena at Payback Finally won at MITB against Jericho and that's how they completely killed Ryback dead People can say what they want about Ryback, but there's no question that he was over and the company did little to capitalize |
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Hey Mister!
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From a ruthless business perspective, it makes sense. Why risk creating another Austin or Rock that becomes bigger than the WWE and harder and more costly to control, when you're already making the highest profits the company has ever seen? You don't need that big crossover star. Sure sucks for the fans though. |
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The smart thing to do is to just keep finding and building stars. If they become “too big” for wrestling, cool. You’ve just infiltrated the mainstream with another guy you can bring back once in a while as a special attraction. Maybe eventually you’ll have enough of those guys and you won’t have to get non-wrestlers like Gronk to come in because you’ve spent years killing your mainstream appeal. |
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Trickster Demon
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Lol like how does that make sense.
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That ending of Raw where CM Punk attacked Mick Foley backstage and then looked up in horror before the camera showed Ryback standing there...
And then when he finally got his hands on Punk and the crowd went fucking attitude era-level bezerk. They built him up perfectly and got the exact reaction they wanted. It’s insane that they didn’t follow up on it. |
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Feeling Oof-y
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I’d forgotten about that Mark Henry vs Ryback match at Mania. Has to be up there on the list of “Wrong Guy Went Over”.
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Resident drug enabler
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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And another thing! Why the fuck did they take Percy Watson's gimmick from him when he came back to NXT!!!!!
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Fandango absolutely should have beaten Jericho and it should have been the start of a huge push. Fandango is a great athlete, good in the ring, looks like a movie star and is insanely charismatic. Him and Ryback are my 1 & 2 on the list of WWE’s recent dropped balls.
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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At least Mark Henry is a former World Champ and Hall of Famer. |
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President of Freedonia
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Fandango should've never been Fandango because Johnny Curtis should've been given a push well before that.
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President of Freedonia
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Johnny Curtis' real breakout was when NXT Redemption abandoned the game show format and just embraced that it was Superstars with storylines. Basically everyone that couldn't get booked on Raw or SmackDown was doing fun stuff on NXT.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Yeah, Johnny Curtis and Maxine coulda been huge
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Feeling Oof-y
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I think we’re in the timeline where we never get Johnny Curtis bonafide superstar. #DarkestTimeline
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