Ain't TNA Deletion for January Great?

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Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I'll raise my hand and say I was a big fan of Sandow, but even then I recognized he had a ceiling. It's not like I was clamoring for him to be world champion, but he had some charisma and was good at working crowds. WWE's midcard needs reliable guys like that, so I thought he could be better used than just a comedy jobber.

I don't know where the gently caress that charisma and crowd-working went, though, because Aron Rex is the wettest of wet farts.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:24

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rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

Sanguinia posted:

"RVD wasn't buried in his TNA debut just because Sting kicked out at 3.1, beat him with a baseball bat for 8 minutes and the camera focused on Sting and Hogan while only showing him crying in agony."

Being squashed like you're nothing at Wrestlemania by The Big Show at the moment you finally turn on your evil boss is about the biggest possible burial you can give somebody. The network ensured more people saw that pre-show battle royal than probably any given episode of Smackdown that year.

Big Show didn't squash Sandow like he was nothing though? They had a competitive finish that Big Show ended up winning.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:29

Glass Punkbull 141: Jan 9, 2008; This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.

Aron Rex is cool, he did this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qKi24EsjEM

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:34

Sanguinia: Jan 1, 2012; ~Everybody wants to be a cat~
~Because a cat's the only cat~
~Who knows where its at~

rare Magic card l00k posted:

Big Show didn't squash Sandow like he was nothing though? They had a competitive finish that Big Show ended up winning.

Well, the actual burial was the Macho Man gimmick anyways. If you watch the promo he gets an at least decent response, more than enough to justify a midcard push off the Miz feud. But when he starts his dumb baby mimmick routine on Axel the crowd dies because they know they've been waiting all that time for nothing, again. The pop he gets for jumping Axel is tepid at best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcrsgw_xlY

Sanguinia fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Jan 19, 2017

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:35

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I'm still surprised that out of the dozens of impressions Sandow did, Macho Man was the one thing he couldn't pull off.

You can find a dozen guys in a dozen bars who do "OHHH YEAH" better than Sandow did.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:46

Tato: Jun 19, 2001; DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values

I like how Curtis Axel was being funny and entertaining with his "never eliminated from the Rumble" and "Axelmania!" shtick and WWE's response to his hard work was "HOGAN LOL" and just made him inexplicably start impersonating Hulk Hogan. The humor in the character was his deluded self-importance, not that he was a loving impersonator.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:59

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Julio Cruz posted:

Matt Morgan? He was never champion but usually heavily pushed despite never being any good at all.

e: also MVP has to be up there.

I thought Matt Morgan had something and Vince was dumb for letting him go.

Shows why I shouldn't operate a wrasslin' company. :downs:

# ? Jan 19, 2017 13:19

STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I mean, Morgan was big, had a great look, and never got any kind of real shot in WWE. So it's not that surprising that there were people behind pushing him. And if I remember right he was brought in while Cornette was involved and Cornette was a huge advocate of the guy from their OVW days.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 14:00

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Matt Morgan couldn't even do a lock up correctly. He had a look and that was it.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 14:15

Gonzo McFee: Jun 19, 2010

Matt Morgan had the gimmick of blue chipper who was going to be something some day for nearly a decade. He could have gone into his 40's with people talking about his potential.

Main thing I remember about Matt Morgan was that he botched something basic on a smaller indy guy in OVW, Paul London I think, and then tried to bully them into taking the blame despite the guy he botched on having a concussion and not knowing where he was.

Matt Morgan can gently caress off imo.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 14:46

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Yeah TNA couldn't shut up about Morgan being this major can't-miss prospect for years.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 14:51

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

DJExile posted:

Yeah TNA couldn't shut up about Morgan being this major can't-miss prospect for years.

They called him that in his Slammiversary 2015 match iirc

It was against another blue chipper who would carry this can into the future.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:04

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

exploded mummy posted:

They called him that in his Slammiversary 2015 match iirc

at which point he would have been 37 or 38. jesus christ

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:05

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Yeah, I was quickly proving wrong.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:22

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

DJExile posted:

at which point he would have been 37 or 38. jesus christ

And had been with the company like six or seven years, if I remember right.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:24

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

whiteyfats posted:

And had been with the company like six or seven years, if I remember right.

Even longer. He debuted in 2007. He was there a long time.

E: I remember when he was the sole tag titles holder because.... I think Hernandez was legit hurt or something, and they still booked him as a heel, which was the dumbest drat thing.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:31

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

DJExile posted:

at which point he would have been 37 or 38. jesus christ

He had actually retired by that point, but he came so his son could watch him wrestle a match.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 15:37

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

exploded mummy posted:

He had actually retired by that point, but he came so his son could watch him wrestle a match.

Aaah, i didn't know that

# ? Jan 19, 2017 16:22

Gonzo McFee: Jun 19, 2010

My kid likes me too much, book me in a TNA match.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 16:58

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

Gonzo McFee posted:

My kid likes me too much, book me in a TNA match.

What's Heat Slayer doing in the iMpact Zone?

# ? Jan 19, 2017 19:28

grack: Jan 10, 2012; COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Benne posted:

I'll raise my hand and say I was a big fan of Sandow, but even then I recognized he had a ceiling. It's not like I was clamoring for him to be world champion, but he had some charisma and was good at working crowds. WWE's midcard needs reliable guys like that, so I thought he could be better used than just a comedy jobber.

I don't know where the gently caress that charisma and crowd-working went, though, because Aron Rex is the wettest of wet farts.

Well, WWE has writers. And makeup artist. And probably body language coaches as well.

TNA let Rex be himself and boy did that turn out to be a mistake.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 21:22