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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010


I can’t wait til they’re both in a different Fed

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Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Finn Balor is unironically one of the few times a fed name change was an improvement. This was one of the worst examples for a people hated it argument. Wonder if theres a list if people whose names improves due to a forced fed change because the counterexamples are limitless. Demi Bennett to Rhea Ripley and Mercedes KV to Sasha Banks at least.

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Lid posted:

Finn Balor is unironically one of the few times a fed name change was an improvement. This was one of the worst examples for a people hated it argument. Wonder if theres a list if people whose names improves due to a forced fed change because the counterexamples are limitless. Demi Bennett to Rhea Ripley and Mercedes KV to Sasha Banks at least.

There was a whole era where the NXT name was better or at least on par with the pre-NXT name. That time is long gone.

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007

No NXT name changes have ever been good, always stupid and always bad. Prince Devitt was a cool name, Finn Balor sounds a Skyrim character

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


https://twitter.com/ToBeMiro/status/1484330459135762434?s=20

Wrestlers continuing to be dumb part 18,409

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

finn balor is the name of the 5th Crow

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

Lid posted:

Finn Balor is unironically one of the few times a fed name change was an improvement. This was one of the worst examples for a people hated it argument. Wonder if theres a list if people whose names improves due to a forced fed change because the counterexamples are limitless. Demi Bennett to Rhea Ripley and Mercedes KV to Sasha Banks at least.

Hell, that promo he did before he won the title on Raw where he explained where the name comes from was actually really loving cool. (Of course they dropped that whole part of his presentation after he got hurt because WWE)

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
The Demon

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Eat My Fuc posted:

No NXT name changes have ever been good, always stupid and always bad. Prince Devitt was a cool name, Finn Balor sounds a Skyrim character

Aleister Black is way better than Tommy End and Kevin Owens is at least a lateral move from Kevin Steen, just to name two.

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



I also thought Ruby Riott worked better than Heidi Lovelace

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Dacap posted:

I also thought Ruby Riott worked better than Heidi Lovelace

The womans roster names tend to be better if and only if they keep two words so it never lasts long. For example Zelina Vega is better than Thea Trinidad but now shes just called Zelina and that sucks.

Also Ember Moon is better than Athena.

Edge & Christian
May 20, 2001

Earth-1145 is truly the best!
A world of singing, magic frogs,
high adventure, no shitposters
NXT Champions and Their Pre-NXT Names. If they started wrestling under the WWE yoke just their shoot names

Tyler Black --> Seth Rollins
Ettore Ewen --> Big E Langston
Taylor Rotunda --> Bo Dallas
PAC --> Adrian Neville
El Generico --> Sami Zayn
Kevin Steen --> Kevin Owens
Prince Devitt --> Finn Balor
Shinsuke Nakamura
Samoa Joe
Bobby Roode
Drew Galloway --> Drew McIntyre
La Sombra --> Andrade "Cien" Almas
Tommy End --> Aleister Black
Tomasso Ciampa
Johnny Gargano
Adam Cole
Keith Lee
Killer Kross --> Karrion Kross
Rex Steiner --> Bron Breakker

Brittani Knight --> Paige
Ashley Flair --> Charlotte Flair
Mercedes KV --> Sasha Banks
Davina Rose --> Bayley
KANA --> Asuka
Athena --> Ember Moon
Shayna Baszler
Kairi Hojo --> Kairi Sane
Demi Bennett --> Rhea Ripley
Io Shirai
Victoria Gonzalez --> Raquel Gonzalez
Amanda Saccomanno --> Mandy Rose

I honestly think most of these are at worst lateral moves, with one notable dog-faced exception. But it's also an unfair sampling because these are all people NXT believed in enough to push, and didn't get their entire career derailed by being named Cooter Lipschitz or something.

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



Edge & Christian posted:

NXT Champions and Their Pre-NXT Names. If they started wrestling under the WWE yoke just their shoot names

Tyler Black --> Seth Rollins
Ettore Ewen --> Big E Langston
Taylor Rotunda --> Bo Dallas
PAC --> Adrian Neville
El Generico --> Sami Zayn
Kevin Steen --> Kevin Owens
Prince Devitt --> Finn Balor
Shinsuke Nakamura
Samoa Joe
Bobby Roode
Drew Galloway --> Drew McIntyre
La Sombra --> Andrade "Cien" Almas
Tommy End --> Aleister Black
Tomasso Ciampa
Johnny Gargano
Adam Cole
Keith Lee
Killer Kross --> Karrion Kross
Rex Steiner --> Bron Breakker

Brittani Knight --> Paige
Ashley Flair --> Charlotte Flair
Mercedes KV --> Sasha Banks
Davina Rose --> Bayley
KANA --> Asuka
Athena --> Ember Moon
Shayna Baszler
Kairi Hojo --> Kairi Sane
Demi Bennett --> Rhea Ripley
Io Shirai
Victoria Gonzalez --> Raquel Gonzalez
Amanda Saccomanno --> Mandy Rose

I honestly think most of these are at worst lateral moves, with one notable dog-faced exception. But it's also an unfair sampling because these are all people NXT believed in enough to push, and didn't get their entire career derailed by being named Cooter Lipschitz or something.

Bron Breakker never wrestled as Rex Steiner though, they just trademarked it before his debut. His shoot name is Bronson Rechensteiner.

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007

Tommy End is cool, Alister Black is lame. Tyler Black is the only bad one that became better but Tyler the name suits who Seth is as a person way more being some upper middle class dipshit from Iowa

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Eat My Fuc posted:

No NXT name changes have ever been good, always stupid and always bad. Prince Devitt was a cool name, Finn Balor sounds a Skyrim character

when he's right he's right, folks

Tommy End is also a cool name

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


https://twitter.com/atsuki_aoyagi/status/1484123657249374209?s=20

The nice boys of NEXTREAM (including Rising HAYATO who is on a video call on Aoyagi's phone) wishing the Saito Brothers well as they leave for their excursion to MLW.

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

Eat My Fuc posted:

Tommy End is cool, Alister Black is lame. Tyler Black is the only bad one that became better but Tyler the name suits who Seth is as a person way more being some upper middle class dipshit from Iowa
I wish Seth still did his dumb metalcore pit dances during his entrance.

I can't think of the name Tyler without associating it with Wonder Showzen.

"I wash my hands. I follow the rules. I'm good. I'm Tyler. Tyyyyyylerrrrrrr..."

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.


This has happened to me twice (the car and being all "I'm fine, I'm gonna go get groceries" thing, not the jump on the windshield thing) and I remain disturbed how much I relate to Trent. Real wake up call.

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

I've only been hit by a car once and it was when I was on a bicycle. I managed to stay on the bike and swear at the driver as they drove away without even hinting at stopping their car.

I dreamt about getting hit by a car in a crosswalk on the college campus because nobody ever stopped at them and I wanted free college.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
https://twitter.com/realmarkostunt/status/1484360744535691266

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

the name tyler black comes from tyler durden and sirius black.

Oil!
Nov 5, 2008

Der's e'rl in dem der hills!


Ham Wrangler

He is wrestling Joe Alonzo Friday. So yeah :(

CombineThresher
Apr 10, 2006

GIT R DONNE

Wait, should we be sad that he's wrestling Joe Alonzo?

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

The interpretation I make is that he was unhappy being a sidekick in AEW and may be one of the expiring contracts headed out and looking to "resurrect" his solo career? I guess that's the sad face?

I dunno.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Fuego said marko was coming back to aew

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
Yeah. Coming back to clear out his drat locker

Dancing Peasant
Jul 19, 2003

All this for stealing a piece of bread? :waycool:

I thought he was auditioning for some music show a few months ago?

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
Marko hasn't been wrestling since September because it takes four months to audition for The Voice, a TV show that airs 8 seasons a year

neoaxd
Nov 13, 2004

I forgot Marko existed

Edge & Christian
May 20, 2001

Earth-1145 is truly the best!
A world of singing, magic frogs,
high adventure, no shitposters

Dacap posted:

Bron Breakker never wrestled as Rex Steiner though, they just trademarked it before his debut. His shoot name is Bronson Rechensteiner.
My mistake, for some reason I thought his indie appearance(s?) right before signing with WWE were as "Rex Steiner" but he was just "Bronson Rechsteiner", you're right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-sjAYWIPg

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


SNAKEMAN continues to be the best.

https://twitter.com/KingSerpentico/status/1484371712573538306?t=ITcT2uIZnnCMTaON4Ry2MA&s=19

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

CombineThresher posted:

Wait, should we be sad that he's wrestling Joe Alonzo?

Joe Alonzo is very low down the indie totem pole. AEW refuses to have anything do with him.

It's not exactly a career highlight for Marko to wrestling him.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida


did he get legit hurt on that shotgun dropkick and that's one of the reasons he's been gone? The landing looked really bad and he timed it up with "something that I thought I was losing"

Penguin Patrol
Mar 3, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
I have to imagine he's doing something at Hammerstein this weekend

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
https://twitter.com/BLPMikey/status/1484275731123380225

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

xbilkis posted:

Yeah. Coming back to clear out his drat locker

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro



Made all the better by Fit Finlay pointing at his exposed penis.

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

https://twitter.com/MadKing1981/status/1484278342937362439

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan


Lol pointing at his dingus

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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

explosivo posted:

Lol pointing at his dingus

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