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D.N. Nation
Feb 1, 2012

Digital Jedi posted:

From Bray's music cue to the bell ringing was 4m14s.
3m6s of that was his walk to the steps of the ring
Bell to bell was 5m5s
Bell to the end of the whole post match Howdy stuff was 3m29s

Waldorf: It was dumb!
Statler: It was obvious!
Waldorf: It was pointless!
Statler: It was short.
Both: I loved it!

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Charity Porno
Aug 2, 2021

by Hand Knit
I liked when Braun got buried at the bottom of a swamp and then Bray was on TV the next week asking where the title was like my guy did you not remember the events of a week ago

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

Codependent Poster posted:

I get that Howdy was doing the safe thing and was probably jumping to avoid LA Knight. I don't really have any problem with that execution because I'd rather they be safe than kill themselves for a dumb bump which doesn't mean anything.

But they shouldn't have even done the bump at all. What purpose does it fill? Is Captain Howdy supposed to be a high flier or a splash is his finishing move or something? It doesn't make any sense and feels like they wanted to make the match big but didn't have any way to do so. So the execution is whatever because I'm fine with it being done safely, but don't even have it in the first place.

They should have done more with the lighting. The confetti was a cool visual. So was the paint from the kendo stick. They should have done more stuff like that, like have "blood" or whatever.

Honestly I can’t really tell what the point of the match was at all other than “looks cool”

The fiend was a fun gimmick until it got real dumb, this seems like it’s starting out much dumber and not going anywhere.

Like, I wanted to see more fiend (because it’s dumb in a good way) but I don’t really know where this is supposed to go. I can deal with malakai blacks spooky bullshit because at the end of the day, he’s gonna kick someone’s head off in a good wrestling match. The new bray stuff is just… weird for the sake of being weird?

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
I liked when the owner's son made his own comeback against the bigger powerlifter/trained wrestler then dumped green goop on him

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

What if Uncle Howdy dragged LA Knight into a giant vat of Mountain Dew Pitch Black?

rare Magic card l00k
Jan 3, 2011


Pinche Rudo posted:

What if Uncle Howdy dragged LA Knight into a giant vat of Mountain Dew Pitch Black?

this would have ruled because with the glow in the dark bullshit it would have looked like LA Knight was being dragged into lava

edit: which is, in true bray wyatt fashion, why it didn't happen

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

kitten emergency posted:

Honestly I can’t really tell what the point of the match was at all other than “looks cool”

The fiend was a fun gimmick until it got real dumb, this seems like it’s starting out much dumber and not going anywhere.

Like, I wanted to see more fiend (because it’s dumb in a good way) but I don’t really know where this is supposed to go. I can deal with malakai blacks spooky bullshit because at the end of the day, he’s gonna kick someone’s head off in a good wrestling match. The new bray stuff is just… weird for the sake of being weird?

Yeah, that too. Cultist Bray worked really well because you can translate that to a wrestling storyline easily. All this stuff now just doesn't seem to have anything to do with wrestling and it has no direction.

The best stuff you can do with it is like, cinematic stuff like when Randy posed in front of a burning house or the match with Cena which was a bunch of silly filmed bits. But even then it doesn't really fit anywhere.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/impaulsive/status/1619793529206870017?s=46&t=TtjKAMXbCKd584A70--1JQ Gross.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

it was all downhill for bray wyatt the minute he was no longer just waylon mercy 2

Kvlt!
May 19, 2012



Bray shouldve been a manager/valet/creative. His biggest problem is that he doesnt wanna wrestle or fit wrestling into his stories.

Majinfoose
Jul 26, 2007

HOLY SHIT
This vegan brisket is bussin


Bray should be running some regional haunted houses or some poo poo

Squall
Mar 10, 2010

"...whatever."
Cult leader Bray Wyatt had potential as a character - of course the reality was that he cut nonsensical promos and then jobbed to John Cena about 20 times.

But at least he had a good entrance then.

TheIncredulousHulk
Sep 3, 2012

Bray Wyatt seems like a guy who wants to be a writer/director but has to be a wrestler because wrestling is the only field of scripted fiction with a low-enough bar for what constitutes "creativity"

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
Arguably the biggest problem with the current Bray is that it’s just, like, intensely meta. It’s all very self-referential to his past gimmicks and the Fiend and whatever. Like I get that you’re gonna have trouble writing him back in… and really, without other weirdos to ping pong off of (like the deleter of worlds stuff) it’s just not that compelling?

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
Although maybe the wheels fell off when he went from swamp cultist preacher to unkillable demon (that got killed by randy orton)

Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

when Bray Wyatt is on screen you hope nobody else walks into the room

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

kitten emergency posted:

Arguably the biggest problem with the current Bray is that it’s just, like, intensely meta. It’s all very self-referential to his past gimmicks and the Fiend and whatever. Like I get that you’re gonna have trouble writing him back in… and really, without other weirdos to ping pong off of (like the deleter of worlds stuff) it’s just not that compelling?

the most i'll say in his defense is that the bray v cena 'cinematic' match (the one that should've been cena's last match ever) was one of the last genuinely great things the wwe has ever put to tape and that was all referential

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD

yea ok posted:

Hey man sorry Lacey tricked you on Friday

lmao

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
it’s kinda telling that of the two spooky cult groups in wwe right now the more interesting one has dominick mysterio in it

if you can call the judgement day a spooky cult I guess

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son



Impaulsive has been drawn into the codyverse.

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

flatluigi posted:

the most i'll say in his defense is that the bray v cena 'cinematic' match (the one that should've been cena's last match ever) was one of the last genuinely great things the wwe has ever put to tape and that was all referential

Yeah but it was referencing Cena, not Bray. I agree tho, that was a pretty fantastic ‘match’

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

bray wyatt is the answer to the question, what if rob zombie was a juggalo

maruhkati
Sep 29, 2021

NAZ REID
It'd be a better world if Bray had taken up the guitar instead of following his dad into wrestling. I bet his spooky metal band would actually be pretty good. Or maybe they'd suck hilariously, but the live shows would be fun.

Charity Porno
Aug 2, 2021

by Hand Knit

flatluigi posted:

the most i'll say in his defense is that the bray v cena 'cinematic' match (the one that should've been cena's last match ever) was one of the last genuinely great things the wwe has ever put to tape and that was all referential

True but it was more referential of Cena and the industry as a whole than Bray's spooky poo poo.

Compare Bray to like original Taker. His gimmick was "undead wrestler controlled by Paul Bearer" which is a single sentence. Bray has all this stupid lore and even if you do know it, Uncle Howdy has no character or even clear motivation.

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Bray seems like a nice guy I’m happy he has an outlet for his horseshit ideas.

1glitch0
Sep 4, 2018

I DON'T GIVE A CRAP WHAT SHE BELIEVES THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS CHANGED MY LIFE #HUFFLEPUFF

kitten emergency posted:

it’s kinda telling that of the two spooky cult groups in wwe right now the more interesting one has dominick mysterio in it

if you can call the judgement day a spooky cult I guess

It's funny that wrestling fans and journalists all consider anyone standing in a shadow or having a goth look as "spooky".

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
The Brood followed a gothic lifestyle and they were very spooky

Charity Porno
Aug 2, 2021

by Hand Knit
I legitimately have no idea what Judgement Day's gimmick is even supposed to be

Do not even ask
Apr 8, 2008


kitten emergency posted:

it’s kinda telling that of the two spooky cult groups in wwe right now the more interesting one has dominick mysterio in it

if you can call the judgement day a spooky cult I guess

They come off closer to WCW's group of outcasts in David Flair, Daffney and Crowbar.

Joey McChrist
Aug 8, 2005

NienNunb posted:

Bray seems like a nice guy I’m happy he has an outlet for his horseshit ideas.

dude could have a career making awful blumhouse poo poo

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

NienNunb posted:

Bray seems like a nice guy I’m happy he has an outlet for his horseshit ideas.

I mean he did cheat on his wife which seems pretty bad

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!
Spooky: Bray, The Brood, The House of Black
Started spooky but not spooky: Undertaker, Dark Order
Comin to getcha: The Boogeyman

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
Honestly if Bray was just the modern Boogyman I think it’d be a lot more enjoyable

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Joey McChrist posted:

dude could have a career making awful blumhouse poo poo





Folks,

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

Real glad I looked into who the Reigns/KO ring announcer was

https://twitter.com/itsmeshikhar11/status/1619558333748514817

https://twitter.com/SamanthaTheBomb/status/1315750925982552065

ARMBAR A COP
Nov 24, 2007


someone post the very 100% real outside fireworks please

Mrenda
Mar 14, 2012
I've watched two hours of this PPV now and the best thing so far has been the stupid Applebees ad.

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
Can't wait for a year or two from now when Bray comes back from getting fired again and does a storyline about how lovely this current storyline was but in a totally self-referential way using NFTs or some poo poo while every wrestling podcast loses their mind cause the only media they consume is wrestling and have the lowest bar possible for storytelling

DogsInSpace!
Sep 11, 2001


Fun Shoe

I know we’ve been saying Bray ripped off The Black Phone for a while now, but I’d personally like peeps to know that the Black Phone movie is really good and the terrible cosplay in no way reflects the quality of the movie itself. Seriously watch that movie if you are in the mood for a horror flick.


That DICK! posted:

bray wyatt is the answer to the question, what if rob zombie was a juggalo

Ouch. Fair assessment but still ouch. Devil’s Rejects and House of aThousand Corpses were legit decent. Flawed but decent. I remember watching those aeons ago and hoping he’d become a good director one day. Wonder how his Munsters movie was? <goes and checks the internets>
That Dick! Is right again.

DogsInSpace! fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jan 29, 2023

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Visual Basic Bitch
Sep 4, 2019
uncle howdy

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