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I think Taker also really saw the world in him. This may go down as one of the biggest what-ifs in wrestling history. He did so much, and yet not enough.
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:I think Taker also really saw the world in him. He did. Taker has literally straight up said so. And definitely true. Big true.
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CapnAndy posted:That's how I want to remember him. In a darkened arena, with the crowd holding up their cellphones to be his fireflies. I never saw any of Brays stuff after the family but man the family was cool. 
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Aug 25, 2023 02:22
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Very sad. He had so many interesting and creative ideas, and I've heard some one on one interviews with him and he seemed very down to earth. Safe home.
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what the gently caress. his character was awesome in all its phases. the live band entrance at that takeover, the fireflies, the fiend 2.0 run with the sick as hell entrance. and the firefly funhouse with cena was amazing. this sucks. i give the fed a lot of poo poo these days but bray was so much different from everyone else. what could have been indeed. christ
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Aug 25, 2023 02:28
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"We're here."
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Jesus Christ for a long time he was one of the only things i always looked forward to in a show beacuse it might not work but at least hed try something I loved the whole vibe. That sucks.
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I loved almost all of his gimmicks, and he himself seemed to put a ton of work into them. Was it hard to reconcile them with wrestling at times? Undoubtedly, but when they hit, they hit really well, at least in my opinion. The Family stuff, the evil children's TV show host, the Funhouse match and even his big return less than a year ago were all tons of fun. The actual wrestling might not have been the best part of it, but there's always room for entertainers and not enough people who can pull it off and do something new. My mind has also gone back to some of the reports about Keith Lee some time ago, with regards to supposed post-covid difficulties. With how unforgiving an industry wrestling is, I really hope we don't get a spate of "long covid"-related fatalities or even career finishers in the near future.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:There was some of Jake's mystique in Bray Oh absolutely. You could see a lot of winks and nods to Jake Roberts in Bray's work
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RandolphCarter posted:I never saw any of Brays stuff after the family but man the family was cool.
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Bray losing to Cena at WM XXX was one of the things that made me say 'they never get it. And they never will' For all the good Danielson's wins at WM XXX were, seeing the first nail in the coffin of the most interesting act in WWE in years was one of the last straws.
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ChrisBTY posted:Bray losing to Cena at WM XXX was one of the things that made me say 'they never get it. And they never will' It felt so deflating in the stadium. Like I kind of figured they’d do it but was still dumb enough to have hope with everything happening with Danielson at the time.
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Obviously everyone is saying the same thing & it stinks that the death of TERRY FUNK has been blown out of the water by comparison but here's a story relayed to me. Most wrestlers don't care about their publicity shots, They want to get in, have the shot taken and get out and deal as little as possible with that department. Bray wasn't most wrestlers. He was very hands on with how he wanted to be seen. He met with marketing a lot more than your typical wrestler. His death has shaken people at Titan Towers who otherwise don't give two hoots about the stars who walk in the door. Very few people and virtually no one here knew Windham Rotunda and Jon Huber, we mostly know them as Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper. Some will try to say Husky Harris and Brodie Lee but that isn't the mainstream and not their biggest legacy. Wherever they are, I hope they're tearing the roof off in a falls count anywhere match with the Funker as guest ref (assuming he's not in a match with Harley Race). RIP to both champs
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seeing a live bray wyatt match was awesome. incredible feel in the arena, doing the fireflies, whole place just loving silent for him or singing along. man. world lost a wrestling artist and it sucks big time
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As sad as Terry passing was we knew it was likely given his age and health. Bray was out of nowhere which hits harder
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terry was a man who changed the way we look at wrestling, bray was a man who could have but had yet to truly leave his mark
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Island Nation posted:
The gently caress lmao
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Ganso Bomb posted:It felt so deflating in the stadium. Like I kind of figured they’d do it but was still dumb enough to have hope with everything happening with Danielson at the time. And you know it wasn't even like he had to pin Cena to get his moment necessarily. The whole thing was about getting Cena to show his true terrible self and all they had to do was have Cena use the chair to win, that's it. But even that was a bridge too far.
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Aug 25, 2023 05:22
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Even when I was at the end of my tether with WWE, that Cena/Wyatt Firefly Funhouse Match with Cena being haunted through prior gimmicks and ending up lost inside Bray's reality was genuinely a fantastic live experience to watch. I felt like that was one of the rare times that Bray got to do exactly what it is that he wanted to do and pulled it off exactly the way he'd intended.
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Jerusalem posted:I felt like that was one of the rare times that Bray got to do exactly what it is that he wanted to do and pulled it off exactly the way he'd intended. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCq9mXl2AI
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He was only 26 when he made that video, holy gently caress.
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I am being 100% serious. In retrospect Bray will go down with the likes of Brian Pillman as one of those guys who was SO loving GOOD and you just know they had so much more to give. Bray is a little different in that right now, it's hard for people to not think about the clunkers he had but good lord, what a talent with so, so much creativity and so many ideas and plans we'll never know. 
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I missed most of Wyatt's WWE stuff due to not really being interested in wrestling at the time, so I think I've only seen a couple of his Fiend matches. That Firefly Funhouse match was legit incredible, and something I gushed about to non-wrestling friends, because even the concept of John Cena metaphorically and literally wrestling with his demons was so loving far out of the WWE's lovely wheelhouse that it was unbelievable. And that firefly entrance is legit the coolest the WWE have done in the past decade. Even having seen the little stuff I have, I always had a feeling of wanting to see what he could accomplish in a better company. But of course regardless of any wrestling stuff, 36 is insanely and criminally young to go, and my heart goes out to his family.
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I'd rather see someone come out with a D&D character sheet for their wrestling persona than "I beat everyone and everyone's afraid of me." RIP to a real freak, a man of honor. I loved you when you were wearing a fedora in a swamp.
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Okkult posted:I'd rather see someone come out with a D&D character sheet for their wrestling persona than "I beat everyone and everyone's afraid of me." RIP to a real freak, a man of honor. I loved you when you were wearing a fedora in a swamp. THAT'S an awesome way to describe how I feel about it.
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Okkult posted:I'd rather see someone come out with a D&D character sheet for their wrestling persona than "I beat everyone and everyone's afraid of me." Amen to that, man.
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I saw almost 150 unread posts and wondered which old timer had passed on, and… loving hell. 36 is not an age to die at, and I hope his kids are getting support.
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CapnAndy posted:That's how I want to remember him. In a darkened arena, with the crowd holding up their cellphones to be his fireflies. They had lightning in a bottle with the Wyatts. It was one of those entrances that legitimately felt like a big deal event, live. Whole audience just absolutely riveted.
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He was younger than my little brother.
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I love when wrestling is allowed to be really weird, and Bray's swamp cult were weird in a good way. He had a really creative mind, and people seemed to really like him. I mean... gently caress. gently caress.
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https://twitter.com/wrestlelamia/status/1694890256082862570
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Alaois posted:The gently caress lmao Ya what the christ I literally knew Jon wtf is he talking about And edit, only meet Bray once, usual wrestler "nice to meet you", so can't say anything except my boys are crushed stab fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Aug 25, 2023 |
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He was three weeks younger than me. loving hell.
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stab posted:Ya what the christ I literally knew Jon wtf is he talking about I assume most of us in this thread are not actually family or friends with the wrestlers but I apologize if my idea was incorrect.
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i appreciate the insight into the situation at Titan Towers. it seems everybody's feeling this one
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stab posted:Ya what the christ I literally knew Jon wtf is he talking about Make sure you give your boys the cordial greeting of their preference next time you see them and, if there's an appropriate time, remind them how gosh darn entertaining they are. 
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Cavauro posted:i appreciate the insight into the situation at Titan Towers. it seems everybody's feeling this one Thank you, that was the main point. Outside of his time as Chainsaw Charlie, I'm not as familiar with Terry Funk's career so I didn't mention him much but I do know seeing him as a hardcore wrestler as his obituary in The New York Times noted is a disservice to his career. The man's legacy is more accomplished than any words I could say and that wrestling without him would have been a different beast altogether.
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This is completely insane news to read, one of those celebrity deaths that doesn't even feel real. Way too young. I didn't watch WWE during most of his run, but everything between the Wyatts and the Shield was loving great and kept me tuning in during a period where not much else on the show was interesting to me.
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