MoS Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 BCC is on a great run, I love multiple concurrent feuds in wrestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Dead dad hater Christian Cage belongs on SNL. Yes, the show has fallen to all time lows the last couple years but I think it'd make the cut many weeks in a good season. On the other hand, I might prefer to watch Chris Benoit vs. his family than Timeless Toni Storm at this point. Its quickly become one of the worst gimmicks I can recall and an immediate fast forward/take care of something in the other room moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 I get folks not wanting to see him be involved anymore, but Solemn Ric Flair talking to the Evil Bucks was at least an interesting wrinkle on the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 1 minute ago, sek69 said: I get folks not wanting to see him be involved anymore, but Solemn Ric Flair talking to the Evil Bucks was at least an interesting wrinkle on the story. Agreed. I do not want to see him anymore. At all. Under any circumstances But it still made for a neat interaction and as long as he's not too prominent a part of Revolution there's no real harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Damn, Sting with the fire promo almost makes up for the lame follow up on the beatdown angle. Also when he was talking about his father passing away part of me expected Christian to cut in all "so you need a new dad?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 I...don't think Hangman was selling at the end of that match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 TK is now beefing on Twatter with O'Shea Jackson Jr. (son of Ice Cube) for...reasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Wardlow's promo was a mixed bag. Him running down current and past champs who he's already beat was good, but shit, you REFUSED a chance for the top belt! That shit made him look like suuuuuuuuuuuuch a dweeb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Hangman broke his foot, it looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 On 2/22/2024 at 9:45 AM, Timbo Slice said: Hangman broke his foot, it looked like. Fightful reporting it's a work, apparently. With a quote from a backstage source being "He's just good at his job" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Meltzer and Alvarez are *washed*. They discussed that as if it were legit, just like us - but they are the ones supposed to have the goddamn scoops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Christian's dead dad hater gimmick might be the finest heel gimmick of the past 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Not only a dead dad hater but a widow chaser. It's absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 2 hours ago, KawadaSmile said: Not only a dead dad hater but a widow chaser. It's absurd. Hey, part of the gig replacing all these Dads is taking care of mom, ya know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 So happy to see the long overdue Christian love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 Bucks naming their finisher "Tony Khan Driver" has made this gimmick officially jump the shark for me. Absolute nonsense. Like Bischoff saying "Hey, Sid, can't find your scissors?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, MoS said: Bucks naming their finisher "Tony Khan Driver" has made this gimmick officially jump the shark for me. Absolute nonsense. Like Bischoff saying "Hey, Sid, can't find your scissors?" Especially when "The Wrath of Khan" was right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 19 hours ago, C.S. said: So happy to see the long overdue Christian love! I had Christian as my number #22 when we did our Top 100s last time around.* I'm most likely not going to submit a ballot this time around (though, maybe I will just because why not?**), but even just looking at my old list, unless he were to be bumped by a bunch of wrestlers I didn't rank before (very possible), there's a decent chance he moves up at least 3-5 spots and maybe even lands at #15. I think what puts him over the edge (yeah, yeah) is that unlike his kayfabe brother or Chris Jericho or Angle or some of his other contemporaries, he really has a low rate of cringe. Which is saying something for a guy who spent so much time in TNA. That's not to say Christian hasn't been in some silly angles or done his fair share of comedy and cornball stuff - in fact, he's done a ton of it - but that his performance has always made it work whether it was the Trish/Jericho/Christian love triangle stuff or the Christian Coalition stuff with Tomko and AJ (better than you remember it) or now teaming up with a dinosaur and getting heat by going after dead fathers. When Jericho strikes out in a segment, it is painful to watch. Some of Angle's comedy stuff, to me, was too silly. I could go on with other wrestlers who are really hit-or-miss for me with their characters and promos, before we even talk in-ring stuff (Dustin Rhodes, Booker T, etc.). Christian just has a knack for finding the right space for his character in every situation/setting.  * As I explained when we did the previous GWE, I'm an admittedly ignorant wrestling viewer who has really only watched the major US promotions of the past 35 years - most everything WWE and WCW, followed by ECW and AEW and comparatively much less TNA or ROH - so my list skews heavily (99%) towards American wrestling. I'm not proud of the ethnocentricity of it, but I've also not really got the time or drive to watch 100s of hours of international or pre-80s wrestling, as terrific as it might be, as "homework." ** On one hand, if everyone voting were like me, you'd have zero votes for Misawa or Kobashi and even my ignorant ass knows that's silly. On the other hand, gatekeeping a fan vote about pro-wrestling just because a person is uneducated seems (for lack of a better term) elitist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 58 minutes ago, DMJ said: I had Christian as my number #22 when we did our Top 100s last time around.* Can we be best friends? You like Mauro and acknowledge him as the voice of a generation, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 23 hours ago, MoS said: Bucks naming their finisher "Tony Khan Driver" has made this gimmick officially jump the shark for me. Absolute nonsense. Like Bischoff saying "Hey, Sid, can't find your scissors?" Giving Schiavone a $25 Amazon gift card was an absolutely fantastic little touch though. Pitch perfect lampooning of the kind of thing out of touch, billionaire corporations do to attempt to improve staff morale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I think Bryan getting to cross off his entire bucket list while on his last year victory lap is the most amazing thing I've seen in pro wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Haven't seen Bryan/Akiyama yet, but I'm inclined to agree not even 3 months into the year.  Hook kinda sucks. Dude desperately needs to work the indies or even go into the NXT system. Yeah sure he can hit his couple of spots and moves fine, but the most basic everything else looks so bad. Not sure how he got memed into popularity, although I guess a solid number of AEW talents got over that way. All of his strikes look bad, his selling is bad, usually his bumps are bad and first year looking unless his opponent can force him into a real bump. I'm not going to say he's David Flair level, but outside of being able to hit his couple of spots and having a look, I'm not sure at this stage I'd put him much higher than David Flair. Obviously he's much more of an athlete than David Flair was, but dude needs a lot of seasoning still before being in multiple tv main events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Hook has an aura, but his training has been woefully inadequate thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 12 hours ago, sek69 said: I think Bryan getting to cross off his entire bucket list while on his last year victory lap is the most amazing thing I've seen in pro wrestling. It is. And it's also one of the few things that gets me legit joy out of watching pro-wrestling these days. Danielson's happiness is so obvious and contagious too. This is everything great about pro-wrestling as a craft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I actually think HOOK's selling is quite good, but I agree that he needs to go somewhere where he can get more ring time and develop as a worker. He seems like an obvious candidate for a New Japan excursion. Maybe they think they can't afford to let him go because of how over he is, but Jade Cargill showed that overness based on aura only lasts so long if you don't significantly progress in the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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