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Yuuichirou Kumada said:
Wasn't this the angle where a few black wrestlers acted all indignant over Booker acting like a legit member of royalty instead of a stereotypical black guy?

It did give us this forced but nice piece.

It's also amazing how most folks nowadays are seeing 2000's WWE with nostalgia, when back then people were loudly complaining about the product.
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Hindsight is 20/20
 
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Yuuichirou Kumada said:
Wasn't this the angle where a few black wrestlers acted all indignant over Booker acting like a legit member of royalty instead of a stereotypical black guy?

It did give us this forced but nice piece.

It's also amazing how most folks nowadays are seeing 2000's WWE with nostalgia, when back then people were loudly complaining about the product.
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It was legit funny once, then WWE had to WWE and have him do it every week for two years.

From WCW Champion to monosyllabic retard.
 
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Yuuichirou Kumada said:

Aw man, Stevie Richards looks rough.
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WWE should still be looking after all of his medical bills because of that one time he did them a favor and utterly fucking beaned JBL with a chair after he took liberties with Blue Meanie.

That was a one of the key moments for WWE backstage because it showed the Superstars™ that they couldn't just kick the fuck out of the jobbers to make themselves look good. There's a lot more guys eating shit on the card than there are guys being put over. You don't want those guys to be against you
 
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trent said:
WWE should still be looking after all of his medical bills because of that one time he did them a favor and utterly fucking beaned JBL with a chair after he took liberties with Blue Meanie.

That was a one of the key moments for WWE backstage because it showed the Superstars™ that they couldn't just kick the fuck out of the jobbers to make themselves look good. There's a lot more guys eating shit on the card than there are guys being put over. You don't want those guys to be against you
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I used to watch ECW, and I so wanted JBL to fuck with someone like New Jack, or Sandman. Those two would have stabbed him, New Jack would try to make his stabbing a promo, a true worker.
 
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barbieQ said:
I feel like Mercedes going to Japan didn’t have the impact people were saying it would. It’s still early days though so maybe shit will pick up, but I was kind of expecting more fanfare, especially with the initial confusion over her walking out.
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I think it was worth it for Bushiroad because she was carrying the belt around at her Mandalorian premieres and all that.

As far as her career goes, nothing yet. But she's only had one match in Japan and two matches total, so what could she do? Triple Edit: Wait, I forgot. Has she wrestled in Japan yet, or has she only had the KAIRI match in California?

I think the bigger problem is that she might get the occassional 10 minute match every couple months in New Japan, but she's not good enough to be featured in Stardom, and to be fair, she might not want that anyway. For example, I think Stardom is doing their yearly Cinderella tournament, and she's not in that (Edit: I checked and the tournament has already started). She's not going to be in the Five Star Grand Prix I don't think. So what IS she going to be doing other than a few 10 minute matches per year?

I just think it's a bad fit in general unless she wants to only wrestle a match every 1-2 months. Which maybe she wants?

Double Edit: Also, there's a chance she only signed a three match deal and is dropping the title April 8th anyway.
 
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Salubrious said:
I think it was worth it for Bushiroad because she was carrying the belt around at her Mandalorian premieres and all that.

As far as her career goes, nothing yet. But she's only had one match in Japan and two matches total, so what could she do?

I think the bigger problem is that she might get the occassional 10 minute match every couple months in New Japan, but she's not good enough to be featured in Stardom, and to be fair, she might not want that anyway. For example, I think Stardom is doing their yearly Cinderella tournament, and she's not in that (Edit: I checked and the tournament has already started). She's not going to be in the Five Star Grand Prix I don't think. So what IS she going to be doing other than a few 10 minute matches per year?

I just think it's a bad fit in general unless she wants to only wrestle a match every 1-2 months. Which maybe she wants?

Double Edit: Also, there's a chance she only signed a three match deal and is dropping the title April 8th anyway.
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I guess I figured there'd be more chatter about arguably one of the few recent names WWE made (And yeah I know she did some indie work before.) leaving and it seems like she just showed up in New Japan and everyone was like "Ok, there she is". It doesn't really help that a lot of people were pissed Kairi dropped the belt to her and that might have made people turn further, because if there's one things marks love, it's japanese women.

And like, I know it probably seems like I'm just shitting on her, but I don't see this acting thing working out for her, the Mandalorian part people keep hyping up was a fairly small, mostly non speaking role, and her promos have always been kind of...mush mouthed. Most wrestlers who transitioned into acting were pretty lauded on the mic like Rock or Cena.
 
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I spent Friday with getting completely shitfaced so I was dead yesterday but I have caught up with Impact, Impact Sacrifice, ROH and Smackdown now and even watched Rampage.

1. When Rey finally punched Dominik I popped so hard.
2. I like heel Bully Ray in Impact so much.
3. I was only interested in Starks vs Robinson on Rampage and I got disappointed.
 
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Expect to see Mayu win the Cinderella tournament and use her "wish" for a shot at the IWGP belt. This allows Mercedes to wrestle once in Japan, drop the belt officially, and fuck off to more Star Wars shit (which makes her more money).
 
captkrisma said:
Expect to see Mayu win the Cinderella tournament and use her "wish" for a shot at the IWGP belt. This allows Mercedes to wrestle once in Japan, drop the belt officially, and fuck off to more Star Wars shit (which makes her more money).
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Sasha Banks does Star Wars now?
 
Onni Kalsarikännit said:
Don Callis will either turn on Kenny or he will make Kenny turn on the Young Bucks/Hangman.
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Or they could just have Mark Starling hang Callis from a rope until kayfabe death, writing Callis out and appointing Mark Starling new boss nigger of managers, especially since Callis was never fucking good to begin with and has been coasting off of the audacity of him being Heyman's voicebox to shit on Rollerjam (and by extension TNN) for about 23 years.

No one gives a shit about Callis or whose side he's on or the bullshit "Saved By the Bell" bullshit with Hangman Page. Just make Dark Order the Elite's henchmen already and be done with it and have Page rejoin his piece of shit friends because they deserve each other's cancerous company.
 
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captkrisma said:
Expect to see Mayu win the Cinderella tournament and use her "wish" for a shot at the IWGP belt. This allows Mercedes to wrestle once in Japan, drop the belt officially, and fuck off to more Star Wars shit (which makes her more money).
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Mayu's already out. In the tournament, you are eliminated by over the top rope or time limit draw, and both Mayu and Saya went over the top rope simlutaneously in their match.

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Mercedes has a triple threat match at Sakura Genesis. It was originally Mercedes vs. AZM, but they added Hazuki late, probably so she could eat the pin either way.
 
I'mma real anime gurl said:
Sasha Banks does Star Wars now?
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She has a zero charisma role and some how supposed to be on par with Boba Fett in terms of fighting. She also has a terrible action figure that would look better if the head was smaller and had the helmet permanently on. Some how she's supposed to be a major character yet has had a line of dialog and barely a supporting cast for a supporting cast character. I hope the mythosaur eats her.
 
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