No, he's really not. All of his matches flow the exact same way, even worse than Cena. None of his moves have the impact that they should. His finisher is atrocious and the belly splash is downright ridiculous. How is a guy supposed to take such a beating and survive, yet Rey literally falling off the rope going to put him out for good? At least the People's Elbow and Five Knuckle Shuffle had a lot of flash behind them and usually aren't used as a finisher. But Rey, at 180 pounds give or take, just falling on someone kills them. He may have had talent at some point, but he's as generic as they come these days.ZeroRay said:
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Black Republican said:
I'll not have you badmouthing Batista! Sure, when he gets thrown into a post he waddles. Sure, he oversold a Mark Henry shove. But we all learned from it.
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JdFoX187 said:
I totally agree with this. It just looks so silly coming from a guy who used to be known for doing impressive high-flying moves. Compare that to Kofi's diving splash last night that looked really, really impressive due to the massive height he got. Rey doesn't even jump. He falls. WTF?
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Brinbe said:
Ask and you shall receive.
Also, from a different match in their feud:
Dork Knight
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GaimeGuy said:
I think we all know we can't jump, which is why I wonder why he even bothers doing it. It looks terrible. Either do something that DOES look impressive or don't do it at all.
AdawgDaFAB
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The worst example was that elimination tag match (Bragging Rights was it?) when he pinned Zeke with the move, after botching it and basically stumbling off the ropes onto him.
jobber
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He still doesn't look as boring as Rey does in the ring.Striker said:
Cena's had neck surgery twice now. I'm sure he's not exactly a spring chicken and in tip top shape. There's just no excuse for Rey to be that damn slow and boring in the ring, especially for someone that has to rely on said quick and flashy moves to take out his opponent. Surely he can do something more for his finisher other than literally falling three or four feet onto them with his belly. I mean he's getting fatter since he's off the juice, but it's not like that's going to devastate a guy like it's supposed to.sleepykyo said:
rainking187
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I haven't really watched wrestling in a while, but I saw a preview of Raw during Tough Enough, what are the belts that Kane and Big Show have? Neither of them looked familiar to me.
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Mvp is right on with that one. The problem wasn't the fact that he jumped in, but that none of that made sense. Riley was doing what the fuck ever, and people like percy who were down with him throughout the contest is all of a sudden attacking him. I mean, what the hell?jobber said:
Dork Knight
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atomsk said:
What I always found funny about that pic was Hetfield singing about finding some fancy jeans, but he's wearing shorts.
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UberTag said:
Vince McMahon is slowly but surely becoming Al Davis. Awesome.
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UberTag said:
(Yes, he's on the PPV promo poster. Anonymous RAW GM reveal coming in 3-2-1...)
We know who it is... it's the magic 8 ball.
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Loving this so far, thank you.jobber said:
DKehoe
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Whoever the GM is it's not going to make sense. They didn't start off knowing who it is and the GM has pretty much helped and hindered every major person on the roster. When it is revealed people are going to look back and see so many things that don't make sense. It's even probably going to be someone who has been present while an email came through.
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Using that logic, Vince couldn't have been the head of the Ministry of Darkness because Stephanie was kidnapped and almost sacrificed while he acted all concerned and traumatized.jobber said:
And yet, lo and behold, Vince was the mastermind and the Corporate Ministry was born. You have to throw all logic out the window when it comes to Vince. Going out of his way right out of the gate to cement the fact that he WASN'T the anonymous GM clearly makes it more likely that he IS the anonymous GM. Yay for wacky WWE logic.
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DyslexicAlucard
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The WWE really needs to, among other things, re-evaluate the current GM situation. Back when it was Heyman and Bischoff, you knew things were about to pick up when a GM came out.
The Anonymous GM angle has been beaten to death 100 times over. It's an angle that should've lasted 3 months at most, as no one is really wondering out loud who it is anymore, and it has been way more detrimental to the quality of the show than it needed to be. It is, without a doubt, a pacing killer. Now every time two superstars are arguing in the ring, they leave an awkward pause so that they can cue the ding, then we wait while Cole grabs a mic, stands up, and glacially reads the announcement, which is usually just "you're going to have a match!".
Also, Teddy Long is the most vanilla GM I could possibly imagine, so much so that he's nearly as bad as the Anonymous RAW GM.
If I could pick two people to be the GMs, I'd probably go with Cornette and Schiavone, as they'd both have "Oh, snap!" reveals and be great on the mic. I realize that these are both circling around 0% chance of happening, though.
The Anonymous GM angle has been beaten to death 100 times over. It's an angle that should've lasted 3 months at most, as no one is really wondering out loud who it is anymore, and it has been way more detrimental to the quality of the show than it needed to be. It is, without a doubt, a pacing killer. Now every time two superstars are arguing in the ring, they leave an awkward pause so that they can cue the ding, then we wait while Cole grabs a mic, stands up, and glacially reads the announcement, which is usually just "you're going to have a match!".
Also, Teddy Long is the most vanilla GM I could possibly imagine, so much so that he's nearly as bad as the Anonymous RAW GM.
If I could pick two people to be the GMs, I'd probably go with Cornette and Schiavone, as they'd both have "Oh, snap!" reveals and be great on the mic. I realize that these are both circling around 0% chance of happening, though.
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Who says they'll ever reveal who the anon GM is?
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JdFoX187 said:
Da HAIL you talkin bout dawg?
worldrunover
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DKehoe said:
It should be Michael Cole. He could have just be making it up as he's saying it, and emailing the podium when he's not out there. Then they should make him the full time GM and get him the hell away from commentary.
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The GM has also dicked over Miz by doing stuff like putting him in a singles match against Big Show. Would make no sense for Cole to do that.worldrunover said:
Unrelated video: Vince gets ripped to shreds by David Letterman. Anyone know why Vince was on this?
worldrunover
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DKehoe said:
He could say he was just putting on an air of unbias so they wouldn't catch on. Really like was said no one makes any sense, but I think if it's Cole you can pretty much still have the same dynamic, so long as you tone down Cole's craziness of the last few months. Plus right now he's better suited to be a straight heel (either GM or manager of someone) than a heel announcer.
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jobber said:
Great interview. The WWE is such a flustercluck backstage. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't unless management picks you.
DKehoe
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Yeh, I'm not saying that it won't be revealed to be Cole as the Raw GM, just that it won't make sense for him, or pretty much anyone really, to have been it. WWE gave up on logic a while ago.Zhengi said:
Meltzer was saying on a recent Observer radio that a WWE employee told him the reason he wasn't getting why they were doing the things they do is that he is trying to think logically about it too much.
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