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05-08-2007, 01:28 AM | #46 | |
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There are obvious exceptions of course. But I think that's part of the problem right now. And that's not to say that those guys don't deserve every cent that they can make. There's things that can be done. I know in OVW they're started teaching classes that are basically 'history of wrestling'. |
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05-08-2007, 01:29 AM | #47 |
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Chris Benoit would look huge on the indies........
There are guys on the indies that are just so small, you better be really really special if you are small like Rey Mysterio. You don't have to be massive to make it in WWE but you need to be bigger than 5'8 190.......there are indy guys all over the place that look like Jack Evans who looks like any random joe you can see walking down the street. |
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05-08-2007, 01:33 AM | #49 |
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I'm not saying they need to bring up indy guys. I'm saying they need to find a way to get the gym rats and bodybuilders who are looking for a quick buck to learn the basics of wrestling...
Right now we've got a lot of guys like Batista and Cena and Carlito that have the look and the ability to work the mike, but completely lack basic in-ring skills. Although Cena has improved, gradually (working long-term with Edge and then Michaels will do that). Carlito still can't work the ropes to save his life. I actually enjoy watching his matches because they're hilariously bad. |
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05-08-2007, 01:34 AM | #50 |
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I read a newspaper article about MVP this weekend that earned him some kudos from me, and I already liked him. He talked about really being passionate about a good wrestling match and wanting to deliver great matches. He talked about having tapes of his 3 favorite wrestlers -- Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Dean Malenko -- in constant rotation in his VCR. Cool stuff.
I'd love to see the pendulum swing away from big, body builder types w/ impressive physique but non impressive ring work to guys who can plain wrestle a match, "small" or not. |
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05-08-2007, 01:35 AM | #51 | |
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You know........Carlito's dad was a wrestler and he worked in his promotion in Puerto Rico for quite a long time before the WWE signed him........
Carlito isn't bad because he wasn't trained or taught or doesn't understand..........he legit has no passion for wrestling. That promo Flair cut on him was quasi shoot that's what alot of people think of him. I've heard some people speak on him where they basically said he was forced into wrestling by his dad cause he needed a guy when it was really something he never wanted to do, so he's kind of rolling with it...... He also HATES being a face with a passion and publicly bitched about that too......he doesn't exactly have good standing in the company...... His brother is the one with the actual passion for wrestling. |
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I didn't like MVP a few months ago. He's grown on me. He impressed me in his match at wrestlemania and then has looked good again with Benoit. Course, there is that. Benoit. What'll MVP look like when he's not working with Benoit? But that's how you learn. They do have some young guys that I think could be big in time. Then again, there's guys they have like Shelton Benjamin, that for whatever reason they bury. |
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05-08-2007, 01:39 AM | #54 | |
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Fun Fact MVP did 9 years in prison for armed robbery........ |
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05-08-2007, 01:40 AM | #55 | |
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TNA is basically WWE Jr, with worse storylines and even fewer guys people care about. |
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Yeah, I knew that was the reasoning behind Benjamin's burial, I just haven't seen in-ring evidence of it the way 99% of Carlito's matches show it. I don't get it with Benjamin. But...I'm not backstage.
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I think they've given alot of guys chances, I haven't seen anyone get burried for no reason in awhile...... |
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I just hope The Miz isn't the future of the business.
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