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Yah, to be fair I was pretty, "Oh, okay" and sneaking peeks at online reactions at that point, too.
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08-02-2011, 04:00 PM | #7097 |
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It's the little things that Punk does so well that make me really hope he gets over. The looks, the comments, he seems to be a guy genuinely enjoying what he's doing, while Cena always comes across like a guy playing a role (often a caricature of himself). Which is why I think the corporate "semi-heel" cena, that they clearly to this point are not doing, would work so well. He can still be the heroic figure to all the 6-year olds in the crowd, and all the adults could understand that he's HHH's hand-picked guy.
Cena last night didn't make a whole lot of sense. He's acting like he's fighting the system, as the guy who benefits the most from the system. Valiant John Cena won't accept a tainted championship so he knocks Johnny Ace on his ass (but he sure has no problem taking it from Mysterio the same night Rey got it...). They want him so bad to be superman, so bad to make everybody like him. For as much as they highlight the split crowds on the commentary (oh, I don't think I've said it today: MICHAEL COLE ****ING SUCKS ASS), they try so very hard to make everybody cheer him. |
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08-02-2011, 04:01 PM | #7098 |
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08-02-2011, 04:07 PM | #7099 |
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In some bizarro universe, there's a raw going on, and that video was just highlighted, and JR turned to his partner and said "not the first time a wrestler's gotten his hands on a 9-year old girl, is it Jerry."
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08-02-2011, 04:19 PM | #7100 | |
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And as much as I dislike Cole, Lawler's incredibly ****ing annoying. I'd much rather listen to Bookah(!) than Jerry. |
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08-02-2011, 04:22 PM | #7101 |
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Just drop Cole, give me JR and Jerry on Raw.
Hell, Cole's the reason I don't watch Smackdown. I can't stand the way he's talking over everything Daniel Bryan's doing right now. Walking to the ramp? Cole's trashing him. Talking to somebody? Cole's trashing him. Fighting? Cole's trashing him. It makes me wonder if Cole's just piping what McMahon's saying in his ear into the broadcast, and is a sign of Bryan's future (read: none). Either way, he's so bad I'll turn the show off. |
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Meltzer with a comment that was basically a mirror of what I thought last night:
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08-02-2011, 04:35 PM | #7103 |
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Bradshaw and Ron Simmons needs to re-form the APA again.
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08-02-2011, 04:45 PM | #7104 |
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Cole is beyond dreadful. He buries everything and everybody, he domineers the commentary to such a twisted degree that it makes me feel sorry for his co-workers. He's doing the very opposite of good improv in most cases in that instead of building on the work of his partners he negates it, squashes it.
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08-02-2011, 05:13 PM | #7105 |
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I was overjoyed when JR came back because I thought, in keeping with their booking-for-the-internet-in-a-smart-way stuff of late, that Cole was going to hear HHH's first "YOU'RE FAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Turns out Cole sticking around with JR and Lawler makes the announce team markedly worse, if that's possible, because he's going out of his way to be even more overbearing and annoying.
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As for the Jericho thing, I'd love nothing more than to see him vs. Punk at Mania (assuming HBK doesn't want one more match...), but considering all the other random crap Jericho tweets, I'm not putting much stock into it. Plus, Punk may need a bigger name guy to go over at Mania to put him over the top with the fans. Jericho, who hasn't been around in forever, probably isn't that guy. |
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I really think a Cena heel turn at Summerfest, either by snapping after losing or cheating to beat Punk, could be the catalyst to an enormously hot angle that could last for months and put both in a better position to reach mainstream audiences. It won't happen, but it would be amazing.
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08-02-2011, 07:30 PM | #7108 |
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Plus, Cena can turn face again instantly. All it'd take is one promo saying that he lost his way and forgot that its supposed to be about the fans and forgot what HustleLoyaltyRespect means and etc. Face again in one fell swoop.
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